Garrett E. Whitworth

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Garrett E. Whitworth is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Garrett E. Whitworth has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Organic Chemistry, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Garrett E. Whitworth's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (10 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (10 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (3 papers). Garrett E. Whitworth is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (10 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (10 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (3 papers). Garrett E. Whitworth collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Garrett E. Whitworth's co-authors include David J. Vocadlo, Matthew S. Macauley, Keith A. Stubbs, G.J. Davies, Rebecca J. Dennis, Aleksandra W. Debowski, Yuan He, Scott A. Yuzwa, Xiaoyang Shan and Julia Heinonen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Chemical Biology.

In The Last Decade

Garrett E. Whitworth

14 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A potent mechanism-inspired O-GlcNAcase inhibitor that blocks phosphorylation of tau in vivo
    2008 553 citations Scott A. Yuzwa, Matthew S. Macauley et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Garrett E. Whitworth Canada 12 1.2k 917 424 239 176 14 1.5k
Mutsumi Sugita Japan 21 1.0k 0.8× 478 0.5× 154 0.4× 319 1.3× 103 0.6× 80 1.4k
Roberta K. Merkle United States 16 818 0.7× 280 0.3× 251 0.6× 171 0.7× 65 0.4× 25 1.1k
Marie‐Christine Slomianny France 22 656 0.5× 130 0.1× 282 0.7× 49 0.2× 139 0.8× 36 1.1k
Arne Homann Germany 13 412 0.3× 141 0.2× 98 0.2× 68 0.3× 189 1.1× 19 950
Liselotte Hof United States 11 700 0.6× 176 0.2× 118 0.3× 175 0.7× 108 0.6× 18 1.1k
Hagen Bretting Germany 15 405 0.3× 202 0.2× 349 0.8× 17 0.1× 257 1.5× 42 827
Hiroko Toda Japan 22 938 0.8× 48 0.1× 86 0.2× 91 0.4× 269 1.5× 73 1.4k
Tilman Schneider‐Poetsch Japan 12 1.1k 0.9× 74 0.1× 95 0.2× 36 0.2× 38 0.2× 19 1.3k
Torsten Helting Germany 16 582 0.5× 147 0.2× 238 0.6× 36 0.2× 56 0.3× 27 934
Tzu‐Chien V. Wang Taiwan 28 1.5k 1.2× 45 0.0× 61 0.1× 366 1.5× 96 0.5× 65 1.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Garrett E. Whitworth

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Hill, David, et al.. (2016). Utility of unmanned aerial vehicles for mapping invasive plant species: a case study on yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus L.). International Journal of Remote Sensing. 38(8-10). 2083–2105. 76 indexed citations
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Whitworth, Garrett E. & Barbara Imperiali. (2015). Selective biochemical labeling of Campylobacter jejuni cell-surface glycoconjugates. Glycobiology. 25(7). 756–766. 9 indexed citations
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Whitworth, Garrett E., et al.. (2015). Chemoenzymatic Assembly of Bacterial Glycoconjugates for Site-Specific Orthogonal Labeling. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(39). 12446–12449. 11 indexed citations
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Stubbs, Keith A., J.P. Bacik, Garrett E. Whitworth, et al.. (2013). The Development of Selective Inhibitors of NagZ: Increased Susceptibility of Gram‐Negative Bacteria to β‐Lactams. ChemBioChem. 14(15). 1973–1981. 33 indexed citations
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Bacik, J.P., Garrett E. Whitworth, Keith A. Stubbs, David J. Vocadlo, & Brian L. Mark. (2012). Active Site Plasticity within the Glycoside Hydrolase NagZ Underlies a Dynamic Mechanism of Substrate Distortion. Chemistry & Biology. 19(11). 1471–1482. 65 indexed citations
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Macauley, Matthew S., Jefferson Chan, Wesley F. Zandberg, et al.. (2012). Metabolism of Vertebrate Amino Sugars with N-Glycolyl Groups. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(34). 28882–28897. 20 indexed citations
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Lazarus, Michael B., Jiaoyang Jiang, T.M. Gloster, et al.. (2012). Structural snapshots of the reaction coordinate for O-GlcNAc transferase. Nature Chemical Biology. 8(12). 966–968. 126 indexed citations
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Bacik, J.P., Garrett E. Whitworth, Keith A. Stubbs, et al.. (2011). Molecular Basis of 1,6-Anhydro Bond Cleavage and Phosphoryl Transfer by Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1,6-Anhydro-N-acetylmuramic Acid Kinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(14). 12283–12291. 23 indexed citations
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Gregg, K., Wesley F. Zandberg, Jan‐Hendrik Hehemann, et al.. (2011). Analysis of a New Family of Widely Distributed Metal-independent α-Mannosidases Provides Unique Insight into the Processing of N-Linked Glycans. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(17). 15586–15596. 58 indexed citations
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Higgins, M.A., et al.. (2009). Differential Recognition and Hydrolysis of Host Carbohydrate Antigens by Streptococcus pneumoniae Family 98 Glycoside Hydrolases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(38). 26161–26173. 36 indexed citations
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Whitworth, Garrett E., Wesley F. Zandberg, Thomas Clark, & David J. Vocadlo. (2009). Mammalian Notch is modified by d-Xyl-α1-3-d-Xyl-α1-3-d-Glc-β1-O-Ser: Implementation of a method to study O-glucosylation. Glycobiology. 20(3). 287–299. 33 indexed citations
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Yuzwa, Scott A., Matthew S. Macauley, Julia Heinonen, et al.. (2008). A potent mechanism-inspired O-GlcNAcase inhibitor that blocks phosphorylation of tau in vivo. Nature Chemical Biology. 4(8). 483–490. 553 indexed citations breakdown →
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Whitworth, Garrett E., Matthew S. Macauley, Keith A. Stubbs, et al.. (2006). Analysis of PUGNAc and NAG-thiazoline as Transition State Analogues for Human O-GlcNAcase:  Mechanistic and Structural Insights into Inhibitor Selectivity and Transition State Poise. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129(3). 635–644. 145 indexed citations
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Macauley, Matthew S., et al.. (2005). O-GlcNAcase Uses Substrate-assisted Catalysis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(27). 25313–25322. 316 indexed citations

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