Peter Rahfeld

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 783 citations indexed

About

Peter Rahfeld is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Rahfeld has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 783 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Organic Chemistry and 5 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Peter Rahfeld's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (8 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (8 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (4 papers). Peter Rahfeld is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (8 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (8 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (4 papers). Peter Rahfeld collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Germany and Belgium. Peter Rahfeld's co-authors include Stephen G. Withers, Jacob F. Wardman, Rajneesh K. Bains, Antje Burse, Jonathan Gershenzon, Natalie Wielsch, Raimund Nagel, Wilhelm Boland, Steven Hallam and Connor Morgan‐Lang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Peter Rahfeld

21 papers receiving 777 citations

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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.

Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) in the gut microbiome

2022 356 citations Jacob F. Wardman, Rajneesh K. Bains et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Rahfeld Canada	14	522	146	115	98	81	24	783
Zhongrui Li China	12	536 1.0×	93 0.6×	41 0.4×	29 0.3×	114 1.4×	16	874
Bincy Baby United Arab Emirates	12	360 0.7×	210 1.4×	75 0.7×	47 0.5×	27 0.3×	30	666
Elizeu Antunes dos Santos Brazil	24	609 1.2×	156 1.1×	368 3.2×	76 0.8×	60 0.7×	61	1.3k
Takahisa Nakano Japan	17	559 1.1×	114 0.8×	200 1.7×	209 2.1×	43 0.5×	23	1.6k
Zhipeng Zhang China	15	390 0.7×	324 2.2×	256 2.2×	115 1.2×	38 0.5×	51	997
Ping Qian China	15	325 0.6×	71 0.5×	85 0.7×	56 0.6×	18 0.2×	29	623
Tony J. Fang Taiwan	11	681 1.3×	134 0.9×	78 0.7×	50 0.5×	23 0.3×	15	997
Baojing Cheng China	16	419 0.8×	87 0.6×	127 1.1×	56 0.6×	17 0.2×	35	845
Marina Duarte Pinto Lobo Brazil	18	363 0.7×	123 0.8×	242 2.1×	42 0.4×	51 0.6×	43	869
Simonetta Caira Italy	23	775 1.5×	509 3.5×	141 1.2×	179 1.8×	25 0.3×	58	1.2k

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Tian, Yuqing, L.J. Worrall, Lyann Sim, et al.. (2024). Cobalt as a Cofactor for α-Galactosaminidase-Catalyzed Cleavage of Blood Group Antigens. ACS Catalysis. 14(17). 13497–13508.

Hosgood, Sarah A., et al.. (2024). Enzymatic conversion of human blood group A kidneys to universal blood group O. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2795–2795. 14 indexed citations

Motyka, Bruce, K. Tao, J. Pearcey, et al.. (2024). 221.1: ABO-incompatible transplantation following enzymatic A-antigen removal in a mouse model: A-antigen re-expression and prevention of early antibody-mediated rejection.. Transplantation. 108(9S).

Bains, Rajneesh K., et al.. (2023). Characterization of a new family of 6-sulfo-N-acetylglucosaminidases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(10). 105214–105214. 6 indexed citations

Wardman, Jacob F., Rajneesh K. Bains, Peter Rahfeld, & Stephen G. Withers. (2022). Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) in the gut microbiome. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 20(9). 542–556. 356 indexed citations breakdown →

Huber, Meret, Thomas Röder, Sandra Irmisch, et al.. (2021). A beta-glucosidase of an insect herbivore determines both toxicity and deterrence of a dandelion defense metabolite. eLife. 10. 16 indexed citations

Wardman, Jacob F., Peter Rahfeld, Feng Liu, et al.. (2021). Discovery and Development of Promiscuous O-Glycan Hydrolases for Removal of Intact Sialyl T-Antigen. ACS Chemical Biology. 16(10). 2004–2015. 9 indexed citations

Wang, A., Rafaela Vanin Pinto Ribeiro, A. Ali, et al.. (2021). Developing Universal ABO Blood Type Donor Lungs with Ex Vivo Enzymatic Treatment: A Proof of Concept Feasibility Study. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 40(4). S15–S16. 2 indexed citations

Tegl, Gregor, et al.. (2021). Discovery of β-N-acetylglucosaminidases from screening metagenomic libraries and their use as thioglycoligase mutants. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 19(41). 9068–9075. 2 indexed citations

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Rahfeld, Peter, Lyann Sim, Iren Constantinescu, et al.. (2019). An enzymatic pathway in the human gut microbiome that converts A to universal O type blood. Nature Microbiology. 4(9). 1475–1485. 54 indexed citations

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Rahfeld, Peter, Jacob F. Wardman, Connor Morgan‐Lang, et al.. (2019). Prospecting for microbial α-N-acetylgalactosaminidases yields a new class of GH31 O-glycanase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(44). 16400–16415. 18 indexed citations

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Rahfeld, Peter & Stephen G. Withers. (2019). Toward universal donor blood: Enzymatic conversion of A and B to O type. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(2). 325–334. 36 indexed citations

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Rahfeld, Peter, et al.. (2018). A Mechanism‐Based Approach to Screening Metagenomic Libraries for Discovery of Unconventional Glycosidases. Angewandte Chemie. 130(35). 11529–11534. 8 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Zachary, Peter Rahfeld, & Stephen G. Withers. (2017). Discovery of New Glycosidases From Metagenomic Libraries. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 597. 3–23. 13 indexed citations

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Rahfeld, Peter, Christian Paetz, Jacques M. Pasteéls, et al.. (2016). Two Defensive Lines in Juvenile Leaf Beetles; Esters of 3-nitropropionic Acid in the Hemolymph and Aposematic Warning. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 42(3). 240–248. 21 indexed citations

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Rahfeld, Peter, Roy Kirsch, Natalie Wielsch, et al.. (2015). Glandular β-glucosidases in juvenile Chrysomelina leaf beetles support the evolution of a host-plant-dependent chemical defense. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 58. 28–38. 14 indexed citations

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Rahfeld, Peter, Roy Kirsch, Natalie Wielsch, et al.. (2014). Independently recruited oxidases from the glucose-methanol-choline oxidoreductase family enabled chemical defences in leaf beetle larvae (subtribe Chrysomelina) to evolve. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 281(1788). 20140842–20140842. 19 indexed citations

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Nagel, Raimund, Axel Schmidt, Peter Rahfeld, et al.. (2013). Metal ions control product specificity of isoprenyl diphosphate synthases in the insect terpenoid pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(11). 4194–4199. 60 indexed citations

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Kunert, Maritta, Peter Rahfeld, Kamel H. Shaker, et al.. (2013). Beetles Do It Differently: Two Stereodivergent Cyclisation Modes in Iridoid‐Producing Leaf‐Beetle Larvae. ChemBioChem. 14(3). 353–360. 14 indexed citations

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Rahfeld, Peter, Magdalena Stock, Maritta Kunert, et al.. (2012). Precise RNAi-mediated silencing of metabolically active proteins in the defence secretions of juvenile leaf beetles. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 279(1745). 4126–4134. 26 indexed citations

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