Robert Gourlay

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Robert Gourlay is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Gourlay has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Robert Gourlay's work include Cellular transport and secretion (10 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (7 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (5 papers). Robert Gourlay is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (10 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (7 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (5 papers). Robert Gourlay collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Robert Gourlay's co-authors include Dario R. Alessi, David G. Campbell, Chandana Kondapalli, Miratul M. K. Muqit, Axel Knebel, Agne Kazlauskaite, Mária Deák, Thomas Macartney, Matthias Trost and Maria Stella Ritorto and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Robert Gourlay

39 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

PINK1 is activated by mitochondrial membrane potential depolarization and stimulates Parkin E3 ligase activity by phosphorylating Serine 65

2012 726 citations Chandana Kondapalli, Agne Kazlauskaite et al. Open Biology profile →
Parkin is activated by PINK1-dependent phosphorylation of ubiquitin at Ser65

2014 631 citations Agne Kazlauskaite, Chandana Kondapalli et al. Biochemical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Gourlay United Kingdom	25	2.2k	1.1k	663	571	342	40	3.3k
Thomas Macartney United Kingdom	34	3.3k 1.5×	843 0.7×	847 1.3×	825 1.4×	442 1.3×	76	4.3k
Rodolfo Zunino Canada	15	3.1k 1.4×	933 0.8×	324 0.5×	456 0.8×	409 1.2×	16	3.5k
Pasqualina Colella Italy	18	2.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.6×	226 0.3×	566 1.0×	655 1.9×	31	4.1k
Francesca Nazio Italy	25	1.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.7×	243 0.4×	552 1.0×	377 1.1×	38	3.1k
José G. Castaño Spain	27	1.8k 0.8×	521 0.5×	312 0.5×	581 1.0×	271 0.8×	49	2.5k
Manuel Rojo France	28	3.8k 1.7×	858 0.8×	349 0.5×	555 1.0×	677 2.0×	47	4.6k
Hikaru Tsuchiya Japan	16	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	382 0.6×	524 0.9×	206 0.6×	21	2.7k
Shireen A. Sarraf United States	11	3.3k 1.5×	3.3k 2.9×	1.1k 1.7×	764 1.3×	735 2.1×	16	5.2k
Usha Narayanan United States	15	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	144 0.2×	479 0.8×	244 0.7×	20	3.3k
Héctor Sandoval United States	20	1.6k 0.7×	995 0.9×	243 0.4×	490 0.9×	499 1.5×	29	2.9k

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Fulcher, Luke J., Gajanan Sathe, Jin‐Feng Zhao, et al.. (2023). An affinity-directed phosphatase, AdPhosphatase, system for targeted protein dephosphorylation. Cell chemical biology. 30(2). 188–202.e6. 14 indexed citations

Fulcher, Luke J., Lin Mei, Thomas Macartney, et al.. (2019). FAM 83D directs protein kinase CK 1α to the mitotic spindle for proper spindle positioning. EMBO Reports. 20(9). e47495–e47495. 38 indexed citations

Malik, Nazma, Raja Sekhar Nirujogi, Julien Peltier, et al.. (2019). Phosphoproteomics reveals that the hVPS34 regulated SGK3 kinase specifically phosphorylates endosomal proteins including Syntaxin-7, Syntaxin-12, RFIP4 and WDR44. Biochemical Journal. 476(20). 3081–3107. 13 indexed citations

Keuss, Matthew J., Roland Hjerpe, Robert Gourlay, et al.. (2019). Unanchored tri‐NEDD8 inhibits PARP‐1 to protect from oxidative stress‐induced cell death. The EMBO Journal. 38(6). 38 indexed citations

Cummins, Timothy D., Kevin Z. L. Wu, Polyxeni Bozatzi, et al.. (2018). PAWS1 controls cytoskeletal dynamics and cell migration through association with the SH3 adaptor CD2AP. Journal of Cell Science. 131(1). 49 indexed citations

Fulcher, Luke J., Polyxeni Bozatzi, Kevin Z. L. Wu, et al.. (2018). The DUF1669 domain of FAM83 family proteins anchor casein kinase 1 isoforms. Science Signaling. 11(531). 87 indexed citations

Bozatzi, Polyxeni, Kevin S. Dingwell, Kevin Z. L. Wu, et al.. (2018). PAWS 1 controls Wnt signalling through association with casein kinase 1α. EMBO Reports. 19(4). 28 indexed citations

Williamson, Ritchie, Daniel Mariappa, David G. Campbell, et al.. (2017). A mutant O-GlcNAcase enriches Drosophila developmental regulators. Nature Chemical Biology. 13(8). 882–887. 48 indexed citations

Lai, Yu‐Chiang, Chandana Kondapalli, James B Procter, et al.. (2015). Phosphoproteomic screening identifies Rab GTP ases as novel downstream targets of PINK 1. The EMBO Journal. 34(22). 2840–2861. 135 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ning, Maximilian Fritsch, David G. Campbell, et al.. (2015). Phosphorylation of Synaptic Vesicle Protein 2A at Thr84 by Casein Kinase 1 Family Kinases Controls the Specific Retrieval of Synaptotagmin-1. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(6). 2492–2507. 61 indexed citations

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Tape, Christopher J., Jonathan D. Worboys, John Sinclair, et al.. (2014). Reproducible Automated Phosphopeptide Enrichment Using Magnetic TiO₂ and Ti-IMAC. Analytical Chemistry. 86(20). 10296–10302. 62 indexed citations

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Tran, Hue, Mhairi Nimick, R. Glen Uhrig, et al.. (2012). Arabidopsis thaliana histone deacetylase 14 (HDA14) is an α‐tubulin deacetylase that associates with PP2A and enriches in the microtubule fraction with the putative histone acetyltransferase ELP3. The Plant Journal. 71(2). 263–272. 76 indexed citations

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Wever, Veerle De, D.C. Lloyd, Isha Nasa, et al.. (2012). Isolation of Human Mitotic Protein Phosphatase Complexes: Identification of a Complex between Protein Phosphatase 1 and the RNA Helicase Ddx21. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e39510–e39510. 9 indexed citations

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Kondapalli, Chandana, Agne Kazlauskaite, Ning Zhang, et al.. (2012). PINK1 is activated by mitochondrial membrane potential depolarization and stimulates Parkin E3 ligase activity by phosphorylating Serine 65. Open Biology. 2(5). 120080–120080. 726 indexed citations breakdown →

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Filippi, B, Paola de los Heros, Youcef Mehellou, et al.. (2011). MO25 is a master regulator of SPAK/OSR1 and MST3/MST4/YSK1 protein kinases. The EMBO Journal. 30(9). 1730–1741. 112 indexed citations

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Gleason, Catherine E., Alban Ordureau, Robert Gourlay, J. Simon C. Arthur, & Philip Cohen. (2011). Polyubiquitin Binding to Optineurin Is Required for Optimal Activation of TANK-binding Kinase 1 and Production of Interferon β. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(41). 35663–35674. 133 indexed citations

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Gray, Alexander, François‐Michel Boisvert, Nicholas A. Morrice, et al.. (2011). A Screen for Novel Phosphoinositide 3-kinase Effector Proteins. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 10(4). M110.003178–M110.003178. 26 indexed citations

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Moorhead, Greg B. G., Laura Trinkle‐Mulcahy, Mhairi Nimick, et al.. (2008). Displacement affinity chromatography of protein phosphatase one (PP1) complexes. BMC Biochemistry. 9(1). 28–28. 59 indexed citations

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Soutar, Marc P. M., Robert Gourlay, C. James Hastie, et al.. (2008). Novel Procedure To Investigate the Effect of Phosphorylation on Protein Complex Formation in Vitro and in Cells. Biochemistry. 47(7). 2153–2161. 12 indexed citations

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Gilmour, N., J.S. Gilmour, W. Donachie, Gareth E. Jones, & Robert Gourlay. (1987). Failure of a Pasteurella haemolytica extract vaccine to protect calves against experimental pneumonic pasteurellosis. Veterinary Record. 121(12). 277–278. 7 indexed citations

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