Suzanne Walker

18.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
206 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Suzanne Walker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Suzanne Walker has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Genetics and 44 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Suzanne Walker's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (55 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (55 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (39 papers). Suzanne Walker is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (55 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (55 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (39 papers). Suzanne Walker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ukraine and Germany. Suzanne Walker's co-authors include Daniel Kahne, John P. Santa Maria, Stephanie Brown, Jonathan G. Swoboda, Timothy C. Meredith, Yanan Hu, Bohdan Ostash, Michael B. Lazarus, Jennifer Campbell and Jiaoyang Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Suzanne Walker

196 papers receiving 13.2k 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.

Wall Teichoic Acids of Gram-Positive Bacteria

2013 703 citations Stephanie Brown, Suzanne Walker et al. profile →
SEDS proteins are a widespread family of bacterial cell wall polymerases

2016 350 citations Daniel Kahne, Suzanne Walker et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Suzanne Walker United States	66	9.3k	3.8k	3.0k	1.9k	1.9k	206	13.4k
N.C.J. Strynadka Canada	69	8.5k 0.9×	1.9k 0.5×	3.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	219	15.5k
Yuriy A. Knirel Russia	54	7.0k 0.8×	5.2k 1.4×	2.0k 0.7×	3.1k 1.6×	871 0.5×	645	14.3k
Dominique Mengin‐Lecreulx France	59	5.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.3×	3.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	167	10.1k
Eefjan Breukink Netherlands	58	6.7k 0.7×	982 0.3×	2.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	753 0.4×	160	10.9k
Gurdyal S. Besra United Kingdom	97	11.8k 1.3×	4.6k 1.2×	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	10.6k 5.6×	516	31.4k
Laurent Kremer France	62	4.9k 0.5×	2.4k 0.6×	889 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	7.5k 3.9×	292	13.1k
Bernard Weisblum United States	54	7.2k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	119	11.1k
Roderich D. Süßmuth Germany	64	8.5k 0.9×	2.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	765 0.4×	648 0.3×	321	14.4k
Michael S. VanNieuwenhze United States	40	4.6k 0.5×	3.6k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	561 0.3×	102	9.8k
Michael McNeil United States	72	7.2k 0.8×	4.0k 1.1×	832 0.3×	913 0.5×	4.9k 2.6×	218	15.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Suzanne Walker

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20 of 20 papers shown

Filsinger, Gabriel, et al.. (2025). A diverse single-stranded DNA–annealing protein library enables efficient genome editing across bacterial phyla. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(17). e2414342122–e2414342122.

James, Michael J., et al.. (2025). Staphylococcus aureus uses a GGDEF protein to recruit diacylglycerol kinase to the membrane for lipid recycling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(12). e2414696122–e2414696122.

Hummels, Katherine R., Zhaoqi Li, Atsushi Taguchi, et al.. (2023). Coordination of bacterial cell wall and outer membrane biosynthesis. Nature. 615(7951). 300–304. 47 indexed citations

Taguchi, Atsushi, et al.. (2023). A Time‐Resolved FRET Assay Identifies a Small Molecule that Inhibits the Essential Bacterial Cell Wall Polymerase FtsW. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(25). e202301522–e202301522. 8 indexed citations

Janetzko, John, et al.. (2021). Protein Substrates Engage the Lumen of O-GlcNAc Transferase’s Tetratricopeptide Repeat Domain in Different Ways. Biochemistry. 60(11). 847–853. 25 indexed citations

Matano, Leigh M., Christopher R. Vickery, Ace George Santiago, et al.. (2020). The Length of Lipoteichoic Acid Polymers Controls Staphylococcus aureus Cell Size and Envelope Integrity. Journal of Bacteriology. 202(16). 41 indexed citations

Itkonen, Harri M., Ninu Poulose, Rebecca E. Steele, et al.. (2020). Inhibition of O-GlcNAc Transferase Renders Prostate Cancer Cells Dependent on CDK9. Molecular Cancer Research. 18(10). 1512–1521. 41 indexed citations

Mollo, Aurelio, Sujeet Kumar, Emily K. Butler, et al.. (2020). Detection of Transport Intermediates in the Peptidoglycan Flippase MurJ Identifies Residues Essential for Conformational Cycling. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(12). 5482–5486. 20 indexed citations

Schaefer, Kaitlin, Tristan W. Owens, Julia E. Page, et al.. (2020). Structure and reconstitution of a hydrolase complex that may release peptidoglycan from the membrane after polymerization. Nature Microbiology. 6(1). 34–43. 26 indexed citations

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Do, Truc, Kaitlin Schaefer, Ace George Santiago, et al.. (2020). Staphylococcus aureus cell growth and division are regulated by an amidase that trims peptides from uncrosslinked peptidoglycan. Nature Microbiology. 5(2). 291–303. 47 indexed citations

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Taguchi, Atsushi, Michael A. Welsh, Lindsey S. Marmont, et al.. (2019). FtsW is a peptidoglycan polymerase that is functional only in complex with its cognate penicillin-binding protein. Nature Microbiology. 4(4). 587–594. 212 indexed citations

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Levine, Zebulon G., et al.. (2019). Aspartate Residues Far from the Active Site Drive O-GlcNAc Transferase Substrate Selection. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(33). 12974–12978. 52 indexed citations

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Lee, Wonsik, et al.. (2019). Multi-strain Tn-Seq reveals common daptomycin resistance determinants in Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS Pathogens. 15(11). e1007862–e1007862. 60 indexed citations

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Martin, Sara E., Harri M. Itkonen, Damien Duveau, et al.. (2018). Structure-Based Evolution of Low Nanomolar O-GlcNAc Transferase Inhibitors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(42). 13542–13545. 122 indexed citations

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Lee, Wonsik, Truc Do, Ge Zhang, et al.. (2018). Antibiotic Combinations That Enable One-Step, Targeted Mutagenesis of Chromosomal Genes. ACS Infectious Diseases. 4(6). 1007–1018. 10 indexed citations

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Lupoli, Tania J., et al.. (2013). Lipoprotein Activators Stimulate Escherichia coli Penicillin-Binding Proteins by Different Mechanisms. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(1). 52–55. 70 indexed citations

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Brown, Stephanie, Guoqing Xia, Lyly G. Luhachack, et al.. (2012). Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus requires glycosylated wall teichoic acids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(46). 18909–18914. 214 indexed citations

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Swoboda, Jonathan G., Timothy C. Meredith, Jennifer Campbell, et al.. (2009). Discovery of a Small Molecule that Blocks Wall Teichoic Acid Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus. ACS Chemical Biology. 4(10). 875–883. 116 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yanqiu, Dianah Barrett, Yi Zhang, et al.. (2007). Crystal structure of a peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase suggests a model for processive glycan chain synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(13). 5348–5353. 118 indexed citations

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Gross, Benjamin, Brian Kraybill, & Suzanne Walker. (2005). Discovery of O- GlcNAc Transferase Inhibitors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(42). 14588–14589. 211 indexed citations

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