Vamsi K. Mootha

125.4k total citations · 25 hit papers
199 papers, 72.9k citations indexed

About

Vamsi K. Mootha is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vamsi K. Mootha has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 72.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 32 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Vamsi K. Mootha's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (119 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (49 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (46 papers). Vamsi K. Mootha is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (119 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (49 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (46 papers). Vamsi K. Mootha collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Australia. Vamsi K. Mootha's co-authors include Eric S. Lander, Todd R. Golub, Jill P. Mesirov, Pablo Tamayo, Benjamin L. Ebert, Amanda G. Paulovich, Sayan Mukherjee, Michael A. Gillette, Scott L. Pomeroy and Aravind Subramanian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Vamsi K. Mootha

193 papers receiving 72.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles

2005 34.0k citations Vamsi K. Mootha, Eric S. Lander et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Mechanisms Controlling Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Respiration through the Thermogenic Coactivator PGC-1

1999 3.4k citations Vamsi K. Mootha et al. profile →
Metabolite profiles and the risk of developing diabetes

2011 2.3k citations Thomas J. Wang, Vamsi K. Mootha et al. profile →
A Mitochondrial Protein Compendium Elucidates Complex I Disease Biology

2008 1.6k citations David J. Pagliarini, Sarah E. Calvo et al. profile →
Integrative genomics identifies MCU as an essential component of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter

2011 1.5k citations Yasemin Sancak, Olga Goldberger et al. profile →
Systematic discovery of regulatory motifs in human promoters and 3′ UTRs by comparison of several mammals

2005 1.5k citations Vamsi K. Mootha, Eric S. Lander et al. profile →
mTOR controls mitochondrial oxidative function through a YY1–PGC-1α transcriptional complex

2007 1.2k citations Vamsi K. Mootha et al. profile →
Metabolite Profiling Identifies a Key Role for Glycine in Rapid Cancer Cell Proliferation

2012 1.1k citations Mohit Jain, Roland Nilsson et al. Science profile →
tBID, a membrane-targeted death ligand, oligomerizes BAK to release cytochrome c

2000 1.0k citations Vamsi K. Mootha et al. profile →
Proteomic Mapping of Mitochondria in Living Cells via Spatially Restricted Enzymatic Tagging

2012 959 citations Jeffrey D. Martell, Alice Y. Ting et al. profile →
Directed evolution of APEX2 for electron microscopy and proximity labeling

2014 929 citations Jeffrey D. Martell, Kimberli J. Kamer et al. profile →
MitoCarta2.0: an updated inventory of mammalian mitochondrial proteins

2015 903 citations Sarah E. Calvo, Vamsi K. Mootha et al. profile →
Integrated Analysis of Protein Composition, Tissue Diversity, and Gene Regulation in Mouse Mitochondria

2003 726 citations Vamsi K. Mootha, Jakob Bunkenborg et al. profile →
MICU1 encodes a mitochondrial EF hand protein required for Ca2+ uptake

2010 702 citations Vishal M. Gohil, Vamsi K. Mootha et al. profile →
Upstream open reading frames cause widespread reduction of protein expression and are polymorphic among humans

2009 664 citations Sarah E. Calvo, David J. Pagliarini et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Cytokine Stimulation of Energy Expenditure through p38 MAP Kinase Activation of PPARγ Coactivator-1

2001 620 citations Vamsi K. Mootha et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Errα and Gabpa/b specify PGC-1α-dependent oxidative phosphorylation gene expression that is altered in diabetic muscle

2004 572 citations Vamsi K. Mootha, Eric S. Lander et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Energy Metabolism in Uncoupling Protein 3 Gene Knockout Mice

2000 564 citations Vamsi K. Mootha et al. profile →
Mitochondrial disorders as windows into an ancient organelle

2012 543 citations Vamsi K. Mootha et al. profile →
Engineered ascorbate peroxidase as a genetically encoded reporter for electron microscopy

2012 521 citations Jeffrey D. Martell, Yasemin Sancak et al. profile →
EMRE Is an Essential Component of the Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter Complex

2013 516 citations Yasemin Sancak, Toshimori Kitami et al. Science profile →
A bacterial cytidine deaminase toxin enables CRISPR-free mitochondrial base editing

2020 483 citations Vamsi K. Mootha et al. profile →
Complementation of mitochondrial electron transport chain by manipulation of the NAD ⁺ /NADH ratio

2016 339 citations Zenon Grabarek, Vamsi K. Mootha et al. Science profile →
Mitochondrial dysfunction remodels one-carbon metabolism in human cells

2016 333 citations Olga Goldberger, Rohit Sharma et al. profile →
CRISPR-free base editors with enhanced activity and expanded targeting scope in mitochondrial and nuclear DNA

2022 131 citations Vamsi K. Mootha et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Hypoxia ameliorates neurodegeneration and movement disorder in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease 2025 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Eizo Marutani, María Miranda, Timothy Durham, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Haobo Li, Gary Ruvkun, Joshua D. Meisel, Laura A. Volpicelli‐Daley, Vamsi K. Mootha, Fumito Ichinose	1
2	PMF-seq: a highly scalable screening strategy for linking genetics to mitochondrial bioenergetics 2024 ·Nature Metabolism ·Tsz‐Leung To, Jason G. McCoy, (unknown), L Sandler, Carmen A. Mannella, Vamsi K. Mootha	4
3	Cytosolic N6AMT1- dependent translation supports mitochondrial RNA processing 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), George E. Allen, Boris Zinshteyn, (unknown), Christian Münch, Vamsi K. Mootha, Alexis A. Jourdain	4
4	Mitochondrial genome copy number variation across tissues in mice and humans 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sneha Rath, Rahul Gupta, Ellen Todres, Hong Wang, Alexis A. Jourdain, Kristin Ardlie, Sarah E. Calvo, Vamsi K. Mootha	9
5	Combinatorial GxGxE CRISPR screen identifies SLC25A39 in mitochondrial glutathione transport linking iron homeostasis to OXPHOS 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Xiaojian Shi, (unknown), Hardik Shah, Tsz‐Leung To, (unknown), (unknown), Sarah E. Calvo, Olga Goldberger, John G. Doench, Vamsi K. Mootha, Hongying Shen	60
6	Loss of LUC7L2 and U1 snRNP subunits shifts energy metabolism from glycolysis to OXPHOS 2021 ·Molecular Cell ·Alexis A. Jourdain, Bridget E. Begg, Eran Mick, Hardik Shah, Sarah E. Calvo, Owen S. Skinner, Rohit Sharma, Steven M. Blue, G Yeo, Christopher B. Burge, Vamsi K. Mootha	56
7	An essential role for cardiolipin in the stability and function of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sagnika Ghosh, Writoban Basu Ball, Travis R. Madaris, Subramanya Srikantan, Muniswamy Madesh, Vamsi K. Mootha, Vishal M. Gohil	71
8	Crystal structure of MICU2 and comparison with MICU1 reveal insights into the uniporter gating mechanism 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kimberli J. Kamer, Wei Jiang, Virendar K. Kaushik, Vamsi K. Mootha, Zenon Grabarek	42
9	A patient with homozygous nonsense variants in two Leigh syndrome disease genes: Distinguishing a dual diagnosis from a hypomorphic protein‐truncating variant 2019 ·Human Mutation ·Nicole J. Lake, Luke E. Formosa, David A. Stroud, Michael T. Ryan, Sarah E. Calvo, Vamsi K. Mootha, Bharti Morar, Peter G. Procopis, John Christodoulou, Alison G. Compton, David R. Thorburn	7
10	Itaconyl-CoA forms a stable biradical in methylmalonyl-CoA mutase and derails its activity and repair 2019 ·Science ·Markus Ruetz, Gregory C. Campanello, (unknown), Hongying Shen, (unknown), (unknown), Shoko Wakabayashi, Junhao Zhu, Eric J. Rubin, Kurt Warncke, Vamsi K. Mootha, Markos Koutmos, Ruma Banerjee	77
11	MICU1 imparts the mitochondrial uniporter with the ability to discriminate between Ca ²⁺ and Mn ²⁺ 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kimberli J. Kamer, Yasemin Sancak, (unknown), Joshua D. Meisel, Dipayan Chaudhuri, Zenon Grabarek, Vamsi K. Mootha	59
12	Early loss of mitochondrial complex I and rewiring of glutathione metabolism in renal oncocytoma 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Raj K. Gopal, Sarah E. Calvo, Angela Shih, Frances Cháves, Declan McGuone, Eran Mick, Kerry A. Pierce, Yang Li, Andrea Garofalo, Eliezer M. Van Allen, Clary B. Clish, Esther Oliva, Vamsi K. Mootha	69
13	Hypoxia treatment reverses neurodegenerative disease in a mouse model of Leigh syndrome 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michele Ferrari, Isha H. Jain, Olga Goldberger, Emanuele Rezoagli, Robrecht Thoonen, Kai‐Hung Cheng, David E. Sosnovik, Marielle Scherrer‐Crosbie, Vamsi K. Mootha, Warren M. Zapol	119
14	High‐affinity cooperative Ca ²⁺ binding by MICU 1– MICU 2 serves as an on–off switch for the uniporter 2017 ·EMBO Reports ·Kimberli J. Kamer, Zenon Grabarek, Vamsi K. Mootha	120
15	Titration of mitochondrial fusion rescues Mff -deficient cardiomyopathy 2015 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Hsiuchen Chen, Shuxun Ren, Clary B. Clish, Mohit Jain, Vamsi K. Mootha, J. Michael McCaffery, David C. Chan	133
16	Proteomic Mapping of Mitochondria in Living Cells via Spatially Restricted Enzymatic Tagging 2013 ·Science ·Hyun‐Woo Rhee, Peng Zou, Namrata D. Udeshi, Jeffrey D. Martell, Vamsi K. Mootha, Steven A. Carr, Alice Y. Ting	46
17	Circulating branched‐chain amino acid concentrations are associated with obesity and future insulin resistance in children and adolescents 2012 ·Pediatric Obesity ·S. E. McCormack, Ohad Shaham, M.A. McCarthy, Amy Deik, Thomas J. Wang, Robert E. Gerszten, Clary B. Clish, Vamsi K. Mootha, Steven Grinspoon, Amy Fleischman	348
18	Metabolite Profiling Identifies a Key Role for Glycine in Rapid Cancer Cell Proliferation breakdown → 2012 ·Science ·Mohit Jain, Roland Nilsson, Sonia Sharma, (unknown), Toshimori Kitami, Amanda L. Souza, Ran Kafri, Marc W. Kirschner, Clary B. Clish, Vamsi K. Mootha	1101
19	Upstream open reading frames cause widespread reduction of protein expression and are polymorphic among humans breakdown → 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sarah E. Calvo, David J. Pagliarini, Vamsi K. Mootha	664
20	Identification of a gene causing human cytochrome c oxidase deficiency by integrative genomics 2003 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Vamsi K. Mootha, Patricia Lepage, Kathleen A. Miller, Jakob Bunkenborg, Michael Reich, Majbrit Hjerrild, Terrye Delmonte, (unknown), Robert Sladek, Fenghao Xu, Grant A. Mitchell, Charles Morin, Matthias Mann, Thomas J. Hudson, Brian Robinson, John D. Rioux, Eric S. Lander	452

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