Vincent J. Starai

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

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Vincent J. Starai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vincent J. Starai has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cell Biology and 8 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Vincent J. Starai's work include Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine (6 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (6 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (6 papers). Vincent J. Starai is often cited by papers focused on Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine (6 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (6 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (6 papers). Vincent J. Starai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Vincent J. Starai's co-authors include Jorge C. Escalante‐Semerena, Ivana Celic, Robert N. Cole, Jef D. Boeke, William Wickner, Shabazz Muhammad, Cynthia Wolberger, Charles Grubmeyer, Carrie Baker Brachmann and José L. Avalos‬ and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Vincent J. Starai

30 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

A phylogenetically conserved NAD ⁺ -dependent protein deacetylase activity in the Sir2 protein family

2000 621 citations Ivana Celic, Vincent J. Starai et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vincent J. Starai United States	19	1.6k	642	357	319	314	30	2.5k
Ann Sutton United States	21	1.7k 1.1×	858 1.3×	45 0.1×	298 0.9×	512 1.6×	32	2.6k
Leonardo Sorci Italy	22	716 0.4×	353 0.5×	141 0.4×	252 0.8×	230 0.7×	43	1.4k
Bertrand Daignan‐Fornier France	29	2.3k 1.4×	47 0.1×	128 0.4×	73 0.2×	245 0.8×	70	2.7k
Uhn‐Soo Cho United States	22	1.9k 1.1×	36 0.1×	118 0.3×	225 0.7×	149 0.5×	41	2.5k
L Guarente United States	36	4.6k 2.8×	67 0.1×	163 0.5×	156 0.5×	110 0.4×	39	5.0k
Peter Kötter Germany	36	3.7k 2.3×	43 0.1×	127 0.4×	134 0.4×	158 0.5×	67	4.2k
Michel Ghislain Belgium	20	1.7k 1.0×	65 0.1×	47 0.1×	233 0.7×	279 0.9×	41	2.1k
Markus Hartl Austria	23	1.2k 0.8×	76 0.1×	34 0.1×	158 0.5×	296 0.9×	52	1.9k
Silke Wissing Germany	16	2.6k 1.6×	28 0.0×	48 0.1×	154 0.5×	464 1.5×	24	3.2k
Fang‐Jen S. Lee Taiwan	29	1.4k 0.9×	20 0.0×	94 0.3×	196 0.6×	172 0.5×	77	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vincent J. Starai

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East, N. E., et al.. (2025). Localization of a Cardiolipin Synthase in Helicobacter pylori and Its Impact on the Flagellar Sheath Proteome. Microbiology Research. 16(7). 155–155. 1 indexed citations

Starai, Vincent J., et al.. (2024). Helicobacter pylori HP0018 Has a Potential Role in the Maintenance of the Cell Envelope. Cells. 13(17). 1438–1438. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Jun, et al.. (2023). FlgV forms a flagellar motor ring that is required for optimal motility of Helicobacter pylori. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0287514–e0287514. 7 indexed citations

Mills, Michael K., et al.. (2023). Wbm0076, a candidate effector protein of the Wolbachia endosymbiont of Brugia malayi, disrupts eukaryotic actin dynamics. PLoS Pathogens. 19(2). e1010777–e1010777. 5 indexed citations

O’Brien, Kevin, et al.. (2021). Legionella pneumophila LegC7 effector protein drives aberrant endoplasmic reticulum:endosome contacts in yeast. Traffic. 22(8). 284–302. 2 indexed citations

Peng, Wei, Amanda K. Casey, Jessie Fernandez, et al.. (2020). A distinct inhibitory mechanism of the V-ATPase by Vibrio VopQ revealed by cryo-EM. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(6). 589–597. 7 indexed citations

Vella, Stephen A., et al.. (2019). The Toxoplasma Vacuolar H+-ATPase Regulates Intracellular pH and Impacts the Maturation of Essential Secretory Proteins. Cell Reports. 27(7). 2132–2146.e7. 29 indexed citations

Li, Zhiru, et al.. (2018). Identification of putative effectors of the Type IV secretion system from the Wolbachia endosymbiont of Brugia malayi. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0204736–e0204736. 15 indexed citations

Hondalus, Mary K., et al.. (2017). VapA of Rhodococcus equi binds phosphatidic acid. Molecular Microbiology. 107(3). 428–444. 15 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Kevin, et al.. (2015). The Legionella pneumophila Effector Protein, LegC7, Alters Yeast Endosomal Trafficking. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0116824–e0116824. 13 indexed citations

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Reaves, Barbara J., et al.. (2013). LegC3, an Effector Protein from Legionella pneumophila, Inhibits Homotypic Yeast Vacuole Fusion In Vivo and In Vitro. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e56798–e56798. 28 indexed citations

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Starai, Vincent J., Christopher M. Hickey, & William Wickner. (2008). HOPS Proofreads thetrans-SNARE Complex for Yeast Vacuole Fusion. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 19(6). 2500–2508. 104 indexed citations

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Starai, Vincent J., Youngsoo Jun, & William Wickner. (2007). Excess vacuolar SNAREs drive lysis and Rab bypass fusion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(34). 13551–13558. 66 indexed citations

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Jun, Youngsoo, et al.. (2006). Reversible, cooperative reactions of yeast vacuole docking. The EMBO Journal. 25(22). 5260–5269. 25 indexed citations

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Starai, Vincent J., et al.. (2005). Acetate excretion during growth of Salmonella enterica on ethanolamine requires phosphotransacetylase (EutD) activity, and acetate recapture requires acetyl-CoA synthetase (Acs) and phosphotransacetylase (Pta) activities. Microbiology. 151(11). 3793–3801. 33 indexed citations

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Starai, Vincent J., Jeffrey G. Gardner, & Jorge C. Escalante‐Semerena. (2005). Residue Leu-641 of Acetyl-CoA Synthetase is Critical for the Acetylation of Residue Lys-609 by the Protein Acetyltransferase Enzyme of Salmonella enterica. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(28). 26200–26205. 57 indexed citations

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Starai, Vincent J., et al.. (2004). A link between transcription and intermediary metabolism: a role for Sir2 in the control of acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 7(2). 115–119. 39 indexed citations

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Starai, Vincent J. & Jorge C. Escalante‐Semerena. (2004). Identification of the Protein Acetyltransferase (Pat) Enzyme that Acetylates Acetyl-CoA Synthetase in Salmonella enterica. Journal of Molecular Biology. 340(5). 1005–1012. 228 indexed citations

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Starai, Vincent J. & Jorge C. Escalante‐Semerena. (2004). Acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase (AMP forming). Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 61(16). 2020–30. 185 indexed citations

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Starai, Vincent J., et al.. (2002). Sir2-Dependent Activation of Acetyl-CoA Synthetase by Deacetylation of Active Lysine. Science. 298(5602). 2390–2392. 485 indexed citations

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