Xavier Garrabou

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Xavier Garrabou is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xavier Garrabou has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Organic Chemistry, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Xavier Garrabou's work include Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (15 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (10 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers). Xavier Garrabou is often cited by papers focused on Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (15 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (10 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers). Xavier Garrabou collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Switzerland and France. Xavier Garrabou's co-authors include Donald Hilvert, Pere Clapés, Jesús Joglar, Teodor Parella, Basile I. M. Wicky, А. Т. Година, Andrew D. Griffiths, Richard Obexer, Peer R. E. Mittl and David Baker and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and ACS Catalysis.

In The Last Decade

Xavier Garrabou

23 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

  1. Emergence of a catalytic tetrad during evolution of a highly active artificial aldolase
    2016 253 citations Richard Obexer, А. Т. Година et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers

Xavier Garrabou
Oliver May Germany
Beat Wirz Switzerland
Sarah L. Lovelock United Kingdom
Sabine Brinkmann‐Chen United States
Yi Tan China
Santosh Kumar Padhi India
Helge Jochens Germany
Anna Fryszkowska United Kingdom
Xiao‐Xin Shi China
Richard L. Pederson United States
Oliver May Germany
Xavier Garrabou
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xavier Garrabou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xavier Garrabou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xavier Garrabou based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Xavier Garrabou. Xavier Garrabou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Garrabou, Xavier, et al.. (2020). Engineered Artificial Carboligases Facilitate Regioselective Preparation of Enantioenriched Aldol Adducts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(23). 10250–10254. 19 indexed citations
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Garrabou, Xavier, et al.. (2018). Stereodivergent Evolution of Artificial Enzymes for the Michael Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(19). 5288–5291. 33 indexed citations
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Garrabou, Xavier, et al.. (2018). Stereodivergent Evolution of Artificial Enzymes for the Michael Reaction. Angewandte Chemie. 130(19). 5386–5389. 5 indexed citations
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Bunzel, H. Adrian, Xavier Garrabou, Moritz Pott, & Donald Hilvert. (2018). Speeding up enzyme discovery and engineering with ultrahigh-throughput methods. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 48. 149–156. 98 indexed citations
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Obexer, Richard, А. Т. Година, Xavier Garrabou, et al.. (2016). Emergence of a catalytic tetrad during evolution of a highly active artificial aldolase. Nature Chemistry. 9(1). 50–56. 253 indexed citations breakdown →
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Szekrényi, Anna, et al.. (2016). Minimalist Protein Engineering of an Aldolase Provokes Unprecedented Substrate Promiscuity. ACS Catalysis. 6(3). 1848–1852. 47 indexed citations
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Garrabou, Xavier, Basile I. M. Wicky, & Donald Hilvert. (2016). Fast Knoevenagel Condensations Catalyzed by an Artificial Schiff-Base-Forming Enzyme. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(22). 6972–6974. 87 indexed citations
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Garrabou, Xavier, Tobias Beck, & Donald Hilvert. (2015). A Promiscuous De Novo Retro‐Aldolase Catalyzes Asymmetric Michael Additions via Schiff Base Intermediates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(19). 5609–5612. 53 indexed citations
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Szekrényi, Anna, Xavier Garrabou, Teodor Parella, et al.. (2015). Asymmetric assembly of aldose carbohydrates from formaldehyde and glycolaldehyde by tandem biocatalytic aldol reactions. Nature Chemistry. 7(9). 724–729. 65 indexed citations
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Garrabou, Xavier, Tobias Beck, & Donald Hilvert. (2015). A Promiscuous De Novo Retro‐Aldolase Catalyzes Asymmetric Michael Additions via Schiff Base Intermediates. Angewandte Chemie. 127(19). 5701–5704. 43 indexed citations
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Szekrényi, Anna, Anna Soler, Xavier Garrabou, et al.. (2014). Engineering the Donor Selectivity of D‐Fructose‐6‐Phosphate Aldolase for Biocatalytic Asymmetric Cross‐Aldol Additions of Glycolaldehyde. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(39). 12572–12583. 34 indexed citations
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Garrabou, Xavier, Jesús Joglar, Jordi Bujons, et al.. (2012). Chemoenzymatic synthesis, structural study and biological activity of novel indolizidine and quinolizidine iminocyclitols. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(31). 6309–6309. 27 indexed citations
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Garrabou, Xavier, Jordi Calveras, Jesús Joglar, et al.. (2011). Highly efficient aldol additions of DHA and DHAP to N-Cbz-amino aldehydes catalyzed by l-rhamnulose-1-phosphate and l-fuculose-1-phosphate aldolases in aqueous borate buffer. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 9(24). 8430–8430. 19 indexed citations
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Garrabou, Xavier, Jesús Joglar, Teodor Parella, et al.. (2011). Redesign of the Phosphate Binding Site of L‐Rhamnulose‐ 1‐Phosphate Aldolase towards a Dihydroxyacetone Dependent Aldolase. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 353(1). 89–99. 33 indexed citations
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Clapés, Pere & Xavier Garrabou. (2011). Current Trends in Asymmetric Synthesis with Aldolases. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 353(13). 2263–2283. 110 indexed citations
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Castillo, José A. García del, Christine Guérard‐Hélaine, Mariana Gutiérrez, et al.. (2010). A Mutant D‐Fructose‐6‐Phosphate Aldolase (Ala129Ser) with Improved Affinity towards Dihydroxyacetone for the Synthesis of Polyhydroxylated Compounds. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 352(6). 1039–1046. 82 indexed citations
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Garrabou, Xavier, José A. Castillo, Christine Guérard‐Hélaine, et al.. (2009). Asymmetric Self‐ and Cross‐Aldol Reactions of Glycolaldehyde Catalyzed by D‐Fructose‐6‐phosphate Aldolase. Angewandte Chemie. 121(30). 5629–5633. 40 indexed citations
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Garrabou, Xavier, José A. Castillo, Teodor Parella, et al.. (2009). Asymmetric Self‐ and Cross‐Aldol Reactions of Glycolaldehyde Catalyzed by D‐Fructose‐6‐phosphate Aldolase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(30). 5521–5525. 107 indexed citations
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Gutiérrez, Mariana, Xavier Garrabou, Stefano De Servi, et al.. (2008). Serine Hydroxymethyl Transferase from Streptococcus thermophilus and L‐Threonine Aldolase from Escherichia coli as Stereocomplementary Biocatalysts for the Synthesis of β‐Hydroxy‐α,ω‐diamino Acid Derivatives. Chemistry - A European Journal. 14(15). 4647–4656. 49 indexed citations

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