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Keith D. Wilkinson

Keith D. Wilkinson

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
25913
World Ranking
6157
National Ranking
2895

Overview

Keith D. Wilkinson is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Physiology.

The main research topics addressed by Wilkinson focus on Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease, and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Wilkinson has published work in notable venues including the International Journal of Molecular Sciences and UNC Libraries. Their recent papers include:

  • Aggregation and Prion-Inducing Properties of the G-Protein Gamma Subunit Ste18 are Regulated by Membrane Association (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Familial Parkinson's Disease-associated L166P Mutation Disrupts DJ-1 Protein Folding and Function (2021, UNC Libraries)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wilkinson are:

  • Tatiana A. Chernova
  • Zhen Yang
  • Tatiana Karpova
  • John Shanks
  • Natalia Shcherbik

Best Publications

  • The ubiquitin pathway in Parkinson's disease

    Elisabeth Leroy;Rebecca Boyer;Georg Auburger;Barbara Leube

  • Regulation and Cellular Roles of Ubiquitin-Specific Deubiquitinating Enzymes

    Francisca E. Reyes-Turcu;Karen H. Ventii;Keith D. Wilkinson

  • Microarray Identification of FMRP-Associated Brain mRNAs and Altered mRNA Translational Profiles in Fragile X Syndrome

    Victoria Brown;Victoria Brown;Peng Jin;Peng Jin;Stephanie Ceman;Stephanie Ceman;Jennifer C. Darnell

  • The neuron-specific protein PGP 9.5 is a ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase

    Keith D. Wilkinson;Keunmyoung Lee;Seema Deshpande;Penelope Duerksen-Hughes

  • FMR1 protein: conserved RNP family domains and selective RNA binding

    Claude T. Ashley;Keith D. Wilkinson;Daniel Reines;Stephen T. Warren

  • BAP1: a novel ubiquitin hydrolase which binds to the BRCA1 RING finger and enhances BRCA1-mediated cell growth suppression

    David E. Jensen;Monja Proctor;Sandra T. Marquis;Heather Perry Gardner

  • Ubiquitination and deubiquitination: targeting of proteins for degradation by the proteasome.

    Keith D. Wilkinson

  • Regulation of ubiquitin-dependent processes by deubiquitinating enzymes.

    Keith D. Wilkinson

  • Molecular discrimination of structurally equivalent Lys 63-linked and linear polyubiquitin chains

    David Komander;David Komander;Francisca Reyes‐Turcu;Julien D F Licchesi;Peter Odenwaelder

  • Chemistry-Based Functional Proteomics Reveals Novel Members of the Deubiquitinating Enzyme Family

    Anna Borodovsky;Huib Ovaa;Nagamalleswari Kolli;Tudeviin Gan-Erdene

  • A novel active site-directed probe specific for deubiquitylating enzymes reveals proteasome association of USP14.

    Anna Borodovsky;Benedikt M. Kessler;Rocco Casagrande;Herman S. Overkleeft

  • The fragile X mental retardation protein inhibits translation via interacting with mRNA.

    Zhenzhong Li;Youyi Zhang;Li Ku;Keith D. Wilkinson

  • Ubiquitin is the ATP-dependent proteolysis factor I of rabbit reticulocytes.

    K D Wilkinson;M K Urban;A L Haas

  • Substrate specificity of deubiquitinating enzymes: ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolases.

    Christopher N. Larsen;Bryan A. Krantz;Keith D. Wilkinson

  • Structure and mechanisms of the proteasome-associated deubiquitinating enzyme USP14

    Min Hu;Pingwei Li;Ling Song;Philip D Jeffrey

  • Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase (PGP 9.5) is selectively present in ubiquitinated inclusion bodies characteristic of human neurodegenerative diseases.

    J Lowe;H McDermott;M Landon;R J Mayer

  • BRCA1-Associated Protein-1 Is a Tumor Suppressor that Requires Deubiquitinating Activity and Nuclear Localization

    Karen H. Ventii;Narra S. Devi;Kenneth L. Friedrich;Tatiana A. Chernova

  • METABOLISM OF THE POLYUBIQUITIN DEGRADATION SIGNAL : STRUCTURE, MECHANISM,AND ROLE OF ISOPEPTIDASE T

    Keith D. Wilkinson;Valery L. Tashayev;Lydia B. O'Connor;Christopher N. Larsen

  • The ubiquitin binding domain ZnF UBP recognizes the C-terminal diglycine motif of unanchored ubiquitin.

    Francisca E. Reyes-Turcu;John R. Horton;James E. Mullally;Annie Heroux

  • Familial Parkinson's disease-associated L166P mutation disrupts DJ-1 protein folding and function.

    James A. Olzmann;Keith Brown;Keith D. Wilkinson;Howard D. Rees

Frequent Co-Authors

Yury O. Chernoff
Yury O. Chernoff Georgia Institute of Technology
Stephen T. Warren
Stephen T. Warren Emory University
Mary Dasso
Mary Dasso National Institutes of Health
Arthur L. Haas
Arthur L. Haas Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
David Komander
David Komander Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Cecile M. Pickart
Cecile M. Pickart Johns Hopkins University
Hidde L. Ploegh
Hidde L. Ploegh Boston Children's Hospital
Guy S. Salvesen
Guy S. Salvesen Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Stephanie L. Sherman
Stephanie L. Sherman Emory University
Tatiana S. Karpova
Tatiana S. Karpova National Institutes of Health

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