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Petra Van Damme

Petra Van Damme

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Biology and Biochemistry

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52
Citations
9496
World Ranking
16709
National Ranking
280

Overview

Petra Van Damme is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research output includes 77 publications across this main domain, with particular focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, and Oncology.

Their work spans several main topics, including:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Biotin and Related Studies
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications

Petra Van Damme has published in a variety of scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The Plant Cell
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Recent notable papers include:

  • Establishment of Proximity-Dependent Biotinylation Approaches in Different Plant Model Systems, 2020, The Plant Cell
  • Bacterial Genetic Engineering by Means of Recombineering for Reverse Genetics, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Mechanisms of Congenital Heart Disease Caused by NAA15 Haploinsufficiency, 2021, Circulation Research
  • Rhizogenic Agrobacterium protein RolB interacts with the TOPLESS repressor proteins to reprogram plant immunity and development, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Use of Hybrid Data-Dependent and -Independent Acquisition Spectral Libraries Empowers Dual-Proteome Profiling, 2021, Journal of Proteome Research

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their career with frequent co-authors including:

  • Veronique Jonckheere with 14 joint publications
  • Igor Fijałkowski with 10 joint publications
  • Kris Gevaert with 9 joint publications
  • Patrick J. Willems with 8 joint publications
  • Alain Goossens with 7 joint publications

Best Publications

  • Transcriptional activation of the NF‐κB p65 subunit by mitogen‐ and stress‐activated protein kinase‐1 (MSK1)

    Linda Vermeulen;Gert De Wilde;Petra Van Damme;Wim Vanden Berghe

  • Proteomics analyses reveal the evolutionary conservation and divergence of N-terminal acetyltransferases from yeast and humans

    Thomas Arnesen;Petra Van Damme;Bogdan Polevoda;Kenny Helsens

  • Targeted peptidecentric proteomics reveals caspase-7 as a substrate of the caspase-1 inflammasomes.

    Mohamed Lamkanfi;Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti;Petra Van Damme;Petra Van Damme;Tom Vanden Berghe;Tom Vanden Berghe

  • Caspase-14 protects against epidermal UVB photodamage and water loss.

    Geertrui Denecker;Esther Hoste;Barbara Gilbert;Tino Hochepied

  • Caspase-specific and nonspecific in vivo protein processing during Fas-induced apoptosis.

    Petra Van Damme;Lennart Martens;Jozef Van Damme;Koen Hugelier

  • Caspase-14 Is Required for Filaggrin Degradation to Natural Moisturizing Factors in the Skin

    Esther Hoste;Patrick Kemperman;Michael Devos;Geertrui Denecker

  • T-cell receptor-induced JNK activation requires proteolytic inactivation of CYLD by MALT1

    Jens Staal;Yasmine Driege;Tine Bekaert;Annelies Demeyer

  • N-terminal acetylome analyses and functional insights of the N-terminal acetyltransferase NatB

    Petra Van Damme;Marta Lasa;Bogdan Polevoda;Cristina Gazquez

  • NatF Contributes to an Evolutionary Shift in Protein N-Terminal Acetylation and Is Important for Normal Chromosome Segregation

    Petra Van Damme;Kristine Hole;Ana Pimenta-Marques;Kenny Helsens

  • Selecting protein N-terminal peptides by combined fractional diagonal chromatography

    An Staes;Francis Impens;Francis Impens;Petra Van Damme;Petra Van Damme;Bart Ruttens;Bart Ruttens

  • Stable isotopic labeling in proteomics

    Kris Gevaert;Francis Impens;Bart Ghesquière;Petra Van Damme

  • Proteome-wide Identification of HtrA2/Omi Substrates.

    Lieselotte Vande Walle;Petra Van Damme;Mohamed Lamkanfi;Xavier Saelens

  • Improved recovery of proteome-informative, protein N-terminal peptides by combined fractional diagonal chromatography (COFRADIC).

    An Staes;Petra Van Damme;Kenny Helsens;Hans Demol

  • Deep Proteome Coverage Based on Ribosome Profiling Aids Mass Spectrometry-based Protein and Peptide Discovery and Provides Evidence of Alternative Translation Products and Near-cognate Translation Initiation Events*

    Gerben Menschaert;Wim Van Criekinge;Tineke Notelaers;Alexander Koch

  • PROTEOFORMER: deep proteome coverage through ribosome profiling and MS integration

    Jeroen Crappé;Elvis Ndah;Alexander Koch;Sandra Steyaert

  • The Chaperone-Like Protein HYPK Acts Together with NatA in Cotranslational N-Terminal Acetylation and Prevention of Huntingtin Aggregation

    Thomas Arnesen;Thomas Arnesen;Kristian K. Starheim;Kristian K. Starheim;Petra Van Damme;Rune Evjenth

  • N-terminal Proteomics and Ribosome Profiling Provide a Comprehensive View of the Alternative Translation Initiation Landscape in Mice and Men

    Petra Van Damme;Daria Gawron;Wim Van Criekinge;Gerben Menschaert

  • The human platelet proteome mapped by peptide-centric proteomics: A functional protein profile

    Lennart Martens;Petra Van Damme;Jozef Van Damme;An Staes

  • Proteome-derived Peptide Libraries Allow Detailed Analysis of the Substrate Specificities of Nα-acetyltransferases and Point to hNaa10p as the Post-translational Actin Nα-acetyltransferase

    Petra Van Damme;Rune Evjenth;Håvard Foyn;Håvard Foyn;Kimberly Demeyer

  • The Arabidopsis Metacaspase9 Degradome

    Liana Tsiatsiani;Evy Timmerman;Pieter-Jan De Bock;Dominique Vercammen

Frequent Co-Authors

Kris Gevaert
Kris Gevaert Ghent University
Joël Vandekerckhove
Joël Vandekerckhove Ghent University
Thomas Arnesen
Thomas Arnesen University of Bergen
Peter Vandenabeele
Peter Vandenabeele Ghent University
Lennart Martens
Lennart Martens Ghent University
Wim Declercq
Wim Declercq Ghent University
Sebastian Maurer-Stroh
Sebastian Maurer-Stroh Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Tom Vanden Berghe
Tom Vanden Berghe University of Antwerp
Wim Van Criekinge
Wim Van Criekinge Ghent University

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