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Suzanne Walker is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the broad fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on several specialized subfields. These include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Infectious Diseases, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work focuses on key topics such as Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Enzyme Structure and Function, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways.

Suzanne Walker has published extensively in notable venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), JAMA Cardiology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JAMA Ophthalmology, and Nature Microbiology. These venues represent a range of biomedical and molecular science journals where their research contributions often appear.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Suzanne Walker include:

  • Phil Fontanarosa
  • Annette Flanagin
  • Sara Billings
  • Juliet Orellana
  • Paul Ruich

Among selected recent papers are:

  • "From problem-based learning to practice-based education: a framework for shaping future engineers," published in 2020 in the European Journal of Engineering Education
  • "Structural coordination of polymerization and crosslinking by a SEDS-bPBP peptidoglycan synthase complex," published in 2020 in Nature Microbiology
  • "Uncovering the activities, biological roles, and regulation of bacterial cell wall hydrolases and tailoring enzymes," published in 2020 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Mammalian cell proliferation requires noncatalytic functions of O-GlcNAc transferase," published in 2021 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Staphylococcus aureus cell growth and division are regulated by an amidase that trims peptides from uncrosslinked peptidoglycan," published in 2020 in Nature Microbiology

Best Publications

  • The Bacterial Cell Envelope

    Thomas J. Silhavy;Daniel Kahne;Suzanne Walker

  • Wall teichoic acids of gram-positive bacteria.

    Stephanie Brown;John P. Santa Maria;Suzanne Walker

  • Glycosylation of unreactive substrates

    Daniel Kahne;Suzanne Walker;Yuan Cheng;Donna Van Engen

  • SEDS proteins are a widespread family of bacterial cell wall polymerases

    Alexander J. Meeske;Eammon P. Riley;William P. Robins;Tsuyoshi Uehara

  • Structure of human O -GlcNAc transferase and its complex with a peptide substrate

    Michael B. Lazarus;Yunsun Nam;Yunsun Nam;Jiaoyang Jiang;Piotr Sliz

  • Wall teichoic acid function, biosynthesis, and inhibition.

    Jonathan G. Swoboda;Jennifer Campbell;Timothy C. Meredith;Suzanne Walker

  • Lipid II is an intrinsic component of the pore induced by nisin in bacterial membranes.

    Eefjan Breukink;Hester E. van Heusden;Pauline J. Vollmerhaus;Ewa Swiezewska

  • Lipoprotein cofactors located in the outer membrane activate bacterial cell wall polymerases

    Catherine Paradis-Bleau;Monica Markovski;Tsuyoshi Uehara;Tania J. Lupoli

  • Discovery of O-GlcNAc Transferase Inhibitors

    Benjamin J Gross;Brian C Kraybill;Suzanne Walker

  • FtsW is a peptidoglycan polymerase that is functional only in complex with its cognate penicillin-binding protein.

    Atsushi Taguchi;Michael A. Welsh;Lindsey S. Marmont;Wonsik Lee;Wonsik Lee

  • Crystal structure of the MurG:UDP-GlcNAc complex reveals common structural principles of a superfamily of glycosyltransferases

    Yanan Hu;Lan Chen;Sha Ha;Ben Gross

  • The 1.9 A crystal structure of Escherichia coli MurG, a membrane-associated glycosyltransferase involved in peptidoglycan biosynthesis.

    Sha Ha;Deborah Walker;Yigong Shi;Suzanne Walker

  • Synthetic lethal compound combinations reveal a fundamental connection between wall teichoic acid and peptidoglycan biosyntheses in Staphylococcus aureus.

    Jennifer Campbell;Atul K. Singh;Atul K. Singh;John P. Santa Maria;Younghoon Kim

  • Comparative Genomics of Enterococci: Variation in Enterococcus faecalis, Clade Structure in E. faecium, and Defining Characteristics of E. gallinarum and E. casseliflavus

    Kelli L. Palmer;Paul Godfrey;Allison D. Griggs;Veronica N. Kos

  • Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus requires glycosylated wall teichoic acids

    Stephanie Brown;Guoqing Xia;Lyly G. Luhachack;Jennifer Campbell

  • Imaging peptidoglycan biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis with fluorescent antibiotics

    Kittichoat Tiyanont;Thierry Doan;Michael B. Lazarus;Xiao Fang

  • Envelope Structures of Gram-Positive Bacteria

    Mithila Rajagopal;Suzanne Walker

  • A Small Molecule That Inhibits OGT Activity in Cells

    Rodrigo F. Ortiz-Meoz;Jiaoyang Jiang;Michael B. Lazarus;Marina Orman

  • Remarkable Structural Similarities between Diverse Glycosyltransferases

    Yanan Hu;Suzanne Walker

  • MreB filaments align along greatest principal membrane curvature to orient cell wall synthesis.

    Saman Hussain;Carl N Wivagg;Piotr Szwedziak;Felix Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Kahne
Daniel Kahne Harvard University
Michael S. Gilmore
Michael S. Gilmore Harvard Medical School
Thomas G. Bernhardt
Thomas G. Bernhardt Harvard University
Michael Welsh
Michael Welsh Uppsala University
Yonatan H. Grad
Yonatan H. Grad Harvard University
Thomas R. Ioerger
Thomas R. Ioerger Texas A&M University
Richard Losick
Richard Losick Harvard University
Ian G. Mills
Ian G. Mills University of Oxford
Andrew C. Kruse
Andrew C. Kruse Harvard University
David Z. Rudner
David Z. Rudner Harvard University

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