Kaitlin Schaefer • UCSF Profiles

Kaitlin Schaefer, PhD

Title(s)	Associate Specialist, Pharmaceutical Chemistry
School	School of Pharmacy
Address	San Francisco CA 94158
Phone	415-514-4498
Pronouns	She/Her/Hers
ORCID	0000-0003-4825-1389
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Multiscale photocatalytic proximity labeling reveals cell surface neighbors on and between cells. Science. 2024 Jul 19; 385(6706):eadl5763. Lin Z, Schaefer K, Lui I, Yao Z, Fossati A, Swaney DL, Palar A, Sali A, Wells JA. PMID: 39024454.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 6 Fields:
Sci Science
Translation:Humans Cells
Multi-scale photocatalytic proximity labeling reveals cell surface neighbors on and between cells. bioRxiv. 2023 Oct 29. Lin Z, Schaefer K, Lui I, Yao Z, Fossati A, Swaney DL, Palar A, Sali A, Wells JA. PMID: 37961561; PMCID: PMC10634877.

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Direct Identification of Proteolytic Cleavages on Living Cells Using a Glycan-Tethered Peptide Ligase. ACS Cent Sci. 2022 Oct 26; 8(10):1447-1456. Schaefer K, Lui I, Byrnes JR, Kang E, Zhou J, Weeks AM, Wells JA. PMID: 36313159; PMCID: PMC9615116.

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Ribosome stalling during selenoprotein translation exposes a ferroptosis vulnerability. Nat Chem Biol. 2022 07; 18(7):751-761. Li Z, Ferguson L, Deol KK, Roberts MA, Magtanong L, Hendricks JM, Mousa GA, Kilinc S, Schaefer K, Wells JA, Bassik MC, Goga A, Dixon SJ, Ingolia NT, Olzmann JA. PMID: 35637349; PMCID: PMC9469796.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 33 Fields:
Bio Biology Che Chemistry
Translation:Cells
CryoEM and AI reveal a structure of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp2, a multifunctional protein involved in key host processes. Res Sq. 2021 May 19. Gupta M, Azumaya CM, Moritz M, Pourmal S, Diallo A, Merz GE, Jang G, Bouhaddou M, Fossati A, Brilot AF, Diwanji D, Hernandez E, Herrera N, Kratochvil HT, Lam VL, Li F, Li Y, Nguyen HC, Nowotny C, Owens TW, Peters JK, Rizo AN, Schulze-Gahmen U, Smith AM, Young ID, Yu Z, Asarnow D, Billesbølle C, Campbell MG, Chen J, Chen KH, Chio US, Dickinson MS, Doan L, Jin M, Kim K, Li J, Li YL, Linossi E, Liu Y, Lo M, Lopez J, Lopez KE, Mancino A, Moss FR, Paul MD, Pawar KI, Pelin A, Pospiech TH, Puchades C, Remesh SG, Safari M, Schaefer K, Sun M, Tabios MC, Thwin AC, Titus EW, Trenker R, Tse E, Tsui TKM, Wang F, Zhang K, Zhang Y, Zhao J, Zhou F, Zhou Y, Zuliani-Alvarez L, QCRG Structural Biology Consortium, Agard DA, Cheng Y, Fraser JS, Jura N, Kortemme T, Manglik A, Southworth DR, Stroud RM, Swaney DL, Krogan NJ, Frost A, Rosenberg OS, Verba KA. PMID: 34031651; PMCID: PMC8142659.

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CryoEM and AI reveal a structure of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp2, a multifunctional protein involved in key host processes. bioRxiv. 2021 May 11. Gupta M, Azumaya CM, Moritz M, Pourmal S, Diallo A, Merz GE, Jang G, Bouhaddou M, Fossati A, Brilot AF, Diwanji D, Hernandez E, Herrera N, Kratochvil HT, Lam VL, Li F, Li Y, Nguyen HC, Nowotny C, Owens TW, Peters JK, Rizo AN, Schulze-Gahmen U, Smith AM, Young ID, Yu Z, Asarnow D, Billesbølle C, Campbell MG, Chen J, Chen KH, Chio US, Dickinson MS, Doan L, Jin M, Kim K, Li J, Li YL, Linossi E, Liu Y, Lo M, Lopez J, Lopez KE, Mancino A, Moss FR, Paul MD, Pawar KI, Pelin A, Pospiech TH, Puchades C, Remesh SG, Safari M, Schaefer K, Sun M, Tabios MC, Thwin AC, Titus EW, Trenker R, Tse E, Tsui TKM, Wang F, Zhang K, Zhang Y, Zhao J, Zhou F, Zhou Y, Zuliani-Alvarez L, QCRG Structural Biology Consortium, Agard DA, Cheng Y, Fraser JS, Jura N, Kortemme T, Manglik A, Southworth DR, Stroud RM, Swaney DL, Krogan NJ, Frost A, Rosenberg OS, Verba KA. PMID: 34013269; PMCID: PMC8132225.

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Sentinel cells enable genetic detection of SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein. bioRxiv. 2021 Apr 20. Weinberg ZY, Hilburger CE, Kim M, Cao L, Khalid M, Elmes S, Diwanji D, Hernandez E, Lopez J, Schaefer K, Smith AM, Zhou F, QCRG Structural Biology Consortium, Kumar GR, Ott M, Baker D, El-Samad H. PMID: 33907743; PMCID: PMC8077567.

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Lipoteichoic acid polymer length is determined by competition between free starter units. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 11 24; 117(47):29669-29676. Hesser AR, Schaefer K, Lee W, Walker S. PMID: 33172991; PMCID: PMC7703640.

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Sci Science
Translation:Cells
Structure and reconstitution of a hydrolase complex that may release peptidoglycan from the membrane after polymerization. Nat Microbiol. 2021 01; 6(1):34-43. Schaefer K, Owens TW, Page JE, Santiago M, Kahne D, Walker S. PMID: 33168989; PMCID: PMC7755832.

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Mic Microbiology Par Parasitology Vir Virology
Translation:Cells
An ultrapotent synthetic nanobody neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 by stabilizing inactive Spike. Science. 2020 12 18; 370(6523):1473-1479. Schoof M, Faust B, Saunders RA, Sangwan S, Rezelj V, Hoppe N, Boone M, Billesbølle CB, Puchades C, Azumaya CM, Kratochvil HT, Zimanyi M, Deshpande I, Liang J, Dickinson S, Nguyen HC, Chio CM, Merz GE, Thompson MC, Diwanji D, Schaefer K, Anand AA, Dobzinski N, Zha BS, Simoneau CR, Leon K, White KM, Chio US, Gupta M, Jin M, Li F, Liu Y, Zhang K, Bulkley D, Sun M, Smith AM, Rizo AN, Moss F, Brilot AF, Pourmal S, Trenker R, Pospiech T, Gupta S, Barsi-Rhyne B, Belyy V, Barile-Hill AW, Nock S, Liu Y, Krogan NJ, Ralston CY, Swaney DL, García-Sastre A, Ott M, Vignuzzi M, QCRG Structural Biology Consortium, Walter P, Manglik A. PMID: 33154106; PMCID: PMC7857409.

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Sci Science
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Bi-paratopic and multivalent VH domains block ACE2 binding and neutralize SARS-CoV-2. Nat Chem Biol. 2021 01; 17(1):113-121. Bracken CJ, Lim SA, Solomon P, Rettko NJ, Nguyen DP, Zha BS, Schaefer K, Byrnes JR, Zhou J, Lui I, Liu J, Pance K, QCRG Structural Biology Consortium, Zhou XX, Leung KK, Wells JA. PMID: 33082574; PMCID: PMC8356808.

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Bio Biology Che Chemistry
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Comparative host-coronavirus protein interaction networks reveal pan-viral disease mechanisms. Science. 2020 12 04; 370(6521). Gordon DE, Hiatt J, Bouhaddou M, Rezelj VV, Ulferts S, Braberg H, Jureka AS, Obernier K, Guo JZ, Batra J, Kaake RM, Weckstein AR, Owens TW, Gupta M, Pourmal S, Titus EW, Cakir M, Soucheray M, McGregor M, Cakir Z, Jang G, O'Meara MJ, Tummino TA, Zhang Z, Foussard H, Rojc A, Zhou Y, Kuchenov D, Hüttenhain R, Xu J, Eckhardt M, Swaney DL, Fabius JM, Ummadi M, Tutuncuoglu B, Rathore U, Modak M, Haas P, Haas KM, Naing ZZC, Pulido EH, Shi Y, Barrio-Hernandez I, Memon D, Petsalaki E, Dunham A, Marrero MC, Burke D, Koh C, Vallet T, Silvas JA, Azumaya CM, Billesbølle C, Brilot AF, Campbell MG, Diallo A, Dickinson MS, Diwanji D, Herrera N, Hoppe N, Kratochvil HT, Liu Y, Merz GE, Moritz M, Nguyen HC, Nowotny C, Puchades C, Rizo AN, Schulze-Gahmen U, Smith AM, Sun M, Young ID, Zhao J, Asarnow D, Biel J, Bowen A, Braxton JR, Chen J, Chio CM, Chio US, Deshpande I, Doan L, Faust B, Flores S, Jin M, Kim K, Lam VL, Li F, Li J, Li YL, Li Y, Liu X, Lo M, Lopez KE, Melo AA, Moss FR, Nguyen P, Paulino J, Pawar KI, Peters JK, Pospiech TH, Safari M, Sangwan S, Schaefer K, Thomas PV, Thwin AC, Trenker R, Tse E, Tsui TKM, Wang F, Whitis N, Yu Z, Zhang K, Zhang Y, Zhou F, Saltzberg D, QCRG Structural Biology Consortium, Hodder AJ, Shun-Shion AS, Williams DM, White KM, Rosales R, Kehrer T, Miorin L, Moreno E, Patel AH, Rihn S, Khalid MM, Vallejo-Gracia A, Fozouni P, Simoneau CR, Roth TL, Wu D, Karim MA, Ghoussaini M, Dunham I, Berardi F, Weigang S, Chazal M, Park J, Logue J, McGrath M, Weston S, Haupt R, Hastie CJ, Elliott M, Brown F, Burness KA, Reid E, Dorward M, Johnson C, Wilkinson SG, Geyer A, Giesel DM, Baillie C, Raggett S, Leech H, Toth R, Goodman N, Keough KC, Lind AL, Zoonomia Consortium, Klesh RJ, Hemphill KR, Carlson-Stevermer J, Oki J, Holden K, Maures T, Pollard KS, Sali A, Agard DA, Cheng Y, Fraser JS, Frost A, Jura N, Kortemme T, Manglik A, Southworth DR, Stroud RM, Alessi DR, Davies P, Frieman MB, Ideker T, Abate C, Jouvenet N, Kochs G, Shoichet B, Ott M, Palmarini M, et al. PMID: 33060197; PMCID: PMC7808408.

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Sci Science
Translation:Humans Cells
An ultra-potent synthetic nanobody neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 by locking Spike into an inactive conformation. bioRxiv. 2020 Aug 17. Schoof M, Faust B, Saunders RA, Sangwan S, Rezelj V, Hoppe N, Boone M, Billesbølle CB, Puchades C, Azumaya CM, Kratochvil HT, Zimanyi M, Deshpande I, Liang J, Dickinson S, Nguyen HC, Chio CM, Merz GE, Thompson MC, Diwanji D, Schaefer K, Anand AA, Dobzinski N, Zha BS, Simoneau CR, Leon K, White KM, Chio US, Gupta M, Jin M, Li F, Liu Y, Zhang K, Bulkley D, Sun M, Smith AM, Rizo AN, Moss F, Brilot AF, Pourmal S, Trenker R, Pospiech T, Gupta S, Barsi-Rhyne B, Belyy V, Barile-Hill AW, Nock S, Liu Y, Krogan NJ, Ralston CY, Swaney DL, García-Sastre A, Ott M, Vignuzzi M, QCRG Structural Biology Consortium, Walter P, Manglik A. PMID: 32817938; PMCID: PMC7430568.

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Bi-paratopic and multivalent human VH domains neutralize SARS-CoV-2 by targeting distinct epitopes within the ACE2 binding interface of Spike. bioRxiv. 2020 Aug 10. Bracken CJ, Lim SA, Solomon P, Rettko NJ, Nguyen DP, Zha BS, Schaefer K, Byrnes JR, Zhou J, Lui I, Liu J, Pance K, QCRG Structural Biology Consortium, Zhou XX, Leung KK, Wells JA. PMID: 32817948; PMCID: PMC7430580.

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Staphylococcus aureus cell growth and division are regulated by an amidase that trims peptides from uncrosslinked peptidoglycan. Nat Microbiol. 2020 02; 5(2):291-303. Do T, Schaefer K, Santiago AG, Coe KA, Fernandes PB, Kahne D, Pinho MG, Walker S. PMID: 31932712; PMCID: PMC7046134.

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Mic Microbiology Par Parasitology Vir Virology
Translation:Cells
Direction of Chain Growth and Substrate Preferences of Shape, Elongation, Division, and Sporulation-Family Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferases. J Am Chem Soc. 2019 08 21; 141(33):12994-12997. Welsh MA, Schaefer K, Taguchi A, Kahne D, Walker S. PMID: 31386359; PMCID: PMC6738341.

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Che Chemistry
Translation:Humans Cells
MreB filaments align along greatest principal membrane curvature to orient cell wall synthesis. Elife. 2018 02 22; 7. Hussain S, Wivagg CN, Szwedziak P, Wong F, Schaefer K, Izoré T, Renner LD, Holmes MJ, Sun Y, Bisson-Filho AW, Walker S, Amir A, Löwe J, Garner EC. PMID: 29469806; PMCID: PMC5854468.

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Bio Biology
Translation:Cells
Substrate Preferences Establish the Order of Cell Wall Assembly in Staphylococcus aureus. J Am Chem Soc. 2018 02 21; 140(7):2442-2445. Schaefer K, Owens TW, Kahne D, Walker S. PMID: 29402087; PMCID: PMC5870139.

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Che Chemistry
Translation:Cells
Identification of a Functionally Unique Family of Penicillin-Binding Proteins. J Am Chem Soc. 2017 12 13; 139(49):17727-17730. Welsh MA, Taguchi A, Schaefer K, Van Tyne D, Lebreton F, Gilmore MS, Kahne D, Walker S. PMID: 29182854; PMCID: PMC5729098.

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Che Chemistry
Translation:Cells
Peptidoglycan Cross-Linking Preferences of Staphylococcus aureus Penicillin-Binding Proteins Have Implications for Treating MRSA Infections. J Am Chem Soc. 2017 07 26; 139(29):9791-9794. Srisuknimit V, Qiao Y, Schaefer K, Kahne D, Walker S. PMID: 28691491; PMCID: PMC5613940.

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Che Chemistry
Translation:Cells
Lipid II overproduction allows direct assay of transpeptidase inhibition by β-lactams. Nat Chem Biol. 2017 Jul; 13(7):793-798. Qiao Y, Srisuknimit V, Rubino F, Schaefer K, Ruiz N, Walker S, Kahne D. PMID: 28553948; PMCID: PMC5478438.

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Bio Biology Che Chemistry
Translation:Cells
In vitro reconstitution demonstrates the cell wall ligase activity of LCP proteins. Nat Chem Biol. 2017 04; 13(4):396-401. Schaefer K, Matano LM, Qiao Y, Kahne D, Walker S. PMID: 28166208; PMCID: PMC5362317.

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Bio Biology Che Chemistry
Translation:Cells
The Mechanism of Action of Lysobactin. J Am Chem Soc. 2016 Jan 13; 138(1):100-3. Lee W, Schaefer K, Qiao Y, Srisuknimit V, Steinmetz H, Müller R, Kahne D, Walker S. PMID: 26683668; PMCID: PMC4817722.

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Che Chemistry
Translation:Cells
Detection of lipid-linked peptidoglycan precursors by exploiting an unexpected transpeptidase reaction. J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Oct 22; 136(42):14678-81. Qiao Y, Lebar MD, Schirner K, Schaefer K, Tsukamoto H, Kahne D, Walker S. PMID: 25291014; PMCID: PMC4210121.

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Che Chemistry
Translation:Cells