Claus‐Peter Witte

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Claus‐Peter Witte is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Claus‐Peter Witte has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Plant Science and 7 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Claus‐Peter Witte's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (16 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (15 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (10 papers). Claus‐Peter Witte is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (16 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (15 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (10 papers). Claus‐Peter Witte collaborates with scholars based in Germany, South Korea and China. Claus‐Peter Witte's co-authors include Tina Romeis, Andrea K. Werner, Marco Herde, Ullrich Dubiella, Waltraud X. Schulze, Guido Durian, Heike Seybold, Roman Lassig, Jane E. Parker and Nieves Medina‐Escobar and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Claus‐Peter Witte

59 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Calcium-dependent protein kinase/NADPH oxidase activation circuit is required for rapid defense signal propagation

2013 566 citations Ullrich Dubiella, Heike Seybold et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Claus‐Peter Witte Germany	29	2.1k	1.5k	131	131	120	59	3.1k
Daniel Le Rudulier France	29	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	34 0.3×	170 1.3×	73 0.6×	52	3.0k
Felix Hauser United States	24	3.2k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	92 0.7×	48 0.4×	49 0.4×	34	3.6k
Ri‐He Peng China	35	3.0k 1.4×	3.0k 2.0×	67 0.5×	101 0.8×	62 0.5×	180	5.1k
Joe C. Polacco United States	21	1.2k 0.6×	724 0.5×	280 2.1×	63 0.5×	24 0.2×	35	1.8k
Edurne Baroja‐Fernández Spain	32	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	24 0.2×	215 1.6×	103 0.9×	77	3.3k
Javier Pozueta‐Romero Spain	35	2.8k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	29 0.2×	246 1.9×	143 1.2×	111	4.3k
Francisco José Muñoz Spain	32	2.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	23 0.2×	110 0.8×	98 0.8×	80	3.3k
Pedro Fevereiro Portugal	33	2.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	20 0.2×	124 0.9×	72 0.6×	117	3.6k
Changle Ma China	32	2.3k 1.1×	2.1k 1.4×	17 0.1×	58 0.4×	49 0.4×	82	3.7k
Stefanie Wienkoop Austria	38	2.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.4×	15 0.1×	71 0.5×	292 2.4×	93	3.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Witte, Claus‐Peter, et al.. (2025). Phylogenomics and metabolic engineering reveal a conserved gene cluster in Solanaceae plants for withanolide biosynthesis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6367–6367. 5 indexed citations

Medina‐Escobar, Nieves, et al.. (2024). The vacuolar phosphatases purple acid phosphatase 26 and haloacid dehalogenase IIA2.1 hydrolyze 5′-, 3′-, and 2′-nucleotides derived from RNA degradation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 197(1). 1 indexed citations

Suh, Jeong‐Yong, et al.. (2024). Structure, cooperativity and inhibition of the inosine 5′‐monophosphate‐specific phosphatase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS Journal. 291(9). 1992–2008. 3 indexed citations

Valifard, Marzieh, Alisdair R. Fernie, Thomas Nägele, et al.. (2023). The novel chloroplast glucose transporter pGlcT2 affects adaptation to extended light periods. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(6). 104741–104741. 8 indexed citations

Zhao, Jie, et al.. (2023). N4-acetylation of cytidine in mRNA plays essential roles in plants. The Plant Cell. 35(10). 3739–3756. 19 indexed citations

Witte, Claus‐Peter, et al.. (2022). An inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase safeguards plant nucleic acids from aberrant purine nucleotides. New Phytologist. 237(5). 1759–1775. 12 indexed citations

Herde, Marco, et al.. (2022). Enzymes and cellular interplay required for flux of fixed nitrogen to ureides in bean nodules. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5331–5331. 19 indexed citations

Witte, Claus‐Peter, et al.. (2021). Analysis of Nucleosides and Nucleotides in Plants: An Update on Sample Preparation and LC–MS Techniques. Cells. 10(3). 689–689. 17 indexed citations

Rugen, Nils, Jan Hegermann, Patrick Giavalisco, et al.. (2020). Rapid Affinity Purification of Tagged Plant Mitochondria (Mito-AP) for Metabolome and Proteome Analyses. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 182(3). 1194–1210. 38 indexed citations

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Durian, Guido, Mastoureh Sedaghatmehr, Lilian P. Matallana-Ramirez, et al.. (2020). Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase CPK1 Controls Cell Death by In Vivo Phosphorylation of Senescence Master Regulator ORE1. The Plant Cell. 32(5). 1610–1625. 41 indexed citations

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Liu, Boyang, et al.. (2019). A Link between Deoxyribonucleotide Metabolites and Embryonic Cell-Cycle Control. Current Biology. 29(7). 1187–1192.e3. 25 indexed citations

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Chen, Mingjia, et al.. (2018). m⁶A RNA Degradation Products Are Catabolized by an Evolutionarily Conserved N⁶-Methyl-AMP Deaminase in Plant and Mammalian Cells. The Plant Cell. 30(7). 1511–1522. 49 indexed citations

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Zhu, Anting, Rodrigo Ligabue‐Braun, Stefan Bartram, et al.. (2017). Coprophagous features in carnivorous Nepenthes plants: a task for ureases. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11647–11647. 15 indexed citations

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Dubiella, Ullrich, Heike Seybold, Guido Durian, et al.. (2013). Calcium-dependent protein kinase/NADPH oxidase activation circuit is required for rapid defense signal propagation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(21). 8744–8749. 566 indexed citations breakdown →

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Witte, Claus‐Peter, et al.. (2010). Tobacco Calcium-dependent Protein Kinases Are Differentially Phosphorylated in Vivo as Part of a Kinase Cascade That Regulates Stress Response. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(13). 9740–9748. 76 indexed citations

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Witte, Claus‐Peter. (2004). Analysis of two alleles of the urease gene from potato: polymorphisms, expression, and extensive alternative splicing of the corresponding mRNA. Journal of Experimental Botany. 56(409). 91–9. 22 indexed citations

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Iannetta, Pietro P. M., Heather A. Ross, Edwige Souleyre, et al.. (2004). Identification, cloning and expression analysis of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) mitochondrial citrate synthase and mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase. Physiologia Plantarum. 121(1). 15–26. 37 indexed citations

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Ataya, Farid S., Claus‐Peter Witte, Aurora Galván, M. Isabel Igeño, & Emilio Muñoz Fernández. (2003). Mcp1 Encodes the Molybdenum Cofactor Carrier Protein in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Participates in Protection, Binding, and Storage Functions of the Cofactor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(13). 10885–10890. 31 indexed citations

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Witte, Claus‐Peter, Quang Hien Le, Thomas E. Bureau, & Amar Kumar. (2001). Terminal-repeat retrotransposons in miniature (TRIM) are involved in restructuring plant genomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(24). 13778–13783. 175 indexed citations

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Witte, Claus‐Peter, M. Isabel Igeño, Ralf R. Mendel, Günter Schwarz, & Emilio Muñoz Fernández. (1998). The Chlamydomonas reinhardtii MoCo carrier protein is multimeric and stabilizes molybdopterin cofactor in a molybdate charged form. FEBS Letters. 431(2). 205–209. 43 indexed citations

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