Hans Leemhuis

4.3k citations

53 papers · 3.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 30

Co-authors: Lubbert Dijkhuizen Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel Joost C.M. Uitdehaag Bauke W. Dijkstra Ronan M. Kelly Slavko Kralj Justyna M. Dobruchowska Tjaard Pijning
Topics: Enzyme Production and Characterization (41 papers)Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (35 papers)Phytase and its Applications (14 papers)
Cited by: Biotechnology Nutrition and Dietetics Plant Science
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry PLoS ONE Journal of Molecular Biology
Partner nations: Netherlands United States United Kingdom

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Hans Leemhuis

52 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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Properties and applications of starch-converting enzymes of the α-amylase family

2002 995 citations Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel, Joost C.M. Uitdehaag et al. Journal of Biotechnology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Assessing the potential for non-digestible carbohydrates toward mitigating adverse effects of antibiotics on microbiota composition and activity in an in vitro colon model of the weaning infant 2025 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·(unknown),David Barnett,Enrique Olmos,Cajo J. F. ter Braak,Ilja C.W. Arts,John Penders,Arjen Nauta,Hans Leemhuis,Koen Venema,Hauke Smidt	0
2	Immunostimulatory effects of isomalto/malto-polysaccharides via TLR2 and TLR4 in preventing doxycycline-induced cytokine loss 2024 ·Carbohydrate Polymers ·Luis Silva,(unknown),P.L. Buwalda,(unknown),(unknown),Hans Leemhuis,Edwin J.A. Veldhuizen,Henk A. Schols,Gabriel López‐Velázquez,Paul de Vos	3
3	Digestion kinetics of low, intermediate and highly branched maltodextrins produced from gelatinized starches with various microbial glycogen branching enzymes 2020 ·Carbohydrate Polymers ·(unknown),Hans Leemhuis,Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel	19
4	Identification of Thermotoga maritima MSB8 GH57 α-amylase AmyC as a glycogen-branching enzyme with high hydrolytic activity 2019 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·(unknown),Hans Leemhuis,Ŝtefan Janeĉek,(unknown),Tjaard Pijning,Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel	14
5	Characterization of the GH13 and GH57 glycogen branching enzymes from Petrotoga mobilis SJ95 and potential role in glycogen biosynthesis 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown),Hans Leemhuis,Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel	21
6	Synthesis of highly branched α-glucans with different structures using GH13 and GH57 glycogen branching enzymes 2019 ·Carbohydrate Polymers ·(unknown),Hans Leemhuis,Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel	27
7	4,6-α-Glucanotransferase activity occurs more widespread in Lactobacillus strains and constitutes a separate GH70 subfamily 2012 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Hans Leemhuis,Willem P. Dijkman,Justyna M. Dobruchowska,Tjaard Pijning,(unknown),Slavko Kralj,Johannis P. Kamerling,Lubbert Dijkhuizen	61
8	The role of conserved inulosucrase residues in the reaction and product specificity of Lactobacillus reuteri inulosucrase 2012 ·FEBS Journal ·Munir Ahmad Anwar,Hans Leemhuis,Tjaard Pijning,Slavko Kralj,Bauke W. Dijkstra,Lubbert Dijkhuizen	23
9	Starch modification with microbial alpha-glucanotransferase enzymes 2012 ·Carbohydrate Polymers ·Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel,Hans Leemhuis	119
10	Structural characterization of linear isomalto-/malto-oligomer products synthesized by the novel GTFB 4,6-α-glucanotransferase enzyme from Lactobacillus reuteri 121 2011 ·Glycobiology ·Justyna M. Dobruchowska,Gerrit J. Gerwig,Slavko Kralj,(unknown),Hans Leemhuis,Lubbert Dijkhuizen,Johannis P. Kamerling	62
11	Crystal Structure of Inulosucrase from Lactobacillus: Insights into the Substrate Specificity and Product Specificity of GH68 Fructansucrases 2011 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Tjaard Pijning,Munir Ahmad Anwar,(unknown),Justyna M. Dobruchowska,Hans Leemhuis,Slavko Kralj,Lubbert Dijkhuizen,Bauke W. Dijkstra	61
12	Engineering of cyclodextrin glucanotransferases and the impact for biotechnological applications 2009 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Hans Leemhuis,Ronan M. Kelly,Lubbert Dijkhuizen	149
13	Evolution toward Small Molecule Inhibitor Resistance Affects Native Enzyme Function and Stability, Generating Acarbose-insensitive Cyclodextrin Glucanotransferase Variants 2008 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Ronan M. Kelly,Hans Leemhuis,Linda Gätjen,Lubbert Dijkhuizen	9
14	The fully conserved Asp residue in conserved sequence region I of the α‐amylase family is crucial for the catalytic site architecture and activity 2003 ·FEBS Letters ·Hans Leemhuis,H.J. Rozeboom,Bauke W. Dijkstra,Lubbert Dijkhuizen	21
15	Improved thermostability of bacillus circulans cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase by the introduction of a salt bridge 2003 ·Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·Hans Leemhuis,H.J. Rozeboom,Bauke W. Dijkstra,Lubbert Dijkhuizen	39
16	Engineering cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase into a starch hydrolase with a high exo-specificity 2003 ·Journal of Biotechnology ·Hans Leemhuis	16
17	Thermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurigenes cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase 2002 ·European Journal of Biochemistry ·Hans Leemhuis,Bauke W. Dijkstra,Lubbert Dijkhuizen	39
18	Mutations converting cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase from a transglycosylase into a starch hydrolase 2002 ·FEBS Letters ·Hans Leemhuis,Bauke W. Dijkstra,Lubbert Dijkhuizen	49
19	Properties and applications of starch-converting enzymes of the α-amylase familybreakdown → 2002 ·Journal of Biotechnology ·Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel,(unknown),Joost C.M. Uitdehaag,Hans Leemhuis,Lubbert Dijkhuizen	995
20	Hydrophobic Amino Acid Residues in the Acceptor Binding Site Are Main Determinants for Reaction Mechanism and Specificity of Cyclodextrin-glycosyltransferase 2001 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Bart A. van der Veen,Hans Leemhuis,Slavko Kralj,Joost C.M. Uitdehaag,Bauke W. Dijkstra,Lubbert Dijkhuizen	98

About Hans Leemhuis

Hans Leemhuis is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Plant Science, having authored 53 papers that have together received 3.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Enzyme Production and Characterization (41 papers), Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (35 papers) and Phytase and its Applications (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biotechnology (2.4k citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (1.9k citations) and Plant Science (942 citations). Hans Leemhuis has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Lubbert Dijkhuizen, Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel, Joost C.M. Uitdehaag, Bauke W. Dijkstra, Ronan M. Kelly, Slavko Kralj, Justyna M. Dobruchowska, Tjaard Pijning, Sander S. van Leeuwen and Johannis P. Kamerling. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Journal of Molecular Biology.

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