Jack Preiss

16.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
202 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Jack Preiss is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack Preiss has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Molecular Biology, 63 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 63 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Jack Preiss's work include Enzyme Production and Characterization (59 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (47 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (43 papers). Jack Preiss is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Production and Characterization (59 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (47 papers) and Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (43 papers). Jack Preiss collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and Spain. Jack Preiss's co-authors include Philip Handler, Miguel A. Ballícora, Elaine Greenberg, Alberto Á. Iglesias, Charles D. Boyer, Leonard Schatzman, Anselm Strauss, Gilbert Ashwell, Tsan‐Piao Lin and Hara P. Ghosh and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jack Preiss

201 papers receiving 10.7k 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.

Field Research: Strategies for a Natural Sociology.

1974 673 citations Jack Preiss et al. profile →
Regulation of the Amount of Starch in Plant Tissues by ADP Glucose Pyrophosphorylase

1992 450 citations Jack Preiss et al. profile →
Biosynthesis of Diphosphopyridine Nucleotide

1958 347 citations Jack Preiss et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jack Preiss United States	59	4.9k	4.6k	3.5k	2.9k	1.3k	202	11.5k
John Knox United Kingdom	75	8.2k 1.7×	15.7k 3.4×	1.5k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	194 0.1×	244	19.2k
Thomas Haertlé France	52	4.9k 1.0×	786 0.2×	1.6k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	521 0.4×	299	9.7k
Michael J. Hynes Australia	49	5.0k 1.0×	2.2k 0.5×	177 0.1×	639 0.2×	1.0k 0.8×	240	8.4k
A. B. Bennett United States	75	5.8k 1.2×	9.8k 2.1×	780 0.2×	491 0.2×	73 0.1×	408	16.3k
Michael Heinrich United Kingdom	78	6.7k 1.4×	9.3k 2.0×	1.1k 0.3×	375 0.1×	171 0.1×	406	21.6k
David M. Lawson United Kingdom	44	4.2k 0.9×	808 0.2×	413 0.1×	482 0.2×	680 0.5×	231	7.7k
Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva Japan	59	7.5k 1.5×	10.4k 2.3×	561 0.2×	706 0.2×	378 0.3×	943	17.9k
Richard W. Pickersgill United Kingdom	36	2.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.2×	290 0.1×	1.3k 0.4×	389 0.3×	121	3.8k
Barbara Ann Halkier Denmark	65	10.7k 2.2×	10.2k 2.2×	395 0.1×	634 0.2×	89 0.1×	170	15.0k
Paul M. Newberne United States	47	2.1k 0.4×	1.7k 0.4×	1.5k 0.4×	274 0.1×	68 0.1×	238	7.9k

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Yep, Alejandra, Miguel A. Ballícora, & Jack Preiss. (2006). The ADP-glucose binding site of the Escherichia coli glycogen synthase. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 453(2). 188–196. 13 indexed citations

Ballícora, Miguel A., et al.. (2003). ADP‐glucose pyrophosphorylase from potato tuber: site‐directed mutagenesis of homologous aspartic acid residues in the small and large subunits. The Plant Journal. 33(3). 503–511. 38 indexed citations

Wu, Min-Xian & Jack Preiss. (2001). Truncated Forms of the Recombinant Escherichia coli ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase: The Importance of the N-Terminal Region for Allosteric Activation and Inhibition. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 389(2). 159–165. 14 indexed citations

Gomez‐Casati, Diego F., Jack Preiss, & Alberto Á. Iglesias. (2000). Studies on the Effect of Temperature on the Activity and Stability of Cyanobacterial ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 384(2). 319–326. 6 indexed citations

Ballícora, Miguel A., et al.. (1999). Heat Stability of the Potato Tuber ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase: Role of Cys Residue 12 in the Small Subunit. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 257(3). 782–786. 22 indexed citations

Funane, Kazumi, et al.. (1998). Analysis of essential histidine residues of maize branching enzymes by chemical modification and site-directed mutagenesis. Journal of Protein Chemistry. 17(7). 579–590. 16 indexed citations

Meyer, Christopher R., et al.. (1998). Site-Directed Mutagenesis of a Regulatory Site ofEscherichia coliADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase: The Role of Residue 336 in Allosteric Behavior. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 353(1). 152–159. 17 indexed citations

Meyer, Christopher R., et al.. (1998). A Kinetic Study of Site-Directed Mutants ofEscherichia coliADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase: The Role of Residue 295 in Allosteric Regulation. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 352(2). 247–254. 14 indexed citations

Libessart, Nathalie & Jack Preiss. (1998). Arginine Residue 384 at the Catalytic Center Is Important for Branching Enzyme II from Maize Endosperm. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 360(1). 135–141. 20 indexed citations

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Preiss, Jack & Tony Romeo. (1994). Molecular Biology and Regulatory Aspects of Glycogen Biosynthesis in Bacteria. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 299–329. 113 indexed citations

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Preiss, Jack, Kathryn L. Ball, Brian Smith-White, et al.. (1991). Starch biosynthesis and its regulation. Biochemical Society Transactions. 19(3). 539–547. 68 indexed citations

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Preiss, Jack, Peter S. Summers, Matthew K. Morell, et al.. (1990). Molecular Characterization of the Brittle-2 Gene Effect on Maize Endosperm ADPglucose Pyrophosphorylase Subunits. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 92(4). 881–885. 67 indexed citations

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Macdonald, Fraser D. & Jack Preiss. (1985). Partial Purification and Characterization of Granule-Bound Starch Synthases from Normal and Waxy Maize. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 78(4). 849–852. 101 indexed citations

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Greenberg, Elaine, et al.. (1983). Biosynthesis of bacterial glycogen: Activator specificity of the ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase of Rhodopseudomonads. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 220(2). 594–604. 5 indexed citations

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Sowokinos, Joseph R. & Jack Preiss. (1982). Pyrophosphorylases in Solanum tuberosum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 69(6). 1459–1466. 116 indexed citations

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Gentner, N. E., et al.. (1973). Biosynthesis of Bacterial Glycogen. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 248(5). 1731–1740. 67 indexed citations

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Preiss, Jack, et al.. (1971). A Unique Adenosine Diphosphoglucose Pyrophosphorylase Associated with Maize Embryo Tissue. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 47(1). 104–108. 27 indexed citations

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Ribéreau-Gayon, G., et al.. (1971). Biosynthesis of bacterial glycogen IX: Regulatory properties of the adenosine diphosphate glucose pyrophosphorylases of the Enterobocteriaceae. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 142(2). 675–692. 21 indexed citations

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Dickinson, David B. & Jack Preiss. (1969). Presence of ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase in Shrunken-2 and Brittle-2 Mutants of Maize Endosperm. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 44(7). 1058–1062. 114 indexed citations

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Preiss, Jack, et al.. (1957). Conservation education in American colleges. 4 indexed citations

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