Jesper Holck

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Jesper Holck is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Biotechnology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jesper Holck has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 26 papers in Biotechnology and 21 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jesper Holck's work include Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (22 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (22 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (15 papers). Jesper Holck is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (22 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (22 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (15 papers). Jesper Holck collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Vietnam and Germany. Jesper Holck's co-authors include Anne S. Meyer, Birgitte Zeuner, Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Jane W. Agger, Tine Rask Licht, Jerry M. Wells, Marjolein Meijerink, Sylvia H. Duncan, Harry J. Flint and Petra Louis and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Jesper Holck

62 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

Prebiotic potential of pectin and pectic oligosaccharides to promote anti-inflammatory commensal bacteria in the human colon

2017 327 citations Birgitte Zeuner, Jesper Holck et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jesper Holck Denmark	24	653	602	437	372	318	66	1.7k
Jingli Xie China	24	396 0.6×	1.1k 1.8×	331 0.8×	232 0.6×	188 0.6×	74	2.1k
Angela Casillo Italy	22	280 0.4×	613 1.0×	345 0.8×	239 0.6×	88 0.3×	68	1.5k
Xiaodan Fu China	19	354 0.5×	605 1.0×	225 0.5×	117 0.3×	248 0.8×	60	1.3k
Wenjing Sun China	27	335 0.5×	1.0k 1.7×	743 1.7×	190 0.5×	98 0.3×	104	2.3k
Chengrong Wen China	28	449 0.7×	524 0.9×	532 1.2×	85 0.2×	619 1.9×	73	2.0k
Shaoqing Yang China	35	746 1.1×	1.8k 2.9×	701 1.6×	1.6k 4.4×	188 0.6×	128	3.4k
Lauren S. McKee Sweden	26	328 0.5×	966 1.6×	793 1.8×	433 1.2×	53 0.2×	45	2.1k
A. Heyraud France	34	735 1.1×	1.0k 1.7×	1.6k 3.7×	571 1.5×	333 1.0×	106	3.3k
Zhitao Li China	19	263 0.4×	631 1.0×	386 0.9×	74 0.2×	175 0.6×	57	1.6k
László Varga Hungary	23	455 0.7×	636 1.1×	283 0.6×	163 0.4×	68 0.2×	100	2.1k

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Meyer, Anne S., et al.. (2025). Enzyme-assisted extraction and product profiling of fucosylated xyloglucan from industrial citrus pectin residues. New Biotechnology. 87. 93–104.

Zhou, Cyrus, Bo Pilgaard, M. Paul Vuillemin, et al.. (2025). Glycoside hydrolase–mediated glucomannan catabolism in Segatella copri , a target of microbiota-directed foods for malnourished children. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(49). e2521522122–e2521522122.

Rasmussen, E. Wulff, Jesper Holck, Peter Ruhdal Jensen, & Christian Solem. (2025). Golden oats - Natural fortification of oat milk with riboflavin through fermentation. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 372.

Pilgaard, Bo, Jesper Holck, Ross S. McInnes, et al.. (2025). Carbohydrate-active enzymes from Akkermansia muciniphila break down mucin O-glycans to completion. Nature Microbiology. 10(2). 585–598. 17 indexed citations

Vuillemin, M. Paul, Jan Muschiol, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Discovery of Lacto‐N‐Biosidases and a Novel N‐Acetyllactosaminidase Activity in the CAZy Family GH20: Functional Diversity and Structural Insights. ChemBioChem. 26(2). e202400710–e202400710. 4 indexed citations

Zeuner, Birgitte, Jesper Holck, Martina Palomino‐Schätzlein, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of fucosyllactose using α-L-fucosidases GH29 from infant gut microbial metagenome. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 108(1). 338–338. 1 indexed citations

Mikkelsen, Maria Dalgaard, Vy Ha Nguyen Tran, Sebastián Meier, et al.. (2023). Structural and functional characterization of the novel endo-α(1,4)-fucoidanase Mef1 from the marine bacterium Muricauda eckloniae. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 79(11). 1026–1043. 10 indexed citations

Vuillemin, M. Paul, Jesper Holck, Renaud Vincentelli, et al.. (2023). Characterization and structural study of a novel β‐ N ‐acetylgalactosaminidase from Niabella aurantiaca. FEBS Journal. 291(7). 1439–1456. 1 indexed citations

Lin, Shang, Jesper Holck, Jane W. Agger, et al.. (2023). Soluble, Diferuloylated Corn Bran Glucuronoarabinoxylans Modulate the Human Gut Microbiota In Vitro. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 71(8). 3885–3897. 9 indexed citations

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Vester-Christensen, Malene Bech, Jesper Holck, Martin Rejzek, et al.. (2023). Exploration of the Transglycosylation Activity of Barley Limit Dextrinase for Production of Novel Glycoconjugates. Molecules. 28(10). 4111–4111. 3 indexed citations

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Tandrup, Tobias, Mikkel Madsen, Cameron J. Hunt, et al.. (2023). Three alginate lyases provide a new gut Bacteroides ovatus isolate with the ability to grow on alginate. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 89(10). 9 indexed citations

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Lin, Shang, Jesper Brask, Line Munk, et al.. (2022). Enzymatic Cleavage of Diferuloyl Cross-Links in Corn Bran Arabinoxylan by Two Bacterial Feruloyl Esterases. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 70(41). 13349–13357. 9 indexed citations

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Holck, Jesper, et al.. (2022). Fermented butter aroma for plant-based applications. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 369(1). 9 indexed citations

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Mikkelsen, Maria Dalgaard, M. Paul Vuillemin, Sebastián Meier, et al.. (2022). The Endo-α(1,4) Specific Fucoidanase Fhf2 From Formosa haliotis Releases Highly Sulfated Fucoidan Oligosaccharides. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 823668–823668. 23 indexed citations

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Pilgaard, Bo, M. Paul Vuillemin, Jesper Holck, Casper Wilkens, & Anne S. Meyer. (2021). Specificities and Synergistic Actions of Novel PL8 and PL7 Alginate Lyases from the Marine Fungus Paradendryphiella salina. Journal of Fungi. 7(2). 80–80. 34 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Thuan Thi, Maria Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Vy Ha Nguyen Tran, et al.. (2020). Enzyme-Assisted Fucoidan Extraction from Brown Macroalgae Fucus distichus subsp. evanescens and Saccharina latissima. Marine Drugs. 18(6). 296–296. 104 indexed citations

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Agger, Jane W., et al.. (2019). Laccase Induced Lignin Radical Formation Kinetics Evaluated by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(12). 10425–10434. 22 indexed citations

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Holck, Jesper, Folmer Fredslund, Marie Sofie Møller, et al.. (2019). A carbohydrate-binding family 48 module enables feruloyl esterase action on polymeric arabinoxylan. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(46). 17339–17353. 26 indexed citations

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Huang, Yuhong, Xianliang Zheng, Bo Pilgaard, et al.. (2018). Identification and characterization of GH11 xylanase and GH43 xylosidase from the chytridiomycetous fungus, Rhizophlyctis rosea. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 103(2). 777–791. 29 indexed citations

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Holck, Jesper, Carsten Jers, Malwina Michalak, et al.. (2014). Enzymatic production of human milk oligosaccharides. 1 indexed citations

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