Josef Deutscher

11.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
141 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Josef Deutscher is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Josef Deutscher has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Genetics, 90 papers in Molecular Biology and 67 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Josef Deutscher's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (88 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (66 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers). Josef Deutscher is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (88 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (66 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers). Josef Deutscher collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United States. Josef Deutscher's co-authors include Pieter W. Postma, Christof Francke, Anne Galinier, Milton H. Saier, Wolfgang Hengstenberg, Jonathan Reizer, Ivan Mijakovic̀, Sandrine Poncet, Isabelle Martin‐Verstraete and Wolfgang Hillen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Josef Deutscher

139 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. How Phosphotransferase System-Related Protein Phosphorylation Regulates Carbohydrate Metabolism in Bacteria
    2006 1.1k citations Josef Deutscher, Christof Francke et al. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews profile →
  2. The mechanisms of carbon catabolite repression in bacteria
    2008 502 citations Josef Deutscher profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Josef Deutscher France 52 5.5k 4.1k 2.4k 1.4k 1.1k 141 8.5k
Jörg Stülke Germany 64 7.9k 1.4× 5.4k 1.3× 2.2k 0.9× 2.7k 2.0× 740 0.7× 193 11.7k
Jonathan Reizer United States 50 4.9k 0.9× 3.2k 0.8× 2.2k 0.9× 769 0.6× 493 0.5× 127 7.3k
Haike Antelmann Germany 51 5.3k 1.0× 2.7k 0.7× 970 0.4× 1.6k 1.2× 446 0.4× 127 8.0k
Miguel A. de Pedro Spain 45 4.7k 0.9× 3.3k 0.8× 894 0.4× 2.3k 1.7× 640 0.6× 114 7.8k
Tyrrell Conway United States 51 6.2k 1.1× 2.8k 0.7× 712 0.3× 1.1k 0.8× 1.4k 1.3× 112 8.9k
Dominique Mengin‐Lecreulx France 59 5.2k 0.9× 3.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 1.4k 1.1× 519 0.5× 167 10.1k
Maurice Hofnung France 50 5.4k 1.0× 3.4k 0.8× 847 0.4× 2.2k 1.6× 630 0.6× 205 9.0k
Frank Kunst France 44 3.6k 0.7× 2.5k 0.6× 782 0.3× 1.5k 1.1× 800 0.8× 76 7.4k
Valerie Burland United States 27 7.1k 1.3× 4.3k 1.1× 657 0.3× 2.4k 1.8× 1.2k 1.1× 33 11.0k
Guy Plunkett United States 22 7.3k 1.3× 4.3k 1.0× 684 0.3× 2.7k 1.9× 1.0k 1.0× 29 10.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Josef Deutscher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Josef Deutscher

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All Works

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Desriac, Florie, et al.. (2025). Cellodextrin Metabolism and Phosphotransferase System‐Catalyzed Uptake in Enterococcus faecalis. Molecular Microbiology. 123(4). 378–391.
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Blancato, Víctor S., Martín Espariz, Josef Deutscher, et al.. (2019). Enterococcus faecalis MalR acts as a repressor of the maltose operons and additionally mediates their catabolite repression via direct interaction with seryl‐phosphorylated‐HPr. Molecular Microbiology. 113(2). 464–477. 6 indexed citations
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Galinier, Anne & Josef Deutscher. (2017). Sophisticated Regulation of Transcriptional Factors by the Bacterial Phosphoenolpyruvate: Sugar Phosphotransferase System. Journal of Molecular Biology. 429(6). 773–789. 81 indexed citations
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Kentache, Takfarinas, Eliane Milohanic, Abdelhamid Mokhtari, et al.. (2016). Transport and Catabolism of Pentitols by Listeria monocytogenes. Microbial Physiology. 26(6). 369–380. 11 indexed citations
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Kusian, Bernhard, et al.. (2009). Essential Role of the <i>hprK</i> Gene in <i>Ralstonia eutropha</i> H16. Microbial Physiology. 17(3). 146–152. 14 indexed citations
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Poncet, Sandrine, Eliane Milohanic, Alain Mazé, et al.. (2009). Correlations between Carbon Metabolism and Virulence in Bacteria. PubMed. 16. 88–102. 105 indexed citations
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Geirsson, Halldór, Richard A. Bennett, Sigrún Hreinsdóttir, et al.. (2007). A new high-rate continuous GPS network in Iceland for crustal deformation research. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 2 indexed citations
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Geirsson, Halldór, Þóra Árnadóttir, Richard A. Bennett, et al.. (2007). A High-Rate Continuous GPS Network in Iceland for Crustal Deformation Research. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 2007. 1 indexed citations
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Deutscher, Josef, Christof Francke, & Pieter W. Postma. (2006). How Phosphotransferase System-Related Protein Phosphorylation Regulates Carbohydrate Metabolism in Bacteria. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 70(4). 939–1031. 1106 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mijakovic̀, Ivan, Sandrine Poncet, Anne Galinier, et al.. (2002). Pyrophosphate-producing protein dephosphorylation by HPr kinase/phosphorylase: A relic of early life?. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(21). 13442–13447. 100 indexed citations
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Deutscher, Josef, et al.. (1999). Phosphorylation of HPr and Crh by HprK, Early Steps in the Catabolite Repression Signalling Pathway for the Bacillus subtilis Levanase Operon. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 2 indexed citations
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Butler, Michael J., et al.. (1999). Analysis of aptsHhomologue fromStreptomyces coelicolorA3(2). FEMS Microbiology Letters. 177(2). 279–288. 22 indexed citations
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Reizer, Jonathan, Antonio H. Romano, & Josef Deutscher. (1993). The role of phosphorylation of HPr, a phosphocarrier protein of the phosphotransferase system, in the regulation of carbon metabolism in gram‐positive bacteria. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 51(1). 19–24. 62 indexed citations
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Acker, H., et al.. (1990). Endothelial cell mitogen released from HT29 tumour cells grown in monolayer or multicellular spheroid culture. British Journal of Cancer. 62(3). 376–377. 6 indexed citations
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Hengstenberg, Wolfgang, et al.. (1985). Purification and properties of 1-phosphofructokinase from Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 29(3). 231–235. 15 indexed citations
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Deutscher, Josef. (1985). Phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphorylation of a 55-kDa protein of Streptococcus faecalis catalyzed by the phosphotransferase system. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 29(3). 237–243. 15 indexed citations
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Ziegler, Manfred L., et al.. (1979). Darstellung und Molekülstruktur eines Metallclusters mit Cubanstruktur, [η5‐C5H5Mo(CO)3HgMo] 4. Chemische Berichte. 112(7). 2413–2418. 3 indexed citations

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