Lorenzo Caputi

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Lorenzo Caputi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lorenzo Caputi has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Plant Science and 14 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Lorenzo Caputi's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (16 papers), Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology (10 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (8 papers). Lorenzo Caputi is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (16 papers), Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology (10 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (8 papers). Lorenzo Caputi collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Italy. Lorenzo Caputi's co-authors include Sarah E. O’Connor, Urška Vrhovšek, Eugenio Aprea, Mickaël Malnoy, Fulvio Mattivi, Domenico Masuero, Vadim Goremykin, Stefan Martens, Vincent Courdavault and Pietro Franceschi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lorenzo Caputi

52 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Missing enzymes in the biosynthesis of the anticancer drug vinblastine in Madagascar periwinkle

2018 266 citations Lorenzo Caputi, Jakob Franke et al. Science profile →
Single-cell multi-omics in the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus

2023 104 citations Joshua C. Wood, John P. Hamilton et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lorenzo Caputi Germany	25	1.6k	826	427	356	315	54	2.5k
Zhihua Liao China	31	2.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	427 1.0×	353 1.0×	183 0.6×	178	3.0k
Karsten Siems Germany	25	974 0.6×	608 0.7×	338 0.8×	225 0.6×	183 0.6×	89	2.1k
Shigenobu Arihara Japan	32	1.8k 1.1×	844 1.0×	502 1.2×	347 1.0×	273 0.9×	136	3.0k
Andrea Vasas Hungary	27	1.5k 0.9×	981 1.2×	515 1.2×	456 1.3×	262 0.8×	94	2.6k
Tetsuro Ito Japan	35	2.0k 1.2×	1.5k 1.8×	689 1.6×	250 0.7×	218 0.7×	128	3.9k
Kittisak Likhitwitayawuid Thailand	32	1.8k 1.1×	869 1.1×	840 2.0×	482 1.4×	249 0.8×	126	3.3k
Ming‐Hua Qiu China	34	2.0k 1.2×	926 1.1×	1.4k 3.2×	654 1.8×	435 1.4×	239	4.1k
Shepo Shi China	29	1.3k 0.8×	664 0.8×	473 1.1×	213 0.6×	239 0.8×	107	2.2k
Carlos M. Cerda‐García‐Rojas Mexico	25	1.1k 0.7×	616 0.7×	425 1.0×	176 0.5×	160 0.5×	166	2.3k
Leng Chee Chang United States	25	771 0.5×	578 0.7×	325 0.8×	195 0.5×	168 0.5×	75	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Lorenzo Caputi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lorenzo Caputi

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kamileen, Mohamed O., Benke Hong, Klaus Gase, et al.. (2025). Oxidative Rearrangements of the Alkaloid Intermediate Geissoschizine. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(24). e202501323–e202501323. 2 indexed citations

Kim, Rinho, et al.. (2025). Single-cell metabolome and RNA-seq multiplexing on single plant cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(43). e2512828122–e2512828122.

Rowland, Hannah M., Lorenzo Caputi, Johanna Mappes, et al.. (2025). Sexual differences in defensive strategies: investigating chemical defences and visual signals in a wasp moth Amata nigriceps. Royal Society Open Science. 12(4). 242186–242186. 1 indexed citations

Colinas, Maite, Joshua C. Wood, Anja David, et al.. (2025). Discovery of iridoid cyclase completes the iridoid pathway in asterids. Nature Plants. 11(11). 2204–2216.

Lombe, Blaise Kimbadi, et al.. (2024). Biosynthetic Origin of the Methoxy Group in Quinine and Related Alkaloids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(5). e202418306–e202418306. 4 indexed citations

Grzech, Dagny, Yoko Nakamura, Benke Hong, et al.. (2024). Incorporation of nitrogen in antinutritional Solanum alkaloid biosynthesis. Nature Chemical Biology. 21(1). 131–142. 15 indexed citations

Hong, Benke, Dagny Grzech, Lorenzo Caputi, et al.. (2022). Biosynthesis of strychnine. Nature. 607(7919). 617–622. 99 indexed citations

Lozada, Néstor J. Hernández, Benke Hong, Joshua C. Wood, et al.. (2022). Biocatalytic routes to stereo-divergent iridoids. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4718–4718. 15 indexed citations

Köllner, Tobias G., Anja David, Katrin Luck, et al.. (2022). Biosynthesis of iridoid sex pheromones in aphids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(42). e2211254119–e2211254119. 17 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Kotaro T., Dagny Grzech, Κωνσταντίνος Κουδούνας, et al.. (2021). Improved virus-induced gene silencing allows discovery of a serpentine synthase gene in Catharanthus roseus. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 187(2). 846–857. 26 indexed citations

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Caputi, Lorenzo, Lionel Hill, Baldeep Kular, et al.. (2020). Hairy root transformation of Brassica rapa with bacterial halogenase genes and regeneration to adult plants to modify production of indolic compounds. Phytochemistry. 175. 112371–112371. 9 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Kotaro T., Katsutoshi Takahashi, Lorenzo Caputi, et al.. (2019). The complexity of intercellular localisation of alkaloids revealed by single‐cell metabolomics. New Phytologist. 224(2). 848–859. 75 indexed citations

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Caputi, Lorenzo, Jakob Franke, Scott C. Farrow, et al.. (2018). Missing enzymes in the biosynthesis of the anticancer drug vinblastine in Madagascar periwinkle. Science. 360(6394). 1235–1239. 266 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sherden, Nathaniel H., Benjamin R. Lichman, Lorenzo Caputi, et al.. (2017). Identification of iridoid synthases from Nepeta species: Iridoid cyclization does not determine nepetalactone stereochemistry. Phytochemistry. 145. 48–56. 34 indexed citations

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Stavrinides, Anna K, Evangelos C. Tatsis, Lorenzo Caputi, et al.. (2016). Structural investigation of heteroyohimbine alkaloid synthesis reveals active site elements that control stereoselectivity. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12116–12116. 83 indexed citations

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Stavrinides, Anna K, Evangelos C. Tatsis, Emilien Foureau, et al.. (2015). Unlocking the Diversity of Alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus: Nuclear Localization Suggests Metabolic Channeling in Secondary Metabolism. Chemistry & Biology. 22(3). 336–341. 95 indexed citations

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Benini, Stefano, Lorenzo Caputi, & Michele Cianci. (2014). Cloning, purification, crystallization and 1.57 Å resolution X-ray data analysis of AmsI, the tyrosine phosphatase controlling amylovoran biosynthesis in the plant pathogenErwinia amylovora. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 70(12). 1693–1696. 4 indexed citations

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Caputi, Lorenzo, Martin Rejzek, Thomas Louveau, et al.. (2013). A one-pot enzymatic approach to the O-fluoroglucoside of N-methylanthranilate. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 21(16). 4762–4767. 8 indexed citations

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Caputi, Lorenzo & Eugenio Aprea. (2011). Use of Terpenoids as Natural Flavouring Compounds in Food Industry. Recent Patents on Food Nutrition & Agriculture. 3(1). 9–16. 127 indexed citations

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Caputi, Lorenzo, et al.. (2005). A new microperoxidase from Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1725(1). 71–80. 7 indexed citations

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