Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

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Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Biotechnology, 41 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 23 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel's work include Enzyme Production and Characterization (51 papers), Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (36 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (18 papers). Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Production and Characterization (51 papers), Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (36 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (18 papers). Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Indonesia and Slovakia. Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel's co-authors include Lubbert Dijkhuizen, Hans Leemhuis, Joost C.M. Uitdehaag, Slavko Kralj, G. H. van Geel-Schutten, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Sacha A. F. T. van Hijum, Thijs Kaper, Marta Martínez‐García and Łukasz Ozimek and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel

77 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

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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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel Netherlands	39	2.7k	2.3k	1.4k	1.2k	956	79	4.7k
Barbara Nicolaus Italy	41	1.3k 0.5×	728 0.3×	2.2k 1.6×	965 0.8×	810 0.8×	112	5.0k
Bernard Kloareg France	52	1.7k 0.6×	713 0.3×	2.4k 1.7×	2.0k 1.7×	355 0.4×	130	8.5k
Yuji Hatada Japan	31	1.3k 0.5×	352 0.2×	1.2k 0.9×	570 0.5×	524 0.5×	104	2.6k
Licia Lama Italy	35	790 0.3×	222 0.1×	1.6k 1.1×	395 0.3×	583 0.6×	86	2.8k
Servé W. M. Kengen Netherlands	41	632 0.2×	207 0.1×	3.1k 2.3×	347 0.3×	1.3k 1.4×	105	5.2k
А. И. Усов Russia	34	694 0.3×	791 0.3×	693 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	121 0.1×	108	5.4k
Isao Yumoto Japan	40	695 0.3×	137 0.1×	2.3k 1.6×	548 0.5×	374 0.4×	156	4.2k
Faustino Siñeriz Argentina	24	504 0.2×	229 0.1×	988 0.7×	447 0.4×	394 0.4×	83	2.0k
Yanfen Xue China	34	900 0.3×	211 0.1×	1.8k 1.3×	446 0.4×	914 1.0×	121	2.7k
Yanan Wang China	33	874 0.3×	187 0.1×	479 0.3×	1.9k 1.6×	137 0.1×	154	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel

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Maarel, Marc J. E. C. van der, et al.. (2024). A distinctive function of GH13_8 subfamily glycogen branching enzyme in Anaerococcus prevotii DSM 20548: Preference to create very short branches. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 283(Pt 3). 137743–137743. 1 indexed citations

Jurak, Edita, et al.. (2024). The production and characteristics of glycogen synthesized by various strains of the thermoacidophilic red microalgae Galdieria grown heterotrophically. Journal of Applied Phycology. 36(6). 3199–3207.

Maarel, Marc J. E. C. van der, et al.. (2021). Long chains and crystallinity govern the enzymatic degradability of gelatinized starches from conventional and new sources. Carbohydrate Polymers. 260. 117801–117801. 35 indexed citations

Maarel, Marc J. E. C. van der, et al.. (2020). Reliability factor for identification of amylolytic enzyme activity in the optimized starch-iodine assay. Analytical Biochemistry. 597. 113696–113696. 10 indexed citations

Leemhuis, Hans, et al.. (2019). Identification of Thermotoga maritima MSB8 GH57 α-amylase AmyC as a glycogen-branching enzyme with high hydrolytic activity. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 103(15). 6141–6151. 14 indexed citations

Martínez‐García, Marta, et al.. (2017). The glycogen of Galdieria sulphuraria as alternative to starch for the production of slowly digestible and resistant glucose polymers. Carbohydrate Polymers. 169. 75–82. 39 indexed citations

Martínez‐García, Marta, Marc C. A. Stuart, & Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel. (2016). Characterization of the highly branched glycogen from the thermoacidophilic red microalga Galdieria sulphuraria and comparison with other glycogens. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 89. 12–18. 28 indexed citations

Leemhuis, Hans, Justyna M. Dobruchowska, Folkert Faber, et al.. (2014). Isomalto/Malto-Polysaccharide, A Novel Soluble Dietary Fiber Made Via Enzymatic Conversion of Starch. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 62(49). 12034–12044. 82 indexed citations

Munster, Jolanda M. van, Benjamin M. Nitsche, Pauline Krijgsheld, et al.. (2013). Chitinases CtcB and CfcI modify the cell wall in sporulating aerial mycelium of Aspergillus niger. Microbiology. 159(Pt_9). 1853–1867. 15 indexed citations

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Kaaij, Rachel M. van der, et al.. (2011). Enzymatic degradation of granular potato starch by Microbacterium aurum strain B8.A. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 93(2). 645–654. 38 indexed citations

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Maarel, Marc J. E. C. van der, et al.. (2008). Exo-inulinase ofAspergillus nigerN402: A hydrolytic enzyme with significant transfructosylating activity. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation. 26(1-2). 49–58. 25 indexed citations

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Barends, T.R.M., Jelle B. Bultema, Thijs Kaper, et al.. (2007). Three-way Stabilization of the Covalent Intermediate in Amylomaltase, an α-Amylase-like Transglycosylase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(23). 17242–17249. 64 indexed citations

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Ozimek, Łukasz, Slavko Kralj, Thijs Kaper, Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel, & Lubbert Dijkhuizen. (2006). Single amino acid residue changes in subsite − 1 of inulosucrase from Lactobacillus reuteri 121 strongly influence the size of products synthesized. FEBS Journal. 273(17). 4104–4113. 40 indexed citations

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Kabel, Mirjam A., et al.. (2005). Standard assays do not predict the efficiency of commercial cellulase preparations towards plant materials. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 93(1). 56–63. 88 indexed citations

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Hijum, Sacha A. F. T. van, Ewa Szalowska, Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel, & Lubbert Dijkhuizen. (2004). Biochemical and molecular characterization of a levansucrase from Lactobacillus reuteri. Microbiology. 150(3). 621–630. 100 indexed citations

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Ozimek, Łukasz, Sacha A. F. T. van Hijum, Gerrit A. van Koningsveld, et al.. (2004). Site‐directed mutagenesis study of the three catalytic residues of the fructosyltransferases of Lactobacillus reuteri 121. FEBS Letters. 560(1-3). 131–133. 44 indexed citations

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Maarel, Marc J. E. C. van der, et al.. (2002). Properties and applications of starch-converting enzymes of the α-amylase family. Journal of Biotechnology. 94(2). 137–155. 995 indexed citations breakdown →

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Damsté, Jaap S. Sinninghe, et al.. (1997). 2,6,10,15,19-pentamethylicosenes in Methanolobus bombayensis, a marine methanogenic archaeon. 26. 409–414. 2 indexed citations

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Maarel, Marc J. E. C. van der & Hans‐Peter E. Kohler. (1993). Degradation of 2-sec-butylphenol: 3-sec-butylcatechol,2-hydroxy-6-oxo-7-methylnona-2,4-dienoic acid, and 2-methylbutyric acid as intermediates. Biodegradation. 4(2). 81–89. 11 indexed citations

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Maarel, Marc J. E. C. van der, et al.. (1993). Anaerobic degradation of dimethylsulfoniopropionate to 3-S-methylmercaptopropionate by a marine Desulfobacterium strain. Archives of Microbiology. 160(5). 411–412. 14 indexed citations

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