Marcela Ayala

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Marcela Ayala is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcela Ayala has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Plant Science, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Marcela Ayala's work include Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (25 papers), Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (8 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (8 papers). Marcela Ayala is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (25 papers), Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (8 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (8 papers). Marcela Ayala collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, Chile and Spain. Marcela Ayala's co-authors include Rafael Vázquez-Duhalt, Eduardo Torres, Brenda Valderrama, Mauricio A. Trujillo‐Roldán, Carlos E. Hernández-Luna, Leticia Arregui, Arturo Rojo-Domı́nguez, Guadalupe Gutiérrez‐Soto, Mario Carlos Nazareno Saparrat and Laura Levin and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Marcela Ayala

47 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Laccases: structure, function, and potential application in water bioremediation

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marcela Ayala Mexico	20	780	536	378	361	301	49	1.7k
Diana M. Maté Spain	18	983 1.3×	570 1.1×	309 0.8×	163 0.5×	573 1.9×	27	1.6k
Thierry Tron France	28	784 1.0×	566 1.1×	309 0.8×	230 0.6×	388 1.3×	72	1.8k
Maria Camilla Baratto Italy	26	628 0.8×	501 0.9×	214 0.6×	230 0.6×	256 0.9×	74	1.8k
Enrico Sanjust Italy	30	717 0.9×	1.1k 2.0×	467 1.2×	413 1.1×	318 1.1×	84	2.8k
Alexander N. P. Hiner Spain	19	608 0.8×	588 1.1×	310 0.8×	230 0.6×	127 0.4×	24	1.6k
Rob Schoevaart Netherlands	17	272 0.3×	1.2k 2.2×	344 0.9×	164 0.5×	244 0.8×	25	1.8k
Dirk Tischler Germany	30	497 0.6×	1.6k 3.0×	138 0.4×	250 0.7×	279 0.9×	112	2.8k
Nina Hakulinen Finland	21	790 1.0×	725 1.4×	162 0.4×	239 0.7×	753 2.5×	55	1.7k
S.D. Varfolomeyev Russia	20	552 0.7×	612 1.1×	790 2.1×	160 0.4×	295 1.0×	67	2.0k
Katrin Scheibner Germany	30	1.4k 1.8×	932 1.7×	167 0.4×	128 0.4×	514 1.7×	71	2.6k

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Cabezas, R., et al.. (2025). Analysis of microwave-assisted heating of deep eutectic solvent: Thermal and COSMO-RS study. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 433. 127775–127775. 1 indexed citations

Ayala, Marcela, et al.. (2024). Multidomain chimeric enzymes as a promising alternative for biocatalysts improvement: a minireview. Molecular Biology Reports. 51(1). 410–410. 8 indexed citations

Salas‐Ambrosio, Pedro, et al.. (2024). Star‐Like Polypeptides as Simplified Analogues of Horseradish Peroxidase (HRP) Metalloenzymes. Macromolecular Bioscience. 24(10). e2400155–e2400155. 1 indexed citations

Ayala, Marcela, et al.. (2024). Virus-Based Nanoreactor with Laccase Activity for Prodrug Activation. BioNanoScience. 15(1). 1 indexed citations

Aratboni, Hossein Alishah, Clarita Olvera, & Marcela Ayala. (2024). Nanoformulations for lysozyme-based additives in animal feed: An alternative to fight antibiotic resistance spread. Nanotechnology Reviews. 13(1). 3 indexed citations

Aratboni, Hossein Alishah, et al.. (2024). Thermostabilization of a fungal laccase by entrapment in enzymatically synthesized levan nanoparticles. PLoS ONE. 19(7). e0304242–e0304242. 1 indexed citations

Ayala, Marcela, et al.. (2021). Cu2+-dependent stereoselective hydrolysis of a chiral organophosphonothioate insecticide for domestic mammals’ sera and its albumins. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 155. 112408–112408. 3 indexed citations

Pérez–Morales, Rebeca, Francisco M. Goycoolea, Monika Mueller, et al.. (2019). Self-assembled high molecular weight inulin nanoparticles: Enzymatic synthesis, physicochemical and biological properties. Carbohydrate Polymers. 215. 160–169. 38 indexed citations

Pastor, Nina, et al.. (2017). Replacement of oxidizable residues predicted by QM-MM simulation of a fungal laccase generates variants with higher operational stability. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 178. 125–133. 10 indexed citations

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Batista‐García, Ramón Alberto, Edgardo Ulises Esquivel‐Naranjo, Marcela Ayala, et al.. (2016). Xenobiotic Compounds Degradation by Heterologous Expression of a Trametes sanguineus Laccase in Trichoderma atroviride. PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0147997–e0147997. 52 indexed citations

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Ayala, Marcela, Lorenzo Segovia, & Eduardo Torres. (2016). Halogenases: A Biotechnological Alternative for the Synthesis of Halogenated Pharmaceuticals. Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry. 16(14). 1100–1111. 8 indexed citations

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Juárez‐Moreno, Karla, Marcela Ayala, & Rafael Vázquez-Duhalt. (2015). Antioxidant Capacity of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) (PEG) as Protection Mechanism Against Hydrogen Peroxide Inactivation of Peroxidases. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 177(6). 1364–1373. 38 indexed citations

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Ayala, Marcela, et al.. (2014). Immobilization of peroxidase enzyme onto the porous silicon structure for enhancing its activity and stability. Nanoscale Research Letters. 9(1). 409–409. 18 indexed citations

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Vidal‐Limon, Abraham, Sergio A. Águila, Marcela Ayala, César V.F. Batista, & Rafael Vázquez-Duhalt. (2013). Peroxidase activity stabilization of cytochrome P450BM3 by rational analysis of intramolecular electron transfer. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 122. 18–26. 41 indexed citations

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Román, Rosa, Cristina Torres‐Duarte, Marcela Ayala, & Rafael Vázquez-Duhalt. (2010). Producción a escala piloto de lacasa de Coriolopsis galilea. Revista mexicana de micología. 32. 19–27. 3 indexed citations

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Román, Rosa, Cristina Torres‐Duarte, Marcela Ayala, & Rafael Vázquez-Duhalt. (2010). Production of laccase from Coriolopsis gallica at pilot plant scale. Revista mexicana de micología. 32. 19–27. 1 indexed citations

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Ayala, Marcela, César V.F. Batista, & Rafael Vázquez-Duhalt. (2010). Heme destruction, the main molecular event during the peroxide-mediated inactivation of chloroperoxidase from Caldariomyces fumago. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 16(1). 63–68. 43 indexed citations

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Ayala, Marcela, Rosa Román, & Rafael Vázquez-Duhalt. (2007). A catalytic approach to estimate the redox potential of heme-peroxidases. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 357(3). 804–808. 37 indexed citations

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Ayala, Marcela, E. Horjales, Michael A. Pickard, & Rafael Vázquez-Duhalt. (2002). Cross-linked crystals of chloroperoxidase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 295(4). 828–831. 42 indexed citations

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Vázquez-Duhalt, Rafael, Marcela Ayala, & Facundo J. Márquez-Rocha. (2001). Biocatalytic chlorination of aromatic hydrocarbons by chloroperoxidase of Caldariomyces fumago. Phytochemistry. 58(6). 929–933. 48 indexed citations

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