Mattheos Koffas

14.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
199 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Mattheos Koffas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mattheos Koffas has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 182 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 29 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Mattheos Koffas's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (90 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (41 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (31 papers). Mattheos Koffas is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (90 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (41 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (31 papers). Mattheos Koffas collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. Mattheos Koffas's co-authors include Peng Xu, J. Andrew Jones, Zachary L. Fowler, Robert J. Linhardt, Yajun Yan, Gregory Stephanopoulos, Joseph A. Chemler, Brady F. Cress, Effendi Leonard and Namita Bhan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Mattheos Koffas

195 papers receiving 11.1k 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.

Metabolic Burden: Cornerstones in Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering Applications

2016 470 citations J. Andrew Jones, Yinjie Tang et al. profile →
Improving fatty acids production by engineering dynamic pathway regulation and metabolic control

2014 400 citations Fuming Zhang, Mattheos Koffas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mattheos Koffas United States	59	9.4k	2.1k	1.6k	1.5k	768	199	11.2k
Dongzhi Wei China	50	8.7k 0.9×	2.5k 1.2×	956 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	427 0.6×	580	12.9k
Jingwen Zhou China	48	6.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	883 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	638 0.8×	415	8.7k
Yu‐Guo Zheng China	42	7.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	756 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	213 0.3×	657	10.2k
Deok‐Kun Oh South Korea	51	5.7k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	379 0.2×	1.4k 0.9×	474 0.6×	319	9.3k
Zhi‐Qiang Liu China	44	5.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	568 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	260 0.3×	455	8.3k
Hal S. Alper United States	62	10.8k 1.1×	4.8k 2.3×	620 0.4×	875 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	184	12.6k
Jean‐Marc Daran Netherlands	51	6.7k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	499 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	385 0.5×	147	8.3k
Jian‐Jiang Zhong China	59	6.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	4.4k 2.8×	1.2k 0.8×	152 0.2×	308	11.3k
Claudia Schmidt‐Dannert United States	42	4.3k 0.5×	664 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	668 0.4×	231 0.3×	99	5.3k
Bernd Nidetzky Austria	53	8.3k 0.9×	4.4k 2.1×	376 0.2×	3.1k 2.0×	339 0.4×	460	12.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mattheos Koffas

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Liu, Weiping, Xiaojing Dong, Hongbiao Li, et al.. (2025). Rewiring metabolism and restoring sterol homeostasis for overproduction of campesterol in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Chemical Engineering Journal. 515. 163686–163686. 2 indexed citations

Zan, Xinyi, Jingjing Guo, Lei Sun, et al.. (2024). Structural characteristics and catalysis properties of a dual-functional enzyme Lip10 from Mucor circinelloides. Process Biochemistry. 137. 164–174. 2 indexed citations

Zha, R. Helen, et al.. (2024). Production and secretion of recombinant spider silk in Bacillus megaterium. Microbial Cell Factories. 23(1). 11 indexed citations

Liu, Wei, Hui Li, Xiaomei Zhang, et al.. (2023). Engineering of redox partners and cofactor NADPH supply of CYP68JX for efficient steroid two-step ordered selective hydroxylation activity. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 238. 106452–106452.

Jeandet, Philippe, Md. Sahab Uddin, Christophe Clément, et al.. (2023). Production of high molecular-ordered stilbene oligomers for the study of their biological activity: total synthesis, bio-catalyzed synthesis and production by plant systems. Natural Product Reports. 40(5). 1045–1057. 14 indexed citations

Koffas, Mattheos, et al.. (2023). Reducing the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by using multiple quorum-quenching enzymes. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 50(1). 5 indexed citations

Shen, Jiancheng, Yaxin Zhu, Wanjing Liu, et al.. (2023). Enhanced poly-γ-glutamic acid synthesis in Corynebacterium glutamicum by reconstituting PgsBCA complex and fermentation optimization. Metabolic Engineering. 81. 238–248. 10 indexed citations

Geng, Lijun, Yiwen Zhang, J. Andrew Jones, et al.. (2022). De novo Biosynthesis of Salvianolic Acid B in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Engineered with the Rosmarinic Acid Biosynthetic Pathway. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 70(7). 2290–2302. 12 indexed citations

Fang, Zhen, Yinjie Tang, & Mattheos Koffas. (2022). Harnessing electrical-to-biochemical conversion for microbial synthesis. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 75. 102687–102687. 17 indexed citations

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Chumnanpuen, Pramote, et al.. (2022). Enhancing Genome-Scale Model by Integrative Exometabolome and Transcriptome: Unveiling Carbon Assimilation towards Sphingolipid Biosynthetic Capability of Cordyceps militaris. Journal of Fungi. 8(8). 887–887. 8 indexed citations

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Williams, Asher, P.K. Datta, Ke Xia, et al.. (2021). Complete biosynthesis of a sulfated chondroitin in Escherichia coli. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1389–1389. 52 indexed citations

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Silva, Adilson José da, et al.. (2021). Metabolic engineering of E. coli for pyocyanin production. Metabolic Engineering. 64. 15–25. 34 indexed citations

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Sieber, Volker, et al.. (2020). Metabolic engineering for production of functional polysaccharides. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 66. 44–51. 30 indexed citations

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Jeandet, Philippe, Eduardo Sobarzo‐Sánchez, A. Sanches‐Silva, et al.. (2019). Whole-cell biocatalytic, enzymatic and green chemistry methods for the production of resveratrol and its derivatives. Biotechnology Advances. 39. 107461–107461. 69 indexed citations

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Zang, Ying, Jian Zha, Xia Wu, et al.. (2019). In Vitro Naringenin Biosynthesis from p-Coumaric Acid Using Recombinant Enzymes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 67(49). 13430–13436. 35 indexed citations

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Mazeau, Emily, et al.. (2018). Engineering Bacillus megaterium Strains To Secrete Cellulases for Synergistic Cellulose Degradation in a Microbial Community. ACS Synthetic Biology. 7(10). 2413–2422. 18 indexed citations

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Wang, Haisheng, Wenqin He, Peixia Jiang, et al.. (2017). Construction and functional characterization of truncated versions of recombinant keratanase II from Bacillus circulans. Glycoconjugate Journal. 34(5). 643–649. 10 indexed citations

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Ibrahim, Mohammad H.A., Brady F. Cress, Robert J. Linhardt, Mattheos Koffas, & Richard A. Gross. (2016). Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus subtilis Ia1a, a New Strain for Poly-γ-Glutamic Acid and Exopolysaccharide Production. Genome Announcements. 4(6). 1 indexed citations

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Cress, Brady F., Jacob A. Englaender, Wenqin He, et al.. (2013). Masquerading microbial pathogens: capsular polysaccharides mimic host-tissue molecules. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 38(4). 660–697. 196 indexed citations

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Yan, Yajun, et al.. (2005). Functional expression of a P450 flavonoid hydroxylase for the biosynthesis of plant-specific hydroxylated flavonols in Escherichia coli. Metabolic Engineering. 8(2). 172–181. 139 indexed citations

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