Nitzan Shabek

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Nitzan Shabek is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nitzan Shabek has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Plant Science and 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Nitzan Shabek's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (16 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (11 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (10 papers). Nitzan Shabek is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (16 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (11 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (10 papers). Nitzan Shabek collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Germany. Nitzan Shabek's co-authors include Ning Zheng, Aaron Ciechanover, Allan M. Weissman, Ludmila Kaplun, Thomas R. Hinds, Dina Raveh, Lior Tal, Ottoline Leyser, Haibin Mao and Oded Lewinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nitzan Shabek

32 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Ubiquitin Ligases: Structure, Function, and Regulation

2017 1.1k citations Ning Zheng, Nitzan Shabek Annual Review of Biochemistry profile →

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Karen Craig United States

Tran C. Thai United States

Oliver Kerscher United States

Philip M. Sass United States

Mitsuhiro Yanagida Japan

Kirby N. Swatek United States

Hideaki Tagami Japan

Olaf Nielsen Denmark

Petra Ross‐Macdonald United States

Péter Deák Hungary

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nitzan Shabek

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All Works

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Paries, Michael, Karen Hobecker, Catarina Cardoso, et al.. (2025). The GRAS protein RAM1 interacts with WRI transcription factors to regulate plant genes required for arbuscule development and function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(21). e2427021122–e2427021122. 2 indexed citations

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Wu, Sheng, Kaori Yoneyama, Nitzan Shabek, et al.. (2025). Evolution of interorganismal strigolactone biosynthesis in seed plants. Science. 387(6731). eadp0779–eadp0779. 9 indexed citations

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Patrick, Ryan M., Xingqi Huang, Matthew E. Bergman, et al.. (2024). Volatile communication in plants relies on a KAI2-mediated signaling pathway. Science. 383(6689). 1318–1325. 20 indexed citations

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Pereira, J.H., Andy DeGiovanni, R.P. McAndrew, et al.. (2024). The crystal structure of Grindelia robusta 7,13-copalyl diphosphate synthase reveals active site features controlling catalytic specificity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(12). 107921–107921. 2 indexed citations

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Nagalakshmi, Ugrappa, et al.. (2024). Structural insights into strigolactone catabolism by carboxylesterases reveal a conserved conformational regulation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6500–6500. 10 indexed citations

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Shabek, Nitzan, et al.. (2024). Structural insights into rice KAI2 receptor provide functional implications for perception and signal transduction. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(8). 107593–107593. 2 indexed citations

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Shabek, Nitzan, et al.. (2023). Strigolactones: diversity, perception, and hydrolysis. Phytochemistry Reviews. 22(2). 339–359. 30 indexed citations

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Koenig, Daniel, et al.. (2022). A KARRIKIN INSENSITIVE2 paralog in lettuce mediates highly sensitive germination responses to karrikinolide. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 190(2). 1440–1456. 15 indexed citations

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Sun, Fuai, et al.. (2022). Structure of maize BZR1-type β-amylase BAM8 provides new insights into its noncatalytic adaptation. Journal of Structural Biology. 214(3). 107885–107885. 6 indexed citations

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Cornu, David, Marion Dalmais, Abdelhafid Bendahmane, et al.. (2022). Structural and functional analyses explain Pea KAI2 receptor diversity and reveal stereoselective catalysis during signal perception. Communications Biology. 5(1). 126–126. 20 indexed citations

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Yadav, Bindu, Abhimanyu Jogawat, Shambhu Krishan Lal, et al.. (2021). Plant mineral transport systems and the potential for crop improvement. Planta. 253(2). 45–45. 48 indexed citations

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Tal, Lior, et al.. (2021). Structural insights into photoactivation of plant Cryptochrome-2. Communications Biology. 4(1). 28–28. 45 indexed citations

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Sun, Fuai, Lei Ding, Wenqi Feng, et al.. (2020). Maize transcription factor ZmBES1/BZR1-5 positively regulates kernel size. Journal of Experimental Botany. 72(5). 1714–1726. 65 indexed citations

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Shabek, Nitzan, James H. Ruble, K.C. Garbutt, et al.. (2018). Structural insights into DDA1 function as a core component of the CRL4-DDB1 ubiquitin ligase. Cell Discovery. 4(1). 67–67. 20 indexed citations

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Zheng, Ning & Nitzan Shabek. (2017). Ubiquitin Ligases: Structure, Function, and Regulation. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 86(1). 129–157. 1054 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shabek, Nitzan & Ning Zheng. (2014). Plant ubiquitin ligases as signaling hubs. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 21(4). 293–296. 57 indexed citations

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Shabek, Nitzan, Oded Lewinson, Mahmood Haj‐Yahya, et al.. (2012). The Size of the Proteasomal Substrate Determines Whether Its Degradation Will Be Mediated by Mono- or Polyubiquitylation. Molecular Cell. 48(1). 87–97. 139 indexed citations

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Weissman, Allan M., Nitzan Shabek, & Aaron Ciechanover. (2011). The predator becomes the prey: regulating the ubiquitin system by ubiquitylation and degradation. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 12(9). 605–620. 246 indexed citations

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Shabek, Nitzan & Aaron Ciechanover. (2010). Degradation of ubiquitin: The fate of the cellular reaper. Cell Cycle. 9(3). 523–530. 70 indexed citations

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Kaplun, Ludmila, et al.. (2005). The DNA Damage-Inducible UbL-UbA Protein Ddi1 Participates in Mec1-Mediated Degradation of Ho Endonuclease. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 25(13). 5355–5362. 83 indexed citations

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