P.W. Postma

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

P.W. Postma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, P.W. Postma has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Genetics and 26 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in P.W. Postma's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (33 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (26 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (21 papers). P.W. Postma is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (33 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (26 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (21 papers). P.W. Postma collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. P.W. Postma's co-authors include J W Lengeler, Gary R. Jacobson, Saul Roseman, K. Van Dam, A R Schuitema, R D Simoni, Bob J. Scholte, S.O. Nelson, Erica Sellink and J. J. M. Meulenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Annual Review of Biochemistry and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

P.W. Postma

91 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

Phosphoenolpyruvate:carbohydrate phosphotransferase systems of bacteria

1993 1.4k citations P.W. Postma, J W Lengeler et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
P.W. Postma	4.0k	2.3k	1.4k	854	510	91	5.7k
J W Lengeler	3.3k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	764 0.9×	621 1.2×	60	4.9k
Gottfried Unden	4.4k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	933 0.6×	678 0.8×	837 1.6×	152	7.2k
H. E. Umbarger	4.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	324 0.6×	120	5.7k
Giovanna Ferro‐Luzzi Ames	3.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	543 0.4×	565 0.7×	592 1.2×	51	5.4k
Juke S. Lolkema	3.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	661 0.5×	830 1.0×	251 0.5×	145	4.9k
André Pierard	3.2k 0.8×	775 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	391 0.8×	81	4.1k
B Bachmann	5.5k 1.4×	4.0k 1.7×	648 0.4×	419 0.5×	1.6k 3.2×	21	7.4k
Lothar Eggeling	9.0k 2.3×	1.9k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	296 0.6×	164	10.5k
Kor H. Kalk	5.2k 1.3×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	844 1.0×	255 0.5×	95	8.0k
David M. Bonner	3.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	589 0.4×	459 0.5×	477 0.9×	57	4.7k

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Picón, Antonia, M. Joost Teixeira de Mattos, & P.W. Postma. (2008). Protein production by Escherichia coli wild-type and ΔptsG mutant strains with IPTG induction at the onset. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 35(4). 213–218. 7 indexed citations

Takahashi, Hideyuki, Toshifumi Inada, P.W. Postma, & Hirofumi Aiba. (1998). CRP down-regulates adenylate cyclase activity by reducing the level of phosphorylated IIAGlc, the glucose-specific phosphotransferase protein, in Escherichia coli. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 259(3). 317–326. 54 indexed citations

Chen, Rui, et al.. (1997). Metabolic Consequences of Phosphotransferase (PTS) Mutation in a Phenylalanine-Producing Recombinant Escherichia coli. Biotechnology Progress. 13(6). 768–775. 35 indexed citations

Vlag, Johan van der & P.W. Postma. (1995). Regulation of glycerol and maltose uptake by the IIAGlc-like domain of IINag of the phosphotransferase system inSalmonella typhimurium LT2. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 248(2). 236–241. 11 indexed citations

Dam, K. Van, P.W. Postma, Peter Richard, et al.. (1993). Control and regulation of metabolic fluxes in microbes by substrates and enzymes. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 63(3-4). 315–321. 9 indexed citations

Zagorec, Monique & P.W. Postma. (1992). Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the ptsG gene of Bacillus subtilis. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 234(2). 325–328. 23 indexed citations

Meulenberg, J. J. M., Erica Sellink, N. Riegman, & P.W. Postma. (1992). Nucleotide sequence and structure of the Klebsiella pneumoniae pqq operon. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 232(2). 284–294. 110 indexed citations

Hommes, R. W. J., et al.. (1991). Quantitative aspects of glucose metabolism by Escherichia coli B/r, grown in the presence of pyrroloquinoline quinone. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 60(3-4). 373–382. 12 indexed citations

Jahreis, Knut, P.W. Postma, & J W Lengeler. (1991). Nucleotide sequence of the ilvH-fruR gene region of Escherichia coli K12 and Salmonella typhimurium LT2. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 226-226(1-2). 332–336. 35 indexed citations

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Ruijter, George J. G., P.W. Postma, & K. Van Dam. (1991). Energetics of glucose uptake in a Salmonella typhimurium mutant containing uncoupled enzyme IIGlc. Archives of Microbiology. 155(3). 234–237. 8 indexed citations

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Oehlen, L. J. W. M., et al.. (1990). Changes in the Incorporation of Carbon Derived from Glucose into Cellular Pools During the Cell Cycle of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae. Journal of General Microbiology. 136(3). 413–418. 6 indexed citations

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Hommes, R. W. J., P.W. Postma, D. W. Tempest, & Oense M. Neijssel. (1989). The influence of the culture pH value on the direct glucose oxidative pathway in Klebsiella pneumoniae NCTC 418. Archives of Microbiology. 151(3). 261–267. 18 indexed citations

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Geerse, Ruud H., et al.. (1989). The repressor of the PEP: Fructose phosphotransferase system is required for the transcription of the pps gene of Escherichia coli. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 218(2). 348–352. 45 indexed citations

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Postma, P.W.. (1989). The role of the PEP: Carbohydrate phosphotransferase system in the regulation of bacterial metabolism. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 63(1-2). 69–80. 6 indexed citations

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Hommes, R. W. J., et al.. (1989). The separate roles of PQQ and apo-enzyme syntheses in the regulation of glucose dehydrogenase activity in Klebsiella pneumoniae NCTC 418. Archives of Microbiology. 151(3). 257–260. 6 indexed citations

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Mulder, Marcel M., et al.. (1988). Continued Growth of Escherichia coli after Stopping Medium Addition to a K+-limited Chemostat Culture. Microbiology. 134(3). 777–783. 4 indexed citations

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Doorn, J. van, et al.. (1988). Regulation of Trehalase Activity during the Cell Cycle of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbiology. 134(3). 785–790. 12 indexed citations

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Rutgers, Michiel, M. Joost Teixeira de Mattos, P.W. Postma, & K. Van Dam. (1987). Establishment of the Steady State in Glucose-limited Chemostat Cultures of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Microbiology. 133(2). 445–451. 37 indexed citations

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Hommes, R. W. J., et al.. (1984). Evidence of a quinoprotein glucose dehydrogenase apoenzyme in several strains ofEscherichia coli. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 24(2-3). 329–333. 107 indexed citations

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Nelson, S.O., J. Keith Wright, & P.W. Postma. (1983). The mechanism of inducer exclusion. Direct interaction between purified III ^Glc of the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system and the lactose carrier of Escherichia coli. The EMBO Journal. 2(5). 715–720. 102 indexed citations

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