Stefan Lutz

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
92 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Stefan Lutz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Lutz has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Stefan Lutz's work include Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (26 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (18 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (16 papers). Stefan Lutz is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (26 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (18 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (16 papers). Stefan Lutz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Stefan Lutz's co-authors include Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Jeffrey C. Moore, Romas J. Kazlauskas, Karen Robins, Gjalt W. Huisman, Alexander Steinle, Stephen J. Benkovic, Hans‐Georg Rammensee, Zhen Qian and Ying Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Lutz

90 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Engineering the third wave of biocatalysis

2012 2.0k citations Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Gjalt W. Huisman et al. Nature profile →
From nature to industry: Harnessing enzymes for biocatalysis

2023 334 citations Stefan Lutz, Romas J. Kazlauskas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefan Lutz United States	31	4.1k	791	787	721	714	92	5.9k
Min You United States	39	2.6k 0.6×	745 0.9×	709 0.9×	336 0.5×	420 0.6×	98	5.0k
Isaac S. Harris United States	23	6.0k 1.5×	1.0k 1.3×	714 0.9×	437 0.6×	589 0.8×	39	9.5k
Emmanuel A. Theodorakis United States	45	2.6k 0.6×	629 0.8×	487 0.6×	2.6k 3.7×	1.5k 2.1×	154	7.5k
Mark D. Distefano United States	42	4.0k 1.0×	596 0.8×	287 0.4×	1.9k 2.7×	540 0.8×	169	6.0k
Sarah Cianférani France	44	4.9k 1.2×	486 0.6×	639 0.8×	673 0.9×	709 1.0×	240	7.2k
Mark Nitz Canada	38	2.8k 0.7×	715 0.9×	257 0.3×	1.1k 1.5×	786 1.1×	131	4.5k
Xiaohong Qian China	41	3.8k 0.9×	534 0.7×	332 0.4×	386 0.5×	495 0.7×	223	5.5k
Han Xiao United States	47	3.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	681 0.9×	2.5k 3.5×	736 1.0×	156	7.2k
Linda O. Narhi United States	45	5.0k 1.2×	779 1.0×	1.3k 1.7×	132 0.2×	353 0.5×	126	7.6k
Peng R. Chen China	52	6.0k 1.5×	793 1.0×	242 0.3×	3.3k 4.6×	876 1.2×	159	8.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Lutz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Lutz

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Lutz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefan Lutz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefan Lutz based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stefan Lutz. Stefan Lutz is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Knight, Anders M., et al.. (2025). Evolving a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase for commercial enzymatic DNA synthesis. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(4). 10 indexed citations

Miller, Mathew, et al.. (2024). An engineered T7 RNA polymerase for efficient co-transcriptional capping with reduced dsRNA byproducts in mRNA synthesis. Faraday Discussions. 252(0). 431–449. 15 indexed citations

Lutz, Stefan, Róbert Wágner, Louise Fritsche, et al.. (2019). Sex-Specific Associations of Testosterone With Metabolic Traits. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 10. 90–90. 15 indexed citations

Lutz, Stefan, Jörg Hennenlotter, Marcus Scharpf, et al.. (2017). Androgen receptor overexpression in prostate cancer in type 2 diabetes. Molecular Metabolism. 8. 158–166. 25 indexed citations

Chen, Fei, et al.. (2017). Biological phosphorylation of an Unnatural Base Pair (UBP) using a Drosophila melanogaster deoxynucleoside kinase (DmdNK) mutant. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0174163–e0174163. 9 indexed citations

Machicao, Fausto, Andreas Peter, Jürgen Machann, et al.. (2016). Glucose-Raising Polymorphisms in the Human Clock Gene Cryptochrome 2 (CRY2) Affect Hepatic Lipid Content. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0145563–e0145563. 29 indexed citations

Bornscheuer, Uwe T., Gjalt W. Huisman, Romas J. Kazlauskas, et al.. (2012). Engineering the third wave of biocatalysis. Nature. 485(7397). 185–194. 2043 indexed citations breakdown →

Lutz, Stefan. (2010). Beyond directed evolution—semi-rational protein engineering and design. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 21(6). 734–743. 350 indexed citations

Lutz, Stefan & Uwe T. Bornscheuer. (2009). Protein engineering handbook.. Wiley-VCH eBooks. 72 indexed citations

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Qian, Zhen, J.R. Horton, Xiaodong Cheng, & Stefan Lutz. (2009). Structural Redesign of Lipase B from Candida antarctica by Circular Permutation and Incremental Truncation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 393(1). 191–201. 51 indexed citations

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Yu, Ying & Stefan Lutz. (2009). Improved triglyceride transesterification by circular permuted Candida antarctica lipase B. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 105(1). 44–50. 20 indexed citations

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Konrad, Manfred, et al.. (2007). Quaternary Structure Change as a Mechanism for the Regulation of Thymidine Kinase 1-Like Enzymes. Structure. 15(12). 1555–1566. 25 indexed citations

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Lutz, Stefan, et al.. (2007). Binding of ATP to TK1-like Enzymes Is Associated with a Conformational Change in the Quaternary Structure. Journal of Molecular Biology. 369(1). 129–141. 28 indexed citations

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Gerth, Monica L. & Stefan Lutz. (2007). Mutagenesis of non-conserved active site residues improves the activity and narrows the specificity of human thymidine kinase 2. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 354(3). 802–807. 6 indexed citations

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Qian, Zhen & Stefan Lutz. (2005). Improving the Catalytic Activity of Candida antarctica Lipase B by Circular Permutation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(39). 13466–13467. 111 indexed citations

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Ostermeier, Marc & Stefan Lutz. (2003). The Creation of ITCHY Hybrid Protein Libraries. Humana Press eBooks. 231. 129–142. 24 indexed citations

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Lee, Seung‐Goo, Stefan Lutz, & Stephen J. Benkovic. (2003). On the structural and functional modularity of glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferases. Protein Science. 12(10). 2206–2214. 4 indexed citations

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Welte, S., Christian Sinzger, Stefan Lutz, et al.. (2002). Selective intracellular retention of virally induced NKG2D ligands by the human cytomegalovirus UL16 glycoprotein. European Journal of Immunology. 33(1). 194–203. 195 indexed citations

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Lutz, Stefan & Stephen J. Benkovic. (2000). Homology-independent protein engineering. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 11(4). 319–324. 19 indexed citations

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Lutz, Stefan, Petra Burgstaller, & Steven A. Benner. (1999). An in vitro screening technique for DNA polymerases that can incorporate modified nucleotides. Pseudo-thymidine as a substrate for thermostable polymerases. Nucleic Acids Research. 27(13). 2792–2798. 34 indexed citations

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