We are pleased to announce that Paul Dupree has been named a 2018 Highly Cited Researcher, with the Dupree group's research among the top 1% most cited works worldwide in the 'cross field' category.
Professor Dupree commented that: "I'm very proud to be named a 2018 Highly Cited Researcher. This reflects the outstanding work of our group members over many years to produce reproducible, exciting findings addressing the big questions in science that directly impact society."
The Dupree group has contributed substantially to three major areas of plant biochemistry and cell biology. A selection of their papers are listed below.
Cell wall digestion
- Insights into the oxidative degradation of cellulose by a copper metalloenzyme that exploits biomass components. Quinlan et al., PNAS108:15079 (2011).
- The molecular basis of polysaccharide cleavage by lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases. Frandsen et al., Nat. Chem. Biol.12:298 (2016).
- Structural and electronic determinants of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase reactivity on polysaccharide substrates. Simmons et al., Nat. Commun.8:1064 (2017).
- Structure and boosting activity of a starch-degrading lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase. Lo Leggio et al., Nat. Commun.6:5961 (2015).
Cell wall synthesis
- Absence of branches from xylan in Arabidopsis gux mutants reveals potential for simplification of lignocellulosic biomass. Mortimer et al., PNAS107:17409 (2010).
- Characterization of IRX10 and IRX10-like reveals an essential role in glucuronoxylan biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Brown et al., Plant J.57:732 (2009).
- Glycosyl transferases in family 61 mediate arabinofuranosyl transfer onto xylan in grasses. Anders et al., PNAS109:989 (2012).
- Golgi-localized STELLO proteins regulate the assembly and trafficking of cellulose synthase complexes in Arabidopsis. Zhang et al., Nat. Commun. 7:11656 (2016).
Cell wall architecture
- The pattern of xylan acetylation suggests xylan may interact with cellulose microfibrils as a twofold helical screw in the secondary plant cell wall of Arabidopsis thaliana. Busse-Wicher et al., Plant J.79:492 (2014).
- Folding of xylan onto cellulose fibrils in plant cell walls revealed by solid-state NMR. Simmons et al., Nat. Commun.7:13902 (2016).
- An even pattern of xylan substitution is critical for interaction with cellulose in plant cell walls. Grantham et al., Nat. Plants3:859 (2017).
For more information on the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list and how it is calculated, please visit their website or watch their useful summary video from 2017 below.