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Antonius J. A. van Maris

Antonius J. A. van Maris

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
12740
World Ranking
12512
National Ranking
184

Overview

Antonius J. A. van Maris is affiliated with the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as engineering. The focus mainly lies in molecular biology and biomedical engineering, with additional work intersecting materials chemistry, ecology, and surgery.

The scientist's research topics include microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, biofuel production and bioconversion, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, enzyme structure and function, biochemical and molecular research, pancreatic function and diabetes, and microbial community ecology and physiology.

They have published extensively in several notable venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Metabolic Engineering
  • Chemie Ingenieur Technik
  • ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Microbial Cell Factories

Frequent coauthors contributing to their body of work include:

  • Teun Kuil
  • Johannes Yayo
  • Daniel G. Olson
  • Lee R. Lynd
  • Gustav Sjöberg

Selected recent papers highlight their research activities and focus areas:

  • A Coculture Based Tyrosine-Tyrosinase Electrochemical Gene Circuit for Connecting Cellular Communication with Electronic Networks, 2020, ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Laboratory Evolution and Reverse Engineering of Clostridium thermocellum for Growth on Glucose and Fructose, 2021, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Functional Analysis of H +-Pumping Membrane-Bound Pyrophosphatase, ADP-Glucose Synthase, and Pyruvate Phosphate Dikinase as Pyrophosphate Sources in Clostridium thermocellum, 2021, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • A detailed genome-scale metabolic model of Clostridium thermocellum investigates sources of pyrophosphate for driving glycolysis, 2023, Metabolic Engineering
  • Ethanol tolerance of Clostridium thermocellum: the role of chaotropicity, temperature and pathway thermodynamics on growth and fermentative capacity, 2022, Microbial Cell Factories

Best Publications

  • The Ehrlich Pathway for Fusel Alcohol Production : a Century of Research on Saccharomyces cerevisiae Metabolism

    Lucie A. Hazelwood;Jean-Marc Daran;Antonius J. A. van Maris;Jack T. Pronk

  • Alcoholic fermentation of carbon sources in biomass hydrolysates by Saccharomyces cerevisiae : current status

    Antonius J. A. van Maris;Derek A. Abbott;Eleonora Bellissimi;Joost van den Brink

  • Stoichiometry and compartmentation of NADH metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Barbara M. Bakker;Karin M. Overkamp;Antonius J.A. van Maris;Peter Kötter

  • CRISPR/Cas9: a molecular Swiss army knife for simultaneous introduction of multiple genetic modifications in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Robert Mans;Harmen M. van Rossum;Melanie Wijsman;Antoon Backx

  • Malic acid production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae: engineering of pyruvate carboxylation, oxaloacetate reduction, and malate export.

    Rintze M. Zelle;Erik de Hulster;Wouter A. van Winden;Pieter de Waard

  • De novo production of the flavonoid naringenin in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Frank Koopman;Jules Beekwilder;Barbara Crimi;Adele van Houwelingen

  • Metabolic engineering of yeast for production of fuels and chemicals

    Jens Nielsen;Christer Larsson;Antonius van Maris;Jack Pronk

  • Development of Efficient Xylose Fermentation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Xylose Isomerase as a Key Component

    Antonius J. A. van Maris;Aaron A. Winkler;Marko Kuyper;Wim T. A. M. de Laat

  • Novel evolutionary engineering approach for accelerated utilization of glucose, xylose, and arabinose mixtures by engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains.

    H. Wouter Wisselink;Maurice J. Toirkens;Qixiang Wu;Jack T. Pronk

  • Directed evolution of pyruvate decarboxylase-negative Saccharomyces cerevisiae, yielding a C2-independent, glucose-tolerant, and pyruvate-hyperproducing yeast.

    Antonius J A Van Maris;Jan Maarten A Geertman;Alexander Vermeulen;Matthijs K. Groothuizen

  • Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for efficient anaerobic alcoholic fermentation of L-arabinose.

    H. Wouter Wisselink;Maurice J. Toirkens;M. del Rosario Franco Berriel;Aaron A. Winkler

  • Elimination of glycerol production in anaerobic cultures of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain engineered to use acetic acid as an electron acceptor.

    Víctor Guadalupe Medina;Marinka J. H. Almering;Antonius J. A. van Maris;Jack T. Pronk

  • Microbial export of lactic and 3-hydroxypropanoic acid : implications for industrial fermentation processes

    Antonius J.A.van Maris;Wil N. Konings;Johannes P.van Dijken;Jack T. Pronk

  • Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for production of carboxylic acids: current status and challenges.

    Derek A. Abbott;Rintze M. Zelle;Jack T. Pronk;Antonius J.A. van Maris

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for second-generation ethanol production : from academic exploration to industrial implementation

    Mickel L A Jansen;Jasmine M Bracher;Ioannis Papapetridis;Maarten D Verhoeven

  • Effects of acetic acid on the kinetics of xylose fermentation by an engineered, xylose-isomerase-based Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain.

    Eleonora Bellissimi;Johannes P. van Dijken;Jack T. Pronk;Antonius J.A. van Maris

  • Carbon dioxide fixation by Calvin-Cycle enzymes improves ethanol yield in yeast

    Víctor Guadalupe-Medina;H. Wouter Wisselink;Marijke Ah Luttik;Erik De Hulster

  • Homofermentative Lactate Production Cannot Sustain Anaerobic Growth of Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Possible Consequence of Energy-Dependent Lactate Export

    Antonius J. A. van Maris;Aaron A. Winkler;Danilo Porro;Johannes P. van Dijken

  • Fermentative production of isobutene

    Bianca N. M. van Leeuwen;Albertus M. van der Wulp;Isabelle Duijnstee;Antonius J. A. van Maris

  • Polycistronic expression of a β-carotene biosynthetic pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae coupled to β-ionone production

    Jules Beekwilder;Harmen M. van Rossum;Frank Koopman;Frank Sonntag

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack T. Pronk
Jack T. Pronk Delft University of Technology
Jean-Marc Daran
Jean-Marc Daran Delft University of Technology
Derek Abbott
Derek Abbott University of Adelaide
Johannes H. de Winde
Johannes H. de Winde Leiden University
Joseph J. Heijnen
Joseph J. Heijnen Delft University of Technology
Lee R. Lynd
Lee R. Lynd Dartmouth College
William E. Bentley
William E. Bentley University of Maryland, College Park
Arnold J. M. Driessen
Arnold J. M. Driessen University of Groningen
Michiel Kleerebezem
Michiel Kleerebezem Wageningen University & Research
Gregory F. Payne
Gregory F. Payne University of Maryland, College Park

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