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Leszek A. Kleczkowski

Leszek A. Kleczkowski

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
7361
World Ranking
17763
National Ranking
282

Overview

Leszek A. Kleczkowski is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's work spans various subfields including plant science, molecular biology, nutrition and dietetics, biotechnology, and clinical biochemistry.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant stress responses and tolerance
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Enzyme production and characterization
  • Advanced glycation end products research
  • Plant gene expression analysis
  • Plant-microbe interactions and immunity

Leszek A. Kleczkowski has collaborated frequently with several researchers in their field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Abir U. Igamberdiev
  • Daniel Decker
  • Evgeniy N. Donev
  • Marta Derba-Maceluch
  • Xiaokun Liu

They have contributed to multiple scientific journals, recurrently publishing in these venues:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Plant Physiology
  • Biochemical Journal
  • Biosystems
  • Plants

Selected recent papers authored by Leszek A. Kleczkowski include:

  • "Magnesium Signaling in Plants," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Magnesium and cell energetics: At the junction of metabolism of adenylate and non-adenylate nucleotides," 2022, Journal of Plant Physiology
  • "Optimization of nucleotide sugar supply for polysaccharide formation via thermodynamic buffering," 2020, Biochemical Journal

Other relevant publications related to their frequent co-author Abir U. Igamberdiev, reflecting intersecting interests, are:

  • "Pyrophosphate as an alternative energy currency in plants," 2021, Biochemical Journal
  • "Toward understanding the emergence of life: A dual function of the system of nucleotides in the metabolically closed autopoietic organization," 2023, Biosystems

Best Publications

  • The Electronic Plant Gene Register

    Matthias Schmidt;Juergen Feierabend;Ya-Hsuan Hsu;Kin-Ying To

  • Poplar Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes. Gene Identification and Expression Analyses

    Jane Geisler-Lee;Matt Geisler;Pedro M. Coutinho;Bo Segerman

  • The chloroplast lumen and stromal proteomes of Arabidopsis thaliana show differential sensitivity to short- and long-term exposure to low temperature

    Estelle Goulas;Maria Schubert;Thomas Kieselbach;Leszek A. Kleczkowski

  • A Cytosolic Pathway for the Conversion of Hydroxypyruvate to Glycerate during Photorespiration in Arabidopsis

    Stefan Timm;Adriano Nunes-Nesi;Tiit Pärnik;Katja Morgenthal

  • UDP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase. An Old Protein with New Tricks

    Leszek A. Kleczkowski;Matt Geisler;Iwona Ciereszko;Henrik Johansson

  • Sugar/osmoticum levels modulate differential abscisic acid-independent expression of two stress-responsive sucrose synthase genes in Arabidopsis

    Annabelle Déjardin;Lubomir N. Sokolov;Leszek A. Kleczkowski

  • Glucose activation and metabolism through UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in plants

    Leszek A. Kleczkowski

  • Insensitivity of Barley Endosperm ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase to 3-Phosphoglycerate and Orthophosphate Regulation

    L A Kleczkowski;P Villand;E Lüthi;O A Olsen

  • Phosphate status affects the gene expression, protein content and enzymatic activity of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in wild-type and pho mutants of Arabidopsis.

    Iwona Ciereszko;Henrik Johansson;Vaughan Hurry;Leszek A. Kleczkowski

  • Sucrose and light regulation of a cold-inducible UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase gene via a hexokinase-independent and abscisic acid-insensitive pathway in Arabidopsis.

    Iwona Ciereszko;Henrik Johansson;Leszek A. Kleczkowski

  • Sugars and light/dark exposure trigger differential regulation of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase genes in Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress)

    Lubomir N. Sokolov;Annabelle Déjardin;Leszek A. Kleczkowski

  • Mechanisms of UDP-Glucose Synthesis in Plants

    Leszek A Kleczkowski;Sabine Kunz;Malgorzata Wilczynska

  • The Glycerate and Phosphorylated Pathways of Serine Synthesis in Plants: The Branches of Plant Glycolysis Linking Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism.

    Abir U. Igamberdiev;Leszek A. Kleczkowski

  • A single gene encodes two different transcripts for the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase small subunit from barley (Hordeum vulgare)

    Tine Thorbjørnsen;Per Villand;Leszek A. Kleczkowski;Odd-Arne Olsen

  • A universal algorithm for genome-wide in silicio identification of biologically significant gene promoter putative cis-regulatory-elements; identification of new elements for reactive oxygen species and sucrose signaling in Arabidopsis.

    Matt Geisler;Leszek A. Kleczkowski;Stanislaw Karpinski;Stanislaw Karpinski

  • UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase is not rate-limiting, but is essential in Arabidopsis

    Meng Meng;Matt Geisler;Henrik Johansson;Jesper Harholt

  • Membrane potential, adenylate levels and Mg2+ are interconnected via adenylate kinase equilibrium in plant cells

    Abir U Igamberdiev;Leszek A Kleczkowski

  • A decade of photorespiratory nitrogen cycling

    Curtis V. Givan;K.W. Joy;Leszek A. Kleczkowski

  • Inhibitors of Photosynthetic Enzymes/Carriers and Metabolism

    Leszek A. Kleczkowski

  • A Cytosolic Pathway for the Conversion of Hydroxypyruvate to Glycerate during Photorespiration in Arabidopsis

    Stefanie Wienkoop;Wolfram Weckwerth;Stefan Timm;Adriano Nunes-Nesi

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas D. Randall
Douglas D. Randall University of Missouri
Abir U. Igamberdiev
Abir U. Igamberdiev Memorial University of Newfoundland
Odd-Arne Olsen
Odd-Arne Olsen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Matt Geisler
Matt Geisler Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Stanislaw Karpinski
Stanislaw Karpinski Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Gerald E. Edwards
Gerald E. Edwards Washington State University
Per Gardeström
Per Gardeström Umeå University
Dale G. Blevins
Dale G. Blevins University of Missouri
Zbigniew Krupa
Zbigniew Krupa Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Joakim Lundeberg
Joakim Lundeberg Royal Institute of Technology

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