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8495
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17682
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560

Luigi Palmieri publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luigi Palmieri sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 150 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Luigi Palmieri D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luigi Palmieri sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Luigi Palmieri is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy and has a research portfolio focused on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans 79 publications in this broad field, with significant contributions to Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry, Physiology, Biochemistry, and Cancer Research as main subfields.

The research topics covered by Luigi Palmieri include:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Luigi Palmieri has published research in several frequent venues, which include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • IUBMB Life
  • Biochemical Journal
  • Biomolecules

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Luigi Palmieri are:

  • "KRAS-regulated glutamine metabolism requires UCP2-mediated aspartate transport to support pancreatic cancer growth," 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • "Epistasis-driven identification of SLC25A51 as a regulator of human mitochondrial NAD import," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Mitochondrial transport and metabolism of the vitamin B-derived cofactors thiamine pyrophosphate, coenzyme A, FAD and NAD+, and related diseases: A review," 2022, IUBMB Life
  • "Effect of Curcumin on Protein Damage Induced by Rotenone in Dopaminergic PC12 Cells," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Engineering Yarrowia lipolytica for the selective and high-level production of isocitric acid through manipulation of mitochondrial dicarboxylate-tricarboxylate carriers," 2020, Metabolic Engineering

Collaborations form a key component of Luigi Palmieri's research output. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Gennaro Agrimi
  • Pasquale Scarcia
  • Giuseppe Fiermonte
  • Isabella Pisano
  • Maria Antonietta Di Noia

Best Publications

  • Citrin and aralar1 are Ca2+‐stimulated aspartate/glutamate transporters in mitochondria

    Luigi Palmieri;B. Pardo;F. M. Lasorsa;A. Del Arco;A. Del Arco

  • UCP2 transports C4 metabolites out of mitochondria, regulating glucose and glutamine oxidation

    Angelo Vozza;Giovanni Parisi;Francesco De Leonardis;Francesco Massimo Lasorsa

  • Altered calcium homeostasis in autism-spectrum disorders: Evidence from biochemical and genetic studies of the mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier AGC1

    L. Palmieri;V. Papaleo;V. Porcelli;P. Scarcia

  • Identification and functional reconstitution of the yeast peroxisomal adenine nucleotide transporter.

    Luigi Palmieri;Hanspeter Rottensteiner;Hanspeter Rottensteiner;Wolfgang Girzalsky;Wolfgang Girzalsky;Pasquale Scarcia

  • The growing family of mitochondrial carriers in Arabidopsis

    Nathalie Picault;Michael Hodges;Luigi Palmieri;Ferdinando Palmieri

  • Identification of the Mitochondrial Glutamate Transporter: BACTERIAL EXPRESSION, RECONSTITUTION, FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION, AND TISSUE DISTRIBUTION OF TWO HUMAN ISOFORMS *

    Giuseppe Fiermonte;Luigi Palmieri;Simona Todisco;Gennaro Agrimi

  • Identification of the Mitochondrial ATP-Mg/Pi Transporter BACTERIAL EXPRESSION, RECONSTITUTION, FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION, AND TISSUE DISTRIBUTION

    Giuseppe Fiermonte;Francesco De Leonardis;Simona Todisco;Luigi Palmieri

  • Identification of a novel transporter for dicarboxylates and tricarboxylates in plant mitochondria. Bacterial expression, reconstitution, functional characterization, and tissue distribution.

    Nathalie Picault;Luigi Palmieri;Isabella Pisano;Michael Hodges

  • Complete loss-of-function of the heart/muscle-specific adenine nucleotide translocator is associated with mitochondrial myopathy and cardiomyopathy

    Luigi Palmieri;Simona Alberio;Isabella Pisano;Tiziana Lodi

  • Identification of the yeast ACR1 gene product as a succinate-fumarate transporter essential for growth on ethanol or acetate

    Luigi Palmieri;Luigi Palmieri;Francesco M Lasorsa;Annalisa De Palma;Ferdinando Palmieri

  • Molecular identification of three Arabidopsis thaliana mitochondrial dicarboxylate carrier isoforms: organ distribution, bacterial expression, reconstitution into liposomes and functional characterization.

    Luigi Palmieri;Nathalie Picault;Roberto Arrigoni;Evelyne Besin

  • Identification of mitochondrial carriers in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by transport assay of reconstituted recombinant proteins

    Ferdinando Palmieri;Gennaro Agrimi;Emanuela Blanco;Alessandra Castegna

  • Impaired Mitochondrial Glutamate Transport in Autosomal Recessive Neonatal Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Florence Molinari;Annick Raas-Rothschild;Marlène Rio;Giuseppe Fiermonte

  • Identification of the mitochondrial GTP/GDP transporter in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Angelo Vozza;Emanuela Blanco;Luigi Palmieri;Ferdinando Palmieri

  • Identification by bacterial expression and functional reconstitution of the yeast genomic sequence encoding the mitochondrial dicarboxylate carrier protein.

    Luigi Palmieri;Luigi Palmieri;Ferdinando Palmieri;Michael J. Runswick;John E. Walker

  • Recombinant expression of the Ca(2+)-sensitive aspartate/glutamate carrier increases mitochondrial ATP production in agonist-stimulated Chinese hamster ovary cells

    Francesco Massimo Lasorsa;Paolo Pinton;Luigi Palmieri;Giuseppe Fiermonte

  • Mitochondrial metabolite transporters

    F. Palmieri;F. Bisaccia;L. Capobianco;V. Dolce

  • The Sequence, Bacterial Expression, and Functional Reconstitution of the Rat Mitochondrial Dicarboxylate Transporter Cloned via Distant Homologs in Yeast and Caenorhabditis elegans

    Giuseppe Fiermonte;Luigi Palmieri;Vincenza Dolce;Francesco M. Lasorsa

  • Yeast mitochondrial carriers: bacterial expression, biochemical identification and metabolic significance.

    Luigi Palmieri;Michael J. Runswick;Giuseppe Fiermonte;John E. Walker

  • Molecular Identification of an Arabidopsis S -Adenosylmethionine Transporter. Analysis of Organ Distribution, Bacterial Expression, Reconstitution into Liposomes, and Functional Characterization

    Luigi Palmieri;Roberto Arrigoni;Emanuela Blanco;Fernando Carrari

Frequent Co-Authors

Ferdinando Palmieri
Ferdinando Palmieri University of Bari Aldo Moro
John E. Walker
John E. Walker University of Cambridge
Michael J. Runswick
Michael J. Runswick Medical Research Council
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Paolo Pinton
Paolo Pinton University of Ferrara
Michael Hodges
Michael Hodges William Paterson University
Massimo Zeviani
Massimo Zeviani University of Padua
Danilo Porro
Danilo Porro University of Milano-Bicocca
Eleonora Lamantea
Eleonora Lamantea Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Orly Elpeleg
Orly Elpeleg Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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