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Martin Steup is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their research primarily addresses aspects related to starch metabolism and food biotechnology, with a focus on enzymatic processes and nutritional science.

The scientist's recent published works include:

  • Molecular regulation of starch metabolism, 2022, Plant Molecular Biology
  • Contents and structures of branched and linear maltodextrins, malto-oligosaccharides, and sugars in the early developmental stage of phosphorylase1 mutant endosperm of rice, 2024, Carbohydrate Polymers

Martin Steup has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, such as:

  • Yasunori Nakamura
  • Christophe Colleoni
  • Alberto Á. Iglesias
  • Jinsong Bao
  • Naoko Fujita

The scientific venues where their research has appeared include:

  • Plant Molecular Biology
  • Carbohydrate Polymers

Their main fields of study cover Nursing, with a particular emphasis on Nutrition and Dietetics as well as Biotechnology as subfields.

Research topics addressed by Martin Steup comprise:

  • Food composition and properties
  • Enzyme Production and Characterization
  • Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology

These thematic areas reflect an interdisciplinary approach integrating biochemical metabolism of starch with aspects of nutritional science and applications in food biotechnology.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of neutral oligosaccharides by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry

    Bernd. Stahl;Martin. Steup;Michael. Karas;Franz. Hillenkamp

  • The Arabidopsis sex1 Mutant Is Defective in the R1 Protein, a General Regulator of Starch Degradation in Plants, and Not in the Chloroplast Hexose Transporter

    Tien-Shin Yu;Heike Kofler;Rainer E. Häusler;Diana Hille

  • The starch-related R1 protein is an α-glucan, water dikinase

    Gerhard Ritte;James R. Lloyd;Nora Eckermann;Antje Rottmann

  • Oligosaccharides from human milk as revealed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry.

    B. Stahl;S. Thurl;J.R. Zeng;M. Karas

  • Identification of a Novel Enzyme Required for Starch Metabolism in Arabidopsis Leaves. The Phosphoglucan, Water Dikinase

    Oliver Kötting;Kerstin Pusch;Axel Tiessen;Peter Geigenberger

  • STARCH-EXCESS4 Is a Laforin-Like Phosphoglucan Phosphatase Required for Starch Degradation in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Oliver Kötting;Diana Santelia;Christoph Edner;Simona Eicke

  • Glucan, Water Dikinase Activity Stimulates Breakdown of Starch Granules by Plastidial β-Amylases

    Christoph Edner;Jing Li;Tanja Albrecht;Sebastian Mahlow

  • Phosphorylation of C6- and C3-positions of glucosyl residues in starch is catalysed by distinct dikinases

    Gerhard Ritte;Matthias Heydenreich;Sebastian Mahlow;Sophie Haebel

  • Planter med reduceret aktivitet for stivelsesphosphoryleringsenzymet phosphoglucan-vand-dikinase

    Frohberg Claus;Koetting Oliver;Ritte Gerhard;Steup Martin

  • Feedback Inhibition of Starch Degradation in Arabidopsis Leaves Mediated by Trehalose 6-Phosphate

    Marina Camara Mattos Martins;Mahdi Hejazi;Joerg Fettke;Martin Steup

  • Metabolic Symbiosis and the Birth of the Plant Kingdom

    Philippe Deschamps;Christophe Colleoni;Yasunori Nakamura;Eiji Suzuki

  • Characterization of a novel eukaryotic ATP/ADP translocator located in the plastid envelope of Arabidopsis thaliana L.

    H.E. Neuhaus;E. Thom;T. Mohlmann;M. Steup

  • Glucan, water dikinase phosphorylates crystalline maltodextrins and thereby initiates solubilization.

    Mahdi Hejazi;Joerg Fettke;Sophie Haebel;Christoph Edner

  • A second L-type isozyme of potato glucan phosphorylase: cloning, antisense inhibition and expression analysis

    Uwe Sonnewald;Astrid Basner;Burkhard Greve;Martin Steup

  • An Optical Multifrequency Phase-Modulation Method Using Microbeads for Measuring Intracellular Oxygen Concentrations in Plants

    Elmar Schmälzlin;Joost T. van Dongen;Ingo Klimant;Bettina Marmodée

  • Phosphorylation of transitory starch is increased during degradation.

    Gerhard Ritte;Anke Scharf;Nora Eckermann;Sophie Haebel

  • Discovering plant metabolic biomarkers for phenotype prediction using an untargeted approach.

    Matthias Steinfath;Nadine Strehmel;Rolf Peters;Nicolas Schauer

  • ANALYSIS OF FRUCTANS FROM HIGHER PLANTS BY MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION/IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY

    Bernd Stahl;Alexandros Linos;Michael Karas;Franz Hillenkamp

  • Plastidial phosphorylase is required for normal starch synthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    David Dauvillée;Vincent Chochois;Martin Steup;Sophie Haebel

  • Identification of a Novel Enzyme Required for Starch Metabolism in Arabidopsis Leaves. The Phosphoglucan

    Kerstin Pusch;Axel Tiessen;Peter Geigenberger;Martin Steup

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven G. Ball
Steven G. Ball University of Lille
Jean-Luc Putaux
Jean-Luc Putaux Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yasunori Nakamura
Yasunori Nakamura Akita Prefectural University
Alain Buléon
Alain Buléon INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Peter Geigenberger
Peter Geigenberger Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Alison M. Smith
Alison M. Smith John Innes Centre
Berge A. Minassian
Berge A. Minassian The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Bernd Stahl
Bernd Stahl Utrecht University
Markus Pauly
Markus Pauly Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Michael Melkonian
Michael Melkonian Max Planck Society

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