Leszek Kleczkowski

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Professor emeritus at Department of Plant Physiology Section: Umeå Plant Science Centre - UmU

KB. K4 (UPSC), Artedigränd 7, Fysiologisk botanik, UPSC, KB. F4 (B4.54.41) Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå SE

Publications Publications

Glucuronoyl esterase of pathogenic Phanerochaete carnosa induces immune responses in aspen independently of its enzymatic activity

Plant Biotechnology Journal, John Wiley & Sons 2026, Vol. 24, (2) : 602-619

Donev, Evgeniy N.; Derba-Maceluch, Marta; Liu, Xiao‐Kun; et al.

Adenylate-driven equilibration of both ribo- and deoxyribonucleotides is under magnesium control: quantification of the Mg2+-signal

Journal of plant physiology (Print), Elsevier 2025, Vol. 304

Kleczkowski, Leszek A.; Igamberdiev, Abir U.

Multiple roles of glycerate kinase—from photorespiration to gluconeogenesis, C4 metabolism, and plant immunity

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, MDPI 2024, Vol. 25, (6)

Kleczkowski, Leszek A.; Igamberdiev, Abir U.

Exploring redox modulation of plant UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, MDPI 2023, Vol. 24, (10)

Decker, Daniel; Aubert, Juliette; Wilczynska, Malgorzata; et al.

Toward understanding the emergence of life: a dual function of the system of nucleotides in the metabolically closed autopoietic organization

Biosystems (Amsterdam. Print), Elsevier 2023, Vol. 224

Igamberdiev, Abir U.; Kleczkowski, Leszek A.

Magnesium and cell energetics: at the junction of metabolism of adenylate and non-adenylate nucleotides

Journal of plant physiology (Print), Elsevier 2023, Vol. 280

Kleczkowski, Leszek A.; Igamberdiev, Abir U.

Effects of Magnesium, Pyrophosphate and Phosphonates on Pyrophosphorolytic Reaction of UDP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase

Plants , MDPI 2022, Vol. 11, (12)

Kleczkowski, Leszek A.; Decker, Daniel

Pyrophosphate as an alternative energy currency in plants

Biochemical Journal, Portland Press 2021, Vol. 478, (8) : 1515-1524

Igamberdiev, Abir U.; Kleczkowski, Leszek A.

Magnesium signaling in plants

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, MPDI 2021, Vol. 22, (3)

Kleczkowski, Leszek A.; Igamberdiev, Abir U.

Optimization of nucleotide sugar supply for polysaccharide formation via thermodynamic buffering

Biochemical Journal, Portland Press 2020, Vol. 477, (2) : 341-356

Kleczkowski, Leszek A.; Igamberdiev, Abir U.

UDP-Sugar Producing Pyrophosphorylases: Distinct and Essential Enzymes With Overlapping Substrate Specificities, Providing de novo Precursors for Glycosylation Reactions

Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers Media S.A. 2019, Vol. 9

Decker, Daniel; Kleczkowski, Leszek A.

Thermodynamic buffering, stable non-equilibrium and establishment of the computable structure of plant metabolism

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD 2019, Vol. 146 : 23-36

Igamberdiev, Abir U.; Kleczkowski, Leszek A.

The structure-activity relationship of the salicylimide derived inhibitors of UDP-sugar producing pyrophosphorylases

Plant Signalling & Behavior, Taylor & Francis 2018, Vol. 13, (8)

Decker, Daniel; Öberg, Christopher; Kleczkowski, Leszek A.

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

Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers Media S.A. 2018, Vol. 9

Igamberdiev, Abir U.; Kleczkowski, Leszek A.

Substrate Specificity and Inhibitor Sensitivity of Plant UDP-Sugar Producing Pyrophosphorylases

Frontiers in Plant Science, FRONTIERS MEDIA SA 2017, Vol. 8

Decker, Daniel; Kleczkowski, Leszek

Identification and characterization of inhibitors of UDP-glucose and UDP-sugar pyrophosphorylases for in vivo studies

The Plant Journal, John Wiley & Sons 2017, Vol. 90, (6) : 1093-1107

Decker, Daniel; Öberg, Christopher; Kleczkowski, Leszek A.

The redox control of photorespiration: from biochemical and physiological aspects to biotechnological considerations

Plant, Cell and Environment, Vol. 40, (4) : 553-569

Keech, Olivier; Gardeström, Per; Kleczkowski, Leszek A.; et al.

Defense Responses in Aspen with Altered Pectin Methylesterase Activity Reveal the Hormonal Inducers of Tyloses

Plant Physiology, AMER SOC PLANT BIOLOGISTS 2017, Vol. 173, (2) : 1409-1419

Lesniewska, Joanna; Ohman, David; Krzeslowska, Magdalena; et al.

Optimization of ATP synthase function in mitochondria and chloroplasts via the adenylate kinase equilibrium

Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 6 : 10-

Igamberdiev, Abir U.; Kleczkowski, Leszek A.

Sugar activation for production of nucleotide sugars as aubstrates for glycosyltransferases in plants

Journal of Applied Glycoscience, Tokyo: The Japanese Society of Applied Glycoscience 2015, Vol. 62, (2) : 25-36

Kleczkowski, Leszek A.; Decker, Daniel

Hexokinase 1 is required for glucose-induced repression of bZIP63, At5g22920, and BT2 in Arabidopsis

Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 6

Kunz, Sabine; Gardeström, Per; Pesquet, Edouard; et al.

A luminescence-based assay of UDP-sugar producing pyrophosphorylases

Analytical Methods, Vol. 6, (1) : 57-61

Decker, Daniel; Lindberg, Stina; Eriksson, Jonas; et al.

Functional Dissection of Sugar Signals Affecting Gene Expression in Arabidopsis thaliana

PLOS ONE, Vol. 9, (6) : e100312-

Kunz, Sabine; Pesquet, Edouard; Kleczkowski, Leszek A.

Substrate kinetics and substrate effects on the quaternary structure of barley UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase

Phytochemistry, Vol. 79 : 39-45

Decker, Daniel; Meng, Meng; Gornicka, Agnieszka; et al.

Temporal matching among diurnal photosynthetic patterns within the crown of the evergreen sclerophyll Olea europaea L

Plant, Cell and Environment, Vol. 34, (5) : 800-810

Granado-Yela, C; García-Verdugo, C; Carrillo, K; et al.

Optimization of CO₂ fixation in photosynthetic cells via thermodynamic buffering.

Biosystems (Amsterdam. Print), Elsevier 2011, Vol. 103, (2) : 224-229

Igamberdiev, Abir U; Kleczkowski, Leszek A

Magnesium and cell energetics in plants under anoxia

Biochemical Journal, Vol. 437, (3) : 373-9

Igamberdiev, Abir U; Kleczkowski, Leszek A

UDP-sugar pyrophosphorylase: a new old mechanism for sugar activation

Plant Physiology, Vol. 156, (1) : 3-10

Kleczkowski, Leszek A; Decker, Daniel; Wilczynska, Malgorzata

A common structural blueprint for plant UDP-sugar-producing pyrophosphorylases.

Biochemical Journal, Colchester: Portland Press 2011, Vol. 439, (3) : 375-379

Kleczkowski, Leszek A; Geisler, Matt; Fitzek, Elisabeth; et al.

A common structural blueprint for plant UDP-sugar-producing pyrophosphorylases

Biochemical Journal, Vol. 439 : 375-379

Kleczkowski, Leszek A.; Geisler, Matt; Fitzek, Elisabeth; et al.

Mechanisms of UDP-glucose synthesis in plants

Critical reviews in plant sciences, Vol. 29, (4) : 191-203

Kleczkowski, Leszek A; Kunz, Sabine; Wilczynska, Malgorzata

Metabolic systems maintain stable non-equilibrium via thermodynamic buffering

Bioessays, Vol. 31, (10) : 1091-1099

Igamberdiev, Abir U; Kleczkowski, Leszek A

Deep shade alters the acclimation response to moderate water streee in Quercus suber L.

Forestry (London), Vol. 82, (3) : 285-298

Jiménez, Maria Dolores; Pardos, Marta; Puértolas, Jaime; et al.

Domain-specific determinants of catalysis/ substrate binding and the oligomerization status of barley UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, Vol. 1794 : 1734-1742

Meng, Meng; Fitzek, Elisabeth; Gajowniczek, Agnieszka; et al.

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

Plant and Cell Physiology, Kyoto: Japanese society of plant physiologists 2009, Vol. 50, (5) : 998-1011

Meng, Meng; Geisler, Matt; Johansson, Henrik; et al.

Molecular and kinetic characterization of two UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylases, products of distinct genes, from Arabidopsis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, Elsevier 2008, Vol. 1784, (6) : 967-972

Meng, Meng; Wilczynska, Malgorzata; Kleczkowski, Leszek A

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

The Plant Cell, Vol. 20 : 2848-2859

Timm, Stefan; Nunes-Nesi, Adriano; Pärnik, Tiit; et al.

Differential tissue/organ-dependent expression of two sucrose- and cold-responsive genes for UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in Populus.

Gene, Vol. 389, (2) : 186-95

Meng, Meng; Geisler, Matt; Johansson, Henrik; et al.

Phosphate deficiency dependent upregulation of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase genes is insensitive to ABA and ethylene status in Arabidopsis leaves

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, Vol. 28 : 387-393

Ciereszko, Iwona; Kleczkowski, Leszek

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.

Plant Journal, Vol. 45, (3) : 384-98

Geisler, Matt; Kleczkowski, Leszek; Karpinski, Stanislaw

Poplar carbohydrate-active enzymes. Gene identification and expression analyses.

Plant Physiology, Vol. 140, (3) : 946-62

Geisler-Lee, Jane; Geisler, Matt; Coutinho, Pedro M; et al.

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

Plant Journal, Vol. 47, (5) : 720-34

Goulas, Estelle; Schubert, Maria; Kieselbach, Thomas; et al.

Equilibration of adenylates in the mitochondrial intermembrane space maintains respiration and regulates cytosolic metabolism.

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 57, (10) : 2133-41

Igamberdiev, Abir U; Kleczkowski, Leszek

Interactive effects of phosphate deficiency, sucrose and light/dark conditions on gene expression of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in Arabidopsis.

Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 162, (3) : 343-53

Ciereszko, Iwona; Johansson, Henrik; Kleczkowski, Leszek

Expression of several genes involved in sucrose/starch metabolism as affected by different strategies to induce phosphate deficiency in Arabidopsis

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, Vol. 27 : 147-155

Ciereszko, Iwona; Kleczkowski, Leszek

Factors affecting oligomerization status of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase.

Phytochemistry, Vol. 66, (24) : 2815-21

Kleczkowski, Leszek; Martz, Francoise; Wilczynska, Malgorzata

Toward a blueprint for UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase structure/function properties: homology-modeling analyses.

Plant Molecular Biology, Vol. 56, (5) : 783-94

Geisler, Matt; Wilczynska, Malgorzata; Karpinski, Stanislaw; et al.

UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase. An old protein with new tricks.

Plant Physiology, Vol. 134, (3) : 912-8

Kleczkowski, Leszek; Geisler, Matt; Ciereszko, Iwona; et al.

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

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, Vol. 1607, (2-3) : 111-119

Igamberdiev, A U; Kleczkowski, Leszek A

The small subunit ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (ApS) promoter mediates okadaic acid-sensitive uidA expression in starch-synthesizing tissues and cells in Arabidopsis

Planta, Vol. 217, (2) : 184-192

Siedlecka, A; Ciereszko, I; Mellerowicz, E; et al.

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