Publications

Grzech, D.; Hong, B.; Caputi, L.; Sonawane, P. D.; O’Connor, S. E.: Engineering the biosynthesis of late-stage vinblastine precursors precondylocarpine acetate, catharanthine, tabersonine in Nicotiana benthamiana. ACS Synthetic Biology 12 (1), pp. 27 - 34 (2023)

Jiang, N.-J.; Chang, H.; Weisflog, J.; Eberl, F.; Veit, D.; Weniger, K.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Ozone exposure disrupts insect sexual communication. Nature Communications 14, 1186 (2023)

Kandasamy, D.; Zaman, R.; Nakamura, Y.; Tao, Z.; Hartmann, H.; Andersson, M. N.; Hammerbacher, A.; Gershenzon, J.: Conifer-killing bark beetles locate fungal symbionts by detecting volatile fungal metabolites of host tree resin monoterpenes. PLoS Biology 21 (2), e3001887 (2023)

Kreuzenbeck, N. B.; Dhiman, S.; Roman, D.; Burkhardt, I.; Conlon, B. H.; Fricke, J.; Guo, H.; Blume, J.; Görls, H.; Poulsen, M. et al.; Dickschat, J. S.; Köllner, T. G.; Arndt, H.-D.; Beemelmanns, C.: Isolation, (bio)synthetic studies and evaluation of antimicrobial properties of drimenol-type sesquiterpenes of Termitomyces fungi. Communications Chemistry 6 (1), 79 (2023)

Kunert, M.; Langley, C.; Lucier, R.; Ploß, K.; Rodriguez Lopez, C. E.; Serna Guerrero, D. A.; Rothe, E.; O’Connor, S. E.; Sonawane, P. D.: Promiscuous CYP87A enzyme activity initiates cardenolide biosynthesis in plants. Nature Plants (2023)

Laforest, L. C.; Kuntz, M. A.; Kanumuri, S. R. R.; Mukhopadhyay, S.; Sharma, A.; O’Connor, S. E.; McCurdy, C. R.; Nadakuduti, S. S.: Metabolite and molecular characterization of Mitragyna speciosa identifies developmental and genotypic effects on monoterpene indole and oxindole alkaloid composition. Journal of Natural Products 86 (4), pp. 1042 - 1052 (2023)

Lawas, L. M. F.; Kamileen, M. O.; Buell, C. R.; O’Connor, S. E.; Leisner, C. P.: Transcriptome-based identification and functional characterization of iridoid synthase involved in monotropein biosynthesis in blueberry. Plant Direct 7 (7), e512 (2023)

Li, C.; Wood, J. C.; Vu, H. A.; Hamilton, J. P.; Lopez, C. E. R.; Payne, R. M. E.; Serna Guerrero, D. A.; Gase, K.; Yamamoto, K.; Vaillancourt, B. et al.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.; Buell, C. R.: Single-cell multi-omics in the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus. Nature Chemical Biology 19, pp. 1031 - 1041 (2023)

Lorensen, M. D. B. B.; Bjarnholt, N.; St-Pierre, B.; Heinicke, S.; Courdavault, V.; O’Connor, S. E.; Janfelt, C.: Spatial localization of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids in Rauvolfia tetraphylla by high resolution mass spectrometry imaging. Phytochemistry 209, 113620 (2023)

Müller, A.; Nakamura, Y.; Reichelt, M.; Luck, K.; Cosio, E.; Lackus, N.; Gershenzon, J.; Mithöfer, A.; Köllner, T. G.: Biosynthesis, herbivore induction, and defensive role of phenylacetaldoxime glucoside. Plant Physiology (2023)

Nosenko, T.; Zimmer, I.; Ghirardo, A.; Köllner, T. G.; Weber, B.; Polle, A.; Rosenkranz, M.; Schnitzler, J.-P.: Predicting functions of putative fungal sesquiterpene synthase genes based on multiomics data analysis. Fungal Genetics and Biology 165, 103779 (2023)

Petrén, H.; Köllner, T. G.; Junker, R. R.: Quantifying chemodiversity considering biochemical and structural properties of compounds with the R package chemodiv. New Phytologist 237 (6), pp. 2478 - 2492 (2023)

Ray, R.; Halitschke, R.; Gase, K.; Leddy, S. M.; Schuman, M. C.; Rodde, N.; Baldwin, I. T.: A persistent major mutation in canonical jasmonate signaling is embedded in an herbivory-elicited gene network. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (35), e2308500120 (2023)

Schäfer, E.; Seibold, P. S.; Bartram, S.; Trottmann, F.; Haensch, V. G.; Gressler, M.; Chadeayne, A. R.; Hertweck, C.; O’Connor, S. E.; Hoffmeister, D.: A „magic mushroom“ multi-product sesquiterpene synthase. ChemBioChem: A European Journal of Chemical Biology, e202300511 (2023)

Schotte, C.; Jiang, Y.; Grzech, D.; Dang, T.-T. T.; Laforest, L. C.; León, F.; Mottinelli, M.; Nadakuduti, S. S.; McCurdy, C. R.; O’Connor, S. E.: Directed biosynthesis of mitragynine stereoisomers. Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (9), pp. 4957 - 4963 (2023)

Sonawane, P. D.; Gharat, S. A.; Jozwiak, A.; Barbole, R.; Heinicke, S.; Almekias-Siegl, E.; Meir, S.; Rogachev, I.; O’Connor, S. E.; Giri, A. P. et al.; Aharoni, A.: A BAHD-type acyltransferase concludes the biosynthetic pathway of non-bitter glycoalkaloids in ripe tomato fruit. Nature Communications 14, 4540 (2023)

Stephan, P.; Langley, C.; Winkler, D.; Basquin, D. J.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.; Kries, D. H.: Gerichtete Evolution von Piperazinsäureeinbau durch eine Nichtribosomale Peptidsynthetase. Angewandte Chemie 135 (35), e202304843 (2023)

Stephan, P.; Langley, C.; Winkler, D.; Basquin, J.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.; Kries, H.: Directed evolution of piperazic acid incorporation by a nonribosomal peptide synthetase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 62 (35), e202304843 (2023)

Sun, R.; Hong, B.; Reichelt, M.; Luck, K.; Mai, D. T.; Jiang, X.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Metabolism of plant-derived toxins from its insect host increases the success of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. The ISME Journal 17, pp. 1693 - 1704 (2023)

Boccia, M.; Grzech, D.; Lopes, A. A.; O’Connor, S. E.; Caputi, L.: Directed biosynthesis of new to nature alkaloids in a heterologous Nicotiana benthamiana expression host. Frontiers in Plant Science 13, 919443 (2022)