Publications

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)

Colinas, M.; Fitzpatrick, T. B.: Coenzymes and the primary and specialized metabolism interface. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 66, 102170 (2022)

Cuello, C.; Stander, E. A.; Jansen, H. J.; Dugé De Bernonville, T.; Lanoue, A.; Giglioli-Guivarch, N.; Papon, N.; Dirks, R. P.; Jensen, M. K.; O’Connor, S. E. et al.; Bessau, S.; Courdavault, V.: Genome assembly of the medicinal plant Voacanga thouarsii. Genome Biology and Evolution 14 (11), evac158 (2022)

DeMars, M.; Nakamura, Y.; Kamileen, M. O.; Sanders, J. N.; Paetz, C.; Houk, K. N.; O’Connor, S. E.: Mechanism and evolution of [4+2] cyclases in monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis. Faseb Journal 36 (S1) (2022)

Dudley, Q. M.; Jo, S.; Serna Guerrero, D. A.; Chhetry, M.; Smedley, M. A.; Harwood, W. A.; Sherden, N. H.; O’Connor, S. E.; Caputi, L.; Patron, N. J.: Reconstitution of monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis in genome engineered Nicotiana benthamiana. Communications Biology 5, 949 (2022)

Gordon, H.; Fellenberg, C.; Lackus, N.; Archinuk, F.; Sproule, A.; Nakamura, Y.; Köllner, T. G.; Gershenzon, J.; Overy, D. P.; Constabel, C. P.: CRISPR/Cas9 disruption of UGT71L1 in poplar connects salicinoid and salicylic acid metabolism and alters growth and morphology. The Plant Cell 34 (8), pp. 2925 - 2947 (2022)

Hernández-Lozada, N. J.; Hong, B.; Wood, J. C.; Caputi, L.; Basquin, J.; Chuang, L.; Kunert, M.; Rodriguez Lopez, C. E.; Langley, C.; Zhao, D. et al.; Buell, C. R.; Lichman, B. R.; O’Connor, S. E.: Biocatalytic routes to stereo-divergent iridoids. Nature Communications 13, 4718 (2022)

Hong, B.; Grzech, D.; Caputi, L.; Sonawane, P. D.; Rodriguez Lopez, C. E.; Kamileen, M. O.; Hernández-Lozada, N. J.; O’Connor, S. E.: Biosynthesis of strychnine. Nature 607, pp. 617 - 622 (2022)

Kamileen, M. O.; DeMars II, M. D.; Hong, B.; Nakamura, Y.; Paetz, C.; Lichman, B. R.; Sonawane, P. D.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.: Recycling upstream redox enzymes expands the regioselectivity of cycloaddition in Pseudo-Aspidosperma alkaloid biosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (42), pp. 19673 - 19579 (2022)

Köllner, T. G.; David, A.; Luck, K.; Beran, F.; Kunert, G.; Zhou, J.-J.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.: Biosynthesis of iridoid sex pheromones in aphids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (42), e2211254119 (2022)

Koudounas, K.; Guirimand, G.; Hoyos, L. F. R.; Carqueijeiro, I.; Cruz, P. L.; Stander, E.; Kulagina, N.; Perrin, J.; Oudin, A.; Besseau, S. et al.; Lanoue, A.; Atehortùa, L.; St-Pierre, B.; Giglioli-Guivarc’h, N.; Papon, N.; O’Connor, S. E.; Courdavault, V.: Tonoplast and peroxisome targeting of gamma-tocopherol N-methyltransferase homologs involved in the synthesis of monoterpene indole alkaloids. Plant and Cell Physiology 63 (2), pcab160, pp. 200 - 216 (2022)

Kulagina, N.; Méteignier, L.-V.; Papon, N.; O’Connor, S. E.; Courdavault, V.: More than a Catharanthus plant: A multicellular and pluri-organelle alkaloid-producing factory. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 67, 102200 (2022)

Langley, C.; Tatsis, E. E.; Hong, B.; Nakamura, Y.; Paetz, C.; Stevenson, C. E. M.; Basquin, J.; Lawson, D. M.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.: Expansion of the catalytic repertoire of alcohol dehydrogenases in plant metabolism. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English, e202210934 (2022)

Müller, A. T.; Reichelt, M.; Cosio, E. G.; Salinas, N.; Nina, A.; Wang, D.; Moossen, H.; Geilmann, H.; Gershenzon, J.; Köllner, T. G. et al.; Mithöfer, A.: Combined –omics framework reveals how ant symbionts benefit the Neotropical ant-plant Tococa quadrialata at different levels. iScience 25 (10), 105261 (2022)

Palmer, L.; Chuang, L.; Siegmund, M.; Kunert, M.; Yamamoto, K.; Sonawane, P. D.; O’Connor, S. E.: In vivo characterization of key iridoid biosynthesis pathway genes in catnip (Nepeta cataria). Planta 256 (5), 99 (2022)

Rodriguez Lopez, C. E.; Jiang, Y.; Kamileen, M. O.; Lichman, B. R.; Hong, B.; Vaillancourt, B.; Buell, C. R.; O’Connor, S. E.: Phylogeny-aware chemoinformatic analysis of chemical diversity in Lamiaceae enables iridoid pathway assembly and discovery of aucubin synthase. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39 (4), msac057 (2022)

Shavit, R.; Batyrshina, Z. S.; Yaakov, B.; Florean, M.; Köllner, T. G.; Tzin, V.: The wheat dioxygenase BX6 is involved in the formation of benzoxazinoids in planta and contributes to plant defense against insect herbivores. Plant Science 316, 111171 (2022)

Sonawane, P. D.; Jozwiak, A.; Barbole, R.; Panda, S.; Abebie, B.; Kazachkova, Y.; Gharat, S. A.; Ramot, O.; Unger, T.; Wizler, G. et al.; Meir, S.; Rogachev, I.; Doron-Faigenboim, A.; Petreikov, M.; Schaffer, A.; Giri, A.; Scherf, T.; Aharoni, A.: 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases drive expansion of steroidal alkaloid structural diversity in the genus Solanum. New Phytologist 234 (4), pp. 1394 - 1410 (2022)

Stander, E. A.; Cuello, C.; Birer-Williams, C.; Kulagina, N.; Jansen, H.; Carqueijeiro, I.; Méteignier, L.-V.; Vergès, V.; Oudin, A.; Papon, N. et al.; Dirks, R.; Jensen, M. K.; O’Connor, S. E.; de Bernonville, T. D.; Besseau, S.; Courdavault, V.: The Vinca minor genome highlights conserved evolutionary traits in monoterpene indole alkaloid synthesis. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, jkac268 (2022)

Tseng, Y.-H.; Bartram, S.; Reichelt, M.; Scholz, S. S.; Meents, A.; Ludwig, A.; Mithöfer, A.; Oelmüller, R.: Tris(methylthio)methane produced by Mortierella hyalina affects sulfur homeostasis in Arabidopsis. Scientific Reports 12, 14202 (2022)