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)

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)

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 (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)

Petrén, H.; Köllner, T. G.; Junker, R. R.: Quantifying chemodiversity considering biochemical and structural properties of compounds with the R package chemodiv. bioRxiv (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)

Uzaki, M.; Yamamoto, K.; Murakami, A.; Fuji, Y.; Ohnishi, M.; Ishizaki, K.; Fukaki, H.; Hirai, M. Y.; Mimura, T.: Differential regulation of fluorescent alkaloid metabolism between idioblast and lacticifer cells during leaf development in Catharanthus roseus seedlings. Journal of Plant Research 135, pp. 473 - 483 (2022)

Bat-Erdene, U.; Billingsley, J. M.; Turner, W. C.; Lichman, B. R.; Ippoliti, F. M.; Garg, N. K.; O’Connor, S. E.; Tang, a. Y.: Cell-free total biosynthesis of plant terpene natural products using an orthogonal cofactor regeneration system. ACS Catalysis 11 (15), pp. 9898 - 9903 (2021)

Brose, J.; Lau, K. H.; Dang, T. T. T.; Hamilton, J. P.; do Vale Martins, L.; Hamberger, B.; Hamberger, B.; Jiang, J.; O’Connor, S. E.; Buell, C. R.: The Mitragyna speciosa (Kratom) Genome: a resource for data-mining potent pharmaceuticals that impact human health. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 11 (4), jkab058 (2021)

Carqueijeiro, I.; Koudounas, K.; de Bernonville, T. D.; Sepúlveda, L. J.; Mosquera, A.; Bomzan, D. P.; Oudin, A.; Lanoue, A.; Besseau, S.; Cruz, P. L. et al.; Kulagina, N.; Stander, E. A.; Eymieux, S.; Burlaud-Gaillard, J.; Blanchard, E.; Clastre, M.; Atehortùa, L.; St-Pierre, B.; Giglioli-Guivarc’h, N.; Papon, N.; Nagegowda, D. A.; O’Connor, S. E.; Courdavault, V.: Alternative splicing creates a pseudo-strictosidine beta-D-glucosidase modulating alkaloid synthesis in Catharanthus roseus. Plant Physiology 185 (3), pp. 836 - 856 (2021)

Courdavault, V.; O’Connor, S. E.; Jensen, M. K.; Papon, N.: Metabolic engineering for plant natural products biosynthesis: new procedures, concrete achievements and remaining limits. Natural Product Reports 38 (12), pp. 2145 - 2153 (2021)

O’Connor, S. E.: Symbionts, peptides, and (no) Iron: How ants defend their fungal crop. ACS Central Science 7 (2), pp. 225 - 227 (2021)

Rodríguez‐López, C. E.; Hong, B.; Paetz, C.; Nakamura, Y.; Koudounas, K.; Passeri, V.; Baldoni, L.; Alagna, F.; Calderini, O.; O’Connor, S. E.: Two bi-functional cytochrome P450 CYP72 enzymes from olive (Olea europaea) catalyze the oxidative C-C bond cleavage in the biosynthesis of secoxy-iridoids – flavor and quality determinants in olive oil. New Phytologist 229 (4), pp. 2288 - 2301 (2021)

Trenti, F.; Yamamoto, K.; Hong, B.; Paetz, C.; Nakamura, Y.; O’Connor, S. E.: Early and late steps of quinine biosynthesis. Organic Letters 23 (5), pp. 1793 - 1797 (2021)

Tröger, A.; Svensson, G. P.; Galbrecht, H.; Twele, R.; Patt, J. M.; Bartram, S.; Zarbin, P. H. G.; Segraves, K. A.; Althoff, D. M.; von Reuss, S. et al.; Raguso, R. A.; Francke, W.: Tetranorsesquiterpenoids as attractants of Yucca moths to Yucca flowers. Journal of Chemical Ecology 47, pp. 1025 - 1041 (2021)

Wirth, S.; Krause, K.; Kunert, M.; Broska, S.; Paetz, C.; Boland, W.; Kothe, E.: Function of sesquiterpenes from Schizophyllum commune in interspecific interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 16 (1), e0245623 (2021)