Publications

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 (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 (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)

Yamamoto, K.; Grzech, D.; Koudounas, K.; Stander, E. A.; Caputi, L.; Mimura, T.; Courdavault, V.; O’Connor, S. E.: Improved virus-induced gene silencing allows discovery of a serpentine synthase gene in Catharanthus roseus. Plant Physiology 187 (2), pp. 846 - 857 (2021)

Abdulsalam, O.; Wagner, K.; Wirth, S.; Kunert, M.; David, A.; Kallenbach, M.; Boland, W.; Kothe, E.; Krause, K.: Phytohormones and volatile organic compounds, like geosmin, in the ectomycorrhiza of Tricholoma vaccinum and Norway spruce (Picea abies). Mycorrhiza 31, pp. 173 - 188 (2020)

Caputi, L.; Franke, J.; Bussey, K.; Farrow, S. C.; Curcino Vieira, I. J.; Stevenson, C. E. M.; Lawson, D. M.; O’Connor, S. E.: Structural basis of cycloaddition in biosynthesis of iboga and Aspidosperma alkaloids. Nature Chemical Biology 16, pp. 383 - 386 (2020)

Carqueijeiro, I.; Langley, C.; Grzech, D.; Koudounas, K.; Papon, N.; O’Connor, S. E.; Courdavault, V.: Beyond the semi-synthetic artemisinin: metabolic engineering of plant-derived anti-cancer drugs. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 65, pp. 17 - 24 (2020)

Courdavault, V.; Besseau, S.; Oudin, A.; Papon, N.; O’Connor, S. E.: Virus-induced gene silencing: hush genes to make them talk. Trends in Plant Science 25 (7), pp. 714 - 715 (2020)

Courdavault, V.; O’Connor, S. E.; Oudin, A.; Besseau, S.; Papon, N.: Towards the microbial production of plant-derived anticancer drugs. Trends in Cancer 6 (6), pp. 444 - 448 (2020)

Dávila-Lara, A.; Rodríguez-López, C. E.; O’Connor, S. E.; Mithöfer, A.: Metabolomics analysis reveals tissue-specific metabolite compositions in leaf blade and traps of carnivorous Nepenthes plants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 (12), 4376 (2020)

Davis, K.; Gkotsi, D. S.; Smith, D. R. M.; Goss, R. J. M.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.: Nicotiana benthamiana as a transient expression host to produce auxin analogs. Frontiers in Plant Science 11, 581675 (2020)

de Bernonville, T. D.; Papon, N.; Clastre, M.; O’Connor, S. E.; Courdavault, V.: Identifying missing biosynthesis enzymes of plant natural products. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 41 (3), pp. 142 - 146 (2020)

de Bernonville, T. D.; Maury, S.; Delaunay, A.; Daviaud, C.; Chaparro, C.; Tost, J.; O’Connor, S. E.; Courdavault, V.: Developmental methylome of the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus unravels the tissue-specific control of the monoterpene indole alkaloid pathway by DNA methylation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 (17), 6028 (2020)

Haenniger, S.; Goergen, G.; Akinbuluma, M. D.; Kunert, M.; Heckel, D. G.; Unbehend, M.: Sexual communication of Spodoptera frugiperda from West Africa: Adaptation of an invasive species and implications for pest management. Scientific Reports 10 (1), 2892 (2020)