Publications of Yoko Nakamura

Bradley, S. A.; Lehka, B. J.; Hansson, F. G.; Adhikari, K. B.; Rago, D.; Rubaszka, P.; Haidar, A. K.; Chen, L.; Hansen, L. G.; Gudich, O. et al.; Giannakou, K.; Lengger, B.; Gill, R. T.; Nakamura, Y.; de Bernonville, T. D.; Koudounas, K.; Romero-Suarez, D.; Ding, L.; Qiao, Y.; Frimurer, T. M.; Petersen, A. A.; Besseau, S.; Kumar, S.; Gautron, N.; Melin, C.; Marc, J.; Jeanneau, R.; O’Connor, S. E.; Courdavault, V.; Keasling, J. D.; Zhang, J.; Jensen, M. K.: Biosynthesis of natural and halogenated plant monoterpene indole alkaloids in yeast. Nature Chemical Biology (2023)

Florean, M.; Luck, K.; Hong, B.; Nakamura, Y.; O’Connor, S. E.; Köllner, T. G.: Reinventing metabolic pathways: Independent evolution of benzoxazinoids in flowering plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (42), e2307981120 (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)

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)

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)

Förster, C.; Handrick, V.; Ding, Y.; Nakamura, Y.; Paetz, C.; Schneider, B.; Castro-Falcón, G.; Hughes, C. C.; Luck, K.; Poosapati, S. et al.; Kunert, G.; Huffaker, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Schmelz, E. A.; Köllner, T. G.: Biosynthesis and antifungal activity of fungus-induced O-methylated flavonoids in maize. Plant Physiology 188 (1), pp. 167 - 190 (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)

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)

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 61 (48), e202210934 (2022)

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)

Lackus, N.; Müller, A.; Kröber, T.; Reichelt, M.; Schmidt, A.; Nakamura, Y.; Paetz, C.; Luck, K.; Lindroth, R. L.; Constabel, C. P. et al.; Unsicker, S.; Gershenzon, J.; Köllner, T. G.: The occurrence of sulfated salicinoids in poplar and their formation by sulfotransferase 1. Plant Physiology 183 (1), pp. 137 - 151 (2020)

Nakamura, Y.; Paetz, C.; Boland, W.: Synthesis of methyl 4-dihydrotrisporate B and methyl trisporate B, morphogenetic factors of Zygomycetes fungi. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, C: Journal of Biosciences 73 (1), pp. 59 - 66 (2018)

Zhang, L.; Yao, J.; Withers, J.; Xin, X.-F.; Banerjee, R.; Fariduddin, Q.; Nakamura, Y.; Nomura, K.; Howe, G.A.; Boland, W. et al.; Yan, H.; He, S.Y.: Host target modification as a strategy to counter pathogen hijacking of the jasmonate hormone receptor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112 (46), pp. 14354 - 14359 (2015)

Keller-Costa, T.; Hubbard, P. C.; Paetz, C.; Nakamura, Y.; da Silva, J. P.; Rato, A.; Barata, E. N.; Schneider, B.; Canario, A. V. M.: Identity of a tilapia pheromone released by dominant males that primes females for reproduction. Current Biology 24 (18), pp. 2130 - 2135 (2014)

Nakamura, Y.; Paetz, C.; Brandt, W.; David, A.; Rendón-Anaya, M.; Herrera-Estrella, A.; Mithöfer, A.; Boland, W.: Synthesis of 6-substituted 1-oxoindanoyl isoleucine conjugates and modeling studies with the COI1-JAZ co-receptor complex of lima bean. Journal of Chemical Ecology 40, pp. 687 - 699 (2014)

Mithöfer, A.; Reichelt, M.; Nakamura, Y.: Wound and insect-induced jasmonate accumulation in carnivorous Drosera capensis: two sides of the same coin. Plant Biology 16, pp. 982 - 987 (2013)

Nakamura, Y.; Reichelt, M.; Mayer, V. E.; Mithöfer, A.: Jasmonates trigger prey-induced formation of ‘outer stomach’ in carnivorous sundew plants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1759), 20130228 (2013)