Publications of Jan-Willem De Kraker

De Kraker, J.-W.; Gershenzon, J.: From amino acid to glucosinolate biosynthesis: protein sequence changes in the evolution of methylthioalkylmalate synthase in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 23 (1), pp. 38 - 53 (2011)

De Kraker, J.-W.; Luck, K.; Textor, S.; Tokuhisa, J.; Gershenzon, J.: Two Arabidopsis genes (IPMS1 and IPMS2) encode isopropylmalate synthase, the branchpoint step in the biosynthesis of leucine. Plant Physiology 143 (2), pp. 970 - 986 (2007)

Textor, S.; De Kraker, J.-W.; Hause, B.; Gershenzon, J.; Tokuhisa, J.: MAM3 catalyzes the formation of all aliphatic glucosinolate chain lengths in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 144 (1), pp. 60 - 71 (2007)

Bertea, C. M.; Freije, J. R.; Van Der Woude, H.; Verstappen, F. W. A.; Perk, L.; Marquez, V.; De Kraker, J.-W.; Posthumus, M. A.; Jansen, B. J. M.; De Groot, A. et al.; Franssen, M. C. R.; Bouwmeester, H. J.: Identification of intermediates and enzymes involved in the early steps of artemisinin biosynthesis in Artemisia annua. Planta Medica 71, pp. 40 - 47 (2005)

Kraker, D.; Schurink, M.; Franssen, M. C. R.; König, W. A.; De Groot, A.; Bouwmeester, H. J.: Hydroxylation of sesquiterpenes by enzymes from chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) roots. Tetrahedron 59 (3), pp. 409 - 418 (2003)

Bouwmeester, H. J.; Kodde, J.; Verstappen, F. W. A.; Altug, I. G.; Kraker, D.; Wallaart, T. E.: Isolation and characterization of two germacrene A synthase cDNA clones from chicory. Plant Physiology 129 (1), pp. 134 - 144 (2002)

Kraker, D.; Franssen, M. C. R.; Joerink, M.; De Groot, A.; Bouwmeester, H. J.: Biosynthesis of costunolide, dihydrocostunolide, and leucodin. Demonstration of cytochrome P450-catalyzed formation of the lactone ring present in sesquiterpene lactones of chicory. Plant Physiology 129 (1), pp. 257 - 268 (2002)

Seemann, M.; Zhai, G. Z.; Kraker, D.; Paschall, C. M.; Christianson, D. W.; Cane, D. E.: Pentalenene synthase. Analysis of active site residues by site- directed mutagenesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society 124 (26), pp. 7681 - 7689 (2002)