Publications of Matilde Florean

Florean, M.; Schultz, H.; Grabe, V.; Luck, K.; O’Connor, S. E.; Köllner, T. G.: A pseudoenzyme enables indole biosynthesis in eudicot plants. Nature Chemical Biology (2025)

Florean, M.; Schultz, H.; Wurlitzer, J.; O’Connor, S. E.; Köllner, T. G.: Independent evolution of plant natural products: Formation of benzoxazinoids in Consolida orientalis (Ranunculaceae). Journal of Biological Chemistry 301 (1), 108019 (2025)

Schotte, C.; Florean, M.; Czechowski, T.; Gilday, A.; Alam, R. M.; Ploß, K.; Wurlitzer, J.; Li, Y.; Sonawane, P.; Graham, I. A. et al.; O’Connor, S. E.: Identification of BAHD-acyltransferase enzymes involved in ingenane diterpenoid biosynthesis. New Phytologist (2025)

Thoenen, L.; Kreuzer, M.; Pestalozzi, C.; Florean, M.; Mateo, P.; Züst, T.; Wei, A.; Giroud, C.; Rouyer, L.; Gfeller, V. et al.; Notter, M. D.; Knoch, E.; Hapfelmeier, S.; Becker, C.; Schandry, N.; Robert, C. A. M.; Köllner, T. G.; Bruggmann, R.; Erb, M.; Schlaeppi, K.: The lactonase BxdA mediates metabolic specialisation of maize root bacteria to benzoxazinoids. Nature Communications 15, 6535 (2024)

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)

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)