Publications of Sarah E. O'Connor

Jakubczyk, D.; Cheng, J. Z.; O'Connor, S. E.: Biosynthesis of the ergot alkaloids. Natural Product Reports 31 (10), pp. 1328 - 1338 (2014)

Lindner, S.; Geu-Flores, F.; Braese, S.; Sherden, N. H.; O'Connor, S. E.: Conversion of substrate analogs suggests a Michael cyclization in iridoid biosynthesis. Chemistry & Biology 21 (11), pp. 1452 - 1456 (2014)

Nielsen, C. A. F.; Folly, C.; Hatsch, A.; Molt, A.; Schroeder, H.; O'Connor, S. E.; Naesby, M.: The important ergot alkaloid intermediate chanoclavine-I produced in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the combined action of EasC and EasE from Aspergillus japonicus. Microbial Cell Factories 13, 95 (2014)

O'Connor, S. E.; Brutnell, T. P.: Editorial overview: Growing the future: synthetic biology in plants. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 19, pp. IV - V (2014)

Besseau, S.; Kellner, F.; Lanoue, A.; Thamm, A. M.; Salim, V.; Schneider, B.; Geu-Flores, F.; Höfer, R.; Guirimand, G.; Guihur, A. et al.; Oudin, A.; Glevarec, G.; Foureau, E.; Papon, N.; Clastre, M.; Giglioli-Guivarc’h, N.; St-Pierre, B.; Werck-Reichhart, D.; Burlat, V.; Luca, V. D.; O'Connor, S. E.; Courdavault, V.: A pair of tabersonine 16-hydroxylases initiates the synthesis of vindoline in an organ dependent manner in Catharanthus roseus. Plant Physiology 163 (4), pp. 1792 - 1803 (2013)

Glenn, W. S.; Runguphan, W.; O'Connor, S. E.: Recent progress in the metabolic engineering of alkaloids in plant systems. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 24 (2), pp. 354 - 365 (2013)

Runguphan, W.; O'Connor, S. E.: Diversification of monoterpene indole alkaloid analogs through cross-coupling. Organic Letters 15 (11), pp. 2850 - 2853 (2013)

DellaPenna, D.; O'Connor, S. E.: Plant gene clusters and opiates. Science 336 (6089), pp. 1648 - 1649 (2012)

Geu-Flores, F.; Sherden, N. H.; Courdavault, V.; Burlat, V.; Glenn, W. S.; Wu, C.; Nims, E.; Cui, Y.; O'Connor, S. E.: An alternative route to cyclic terpenes by reductive cyclization in iridoid biosynthesis. Nature 492 (7427), pp. 138 - 142 (2012)

Gongora-Castillo, E.; Childs, K. L.; Fedewa, G.; Hamilton, J. P.; Liscombe, D. K.; Magallanes-Lundback, M.; Mandadi, K. K.; Nims, E.; Runguphan, W.; Vaillancourt, B. et al.; Varbanova-Herde, M.; DellaPenna, D.; McKnight, T. D.; O'Connor, S. E.; Buell, C. R.: Development of transcriptomic resources for interrogating the biosynthesis of monoterpene indole alkaloids in medicinal plant species. PLoS One 7 (12), e52506 (2012)

Panjikar, S.; Stoeckigt, J.; O'Connor, S. E.; Warzecha, H.: The impact of structural biology on alkaloid biosynthesis research. Natural Product Reports 29 (10), pp. 1176 - 1200 (2012)

Ruff, B. M.; Braese, S.; O'Connor, S. E.: Biocatalytic production of tetrahydroisoquinolines. Tetrahedron Letters 53 (9), pp. 1071 - 1074 (2012)

Runguphan, W.; Glenn, W. S.; O'Connor, S. E.: Redesign of a dioxygenase in morphine biosynthesis. Chemistry & Biology 19 (6), pp. 674 - 678 (2012)

Giddings, L.-A.; Liscombe, D. K.; Hamilton, J. P.; Childs, K. L.; DellaPenna, D.; Buell, C. R.; O'Connor, S. E.: A stereoselective hydroxylation step of alkaloid biosynthesis by a unique cytochrome P450 in Catharanthus roseus. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 286 (19), pp. 16751 - 16757 (2011)

Glenn, W. S.; Nims, E.; O'Connor, S. E.: Reengineering a tryptophan halogenase to preferentially chlorinate a direct alkaloid precursor. Journal of the American Chemical Society 133 (48), pp. 19346 - 19349 (2011)

Goetz, K. E.; Coyle, C. M.; Cheng, J. Z.; O'Connor, S. E.; Panaccione, D. G.: Ergot cluster-encoded catalase is required for synthesis of chanoclavine-I in Aspergillus fumigatus. Current Genetics 57 (3), pp. 201 - 211 (2011)

Hicks, M. A.; Barber II, A. E.; Giddings, L.-A.; Caldwell, J.; O'Connor, S. E.; Babbitt, P. C.: The evolution of function in strictosidine synthase-like proteins. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 79 (11), pp. 3082 - 3098 (2011)

Liscombe, D. K.; O'Connor, S. E.: A virus-induced gene silencing approach to understanding alkaloid metabolism in Catharanthus roseus. Phytochemistry 72 (16), pp. 1969 - 1977 (2011)

Liscombe, D. K.; Usera, A. R.; O'Connor, S. E.: Homolog of tocopherol C methyltransferases catalyzes N methylation in anticancer alkaloid biosynthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 (44), pp. 18793 - 18798 (2010)

Bernhardt, P.; Usera, A. R.; O'Connor, S. E.: Biocatalytic asymmetric formation of tetrahydro-beta-carbolines. Tetrahedron Letters 51 (33), pp. 4400 - 4402 (2010)