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Dr. Toni Kutchan's List
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Toni M. Kutchan Selected
representative publications:
Kutchan, T.M., Hampp, N., Lottspeich, F., Beyreuther, K. and Zenk, M.H.
The cDNA clone for strictosidine synthase from Rauvolfia serpentina: DNA
sequence determination and expression in Escherichia coli. FEBS Lett.
237, 40-44 (1988).
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Dittrich, H. and Kutchan, T.M. Molecular cloning, expression and
induction of berberine bridge enzyme, an enzyme essential to the
formation of benzophenanthridine alkaloids in the response of plants to
pathogenic attack. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88, 9969-9973 (1991).
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Kraus, P.F.X. and Kutchan, T.M. Molecular cloning and heterologous
expression of a cDNA encoding berbamunine synthase, a C-O
phenol-coupling cytochrome P-450 from the higher plant Berberis
stolonifera. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92, 2071-2075 (1995).
Link to abstract/article
Kutchan, T.M. and Dittrich, H. Characterization and mechanism of the
berberine bridge enzyme, a covalently flavinylated oxidase of
benzophenanthridine alkaloid biosynthesis in plants. J. Biol. Chem. 270,
24475-24481 (1995).
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Pauli, H.H. and Kutchan, T.M. Molecular cloning and functional
heterologous expression of two alleles encoding (S)-N-methylcoclaurine
3'-hydroxylase (CYP80B1), a new methyl jasmonate-inducible cytochrome
P-450 dependent monooxygenase of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid
biosynthesis. Plant J. 13, 793-801 (1998).
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Unterlinner, B., Lenz, R. and Kutchan, T.M. Molecular cloning and
functional expression of codeinone reductase - the penultimate enzyme in
morphine biosynthesis in the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. Plant J.
18, 465-475 (1999).
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Grothe, T., Lenz, R. and Kutchan, T.M. Molecular characterization of the
salutaridinol 7-O-acetyltransferase involved in morphine biosynthesis in
opium poppy Papaver somniferum. J. Biol. Chem. 276, 30717-30723 (2001).
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Weid, M., Ziegler, J. and Kutchan, T.M. The roles of latex and the
vascular bundle in morphine biosynthesis in the opium poppy Papaver
somniferum. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 101, 13957-13962 (2004).
Link to abstract/article
Ziegler, J., Diaz-Chavez, M.L., Kramell, R., Ammer, C. and Kutchan, T.M.
Comparative macroarray analysis of morphine containing Papaver
somniferum and eight morphine free Papaver species identifies an
O-methyltransferase
involved in benzylisoquinoline biosynthesis. Planta 222, 458 - 471
(2005).
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Ziegler, J., Voigtlaender, S., Schmidt, J., Kramell, R., Miersch, O.,
Ammer, C., Gesell, A., and Kutchan, T.M. Comparative transcript and
alkaloid profiling in Papaver species identifies a short chain
dehydrogenase / reductase involved in morphine biosynthesis. Plant J.
48, 177-192 (2006).
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Winkler, A., Kutchan, T.M., Anton Glieder, A., and Macheroux, P.
Berberine bridge enzyme possesses a novel bi-covalently attached FAD
cofactor linked to a histidine and cysteine residue. J. Biol. Chem. 281,
21276-21285 (2006).
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Winkler, A., Kutchan, T.M. and Macheroux, P. 6-S-Cysteinylation of
bi-covalently attached FAD in berberine bridge enzyme tunes the redox
potential for optimal activity J. Biol. Chem. 282, 24437-24443 (2007).
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Springob, K., Samappito, S., Jindaprasert, A., Schmidt, J., Page, J.E.,
De-Eknamkul, W. and Kutchan, T.M. A polyketide synthase of Plumbago
indica that catalyzes the formation of a hexaketide pyrone. FEBS J. 274,
406-417 (2007).
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Larkin, P.J., Miller, J., Allen, R.S., Millgate, A.G., Chitty, J.A.,
Gerlach, W.L., Frick, S., Kutchan, T.M. and Fist, A.J. Increasing
morphinan alkaloid production by overexpressing codeinone reductase in
transgenic Papaver somniferum. Plant Biotech. J. 5, 26-37
(2007).
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Frick, S., Kramell, R. and Kutchan, T.M. Metabolic engineering of a
morphine biosynthetic P450 in opium poppy surpasses breeding. Metabolic
Engineering 9, 169-176 (2007).
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Jindaprasert,
A., Springob, K., Schmidt, J., De-Eknamkul, W. and Kutchan, T.M. Pyrone
polyketides synthesized by a type III polyketide synthase from Drosophyllum lusitanicum. Phytochemistry
doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2008.03.013 (2008).
Link to abstract/article
Winkler, A., Lyskowski, A., Riedl, S., Puhl, M., Kutchan,
T.M., Macheroux, P. and
Gruber, K. A concerted mechanism for berberine bridge enzyme. Nat.
Chem. Biol. doi:10.1038/nchembio.123 (2008).
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Nomura, T., Lara Quesada, A., Kutchan, T.M. The new beta-D-glucosidase
in terpenoid-isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in Psychotria
ipecacuanha. J. Biol. Chem. doi:10.1074/jbc.M806953200
(2008).
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Meinhart H. Zenk selected
representative publications:
Nagakura, N., Rueffer, M., Zenk, M. H. (1979): "The biosynthesis of
monoterpenoid indole alkaloids from strictosidine." Journal of the
Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic
Chemistry (1972-1999): 2308-2312.
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Grill, E., Winnacker, E. L., Zenk, M. H. (1985): "Phytochelatins: the
principal heavy-metal complexing peptides of higher plants." Science
230: 674-676.
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Streber, W. R., Timmis, K. N., Zenk, M. H. (1987): "Analysis, cloning,
and high-level expression of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate monooxygenase
gene tfdA of Alcaligenes eutrophus JMP134." J. Bacteriol. 169:
2950-2955.
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Zenk, M. H., Gerardy, R., Stadler, R. (1989): "Phenol oxidative coupling
of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids is catalyzed by region- and
stereo-selective cytochrome P450 linked plant enzymes: salutaridine and
berbamunine." J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 22: 1725-1727.
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Stadler, R., Zenk, M. H. (1990): "A revision of the generally accepted
pathway for the biosynthesis of the benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline
alkaloid reticuline." Liebigs Ann. Chem.: 555-562.
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Gundlach, H., Mueller, M. J., Kutchan, T. M., Zenk, M. H. (1992): "Jasmonic
acid is a signal transducer in elicitor-induced plant cell cultures."
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of
America 89: 2389-2393.
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Lotter, H., Gollwitzer, J., Zenk, M. H. (1992): "Revision of the
configuration at C-7 of salutaridinol-I, the natural intermediate in
morphine biosynthesis." Tetrahedron Lett. 33: 2443-2446.
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Lenz, R., Zenk, M. H. (1995): "Acetyl coenzyme
A:salutaridinol-7-O-acetyltransferase from Papaver somniferum plant cell
cultures. The enzyme catalyzing the formation of thebaine in morphine
biosynthesis." J. Biol. Chem. 270: 31091-31096.
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Zenk, M. H. (1996): "Heavy metal detoxification in higher plants - a
review." Gene 179: 21-30.
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Eisenreich, W., Schwarz, M., Cartayrade, A., Arigoni, D., Zenk, M. H.,
Bacher, A. (1998): "The deoxyxylulose phospate pathway of terpenoid
biosynthesis in plants and microorganisms." Chem. Biol. 5: R221-R233.
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Raith, K., Neubert, R., Poeaknapo, C., Boettcher, C., Schmidt, J., Zenk,
M. H. (2003): "Electrospray tandem mass spectrometric investigations of
morphinans." Am. Soc. Mass Spectr. 14: 1262-1269.
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Poeaknapo, C., Schmidt, J., Brandsch, M., Draeger, B., Zenk, M. H.
(2004): "Endogenous formation of morphine in human cells." Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101:
14091-14096.
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abstract/article
Boettcher, C., Fellermeier, M., Boettcher, C., Draeger, B., Zenk, M. H.
(2005): "How human neuroblastoma cells make morphine." Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102:
8495-9500.
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Nikolaev, V. O., Boettcher, C., Dees, C., Buenemann, M., Lohse, M. J.,
Zenk, M. H. (2007): "Live cell monitoring of mu-opioid receptor-mediated
G-protein activation reveals strong biological activity of close
morphine biosynthetic precursors." J. Biol. Chem. 282: 27126-27132.
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Schmidt, J., Boettcher, C., Kuhnt, C., Kutchan, T. M., Zenk, M. H.
(2007): "Poppy alkaloid profiling by electrospray tandem mass
spectrometry and electrospray FT-ICR mass spectrometry after
[ring-13C6]-tyramine feeding." Phytochemistry 68: 189-202.
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