Papers

*Dastmalchi Trainees

  1. Li F*, Shahsavarani M, Handy-Hart CJ, Côté A*, Brasseur-Trottier X*, Montgomery V, Beech RN, Liu L, Bayen S, Qu Y, De Luca V, Dastmalchi M (2024) Characterization of a vacuolar importer of secologanin in Catharanthus roseus. Communications Biology. 7: 939 https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06624-5

  2. Karimzadegan V, Koirala M, Sobhanverdi S, Merindol N, Majhi BB, Gélinas S-E, Timokhin VI, Ralph J, Dastmalchi M, Desgagné-Penix I (2024) Characterization of cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (CYP73A) and p-coumaroyl 3′-hydroxylase (CYP98A) from Leucojum aestivum, a source of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108612

  3. Dastmalchi M, Dhaubhadel S (2023) Untapped metabolic diversity in legume-characteristic pathways. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1117833

  4. Raytek LM*, Dastmalchi M (2022) Plant nutrition: An architect of nitrate-hunger cues. Current Biology. 32: 23: R1320-R1323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.055 

  5. Li F*, Bordeleau S*, Kim KH, Turcotte J*, Davis B*, Liu L, Bayen S, Luca VD, Dastmalchi M (2022) A lesion-mimic mutant of Catharanthus roseus accumulates the opioid agonist, akuammicine. Phytochemistry. 203: 113422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2022.113422

  6. Dastmalchi M (2022) Suicide prevention for enzymes using continuous directed evolution. Plant Physiology. 188(2): 924–925. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab526

  7. Dastmalchi M (2021) Elusive partners: a review of the auxiliary proteins guiding metabolic flux in flavonoid biosynthesis. The Plant Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15446

  8. Dastmalchi M (2021) Late-stage maturation erodes lipid content in soybean seeds. Plant Physiology. 186(2): 816-818. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab129

  9. Dastmalchi M (2020) A Role for Melatonin in the Defense of Sweet Oranges against Citrus Greening Disease. Plant Physiology. 184(4): 1633-1634. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.20.01463

  10. Dastmalchi M (2020) A well-oiled machine: two fatty acid exporters involved in seed oil biosynthesis. Plant Physiology. 182(4): 1798-1799. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.20.00263

  11. Dastmalchi M, Chang L, Chen R, Yu L, Chen X, Hagel JM, Facchini PJ (2019) Purine permease-type benzylisoquinoline alkaloid transporters in opium poppy. Plant Physiology. 181(3): 916-933. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.00565

  12. Dastmalchi M, Chen X, Hagel JM, Chang L, Chen R, Ramasamy S, Yeaman S, Facchini PJ (2019) Neopinone isomerase is involved in codeine and morphine biosynthesis in opium poppy. Nature Chemical Biology. 15(4): 384-390. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-019-0247-0

  13. Dastmalchi M, Chang L, Torres MA, Ng KKS, Facchini PJ (2018) Codeinone reductase isoforms with differential stability, efficiency and product selectivity in opium poppy. The Plant Journal. 95(4): 631-647. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13975 

  14. Dastmalchi M, Park MR, Morris JS, Facchini PJ (2017) Family portraits: the enzymes behind benzylisoquinoline alkaloid diversity. Phytochemistry Reviews. 17(2): 249-277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11101-017-9519-z

  15. Dastmalchi M, Chapman P, Yu J, Austin RS, Dhaubhadel S (2017) Transcriptomic evidence for the control of soybean root isoflavonoid content by regulation of overlapping phenylpropanoid pathways. BMC Genomics. 18: 70 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-3463-y

  16. Dastmalchi M, Bernards MA, Dhaubhadel S (2016) Twin anchors of the soybean isoflavonoid metabolon: evidence for tethering of the complex to the endoplasmic reticulum by IFS and C4H. The Plant Journal. 85(6): 689-706. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13137

  17. Morris JS, Dastmalchi M, Li J, Chang L, Chen X, Hagel JM, Facchini PJ (2016) Plug-and-play benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthetic gene discovery in engineered yeast. Methods in Enzymology. 575: 143-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.mie.2016.03.023

  18. Dastmalchi M, Facchini PJ (2016) Plant metabolons assembled on demand. Science. 354(6314): 829-830. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6314/829

  19. Dastmalchi M, Dhaubhadel S (2015) Soybean chalcone isomerase: evolution of the fold, and the differential expression and localization of the gene family. Planta. 241(2): 507-523. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-014-2200-5

  20. Dastmalchi M, Dhaubhadel S (2015) Proteomic insights into synthesis of isoflavonoids in soybean seeds. Proteomics. 15(10): 1646-1657. ​https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201400444

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