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Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, 07745 Jena, Germany
oconnor (at) ice.mpg.de
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seoconnor
3 days ago1 min read
Congratulations Dr. Kamileen!!
Congrats to Omar on his successful PhD defence!
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seoconnor
Dec 14, 20241 min read
Kratom alkaloid biosynthesis: how this plant epimerizes a highly conserved stereocenter.
All 3000 monoterpene indole alkaloids are made by a stereoselective Pictet Spengler reaction that leads to a tetrahydro-beta-carboline...
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seoconnor
Dec 13, 20241 min read
A few amino acid changes to a cytochrome P450 leads to enormous chemical diversity
See Omar and Benke's preprint showing how a single CYP71 can be mutated to lead to 4 monoterpene indole alkaloid scaffolds. They also...
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seoconnor
Dec 13, 20241 min read
Single cell mass spectrometry of plant cell culture
Carmen's preprint shows how single cell mass spectrometry can be used to measure the metabolic heterogeneity of plant cell culture....
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seoconnor
Dec 13, 20241 min read
Ipecac alkaloids
See Maite's preprint to see how two different plants – separated by a 100 million years of evolution – both make the ipecac alkaloids...
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seoconnor
Dec 13, 20241 min read
New way for plants to make indole.
Check out Matilde's preprint on how eudicot plants make indole. She discovered a zombie version of the tryptophan beta subunit protein...
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seoconnor
Dec 13, 20241 min read
Congratulations Marianna!!
Congratulations to Marianna on a spectacular PhD thesis defense.
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seoconnor
Dec 13, 20241 min read
News items here
I stopped engaging with social media, so I no longer post on X or Bluesky. So I set up this page to post news items from the group.
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