Reuben Peters

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Iowa State University

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Reuben Peters is a Professor at Iowa State University, located in the United States. His research focuses on diterpene biosynthesis and phytohormone interactions, as demonstrated by his recent articles on the characterization of key enzymatic processes and evolutionary adaptations in plant systems. His work provides insights into the biochemical pathways that govern plant defense mechanisms and microbial interactions.

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Investigating (di)terpenoid biosynthesis

Open Date: 2019-06-01

Close Date: 2024-05-31

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Investigating multi-functional cytochromes P450 from gibberellin phytohormone biosynthesis

Open Date: 2016-09-01

Close Date: 2019-08-31

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Elucidating the elaboration of plant diterpenoid natural products

Open Date: 2015-08-05

Close Date: 2019-07-31

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RICE PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF DITERPENOID NATURAL PRODUCTS

Open Date: 2013-09-01

Close Date: 2016-08-31

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Molecular Design of Nano-Carrier Materials for Reactions Catalyzed by Multi-Enzyme Complexes

Open Date: 2009-10-01

Close Date: 2013-09-30

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Mogens Nicolaisen

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Aarhus University

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Enoch Narh Kudjordjie

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Aarhus University

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Mette Vestergård

Aarhus University

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Bing Yang

UNITED STATES

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Tina Kyndt

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Universiteit Gent

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Gane Ka-Shu Wong

University of Alberta

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Jonathan Gershenzon

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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Raimund Nagel

Leipzig University

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Favorable epistasis in ancestral diterpene synthases promoted convergent evolution of a resin acid precursor in conifers

Investigating conserved aromatic residues in ent-copalyl pyrophosphate synthases required for gibberellin phytohormone biosynthesis

Uncrossing the ‘X’: Characterization of alternative alleles for KSLX in Oryza

Exploring evolutionary use of single residue switches for alternative product outcome in class II diterpene cyclases

The Pursuit of a Hydroxylation Switch Uncovers a Key Residue for Various Product Outcomes in the ent-Kaurene Synthase from Bradyrhizobium japonicum

Diterpenoid Phytoalexins Shape Rice Root Microbiomes and Their Associations With Root Parasitic Nematodes

Between scents and sterols: Cyclization of labdane-related diterpenes as model systems for enzymatic control of carbocation cascades

Double-barreled defense: dual ent-miltiradiene synthases in most rice cultivars

Discovery of bifunctional diterpene cyclases/synthases in bacteria supports a bacterial origin for the plant terpene synthase gene family

Dual factors required for cytochrome-P450-mediated hydrocarbon ring contraction in bacterial gibberellin phytohormone biosynthesis

Dynamic evolution of terpenoid biosynthesis in the Lamiaceae

Oryzalexin S biosynthesis: a cross-stitched disappearing pathway

Plant (di)terpenoid evolution: from pigments to hormones and beyond

Rice diterpenoid phytoalexins are involved in defence against parasitic nematodes and shape rhizosphere nematode communities.

Investigation of Acid–Base Catalysis in Halimadienyl Diphosphate Synthase Involved in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Virulence

Production of the plant hormone gibberellin by rhizobia increases host legume nodule size

Deceptive Complexity in Formation of Cleistantha-8,12-diene

Origin and early evolution of the plant terpene synthase family

Tanshinones: Leading the way into Lamiaceae labdane-related diterpenoid biosynthesis

Collaborators (8)

Mogens Nicolaisen

Enoch Narh Kudjordjie

Mette Vestergård

Bing Yang

Tina Kyndt

Gane Ka-Shu Wong

Jonathan Gershenzon

Raimund Nagel

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