List of works by Eran Pichersky

A Trichome-Specific, Plastid-Localized Tanacetum cinerariifolium Nudix Protein Hydrolyzes the Natural Pyrethrin Pesticide Biosynthetic Intermediate trans-Chrysanthemyl Diphosphate ⬇️

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

A copal-8-ol diphosphate synthase from the angiosperm Cistus creticus subsp. creticus is a putative key enzyme for the formation of pharmacologically active, oxygen-containing labdane-type diterpenes

scientific article

A plant thiolase involved in benzoic acid biosynthesis and volatile benzenoid production

scientific article published on 15 June 2009

A two-component enzyme complex is required for dolichol biosynthesis in tomato

scientific article

Altering expression of benzoic acid/salicylic acid carboxyl methyltransferase 1 compromises systemic acquired resistance and PAMP-triggered immunity in arabidopsis

scientific article published in January 2010

An Arabidopsis thaliana gene for methylsalicylate biosynthesis, identified by a biochemical genomics approach, has a role in defense

scientific article published in December 2003

An Arabidopsis thaliana methyltransferase capable of methylating farnesoic acid

scientific article

An aldehyde oxidase in developing seeds of Arabidopsis converts benzaldehyde to benzoic Acid

scientific article

An enzyme-coupled colorimetric assay for S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferases

scientific article published in March 2004

An indole-3-acetic acid carboxyl methyltransferase regulates Arabidopsis leaf development.

scientific article published on 16 September 2005

Analysis of natural and induced variation in tomato glandular trichome flavonoids identifies a gene not present in the reference genome.

scientific article published on 15 August 2014

Benzoylation and sinapoylation of glucosinolate R-groups in Arabidopsis

scientific article published on 17 September 2012

Biochemical and structural characterization of benzenoid carboxyl methyltransferases involved in floral scent production in Stephanotis floribunda and Nicotiana suaveolens

scientific article

Biochemistry and genetics of floral scent: a historical perspective

scientific article published in 2023

Biochemistry of plant volatiles

scientific article published in August 2004

Biosynthesis and emission of terpenoid volatiles from Arabidopsis flowers.

scientific article published in February 2003

Biosynthesis of plant volatiles: nature's diversity and ingenuity

scientific article

Biosynthesis of t-anethole in anise: characterization of t-anol/isoeugenol synthase and an O-methyltransferase specific for a C7-C8 propenyl side chain

scientific article

Biosynthesis of the diterpenoid lycosantalonol via nerylneryl diphosphate in Solanum lycopersicum

scientific article

Chapter two Structural, functional, and evolutionary basis for methylation of plant small molecules

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Characterization of a BAHD acyltransferase responsible for producing the green leaf volatile (Z)-3-hexen-1-yl acetate in Arabidopsis thaliana

scientific article

Characterization of a flavonol 3-O-methyltransferase in the trichomes of the wild tomato species Solanum habrochaites

scientific article published on 13 June 2012

Characterization of a petunia acetyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the floral volatile isoeugenol.

scientific article published in January 2007

Characterization of a root-specific Arabidopsis terpene synthase responsible for the formation of the volatile monoterpene 1,8-cineole ⬇️

scientific article

Characterization of an acyltransferase capable of synthesizing benzylbenzoate and other volatile esters in flowers and damaged leaves of Clarkia breweri

scientific article

Characterization of geraniol synthase from the peltate glands of sweet basil

scientific article

Characterization of phenylpropene O-methyltransferases from sweet basil: facile change of substrate specificity and convergent evolution within a plant O-methyltransferase family

scientific article

Chavicol formation in sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum): cleavage of an esterified C9 hydroxyl group with NAD(P)H-dependent reduction

scientific article published on 09 June 2006

Coexpression Analysis Identifies Two Oxidoreductases Involved in the Biosynthesis of the Monoterpene Acid Moiety of Natural Pyrethrin Insecticides in Tanacetum cinerariifolium

scientific article published on 9 November 2017

Comparative functional genomic analysis of Solanum glandular trichome types ⬇️

scientific article published on November 19, 2010

Complex Sexual Deception in an Orchid Is Achieved by Co-opting Two Independent Biosynthetic Pathways for Pollinator Attraction.

scientific article published on 12 June 2017

Contribution of CoA ligases to benzenoid biosynthesis in petunia flowers.

scientific article

Convergent evolution in plant specialized metabolism

scientific article published on January 2011

Cytosolic monoterpene biosynthesis is supported by plastid-generated geranyl diphosphate substrate in transgenic tomato fruits

scientific article published on 16 May 2013

Determination of residues responsible for substrate and product specificity of Solanum habrochaites short-chain cis-prenyltransferases

scientific article published on 19 November 2013

Differential production of meta hydroxylated phenylpropanoids in sweet basil peltate glandular trichomes and leaves is controlled by the activities of specific acyltransferases and hydroxylases

scientific article published in November 2002

Duplication and selection in β-ketoacyl-ACP synthase gene lineages in the sexually deceptive Chiloglottis (Orchidaceace)

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Emergent Decarboxylase Activity and Attenuation of α/β-Hydrolase Activity during the Evolution of Methylketone Biosynthesis in Tomato

scientific article

Enhancement of production of eugenol and its glycosides in transgenic aspen plants via genetic engineering

scientific article published on 23 May 2013

Enrichment of tomato flavor by diversion of the early plastidial terpenoid pathway

scientific article

Enzymatic functions of wild tomato methylketone synthases 1 and 2.

scientific article published on 6 July 2010

Enzymatic synthesis and purification of aromatic coenzyme a esters.

scientific article published in March 2002

Eugenol and isoeugenol, characteristic aromatic constituents of spices, are biosynthesized via reduction of a coniferyl alcohol ester

scientific article

Eugenol synthase genes in floral scent variation in Gymnadenia species

scientific article

Evidence for the Involvement of Fatty Acid Biosynthesis and Degradation in the Formation of Insect Sex Pheromone-Mimicking Chiloglottones in Sexually Deceptive Chiloglottis Orchids.

scientific article

Evolution of Floral Scent in Clarkia: Novel Patterns of S-Linalool Synthase Gene Expression in the C. breweri Flower

scientific article published in 1996

Evolution of a complex locus for terpene biosynthesis in solanum

scientific article published on 11 June 2013

Floral volatiles fromClarkia breweri andC. concinna (Onagraceae): Recent evolution of floral scent and moth pollination

scientific article published on 14 January 2005

Flower proteome: changes in protein spectrum during the advanced stages of rose petal development

scientific article published on 10 May 2005

Focus Issue on Metabolism: Metabolites, Metabolites Everywhere

scientific article published on 01 November 2015

Formation of monoterpenes in Antirrhinum majus and Clarkia breweri flowers involves heterodimeric geranyl diphosphate synthases

scientific article published on 18 March 2004

Functional insights from structural genomics

scientific article

Generation of phenylpropanoid pathway-derived volatiles in transgenic plants: rose alcohol acetyltransferase produces phenylethyl acetate and benzyl acetate in petunia flowers.

scientific article published in March 2006

Geranyllinalool synthases in solanaceae and other angiosperms constitute an ancient branch of diterpene synthases involved in the synthesis of defensive compounds

scientific article

Harnessing plant trichome biochemistry for the production of useful compounds

scientific article published on May 2008

Heterologous expression of methylketone synthase1 and methylketone synthase2 leads to production of methylketones and myristic acid in transgenic plants

scientific article published on 3 January 2014

How Plants Synthesize Pyrethrins: Safe and Biodegradable Insecticides

scientific article published on 17 July 2020

Identification of likely orthologs of tobacco salicylic acid-binding protein 2 and their role in systemic acquired resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana

scientific article

Identification of white campion (Silene latifolia) guaiacol O-methyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of veratrole, a key volatile for pollinator attraction ⬇️

scientific article

Identification, Functional Characterization, and Evolution of Terpene Synthases from a Basal Dicot

scientific article

Inactive methyl indole-3-acetic acid ester can be hydrolyzed and activated by several esterases belonging to the AtMES esterase family of Arabidopsis

scientific article published on 8 May 2008

Jasmone Hydroxylase, a Key Enzyme in the Synthesis of the Alcohol Moiety of Pyrethrin Insecticides

scientific article published on 02 July 2018

Many different flowers make a bouquet: Lessons from specialized metabolite diversity in plant–pollinator interactions

scientific article published in 2023

MeNA, Controlled by Reversible Methylation of Nicotinate, Is an NAD Precursor that Undergoes Long-Distance Transport in Arabidopsis

scientific article published on 25 July 2018

Metabolic engineering of monoterpene biosynthesis in tomato fruits via introduction of the non-canonical substrate neryl diphosphate.

scientific article published on 14 May 2014

Metabolic engineering of plant volatiles

scientific article published on 03 April 2008

Metabolic reconstructions identify plant 3-methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase that is crucial for branched-chain amino acid catabolism in mitochondria

scientific article published on 12 June 2018

Metabolic, genomic, and biochemical analyses of glandular trichomes from the wild tomato species Lycopersicon hirsutum identify a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of methylketones

scientific article

Metabolomics, genomics, proteomics, and the identification of enzymes and their substrates and products

scientific article

Methylation of gibberellins by Arabidopsis GAMT1 and GAMT2

scientific article

Monoterpenes in the glandular trichomes of tomato are synthesized from a neryl diphosphate precursor rather than geranyl diphosphate

scientific article

More is better: the diversity of terpene metabolism in plants

scientific article published on 20 February 2020

Multifaceted plant responses to circumvent Phe hyperaccumulation by downregulation of flux through the shikimate pathway and by vacuolar Phe sequestration.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Multiple biochemical and morphological factors underlie the production of methylketones in tomato trichomes

scientific article published on 2 October 2009

Nicotinamidase participates in the salvage pathway of NAD biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

scientific article

Nonseed plant Selaginella moellendorffi [corrected] has both seed plant and microbial types of terpene synthases

scientific article

O-methyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of volatile phenolic derivatives in rose petals

scientific article

Overcoming Bottlenecks for Metabolic Engineering of Sesquiterpene Production in Tomato Fruits

scientific article published in 2021

Overexpression of the lemon basil alpha-zingiberene synthase gene increases both mono- and sesquiterpene contents in tomato fruit

scientific article

Petunia × hybrida floral scent production is negatively affected by high-temperature growth conditions.

scientific article published on 7 January 2015

Plant metabolism. Editorial

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Plant phenylacetaldehyde synthase is a bifunctional homotetrameric enzyme that catalyzes phenylalanine decarboxylation and oxidation.

scientific article published on 9 June 2006

Plant volatiles: a lack of function or a lack of knowledge?

scientific article published on 07 August 2006

Pollination by sexual deception-it takes chemistry to work

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Polymethylated myricetin in trichomes of the wild tomato species Solanum habrochaites and characterization of trichome-specific 3'/5'- and 7/4'-myricetin O-methyltransferases.

scientific article published on 22 February 2011

Production of trans-chrysanthemic acid, the monoterpene acid moiety of natural pyrethrin insecticides, in tomato fruit.

scientific article published on 9 April 2018

Purification and characterization of benzoate:coenzyme A ligase from Clarkia breweri

scientific article

Pyrethric acid of natural pyrethrin insecticide: complete pathway elucidation and reconstitution in Nicotiana benthamiana

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

Pyrethrin Biosynthesis: The Cytochrome P450 Oxidoreductase CYP82Q3 Converts Jasmolone To Pyrethrolone

scientific article published on 26 August 2019

RNA-seq discovery, functional characterization, and comparison of sesquiterpene synthases from Solanum lycopersicum and Solanum habrochaites trichomes ⬇️

scientific article

RNAi suppression of Arogenate Dehydratase1 reveals that phenylalanine is synthesized predominantly via the arogenate pathway in petunia petals.

scientific article published on 9 March 2010

Reduction of benzenoid synthesis in petunia flowers reveals multiple pathways to benzoic acid and enhancement in auxin transport.

scientific article published on 28 December 2006

Robust predictions of specialized metabolism genes through machine learning

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Robust predictions of specialized metabolism genes through machine learning

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Rose scent: genomics approach to discovering novel floral fragrance-related genes

scientific article published in October 2002

Scent engineering: toward the goal of controlling how flowers smell

scientific article published on 17 January 2007

Structural Basis for Substrate Recognition in the Salicylic Acid Carboxyl Methyltransferase Family

scientific article

Structural and biochemical studies identify tobacco SABP2 as a methyl salicylate esterase and implicate it in plant innate immunity

scientific article

Structural, Biochemical, and Phylogenetic Analyses Suggest That Indole-3-Acetic Acid Methyltransferase Is an Evolutionarily Ancient Member of the SABATH Family

scientific article

Structure and reaction mechanism of basil eugenol synthase

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Taming the hydra of specialized metabolism: how systems biology and comparative approaches are revolutionizing plant biochemistry

scientific article published on 12 January 2012

The Arabidopsis thaliana type I Isopentenyl Diphosphate Isomerases are targeted to multiple subcellular compartments and have overlapping functions in isoprenoid biosynthesis

scientific article published on 4 March 2008

The Biosynthesis of Unusual Floral Volatiles and Blends Involved in Orchid Pollination by Deception: Current Progress and Future Prospects

scientific article

The biochemical and molecular basis for the divergent patterns in the biosynthesis of terpenes and phenylpropenes in the peltate glands of three cultivars of basil

scientific article

The complete functional characterisation of the terpene synthase family in tomato

scientific article published on 14 January 2020

The family of terpene synthases in plants: a mid-size family of genes for specialized metabolism that is highly diversified throughout the kingdom

scientific article

The formation and function of plant volatiles: perfumes for pollinator attraction and defense

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The herbivore-induced plant volatile methyl salicylate negatively affects attraction of the parasitoid Diadegma semiclausum

scientific article

The lack of floral synthesis and emission of isoeugenol in Petunia axillaris subsp. parodii is due to a mutation in the isoeugenol synthase gene

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The multiple phenylpropene synthases in both Clarkia breweri and Petunia hybrida represent two distinct protein lineages

scientific article

The production of a key floral volatile is dependent on UV light in a sexually deceptive orchid

scientific article

The small subunit of snapdragon geranyl diphosphate synthase modifies the chain length specificity of tobacco geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase in planta

scientific article published on 22 December 2009

The tomato cis-prenyltransferase gene family

scientific article

The tomato homolog of CORONATINE-INSENSITIVE1 is required for the maternal control of seed maturation, jasmonate-signaled defense responses, and glandular trichome development

scientific article published on 19 December 2003

The tomato terpene synthase gene family.

scientific article

Tissue-Specific Floral Transcriptome Analysis of the Sexually Deceptive Orchid Chiloglottis trapeziformis Provides Insights into the Biosynthesis and Regulation of Its Unique UV-B Dependent Floral Volatile, Chiloglottone 1.

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Transcriptome analysis approaches for the isolation of trichome-specific genes from the medicinal plant Cistus creticus subsp. creticus

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Two sesquiterpene synthases are responsible for the complex mixture of sesquiterpenes emitted from Arabidopsis flowers ⬇️

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UV-B light contributes directly to the synthesis of chiloglottone floral volatiles

scientific article

Veratrole biosynthesis in white campion

scientific article published in April 2013

Volatile Ester Formation in Roses. Identification of an Acetyl-Coenzyme A. Geraniol/Citronellol Acetyltransferase in Developing Rose Petals ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2003

Why do plants produce so many terpenoid compounds?

scientific article published on 8 September 2016

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