List of works - Benoit St-Pierre

A BAHD acyltransferase catalyzing 19-O-acetylation of tabersonine derivatives in roots of Catharanthus roseus enables combinatorial synthesis of monoterpene indole alkaloids.

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

A Cytochrome P-450 Monooxygenase Catalyzes the First Step in the Conversion of Tabersonine to Vindoline in Catharanthus roseus

scientific article

A look inside an alkaloid multisite plant: the Catharanthus logistics.

scientific article published on 13 April 2014

A pair of tabersonine 16-hydroxylases initiates the synthesis of vindoline in an organ-dependent manner in Catharanthus roseus

scientific article published on 9 October 2013

A single gene encodes isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase isoforms targeted to plastids, mitochondria and peroxisomes in Catharanthus roseus.

scientific article published on 26 May 2012

CaaX-prenyltransferases are essential for expression of genes involvedin the early stages of monoterpenoid biosynthetic pathway in Catharanthus roseus cells.

scientific article published on April 2005

Can Arabidopsis make complex alkaloids?

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Cellular and Subcellular Compartmentation of the 2C-Methyl-D-Erythritol 4-Phosphate Pathway in the Madagascar Periwinkle

scientific article published on 07 April 2020

Characterization of a second secologanin synthase isoform producing both secologanin and secoxyloganin allows enhanced de novo assembly of a Catharanthus roseus transcriptome. ⬇️

scientific article published on 19 August 2015

Characterization of a spermidine hydroxycinnamoyltransferase in Malus domestica highlights the evolutionary conservation of trihydroxycinnamoyl spermidines in pollen coat of core Eudicotyledons.

scientific article published on 12 September 2015

Characterization of the plastidial geraniol synthase from Madagascar periwinkle which initiates the monoterpenoid branch of the alkaloid pathway in internal phloem associated parenchyma

scientific article published on 24 October 2012

Class II Cytochrome P450 Reductase Governs the Biosynthesis of Alkaloids.

scientific article published on 29 September 2016

Co-expression of three MEP pathway genes and geraniol 10-hydroxylase in internal phloem parenchyma of Catharanthus roseus implicates multicellular translocation of intermediates during the biosynthesis of monoterpene indole alkaloids and isoprenoid-

scientific article published in April 2004

Cycloheximide as a tool to investigate protein import in peroxisomes: a case study of the subcellular localization of isoprenoid biosynthetic enzymes.

scientific article

Epidermis is a pivotal site of at least four secondary metabolic pathways in Catharanthus roseus aerial organs.

scientific article published on 2 December 2005

Folivory elicits a strong defense reaction in Catharanthus roseus: metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal distinct local and systemic responses

scientific article published on 17 January 2017

Functional analysis of the DAT gene promoter using transient Catharanthus roseus and stable Nicotiana tabacum transformation systems ⬇️

scientific article published on February 10, 2011

Genome-wide identification and biochemical characterization of the UGT88F subfamily in Malus x domestica Borkh

scientific article published on 03 November 2018

Identification of a human ABCC10 orthologue in Catharanthus roseus reveals a U12-type intron determinant for the N-terminal domain feature.

scientific article published on April 2014

Indole alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus: new enzyme activities and identification of cytochrome P450 CYP72A1 as secologanin synthase

scientific article (publication date: December 2000)

Isolation of a cDNA encoding the alpha-subunit of CAAX-prenyltransferases from Catharanthus roseus and the expression of the active recombinant protein farnesyltransferase

scientific article published on January 2005

Jasmonate-induced epoxidation of tabersonine by a cytochrome P-450 in hairy root cultures of Catharanthus roseus

scientific article published in September 2003

Light activation of vindoline biosynthesis does not require cytomorphogenesis in Catharanthus roseus seedlings

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

Molecular and biochemical analysis of a Madagascar periwinkle root-specific minovincinine-19-hydroxy-O-acetyltransferase ⬇️

scientific article

Molecular cloning and functional characterization of Catharanthus roseus hydroxymethylbutenyl 4-diphosphate synthase gene promoter from the methyl erythritol phosphate pathway.

scientific article published on 13 December 2011

Multicellular compartmentation of catharanthus roseus alkaloid biosynthesis predicts intercellular translocation of a pathway intermediate

scientific article

Occurrence of a copia-like transposable element in one of the introns of the potato starch phosphorylase gene

scientific article

Optimization of the transient transformation of Catharanthus roseus cells by particle bombardment and its application to the subcellular localization of hydroxymethylbutenyl 4-diphosphate synthase and geraniol 10-hydroxylase.

scientific article

Phytochemical genomics of the Madagascar periwinkle: Unravelling the last twists of the alkaloid engine.

scientific article

Prequels to Synthetic Biology: From Candidate Gene Identification and Validation to Enzyme Subcellular Localization in Plant and Yeast Cells.

scientific article published on 23 March 2016

Proteins prenylated by type I protein geranylgeranyltransferase act positively on the jasmonate signalling pathway triggering the biosynthesis of monoterpene indole alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus.

scientific article published on 24 September 2008

Purification, molecular cloning, and cell-specific gene expression of the alkaloid-accumulation associated protein CrPS in Catharanthus roseus

scientific article published on 28 February 2005

Spatial distribution and hormonal regulation of gene products from methyl erythritol phosphate and monoterpene-secoiridoid pathways in Catharanthus roseus.

scientific article

Spatial organization of the vindoline biosynthetic pathway in Catharanthus roseus

scientific article published on 2 November 2010

Strictosidine activation in Apocynaceae: towards a "nuclear time bomb"? ⬇️

scientific article

Subcellular evidence for the involvement of peroxisomes in plant isoprenoid biosynthesis.

scientific article published on December 2011

Synthesis and trafficking of alkaloid biosynthetic enzymes.

scientific article

The cell and developmental biology of alkaloid biosynthesis

scientific article

The starch phosphorylase gene is subjected to different modes of regulation in starch-containing tissues of potato

scientific article published on 01 March 1996

The subcellular organization of strictosidine biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus epidermis highlights several trans-tonoplast translocations of intermediate metabolites.

scientific article published on 12 January 2011

The terminal O-acetyltransferase involved in vindoline biosynthesis defines a new class of proteins responsible for coenzyme A-dependent acyl transfer

scientific article

Triple subcellular targeting of isopentenyl diphosphate isomerases encoded by a single gene

scientific article published on 5 September 2012

Two Tabersonine 6,7-Epoxidases Initiate Lochnericine-Derived Alkaloid Biosynthesis in ⬇️

scientific article published on 22 June 2018

Vacuole-Targeted Proteins: Ins and Outs of Subcellular Localization Studies

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

Virus-induced gene silencing in Rauwolfia species.

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

Virus-induced gene silencing of the two squalene synthase isoforms of apple tree (Malus × domestica L.) negatively impacts phytosterol biosynthesis, plastid pigmentation and leaf growth

scientific article published on 27 March 2017

ZCT1 and ZCT2 transcription factors repress the activity of a gene promoter from the methyl erythritol phosphate pathway in Madagascar periwinkle cells.

scientific article published on 23 July 2014

List of works by Benoit St-Pierre

A BAHD acyltransferase catalyzing 19-O-acetylation of tabersonine derivatives in roots of Catharanthus roseus enables combinatorial synthesis of monoterpene indole alkaloids.

A Cytochrome P-450 Monooxygenase Catalyzes the First Step in the Conversion of Tabersonine to Vindoline in Catharanthus roseus

A look inside an alkaloid multisite plant: the Catharanthus logistics.

A pair of tabersonine 16-hydroxylases initiates the synthesis of vindoline in an organ-dependent manner in Catharanthus roseus

A single gene encodes isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase isoforms targeted to plastids, mitochondria and peroxisomes in Catharanthus roseus.

CaaX-prenyltransferases are essential for expression of genes involvedin the early stages of monoterpenoid biosynthetic pathway in Catharanthus roseus cells.

Can Arabidopsis make complex alkaloids?

Cellular and Subcellular Compartmentation of the 2C-Methyl-D-Erythritol 4-Phosphate Pathway in the Madagascar Periwinkle

Characterization of a second secologanin synthase isoform producing both secologanin and secoxyloganin allows enhanced de novo assembly of a Catharanthus roseus transcriptome. ⬇️

Characterization of a spermidine hydroxycinnamoyltransferase in Malus domestica highlights the evolutionary conservation of trihydroxycinnamoyl spermidines in pollen coat of core Eudicotyledons.

Characterization of the plastidial geraniol synthase from Madagascar periwinkle which initiates the monoterpenoid branch of the alkaloid pathway in internal phloem associated parenchyma

Class II Cytochrome P450 Reductase Governs the Biosynthesis of Alkaloids.

Co-expression of three MEP pathway genes and geraniol 10-hydroxylase in internal phloem parenchyma of Catharanthus roseus implicates multicellular translocation of intermediates during the biosynthesis of monoterpene indole alkaloids and isoprenoid-

Cycloheximide as a tool to investigate protein import in peroxisomes: a case study of the subcellular localization of isoprenoid biosynthetic enzymes.

Epidermis is a pivotal site of at least four secondary metabolic pathways in Catharanthus roseus aerial organs.

Folivory elicits a strong defense reaction in Catharanthus roseus: metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal distinct local and systemic responses

Functional analysis of the DAT gene promoter using transient Catharanthus roseus and stable Nicotiana tabacum transformation systems ⬇️

Genome-wide identification and biochemical characterization of the UGT88F subfamily in Malus x domestica Borkh

Identification of a human ABCC10 orthologue in Catharanthus roseus reveals a U12-type intron determinant for the N-terminal domain feature.

Indole alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus: new enzyme activities and identification of cytochrome P450 CYP72A1 as secologanin synthase

Isolation of a cDNA encoding the alpha-subunit of CAAX-prenyltransferases from Catharanthus roseus and the expression of the active recombinant protein farnesyltransferase

Jasmonate-induced epoxidation of tabersonine by a cytochrome P-450 in hairy root cultures of Catharanthus roseus

Light activation of vindoline biosynthesis does not require cytomorphogenesis in Catharanthus roseus seedlings

Molecular and biochemical analysis of a Madagascar periwinkle root-specific minovincinine-19-hydroxy-O-acetyltransferase ⬇️

Molecular cloning and functional characterization of Catharanthus roseus hydroxymethylbutenyl 4-diphosphate synthase gene promoter from the methyl erythritol phosphate pathway.

Multicellular compartmentation of catharanthus roseus alkaloid biosynthesis predicts intercellular translocation of a pathway intermediate

Occurrence of a copia-like transposable element in one of the introns of the potato starch phosphorylase gene

Optimization of the transient transformation of Catharanthus roseus cells by particle bombardment and its application to the subcellular localization of hydroxymethylbutenyl 4-diphosphate synthase and geraniol 10-hydroxylase.

Phytochemical genomics of the Madagascar periwinkle: Unravelling the last twists of the alkaloid engine.

Prequels to Synthetic Biology: From Candidate Gene Identification and Validation to Enzyme Subcellular Localization in Plant and Yeast Cells.

Proteins prenylated by type I protein geranylgeranyltransferase act positively on the jasmonate signalling pathway triggering the biosynthesis of monoterpene indole alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus.

Purification, molecular cloning, and cell-specific gene expression of the alkaloid-accumulation associated protein CrPS in Catharanthus roseus

Spatial distribution and hormonal regulation of gene products from methyl erythritol phosphate and monoterpene-secoiridoid pathways in Catharanthus roseus.

Spatial organization of the vindoline biosynthetic pathway in Catharanthus roseus

Strictosidine activation in Apocynaceae: towards a "nuclear time bomb"? ⬇️

Subcellular evidence for the involvement of peroxisomes in plant isoprenoid biosynthesis.

Synthesis and trafficking of alkaloid biosynthetic enzymes.

The cell and developmental biology of alkaloid biosynthesis

The starch phosphorylase gene is subjected to different modes of regulation in starch-containing tissues of potato

The subcellular organization of strictosidine biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus epidermis highlights several trans-tonoplast translocations of intermediate metabolites.

The terminal O-acetyltransferase involved in vindoline biosynthesis defines a new class of proteins responsible for coenzyme A-dependent acyl transfer

Triple subcellular targeting of isopentenyl diphosphate isomerases encoded by a single gene

Two Tabersonine 6,7-Epoxidases Initiate Lochnericine-Derived Alkaloid Biosynthesis in ⬇️

Vacuole-Targeted Proteins: Ins and Outs of Subcellular Localization Studies

Virus-induced gene silencing in Rauwolfia species.

Virus-induced gene silencing of the two squalene synthase isoforms of apple tree (Malus × domestica L.) negatively impacts phytosterol biosynthesis, plastid pigmentation and leaf growth

ZCT1 and ZCT2 transcription factors repress the activity of a gene promoter from the methyl erythritol phosphate pathway in Madagascar periwinkle cells.