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Something Old, Something New: Conserved Enzymes and the Evolution of Novelty in Plant Specialized Metabolism by Moghe, Gaurav D., Last, Robert L.

“…Plants produce hundreds of thousands of small molecules known as specialized metabolites, many of which are of economic and ecological importance. This…”
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How Plants Synthesize Pyrethrins: Safe and Biodegradable Insecticides by Lybrand, Daniel B., Xu, Haiyang, Last, Robert L., Pichersky, Eran

“…Natural pyrethrin insecticides produced by Dalmatian pyrethrum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium) have low mammalian toxicity and short environmental persistence,…”
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A Regulatory Hierarchy of the Arabidopsis Branched-Chain Amino Acid Metabolic Network by Xing, Anqi, Last, Robert L.

“…The branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) Ile, Val, and Leu are essential nutrients that humans and other animals obtain from plants. However, total and relative…”
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Tip of the trichome: evolution of acylsugar metabolic diversity in Solanaceae by Fan, Pengxiang, Leong, Bryan J, Last, Robert L

“…•Solanaceae glandular trichomes produce structurally diverse insecticidal acylsugars.•Diversity is achieved by enzyme promiscuity and core metabolic enzyme…”
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A chloroplast thylakoid lumen protein is required for proper photosynthetic acclimation of plants under fluctuating light environments by Liu, Jun, Last, Robert L.

“…Despite our increasingly sophisticated understanding of mechanisms ensuring efficient photosynthesis under laboratory-controlled light conditions, less is…”
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Location, location! cellular relocalization primes specialized metabolic diversification by Schenck, Craig A., Last, Robert L.

“…Specialized metabolites are structurally diverse and cell‐ or tissue‐specific molecules produced in restricted plant lineages. In contrast, primary metabolic…”
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The Impact of the Branched-Chain Ketoacid Dehydrogenase Complex on Amino Acid Homeostasis in Arabidopsis by Peng, Cheng, Uygun, Sahra, Shiu, Shin-Han, Last, Robert L.

“…The branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) Leu, Ile, and Val are among nine essential amino acids that must be obtained from the diet of humans and other animals,…”
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Promiscuity, impersonation and accommodation: evolution of plant specialized metabolism by Leong, Bryan J, Last, Robert L

“…•Promiscuity plays a role in the evolution of specialized metabolic enzymes and metabolic product diversity.•Changes in substrate specificity can result in the…”
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A New Light on Photosystem II Maintenance in Oxygenic Photosynthesis by Liu, Jun, Lu, Yan, Hua, Wei, Last, Robert L

“…Life on earth is sustained by oxygenic photosynthesis, a process that converts solar energy, carbon dioxide, and water into chemical energy and biomass…”
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Identification of a BAHD acetyltransferase that produces protective acyl sugars in tomato trichomes by Schilmiller, Anthony L, Charbonneau, Amanda L, Last, Robert L

“…Glandular secreting trichomes on the surface of tomato plants and many of its relatives in the Solanaceae produce a mixture of O -acyl sugars that contribute…”
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Harnessing plant trichome biochemistry for the production of useful compounds by Schilmiller, Anthony L, Last, Robert L, Pichersky, Eran

“…Plant trichomes come in a variety of shapes, sizes and cellular composition. Some types, commonly called glandular trichomes, produce large amounts of…”
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Robust predictions of specialized metabolism genes through machine learning by Moore, Bethany M., Wang, Peipei, Fan, Pengxiang, Leong, Bryan, Schenck, Craig A., Lloyd, John P., Lehti-Shiu, Melissa D., Last, Robert L., Pichersky, Eran, Shiu, Shin-Han

“…Plant specialized metabolism (SM) enzymes produce lineage-specific metabolites with important ecological, evolutionary, and biotechnological implications…”
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Disentangling plant- and environment-mediated drivers of active rhizosphere bacterial community dynamics during short-term drought by Bandopadhyay, Sreejata, Li, Xingxing, Bowsher, Alan W., Last, Robert L., Shade, Ashley

“…Mitigating the effects of climate stress on crops is important for global food security. The microbiome associated with plant roots, the rhizobiome, can harbor…”
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In vitro reconstruction and analysis of evolutionary variation of the tomato acylsucrose metabolic network by Fan, Pengxiang, Miller, Abigail M., Schilmiller, Anthony L., Liu, Xiaoxiao, Ofner, Itai, Jones, A. Daniel, Zamir, Dani, Last, Robert L.

“…Plant glandular secreting trichomes are epidermal protuberances that produce structurally diverse specialized metabolites, including medically important…”
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Evolution of a flipped pathway creates metabolic innovation in tomato trichomes through BAHD enzyme promiscuity by Fan, Pengxiang, Miller, Abigail M., Liu, Xiaoxiao, Jones, A. Daniel, Last, Robert L.

“…Plants produce hundreds of thousands of structurally diverse specialized metabolites via multistep biosynthetic networks, including compounds of ecological and…”
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Homeostasis of branched-chain amino acids is critical for the activity of TOR signaling in Arabidopsis by Cao, Pengfei, Kim, Sang-Jin, Xing, Anqi, Schenck, Craig A, Liu, Lu, Jiang, Nan, Wang, Jie, Last, Robert L, Brandizzi, Federica

“…The target of rapamycin (TOR) kinase is an evolutionarily conserved hub of nutrient sensing and metabolic signaling. In plants, a functional connection of TOR…”
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Quantitative trait loci analysis of seed‐specialized metabolites reveals seed‐specific flavonols and differential regulation of glycoalkaloid content in tomato by Alseekh, Saleh, Ofner, Itai, Liu, Zhongyuan, Osorio, Sonia, Vallarino, Jose, Last, Robert L., Zamir, Dani, Tohge, Takayuki, Fernie, Alisdair R.

“…SUMMARY Given the potential health benefits (and adverse effects), of polyphenolic and steroidal glycoalkaloids in the diet there is a growing interest in…”
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Pyrethrin Biosynthesis: The Cytochrome P450 Oxidoreductase CYP82Q3 Converts Jasmolone To Pyrethrolone by Li, Wei, Lybrand, Daniel B, Zhou, Fei, Last, Robert L, Pichersky, Eran

“…The plant pyrethrum ( ) synthesizes highly effective natural pesticides known as pyrethrins. Pyrethrins are esters consisting of an irregular monoterpenoid…”
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A Feedback-Insensitive Isopropylmalate Synthase Affects Acylsugar Composition in Cultivated and Wild Tomato by Ning, Jing, Moghe, Gaurav D., Leong, Bryan, Kim, Jeongwoon, Ofner, Itai, Wang, Zhenzhen, Adams, Christopher, Jones, A. Daniel, Zamir, Dani, Last, Robert L.

“…Acylsugars are insecticidal specialized metabolites produced in the glandular trichomes of plants in the Solanaceae family. In the tomato clade of…”
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A Small Zinc Finger Thylakoid Protein Plays a Role in Maintenance of Photosystem II in Arabidopsis thaliana by Lu, Yan, Hall, David A., Last, Robert L.

“…This work identifies LOW QUANTUM YIELD OF PHOTOSYSTEM II1 (LQY1), a Zn finger protein that shows disulfide isomerase activity, interacts with the photosystem…”
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