PBS3 and EPS1 complete salicylic acid biosynthesis from isochorismate in Arabidopsis MP Torrens-Spence, A Bobokalonova, V Carballo, CM Glinkerman, ... Molecular plant 12 (12), 1577-1586, 2019 | 230 | 2019 |
Complete pathway elucidation and heterologous reconstitution of Rhodiola salidroside biosynthesis MP Torrens-Spence, T Pluskal, FS Li, V Carballo, JK Weng Molecular plant 11 (1), 205-217, 2018 | 119 | 2018 |
The biosynthetic origin of psychoactive kavalactones in kava T Pluskal, MP Torrens-Spence, TR Fallon, A De Abreu, CH Shi, JK Weng Nature plants 5 (8), 867-878, 2019 | 72 | 2019 |
Biochemical evaluation of the decarboxylation and decarboxylation-deamination activities of plant aromatic amino acid decarboxylases MP Torrens-Spence, P Liu, H Ding, K Harich, G Gillaspy, J Li Journal of Biological Chemistry 288 (4), 2376-2387, 2013 | 70 | 2013 |
Investigation of a substrate-specifying residue within Papaver somniferum and Catharanthus roseus aromatic amino acid decarboxylases MP Torrens-Spence, M Lazear, R von Guggenberg, H Ding, J Li Phytochemistry 106, 37-43, 2014 | 47 | 2014 |
Structural basis for divergent and convergent evolution of catalytic machineries in plant aromatic amino acid decarboxylase proteins MP Torrens-Spence, YC Chiang, T Smith, MA Vicent, Y Wang, JK Weng Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (20), 10806-10817, 2020 | 42 | 2020 |
Biochemical evaluation of a parsley tyrosine decarboxylase results in a novel 4-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde synthase enzyme MP Torrens-Spence, G Gillaspy, B Zhao, K Harich, RH White, J Li Biochemical and biophysical research communications 418 (2), 211-216, 2012 | 31 | 2012 |
Monoamine biosynthesis via a noncanonical calcium-activatable aromatic amino acid decarboxylase in psilocybin mushroom MP Torrens-Spence, CT Liu, T Pluskal, YK Chung, JK Weng ACS chemical biology 13 (12), 3343-3353, 2018 | 23 | 2018 |
A workflow for studying specialized metabolism in nonmodel eukaryotic organisms MP Torrens-Spence, TR Fallon, JK Weng Methods in enzymology 576, 69-97, 2016 | 22 | 2016 |
Mechanism of cysteine-dependent inactivation of aspartate/glutamate/cysteine sulfinic acid α-decarboxylases P Liu, MP Torrens-Spence, H Ding, BM Christensen, J Li Amino Acids 44, 391-404, 2013 | 22 | 2013 |
Production of nonnatural straight-chain amino acid 6-aminocaproate via an artificial iterative carbon-chain-extension cycle J Cheng, G Hu, Y Xu, MP Torrens-Spence, X Zhou, D Wang, JK Weng, ... Metabolic engineering 55, 23-32, 2019 | 19 | 2019 |
Diverse functional evolution of serine decarboxylases: identification of two novel acetaldehyde synthases that uses hydrophobic amino acids as substrates MP Torrens-Spence, R von Guggenberg, M Lazear, H Ding, J Li BMC plant biology 14, 1-10, 2014 | 19 | 2014 |
Imine chemistry in plant metabolism MP Torrens-Spence, CM Glinkerman, J Günther, JK Weng Current opinion in plant biology 60, 101999, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
Structural basis for independent origins of new catalytic machineries in plant AAAD proteins MP Torrens-Spence, YC Chiang, T Smith, MA Vicent, Y Wang, JK Weng BioRxiv, 404970, 2018 | 8 | 2018 |
Engineering new branches of the kynurenine pathway to produce oxo-(2-aminophenyl) and quinoline scaffolds in yeast MP Torrens-Spence, CT Liu, JK Weng ACS Synthetic Biology 8 (12), 2735-2745, 2019 | 7 | 2019 |
Compositions and Methods for Production of Salidroside, Icariside D2, and Precursors of Salidroside and Icariside D2 M Torrens-Spence, W Jing-Ke US Patent App. 17/847,313, 2023 | 2 | 2023 |
Mechanistic basis for the emergence of EPS1 as a catalyst in plant salicylic acid biosynthesis MP Torrens-Spence, T Li, Z Wang, CM Glinkerman, JO Matos, Y Wang, ... bioRxiv, 2021.08. 21.457228, 2021 | 2 | 2021 |
Structural analysis for a 1-piperidine-2-carboxylic acid reductase reveals functional conservation of a pipecolic acid pathway in systemic acquired resistance P Ding, M Torrens-Spence, JDG Jones, JK Weng 2019 IS-MPMI XVIII Congress, 2019 | | 2019 |
Production of nonnatural straight-chain amino acid 6-aminocaproate via an artificial iterative carbon-chain-extension cycle MP Torrens-Spence, JK Weng Elsevier BV, 2019 | | 2019 |
Diverse functional evolution of type II pyridoxal 5'-phosphate decarboxylases: Detection of two novel acetaldehyde synthases that uses hydrophobic amino acids as substrates. M Torrens-Spence, R Guggenberg, M Lazear, H Ding, J Li BMC Plant Biology 14 (1), 2014 | | 2014 |