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- PhD Biochemistry Stanford University
- Masters Plant Biology University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Alison Gail Smith, Lady Hopper is Professor of Plant Biochemistry in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge, UK. Her research investigates the metabolism of plants, algae and bacteria, in particular vitamin and cofactor biosynthesis.
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Published Works
- Biodiesel from algae: challenges and prospects. (2010) (1120)
- Algae acquire vitamin B12 through a symbiotic relationship with bacteria (2005) (1106)
- Algae as nutritional and functional food sources: revisiting our understanding (2016) (853)
- Functional Genomic Analysis of the AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR Gene Family Members in Arabidopsis thaliana: Unique and Overlapping Functions of ARF7 and ARF19w⃞ (2005) (640)
- One thousand plant transcriptomes and the phylogenomics of green plants (2019) (550)
- Algae Need Their Vitamins (2006) (379)
- Mutualistic interactions between vitamin B12 -dependent algae and heterotrophic bacteria exhibit regulation. (2012) (316)
- Tetrapyrrole profiling in Arabidopsis seedlings reveals that retrograde plastid nuclear signaling is not due to Mg-protoporphyrin IX accumulation (2008) (272)
- The cell biology of tetrapyrroles: a life and death struggle. (2010) (266)
- Functional Genomic Analysis of the AUXIN/INDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID Gene Family Members in Arabidopsis thaliana[W] (2005) (244)
- Thiamine biosynthesis in algae is regulated by riboswitches (2007) (211)
- Insights into the evolution of vitamin B12 auxotrophy from sequenced algal genomes. (2011) (210)
- Photosynthetic biofilms in pure culture harness solar energy in a mediatorless bio-photovoltaic cell (BPV) system† (2011) (205)
- Green or red: what stops the traffic in the tetrapyrrole pathway? (2003) (175)
- Cyanobacteria and Eukaryotic Algae Use Different Chemical Variants of Vitamin B12 (2016) (170)
- Disruption of two defensive signaling pathways by a viral RNA silencing suppressor. (2010) (168)
- Insights into the red algae and eukaryotic evolution from the genome of Porphyra umbilicalis (Bangiophyceae, Rhodophyta) (2017) (165)
- Establishing Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as an industrial biotechnology host (2015) (161)
- Influence of nitrogen-limitation regime on the production by Chlorella vulgaris of lipids for biodiesel feedstocks (2010) (158)
- Exploring mutualistic interactions between microalgae and bacteria in the omics age. (2015) (148)
- Contribution of cyanobacterial alkane production to the ocean hydrocarbon cycle (2015) (143)
- Birth of a Photosynthetic Chassis: A MoClo Toolkit Enabling Synthetic Biology in the Microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. (2018) (142)
- Direct exchange of vitamin B12 is demonstrated by modelling the growth dynamics of algal–bacterial cocultures (2014) (139)
- Quantitative analysis of the factors limiting solar power transduction by Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 in biological photovoltaic devices (2011) (133)
- Synthetic ecology - a way forward for sustainable algal biofuel production? (2012) (128)
- Do Red and Green Make Brown?: Perspectives on Plastid Acquisitions within Chromalveolates (2011) (125)
- A model for tetrapyrrole synthesis as the primary mechanism for plastid-to-nucleus signaling during chloroplast biogenesis (2013) (121)
- Life cycle assessment on microalgal biodiesel production using a hybrid cultivation system. (2014) (120)
- Cucumber mosaic virus and its 2b RNA silencing suppressor modify plant-aphid interactions in tobacco (2011) (116)
- A look at diacylglycerol acyltransferases (DGATs) in algae. (2012) (116)
- Plants need their vitamins too. (2007) (115)
- The hydroxyl radical in plants: from seed to seed. (2015) (115)
- Thylakoid Terminal Oxidases Are Essential for the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 to Survive Rapidly Changing Light Intensities1[C][W][OA] (2013) (106)
- Kinetic modelling of growth and storage molecule production in microalgae under mixotrophic and autotrophic conditions. (2014) (106)
- A Single Precursor Protein for Ferrochelatase-I fromArabidopsis Is Imported in Vitro into Both Chloroplasts and Mitochondria* (1997) (95)
- Crystal structure of aspartate decarboxylase at 2.2 Å resolution provides evidence for an ester in protein self–processing (1998) (91)
- Quantitative tracking of the growth of individual algal cells in microdroplet compartments. (2011) (91)
- Elucidating biosynthetic pathways for vitamins and cofactors. (2007) (87)
- A heterogeneous microbial consortium producing short-chain fatty acids from lignocellulose (2020) (84)
- Two Types of Ferrochelatase in Photosynthetic and Nonphotosynthetic Tissues of Cucumber (2002) (80)
- Measurement of ferrochelatase activity using a novel assay suggests that plastids are the major site of haem biosynthesis in both photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic cells of pea (Pisum sativum L.). (2002) (79)
- Regulation of RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase 1 and Isochorismate Synthase Gene Expression in Arabidopsis (2013) (76)
- Isolated Plant Mitochondria Import Chloroplast Precursor Proteinsin Vitro with the Same Efficiency as Chloroplasts* (2002) (72)
- Fidelity of targeting to chloroplasts is not affected by removal of the phosphorylation site from the transit peptide. (2004) (71)
- Phycobilisome-Deficient Strains of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Have Reduced Size and Require Carbon-Limiting Conditions to Exhibit Enhanced Productivity1[W][OPEN] (2014) (70)
- The Algal Revolution. (2017) (69)
- Validating fragment-based drug discovery for biological RNAs: lead fragments bind and remodel the TPP riboswitch specifically. (2014) (69)
- Cross-exchange of B-vitamins underpins a mutualistic interaction between Ostreococcus tauri and Dinoroseobacter shibae (2018) (66)
- A Trio of Viral Proteins Tunes Aphid-Plant Interactions in Arabidopsis thaliana (2013) (65)
- An Engineered Community Approach for Industrial Cultivation of Microalgae. (2014) (64)
- How mutualisms arise in phytoplankton communities: building eco‐evolutionary principles for aquatic microbes (2016) (63)
- Evolution of enzymes and pathways for the biosynthesis of cofactors. (2007) (62)
- High-throughput detection of ethanol-producing cyanobacteria in a microdroplet platform (2015) (62)
- Organisation of the pantothenate (vitamin B5) biosynthesis pathway in higher plants. (2004) (62)
- TETRAPYRROLES: BIRTH, LIFE AND DEATH (2009) (62)
- Widespread decay of vitamin-related pathways: coincidence or consequence? (2013) (62)
- Fundamental shift in vitamin B12 eco-physiology of a model alga demonstrated by experimental evolution (2014) (60)
- Structural constraints on protein self‐processing in L‐aspartate‐α‐decarboxylase (2003) (58)
- Unraveling Vitamin B12-Responsive Gene Regulation in Algae1[W] (2014) (58)
- Triacylglyceride Production and Autophagous Responses in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Depend on Resource Allocation and Carbon Source (2014) (58)
- Hydrogen production through oxygenic photosynthesis using the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 in a bio-photoelectrolysis cell (BPE) system (2013) (55)
- Lipids in photosynthesis. Essential and regulatory functions (2013) (52)
- Green genes: bioinformatics and systems-biology innovations drive algal biotechnology. (2014) (52)
- Expression analysis of the two ferrochelatase genes in Arabidopsis in different tissues and under stress conditions reveals their different roles in haem biosynthesis (2002) (51)
- Siroheme Biosynthesis in Higher Plants (1997) (50)
- Towards developing algal synthetic biology. (2016) (48)
- Botryococcus braunii strains compared for biomass productivity, hydrocarbon and carbohydrate content. (2017) (47)
- Structure of E. coli ketopantoate hydroxymethyl transferase complexed with ketopantoate and Mg2+, solved by locating 160 selenomethionine sites. (2003) (46)
- The design and synthesis of inhibitors of pantothenate synthetase. (2006) (45)
- Accelerated cell death 2 suppresses mitochondrial oxidative bursts and modulates cell death in Arabidopsis. (2012) (44)
- Singlet oxygen initiates a plastid signal controlling photosynthetic gene expression (2016) (44)
- Assessing the environmental sustainability of biofuels. (2014) (44)
- Hydrocarbons Are Essential for Optimal Cell Size, Division, and Growth of Cyanobacteria1[OPEN] (2016) (43)
- Fragment screening against the thiamine pyrophosphate riboswitchthiM (2011) (43)
- Seedlings Lacking the PTM Protein Do Not Show a genomes uncoupled (gun) Mutant Phenotype1[OPEN] (2017) (41)
- Snow algae communities in Antarctica: metabolic and taxonomic composition (2019) (41)
- Regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in higher plants (2005) (41)
- Analysis of Chlamydomonas thiamin metabolism in vivo reveals riboswitch plasticity (2013) (39)
- Roles of vitamins B5, B8, B9, B12 and molybdenum cofactor at cellular and organismal levels. (2007) (38)
- Iron-sulfur proteins as initiators of radical chemistry. (2007) (37)
- Label-Free Analysis and Sorting of Microalgae and Cyanobacteria in Microdroplets by Intrinsic Chlorophyll Fluorescence for the Identification of Fast Growing Strains. (2016) (36)
- Synthetic biology approaches for the production of plant metabolites in unicellular organisms. (2017) (36)
- PPR proteins - orchestrators of organelle RNA metabolism. (2019) (36)
- Identification and Characterization of the Terminal Enzyme of Siroheme Biosynthesis from Arabidopsis thaliana (2005) (35)
- Heme, Chlorophyll, and Bilins (2001) (33)
- Metal and cofactor insertion. (2007) (33)
- Candida yeast long chain fatty alcohol oxidase is a c-type haemoprotein and plays an important role in long chain fatty acid metabolism. (2005) (32)
- Crystal Structure of Escherichia coli Ketopantoate Reductase in a Ternary Complex with NADP+ and Pantoate Bound (2007) (32)
- The crystal structure of Escherichia coli ketopantoate reductase with NADP+ bound. (2005) (31)
- Exploiting algal NADPH oxidase for biophotovoltaic energy (2015) (31)
- Porphyra: Complex Life Histories in a Harsh Environment: P. umbilicalis, an Intertidal Red Alga for Genomic Analysis (2010) (29)
- Use of a genomic clone for ribosomal RNA from Brassica oleracea in RFLP analysis of Brassica species (1991) (29)
- Treatment of Phaeodactylum tricornutum cells with papain facilitates lipid extraction. (2012) (28)
- Quantitative proteomics of a B12‐dependent alga grown in coculture with bacteria reveals metabolic tradeoffs required for mutualism (2017) (27)
- Enhancing plasma membrane NADPH oxidase activity increases current output by diatoms in biophotovoltaic devices (2015) (27)
- Probing riboswitch-ligand interactions using thiamine pyrophosphate analogues. (2012) (27)
- Isolation, characterisation and expression of a cDNA clone encoding plastid aspartate aminotransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana (1995) (25)
- Pantothenate biosynthesis in higher plants: advances and challenges (2006) (25)
- NOX or not? Evidence for algal NADPH oxidases. (2011) (23)
- NO-Mediated [Ca2+]cyt Increases Depend on ADP-Ribosyl Cyclase Activity in Arabidopsis1[OPEN] (2016) (23)
- Construction of Fluorescent Analogs to Follow the Uptake and Distribution of Cobalamin (Vitamin B12) in Bacteria, Worms, and Plants. (2018) (22)
- Porphobilinogen deaminase is encoded by a single gene in Arabidopsis thaliana and is targeted to the chloroplasts (1994) (21)
- Heme, chlorophyll, and bilins : methods and protocols (2010) (20)
- Biotic interactions as drivers of algal origin and evolution. (2017) (20)
- The complete nucleotide sequence of the intergenic spacer region of an rDNA operon from Brassica oleracea and its comparison with other crucifers (1991) (20)
- Development of Novel Riboswitches for Synthetic Biology in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas (2020) (20)
- Genetic transformation of the dinoflagellate chloroplast (2018) (19)
- The biochemical properties of the two Arabidopsis thaliana isochorismate synthases (2017) (18)
- Identification of novel ligands for thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) riboswitches. (2011) (18)
- Identification of Tyr58 as the proton donor in the aspartate-α-decarboxylase reaction (2001) (18)
- Role of riboswitches in gene regulation and their potential for algal biotechnology (2016) (17)
- NO-Mediated [ Ca 2 + ] cyt Increases Depend on ADP-Ribosyl Cyclase Activity in Arabidopsis 1 (2016) (17)
- Functional identification of AtFao3, a membrane bound long chain alcohol oxidase in Arabidopsis thaliana (2004) (16)
- Identification and characterization of the Arabidopsis gene encoding the tetrapyrrole biosynthesis enzyme uroporphyrinogen III synthase. (2008) (15)
- Droplet-based microfluidic screening and sorting of microalgal populations for strain engineering applications☆ (2021) (15)
- Applications of Microdroplet Technology for Algal Biotechnology (2016) (15)
- Towards engineering increased pantothenate (vitamin B5) levels in plants (2008) (14)
- Characterization of the evolutionarily conserved iron-sulfur cluster of sirohydrochlorin ferrochelatase from Arabidopsis thaliana. (2012) (14)
- Rapid screening by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry to probe binding specificity at enzyme active sites. (2003) (13)
- Unraveling Vitamin B 12-Responsive Gene Regulation in Algae 1 [ W ] (2014) (13)
- Cloning and characterisation of genes for tetrapyrrole biosynthesis from the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans R2 (1994) (13)
- Molecular characterisation of coproporphyrinogen oxidase from Glycine max and Arabidopsis thaliana (2002) (13)
- Localization of the gene for P700 chlorophyll a protein in pea chloroplast DNA (1984) (11)
- Substrate-induced closing of the active site revealed by the crystal structure of pantothenate synthetase from Staphylococcus aureus. (2010) (11)
- Elucidating Biosynthetic Pathways for Vitamins and Cofactors (2008) (11)
- Synthetic algal-bacteria consortia for space-efficient microalgal growth in a simple hydrogel system (2021) (11)
- Pea chloroplast genes encoding a 4kDa polypeptide of photosystem I and a putative enzyme of C1 metabolism (1991) (11)
- Microbial mutualism at a distance: The role of geometry in diffusive exchanges. (2017) (11)
- pH-tuneable binding of 2′-phospho-ADP-ribose to ketopantoate reductase: a structural and calorimetric study (2007) (10)
- Growth of microalgae using nitrate-rich brine wash from the water industry (2018) (10)
- Subcellular location of the tetrapyrrole synthesis enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase in higher plants: an immunological investigation (2004) (10)
- The Algal Chloroplast as a Testbed for Synthetic Biology Designs Aimed at Radically Rewiring Plant Metabolism (2021) (10)
- Localization of the gene for the P700—chlorophyll a protein in chloroplast DNA from pea and wheat (1984) (9)
- Roles of Vitamins B5, B8, B9, B12 and Molybdenum Cofactor at Cellular and Organismal Levels (2008) (8)
- Effects of Copper and pH on the Growth and Physiology of Desmodesmus sp. AARLG074 (2019) (8)
- Transformation of Uroporphyrinogen III into Protohaem (2009) (8)
- Threonine 57 is required for the post-translational activation of Escherichia coli aspartate α-decarboxylase (2014) (6)
- Comparative Analysis of the Escherichia coli Ketopantoate Hydroxymethyltransferase Crystal Structure Confirms that It Is a Member of the (βα)8 Phosphoenolpyruvate/Pyruvate Superfamily (2003) (6)
- Structure of Escherichia coli aspartate α-decarboxylase Asn72Ala: probing the role of Asn72 in pyruvoyl cofactor formation. (2012) (6)
- A Robust Method for Determination of Chlorophyll Intermediates by Tandem Mass Spectrometry (2008) (6)
- N-phosphoglutamate does not behave as an active component of the exotoxin of Pseudomonas phaseolicola, the causative agent of haloblight of beans (1979) (6)
- Overexpression of chloroplast-targeted ferrochelatase 1 results in a genomes uncoupled chloroplast-to-nucleus retrograde signalling phenotype (2020) (5)
- Cryopreservation studies of an artificial co-culture between the cobalamin-requiring green alga Lobomonas rostrata and the bacterium Mesorhizobium loti (2017) (5)
- Chlorophyll and folate: intimate link revealed by drug treatment. (2009) (5)
- Synthesis of Components of Photosystem I in Pea (1984) (4)
- Exploring the Impact of Terminators on Transgene Expression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with a Synthetic Biology Approach (2021) (4)
- Responses of a Newly Evolved Auxotroph of Chlamydomonas to B12 Deprivation1[OPEN] (2020) (4)
- Combining SIMS and mechanistic modelling to reveal nutrient kinetics in an algal-bacterial mutualism (2019) (4)
- Physiological and molecular responses of a newly evolved auxotroph of Chlamydomonas to B12 deprivation (2019) (4)
- Chloroplast Genes for Photosynthetic Membrane Components (1987) (3)
- Editorial: vitamins and cofactors - chemistry, biochemistry and biology. (2007) (3)
- Thiamine metabolism genes in diatoms are not regulated by thiamine despite the presence of predicted riboswitches (2022) (3)
- Exploring the onset of B12 ‐based mutualisms using a recently evolved Chlamydomonas auxotroph and B12 ‐producing bacteria (2022) (3)
- Laboratory Methods for the Study of Tetrapyrroles (2002) (2)
- CpPosNeg: A positive‐negative selection strategy allowing multiple cycles of marker‐free engineering of the Chlamydomonas plastome (2022) (1)
- Tetrapyrroles in Plants: Chemical Biology of Metal Insertion and Removal (2009) (1)
- Author response: Genetic transformation of the dinoflagellate chloroplast (2019) (1)
- Shining a light on microbial dark matter: a role for the forgotten B vitamins in marine algal communities? (2019) (1)
- Crystal structure of ketopantoate reductase in complex with NADP (2005) (1)
- Evolution of Enzymes and Pathways for the Biosynthesis of Cofactors (2008) (1)
- Comprar Tetrapyrroles · Birth, Life and Death | Warren, Martin J. | 9780387785172 | Springer (2009) (0)
- Trends in Plant Science The Algal Revolution (2017) (0)
- TITLE : Fundamental shift in vitamin B 12 eco-physiology of a model alga demonstrated 1 by experimental evolution 2 (2014) (0)
- S25A mutant of pyruvoyl dependent aspartate decarboxylase (2003) (0)
- Crystal structure of the E. coli thiM riboswitch in complex with 5-(azidomethyl)-2-methylpyrimidin-4-amine (2014) (0)
- RSC_IB_C1IB00033K 1..9 (2011) (0)
- CRYSTAL APO-STRUCTURE OF PANTOTHENATE SYNTHETASE FROM E. COLI (2001) (0)
- Crystal structure of the E. coli thiM riboswitch in complex with thieno[2,3-b]pyrazin-7-amine (2014) (0)
- Unprocessed Pyruvoyl Dependent Aspartate Decarboxylase with Histidine 11 Mutated to Alanine (2003) (0)
- Glycine 24 to Serine mutation of aspartate decarboxylase (2003) (0)
- Biosynthesis of Pantothenate (2005) (0)
- Crystal structure of Escherichia coli ketopantoate reductase in a ternary complex with NADP+ and pantoate (2007) (0)
- Erratum: Green genes: bioinformatics and systems-biology innovations drive algal biotechnology: [Trends in Biotechnology 32 (2014) 617–626] (2015) (0)
- Unprocessed Aspartate Decarboxylase Mutant, with Alanine inserted at position 24 (2003) (0)
- Metal and Cofactor Insertion (2008) (0)
- Native precursor of pyruvoyl dependent Aspartate decarboxylase (2003) (0)
- Validating the fragment-based drug discovery strategy for targeting biological RNAs: Lead fragments specifically bind and remodel the TPP riboswitch (2014) (0)
- Insights into vitamin metabolism from Porphyra and consequences for biotic interactions (2017) (0)
- The conserved protein CBA1 is required for vitamin B12 uptake in different algal lineages (2023) (0)
- Keeping a clear head with vitamin B12 (2010) (0)
- Unprocessed Pyruvoyl Dependent Aspartate Decarboxylase with an Alanine insertion at position 26 (2003) (0)
- Crystal Structure of Pantothenate Synthetase from Staphylococcus aureus in complex with pantoyl adenylate (2010) (0)
- Towards engineering increased Pantothenate ( Vitamin B 5 ) levels in 1 plants 2 3 4 (2009) (0)
- Iron—Sulfur Proteins as Initiators of Radical Chemistry (2008) (0)
- Comparative Analysis of the Escherichia coli Ketopantoate Hydroxymethyltransferase Crystal Structure Confirms that It Is a Member of the ( (cid:2)(cid:3) ) 8 Phosphoenolpyruvate/Pyruvate Superfamily (2003) (0)
- Processed Aspartate Decarboxylase Mutant with Ser25 mutated to Cys (2003) (0)
- Serine 25 to Threonine mutation of aspartate decarboxylase (2003) (0)
- Crystal structure of the E. coli thiM riboswitch in complex with thiamine (2014) (0)
- Crystal Structure of Ketopantoate Hydroxymethyltransferase complexed the Product Ketopantoate (2003) (0)
- Resource Allocation and Carbon Source Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Depend on Autophagous Responses in Triacylglyceride Production and (2014) (0)
- Subcellular Localisation of Porphyrin Synthesis Enzymes in Pea and Arum (1987) (0)
- Biochemical Society Transactions Mini Review : Towards developing algal synthetic biology FULL TITLE : Towards developing algal synthetic biology (2016) (0)
- Research data supporting “Label-free analysis and sorting of microalgae and cyanobacteria in microdroplets by intrinsic chlorophyll fluorescence for the identification of fast growing strain” (2016) (0)
- Escherichia coli ketopantoate reductase in complex with 2-monophosphoadenosine-5'-diphosphate (2006) (0)
- Mutualism between microbial populations in structured environments: the role of geometry in diffusive exchanges (2017) (0)
- Metabolic foundations of mutualisms between aquatic microorganisms (2016) (0)
- PYRUVOYL DEPENDENT ASPARTATE DECARBOXYLASE (1998) (0)
- Crystal structure of the E. coli thiM riboswitch in complex with (4-(1,2,3-thiadiazol-4-yl)phenyl)methanamine (2014) (0)
- Crystal structure of the E. coli thiM riboswitch in complex with hypoxanthine (2014) (0)
- Ketopantoate Reductase from Escherichia coli (2002) (0)
- Processed Aspartate Decarboxylase Mutant with Asn72 mutated to Ala (2012) (0)
- MINIREVIEWS Algae Need Their Vitamins † (2006) (0)
- Crystal Structure of Pantothenate Synthetase from Staphylococcus aureus (2010) (0)
- T57V mutant of aspartate decarboxylase (2012) (0)
- ketopantoate reductase: a structural and calorimetric study (2007) (0)
- Biomass from brine: Scale up of nitrate bioremediation experiments. (meeting abstract) (2015) (0)
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