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Research
Latest papers
A cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase-like scaffold organizes monoterpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis.
Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2026
Oxidation of four monoterpenoid indole alkaloid classes by three cytochrome P450 monooxygenases from Tabernaemontana litoralis.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2024
Characterization of a vacuolar importer of secologanin in Catharanthus roseus.
Communications biology · 2024
Latest funding
- $118,000
Discovery and Regulation of Monoterpenoid Alkaloid Pathways
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $414,000
Monoterpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
- $200,000
Plant Biotechnology
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
46 publications.
A cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase-like scaffold organizes monoterpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis.
Gao D, Mann SGA, Chen B, Gou Y, Chen C, Qiao C, Garza-Garcia JJO, Shahsavarani M, Jiang X, Tran HC, Bao J, Richardson MB, Li J, Perley JO, Hwang J, Dong F, Dong C, Huang L, De Luca V, Wang Y, Qu Y, Lian J
Oxidation of four monoterpenoid indole alkaloid classes by three cytochrome P450 monooxygenases from Tabernaemontana litoralis.
Mai Z, Kim K, Richardson MB, Deschênes DAR, Garza-Garcia JJO, Shahsavarani M, Perley JO, Njoku DI, Deslongchamps G, De Luca V, Qu Y
Characterization of a vacuolar importer of secologanin in Catharanthus roseus.
Li F, Shahsavarani M, Handy-Hart CJ, Côté A, Brasseur-Trottier X, Montgomery V, Beech RN, Liu L, Bayen S, Qu Y, De Luca V, Dastmalchi M
Biosynthesis of kratom opioids.
Kim K, Shahsavarani M, Garza-García JJO, Carlisle JE, Guo J, De Luca V, Qu Y
Understanding how plants produce cocaine.
De Luca V
A lesion-mimic mutant of Catharanthus roseus accumulates the opioid agonist, akuammicine.
Li F, Bordeleau S, Kim KH, Turcotte J, Davis B, Liu L, Bayen S, De Luca V, Dastmalchi M
Molecular and biochemical characterization of Catharanthus roseus perivine-Nβ-methyltransferase.
Levac D, Flores PC, De Luca V
Site directed mutagenesis of Catharanthus roseus (+)-vincadifformine 19-hydroxylase (CYP71BY3) results in two distinct enzymatic functions.
Williams D, Brzezinski W, Gordon H, De Luca V
A Catharanthus roseus Fe(II)/α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase catalyzes a redox-neutral reaction responsible for vindolinine biosynthesis.
Eng JGM, Shahsavarani M, Smith DP, Hájíček J, De Luca V, Qu Y
Generating an EMS Mutant Population and Rapid Mutant Screening by Thin-Layer Chromatography Enables the Studies of Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloids Biosynthesis in Catharanthus Roseus.
Shahsavarani M, Farzana M, De Luca V, Qu Y
Discovery and Regulation of Monoterpenoid Alkaloid Pathways
Principal investigators: De Luca, Vincenzo
Keywords: monoterpenoid indole alkaloid; biosynthesis; gene discovery and function; specialized metabolism; catharanthus roseus non model plant; cellular specialization; iridoid biosynthesis; transcriptome profiling; targeted metabolomics; mutation screening
Monoterpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis
Principal investigators: De Luca, Vincenzo
Plant Biotechnology
Principal investigators: De Luca, Vincenzo
Plant Biotechnology
Principal investigators: DeLuca, Vincenzo
Plant Biotechnology
Principal investigators: DeLuca, Vincenzo
Keywords: CRC
Plant Biotechnology
Principal investigators: De Luca, Vincenzo
Regulation of Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus
Principal investigators: DeLuca, Vincenzo
TissueLyser II system for high throughput disruption of biological samples.
Principal investigators: DeLuca, Vincenzo
Discovery of secondary metabolite transporters for quality trait improvement to produce high value nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals. (BARD #9136)
Principal investigators: DeLuca, Vincenzo
AKTA purifier 10 system for protein purification
Principal investigators: DeLuca, Vincenzo
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Yang Qu and Vincenzo De Luca: 7 shared papers
- Vincenzo De Luca and Mehran Dastmalchi: 2 shared papers
- Yang Qu and Mehran Dastmalchi: 1 shared paper
- Ping Liang and Vincenzo De Luca: 1 shared paper
- Tomas Hudlicky and Vincenzo De Luca: 1 shared paper
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