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Mehran Dastmalchi

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Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biological SciencesUniversity of Toronto

Mehran Dastmalchi

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

University of Toronto Scarborough

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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16 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 12 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Research

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Synthetic Biology Biochemistry Catharanthus roseus Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloids Plant metabolism Gene Discovery Isoflavonoids Legumes

Latest papers

Heterologous expression of CrMATE1 increases flux of intermediates in monoterpenoid indole alkaloid pathway.
Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB · 2026 · senior author
Dynamic structural changes and inhibition of insect delta and epsilon glutathione S -transferases by ethacrynic acid and permethrin
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026 · senior author
Production of D-allulose-enriched functional honey via enzymatic biotransformation
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2026

All 66 publications

66 publications.

Heterologous expression of CrMATE1 increases flux of intermediates in monoterpenoid indole alkaloid pathway.

Yeung LS, Perley JO, Germain H, Qu Y, Dastmalchi M

Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB20262 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2026.111179 PMID: 41771222

Dynamic structural changes and inhibition of insect delta and epsilon glutathione S -transferases by ethacrynic acid and permethrin

Meha Sharma, Sibei Qin, Christopher J. Thibodeaux, Mehran Dastmalchi

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.24.740637

Production of D-allulose-enriched functional honey via enzymatic biotransformation

Mile SHAO, Asma Mdimagh, Lan Liu, Mehran Dastmalchi, Salwa Karboune

SSRN Electronic Journal2026Open Access

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6023597

Discovery of pseudobaptigenin synthase in fungal‐infected Trifolium pratense roots

Lee Marie Raytek, Lan Liu, Stéphane Bayen, Mehran Dastmalchi

The Plant Journal2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/tpj.71018 PMID: 42391646

Chalcone isomerase-like (CHIL) impedes the lactone shunt and modulates flux partitioning in isoflavonoid biosynthesis

Lee Marie Raytek, Brandon Corey Saltzman, Meha Sharma, Soon Goo Lee, Mehran Dastmalchi

Biochemical Engineering Journal20253 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2025.109853

Heterologous expression of CrMATE1 increases flux of intermediates in monoterpenoid indole alkaloid pathway

Lorena S. Yeung, Jacob Owen Perley, Hugo Germain, Yang Qu, Mehran Dastmalchi

SSRN Electronic Journal2025Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5465236

Discovery of pseudobaptigenin synthase, completing the (-)-maackiain biosynthetic pathway

Lee Marie Raytek, Lan Liu, Stéphane Bayen, Mehran Dastmalchi

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)2025Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1101/2025.11.18.689130

At the roots of resistance.

Raytek LM, Dastmalchi M

Nature chemical biology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41589-025-01937-w PMID: 40571719

Chalcone isomerase-like impedes the lactone shunt and enhances flux partitioning in a bifurcated pathway towards isoflavonoid biosynthesis

Lee Marie Raytek, Brandon Corey Saltzman, Meha Sharma, Soon Goo Lee, Mehran Dastmalchi

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)2025Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1101/2025.02.11.637686

Characterization of cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (CYP73A) and p-coumaroyl 3'-hydroxylase (CYP98A) from Leucojum aestivum, a source of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids.

Karimzadegan V, Koirala M, Sobhanverdi S, Merindol N, Majhi BB, Gélinas SE, Timokhin VI, Ralph J, Dastmalchi M, Desgagné-Penix I

Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB202421 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108612 PMID: 38598867

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Mehran Dastmalchi

Research

Latest papers

Heterologous expression of CrMATE1 increases flux of intermediates in monoterpenoid indole alkaloid pathway.

Dynamic structural changes and inhibition of insect delta and epsilon glutathione S -transferases by ethacrynic acid and permethrin

Production of D-allulose-enriched functional honey via enzymatic biotransformation

Discovery of pseudobaptigenin synthase in fungal‐infected Trifolium pratense roots

Chalcone isomerase-like (CHIL) impedes the lactone shunt and modulates flux partitioning in isoflavonoid biosynthesis

Heterologous expression of CrMATE1 increases flux of intermediates in monoterpenoid indole alkaloid pathway

Discovery of pseudobaptigenin synthase, completing the (-)-maackiain biosynthetic pathway

At the roots of resistance.

Chalcone isomerase-like impedes the lactone shunt and enhances flux partitioning in a bifurcated pathway towards isoflavonoid biosynthesis

Characterization of cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (CYP73A) and p-coumaroyl 3'-hydroxylase (CYP98A) from Leucojum aestivum, a source of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids.

Frequent collaborators

Sangeeta Dhaubhadel

Peter Facchini

Stéphane Bayen

Yang Qu

Kenneth Ng

Vincenzo De Luca

Hugo Germain

Robin Beech

Christopher Thibodeaux

Salwa Karboune

Isabel Desgagné-Penix

Mark Bernards

Samuel Yeaman