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Professor Katie Dehesh
Department of Plant Biology
University of California, Davis
Tel: +1-530-752-8187; fax: +1-530-752-5410
E-mail: kdehesh@ucdavis.edu
http://www-plb.ucdavis.edu/labs/dehesh/members.html
Area of expertise: Structural; molecular and biochemical analysis of fatty acid biosynthetic enzymes; regulatory mechanism(s) controlling membrane lipid composition; molecular genetics of lipid signaling
Selected Publications:
Savchenko T, Walley JW, Chehab EW, Xiao Y, Kaspi R, Pye MF, Mohamed ME, Lazarus CM, Bostock RM, Dehesh K (2010) Arachidonic acid: An evolutionarily conserved signaling molecule modulates plant stress signaling networks. Plant Cell 22: 3193–3205
Walley JW, Dehesh K (2010) Molecular mecahnisms regulating rapid stress signalling networks in Arabidopsis. J Integr Plant Biol 52: 354–359
Dehesh K, Liu CM (2010) Understanding plant development and stress responses through integrative approaches. J Integr Plant Biol 52: 350–335
Walley JW, Kelley DR, Savchenko T, Dehesh K (2010) Investigating the function of CAF1 deadenylases during plant stress responses. Plant Signal Behav 5: 802–805
Walley JW, Kelley DR, Nestorova G, Hirschberg DL, Dehesh K (2009) Arabidopsis deadenylases AtCAF1a and AtCAF1b play overlapping and distinct roles in mediating environmental stress responses. Plant Physiol 152: 866–875
Walley JW, Rowe HC, Xiao Y, Chehab EW, Kliebenstein DJ, Wagner D, Dehesh K (2008) The chromatin remodeler SPLAYED regulates specific stress signaling pathways. PLoS Pathog 4: e1000237
Ekman A, Hayden DM, Dehesh K, Bülow L, Stymne S (2008) Carbon partitioning between oil and carbohydrates in developing oat (Avena sativa L.) seeds. J Exp Bot 59: 4247–57
Chehab EW, Kaspi R, Savchenko T, Rowe H, Negre-Zakharov F, Kliebenstein D, Dehesh K (2008) Distinct roles of jasmonates and aldehydes in plant-defense responses. PLoS ONE 3: e1904
Fabro G, Di Rienzo JA, Voigt CA, Savchenko T, gcichoracearum haustorium formation. Plant Physiol 146: 1421–1439
Walley JW, Coughlan S, Hudson ME, Covington MF, Kaspi R, Banu G, Harmer SL, Dehesh K (2007) Mechanical stress induces biotic and abiotic stress responses via a novel cis-element. PLoS Genet 3: e172
Chehab EW, Perea JV, Banu G, Theg S, Dehesh K (2007) The oxylipin pathway in rice and Arabidopsis. J Integr Plant Biol 49: 43–51
Chehab EW, Raman G, Walley JW, Perea JV, Banu G, Theg S, Dehesh K (2006) Rice HYDROPEROXIDE LYASES with unique expression patterns generate distinct aldehyde signatures in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 141: 121–134
Larson TR, Edgell T, Byrne J, Dehesh K, Graham IA (2002) Acyl CoA profiles of transgenic plants that accumulate medium chain fatty acids indicate inefficient triacylglycerol synthesis. Plant J 32: 519–527
Dehesh K (2001) How can we genetically engineer oilseed crops to produce high levels of medium-chain fatty acids? Eur J Lipid Sci Tech 103: 688–697
Dehesh K, Tai H, Edwards P, Byrne J, Jaworski J (2001) Overexpression of 3-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase IIIs (KASIII) in plants reduces the rate of lipid synthesis. Plant Physiol 125: 1103–1114
Moche M, Dehesh K, Edwards P, Lindqvist Y (2001) The crystal structure of the ?-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase II from synechocystis Sp at 1.54 Å resolution and relationship to other condensing enzymes. J Mol Biol 305: 491–503
Dehesh K (2000) Plant lipid biotechnology and GMOs. Eur J Lipid Sci Tech 102: 715–717
Basu D, Dehesh K, Schneider-Poetsch HJ, Harrington SE, McCouch SR, Quail P (2000) Rice PHYC gene: Structure, expression, map position and evolution. Plant Mol Biol 44: 27–42
Wiberg E, EdwardsP, Byrne J, Stymne S, Dehesh K (2000) The distribution of caprylate,caprate and laurate in lipids from developing and mature seeds of transgenic Brassica napus L. Planta 212: 33–40
Froman B, Edwards P, Bursch A, Dehesh K (2000) ACX3: A novel medium-chain Acyl-CoA oxidase from Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 123: 733–741
Val D, Lindquvist, Banu B, Seshadri K, Dehesh K (2000) Re-engineering ketoacyl synthase specificity. Structure 8: 565–566
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