Natalia Dudareva
· Distinguished ProfessorPurdue University · Biochemistry
Active 1988–2026
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Research topics
- Biology
- Computational biology
- Evolutionary biology
- Genetics
- Biochemistry
- Biochemical engineering
- Botany
- Astrobiology
- Biological system
Selected publications
Adaptive mechanisms of plant specialized metabolism connecting chemistry to function
Nature Chemical Biology · 2021 · 174 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingThe evolutionary origins of the cat attractant nepetalactone in catnip
Science Advances · 2020 · 128 citations
lineage. We present evidence for a chronology of events that led to the formation of nepetalactone biosynthesis and its metabolic gene cluster. This study provides insights into the interplay between enzyme and genome evolution in the origins, loss, and re-emergence of plant chemical diversity.
Aromatic Amino Acids: A Complex Network Ripe for Future Exploration
Trends in Plant Science · 2020 · 99 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingPlant terpenoid biosynthetic network and its multiple layers of regulation
Progress in Lipid Research · 2024-06-19 · 86 citations
reviewSenior authorCorrespondingA peroxisomal heterodimeric enzyme is involved in benzaldehyde synthesis in plants
Nature Communications · 2022-03-15 · 74 citations
articleOpen accessSenior authorBenzaldehyde, the simplest aromatic aldehyde, is one of the most wide-spread volatiles that serves as a pollinator attractant, flavor, and antifungal compound. However, the enzyme responsible for its formation in plants remains unknown. Using a combination of in vivo stable isotope labeling, classical biochemical, proteomics and genetic approaches, we show that in petunia benzaldehyde is synthesized via the β-oxidative pathway in peroxisomes by a heterodimeric enzyme consisting of α and β subuni…
Frequent coauthors
- 74 shared
Eran Pichersky
- 31 shared
Christine M. Kish
Purdue University West Lafayette
- 29 shared
Irina Orlova
Purdue University West Lafayette
- 28 shared
Joseph P. Noel
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- 26 shared
Benoît Boachon
- 25 shared
Jonathan Gershenzon
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
- 24 shared
David R. Gang
Washington State University
- 23 shared
John A. Morgan
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