Jim Tokuhisa   Department of Horticulture    Virginia Tech

     Publications

 

Phytosterol and Steroidal Glycoalkaloid Metabolism

Ginzberg, I., Thippeswamy, M., Fogelman, E., Demirel, U., Mweetwa, A.M., Tokuhisa, J.G., and Veilleux, R.E. (2012) Induction of potato steroidal glycoalkaloid biosynthetic pathway by overexpression of cDNA encoding primary metabolism HMG-CoA reductase and squalene synthase. Planta:  in press.

Mweetwa, A.M., Hunter, D., Poe, R., Harich, K.C., Ginzberg, I., Veilleux, R.E., and Tokuhisa, J.G. (2011) Steroidal glycoalkaloid profiles of Solanum chacoense. Phytochemistry 74, 32-40.  DOI:  10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.12.003

Ginzberg, I., Tokuhisa, J.G., Veilleux, R.E. (2009) Potato steroidal glycoalkaloids: Biosynthesis and genetic manipulation.  Potato Research 52, 1-15.

Glucosinolate-Myrosinase System

Zhou, C.H.*, Tokuhisa, J.G.*, Bevan, D.R., and Esen, A. Properties of beta-thioglucoside hydrolases (TGG1 and TGG2) from leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Science, in press *Co-first authors.

Zhang, J.X., Sun, X.M., Zhang, Z.P., Ni, Y.W., Zhang, Q., Liang, X.M., Xiao, H.B., Chen, J.P., and Tokuhisa, J.G.  (2011) Metabolite profiling of Arabidopsis seedlings in response to exogenous sinalbin and sulfur deficiency. Phytochemistry 72, 1767-1778. 

Vaughan, M.M., Tholl, D., and Tokuhisa, J.G. (2011) An aeroponic culture system for the study of root herbivory on Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Methods 7, Art no.5, 1-10.

Uddin, M. M., Ulrichs, C., Tokuhisa, J. G., and Mewis, I. (2009) Impact of glucosinolate structure on the performance of the crucifer pest Phaedon cochleariae (F.). Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality 82, 108-113. DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965431

Falk, K.L., Tokuhisa, J.G., and Gershenzon, J. (2007) The effect of sulfur nutrition on plant glucosinolate content: physiology and molecular mechanisms. Plant Biology 9, 573-581.

Textor, S., de Kraker, J.-W., Hause, B., Gershenzon, J., Tokuhisa, J.G. (2007) MAM3 catalyzes the formation of all aliphatic glucosinolate chain lengths in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology 144, 60-71.

de Kraker, J-W., Luck, K., Textor, S., Tokuhisa, J.G., Gershenzon, J. (2007) Two Arabidopsis genes (IPMS1 and IPMS2) encode isopropylmalate synthase, the branchpoint step in the biosynthesis of leucine. Plant Physiology 143, 970-986.

Mewis, I., Tokuhisa, J.G., Schultz, J.C., Appel, H.M., Ulrichs, C., and Gershenzon, J. (2006). Gene expression and glucosinolate accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana in response to generalist and specialist herbivores of different feeding guilds and the role of defense signaling pathways. Phytochemistry 67, 2450-2462.

Hirai,M.Y., Klein,M., Fujikawa,Y., Yano,M., Goodenowe,D.B., Yamazaki,Y., Kanaya,S., Nakamura,Y., Kitayama,M., Suzuki,H., Sakurai,N., Shibata,D., Tokuhisa,J., Reichelt,M., Gershenzon,J., Papenbrock,J., and Saito,K. (2005). Elucidation of gene-to-gene and metabolite-to-gene networks in Arabidopsis by integration of metabolomics and transcriptomics. Journal of Biological Chemistry 280, 25590-25595.

Jost,R., Altschmied,L., Bloem,E., Bogs,J., Gershenzon,J., Hahnel,U., Hansch,R., Hartmann,T., Kopriva,S., Kruse,C., Mendel,R.R., Papenbrock,J., Reichelt,M., Rennenberg,H., Schnug,E., Schmidt,A., Textor,S., Tokuhisa,J., Wachter,A., Wirtz,M., Rausch,T., and Hell,R. (2005). Expression profiling of metabolic genes in response to methyl jasmonate reveals regulation of genes of primary and secondary sulfur-related pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana. Photosynthesis Research 86, 491-508.

Tokuhisa,J., de Kraker,J.W., Textor,S., and Gershenzon,J. (2004). The biochemical and molecular origins of aliphatic glucosinolate diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana. In Secondary Metabolism in Model Systems, (New York: Pergamon).

Brown,P.D.*, Tokuhisa,J.G.*, Reichelt,M., and Gershenzon,J. (2003). Variation of glucosinolate accumulation among different organs and developmental stages of Arabidopsis thaliana. Phytochemistry 62, 471-481. *co-first authors.

Reichelt,M., Brown,P.D., Schneider,B., Oldham,N.J., Stauber,E., Tokuhisa,J., Kliebenstein,D.J., Mitchell-Olds,T., and Gershenzon,J. (2002). Benzoic acid glucosinolate esters and other glucosinolates from Arabidopsis thaliana. Phytochemistry 59, 663-671.

Kroymann,J., Textor,S., Tokuhisa,J.G., Falk,K.L., Bartram,S., Gershenzon,J., and Mitchell-Olds,T. (2001). A gene controlling variation in arabidopsis glucosinolate composition is part of the methionine chain elongation pathway. Plant Physiology 127, 1077-1088.

 Genetic Mechanisms of Chilling Resistance

Tokuhisa,J. and Browse,J. (1999). Genetic engineering of plant chilling tolerance. In Genetic Engineering: Principles and Methods, pp. 79-93.

Tokuhisa,J.G., Vijayan,P., Feldmann,K.A., and Browse,J.A. (1998). Chloroplast development at low temperatures requires a homolg of DIM1, a yeast gene encoding the 18S rRNA dimethylase. Plant Cell 10, 699-711.

Tokuhisa,J., Wu,J., Miquel,M., Xin,Z., and Browse,J. (1997). Investigating the role of lipid metabolism in chilling and freezing tolerance. In Plant Cold Hardiness, P.Li and T.Chen, eds.

Tokuhisa,J.G., LaBrie,S.T., Feldmann,K.A., and Browse,J. (1997). Mutational analysis of chilling tolerance in plants. Plant Cell Environ. 20, 1391-1400.

 

Plant Transcription Factors

 

Ellis,J.G., Tokuhisa,J.G., Llewellyn,D.J., Bouchez,D., Singh,K., Dennis,E.S., and Peacock,W.J. (1993). Does the ocs-element occur as a functional component of the promoters of plant genes. Plant J 4, 433-443.

Singh,K., Dennis,E.S., Ellis,J.G., Llewellyn,D.J., Tokuhisa,J.G., Wahleithner,J.A., and Peacock,W.J. (1990). OCSBF-1, a maize ocs enhancer binding factor: isolation and expression during development. Plant Cell 2, 891-903.

Tokuhisa,J.G., Singh,K., Dennis,E.S., and Peacock,W.J. (1990). A DNA-binding protein factor recognizes two binding domains within the octopine synthase enhancer. Plant Cell 2, 215-224.

Bouchez,D., Tokuhisa,J.G., Llewellyn,D.J., Dennis,E.S., and Ellis,J.G. (1989). The ocs-element is a component of the promoters of several T-DNA and plant viral genes. EMBO Journal 8, 4197-4204.

Dennis,E.S., Walker,J.C., Llewellyn,D.J., Ellis,J.G., Singh,K., Tokuhisa,J.G., Wolstenholme,D.R., and Peacock,W.J. (1989). The response to anaerobic stress: transcriptional regulation of genes for anaerobically induced proteins. In Environmental stress in plants, NATO ASI Series G19, J.H.Cherry, ed. (Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag), pp. 231-245.

Singh,K., Tokuhisa,J.G., Dennis,E.S., and Peacock,W.J. (1989). Saturation mutagenesis of the octopine synthase enhancer: Correlation of mutant phenotypes with binding of a nuclear protein factor. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86, 3733-3737.

Dennis,E.S., Walker,J.C., Llewellyn,D.J., Ellis,J.G., Singh,K., Tokuhisa,J.G., Wolstenholme,D.R., and Peacock,W.J. (1987). The response to anaerobic stress: transcriptional regulation of genes for anaerobically induced proteins. In Plant Molecular Biology, D.von Wettstein and N.-H.Chua, eds. (New York: Plenum Press), pp. 407-417.

 

Phytochrome in Light-Grown Plants

Tokuhisa,J.G. and Quail,P.H. (1989). Phytochrome in green tissue: partial purification and characterization of the 118-kDa phytochrome species from light-grown Avena sativa L. Photochemistry Photobiology 50, 143-152.

Tokuhisa,J.G. and Quail,P.H. (1987). The levels of two distinct species of phytochrome are regulated differently during germination in Avena sativa L. Planta 172, 371-377.

Tokuhisa,J.G., Daniels,S.M., and Quail,P.H. (1985). Phytochrome in green tissue: spectral and immunochemical evidence for two distinct species of phytochrome in light-grown Avena sativa L. Planta 164, 321-332.

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