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Université de ToursORCID 0000-0001-7204-2013Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
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Eva Vandenbroucke-Menu, Leonie Rosay, Jérôme Orivel, Alain Déjean, Corrie Saux Moreau, Arnaud Billet, Vincent Courdavault, Caroline M. C. Birer-Williams, Axel Touchard
This paper identifies seven independent transitions from peptide-based to metabolite-based venoms in ants, linked to ecological and morphological changes.
bioRxiv · Sep 29, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology
David Brelu-Brelu, Enzo Lezin, Emma Parker Miller, Duchesse‐Lacours Zamar, Mickaël Durand, Sitakanta Pattanaik, Barunava Patra, Nicolas Gautron, Caroline M. C. Birer-Williams, Thomas Perrot, Arnaud Lanoue, Audrey Oudin, Pierre Le Pogam, Mehdi A. Beniddir, Nathalie Giglioli‐Guivarc’h, , Vincent Courdavault
The paper identifies MDR proteins as regulators of geissoschizine biosynthesis, enhancing activity and diversifying stereochemical outputs through ternary complex formation with GS and SGD.
bioRxiv · May 3, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology
Sébastien Besseau, Mickaël Durand, Duchesse‐Lacours Zamar, Enzo Lezin, Louis‐Valentin Méteignier, Caroline M. C. Birer-Williams, Christelle Dutilleul, Thomas Perrot, Arnaud Lanoue, Audrey Oudin, Nicolas Papon, Georges Massiot, Chao Sun, Benoit St‐Pierre, Vincent Courdavault
This study investigates the evolutionary diversification of CYP71D enzymes in Gentianales, showing how gene duplication and neofunctionalization expanded MIA chemical diversity.
Plant Communications · May 19, 2025Peer-reviewedBiochemistry
Enzo Lezin, Mickaël Durand, Caroline M. C. Birer-Williams, Adriana González Vázquez, Thomas Perrot, Nicolas Gautron, Julien Pétrignet, Clément Cuello, Hans J. Jansen, Florent Magot, Sarah Szwarc, Pierre Le Pogam, Mehdi A. Beniddir, Konstantinos Koudounas, Audrey Oudin, , Vincent Courdavault
This paper identifies and characterizes pachysiphine synthase genes in Tabernaemontana elegans using genome sequencing and computational analysis, enabling engineered yeast production of MIAs.
The Plant Journal · Oct 20, 2024Peer-reviewedPlant Biology