Isabel Desgagné‐Penix

A unified transcriptome database to accelerate gene discovery in Amaryllidoideae species

This paper presents AmarylOmicBase, a unified transcriptomic database for Amaryllidoideae species, integrating assemblies, annotations, and expression profiles to support gene discovery and pathway analysis.

Dissecting specialized metabolism in space: A MALDI-MSI atlas of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids in Hippeastrum papilio (Ravenna) Van Scheepen

This study uses MALDI-MSI to map the spatial distribution of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids in Hippeastrum papilio, revealing tissue-specific patterns and challenging existing hypotheses on biosynthesis.

Branch-Enabling N-Methyltransferase in Golgi Reconciles Divergent Models of Galanthamine Biosynthesis

This study identifies LaTMT2 as a Golgi-localized N-methyltransferase that resolves competing models of galanthamine biosynthesis and provides a target for metabolic engineering.

Insights into cannabinoid biosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii : successes with NphB and limitations of CBDAS expression

This study expresses cannabinoid biosynthesis enzymes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, showing functional NphB but limited CBDAS activity, highlighting challenges in enzyme expression and pathway reconstruction.

What is true for plants may not be true for Phaeodactylum tricornutum: The case of Vanilla planifolia vanillin synthase (VpVAN) targeted to four subcellular compartments of the diatom.

The paper investigates the subcellular localization of VpVAN in Phaeodactylum tricornutum by expressing it in different compartments and analyzing its presence.