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Peter J. Facchini

Peter J. Facchini

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
14924
World Ranking
7127
National Ranking
250

Overview

Peter J. Facchini is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and works primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's main research topics cover areas such as Berberine and alkaloids research, Chemical synthesis and alkaloids, Plant tissue culture and regeneration, Botanical research and chemistry, Psychedelics and drug studies, Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, and Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter J. Facchini include the following:

  • Gene clustering and copy number variation in alkaloid metabolic pathways of opium poppy (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • PR10/Bet v1-like Proteins as Novel Contributors to Plant Biochemical Diversity (2020) published in ChemBioChem
  • Phloem-specific localization of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid metabolism in opium poppy (2022) published in Journal of Plant Physiology
  • Elucidation of the (R)-enantiospecific benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthetic pathways in sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) (2023) published in Scientific Reports
  • Compartmentalization at the interface of primary and alkaloid metabolism (2022) published in Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Facchini include Jillian M. Hagel, Lisa Yu, Jeremy S. Morris, Kenneth Ng, and Qiushi Li.

The scientist's work is often published in the following venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • Current Opinion in Plant Biology
  • The Plant Journal
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • ACS Chemical Biology

Best Publications

  • ALKALOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN PLANTS: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Molecular Regulation, and Metabolic Engineering Applications.

    Peter J Facchini

  • Alkaloid Biosynthesis: Metabolism and Trafficking

    Jörg Ziegler;Peter J. Facchini

  • Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloid Metabolism: A Century of Discovery and a Brave New World

    Jillian M. Hagel;Peter J. Facchini

  • Got milk? The secret life of laticifers.

    Jillian M. Hagel;Edward C. Yeung;Peter J. Facchini

  • Plant aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylases: evolution, biochemistry, regulation, and metabolic engineering applications

    Peter J Facchini;Kara L Huber-Allanach;Leslie W Tari

  • Gene family for an elicitor-induced sesquiterpene cyclase in tobacco

    Peter J. Facchini;Joseph Chappell

  • Opium poppy and Madagascar periwinkle: model non‐model systems to investigate alkaloid biosynthesis in plants

    Peter J. Facchini;Vincenzo De Luca

  • Dioxygenases catalyze the O-demethylation steps of morphine biosynthesis in opium poppy

    Jillian M Hagel;Peter J Facchini

  • Transcriptome analysis based on next-generation sequencing of non-model plants producing specialized metabolites of biotechnological interest.

    Mei Xiao;Ye Zhang;Xue Chen;Eun-Jeong Lee

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of norcoclaurine synthase, an enzyme catalyzing the first committed step in benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis

    Nailish Samanani;David K. Liscombe;Peter J. Facchini

  • Benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in opium poppy.

    Guillaume A. W. Beaudoin;Peter J. Facchini

  • Hydroxycinnamic acid amide metabolism: physiology and biochemistry

    Peter J Facchini;Jillian Hagel;Katherine G Zulak

  • Evidence for the monophyletic evolution of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in angiosperms.

    David K. Liscombe;Benjamin P. MacLeod;Natalia Loukanina;Owi I. Nandi

  • A Tale of Three Cell Types: Alkaloid Biosynthesis Is Localized to Sieve Elements in Opium Poppy

    David A. Bird;Vincent R. Franceschi;Peter J. Facchini

  • Differential and tissue-specific expression of a gene family for tyrosine/dopa decarboxylase in opium poppy.

    P J Facchini;V De Luca

  • Functional diversity of 2-oxoglutarate/Fe(II)-dependent dioxygenases in plant metabolism

    Scott Cameron Farrow;Peter James Facchini

  • Molecular Characterization of Berberine Bridge Enzyme Genes from Opium Poppy

    P J Facchini;C Penzes;A G Johnson;D Bull

  • Reconstitution of a 10-gene pathway for synthesis of the plant alkaloid dihydrosanguinarine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Elena Fossati;Andrew Ekins;Lauren Narcross;Yun Zhu

  • Phloem-Specific Expression of Tyrosine/Dopa Decarboxylase Genes and the Biosynthesis of Isoquinoline Alkaloids in Opium Poppy.

    P. J. Facchini;V. De Luca

  • Synthetic biosystems for the production of high-value plant metabolites

    Peter J. Facchini;Joerg Bohlmann;Patrick S. Covello;Vincenzo De Luca

Frequent Co-Authors

Efraim Lewinsohn
Efraim Lewinsohn Agricultural Research Organization
Christoph Wilhelm Sensen
Christoph Wilhelm Sensen Graz University of Technology
Vincenzo De Luca
Vincenzo De Luca Brock University
Edward C. Yeung
Edward C. Yeung University of Calgary
Aalim M. Weljie
Aalim M. Weljie University of Pennsylvania
Jürgen Schmidt
Jürgen Schmidt Leibniz Association
Vincent R. Franceschi
Vincent R. Franceschi Washington State University
Michael K. Deyholos
Michael K. Deyholos University of Alberta
Christoph H. Borchers
Christoph H. Borchers McGill University
Tae-Jin Yang
Tae-Jin Yang Seoul National University

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