Robert M. Coates

Research.com Recognitions

• 1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1979 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• 1971 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• Redirection of cytosolic or plastidic isoprenoid precursors elevates terpene production in plants.

  Shuiqin Wu;Michel Schalk;Anthony Clark;R Brandon Miles

  475
  Citations

• Bornyl diphosphate synthase: structure and strategy for carbocation manipulation by a terpenoid cyclase.

  Douglas A. Whittington;Mitchell L. Wise;Marek Urbansky;Robert M. Coates

  390
  Citations

• Taxadiene synthase structure and evolution of modular architecture in terpene biosynthesis

  Mustafa Köksal;Yinghua Jin;Yinghua Jin;Robert M. Coates;Rodney Croteau

  382
  Citations

• Structure of limonene synthase, a simple model for terpenoid cyclase catalysis

  David C. Hyatt;Buhyun Youn;Yuxin Zhao;Bindu Santhamma

  285
  Citations

• Identification of syn-pimara-7,15-diene synthase reveals functional clustering of terpene synthases involved in rice phytoalexin/allelochemical biosynthesis.

  P. Ross Wilderman;Meimei Xu;Yinghua Jin;Robert M. Coates

  237
  Citations

• Synthesis and Claisen rearrangement of alkoxyallyl enol ethers. Evidence for a dipolar transition state

  Robert M. Coates;Brian D. Rogers;Steven J. Hobbs;Dennis P. Curran

  223
  Citations

• Functional identification of rice syn‐copalyl diphosphate synthase and its role in initiating biosynthesis of diterpenoid phytoalexin/allelopathic natural products

  Meimei Xu;Matthew L. Hillwig;Sladjana Prisic;Robert M. Coates

  200
  Citations

• Structure and mechanism of the diterpene cyclase ent -copalyl diphosphate synthase

  Mustafa Köksal;Huayou Hu;Robert M Coates;Reuben J Peters

  191
  Citations

• Cloning, heterologous expression, and functional characterization of 5-epi-aristolochene-1,3-dihydroxylase from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum).

  Lyle Ralston;Soon Tae Kwon;Mark Schoenbeck;Jennifer Ralston

  181
  Citations

• Formation of the Unusual Semivolatile Diterpene Rhizathalene by the Arabidopsis Class I Terpene Synthase TPS08 in the Root Stele Is Involved in Defense against Belowground Herbivory

  Martha M. Vaughan;Qiang Wang;Francis X. Webster;Dave Kiemle

  179
  Citations

• Functional characterization of the rice kaurene synthase-like gene family.

  Meimei Xu;P. Ross Wilderman;Dana J Morrone;Jianjun Xu

  159
  Citations

• Heterologous expression and characterization of a "Pseudomature" form of taxadiene synthase involved in paclitaxel (Taxol) biosynthesis and evaluation of a potential intermediate and inhibitors of the multistep diterpene cyclization reaction.

  David C Williams;Mark R Wildung;Alan Qingwu Jin;Dolan Dalal

  149
  Citations

• Functional Characterization of Premnaspirodiene Oxygenase, a Cytochrome P450 Catalyzing Regio- And Stereo-specific Hydroxylations of Diverse Sesquiterpene Substrates

  Shunji Takahashi;Yun Soo Yeo;Yuxin Zhao;Paul E. O'Maille

  143
  Citations

• Bifunctional abietadiene synthase: free diffusive transfer of the (+)-copalyl diphosphate intermediate between two distinct active sites.

  Reuben J. Peters;Matthew M. Ravn;Robert M. Coates;Rodney B. Croteau

  132
  Citations

• Inhibition of Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate Synthase by Bisphosphonates and Diphosphates: A Potential Route to New Bone Antiresorption and Antiparasitic Agents

  Christina M. Szabo;Yoshihiro Matsumura;Sayaka Fukura;Michael B. Martin

  125
  Citations

• Isolation and structure of a hoplonemertine toxin.

  William R. Kem;Bernard C. Abbott;Robert M. Coates

  124
  Citations

• Annelative ring expansion via intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated .gamma.-lactones and reductive cleavage: synthesis of hydrocyclopentacyclooctene-5-carboxylates

  Robert M. Coates;Peter D. Senter;William R. Baker

  123
  Citations

• Characterization of the kaurene oxidase CYP701A3, a multifunctional cytochrome P450 from gibberellin biosynthesis

  Dana Morrone;Xiaoming Chen;Robert M. Coates;Reuben J. Peters

  120
  Citations

• Taxadiene synthase-catalyzed cyclization of 6-fluorogeranylgeranyl diphosphate to 7-fluoroverticillenes.

  Yinghua Jin;David C. Williams;Rodney Croteau;Robert M. Coates

  118
  Citations

• Annelative ring expansion via intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition of α,β-unsaturated γ-lactones and reductive cleavage

  Robert M. Coates;Peter D. Senter;William R. Baker

  116
  Citations

• Diastereoselectivity of organometallic additions to nitrones bearing stereogenic N-substituents

  Zen Yu Chang;Robert M. Coates

  113
  Citations