Pathogen inactivation of cruciferous phytoalexins: detoxification reactions, enzymes and inhibitors

Unveiling the first indole-fused thiazepine: structure, synthesis and biosynthesis of cyclonasturlexin, a remarkable cruciferous phytoalexin

(2016) M. S. C. Pedras et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Expanding the nasturlexin family: Nasturlexins C and D and their sulfoxides are phytoalexins of the crucifers Barbarea vulgaris and B. verna

(2015) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Non-indolyl cruciferous phytoalexins: Nasturlexins and tridentatols, a striking convergent evolution of defenses in terrestrial plants and marine animals?

(2015) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Induced Systemic Resistance by Beneficial Microbes

(2014) Corné M.J. Pieterse et al.   Annual Review of Phytopathology

Tenualexin, Other Phytoalexins and Indole Glucosinolates from Wild Cruciferous Species

(2014) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY

Metabolism of the phytoalexins camalexins, their bioisosteres and analogues in the plant pathogenic fungus Alternaria brassicicola

(2013) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

The phytoalexins brassilexin and camalexin inhibit cyclobrassinin hydrolase, a unique enzyme from the fungal pathogen Alternaria brassicicola

(2013) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

RNA silencing suppression by plant pathogens: defence, counter-defence and counter-counter-defence

(2013) Nathan Pumplin et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The cruciferous phytoalexins rapalexin A, brussalexin A and erucalexin: Chemistry and metabolism in Leptosphaeria maculans

(2012) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Unprecedented spirocyclization of 3-methyleneindoline-2-thiones during hydrolysis of the phytoalexin cyclobrassinin

(2012) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS

The first isocyanide of plant origin expands functional group diversity in cruciferous phytoalexins: synthesis, structure and bioactivity of isocyalexin A

(2012) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Dissecting metabolic puzzles through isotope feeding: a novel amino acid in the biosynthetic pathway of the cruciferous phytoalexins rapalexin A and isocyalexin A

(2012) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Discovery of inhibitors and substrates of brassinin hydrolase: Probing selectivity with dithiocarbamate bioisosteres

(2011) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

The phytoalexins from cultivated and wild crucifers: Chemistry and biology

(2011) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Interaction of cruciferous phytoanticipins with plant fungal pathogens: Indole glucosinolates are not metabolized but the corresponding desulfo-derivatives and nitriles are

(2011) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Discovery of inhibitors of brassinin oxidase based on the scaffolds of the phytoalexins brassilexin and wasalexin

(2010) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Detoxification of cruciferous phytoalexins in Botrytis cinerea: Spontaneous dimerization of a camalexin metabolite

(2010) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Substrate specificity and inhibition of brassinin hydrolases, detoxifying enzymes from the plant pathogens Leptosphaeria maculans and Alternaria brassicicola

(2009) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   FEBS Journal

Synthetic Inhibitors of the Fungal Detoxifying Enzyme Brassinin Oxidase Based on the Phytoalexin Camalexin Scaffold

(2009) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

The phytopathogenic fungus Alternaria brassicicola: Phytotoxin production and phytoalexin elicitation

(2009) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

The chemical ecology of crucifers and their fungal pathogens: Boosting plant defenses and inhibiting pathogen invasion

(2008) M. Soledade C. Pedras   CHEMICAL RECORD

Brassinin oxidase, a fungal detoxifying enzyme to overcome a plant defense - purification, characterization and inhibition

(2008) M. S. C. Pedras et al.   FEBS Journal

Cloning, purification and characterisation of brassinin glucosyltransferase, a phytoalexin-detoxifying enzyme from the plant pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

(2008) Adrienne C. Sexton et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Phytoalexins and phytoanticipins from the wild crucifers Thellungiella halophila and Arabidopsis thaliana: Rapalexin A, wasalexins and camalexin

(2008) M. Soledade C. Pedras et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY