Mohammed Saddik Motawie

Mohammed Saddik Motawie

Associate Professor


  1. 2017
  2. Published

    Origin and evolution of transporter substrate specificity within the NPF family: [with Correction]

    Jørgensen, M. E., Xu, Deyang, Crocoll, C., Ernst, H. A., Ramírez, D., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E., Mirza, Osman Asghar, Nour-Eldin, Hussam Hassan & Halkier, Barbara Ann, 2017, In: eLife. 6, 30 p., e19466.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The CYP79A1 catalyzed conversion of tyrosine to (E)-p-hydroxyphenylacetaldoxime unravelled using an improved method for homology modeling

    Vazquez Albacete, D., Montefiori, M., Kol, S., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Møller, Birger Lindberg, Olsen, L. & Nørholm, M. H. H., 2017, In: Phytochemistry. 135, p. 8-17 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Total biosynthesis of the cyclic AMP booster forskolin from Coleus forskohlii

    Pateraki, Irini, Andersen-Ranberg, Johan, Jensen, N. B., Wubshet, S. G., Heskes, A. M., Forman, Victor, Hallström, B., Hamberger, B., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E., Stærk, Dan, Hansen, J., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Hamberger, B. R., 2017, In: eLife. 6, 28 p., e23001.

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  5. Published

    Transcript profiling of a bitter variety of narrow-leafed lupin to discover alkaloid biosynthetic genes

    Yang, T., Nagy, I., Mancinotti, Davide, Otterbach, S. L., Andersen, T. B., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Asp, T. & Geu-Flores, Fernando, 2017, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 68, 20, p. 5527-5537 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. 2016
  7. Published

    In vitro biochemical characterization of all barley endosperm starch synthases

    Cuesta-Seijo, J. A., Nielsen, M. M., Ruzanski, C., Krucewicz, K., Beeren, S. R., Rydhal, M. G., Yoshimura, Y., Striebeck, A., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Willats, W. G. T. & Palcic, M. M., 2016, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 6, 17 p., 1265.

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  8. Published

    Biosynthesis of the leucine derived α-, β- and γ-hydroxynitrile glucosides in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

    Knoch, E., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Lyngkjær, M. F., 2016, In: Plant Journal. 88, 2, p. 247-256 10 p.

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  9. Published

    Characterization of a dynamic metabolon producing the defense compound dhurrin in sorghum

    Laursen, Tomas, Borch-Jensen, J., Baden, C. K., Bavishi, K., Torta, F., Martens, Helle Jakobe, Silvestro, D., Hatzakis, Nikos, Wenk, M. R., Dafforn, T. R., Olsen, C. E., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Hamberger, B. R., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Bassard, J. A., 2016, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 354, 6314, p. 890-893 4 p.

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  10. Published

    Fusion of ferredoxin and cytochrome P450 enables direct light-driven biosynthesis

    Mellor, Silas Busck, Nielsen, A. J. Z., Burow, Meike, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Jakubauskas, D., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Jensen, Poul Erik, 2016, In: ACS chemical biology. 11, 7, p. 1862-1869 8 p.

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  11. Published

    General and stereocontrolled approach to the chemical synthesis of naturally occurring cyanogenic glucosides

    Møller, Birger Lindberg, Olsen, C. E. & Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, 2016, In: Journal of Natural Products. 79, 4, p. 1198-1202 5 p.

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  12. Published

    High throughput screening of starch structures using carbohydrate microarrays

    Tanackovic, V., Rydahl, M. G., Pedersen, H. L., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Shaik, S. S., Mikkelsen, M. D., Jensen, S. L., Fangel, J. U., Willats, W. G. T. & Blennow, Andreas, 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 9 p., 30551.

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  13. Published

    Metabolic engineering of light-driven cytochrome P450 dependent pathways into Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    Wlodarczyk, A. J., Gnanasekaran, Thiyagarajan, Nielsen, A. J. Z., Nokolunga, N., Mellor, Silas Busck, Manja, L., Frederik Bang Thøfner, J., Olsen, C. E., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Burow, Meike, Pribil, Mathias, Feussner, I., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Jensen, Poul Erik, 2016, In: Metabolic Engineering. 33, p. 1-11 11 p.

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  14. Published

    The biosynthetic gene cluster for the cyanogenic glucoside dhurrin in Sorghum bicolor contains its co-expressed vacuolar MATE transporter

    Darbani Shirvanehdeh, B., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E., Nour-Eldin, Hussam Hassan, Møller, Birger Lindberg & Rook, F., 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 8 p., 37079.

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  15. Published

    Transfer of the cytochrome P450-dependent dhurrin pathway from Sorghum bicolor into Nicotiana tabacum chloroplasts for light-driven synthesis

    Gnanasekaran, Thiyagarajan, Karcher, D., Nielsen, A. J. Z., Martens, Helle Jakobe, Ruf, S., Kroop, X., Olsen, C. E., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Pribil, Mathias, Møller, Birger Lindberg, Bock, R. & Jensen, Poul Erik, 2016, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 67, 8, p. 2495-2506 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. 2015
  17. Published

    Lotus japonicus flowers are defended by a cyanogenic β-glucosidase with highly restricted expression to essential reproductive organs

    Lai, D., Picmanova, M., Hachem, M. A., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E., Møller, Birger Lindberg, Rook, F. & Takos, A. M., 2015, In: Plant Molecular Biology. 89, 1-2, p. 21-34 14 p.

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  18. Published

    A recycling pathway for cyanogenic glycosides evidenced by the comparative metabolic profiling in three cyanogenic plant species

    Picmanova, M., Neilson, Elizabeth Heather Jakobsen, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E., Agerbirk, Niels, Gray, C. J., Flitsch, S., Meier, S., Silvestro, D., Jørgensen, Kirsten, Sánchez Pérez, R., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Bjarnholt, Nanna, 2015, In: Biochemical Journal. 469, 3, p. 375-389 15 p.

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  19. Published

    Diversified glucosinolate metabolism: biosynthesis of hydrogen cyanide and of the hydroxynitrile glucoside alliarinoside in relation to sinigrin metabolism in Alliaria petiolata

    Frisch, T., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E., Agerbirk, Niels, Møller, Birger Lindberg & Bjarnholt, Nanna, 2015, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 6, 16 p., 926.

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  20. Published

    NMR characterization of chemically synthesized branched alpha-dextrin model compounds

    Petersen, B. O., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Møller, Birger Lindberg, Hindsgaul, O. & Meier, S., 2015, In: Carbohydrate Research. 403, p. 149-156 8 p.

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  21. Published

    The bifurcation of the cyanogenic glucoside and glucosinolate biosynthetic pathways

    Sørensen, Mette, Kannangara, R. M., Olsen, C. E., Blomstedt, C. K., Gleadow, R. M., Jørgensen, Kirsten, Bak, Søren, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik & Møller, Birger Lindberg, 2015, In: The Plant Journal. 84, 3, p. 558-573 16 p.

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  22. 2014
  23. Published

    Glucosinolate-related glucosides in Alliaria petiolata: sources of variation in the plant and different metabolism in an adapted specialist herbivore, Pieris rapae

    Frisch, T., Agerbirk, Niels, Davis, S., Cipollini, D., Olsen, C. E., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Bjarnholt, Nanna & Møller, Birger Lindberg, 2014, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 40, 10, p. 1063-1079 17 p.

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  24. Published

    Sequestration, tissue distribution and developmental transmission of cyanogenic glucosides in a specialist insect herbivore

    Zagrobelny, Mika, Olsen, C. E., Pentzold, S., Fürstenberg-Hägg, J., Jørgensen, Kirsten, Bak, Søren, Møller, Birger Lindberg & Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, 2014, In: Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 44, p. 44-53 10 p.

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  25. Published

    Synthesis of the allelochemical alliarinoside present in garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), an invasive plant species in North America

    Olsen, C. E., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, 2014, In: Carbohydrate Research. 394, p. 13-16 4 p.

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  26. Published

    Vanillin formation from ferulic acid in Vanilla planifolia is catalysed by a single enzyme

    Gallage, N. J., Hansen, E. H., Kannangara, R. M., Olsen, C. E., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Jørgensen, Kirsten, Holme, I., Hebelstrup, K., Grisoni, M. & Møller, Birger Lindberg, 2014, In: Nature Communications. 5, 6, 14 p., 4037.

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  27. 2013
  28. Published

    Biochemical analysis of a multifunctional cytochrome P450 (CYP51) enzyme required for synthesis of antimicrobial triterpenes in plants

    Geisler, K., Hughes, R. K., Sainsbury, F., Lomonossoff, G. P., Rejzek, M., Fairhurst, S., Olsen, C. E., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Melton, R. E., Hemmings, A. M., Bak, Søren & Osbourn, A., 2013, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110, 35, p. E3360-E3367 8 p.

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  29. Published

    Male-to-female transfer of 5-hydroxytryptophan glucoside during mating in Zyagena filipendulae (Lepidoptera)

    Zagrobelny, Mika, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E., Bak, Søren & Møller, Birger Lindberg, 2013, In: Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 43, 11, p. 1037-1044 8 p.

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  30. Published

    The use of trimethylsilyl cyanide derivatization for robust and broad-spectrum high-throughput gas chromatography–mass spectrometry based metabolomics

    Khakimov, Bekzod, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Bak, Søren & Engelsen, Søren Balling, 2013, In: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 405, 28, p. 9193-9205 13 p.

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