Mohammed Saddik Motawie

Mohammed Saddik Motawie

Associate Professor


  1. 2012
  2. Published

    Biosynthesis of rhodiocyanosides in Lotus japonicus: Rhodiocyanoside A is synthesized from (Z)-2-methylbutanaloxime via 2-methyl-2-butenenitrile

    Saito, S., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Bak, Søren, 2012, In: Phytochemistry. 77, p. 260-267 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 2011
  4. Published

    Biosynthesis of the cyanogenic glucosides linamarin and lotaustralin in cassava: isolation, biochemical, characterization, and expression pattern of CYP71E7, the oxime-metabolizing cytochrome P450 enzyme

    Jørgensen, Kirsten, Morant, A. V., Morant, M., Jensen, N. B., Olsen, C. E., Kannangara, R. M., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Møller, Birger Lindberg & Bak, Søren, 2011, In: Plant Physiology. 155, 1, p. 282-292 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Characterization and expression profile of two UDP-glucosyltransferases, UGT85K4 and UGT85K5, catalyzing the last step in cyanogenic glucoside biosynthesis in cassava

    Kannangara, R. M., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Hansen, N. K. K., Paquette, S. M., Olsen, C. E., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Jørgensen, Kirsten, 2011, In: Plant Journal. 68, 2, p. 287-301 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Genomic clustering of cyanogenic glucoside biosythetic genes aids their identification in Lotus japonicus and suggests the repeated evolution of this chemical defence pathway

    Takos, A. M., Knudsen, C., Lai, D., Kannangara, R. M., Mikkelsen, L., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E., Sato, S., Tabata, S., Jørgensen, Kirsten, Møller, Birger Lindberg & Rook, F., 2011, In: Plant Journal. 68, 2, p. 273-286 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Phenylalanine derived cyanogenic diglucosides from Eucalyptus camphora and their abundances in relation to ontogeny and tissue type

    Neilson, Elizabeth Heather Jakobsen, Goodger, J. Q. D., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Bjarnholt, Nanna, Frisch, T., Olsen, C. E., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Woodrow, I. E., 2011, In: Phytochemistry. 72, 18, p. 2325-2334 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Phosphate esters in amylopectin clusters of potato tuber starch

    Wikman, J., Larsen, F. H., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Blennow, Andreas & Bertoft, E., 2011, In: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 48, 4, p. 639-649 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 2010
  10. Published

    A combined nuclear magnetic resonance and molecular dynamics study of the two structural motifs for mixed-linkage ß-glucans: methyl ß-cellobioside and methyl ß-laminarabioside

    Christensen, Niels Johan, Hansen, P. I., Larsen, F. H., Folkerman, T., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik & Engelsen, Søren Balling, 2010, In: Carbohydrate Research. 345, 4, p. 474-486 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Dissipation of cyanogenic glucosides and cyanide in soil amended with white clover (Trifolium repens L.)

    Refsgaard, K., Bjarnholt, Nanna, Møller, Birger Lindberg, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik & Hansen, Hans Chr. Bruun, 2010, In: Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 42, 7, p. 1108-1113 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    First principles insight into the a-Glucan structures of starch: their synthesis, conformation, and hydration

    Damager, I., Engelsen, Søren Balling, Blennow, Andreas, Møller, Birger Lindberg & Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, 2010, In: Chemical Reviews. 110, 4, p. 2049-2080 31 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    First principles insight into the α-glucan structures of starch: their synthesis, conformation, and hydration

    Damager, I., Engelsen, Søren Balling, Blennow, Andreas, Møller, Birger Lindberg & Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, 2010, In: Chemical Reviews. 110, 4, p. 2049-2080 32 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Genetic screening identifies cyanogenesis-deficient mutants of Lotus japonicus and reveals enzymatic specificity in hydroxynitrile glucoside metabolism

    Takos, A. M., Lai, D., Mikkelsen, L., Abou Hachem, M., Shelton, D. A., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E., Wang, T. L., Martin, C. R. & Rook, F., 2010, In: Plant Cell. 22, p. 1605-1619 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. 2009
  16. Published
  17. Published

    A toolkit for engineering multi-enzyme pathways into higher plants

    Geu-Flores, Fernando, Nielsen, M. T., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E. & Halkier, Barbara Ann, 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

  18. Published

    A toolkit for engineering multi-enzyme pathways into higher plants

    Geu-Flores, Fernando, Nielsen, M. T., Møldrup, M. E., Olsen, C. E., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik & Halkier, Barbara Ann, 2009. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  19. Published

    De novo biosynthesis of vanillin in fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe) and baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)

    Hansen, E. H., Møller, Birger Lindberg, Kock, G. R., Bünner, C. M., Kristensen, C., Jensen, O. R., Okkels, F. T., Olsen, C. E., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik & Hansen, J., 2009, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75, 9, p. 2765-2774 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Engineering benzylglucosinolate into tobacco

    Mikkelsen, M. D., Geu-Flores, Fernando, Nielsen, M. T., Nafisi, M., Møldrup, M. E., Olsen, C. E., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik & Halkier, Barbara Ann, 2009. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  21. Published

    Engineering of benzyl glucosinolate identifies a critical γ-glutamyl peptidase

    Geu-Flores, Fernando, Nielsen, M. T., Nafisi, M., Møldrup, M. E., Olsen, C. E., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik & Halkier, Barbara Ann, 2009. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

  22. Published

    Glucosinolate engineering identifies a missing biosynthetic enzyme

    Geu-Flores, Fernando, Nielsen, M. T., Nafisi, M., Møldrup, M. E., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E. & Halkier, Barbara Ann, 2009. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

  23. Published

    Glucosinolate engineering identifies a ¿-glutamyl peptidase

    Geu-Flores, Fernando, Nielsen, M. T., Nafisi, M., Møldrup, M. E., Olsen, C. E., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik & Halkier, Barbara Ann, 2009, In: Nature Chemical Biology. 5, p. 575-577 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Glycosyltransferases involved in the plant cell wall polysaccharides biosynthesis

    Geshi, N., Okawa, A., Yin, L., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik & Scheller, H. V., 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  25. Published

    Glycosyltransferases involved in the plant cell wall polysaccharides biosynthesis

    Geshi, N., Oikawa, A., Yin, L., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik & Scheller, H. V., 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

  26. Published

    Glycosyltransfserases Involved in the Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides Biosynthesis

    Geshi, N., Oikawa, A., Yin, L., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik & Scheller, H. V., 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  27. Published

    Isolation and characterization of a cassava cyanohydrin glycosultransferase, MeUGT85.1

    Kannangara, R. M., Jørgensen, Kirsten, Sørensen, Charlotte Syvbæk Dahl, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Paquette, S. & Møller, Birger Lindberg, 2009. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  28. Published
  29. Published

    Localization of individual ß-Glycosidases in almond (Prunus dulcis) using a specific sugar reducing assay

    Sánchez Pérez, R., Jørgensen, Kirsten, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Jørgensen, B., Dicenta, F. & Møller, Birger Lindberg, 2009. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

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