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Funded by:

Prof. Dr. Peter Beyer

Institute of Biology II (Cell Biology), University of Freiburg Tel:      +49 761 203 2529 Email:    peter.beyer@biologie.uni-freiburg.de

 

Short CV

 

10 selected publications:

• Plant carotene cis-trans isomerase CRTISO: a new member of the FAD(RED)-dependent flavoproteins catalyzing non-redox reactions.
  Yu Q, Ghisla S, Hirschberg J, Mann V, Beyer P. (2011).
  J. Biol. Chem. 286, 8666-8676.
• The lycopene cyclase CrtY from Pantoea ananatis (formerly Erwinia uredovora) catalyzes an FADred-dependent non-redox reaction.
  Yu Q, Schaub P, Ghisla S, Al-Babili S, Krieger-Liszkay A, Beyer P (2010).
  J. Biol. Chem.285, 12109-12120.
• Provitamin A accumulation in cassava (Manihot esculenta) roots driven by a single nucleotide polymorphism in a phytoene synthase gene.
  Welsch R, Arango J,  Bär C, Salazar B, Al-Babili S, Beltran J, Chavarriaga P,  Ceballos H, Tohme J, Beyer (2010)
  Plant Cell 22, 3348-3356.
• A third phytoene synthase is devoted to abiotic stress-induced abscisic acid formation in rice and defines functional diversification of phytoene synthase genes.
  Welsch R, Wüst F, Bär C, Al-Babili S, Beyer P. (2008).
  Plant Physiol. 147, 367-380.
• Structure and reaction geometry of geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase from Sinapis alba.
  Kloer DP, Welsch R, Beyer P, Schulz GE (2006). 
  Biochemistry 45, 15197-15204.
• The structure of a retinal-forming carotenoid oxygenase.
  Kloer DP, Ruch S, Al-Babili S, Beyer P, Schulz GE (2005). 
  Science 308, 267-269.
• Why is golden rice golden (yellow) instead of red?
  Schaub P, Al-Babili S, Drake R, Beyer P (2005). 
  Plant Physiol. 138, 441-450.
• Golden Indica and Japonica rice lines amenable to deregulation.
  Hoa TT, Al-Babili S, Schaub P, Potrykus I, Beyer P (2003). 
  Plant Physiol. 133, 161-169.
• Engineering the provitamin A (β-carotene) biosynthetic pathway into (carotenoid-free) rice endosperm.
  Ye X, Al-Babili S, Klöti A, Zhang J, Lucca P, Beyer P, Potrykus I (2000).
  Science 287, 303-305.
• Transgenic rice (Oryza sativa) endosperm expressing daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) phytoene synthase accumulates phytoene, a key intermediate of provitamin A biosynthesis.
  Burkhard PK, Beyer P, Wünn J, Kloeti A., Armstrong GA, Schledz M, v. Lintig J, and Potrykus I (1997). 
  Plant J. 11, 1071-1078.