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h-index: 21
Works: 60
Citations: 1,693

Most-cited papers

Identification of adult nephron progenitors capable of kidney regeneration in zebrafish
Cuong Diep, Dongdong Ma, Rahul C. Deo, Teresa M. Holm +14 more
2011Nature284 citations Open access
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The scaffold-forming steps of plant alkaloid biosynthesis.
B. Lichman
2020Natural product reports (Print)146 citations Open access
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Phylogenomic Mining of the Mints Reveals Multiple Mechanisms Contributing to the Evolution of Chemical Diversity in Lamiaceae.
Benoît Boachon, C. Buell, E. Crisovan, N. Dudareva +16 more
2018Molecular Plant132 citations Open access
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The evolutionary origins of the cat attractant nepetalactone in catnip
B. Lichman, Grant T. Godden, J. Hamilton, Lira Palmer +13 more
2020Science Advances114 citations Open access
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Enzymatic and Chemoenzymatic Three‐Step Cascades for the Synthesis of Stereochemically Complementary Trisubstituted Tetrahydroisoquinolines
Vanessa Erdmann, B. Lichman, Jian-Xiong Zhao, R. Simon +4 more
2017Angewandte Chemie90 citations Open access
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Uncoupled activation and cyclization in catmint reductive terpenoid biosynthesis
B. Lichman, Mohamed O. Kamileen, G. Titchiner, G. Saalbach +3 more
2018Nature Chemical Biology79 citations Open access
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Plant biosynthetic gene clusters in the context of metabolic evolution
S. Smit, B. Lichman
2022Natural product reports (Print)78 citations Open access
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Enzyme catalysed Pictet-Spengler formation of chiral 1,1'-disubstituted- and spiro-tetrahydroisoquinolines
B. Lichman, Jian-Xiong Zhao, H. Hailes, J. Ward
2017Nature Communications73 citations Open access
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‘Dopamine-first’ mechanism enables the rational engineering of the norcoclaurine synthase aldehyde activity profile
B. Lichman, Markus C. Gershater, E. Lamming, T. Pesnot +4 more
2015The FEBS Journal72 citations Open access
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A transatlantic perspective on 20 emerging issues in biological engineering
B. Wintle, Christian R. Boehm, Catherine Rhodes, Jennifer C. Molloy +25 more
2017eLife70 citations Open access
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One-pot triangular chemoenzymatic cascades for the syntheses of chiral alkaloids from dopamine
B. Lichman, E. Lamming, T. Pesnot, J. M. Smith +2 more
201557 citations Open access
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Gene and genome duplications in the evolution of chemodiversity: perspectives from studies of Lamiaceae.
B. Lichman, Grant T. Godden, C. Buell
2020Current opinion in plant biology54 citations Open access
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Identification of iridoid synthases from Nepeta species: Iridoid cyclization does not determine nepetalactone stereochemistry
Nathaniel H. Sherden, B. Lichman, L. Caputi, Dongyan Zhao +3 more
2017bioRxiv47 citations Open access
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Structural Evidence for the Dopamine-First Mechanism of Norcoclaurine Synthase
B. Lichman, A. Sula, T. Pesnot, H. Hailes +2 more
2017Biochemistry45 citations Open access
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Biocatalytic Strategies towards [4+2] Cycloadditions.
B. Lichman, S. O'Connor, H. Kries
2019Chemistry37 citations Open access
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Cell-Free Total Biosynthesis of Plant Terpene Natural Products using an Orthogonal Cofactor Regeneration System
Undramaa Bat-Erdene, John M. Billingsley, W. Turner, B. Lichman +4 more
2021ACS Catalysis34 citations Open access
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Nature's Chemists: The Discovery and Engineering of Phytochemical Biosynthesis
K. Eljounaidi, B. Lichman
2020Frontiers in Chemistry34 citations Open access
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Biocatalytic routes to stereo-divergent iridoids
N. J. Hernández Lozada, B. Hong, Joshua C. Wood, L. Caputi +9 more
2022Nature Communications29 citations Open access
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A chromosome-level genome assembly reveals that a bipartite gene cluster formed via an inverted duplication controls monoterpenoid biosynthesis in Japanese catnip.
Chan-Chan Liu, S. Smit, Jingjie Dang, Pei-Na Zhou +8 more
2023Molecular Plant28 citations Open access
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Incorporation of nitrogen in antinutritional Solanum alkaloid biosynthesis
Dagny Grzech, S. Smit, Ryan M Alam, Maria Boccia +12 more
2024Nature Chemical Biology25 citations Open access
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Recycling Upstream Redox Enzymes Expands the Regioselectivity of Cycloaddition in Pseudo-Aspidosperma Alkaloid Biosynthesis
Mohamed O. Kamileen, M. DeMars, B. Hong, Yoko Nakamura +5 more
2022bioRxiv21 citations Open access
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One-pot chemoenzymatic synthesis of trolline and tetrahydroisoquinoline analogues
Jian-Xiong Zhao, B. Lichman, John M. Ward, H. C. Hailes
2018Chemical Communications21 citations Open access
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Single step syntheses of (1S)-aryl-tetrahydroisoquinolines by norcoclaurine synthases
R. Roddan, A. Sula, D. Méndez-Sánchez, Fabiana Subrizi +7 more
2020Communications Chemistry17 citations Open access
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Oxidative Rearrangements of the Alkaloid Intermediate Geissoschizine
Mohamed O. Kamileen, B. Hong, Klaus Gase, Maritta Kunert +3 more
2025Angewandte Chemie14 citations Open access
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The Folding of a Family of Three-Helix Bundle Proteins: Spectrin R15 Has a Robust Folding Nucleus, Unlike Its Homologous Neighbours
L. Kwa, B. Wensley, Crispin G. Alexander, Stuart J. Browning +2 more
2014Journal of Molecular Biology10 citations Open access
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Variation of terpene alkaloids in Daphniphyllum macropodum across plants and tissues.
K. Eljounaidi, Barbara A Radzikowska, Caragh B. Whitehead, D. J. Taylor +9 more
2024New Phytologist9 citations Open access
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Phylogeny-Aware Chemoinformatic Analysis of Chemical Diversity in Lamiaceae Enables Iridoid Pathway Assembly and Discovery of Aucubin Synthase
Carlos E. Rodríguez-López, Yin-Di Jiang, Mohamed O. Kamileen, B. Lichman +4 more
2022Molecular biology and evolution9 citations Open access
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Nicotine biosynthesis is completed by cryptic activating glucosylation
Benjamin T. W. Schwabe, Isabelle M. Angstman, Katharina Vollheyde, Zoe Ingold +7 more
2026Nature Communications8 citations Open access
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Enzymatic and chemoenzymatic 3-step cascades for the synthesis of stereochemically complementary trisubstituted tetrahydroisoquinolines
Vanessa Erdmann, B. Lichman, Jian-Xiong Zhao, R. Simon +4 more
20178 citations Open access
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The genomic and enzymatic basis for iridoid biosynthesis in cat thyme (Teucrium marum).
S. Smit, Sefa Ayten, Barbara A Radzikowska, J. P. Hamilton +5 more
2024The Plant Journal7 citations Open access
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Parallel evolution of plant alkaloid biosynthesis from bacterial-like decarboxylases
Catharine X. Wood, Zhou-Qian Jiang, Inesh Amarnath, Lachlan J. N. Waddell +7 more
2025bioRxiv6 citations Open access
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Beyond co-expression: pathway discovery for plant pharmaceuticals.
Sandesh H Swamidatta, B. Lichman
2024Current Opinion in Biotechnology6 citations Open access
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Evolution of linear triterpenoid biosynthesis within the Euphorbia genus
T. Czechowski, Yi Li, A. Gilday, David Harvey +4 more
2025Nature Communications5 citations Open access
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Streamlined screening platforms lead to the discovery of pachysiphine synthase from Tabernanthe iboga
Mohamed O. Kamileen, Yoko Nakamura, K. Luck, S. Heinicke +4 more
2024bioRxiv5 citations Open access
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Structure and mutation of deoxypodophyllotoxin synthase (DPS) from Podophyllum hexandrum
Zoe Ingold, G. Grogan, B. Lichman
2023Frontiers in Catalysis5 citations Open access
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Discovery and characterisation of terpenoid biosynthesis enzymes from Daphniphyllum macropodum
K. Eljounaidi, Caragh B. Whitehead, Emily Radley, M. Petrou +3 more
2025BMC Plant Biology4 citations Open access
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Nicotine biosynthesis completed by cryptic activating glucosylation
Benjamin T. W. Schwabe, Isabelle M. Angstman, Katharina Vollheyde, Zoe Ingold +7 more
2025bioRxiv4 citations Open access
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Haplotype-resolved genome of Agastache rugosa (Huo Xiang) provides insight into monoterpenoid biosynthesis and gene cluster evolution
Chan-Chan Liu, Dishuai Li, Jingjie Dang, Juan Shu +3 more
2025Horticulture Research2 citations Open access
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Artemether and Euphorbia factor L9 suppress kynurenine production through distinct effects on tryptophan metabolism
A. Capatina, T. Czechowski, Charlotte Plunkett-Jones, T. Tonon +5 more
2025bioRxiv2 citations Open access
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Pseudomolecule-scale genome assemblies of Drepanocaryum sewerzowii and Marmoritis complanata
S. Smit, Caragh B. Whitehead, Sally R. James, D. Jeffares +4 more
2024bioRxiv2 citations Open access
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Synthesis of the Proposed Structure of Celacarfurine and Analogues Using Sequential Cascade Ring Expansion Reactions
Jerry K F Tam, Lachlan J. N. Waddell, Kleopas Y Palate, A. C. Whitwood +5 more
2026Organic Letters1 citations Open access
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Biomimetic total synthesis of ten Securinega alkaloids
Lachlan J. N. Waddell, Zhou-Qian Jiang, Gideon Grogan, B. Lichman +1 more
2026Organic Chemistry Frontiers1 citations Open access
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Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction for Exploring Alkaloid Evolution.
B. Lichman
2022Methods in molecular biology1 citations
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Author Correction: Biocatalytic routes to stereo-divergent iridoids
N. J. Hernández Lozada, B. Hong, Joshua C. Wood, L. Caputi +9 more
2022Nature Communications1 citations Open access
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Dreaming of clean bean protein
K. Eljounaidi, B. Lichman
2021Nature Plants1 citations Open access
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Norcoclaurine synthase: the mechanism and biocatalytic potential of a Pictet-Spenglerase
B. Lichman
20161 citations
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Horizontal gene transfer fuels metabolic innovation in the grass Zuloagaea bulbosa
Lara Pereira, E. Bailes, Noah G. Bourne, Catherine F Collins +4 more
2026bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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Shifting the equilibrium on lupin alkaloids.
Zhou-Qian Jiang, B. Lichman
2026Science0 citations
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Keystone discoveries in the assembly of architecturally complex diterpenoid alkaloids.
Benjamin T. W. Schwabe, B. Lichman
2026Molecular Plant0 citations
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Biosynthesis of Securinega alkaloids via a cyanogenic glucoside-like pathway
Zhou-Qian Jiang, Lachlan J. N. Waddell, Inesh Amarnath, Caitlin A. Hancock +4 more
2026bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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