Mohammed Saddik Motawie

Mohammed Saddik Motawie

Associate Professor


  1. Published

    Granule-bound starch synthase I in isolated starch granules elongates malto-oligosaccharides processively

    Denyer, K., Waite, D., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Møller, Birger Lindberg & Smith, A. M., 1999, In: Biochemical Journal. 340, p. 183-191 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    An independent evolutionary origin for insect deterrent cucurbitacins in Iberis amara

    Dong, L., Almeida Robles, A. R., Pollier, J., Khakimov, Bekzod, Bassard, J. A., Miettinen, K., Stærk, Dan, Mehran, R., Olsen, C. E., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Goossens, A. & Bak, Søren, 2021, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38, 11, p. 4659-4673 15 p., msab213.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Identification and characterization of novel glycosyltransferases in Arabidopsis thaliana: Xylosyltransferases involved in the synthesis of rhamnogalacturonan II

    Egelund, J., Petersen, Bent L, Faik, A., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E., Ishii, T., Clausen, H., Ulvskov, Peter & Geshi, N., 2004.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  4. Published

    Deletion of biosynthetic genes, specific SNP patterns and differences in transcript accumulation cause variation in hydroxynitrile glucoside content in barley cultivars

    Ehlert, M., Jagd, L. M., Braumann, I., Dockter, C., Crocoll, C., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Møller, Birger Lindberg & Lyngkjær, M. F., 5 Apr 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, p. 1-10 5730.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published
  6. Published

    Hydration of the Amylopectin Branch Point. Evidence of Restricted Conformational Diversity of the a-(1-6) Linkage

    F. Corzana, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, C. Herve du Penhoat, F. van den Berg & A. Blennow, A., 2004, In: Journal of the American Chemical Sociaty. 126, p. 13144-13155 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published
  10. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. Published

    Bottom-up elucidation of glycosidic bond stereochemistry

    Gray, C. J., Schindler, B., Migas, L. G., Picmanova, M., Allouche, A. R., Green, A. P., Mandal, S., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Sánchez Pérez, R., Bjarnholt, Nanna, Møller, Birger Lindberg, Rijs, A. M., Barran, P. E., Compagnon, I., Eyers, C. E. & Flitsch, S. L., 2017, In: Analytical Chemistry. 89, 8, p. 4540-4549 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Synthetic Biology of Cannabinoids and Cannabinoid Glucosides in Nicotiana benthamiana and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Gülck, T., Booth, J. K., Carvalho, Â., Khakimov, Bekzod, Crocoll, C., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Møller, Birger Lindberg, Bohlmann, J. & Gallage, N. J., 2020, In: Journal of Natural Products. 83, 10, p. 2877-2893 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. 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

  24. Published

    The molecular hydration of starch

    Hansen, P. I., Larsen, F. H., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Blennow, Andreas & Engelsen, Søren Balling, 2007. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  25. Published

    Structure and hydration of the amylopectin trisaccharide building blocks - synthesis, NMR, and molecular dynamics

    Hansen, P. I., Larsen, F. H., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Blennow, Andreas, Spraul, M. & Dvortsak, P., 2008, In: Biopolymers. 89, 12, p. 1179-1193 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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