Mohammed Saddik Motawie

Mohammed Saddik Motawie

Associate Professor


  1. Published

    Starch phosphorylation - maltosidic restrains upon 3´- and 6´-phosphorylation investigated by chemical synthesis, molecular dynamics and NMR spectroscopy

    Hansen, P. I., Spraul, M., Dvortsak, P., Larsen, F. H., Blennow, Andreas, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik & Engelsen, Søren Balling, 2009, In: Biopolymers. 91, 3, p. 179-193 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    The structure and hydration of alpha-glucan model compounds

    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

  3. Published

    Hydration of the double helical segment of amylopectin

    Hansen, P. I., Blennow, Andreas, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik & Engelsen, Søren Balling, 2005, Abstracts. Eurocarb, p. 1 1 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearch

  4. Published

    The crystal structure of a defined starch granule assembly unit

    Houborg, K., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik & Blennow, Andreas, 2004.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  5. Published

    Synthesis of 11-carbon terpenoids in yeast using protein and metabolic engineering

    Ignea, C., Pontini, M., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Maffei, M. E., Makris, A. M. & Kampranis, Sotirios, 2018, In: Nature Chemical Biology. 14, 12, p. 1090-1098 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. 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

  7. E-pub ahead of print

    Disentangling hydroxynitrile glucoside biosynthesis in a barley (Hordeum vulgare) metabolon provides access to elite malting barleys for ethyl carbamate-free whisky production

    Jørgensen, M. E., Houston, K., Jørgensen, Hans Jørgen Lyngs, Thomsen, H. C., Tekaat, L., Krogh, C. T., Mellor, Silas Busck, Braune, K. B., Damm, M. L., Pedas, P. R., Voss, C., Rasmussen, M. W., Nielsen, K., Skadhauge, B., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Møller, Birger Lindberg, Dockter, C. & Sørensen, Mette, 23 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Plant Journal.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Published
  12. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Stabilization of dhurrin biosynthetic enzymes from Sorghum bicolor using a natural deep eutectic solvent

    Knudsen, C., Bavishi, K., Viborg, K. M., Drew, D. P., Simonsen, H. T., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Møller, Birger Lindberg & Laursen, Tomas, 2020, In: Phytochemistry. 170, 9 p., 112214.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    A facile protocol for direct conversion of unprotected sugars into phenyl 4,6,-O-acetylated-1,2-trans-thioglycosides

    Larsen, K., Olsen, C. E. & Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, 2003, In: Carbohydrate Research. 338, p. 199-202 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    A facile protocol fordirect conversion of unprotected sugars into phenyl 4,6-O-benzylidene-per-O-acetylated-1,2-trans-thioglycosides

    Larsen, K., Olsen, C. E. & Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, 2003, In: Carbohydrate Research. 338, p. 199-202 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Acid-catalysed rearrangement of glycosyl trichloroacetimidates: a novel route to glycosylamines

    Larsen, K., Olsen, C. E. & Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, 2008, In: Carbohydrate Research. 343, 2, p. 383-387 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Chemical Synthesis of linear malto-oligosaccharides

    Larsen, K., Olsen, C. E., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, 2000.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  20. Published

    Chemical synthesis of linear malto-oligosaccharides

    Larsen, K., Olsen, C. E., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, 2001.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  21. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Arabidopsis thaliana RGXT1 and RGXT2 encode Golgi-localized (1,3)-alpha-D-xylosyltransferases involved in the synthesis of pectic rhamnogalacturonan-II

    Madsen, J. E., Petersen, Bent L, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Damager, I., Faik, A., Olsen, C. E., Ishii, T., Clausen, Henrik, Ulvskov, Peter & Geshi, N., 2006, In: Plant Cell. 18, 10, p. 2593-2607 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    The causal mutation leading to sweetness in modern white lupin cultivars

    Mancinotti, Davide, Czepiel, K., Taylor, J. L., Galehshahi, H. G., Møller, L. A., Jensen, M. K., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Hufnagel, B., Soriano, A., Yeheyis, L., Kjaerulff, Louise, Péret, B., Stærk, Dan, Wendt, T., Nelson, M. N., Kroc, M. & Geu-Flores, Fernando, 2023, In: Science Advances. 9, 31, 10 p., eadg8866.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Defining optimal electron transfer partners for light-driven cytochrome P450 reactions

    Mellor, Silas Busck, Vinde, M. H., Nielsen, A. Z., Hanke, G. T., Abdiaziz, K., Roessler, M. M., Burow, Meike, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Møller, Birger Lindberg & Jensen, Poul Erik, 1 Sep 2019, In: Metabolic Engineering. 55, p. 33-43

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. 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

  27. Published

    Degradation of lignin β-aryl ether units in Arabidopsis thaliana expressing LigD, LigF and LigG from Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6

    Mnich, E., Vanholme, R., Oyarce, P., Liu, S., Lu, F., Goeminne, G., Jørgensen, Bodil, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Boerjan, W., Ralph, J., Ulvskov, Peter, Møller, Birger Lindberg, Bjarnholt, Nanna & Harholt, J., 2017, In: Plant Biotechnology Journal. 15, 5, p. 581-593 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Phenolic cross-links: building and de-constructing the plant cell wall

    Mnich, E., Bjarnholt, Nanna, Eudes, A., Harholt, J., Holland, C., Jørgensen, Bodil, Larsen, F. H., Liu, M., Manat, R., Meyer, A. S., Mikkelsen, J. D., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Muschiol, J., Møller, Birger Lindberg, Møller, S. R., Perzon, A., Petersen, Bent L, Ravn, J. L. & Ulvskov, Peter, 2020, In: Natural Product Reports. 37, 7, p. 919-961 43 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Modulation of activity and substrate binding modes by mutation of single and double subsites +1/+2 and -5/-6 of barley alfa-amylase 1

    Mori, H., Bak Jensen, K. S., Gottschalck, T. E., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Damager, I., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Svensson, B., 2001, In: FEBS Journal. 268, p. 6545-6558 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    A General Method Based on the Use of N-Bromosuccinimide for Removal of the Thiophenyl Group at the Anomeric Position to Generate A Reducing Sugar with the Original Protecting Groups Still Present

    Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Marcussen, J. & Møller, Birger Lindberg, 1995, In: Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry. 14, 9, p. 1279-1294 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Synthesis of 4'-O-acetyl-maltose and alpha-d-galactopyranosyl-(1to4)-d-glucopyranose for biochemical studies of amylose biosynthesis

    Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E., Denyer, K., Smith, A. M. & Møller, Birger Lindberg, 2001, In: Carbohydrate Research. 330, p. 309-318 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    New phenyl 6,4'-substituted-1-thio-beta-maltosides, building blocks for the synthesis of linear and branched malto-oligosaccharides

    Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Larsen, K., Olsen, C. E. & Møller, Birger Lindberg, 2000, In: Synthesis. 11, p. 1547-1556 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Chemical synthesis of defined linear and branched malto-oligosaccharides containing a-1-4 and a-1-6 linkages for use of starch biosynthesis and degradation

    Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Damager, I., Larsen, K., Olsen, C. E. & Møller, Birger Lindberg, 2001.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  34. Published

    Chemical synthesis of defined oligosaccarides for plant biochemical studies

    Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, 2006. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  35. Synthesis of 5-dialkylaminomethyl-3′-azido and 3′-fluoro-2′,3′-dideoxyuridines for evaluation as anti-HIV agents

    Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Jørgensen, P. T., Larnkjær, Anni, Pedersen, E. B. & Nielsen, C., 1993, In: Monatshefte für Chemie Chemical Monthly. 124, 1, p. 55-64 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Comparative study of small linear and branched alfa-glucans using size exclusion chromatography and static and dynamic light scattering

    Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Damager, I., Olsen, C. E., Møller, Birger Lindberg, Engelsen, Søren Balling, Hansen, S. L., Øgendal, Lars Holm & Bauer, R., 2005, In: Biomacromolecules. 6, p. 143-151 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Chemical synthesis and NMR spectra of a protected branched-tetrasaccharide thioglycoside, a useful intermediate for the synthesis of branched oligosaccharides

    Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E., Møller, Birger Lindberg & Marcussen, J., 15 Jan 1994, In: Carbohydrate Research. 252, p. 69-84 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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  39. Published

    Chemical synthesis of 6´-α-maltosyl-maltotriose, a branched oligosaccharide representing the branch point of starch

    Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Olsen, C. E., Enevoldsen, K., Marcussen, J. & Møller, Birger Lindberg, 7 Nov 1995, In: Carbohydrate Research. 277, 1, p. 109-123 15.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Planten som en kemisk fabrik - in vivo produktion af fosforyleret stivelse i kartofler

    Møller, Birger Lindberg, Wischmann, B., Bay-Smidt, A. M., Nielsen, T. H. & Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, 1995, Forskning i industriel anvendelse af non-food-afgrøder: indlæg ved to temadage i 1995. Olesen, P. O. (ed.). Danmark. Landbrugs- og Fiskeriministeriet: Akademiet for de Tekniske Videnskaber, p. 166-179 14 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  41. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    In vivo production of starches with improved characteristics and more versatile industrial uses

    Møller, Birger Lindberg, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Wischmann, B., Nielsen, T. H. & Olsen, C. E., 1997, TemaNord. p. 79-85 7 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearch

  43. 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

  44. Published

    Golgi-localized exo-β1,3-galactosidases involved in cell expansion and root rowth in Arabidopsis

    Nibbering, P., Petersen, Bent L, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Jørgensen, Bodil, Ulvskov, Peter & Niittylä, T., 2020, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295, 31, p. 10581-10592

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  45. Published

    Golgi-localized exo-β1,3-galactosidases involved in AGP modification and root cell expansion in Arabidopsis

    Nibbering, P., Petersen, Bent L, Motawie, Mohammed Saddik, Jørgensen, Bodil, Ulvskov, Peter & Niittylä, T., 2020, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295, 31, p. 10851-10592

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    DISAL glycosyl donors for the synthesis of a linear hexasaccharide under mild conditions

    Petersen, L., Laursen, J. B., Larsen, K., Motawie, Mohammed Saddik & Jensen, Knud Jørgen, 2003, In: Organic Letters. 5, 8, p. 1309-1312 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. 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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