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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki, GR

2023 to present | Assistant Professor (School of Agriculture)
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Konstantinos Koudounas

Works (32)

Harnessing the spatial and transcriptional regulation of monoterpenoid indole alkaloid metabolism in Alstonia scholaris leads to the identification of broad geissoschizine cyclase activities

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
2025-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Louis-Valentin Méteignier; Sarah Szwarc; Patra Barunava; Mickael Durand; Duchesse-Lacours Zamar; Caroline Birer Williams; Nicolas Gautron; Christelle Dutilleul; Konstantinos Koudounas; Enzo Lezin et al.
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Genome-based discovery of pachysiphine synthases in Tabernaemontana elegans

bioRxiv
2024 | Other
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2-s2.0-85203469113

Part of ISSN: 26928205
Contributors: Lezin, E.; Durand, M.; Williams, C.B.; Vazquez, A.L.L.; Perrot, T.; Gautron, N.; Pétrignet, J.; Cuello, C.; Jansen, H.J.; Magot, F. et al.
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Genome-based discovery of pachysiphine synthases in Tabernaemontana elegans

Plant Journal
2024 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85206903392

Part of ISSN: 1365313X 09607412
Contributors: Lezin, E.; Durand, M.; Birer Williams, C.; Lopez Vazquez, A.L.; Perrot, T.; Gautron, N.; Pétrignet, J.; Cuello, C.; Jansen, H.J.; Magot, F. et al.
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Yeast Platforms for Production and Screening of Bioactive Derivatives of Rauwolscine

ACS Synthetic Biology
2024 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85191096573

Part of ISSN: 21615063
Contributors: Bradley, S.A.; Hansson, F.G.; Lehka, B.J.; Rago, D.; Pinho, P.; Peng, H.; Adhikari, K.B.; Haidar, A.K.; Hansen, L.G.; Volkova, D. et al.
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β-Glucosidases in specialized metabolism: Towards a new understanding of the gatekeepers of plant chemical arsenal

Current Opinion in Plant Biology
2024-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Angeliki Stathaki; Georgia Pantidi; Margarita Thomopoulou; Konstantinos Koudounas
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Biosynthesis of natural and halogenated plant monoterpene indole alkaloids in yeast

Nature Chemical Biology
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85175793398

Part of ISSN: 15524469 15524450
Contributors: Bradley, S.A.; Lehka, B.J.; Hansson, F.G.; Adhikari, K.B.; Rago, D.; Rubaszka, P.; Haidar, A.K.; Chen, L.; Hansen, L.G.; Gudich, O. et al.
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Identification of a second 16-hydroxytabersonine-O-methyltransferase suggests an evolutionary relationship between alkaloid and flavonoid metabolisms in Catharanthus roseus

Protoplasma
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85135798014

Part of ISSN: 16156102 0033183X
Contributors: Lemos Cruz, P.; Carqueijeiro, I.; Koudounas, K.; Bomzan, D.P.; Stander, E.A.; Abdallah, C.; Kulagina, N.; Oudin, A.; Lanoue, A.; Giglioli-Guivarc’h, N. et al.
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A Rapid and Efficient Vacuum-Based Agroinfiltration Protocol for Transient Gene Overexpression in Leaves of Catharanthus roseus

Methods in Molecular Biology
2022 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85132617377

Part of ISSN: 19406029 10643745
Contributors: Koudounas, K.; Carqueijeiro, I.; Lemos Cruz, P.; Perrin, J.; Lanoue, A.; Oudin, A.; Besseau, S.; Courdavault, V.
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Unexpected metabolic synergies revealed in tomato glandular trichomes

Plant Physiology
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85125812159

Part of ISSN: 15322548 00320889
Contributors: Koudounas, K.
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GA-Mediated Disruption of RGA/BZR1 Complex Requires HSP90 to Promote Hypocotyl Elongation

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2022-12-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Panagiota Konstantinia Plitsi; Despina Samakovli; Loukia Roka; Aggeliki Rampou; Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos; Konstantinos Koudounas; Ioannis Isaioglou; Kosmas Haralampidis; Stamatis Rigas; Polydefkis Hatzopoulos et al.
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Tonoplast and Peroxisome Targeting of γ-tocopherol N-methyltransferase Homologs Involved in the Synthesis of Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids

Plant and Cell Physiology
2022-02-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Konstantinos Koudounas; Gregory Guirimand; Luisa Fernanda Rojas Hoyos; Ines Carqueijeiro; Pamela Lemos Cruz; Emily Stander; Natalja Kulagina; Jennifer Perrin; Audrey Oudin; Sébastien Besseau et al.
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Enhanced bioproduction of anticancer precursor vindoline by yeast cell factories

Microbial Biotechnology
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85111160933

Part of ISSN: 17517915
Contributors: Kulagina, N.; Guirimand, G.; Melin, C.; Lemos-Cruz, P.; Carqueijeiro, I.; De Craene, J.-O.; Oudin, A.; Heredia, V.; Koudounas, K.; Unlubayir, M. et al.
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Players in pectin production: Rhamnose transporters affect the length of rhamnogalacturonan-I

Plant Physiology
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85105014753

Part of ISSN: 15322548 00320889
Contributors: Koudounas, K.
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Silencing of Oleuropein β-Glucosidase Abolishes the Biosynthetic Capacity of Secoiridoids in Olives

Frontiers in Plant Science
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85115165876

Part of ISSN: 1664462X
Contributors: Koudounas, K.; Thomopoulou, M.; Rigakou, A.; Angeli, E.; Melliou, E.; Magiatis, P.; Hatzopoulos, P.
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Evaluation of type-B RR dimerization in poplar: A mechanism to preserve signaling specificity?

Plant Science
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: I. Djeghdir; F. Chefdor; L. Bertheau; K. Koudounas; I. Carqueijeiro; P. Lemos Cruz; V. Courdavault; C. Depierreux; M. Larcher; F. Lamblin et al.
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Improved virus-induced gene silencing allows discovery of a serpentine synthase gene in Catharanthus roseus

Plant Physiology
2021-10-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Kotaro Yamamoto; Dagny Grzech; Konstantinos Koudounas; Emily Amor Stander; Lorenzo Caputi; Tetsuro Mimura; Vincent Courdavault; Sarah E. O’Connor
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Clavibacter michiganensis Downregulates Photosynthesis and Modifies Monolignols Metabolism Revealing a Crosstalk with Tomato Immune Responses

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2021-08-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Dikran Tsitsekian; Gerasimos Daras; Konstantina Karamanou; Dimitris Templalexis; Konstantinos Koudounas; Dimitris Malliarakis; Theologos Koufakis; Dimitris Chatzopoulos; Dimitris Goumas; Vardis Ntoukakis et al.
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Alternative splicing creates a pseudo-strictosidine β-d-glucosidase modulating alkaloid synthesis in Catharanthus roseus

Plant Physiology
2021-04-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Inês Carqueijeiro; Konstantinos Koudounas; Thomas Dugé de Bernonville; Liuda Johana Sepúlveda; Angela Mosquera; Dikki Pedenla Bomzan; Audrey Oudin; Arnaud Lanoue; Sébastien Besseau; Pamela Lemos Cruz et al.
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Two bi‐functional cytochrome P450 CYP72 enzymes from olive (Olea europaea) catalyze the oxidative C‐C bond cleavage in the biosynthesis of secoxy‐iridoids – flavor and quality determinants in olive oil

New Phytologist
2021-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Carlos E. Rodríguez‐López; Benke Hong; Christian Paetz; Yoko Nakamura; Konstantinos Koudounas; Valentina Passeri; Luciana Baldoni; Fiammetta Alagna; Ornella Calderini; Sarah E. O'Connor
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Beyond the semi-synthetic artemisinin: metabolic engineering of plant-derived anti-cancer drugs

Current Opinion in Biotechnology
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85076238173

Part of ISSN: 18790429 09581669
Contributors: Carqueijeiro, I.; Langley, C.; Grzech, D.; Koudounas, K.; Papon, N.; O'Connor, S.E.; Courdavault, V.
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Two bi-functional cytochrome P450 CYP72 enzymes from olive (Olea europaea) catalyze the oxidative C-C bond cleavage in the biosynthesis of secoxy-iridoids - flavor and quality determinants in olive oil

bioRxiv
2020 | Other
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2-s2.0-85098906490

Part of ISSN: 26928205
Contributors: Rodríguez-López, C.E.; Hong, B.; Paetz, C.; Nakamura, Y.; Koudounas, K.; Passeri, V.; Baldoni, L.; Alagna, F.; Calderini, O.; O'Connor, S.E.
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Virus-induced gene silencing in olive tree (oleaceae)

Methods in Molecular Biology
2020 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85086692536

Part of ISSN: 19406029 10643745
Contributors: Koudounas, K.; Thomopoulou, M.; Angeli, E.; Tsitsekian, D.; Rigas, S.; Hatzopoulos, P.
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Identifying Genes Involved in Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Vinca minor through Transcriptomics and Gene Co-Expression Analysis

Biomolecules
2020-11-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Emily Amor Stander; Liuda Johana Sepúlveda; Thomas Dugé de Bernonville; Inês Carqueijeiro; Konstantinos Koudounas; Pamela Lemos Cruz; Sébastien Besseau; Arnaud Lanoue; Nicolas Papon; Nathalie Giglioli-Guivarc’h et al.
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Sulfotransferase1 Is the Enzymatic Hub of Sulfated Salicinoids in Poplar

Plant Physiology
2020-05 | Journal article
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New Insight into HPts as Hubs in Poplar Cytokinin and Osmosensing Multistep Phosphorelays: Cytokinin Pathway Uses Specific HPts

Plants
2019-12-11 | Journal article
Contributors: François Héricourt; Mélanie Larcher; Françoise Chefdor; Konstantinos Koudounas; Inês Carqueijeiro; Pamela Lemos Cruz; Vincent Courdavault; Mirai Tanigawa; Tatsuya Maeda; Christiane Depierreux et al.
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Highlighting type A RRs as potential regulators of the dkHK1 multi-step phosphorelay pathway in Populus

Plant Science
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85053831449

Contributors: Chefdor, F.; Héricourt, F.; Koudounas, K.; Carqueijeiro, I.; Courdavault, V.; Mascagni, F.; Bertheau, L.; Larcher, M.; Depierreux, C.; Lamblin, F. et al.
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Two tabersonine 6,7-epoxidases initiate lochnericine-derived alkaloid biosynthesis in catharanthus roseus

Plant Physiology
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85056309393

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15322548 00320889

Contributors: Carqueijeiro, I.; Brown, S.; Chung, K.; Dang, T.-T.; Walia, M.; Besseau, S.; de Bernonville, T.D.; Oudin, A.; Lanoue, A.; Billet, K. et al.
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Proteome of olive non-glandular trichomes reveals protective protein network against (a)biotic challenge

Journal of Plant Physiology
2018-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Loukia Roka; Konstantinos Koudounas; Gerasimos Daras; Jerome Zoidakis; Antonia Vlahou; Panagiotis Kalaitzis; Polydefkis Hatzopoulos
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Missing enzymes in the biosynthesis of the anticancer drug vinblastine in Madagascar periwinkle

Science
2018-06-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Lorenzo Caputi; Jakob Franke; Scott C. Farrow; Khoa Chung; Richard M. E. Payne; Trinh-Don Nguyen; Thu-Thuy T. Dang; Inês Soares Teto Carqueijeiro; Konstantinos Koudounas; Thomas Dugé de Bernonville et al.
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The C-Domain of Oleuropein β-Glucosidase Assists in Protein Folding and Sequesters the Enzyme in Nucleus

Plant Physiology
2017-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Konstantinos Koudounas; Margarita Thomopoulou; Christos Michaelidis; Efstathia Zevgiti; Georgios Papakostas; Paraskevi Tserou; Gerasimos Daras; Polydefkis Hatzopoulos
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A defence-related Olea europaea β-glucosidase hydrolyses and activates oleuropein into a potent protein cross-linking agent

Journal of Experimental Botany
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84928901902

Contributors: Koudounas, K.; Banilas, G.; Michaelidis, C.; Demoliou, C.; Rigas, S.; Hatzopoulos, P.
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Transcriptional profiling unravels potential metabolic activities of the olive leaf non-glandular trichome

Frontiers in Plant Science
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84940210910

Contributors: Koudounas, K.; Manioudaki, M.E.; Kourti, A.; Banilas, G.; Hatzopoulos, P.
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Peer review (72 reviews for 16 publications/grants)

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Review activity for Plants. (15)