PUBLICATIONS

74. Martin MN, Saladores PH, Lambert, E, Hudson AO, Leustek T (2007) Localization of members of the -glutamyl transpeptidase family identifies sites of glutathione and glutathione S-Conjugate hydrolysis. 144: 1715-1732

73. Muralla R, Sweeney C, Stepansky A, Leustek T, Meinke D (2007) Genetic dissection of histidine biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 144: 890-903

72. Kim SK, Gomes V, Gao Y, Chandramouli K, Johnson MK, Knaff DB, Leustek T The two domain structure of 5’-adenylylsulfate reductase from Enteromorpha intestinalis is a requirement for efficient APS reductase activity. Biochemistry 46: 591-601

71. McCoy AJ, Adams NE, Hudson AO, Gilvarg C, Leustek T, Maurelli AT (2006) L,L-diaminopimelate aminotransferase, a trans-kingdom enzyme shared by Chlamydia and plants for synthesis of diaminopimelate/lysine. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 103: 17909-17914

70. Kim S-K, Rahman A, Conover RC, Johnson MK, Mason JT, Moore ML, Leustek T, Knaff DB (2006) Properties of the cysteine residues and iron-sulfur cluster of the assimilatory 5’-adenylyl sulfate reductase from Enteromorpha intestinalis. Biochemistry 45: 5010-5018

69. Hudson AO, Singh BK, Leustek T, Gilvarg C (2006) An L,L-diaminopimelate aminotransferase defines a novel variant of the lysine biosynthesis pathway in plants. Plant Physiology 140: 292-301

68. Stepansky A, Leustek T (2006) Histidine biosynthesis in plants. Amino Acids 30: 127-142

67. Kim S-K, Rahman A, Conover RC, Johnson MK, Mason JT, Moore ML, Leustek T, Knaff DB (2006) Properties of the cysteine residues and iron-sulfur cluster of the assimilatory 5’-adenylyl sulfate reductase from Enteromorpha intestinalis. Biochemistry 45: 5010-5018

66. Kim S-K, Rahman A, Mason JT, Hirasawa M, Miginiac-Maslow M, Keryer E, Knaff DB, Leustek T (2005) The interaction of 5’-adenylylsulfate reductase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa with thioredoxin. Biochemica Biophysica Acta 1710: 103-112

65. Bagga S, Potenza C, Ross J, Martin MN, Leustek T, and Champa Sengupta-Gopalan C (2005) Co-expression of cystathionine g-synthase and b-zein in alfalfa leads to increase of b-zein accumulation. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology- Plant  41: 731-741

64. Martin MN, Tarczynski MC, Shen B, Leustek T (2005) The role of 5'-adenylylsulfate reductase in controlling sulfate reduction in plants. Photosynthesis Research 86: 309-323

63. Sors TG, Ellis DR, Na GN, Lahner B, Lee S, Leustek T, Pickering IJ, Salt DE (2005) Role of sulfur assimilating enzymes in selenate reduction, tolerance and accumulation in Astragalus. Plant J 42: 785–797

62. Lee M-S, Martin MN, Hudson AO, Lee J, Muhitch MJ, Leustek T (2005) Methionine and threonine synthesis are limited by homoserine availability and not the activity of homoserine kinase in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J 41: 685-696

61. Hudson AO, Bless C, Macedo P, Chaterjee SP, Singh BK, Gilvarg C, Leustek T (2005) Biosynthesis of lysine in plants:  Evidence for a variant of the known bacterial pathways. Biochemica Biophysica Acta 1721: 27-36

60. Kim S-K, Rahman A, Bick, J-A, Conover RC, Johnson MK, Mason JT, Hirasawa, M, Leustek T, Knaff DB (2004) Properties of the cysteine residues and iron-sulfur cluster of the sulfate assimilatory 5’-adenylyl sulfate reductase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biochemistry 43: 13478-13486

59. DiFraia C, Leustek T (2004) Functional genomics study in Arabidopsis thaliana of histidine biosynthesis. The Rutgers Scholar Volume 6 http://rutgersscholar.rutgers.edu/volume06/defraia-leustek/defraia-leustek.htm

58. Grebenok J, Leustek T, Nickla H, Podgorski GJ, Reedy M, Welker D (2004) Student Handbook to GENES VIII/Lewin: Questions, Problems, and Solutions. Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

57. Di R, Kim J, Martin MN, Leustek T, Jhoo J, Ho CT, Tumer NE (2003) Enhancement of the primary flavor compound methional in potato by increasing the level of soluble methionine. J Agric Food Chem 51: 5695-5702

56. Tsakraklides GP, Martin M, Chalam, R, Tarczynski M, Schmidt A, Leustek T (2002)  Sulfate reduction is increased in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana expressing 5’-adenylylsulfate reductase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Plant J 32: 879-889

55. Ravina CG, Chang C-I, Tsakraklides GP, McDermott JP, Vega JM,  Leustek T, Gotor C, Davies JP (2002) The sac mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii reveal transcriptional and post-transcriptional control of cysteine biosynthesis. Plant Physiol 130: 2076-2084

54. Lancien M, Martin M, Hsieh MH, Leustek T, Goodman H, Coruzzi G (2002) Arabidopsis glt1-T mutant defines a role for NADH GOGAT in the non-photorespiratory ammonium assimilatory pathway.  Plant J 29: 347-358

53. Leustek T (2002) Sulfate Metabolism. In: The Arabidopsis Book, eds. C.R. Somerville and E.M. Meyerowitz, American Society of Plant Biologists, Rockville, MD, doi/10.1199/tab.0017 http://www.aspb.org/publications/arabidopsis/

52. Kim J, Lee M, Chalam R, Martin M, Leustek T, Boerjan W (2002) Constitutive overexpression of cystathionine g-synthase in Arabidopsis thaliana leads to accumulation of soluble methionine and S-methylmethionine. Plant Physiol 128: 95-107

51. Bick JA, Setterdahl AT, Knaff DB, Chen Y, Pitcher LH, Zilinskas BA, Leustek (2001) Regulation of the plant-type 5’-adenylylsulfate reductase by oxidative stress. Biochemistry 40: 9040-9048

50. Sanda SL, Leustek T, Theisen MJ, Garavito M, Benning C (2001) Recombinant Arabidopsis SQD1 converts UDP-glucose and sulfite to the sulfolipid head group precursor UDP-sulfoquinovose in vitro. J Biol Chem 276: 3941-3946

49. Rotte C, Leustek T (2000) Differential subcellular localization and expression of ATP sulfurylase and APS reductase during ontogenesis of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves indicates that cytosolic and plastid forms of ATP sulfurylase may have specialized functions. Plant Physiol 124: 715-724

48. Gao Y, Schofield O, Leustek T (2000) Characterization of sulfate assimilation in marine algae focusing on the enzyme 5’-adenylylsulfate (APS) reductase. Plant Physiol 123: 1087-1096

47. Hatzfeld Y, Lee S, Lee M, Leustek T, Saito K (2000) Functional characterization of a gene encoding a fourth ATP sulfurylase isoform from Arabidopsis thaliana. Gene 248: 51-58

46. Leustek T, Bick JA (2000) The evolution of sulfur assimilation in plants. In: Sulfur nutrition and sulfur assimilation in higher plants, C Brunold, J-C Davidian, L De Kok, H Rennenberg, I Stulen, eds. Paul Haupt Publishers, Bern, Switzerland, The Netherlands, pp 1-15

45. Crawford NM, Kahn ML, Leustek T, Long SR (2000) Chapter 16-Nitrogen and Sulfur. In: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants, BB Buchanan, W Gruissem, RL Jones, eds. American Society of Plant Physiologists, Rockville, MD, pp. 786-849

44. Leustek T, Martin MN, Bick JA, Davies JP (2000) Pathways and regulation of sulfur metabolism revealed through molecular and genetic studies. Annu Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol 51: 141-166 (top 1% most cited papers - ISI Web of Science)

43. Bick JA, Dennis JJ, Zylstra GJ Nowack J, Leustek T (2000) Identification of a new class of 5’-adenylylsulfate (APS) reductase from sulfate-assimilating bacteria. J Bacteriol 182: 135-142

42. Kim J, Leustek T (2000) Repression of cystathionine g-synthase in Arabidopsis thaliana produces partial methionine auxotrophy and developmental abnormalities. Plant Sci 151: 9-18

41. Marty I, Douat C, Tichit L, Kim J, Leustek T, Abagnac G (2000) The cystathionine-g-synthase gene involved in methionine biosynthesis is highly expressed and auxin-repressed during wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.) fruit ripening. Theor Appl Genet 100: 1129-1136

40. Lee M-S, Leustek T (1999) Identification of the gene encoding homoserine kinase from Arabidopsis thaliana and characterization of the recombinant enzyme derived from the gene. Arch Biochem Biophys 372: 135-142

39. Chiba Y, Ishikawa M, Kijima F, Tyson RW, Kim J, Yamamoto A, Nambara E, Leustek T, Wallsgove RM, Naito S (1999) Evidence for autoregulation of cystathionine g-synthase mRNA stability in Arabidopsis. Science 286: 1371-1374

38. Kim J, Chiba Y, Yamamoto A, Naito S, Leustek T (1999) Nucleotide sequence polymorphisms in the cystathionine gamma-synthase gene of Arabidopsis thaliana (Accession Nos., AF039206 and AB010888). Plant Physiol 120: 635-636

37. Leustek T, Saito K (1999) Sulfate transport and assimilation. Plant Physiol 120: 637-643

36. Lappartient AG, Vidmar JJ, Leustek T, Glass ADM, Touraine B (1999) Inter-organ signaling in plants: regulation of ATP sulfurylase and sulfate transporter genes expression in roots mediated by phloem-translocated compound. Plant J 18: 89-95

35. Lee S, Leustek T (1999) The affect of cadmium on sulfate assimilation enzymes in Brassica juncea. Plant Science 141: 201-207

34. Raux E, McVeigh T, Peters SE, Leustek T, Warren MJ (1999) The role of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Met1p and Met8p in sirohaem and cobalamin biosynthesis. Biochem J 338: 701–708

33. Pilon-Smits EAH, Hwang SB, Lytle CM, Zhu YL, Tai JC, Bravo RC, Chen YC, Leustek T, Terry N (1999) Overexpression of ATP sulfurylase in Indian mustard leads to increased selenate uptake, reduction, and tolerance. Plant Physiol 119: 123-132

32. Nozaki T, Arase T, Shigeta Y, Asai T, Leustek T, Takeuchi T (1998) Cloning and bacterial expression of adenosine-5 '-triphosphate sulfurylase from the enteric protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure & Molecular Enzymology 1429: 284-291

31. Lee S, Leustek T (1998) APS kinase from Arabidopisis thaliana, genomic organization, expression, and kinetic analysis of the recombinant enzyme. Biochem Biophys Res Comm 247: 171-175

30. Bick JA, Εslund F, Chen Y, Leustek T (1998) Glutaredoxin function for the carboxyl terminal domain of the plant-type 5'-adenylylsulfate (APS) reductase. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 95: 8404-8409

29. Bick JA, Leustek T (1998) Plant sulfur metabolism-the reduction of sulfate to sulfite. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 1: 240-244

28. Chen YC, Leustek T (1998) Three genomic clones from Arabidopisis thaliana encoding 5'-adenylylsulfate reductase (Accession Nos. AF016282, AF016283 and AF016284) (PGR98-030). Plant Physiol 116: 869

27. Campbell M, Hahn F, Poulter CD, Leustek T (1998) Analysis of the isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase gene family from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology 36: 323-328

26. Summers PS, Nolte K, Cooper AJL, Borgeas H, Leustek T, Rhodes D, Hanson AD (1998) Identification and stereospecificity of the first three enzymes of 3-dimethylsulfonio-propionate biosynthesis in a chlorophyte alga. Plant Physiol 116: 369-378.

25. Takahashi H, Yamazaki M, Sasakura N, Watanabe A, Leustek T, de Almeida-Engler J, Engler G, Van Montagu M, Saito K (1997) Regulation of cysteine biosynthesis in higher plants: A sulfate transporter induced in sulfate-starved roots plays a central role in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 94: 11102-11107

24. Gage DA, Nolte KD, Rhodes D, Leustek T, Cooper AJL, Hanson AD (1997) Biogenic dimethylsulfide: Synthesis of its precursor 3-dimethylsulfoniopropionate in marine algae. Nature 387: 891-894

23. Havkinfrenkel D, Dorn R, Leustek T (1997) Plant tissue culture for production of secondary metabolites. Food Technology 51: 56

22. Leustek T, Smith M, Murillo M, Singh DP, Smith AG, Woodcock SC, Awan SJ, Warren MJ  (1997) Siroheme biosynthesis in higher plants: analysis of an S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent uroporphyrinogen III methyltransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Biol. Chem. 272: 2744-2752

21. Leustek T (1997) Molecular genetics of sulfonucleotide reduction in higher plants. Sulphur Metabolism in Higher Plants. WJ Cram, LJ De Kok, I Stulen, C Brunold, H Rennenberg, eds., Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp 211-213

20. Kim J, Leustek T (1996) Cloning and analysis of the gene for cystathionine-g-synthase from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology 36: 1117-11124

19. Setya A, Murillo M, Leustek T (1996) Sulfate reduction in higher plants: Molecular evidence for a novel 5'-adenylylphosphosulfate (APS) reductase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 93: 13383-13388

18. Leustek T (1996) Molecular genetics of sulfate assimilation in plants. Physiologia Plantarum 97: 411-419

17. Selvan S, Grewal PS, Leustek T, Gaugler R (1996) Heat-shock enhances thermotolerance of infective juvenile insect-parasitic nematodes Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Rhabditida: Heterorhabdidae). Experientia 52: 727-730

16. Murillo M, Foglia R, Diller A, Lee S, Leustek T (1995) Serine acetyltransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana can functionally complement the cysteine requirement of a cysE mutant strain of Escherichia coli. Cell Molec Biol Res 41: 425-433

15. Murillo M, Leustek T (1995) ATP sulfurylase from Arabidopsis thaliana. and Escherichia coli are functionally equivalent but structurally and kinetically divergent. Nucleotide sequence of two ATP sulfurylase cDNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana and analysis of a recombinant enzyme. Arch Biochem Biophys 323: 195-204

14. Belanger F, Leustek T, Chu B, Kriz AK (1995) Evidence for the thiamine biosynthetic pathway in higher-plant plastids and its developmental regulation. Plant Molec Biol 29: 809-821

13. Rosenthal E, Leustek T (1995) A multifunctional protein in Urechis caupo has both ATP sulfurylase and APS kinase activities. Gene 165: 243-248

12. Jain A, Leustek T (1994) A cDNA clone for 5'-adenylylphosphosulfate kinase from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol 105: 771-772

11. Leustek T, Murillo M, Cervantes M (1994) Cloning of a cDNA encoding ATP sulfurylase from Arabidopsis thaliana by functional expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Plant Physiol 105: 897-902

10. Wang H, Goffreda M, Leustek T (1993) Characteristics of an Hsp70 homolog localized in higher plant chloroplasts similar to DnaK, the Hsp70 of prokaryotes. Plant Physiol 102: 843-850

9.  Leustek T (1992) Is Grp78 a sensor of cellular secretory activity? In, Genetic Engineering, Principles and Methods, Volume 14. JK Setlow, ed., Plenum Press, pp. 125-137

8.  Leustek T, Amir-Shapira D, Toledo H, Brot N, Weissbach H (1992) Autophosphorylation of 70 kDa heat shock proteins. Cell Mol Biol 38: 1-10.

7.      Leustek T, Toledo H, Brot N, Weissbach H (1991) Calcium-dependent phosphorylation of the glucose regulated protein, Grp78. Arch Biochem Biophys 289: 256-261

6.  Amir-Shapira D, Leustek T, Dalie B, Weissbach H, Brot N (1990) Hsp70 proteins, similar to Escherichia coli DnaK, in chloroplasts and mitochondria of Euglena gracilis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 87: 1749-1752

5.  Leustek T, Kirby EG (1990) Cell cultures of Douglas-fir grown under conditions of water stress: selection and physiology. Tree Physiol 6: 317-326

4.  Leustek T, Dalie B, Amir-Shapira D, Brot N, Weissbach H (1989) A member of the Hsp70 family is localized in mitochondria and resembles Escherichia coli DnaK. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 86: 7805-7808

3.  Leustek T, Hartwig R, Brot N, Weissbach H (1988) The regulation of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase expression in Rhodospirillum rubrum. Characteristics of mRNA synthesized in vivo and in vitro. J Bacteriol 170: 4065-4071

2.   Leustek T, Kirby EG (1988) The influence of glutamine on growth and viability of suspension cultures of Douglas-fir after exposure to polyethylene glycol. Tree Physiol 4: 371-380

1. Kirby EG, Leustek T, Lee MS (1987) Nitrogen nutrition. In: Cell and Tissue Culture in Forestry, Volume 1. General Principles and Biotechnology. JM Bonga, D Durzan, eds. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Boston. pp. 67-88