Alan Myers Publications

Professor
Department Chair

Molecular mechanisms of starch assembly and disassembly
Plant functional genomics

Selected Publications
Zhang, X., Myers, A.M. and James, M.G. (2005) Mutations affecting starch synthase III in Arabidopsis alter leaf starch structure and increase the rate of starch synthesis. Plant Physiol. 138, 663-674.

Morell, M.K. and Myers, A.M. (2005) Towards the rational design of cereal starches. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 8, 204-210.

Zhang, X., Colleoni, C., Ratushna, V., Sirghie-Colleoni, M., James, M.G. and Myers, A.M. (2004) Molecular characterization demonstrates that the Zea mays gene sugary2 codes for starch synthase isoform SSIIa. Plant Mol. Biol. 54, 865-879.

Dinges, J.R., Colleoni, C., James, M.G. and Myers, A.M. (2003) Mutational analysis of the pullulanase-type debranching enzyme of maize indicates multiple functions in starch metabolism. Plant Cell 15, 666-680.

Thomas, C.L., Blacketer, M.J., Edgington, N.P. and Myers, A.M. (2003) Assembly interdependence among the S. cerevisiae bud neck ring proteins Elm1p, Hsl1p and Cdc12p. Yeast 20, 813-826.

James, M.G., Denyer, K. and Myers, A.M. (2003) Starch synthesis in the cereal endosperm. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 6, 215-222.

Wattebled, F., Ral, J.P., Dauvillee, D., Myers, A.M., James, M.G., Schlichting, R., Giersch, C., Ball, S.G. and D'Hulst, C. (2003) STA11, a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii locus required for normal starch granule biogenesis, encodes disproportionating enzyme. Further evidence for a function of alpha-1,4 glucanotransferases during starch granule biosynthesis in green algae. Plant Physiol. 132, 137-145.

Seo, B.S., Kim, S., Scott, M.P., Singletary, G.W., Wong, K.S., James, M.G. and Myers, A.M. (2002) Functional interactions between heterologously expressed starch-branching enzymes of maize and the glycogen synthases of Brewer's yeast. Plant Physiol. 128, 1189-1199.

Wu, C., Colleoni, C., Myers, A.M. and James, M.G. (2002) Enzymatic properties and regulation of ZPU1, the maize pullulanase-type starch debranching enzyme. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 406, 21-32.

Dinges, J.R., Colleoni, C., Myers, A.M. and James, M.G. (2001) Molecular structure of three mutations at the maize sugary1 locus and their allele-specific phenotypic effects. Plant Physiol. 125, 1406-1418.

Dauvillee, D., Colleoni, C., Mouille, G., Buleon, A., Gallant, D.J., Bouchet, B., Morell, M.K., d'Hulst, C., Myers, A.M. and Ball, S.G. (2001) Two loci control phytoglycogen production in the monocellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Physiol. 125, 1710-1722.

Dauvillee, D., Colleoni, C., Mouille, G., Morell, M.K., d'Hulst, C., Wattebled, F., Lienard, L., Delvalle, D., Ral, J.P., Myers, A.M. and Ball, S.G. (2001) Biochemical characterization of wild-type and mutant isoamylases of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii supports a function of the multimeric enzyme organization in amylopectin maturation. Plant Physiol. 125, 1723-1731.

Myers, A.M., Morell, M.K., James, M.G. and Ball, S.G. (2000) Recent progress toward understanding biosynthesis of the amylopectin crystal. Plant Physiol. 122, 989-997.

Cao, H., James, M.G. and Myers, A.M. (2000) Purification and characterization of soluble starch synthases from maize endosperm. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 373, 135-146.

Edgington, N.P., Blacketer, M.J., Bierwagen, T.A. and Myers, A.M. (1999) Control of Saccharomyces cerevisiae filamentous growth by cyclin-dependent kinase Cdc28. Mol. Cell. Biol. 19, 1369-1380.

Beatty, M.K., Rahman, A., Cao, H., Woodman, W., Lee, M., Myers, A.M. and James, M.G. (1999) Purification and molecular genetic characterization of ZPU1, a pullulanase-type starch-debranching enzyme from maize. Plant Physiol. 119, 255-266.

Gao, M., Wanat, J., Stinard, P.S., James, M.G. and Myers, A.M. (1998) Characterization of dull1, a maize gene coding for a novel starch synthase. Plant Cell 10, 399-412.

Scanlon, M.J. and Myers, A.M. (1998) Phenotypic analysis and molecular cloning of discolored-1 (dsc1), a maize gene required for early kernel development. Plant Mol. Biol. 37, 483-493.

Rahman, A., Wong, K., Jane, J., Myers, A.M. and James, M.G. (1998) Characterization of SU1 isoamylase, a determinant of storage starch structure in maize. Plant Physiol. 117, 425-435.

Koehler, C.M. and Myers, A.M. (1997) Serine-threonine protein kinase activity of Elm1p, a regulator of morphologic differentiation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS Lett. 408, 109-114.

Ball, S., Guan, H.P., James, M., Myers, A., Keeling, P., Mouille, G., Buleon, A., Colonna, P. and Preiss, J. (1996) From glycogen to amylopectin: a model for the biogenesis of the plant starch granule. Cell 86, 349-352.

James, M.G., Robertson, D.S. and Myers, A.M. (1995) Characterization of the maize gene sugary1, a determinant of starch composition in kernels. Plant Cell 7, 417-429.

Blacketer, M.J., Madaule, P. and Myers, A.M. (1995) Mutational analysis of morphologic differentiation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 140, 1259-1275.

Blacketer, M.J., Madaule, P. and Myers, A.M. (1994) The Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutation elm4-1 facilitates pseudohyphal differentiation and interacts with a deficiency in phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthase activity to cause constitutive pseudohyphal growth. Mol. Cell. Biol. 14, 4671-4681.

Scanlon, M.J., Stinard, P.S., James, M.G., Myers, A.M. and Robertson, D.S. (1994) Genetic analysis of 63 mutations affecting maize kernel development isolated from Mutator stocks. Genetics 136, 281-294.

Blacketer, M.J., Koehler, C.M., Coats, S.G., Myers, A.M. and Madaule, P. (1993) Regulation of dimorphism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: involvement of the novel protein kinase homolog Elm1p and protein phosphatase 2A. Mol. Cell. Biol. 13, 5567-5581.

Koehler, C.M., Lindberg, G.L., Brown, D.R., Beitz, D.C., Freeman, A.E., Mayfield, J.E. and Myers, A.M. (1991) Replacement of bovine mitochondrial DNA by a sequence variant within one generation. Genetics 129, 247-255.

Reading, D.S., Hallberg, R.L. and Myers, A.M. (1989) Characterization of the yeast HSP60 gene coding for a mitochondrial assembly factor. Nature 337, 655-659.