Selected Recent Publications

• Shikimate Kinase-Like 1 Participates in an Ancient and Conserved Role Contributing to Chloroplast Biogenesis in Land Plants. Kanaris, M., Lee, J., Chang, B., Christendat D. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 2025 June; 42:6. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf129.

• The shikimate dehydrogenase family: functional diversity within a conserved structural and mechanistic framework. Peek J, Christendat D. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2015 Jan 15;566:85-99. doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2014.12.006.
  
• Identification of Novel Polyphenolic Inhibitors of Shikimate Dehydrogenase (AroE). Peek J, Shi T, Christendat D. J Biomol Screen. 2014 Aug;19(7):1090-8. doi: 10.1177/1087057114527127.
  
• Isolation and molecular characterization of the shikimate dehydrogenase domain from the Toxoplasma gondii AROM complex. Peek J, Castiglione G, Shi T, Christendat D. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2014 Mar-Apr;194(1-2):16-9. doi: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2014.04.002.