David Gang, Plant Sciences

Dr. David R. Gang
Associate Professor
Marley Building, Room 441C
Phone: (520) 621-7154
Email: gang@ag.arizona.edu

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Background and Interests

David Gang received a Ph.D. in Plant Physiology from Washington State University in 1999. He also has a Bachelor's degree in Botany-Molecular Biology and a BA in German, both of which he received from Brigham Young University. Here at the University of Arizona, he teaches plant biochemistry (PLS 620 and part of PLS 660). His research seeks to elucidate the biosynthetic pathways that produce novel and important plant specialized metabolites in aromatic plants, to uncover the mechanisms responsible for the evolution of these pathways in the plant kingdom and to understand the function of a given natural product in the biology and physiology of a given plant species. The most productive approach in this area has been a multidisciplinary one-which utilizes the best tools from the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, plant physiology, whole organism biology and ecology-because understanding the role that a specific metabolite plays in the plant requires an understanding of the whole complexity surrounding its formation and utilization. The plants used as models in his lab include sweet basil, ginger and turmeric. Dr. Gang has received several awards and recognition for his work including the Arthur Neish Young Investigator Award, Phytochemical Society of North America, 2001 and the Margaret and Herman Sokol Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Sciences, University of Michigan, 1999. His work has been in many publications.

Publications

Fridman E, Wang J, Iijima Y, Froehlich JE, Gang DR, Ohlrogge J, Pichersky E. Apr 2005. Metabolic, Genomic, and Biochemical Analyses of Glandular Trichomes from the Wild Tomato Species Lycopersicon hirsutum Identify a Key Enzyme in the Biosynthesis of Methylketones. Plant Cell, 17:1252-67

Ma X, Tan C, Zhu D, Gang DR. Mar 2005. Is there a better source of huperzine A than Huperzia serrata? Huperzine A content of Huperziaceae species in China. J Agric Food Chem, 53:1393-8

Gang DR. Jan 2005. Evolution of flavors and scents. Annu Rev Plant Biol, 56:301-25

Jiang H, Solyom AM, Timmermann BN, Gang DR. Jan 2005. Characterization of gingerol-related compounds in ginger rhizome (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) by high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, 19:2957-64

Ma X, Gang DR. Dec 2004. The Lycopodium alkaloids. Nat Prod Rep, 21:752-72

Iijima Y, Davidovich-Rikanati R, Fridman E, Gang DR, Bar E, Lewinsohn E, Pichersky E. Nov 2004. The biochemical and molecular basis for the divergent patterns in the biosynthesis of terpenes and phenylpropenes in the peltate glands of three cultivars of basil. Plant Physiol, 136:3724-36

Gang DR. Nov 2004. Evolution of Flavors and Scents. Annu Rev Plant Biol,2004 Nov 3;

Iijima Y, Gang DR, Fridman E, Lewinsohn E, Pichersky E. Jan 2004. Characterization of geraniol synthase from the peltate glands of sweet basil. Plant Physiol, 134:370-9

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