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

Ramirez Ahumada MC, Timmermann BN, Gang DR. Sep 2006. Biosynthesis of curcuminoids and gingerols in turmeric (Curcuma longa) and ginger (Zingiber officinale): identification of curcuminoid synthase and hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA thioesterases. Phytochemistry, 67:2017-29

Vassao DG Gang DR Koeduka T Jackson B Pichersky E Davin LB Lewis NG. Jul 2006. Chavicol formation in sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum): cleavage of an esterified C9 hydroxyl group with NAD(P)H-dependent reduction. Org Biomol Chem, 4:2733-44

Koeduka T Fridman E Gang DR Vassao DG Jackson BL Kish CM Orlova I Spassova SM Lewis NG Noel JP Baiga TJ Dudareva N Pichersky E. Jun 2006. Eugenol and isoeugenol, characteristic aromatic constituents of spices, are biosynthesized via reduction of a coniferyl alcohol ester. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 103:10128-33

Jiang H, Timmermann BN, Gang DR. Apr 2006. Use of liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry to identify diarylheptanoids in turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) rhizome. J Chromatogr A, 1111:21-31

Jiang H, Somogyi A, Jacobsen NE, Timmermann BN, Gang DR. Jan 2006. Analysis of curcuminoids by positive and negative electrospray ionization and tandem mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, 20:1001-12

Jiang H Somogyi A Timmermann BN Gang DR. Jan 2006. Instrument dependence of electrospray ionization and tandem mass spectrometric fragmentation of the gingerols. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, 20:3089-100

Jiang H, Xie Z, Koo HJ, McLaughlin SP, Timmermann BN, Gang DR. Sep 2005. Metabolic profiling and phylogenetic analysis of medicinal Zingiber species: Tools for authentication of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.). Phytochemistry,2005 Sep 15;

Ma X, Tan C, Zhu D, Gang DR. Sep 2005. A survey of potential huperzine A natural resources in China: The Huperziaceae. J Ethnopharmacol,2005 Sep 30;

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