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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

FoTO1 orchestrates Taxol biosynthesis through catalytic and non-catalytic mechanisms.

Chloe Wick, Anish Somani, Jack Chun-Ting Liu, Sumudu S Karunadasa, Shou-Ling Xu, Polly M Fordyce, Conor James McClune, Elizabeth S Sattely

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Chloe WickDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, California 94305.ORCID 0009-0002-0463-8178
Anish SomaniDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, California 94305.
Jack Chun-Ting LiuDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, California 94305.ORCID 0000-0003-3631-0353
Sumudu S KarunadasaDepartment of Plant Biology and Carnegie Mass Spectrometry Facility, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California 94305.ORCID 0000-0003-0993-3950
Shou-Ling XuDepartment of Plant Biology and Carnegie Mass Spectrometry Facility, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California 94305.ORCID 0000-0002-6741-9506
Polly M FordyceDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, California 94305.ORCID 0000-0002-9505-0638
Conor James McCluneDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, California 94305.ORCID 0000-0002-8119-4278
Elizabeth S SattelyDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, California 94305.ORCID 0000-0002-7352-859X

Funding

Synthetic biology tools for scalable production of medicinal plant terpenesR01AT010593 · NCCIH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI KEASLING, JAY D, LANGE, BERND MARKUS · 2019 to 2023
$3.5M
Graduate Training Program in BiotechnologyT32GM141819 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Eric Andrew Appel, Fan Yang · 2021 to 2026
$1.9M
Thermo Orbitrap Eclipse Tribrid with ETD and an Ultimate 3000 RSLCnano SystemS10OD030441 · OD · CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON, D.C. · PI XU, SHOULING · 2022 to 2022
$600k
Dissection of specialized metabolism in plants using multiplexed perturbationK99AT012787 · NCCIH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MCCLUNE, CONOR JAMES · 2024 to 2025
$256k
NCCIH NIH HHS K99 AT012787NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT010593NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM141819NIH HHS S10 OD030441
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Taxol is a blockbuster chemotherapeutic derived from the Pacific Yew tree. Recent work in our group has identified a complete pathway to baccatin III, a key intermediate, that hinges on a novel accessory protein, Facilitator of Taxane Oxidation (FoTO1). This protein dramatically improves yield and alters enzyme product profiles when reconstituting the Taxol pathway in

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PMID41929029
PMCPMC13041986

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