Dr Katherine Williams

Latest publications

• Banks, AM, Aminuddin, F, Williams, K, Batstone, T, Barker, GL, Foster, GD & Bailey, AM, 2019, ‘Genome Sequence of Lecanicillium fungicola 150-1, the Causal Agent of Dry Bubble Disease’. Microbiology Resource Announcements, vol 8.
• Szwalbe, AJ, Williams, K, Song, Z, De Mattos-Shipley, K, Vincent, JL, Bailey, AM, Willis, CL, Cox, RJ & Simpson, TJ, 2019, ‘Characterisation of the biosynthetic pathway to agnestins A and B reveals the reductive route to chrysophanol in fungi’. Chemical Science, vol 10., pp. 233-238
• Williams, K, Szwalbe, AJ, Dickson, C, Desson, TR, Mulholland, NP, Vincent, JL, Clough, JM, Bailey, AM, Butts, CP, Willis, CL, Simpson, TJ & Cox, RJ, 2017, ‘Genetic and chemical characterisation of the cornexistin pathway provides further insight into maleidride biosynthesis’. Chemical Communications, vol 53., pp. 7965-7968
• Gao, S-S, Li, X-M, Williams, K, Proksch, P, Ji, N-Y & Wang, B-G, 2016, ‘Rhizovarins A–F, indole-diterpenes from the mangrove-derived endophytic fungus Mucor irregularis QEN-189’. Journal of Natural Products, vol 79., pp. 2066-2074
• Williams, K, Szwalbe, AJ, Mulholland, NP, Vincent, JL, Bailey, A, Willis, CL, Simpson, TJ & Cox, RJ, 2016, ‘Heterologous Production of Fungal Maleidrides Reveals the Cryptic Cyclization Involved in their Biosynthesis’. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, vol 55., pp. 6784-6788
• Szwalbe, AJ, Williams, K, O'Flynn, DE, Bailey, AM, Mulholland, NP, Vincent, JL, Willis, CL, Cox, RJ & Simpson, TJ, 2015, ‘Novel nonadride, heptadride and maleic acid metabolites from the byssochlamic acid producer Byssochlamys fulva IMI 40021 – an insight into the biosynthesis of maleidrides’. Chemical Communications, vol 51., pp. 17088-17091
• Lazarus, CM, Williams, K & Bailey, AM, 2014, ‘Reconstructing fungal natural product biosynthetic pathways’. Natural Product Reports, vol 31., pp. 1339-1347
• Pahirulzaman, KAK, Williams, K & Lazarus, CM, 2012, ‘A toolkit for heterologous expression of metabolic pathways in Aspergillus oryzae.’. Methods in Enzymology, vol 517., pp. 242-260
• Heneghan, M, Yakasai, A, Williams, K, Kadir, K, Wasil, Z, Bakeer, W, Fisch, K, Bailey, A, Simpson, T, Cox, R & Lazarus, C, 2011, ‘The Programming Role of Trans-Acting Enoyl Reductases During the Biosynthesis of Highly Reduced Fungal Polyketides’. Chemical Science, vol 2., pp. 972 - 979
• Halo, L, Heneghan, M, Yakasai, A, Song, Z, Williams, K, Bailey, A, Cox, R, Lazarus, C & Simpson, T, 2008, ‘Late stage oxidations during the biosynthesis of the 2-pyridone tenellin in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana’. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol 130., pp. 17988 - 17996