Katherine M. Schmid

Phone: (317)940-9956
FAX: (317)940-9519
E-Mail: kschmid@butler.edu
Organism: Malva alcea fastigiata
Compounds: Cyclopropane & Cyclopropene Fatty Acids

Spring, 2009 Courses:
    BI 101, General Botany
    BI 440/CH468, Practical Molecular Biology

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Education

• B.S., University of Maryland, Biochemistry, 1977
• M.A., Brandeis University, Photobiology, 1982
• Ph.D., University of Maryland, Plant Physiology, 1987
• Postdoctoral training, Michigan State University, 1987-1990

Professional Organizations

• American Oil Chemists Society
• American Society of Plant Biologists
• Midwest Section
• Indiana Academy of Science
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Phi Kappa Phi

Publications

• S. Xu, G.W. Patterson and K.M. Schmid. 1986. Sterols of Amaranthaceae. Phytochemistry 25: 1883-1886.
• K.M. Schmid and G.W. Patterson. 1988. Effects of cyclopropenoid fatty acids on fungal growth and lipid composition. Lipids 23: 248-252.
• K.M. Schmid and G.W. Patterson. 1988. Distribution of cyclopropenoid fatty acids in Malvaceous plant parts. Phytochemistry 27: 2831-2834.
• K.M. Schmid and G.W. Patterson. 1989. Perturbation of fungal growth and lipid composition by cyclopropenoid fatty acids. In P.A. Biacs, K. Gruiz, T. Kremmer, eds., Biological Role of Plant Lipids. Proceedings, 8th International Symposium on Plant Lipids; Budapest, Hungary; July 25-28, 1988. New York, Plenum, 409-412.
• J.F. Battey, K.M. Schmid and J.B. Ohlrogge. 1989. Genetic engineering for plant oils: Potential and limitations. Trends in Biotechnology 7: 122-126.
• M.A. Post-Beittenmiller, K.M. Schmid and J.B. Ohlrogge. 1989. Expression of holo and apo forms of spinach acyl carrier protein-I in leaves of transgenic tobacco plants. Plant Cell 1: 889-899.
• S. Xu, G.W. Patterson, W.R. Lusby, K.M. Schmid and T.A. Salt. 1990. The distribution and phylogenetic significance of desmethylsterols in Chenopodium and Atriplex: Coexistence of delta-7 and delta-5 sterols. Lipids 25: 61-64.
• K.M. Schmid and J.B. Ohlrogge. 1990. A root acyl carrier protein-II from spinach is also expressed in leaves and seeds. Plant Molecular Biology 15: 765-778.
• K.M. Schmid and J.B. Ohlrogge. 1990. Expression of acyl carrier proteins in spinach. In P.J. Quinn, J.L. Harwood, eds., Plant Lipid Biochemistry, Structure & Utilization. Proceedings, 9th International Symposium on Plant Lipids; Wye, England; July 8-13, 1990. London, Portland Press Ltd., 447-449.
• J.B. Ohlrogge, D. Post-Beittenmiller, A. Hlousek-Radojcic, K. Schmid and J. Jaworski. 1992. Plant fatty acid biosynthesis and its potential for manipulation. In D.D. Bills, S. Kung, eds, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Biotechnology and Nutrition. Boston, Butterworth Heinemann, 365-383.
• K.M. Schmid. 1995. Dihydrosterculate in tobacco transformed with bacterial cyclopropane fatty acid synthase. In J.-C. Kader, P. Mazliak, eds, Plant Lipid Metabolism. Boston, Kluwer, 108-110.
• K.M. Schmid, J. Andrews, J.B. Ohlrogge. 1997. Fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis and degradation. In D.D. Dennis, D.B. Layzell, D.D. Lefebvre, D.H. Turpin, eds, Plant Metabolism. Singapore, Longman, 414-449.
• K.M. Schmid, J.B. Ohlrogge. 1997. Lipid metabolism in plants. In D.E. Vance, J. Vance, eds., Biochemistry of Lipids, Lipoproteins and Membranes, 3rd Ed. Amsterdam, Elsevier, 363-389.
• K.M. Schmid.   Cyclopropane fatty acid expression in plants, U.S. Patent No.5,936,139,  August 10, 1999.
• K.M. Schmid, J.B. Ohlrogge. 2002. Lipid metabolism in plants. In D.E. Vance, J. Vance, eds., Biochemistry of Lipids, Lipoproteins and Membranes, 4th Ed. Amsterdam, Elsevier, 93-126.
• K.M. Schmid.  2004. Lipid metabolism. In P. Christou, H. Klee,eds, Handbook of Plant Biotechnology, Chichester, England, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 471-524.
• E.B. Cahoon, K.M. Schmid. 2008. Metabolic engineering of the content and fatty acid composition of vegetable oils.  In H. Bohnert, H. Nguyen, N. Lewis, eds., Bioengineering and Molecular Biology of Plant Pathways, Vol. 1.  Amsterdam, Elsevier, pp. 161-200.