Clay Carter

Contact Information Phone: 218-726-7347 Fax: 218-726-8142 Email: cjcarter@d.umn.edu Address: 252A SSB 1035 Kirby Dr. Duluth, MN 55812

Assistant Professor
Adjunct, Primary Appointment with Biology

Research

I am primarily interested in the biochemistry of plant nectars and the molecular basis of nectar secretion. Other areas of interest include plant defense against pathogens and membrane trafficking in plants.

Education

Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2002

Laboratory Personnel

Jerad Ehrnriter, undergrad
Jon Gralewski, undergrad
Christy Kennedy, undergrad
Brian Kram, Graduate Student

Publications

Publications on PubMed

Carter, C. , Healy, R., O’Tool, N.M., Naqvi, S.M., Ren, G., Park, S., Beattie, G.A., Horner,  H.T., Thornburg, R.W. (submitted to Plant Physiology ) Tobacco nectaries express a novel NADPH oxidase that is implicated in the defense of floral reproductive tissues against microorganisms.

Carter, C., Shafir, S., Vaknin, L., Palmer, R.G., Thornburg R. (2006) A novel role for proline in plant floral nectars.   Naturwissenschaften 93:72-79.

Naqvi, S., Harper, A., Carter, C., Ren, G., Guirgis, A., York, W.S., Thornburg, R.W. (2005) Nectarin IV, a potent endoglucanase inhibitor secreted into the nectar of ornamental tobacco plants:  Isolation, cloning and characterization. Plant Physiol. 139: 1389-1400.

Carter, C., Shafir, S., Vaknin, L., Palmer, R.G., Thornburg R. (in press, Naturwissenschaften) Proline accumulating in plant nectars is a determinant of preferential honeybee feeding.

Naqvi, S., Harper, A., Carter, C., Ren, G., Guirgis, A., York , W.S., Thornburg, R.W. (in press, Plant Physiol.) Nectarin IV, a potent endoglucanase inhibitor secreted into the nectar of ornamental tobacco plants: Isolation, cloning and characterization.

Pan, S.*, Carter, C.J.*, Raikhel, N.V. (2005) Understanding protein trafficking in plant cells through proteomics. Expert Rev. Proteomics 2: 781-792.

Surpin, M.*, Rojas-Pierce, M.*, Carter, C.*, Hicks, G.R.*,Vasquez, J., Raikhel, N.V. (2005) The power of chemical genomics to study the link between endomembrane system components and gravitropic response. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102 : 4902-4907.

Rojo, E., Martin, R., Carter, C., Zouhar, J., Pan, S., Plotnikova, J., Jin, H., Paneque, M., Sanchez-Serrano, J-J., Ausubel, F.M., Baker, B., Raikhel, N.V. (2004) VPEg exhibits a caspase-like activity that contributes to defense against pathogens. Curr. Biol. 14 : 1897-1906.

Carter, C.J.*, Pan, S.*, Zouhar, J.*, Avila , E.L., Girke, T., Raikhel, N.V. (2004) The vegetative vacuole proteome of Arabidopsis thaliana reveals predicted and unexpected proteins. Plant Cell 16 : 3285-3303.

Carter, C.J.*, Bednarek, S.Y.*, Raikhel, N.V. (2004) Membrane trafficking in plants: new discoveries and approaches. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 7 : 701-707.

Carter, C. and Thornburg, R.W. (2004) Is the nectar redox cycle a floral defense against microbial attack? Trends Plant Sci. 9 : 320-324.

Carter, C. and Thornburg, R.W. (2004) Nectarin III is a bifunctional enzyme with monodehydroascorbate reductase and carbonic anhydrase activities. Plant Mol. Biol. 54: 415–425.

Carter, C.J. and Thornburg, R.W. (2004) Nectarin V is a flavin-containing berberine bridge enzyme-like protein with glucose oxidase activity. Plant Physiol . 134 : 460-469.

* indicates equal contribution towards manuscript