Western Illinois University: Macomb Campus

Meshack Afitlhile, Assistant Professor

Lipid biochemistry and jasmonates

Contact Information:
(309) 298-2534
Waggoner Hall 311
M-Afitlhile@wiu.edu

Personal Homepage: n/a

Degree:

Postdoctoral training – Umass, Amherst (2001-2003)
Ph.D. - University of Kentucky, 2001
M.S. – Rhodes University, South Africa (1993)

Courses Taught:

• Biology 330 (Cell and Molecular Biology)
• Botany 430(G) (Plant Physiology)

Research Interests:

Regulation of jasmonates biosynthesis and the role of jasmonates in modulating the expression of plant defense genes.

Publications:

Afitlhile, Meshack,  Hirotada Fukushige, Mikio Nishimura, and David Hildebrand. 2005. A defect in glyoxysomal fatty acid b–oxidation reduces jasmonic acid accumulation in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology & Biochemistry 43(6):603–609.

Afitlhile, Meshack,  Hirotada Fukushige, and David Hildebrand. 2005. Allene oxide synthase and hydroperoxide lyase product accumulation in Artemisia species. Plant Science 169(1):139–146.

Smith, M.D., C.M. Rounds, F. Wang, K. Chen, Meshack Afitlhile, and D.J. Schnell. 2004. atToc159 is a selective transit peptide receptor for the import of nucleus-encoded chloroplasts proteins. Journal of Cell Biology 165(3):323 –34.

Afitlhile, Meshack,  Hirotada Fukushige, and David Hildebrand. 2004. Labeling of major plant lipids and jasmonic acid using [1-14C] lauric acid. Phytochemistry 65(19):2679-2684.

Wang, Cunxi, Christopher Zien, Meshack Afitlhile, Ruth Welti, David Hildebrand, and Xuemin Wang. 2000. Involvement of phospholipase D in wound-induced accumulation of jasmonic acid in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 12:2237-2246.

Hildebrand, David, Meshack Afitlhile, and Hirotada Fukushige. 2000. Regulation of oxylipin synthesis. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 28(6):847-849.

Hildebrand, David, Hirotada Fukushige,  Meshack Afitlhile,  and Cunxi Wang. 1998. Lipoxygenases in plant development and senescence. in Eicosanoids and Related Compounds in Plants and Animals, edited by A.F. Rowley, H. Kuhn, T. Schewe.

Afitlhile, Meshack, Rachel M. Dent, and Keith A. Cowan. 1993. Changes in carotenoid composition in senescing leaves of Hordeum vulgare L. cv Dyan. Journal of Plant Physiol 142:43-49.