Publications of Christian Paetz

Ishida, K.; Krabbe, J.; Meisinger, P. R.; Shabuer, G.; Schieferdecker, S.; Cyrulies, M.; Tank, C.; Barnes, E.; Paetz, C.; Hertweck, C.: Discovery and biosynthesis of celluxanthenes, antibacterial arylpolyene alkaloids from diverse cellulose-degrading anaerobic bacteria. Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2025)

Kamarozaman, A. S.; Latip, J.; Syah, Y. M.; Paetz, C.; Asakawa, Y.; Kentaro, Y.: Oligostilbenoids from Vatica lowii King (Dipterocarpaceae) and their chemotaxonomic significance. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 120, 104966 (2025)

Zhao, W.; Wang, F.; Li, P.; Li, L.; Ernst, L.; Huang, L.; Tian, M.; Lv, W.; Xu, S.; Liu, F. et al.; Lin, G.; Lyu, H.; Paetz, C.; Feng, X.; Chen, Y.: Two O-acyltransferases from the diterpene biosynthetic gene cluster of Euphorbia lathyris contribute to the structural diversity of medicinal macrocyclic diterpenoid esters biosynthesis. The Plant Journal 121 (4), e70003 (2025)

Ernst, L.; Lyu, H.; Liu, P.; Paetz, C.; Sayed, H. M. B.; Meents, T.; Ma, H.; Beerhues, L.; El-Awaad, I.; Liu, B.: Regiodivergent biosynthesis of bridged bicyclononanes. Nature Communications 15, 4525 (2024)

Lyu, H.; Ernst, L.; Nakamura, Y.; Okamura, Y.; Köllner, T. G.; Luck, K.; Liu, B.; Chen, Y.; Beerhues, L.; Gershenzon, J. et al.; Paetz, C.: Phenylphenalenones and linear diarylheptanoid derivatives are biosynthesized via parallel routes in Musella lasiocarpa, the chinese dwarf banana. Organic Letters 26 (26), pp. 5522 - 5527 (2024)

Nkomo, T.; Bose, T.; Wingfield, B. D.; Knoppersen, R.; Mbhele, O.; Nemesio-Gorriz, M.; Rodas, C. A.; Paetz, C.; Cilliers, C. T.; Ferreira, M. A. et al.; Hammerbacher, A.: Geographic location shapes fungal communities associated with Epidendrum roots. Mycological Progress 23, 54 (2024)

Prieto, A.; Paetz, C.; Schneider, B.; Otalvaro, F.: Synthesis of 5-phenyl-1,8-naphthalic anhydrides: An exercise in acenaphthene chemistry. Tetrahedron Letters 135, 154907 (2024)

Rubiano-Buitrago, P. A.; Pradhan, S.; Aceves-Aparicio, A.; Mohammadi, S.; Paetz, C.; Rowland, H. M.: Cardenolides in the defensive fluid of adult large milkweed bugs have differential potency on vertebrate and invertebrate predator Na⁺/K⁺–ATPases. Royal Society Open Science 11, 231735 (2024)

Schnurrer, F.; Nakamura, Y.; Paetz, C.: A mechanism to transform complex Salicinoids with caffeoylquinic acids in lepidopteran specialist herbivores (Notodontidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 50, pp. 71 - 83 (2024)

Zhao, W.; Wu, J.; Tian, M.; Xu, S.; Hu, S.; Wei, Z.; Lin, G.; Tang, L.; Wang, R.; Feng, B. et al.; Wang, B.; Lyu, H.; Paetz, C.; Feng, X.; Xue, J.-Y.; Li, P.; Chen, Y.: Characterization of O-methyltransferases in the biosynthesis of phenylphenalenone phytoalexins based on the telomere-to-telomere gap-less genome of Musella lasiocarpa. Horticulture Research 11 (4), uhae042 (2024)

Lyu, H.; Chen, Y.; Gershenzon, J.; Paetz, C.: Diarylheptanoid derivatives (musellins A-F) and dimeric phenylphenalenones from seed coats of Musella lasiocarpa, the chinese dwarf banana. Journal of Natural Products 86 (6), pp. 1571 - 1583 (2023)

Rubiano-Buitrago, P. A.; Pradhan, S.; Grabe, V.; Aceves-Aparicio, A.; Paetz, C.; Rowland, H. M.: Differential accumulation of cardenolides from Asclepias curassavica by large milkweed bugs does not correspond to availability in seeds or biological activity on the bug Na+/K+-ATPase. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11, 1175205 (2023)

Schnurrer, F.; Paetz, C.: Reductive conversion leads to detoxification of salicortin-like chemical defenses (Salicortinoids) in Lepidopteran specialist herbivores (Notodontidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 49, pp. 251 - 261 (2023)

Bai, Y.; Yang, C.; Halitschke, R.; Paetz, C.; Kessler, D.; Burkard, K.; Gaquerel, E.; Baldwin, I. T.; Li, D.: Natural history–guided omics reveals plant defensive chemistry against leafhopper pests. Science 375 (6580), eabm2948 (2022)

Chen, Y.; Dahse, H.-M.; Paetz, C.; Schneider, B.: Precursor-directed synthesis of apoptosis-initiating N-hydroxyalkyl phenylbenzoisoquinolindione alkaloids. ChemistryOpen 11 (12), e202200157 (2022)

DeMars, M.; Nakamura, Y.; Kamileen, M. O.; Sanders, J. N.; Paetz, C.; Houk, K. N.; O’Connor, S. E.: Mechanism and evolution of [4+2] cyclases in monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis. Faseb Journal 36 (S1) (2022)

Erdenetsogt, U.; Nadmid, S.; Paetz, C.; Dahse, H.-M.; Voigt, K.; Gotov, C.; Boland, W.; Dagvadorj, E.: New guaianolide sesquiterpene lactones and other constituents from Pyrethrum pulchrum. Planta Medica 88 (05), pp. 380 - 388 (2022)

Förster, C.; Handrick, V.; Ding, Y.; Nakamura, Y.; Paetz, C.; Schneider, B.; Castro-Falcón, G.; Hughes, C. C.; Luck, K.; Poosapati, S. et al.; Kunert, G.; Huffaker, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Schmelz, E. A.; Köllner, T. G.: Biosynthesis and antifungal activity of fungus-induced O-methylated flavonoids in maize. Plant Physiology 188 (1), pp. 167 - 190 (2022)

Heiling, S.; Li, J.; Halitschke, R.; Paetz, C.; Baldwin, I. T.: The downside of metabolic diversity: Postingestive rearrangements by specialized insects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (24), e2122808119 (2022)

Kamileen, M. O.; DeMars II, M. D.; Hong, B.; Nakamura, Y.; Paetz, C.; Lichman, B. R.; Sonawane, P. D.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.: Recycling upstream redox enzymes expands the regioselectivity of cycloaddition in Pseudo-Aspidosperma alkaloid biosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (43), pp. 19673 - 19579 (2022)