Publications of Roy Kirsch

Kirsch, R.; Okamura, Y.; García-Lozano, M.; Weiss, B.; Keller, J.; Vogel, H.; Fukumori, K.; Fukatsu, T.; Konstantinov, A. S.; Montagna, M. et al.; Moseyko, A. G.; Riley, E. G.; Slipinski, A.; Vencl, F. V.; Windsor, D. M.; Salem, H.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Pauchet, Y.: Symbiosis and horizontal gene transfer promote herbivory in the megadiverse leaf beetles. Current Biology 35, pp. 1 - 15 (2025)

Wierz, J. C.; Dirksen, P.; Kirsch, R.; Krüsemer, R.; Weiss, B.; Pauchet, Y.; Engl, T.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Intracellular symbiont Symbiodolus is vertically transmitted and widespread across insect orders. The ISME Journal 18 (1), wrae099 (2024)

Fischer, M. L.; Yepes Vivas, S. A.; Wielsch, N.; Kirsch, R.; Vilcinskas, A.; Vogel, H.: You are what you eat—ecological niche and microhabitat influence venom activity and composition in aquatic bugs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (1995), 20222064 (2023)

Shin, N. R.; Okamura, Y.; Kirsch, R.; Pauchet, Y.: Genome sequencing provides insights into the evolution of gene families encoding plant cell wall-degrading enzymes in longhorned beetles. Insect Molecular Biology 32 (5), pp. 469 - 483 (2023)

Haeger, W.; Pauchet, Y.; Kirsch, R.: Evolution of polygalacturonases and polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins: A view beyond the classical perspective. Annual Plant Reviews 5 (1), pp. 81 - 122 (2022)

Kirsch, R.; Okamura, Y.; Häger, W.; Vogel, H.; Kunert, G.; Pauchet, Y.: Metabolic novelty originating from horizontal gene transfer is essential for leaf beetle survival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (40), e2205857119 (2022)

Häger, W.; Wielsch, N.; Shin, N. R.; Gebauer-Jung, S.; Pauchet, Y.; Kirsch, R.: New players in the interaction between beetle polygalacturonases and plant polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins: Insights from proteomics and gene expression analyses. Frontiers in Plant Science 12, 660430 (2021)

Manivannan, A.; Israni, B.; Luck, K.; Götz, M.; Seibel, E.; Easson, M. L. A. E.; Kirsch, R.; Reichelt, M.; Stein, B.; Winter, S. et al.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Identification of a sulfatase that detoxifies glucosinolates in the phloem-feeding insect Bemisia tabaci and prefers indolic glucosinolates. Frontiers in Plant Science 12, 671286 (2021)

Shin, N. R.; Shin, S.; Okamura, Y.; Kirsch, R.; Lombard, V.; Svacha, P.; Denux, O.; Augustin, S.; Henrissat, B.; McKenna, D. D. et al.; Pauchet, Y.: Larvae of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera; Cerambycidae) have evolved a diverse and phylogenetically conserved array of plant cell wall degrading enzymes. Systematic Entomology 46 (4), pp. 784 - 797 (2021)

Haeger, W.; Henning, J.; Heckel, D. G.; Pauchet, Y.; Kirsch, R.: Direct evidence for a new mode of plant defense against insects via a novel polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein expression strategy. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 295 (33), pp. 11833 - 11844 (2020)

Kirsch, R.; Vurmaz, E.; Schaefer, C.; Eberl, F.; Sporer, T.; Haeger, W.; Pauchet, Y.: Plants use identical inhibitors to protect their cell wall pectin against microbes and insects. Ecology and Evolution 10 (8), pp. 3814 - 3824 (2020)

Reis, F.; Kirsch, R.; Pauchet, Y.; Bauer, E.; Bilz, L. C.; Fukumori, K.; Fukatsu, T.; Kölsch, G.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Bacterial symbionts support larval sap feeding and adult folivory in (semi-)aquatic reed beetles. Nature Communications 11, 2964 (2020)

Salem, H.; Kirsch, R.; Pauchet, Y.; Berasategui, A.; Fukumori, K.; Moriyama, M.; Cripps, M.; Windsor, D.; Fukatsu, T.; Gerardo, N. M.: Symbiont digestive range reflects host plant breadth in herbivorous beetles. Current Biology 30 (15), pp. 2875 - 2886 (2020)

Heidel-Fischer, H. M.; Kirsch, R.; Reichelt, M.; Ahn, S.-J.; Wielsch, N.; Baxter, S. W.; Heckel, D. G.; Vogel, H.; Kroymann, J.: An insect counteradaptation against host plant defenses evolved through concerted neofunctionalization. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36 (5), pp. 930 - 941 (2019)

Kirsch, R.; Kunert, G.; Vogel, H.; Pauchet, Y.: Pectin digestion in herbivorous beetles: Impact of pseudoenzymes exceeds that of their active counterparts. Frontiers in Physiology 10, 685 (2019)

Salem, H.; Bauer, E.; Kirsch, R.; Berasategui, A.; Cripps, M.; Weiss, B.; Koga, R.; Fukumori, K.; Vogel, H.; Fukatsu, T. et al.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Drastic genome reduction in an herbivore’s pectinolytic symbiont. Cell 171, pp. e1 - e7 (2017)

Kirsch, R.; Heckel, D. G.; Pauchet, Y.: How the rice weevil breaks down the pectin network: Enzymatic synergism and sub-functionalization. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 71, pp. 72 - 82 (2016)

McKenna, D. D.; Scully, E. D.; Pauchet, Y.; Hoover, K.; Kirsch, R.; Geib, S. M.; Mitchell, R. F.; Waterhouse, R. M.; Ahn, S.-J.; Arsala, D. et al.; Benoit, J. B.; Blackmon, H.; Bledsoe, T.; Bowsher, J. H.; Busch, A.; Calla, B.; Chao, H.; Childers, A. K.; Childers, C.; Clarke, D. J.; Cohen, L.; Demuth, J. P.; Dinh, H.; Doddapaneni, H.; Dolan, A.; Duan, J. J.; Dugan, S.; Friedrich, M.; Glastad, K. M.; Goodisman, M. A. D.; Haddad, S.; Han, Y.; Hughes, D. S. T.; Ioannidis, P.; Johnston, J. S.; Jones, J. W.; Kuhn, L. A.; Lance, D. R.; Lee, C.-Y.; Lee, S. L.; Lin, H.; Lynch, J. A.; Moczek, A. P.; Murali, S. C.; Muzny, D. M.; Nelson, D. R.; Palli, S. R.; Panfilio, K. A.; Pers, D.; Poelchau, M. F.; Quan, H.; Qu, J.; Ray, A. M.; Rinehart, J. P.; Robertson, H. M.; Roehrdanz, R.; Rosendale, A. J.; Shin, S.; Silva, C.; Torson, A. S.; Jentzsch, I. M. V.; Werren, J. H.; Worley, K. C.; Yocum, G.; Zdobnov, E. M.; Gibbs, R. A.; Richards, S.: Genome of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), a globally significant invasive species, reveals key functional and evolutionary innovations at the beetle–plant interface. Genome Biology 17, 227 (2016)

Rahfeld, P.; Häger, W.; Kirsch, R.; Pauls, G.; Becker, T.; Schulze, E.; Wielsch, N.; Wang, D.; Groth, M.; Brandt, W. et al.; Boland, W.; Burse, A.: Glandular beta-glucosidases in juvenile Chrysomelina leaf beetles support the evolution of a host-plant-dependent chemical defence. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 58, pp. 28 - 38 (2015)

Kirsch, R.; Gramzow, L.; Theißen, G.; Siegfried, B. D.; ffrench-Constant, R. H.; Heckel, D. G.; Pauchet, Y.: Horizontal gene transfer and functional diversification of plant cell wall degrading polygalacturonases: Key events in the evolution of herbivory in beetles. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 52, pp. 33 - 50 (2014)