Publications of Tobias G. Köllner

Florean, M.; Schultz, H.; Wurlitzer, J.; O’Connor, S. E.; Köllner, T. G.: Independent evolution of plant natural products: Formation of benzoxazinoids in Consolida orientalis (Ranunculaceae). Journal of Biological Chemistry 301 (1), 108019 (2025)

Stathaki, A.; Alam, R. M.; Köllner, T. G.; O’Connor, S. E.: Engineering of insect juvenile hormone III biosynthesis in the plant Nicotiana benthamiana. Metabolic Engineering 88, pp. 77 - 84 (2025)

Chen, X.; Urban, J. M.; Wurlitzer, J.; Wei, X.; Han, J.; O’Connor, S. E.; Rudolf, J. D.; Köllner, T. G.; Chen, F.: Canonical terpene synthases in arthropods: Intraphylum gene transfer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121 (51), e2413007121 (2024)

Gikonyo, M. W.; Ahn, S.-J.; Biondi, M.; Fritzlar, F.; Okamura, Y.; Vogel, H.; Köllner, T. G.; Şen, I.; Hernández-Teixidor, D.; Lee, C.-F. et al.; Letsch, H.; Beran, F.: A radiation of Psylliodes flea beetles on Brassicaceae is associated with the evolution of specific detoxification enzymes. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, qpad197, pp. 127 - 145 (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)

Müller, A. T.; Nakamura, Y.; Reichelt, M.; Luck, K.; Cosio, E.; Lackus, N.; Gershenzon, J.; Mithöfer, A.; Köllner, T. G.: Biosynthesis, herbivore induction, and defensive role of phenylacetaldoxime glucoside. Plant Physiology 194 (1), pp. 329 - 346 (2024)

Thoenen, L.; Kreuzer, M.; Pestalozzi, C.; Florean, M.; Mateo, P.; Züst, T.; Wei, A.; Giroud, C.; Rouyer, L.; Gfeller, V. et al.; Notter, M. D.; Knoch, E.; Hapfelmeier, S.; Becker, C.; Schandry, N.; Robert, C. A. M.; Köllner, T. G.; Bruggmann, R.; Erb, M.; Schlaeppi, K.: The lactonase BxdA mediates metabolic specialisation of maize root bacteria to benzoxazinoids. Nature Communications 15, 6535 (2024)

Xu, H.; Köllner, T. G.; Chen, F.; Dickschat, J. S.: Mechanistic characterisation of a sesquiterpene synthase for asterisca-1,6-diene from the liverwort Radula lindenbergiana and implications for pentalenene biosynthesis. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 22 (7), pp. 1360 - 1364 (2024)

Xu, H.; Köllner, T. G.; Chen, F.; Dickschat, J. S.: Functional and mechanistic characterization of the 4,5-diepi-isoishwarane synthase from the liverwort Radula lindenbergiana. Chembiochem, e202400104 (2024)

Chen, X.; Nowicki, M.; Wadl, P. A.; Zhang, C.; Köllner, T. G.; Payá-Milans, M.; Huff, M. L.; Staton, M. E.; Chen, F.; Trigiano, R. N.: Chemical profile and analysis of biosynthetic pathways and genes of volatile terpenes in Pityopsis ruthii, a rare and endangered flowering plant. PLoS One 18 (6), e0287524 (2023)

Florean, M.; Luck, K.; Hong, B.; Nakamura, Y.; O’Connor, S. E.; Köllner, T. G.: Reinventing metabolic pathways: Independent evolution of benzoxazinoids in flowering plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (42), e2307981120 (2023)

Jiang, Y.; Chen, F.; Song, A.; Zhao, Y.; Chen, X.; Gao, Y.; Wei, G.; Zhang, W.; Guan, Y.; Fu, J. et al.; Chen, J.; Guo, W.; Wang, Z.; Köllner, T. G.; Li, Z.; Liu, N.; Sui, S.; Zhang, L.; Chen, F.: The genome assembly of Chimonanthus praecox var. concolor and comparative genomic analysis highlight the genetic basis underlying conserved and variable floral traits of wintersweet. Industrial Crops and Products 206, 117603 (2023)

Köllner, T. G.; Gershenzon, J.; Peters, R. J.; Zerbe, P.; Schmelz, E. A.: The terpene synthase gene family in maize – a clarification of existing community nomenclature. BMC Genomics 24, 744 (2023)

Krause, T.; Wiesinger, P.; González-Cabanelas, D.; Lackus, N.; Köllner, T. G.; Klüpfel, T.; Williams, J.; Rohwer, J.; Gershenzon, J.; Schmidt, A.: HDR, the last enzyme in the MEP pathway, differently regulates isoprenoid biosynthesis in two woody plants. Plant Physiology 192 (2), pp. 767 - 788 (2023)

Kreuzenbeck, N. B.; Dhiman, S.; Roman, D.; Burkhardt, I.; Conlon, B. H.; Fricke, J.; Guo, H.; Blume, J.; Görls, H.; Poulsen, M. et al.; Dickschat, J. S.; Köllner, T. G.; Arndt, H.-D.; Beemelmanns, C.: Isolation, (bio)synthetic studies and evaluation of antimicrobial properties of drimenol-type sesquiterpenes of Termitomyces fungi. Communications Chemistry 6 (1), 79 (2023)

Nosenko, T.; Zimmer, I.; Ghirardo, A.; Köllner, T. G.; Weber, B.; Polle, A.; Rosenkranz, M.; Schnitzler, J.-P.: Predicting functions of putative fungal sesquiterpene synthase genes based on multiomics data analysis. Fungal Genetics and Biology 165, 103779 (2023)

Petrén, H.; Köllner, T. G.; Junker, R. R.: Quantifying chemodiversity considering biochemical and structural properties of compounds with the R package chemodiv. New Phytologist 237 (6), pp. 2478 - 2492 (2023)

Rebholz, Z.; Lancaster, J.; Larose, H.; Khrimian, A.; Luck, K.; Sparks, M. E.; Gendreau, K. L.; Shewade, L.; Köllner, T. G.; Weber, D. C. et al.; Gundersen-Rindal, D. E.; O’Maille, P.; Morozov, A. V.; Tholl, D.: Ancient origin and conserved gene function in terpene pheromone and defense evolution of stink bugs and hemipteran insects. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 152, 103879 (2023)

Förster, C.; Gershenzon, J.; Köllner, T. G.: Evolution of DIMBOA-Glc o-methyltransferases from flavonoid o-methyltransferases in the grasses. Molecules 27 (3), 1007 (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)