Publications of U. Wittstock

Burow, M.; Zhang, Z. Y.; Ober, J. A.; Lambrix, V. M.; Wittstock, U.; Gershenzon, J.; Kliebenstein, D. J.: ESP and ESM1 mediate indol-3-acetonitrile production from indol-3-ylmethyl glucosinolate in Arabidopsis. Phytochemistry 69 (3), pp. 663 - 671 (2008)

Mumm, R.; Burow, M.; Bukovinszkine'kiss, G.; Kazantzidou, E.; Wittstock, U.; Dicke, M.; Gershenzon, J.: Formation of simple nitriles upon glucosinolate hydrolysis affects direct and indirect defense against the specialist herbivore, pieris rapae. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34 (10), pp. 1311 - 1321 (2008)

Burow, M.; Bergner, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Wittstock, U.: Glucosinolate hydrolysis in Lepidium sativum - identification of the thiocyanate-forming protein. Plant Molecular Biology 63 (1), pp. 49 - 61 (2007)

Burow, M.; Rice, M.; Hause, B.; Gershenzon, J.; Wittstock, U.: Cell- and tissue-specific localization and regulation of the epithiospecifier protein in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology 64 (1-2), pp. 173 - 185 (2007)

Wheat, C. W.; Vogel, H.; Wittstock, U.; Braby, M.; Underwood, D.; Mitchell Olds, T.: The genetic basis of a plant–insect coevolutionary key innovation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104 (51), pp. 20427 - 20431 (2007)

Burow, M.; Markert, J.; Gershenzon, J.; Wittstock, U.: Comparative biochemical characterization of nitrile-forming proteins from plants and insects that alter myrosinase-catalysed hydrolysis of glucosinolates. The FEBS Journal 273 (11), pp. 2432 - 2446 (2006)

Burow, M.; Muller, R.; Gershenzon, J.; Wittstock, U.: Altered glucosinolate hydrolysis in genetically engineered Arabidopsis thaliana and its influence on the larval development of Spodoptera littoralis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32 (11), pp. 2333 - 2349 (2006)

Vergara, F.; Svatoš, A.; Schneider, B.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Wittstock, U.: Glycine conjugates in a lepidopteran insect herbivore - The metabolism of benzylglucosinolate in the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae. Chembiochem 7 (12), pp. 1982 - 1989 (2006)

Müller, C.; Wittstock, U.: Uptake and turn-over of glucosinolates sequestered in the sawfly Athalia rosae. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 35 (10), pp. 1189 - 1198 (2005)

Wittstock, U.; Agerbirk, N.; Stauber, E. J.; Olsen, C. E.; Hippler, M.; Mitchell-Olds, T.; Gershenzon, J.; Vogel, H.: Successful herbivore attack due to metabolic diversion of a plant chemical defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101 (14), pp. 4859 - 4864 (2004)

Wittstock, U.; Gershenzon, J.: Constitutive plant toxins and their role in defense against herbivores and pathogens. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 5 (4), pp. 300 - 307 (2002)

Wittstock, U.; Halkier, B. A.: Glucosinolate research in the Arabidopsis era. Trends in Plant Science 7 (6), pp. 263 - 270 (2002)

Hansen, C. H.; Wittstock, U.; Olsen, C. E.; Hick, A. J.; Pickett, J. A.; Halkier, B. A.: Cytochrome P450 CYP79F1 from Arabidopsis catalyzes the conversion of dihomomethionine and trihomomethionine to the corresponding aldoximes in the biosynthesis of aliphatic glucosinolates. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 276 (14), pp. 11078 - 11085 (2001)

Wittstock, U.; Kliebenstein, D. J.; Lambrix, V.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.: Glucosinolate hydrolysis and its impact on generalist and specialist insect herbivores. In: Integrative Phytochemistry: from Ethnobotany to Molecular Ecology, pp. 101 - 126 (Ed. Romeo, J. T.). Elsevier, Amsterdam (2003)

Halkier, B. A.; Hansen, C. H.; Mikkelsen, M. D.; Naur, P.; Wittstock, U.: The role of cytochromes P450 in biosynthesis and evolution of glucosinolates. In: Phytochemistry in the Genomics and Post-Genomics Era, pp. 223 - 248 (Eds. Romeo, J. T.; Dixon, R. A.). Elsevier, Amsterdam (2002)