Publications of Peter Rahfeld

Huber, M.; Roder, T.; Irmisch, S.; Riedel, A.; Gablenz, S.; Fricke, J.; Rahfeld, P.; Reichelt, M.; Paetz, C.; Liechti, N. et al.; Hu, L.; Bont, Z.; Meng, Y.; Huang, W.; Robert, A. C.; Gershenzon, J.; Erb, M.: A beta-glucosidase of an insect herbivore determines both toxicity and deterrence of a dandelion defense metabolite. eLife 10, e68642 (2021)

Beran, F.; Rahfeld, P.; Luck, K.; Nagel, R.; Vogel, H.; Wielsch, N.; Irmisch, S.; Ramasamy, S.; Gershenzon, J.; Heckel, D. G. et al.; Köllner, T. G.: Novel family of terpene synthases evolved from trans-isoprenyl diphosphate synthases in a flea beetle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113 (11), pp. 2922 - 2927 (2016)

Pauls, G.; Becker, T.; Rahfeld, P.; Gretscher, R.; Paetz, C.; Pasteels, J.; von Reuss, S. H.; Burse, A.; Boland, W.: Two defensive lines in juvenile leaf beetles; esters of 3-nitropropionic acid in the hemo­lymph and aposematic warning. Journal of Chemical Ecology 42 (3), pp. 240 - 248 (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)

Rahfeld, P.; Kirsch, R.; Kugel, S.; Wielsch, N.; Stock, M.; Groth, M.; Boland, W.; Burse, A.: Independently recruited oxidases from the glucose-methanol-choline oxidoreductase family enabled chemical defences in leaf beetle larvae (subtribe Chrysomelina) to evolve. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1788), 20140842 (2014)

Frick, S.; Nagel, R.; Schmidt, A.; Bodemann, R.; Rahfeld, P.; Pauls, G.; Brandt, W.; Gershenzon, J.; Boland, W.; Burse, A.: Metal ions control product specificity of isoprenyl diphosphate synthases in the insect terpenoid pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110 (11), pp. 4194 - 4199 (2013)

Kunert, M.; Rahfeld, P.; Shaker, K. H.; Schneider, B.; David, A.; Dettner, K.; Pasteels, J. M.; Boland, W.: Beetles do it differently: Two stereodivergent cyclisation modes in iridoid-producing leaf-beetle larvae. ChemBioChem 14, pp. 353 - 360 (2013)

Bodemann, R. R.; Rahfeld, P.; Stock, M.; Kunert, M.; Wielsch, N.; Groth, M.; Frick, S.; Boland, W.; Burse, A.: Precise RNAi mediated silencing of metabolic active proteins in the defence secretions of juvenile leaf beetles. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1745), pp. 4126 - 4134 (2012)

Rahfeld, P.: Evolution of chemical defense in Chrysomelina beetles: Biochemical characterization of crucial enzymes in the defensive glands. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2015)