Publications of Axel Schmidt

Hammerbacher, A.; Kandasamy, D.; Ullah, C.; Schmidt, A.; Wright, L.; Gershenzon, J.: Flavanone-3-hydroxylase plays an important role in the biosynthesis of spruce phenolic defenses against bark beetles and their fungal associates. Frontiers in Plant Science 10, 208 (2019)

Lackus, N.; Petersen, N.; Nagel, R.; Schmidt, A.; Irmisch, S.; Gershenzon, J.; Köllner, T. G.: Identification and characterization of trans-isopentenyl diphosphate synthases involved in herbivory-induced volatile terpene formation in Populus trichocarpa. Molecules 24 (13), 2408 (2019)

Nagel, R.; Schmidt, A.; Peters, R. J.: Isoprenyl diphosphate synthases: the chain length determining step in terpene biosynthesis. Planta 249 (1), pp. 9 - 20 (2019)

Nordkvist, M.; Klapwijk, M. J.; Edenius, L.; Gershenzon, J.; Schmidt, A.; Björkman, C.: Trait‐mediated indirect interactions: Moose browsing increases sawfly fecundity through plant‐induced responses. Ecology and Evolution 9 (18), pp. 10615 - 10629 (2019)

Vadassery, J.; Ballhorn, D. J.; Fleming, S. R.; Mazars, C.; Pandey, S. P.; Schmidt, A.; Schuman, M. C.; Yeh, K.-W.; Yilamujiang, A.; Mithöfer, A.: Neomycin: an effective inhibitor of jasmonate-induced reactions in plants. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 38 (2), pp. 713 - 722 (2019)

Berasategui, A.; Salem, H.; Paetz, C.; Santoro, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Schmidt, A.: Gut microbiota of the pine weevil degrades conifer diterpenes and increases insect fitness. Molecular Ecology 26 (15), pp. 4099 - 4110 (2017)

Ullah, C.; Unsicker, S.; Fellenberg, C.; Constabel, C. P.; Schmidt, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Hammerbacher, A.: Flavan-3-ols are an effective chemical defense against rust infection. Plant Physiology 175 (4), pp. 1560 - 1578 (2017)

Berasategui, A.; Axelsson, K.; Nordlander, G.; Schmidt, A.; Borg-Karlson, A.-K.; Gershenzon, J.; Terenius, O.; Kaltenpoth, M.: The gut microbiota of the pine weevil is similar across Europe and resembles that of other conifer-feeding beetles. Molecular Ecology 25 (16), pp. 4014 - 4031 (2016)

Liu, Y.; Luo, S.-H.; Schmidt, A.; Wang, G.-D.; Sun, G.-L.; Grant, M.; Kuang, C.; Yang, M.-J.; Jing, S.-X.; Li, C.-H. et al.; Schneider, B.; Gershenzon, J.; Li, S.-H.: A geranylfarnesyl diphosphate synthase provides the precursor for sesterterpenoid (C25) formation in the glandular trichomes of the mint Leucosceptrum canum. The Plant Cell 28 (3), pp. 804 - 822 (2016)

Kollberg, I.; Bylund, H.; Jonsson, T.; Schmidt, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Björkman, C.: Temperature affects insect outbreak risk through tritrophic interactions mediated by plant secondary compounds. Ecosphere 6 (6), 102 (2015)

Nagel, R.; Bernholz, C.; Vranová, E.; Košuth, J.; Bergau, N.; Ludwig, S.; Wessjohann, L.; Gershenzon, J.; Tissier, A.; Schmidt, A.: Arabidopsis thaliana isoprenyl diphosphate synthases produce the C₂₅ intermediate, geranylfarnesyl diphosphate. The Plant Journal 84 (5), pp. 847 - 859 (2015)

Hammerbacher, A.; Paetz, C.; Wright, L.; Fischer, T. C.; Bohlmann, J.; Davis, A. J.; Fenning, T. M.; Gershenzon, J.; Schmidt, A.: Flavan-3-ols in Norway spruce: Biosynthesis, accumulation and function in response to attack by the bark beetle-associated fungus Ceratocystis polonica. Plant Physiology 164, pp. 2107 - 2122 (2014)

Irmisch, S.; Clavijo McCormick, A. L.; Günther, J.; Schmidt, A.; Boeckler, G. A.; Gershenzon, J.; Unsicker, S.; Köllner, T.: Herbivore-induced poplar cytochrome P450 enzymes of the CYP71 family convert aldoximes to nitriles which repel a generalist caterpillar. The Plant Journal 80 (6), pp. 1095 - 1107 (2014)

Nagel, R.; Berasategui, A.; Paetz, C.; Gershenzon, J.; Schmidt, A.: Overexpression of an isoprenyl diphosphate synthase in spruce leads to unexpected terpene diversion products that function in plant defense. Plant Physiology 164 (2), pp. 555 - 569 (2014)

Schuman, M. C.; Palmer-Young, E. C.; Schmidt, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Baldwin, I. T.: Ectopic TPS expression enhances sesquiterpene emission in Nicotiana attenuata without altering defense or development of transgenic plants or neighbors. Plant Physiology 166 (2), pp. 779 - 797 (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)

Hammerbacher, A.; Schmidt, A.; Wadke, N.; Wright, L.; Schneider, B.; Bohlmann, J.; Brand, W.; Fenning, T. M.; Gershenzon, J.; Paetz, C.: A common fungal associate of the spruce bark beetle metabolizes the stilbene defenses of Norway spruce. Plant Physiology 162, pp. 1324 - 1336 (2013)

Irmisch, S.; Clavijo McCormick, A. L.; Boeckler, A.; Schmidt, A.; Reichelt, M.; Schneider, B.; Block, K.; Schnitzler, J.-P.; Gershenzon, J.; Unsicker, S. et al.; Köllner, T.: Two herbivore-induced cytochrome P450 enzymes CYP79D6 and CYP79D7 catalyze the formation of volatile aldoximes involved in poplar defense. The Plant Cell 25 (11), pp. 4737 - 4754 (2013)

Kollberg, I.; Bylund, H.; Schmidt, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Björkman, C.: Multiple effects of temperature, photoperiod and food quality on the performance of a pine sawfly. Ecological Entomology 38, pp. 201 - 208 (2013)

Kulkarni, R.; Chidley, H.; Deshpande, A.; Schmidt, A.; Pujari, K.; Giri, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Gupta, V.: An oxidoreductase from ‘Alphonso’ mango catalyzing biosynthesis of furaneol and reduction of reactive carbonyls. SpringerPlus 2, 494 (2013)