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Körnig, J.; Beneš, V.; Manthey, C.; Reichelt, M.; Kunert, G.; Paetz, C.; Kutzschbach, J.; Lampe, P.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Beran, F.: Glucosinolate hydrolysis products suppress entomopathogenic nematodes in vitro but do not protect sequestering flea beetle larvae in vivo. Pest Management Science (2026)

Colinas, M.; Morweiser, C.; Dittberner, O.; Chioca, B.; Alam, R. M.; Leucke, H.; Nakamura, Y.; Serna Guerrero, D. A.; Heinicke, S.; Kunert, M. et al.; Wurlitzer, J.; Ploss, K.; Hong, B.; Grabe, V.; Lopes, A. A.; O’Connor, S. E.: Ipecac alkaloid biosynthesis in two evolutionarily distant plants. Nature Chemical Biology 23 (8), pp. 3414 - 3416 (2025)

Ernst, L.; Sayed, H. M. B.; Hassanin, A.; Moegenburg, R.; Meents, T.; Lyu, H.; Kaufholdt, D.; Davari, M. D.; Beerhues, L.; Liu, B. et al.; El-Awaad, I.: Reverse prenylation in plants by non-canonical aromatic prenyltransferases. The Plant Journal 122 (6), e70268 (2025)

Ishida, K.; Krabbe, J.; Meisinger, P. R.; Shabuer, G.; Schieferdecker, S.; Cyrulies, M.; Tank, C.; Barnes, E.; Paetz, C.; Hertweck, C.: Discovery and biosynthesis of celluxanthenes, antibacterial arylpolyene alkaloids from diverse cellulose-degrading anaerobic bacteria. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 64 (24), e202503697 (2025)

Kamarozaman, A. S.; Latip, J.; Syah, Y. M.; Paetz, C.; Asakawa, Y.; Kentaro, Y.: Oligostilbenoids from Vatica lowii King (Dipterocarpaceae) and their chemotaxonomic significance. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 120, 104966 (2025)

Lehenberger, M.; Pan, Y.; Ungerer, S.; Reichelt, M.; Pemp, D.; Paetz, C.; Lehenberger, J.; Gentsch, N.; Feistel, F.; Gros, P. et al.; Lehmann, L.; Gershenzon, J.: Fungal symbiont of an ambrosia beetle possesses high nutrient content and suppresses competing fungi with antimicrobial compounds. The ISME Journal 19 (1), wraf258 (2025)

McDonald, A.; Nakamura, Y.; Schotte, C.; Titchiner, G. R.; Lau, K.; Alam, R. M.; Lopes, A. A.; Buell, C. R.; O’Connor, S. E.: Enzymatic epimerization of monoterpene indole alkaloids in Kratom. Nature Chemical Biology (2025)

Sell, M. P.; Paetz, C.; Feistel, F.; Heckel, D. G.; Pauchet, Y.: Metabolism of epoxidised withanolides by a generalist and a specialist insect species. ChemistryOpen, e202500359 (2025)

Sun, R.; Hu, B.; Nakamura, Y.; Reichelt, M.; Jiang, X.; Luck, K.; Paetz, C.; Gershenzon, J.: Detoxification of conifer antimicrobial defenses promotes entomopathogenic fungus infection of bark beetles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 123 (1), e2525513122 (2025)

Xiao, J.; Nakamura, Y.; Wu, Z.; Fu, W.; Chen, Y.; Lou, Y.; Baldwin, I. T.; Boland, W.; Li, R.: A synthetic jasmonate receptor agonist uncouples the growth–defense trade-off in rice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (24), e2505675122 (2025)

Zafra-Delgado, O.; Schneider, F.; Nakamura, Y.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Hellwig, F. H.; Köllner, T. G.: Consequences of interspecific plant hybridization on metabolic diversity in naturally occurring hybrid swarms. The Plant Journal 123 (4), e70444 (2025)

Zhao, W.; Wang, F.; Li, P.; Li, L.; Ernst, L.; Huang, L.; Tian, M.; Lv, W.; Xu, S.; Liu, F. et al.; Lin, G.; Lyu, H.; Paetz, C.; Feng, X.; Chen, Y.: Two O-acyltransferases from the diterpene biosynthetic gene cluster of Euphorbia lathyris contribute to the structural diversity of medicinal macrocyclic diterpenoid esters biosynthesis. The Plant Journal 121 (4), e70003 (2025)

Ernst, L.; Lyu, H.; Liu, P.; Paetz, C.; Sayed, H. M. B.; Meents, T.; Ma, H.; Beerhues, L.; El-Awaad, I.; Liu, B.: Regiodivergent biosynthesis of bridged bicyclononanes. Nature Communications 15, 4525 (2024)

Kamileen, M. O.; Nakamura, Y.; Luck, K.; Heinicke, S.; Hong, B.; Colinas, M.; Lichman, B. R.; O’Connor, S. E.: Streamlined screening platforms lead to the discovery of pachysiphine synthase from Tabernanthe iboga. New Phytologist 244 (4), pp. 1437 - 1449 (2024)

Lucier, R.; Kamileen, M. O.; Nakamura, Y.; Serediuk, S.; Barbole, R.; Wurlitzer, J.; Kunert, M.; Heinicke, S.; O’Connor, S. E.; Sonawane, P. D.: Steroidal scaffold decorations in Solanum alkaloid biosynthesis. Molecular Plant 17 (8), pp. 1236 - 1254 (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)

Nkomo, T.; Bose, T.; Wingfield, B. D.; Knoppersen, R.; Mbhele, O.; Nemesio-Gorriz, M.; Rodas, C. A.; Paetz, C.; Cilliers, C. T.; Ferreira, M. A. et al.; Hammerbacher, A.: Geographic location shapes fungal communities associated with Epidendrum roots. Mycological Progress 23, 54 (2024)

Prieto, A.; Paetz, C.; Schneider, B.; Otalvaro, F.: Synthesis of 5-phenyl-1,8-naphthalic anhydrides: An exercise in acenaphthene chemistry. Tetrahedron Letters 135, 154907 (2024)

Rubiano-Buitrago, P. A.; Pradhan, S.; Aceves-Aparicio, A.; Mohammadi, S.; Paetz, C.; Rowland, H. M.: Cardenolides in the defensive fluid of adult large milkweed bugs have differential potency on vertebrate and invertebrate predator Na⁺/K⁺–ATPases. Royal Society Open Science 11, 231735 (2024)

Schnurrer, F.; Nakamura, Y.; Paetz, C.: A mechanism to transform complex Salicinoids with caffeoylquinic acids in lepidopteran specialist herbivores (Notodontidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 50, pp. 71 - 83 (2024)