Publications of Roy Kirsch

Kirsch, R.; Okamura, Y.; Häger, W.; Vogel, H.; Kunert, G.; Pauchet, Y.: Metabolic novelty originating from horizontal gene transfer is essential for leaf beetle survival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (40), e2205857119 (2022)

Haeger, W.; Pauchet, Y.; Kirsch, R.: Evolution of polygalacturonases and polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins: A view beyond the classical perspective. Annual Plant Reviews 5 (1), pp. 81 - 122 (2022)

Shin, N. R.; Shin, S.; Okamura, Y.; Kirsch, R.; Lombard, V.; Svacha, P.; Denux, O.; Augustin, S.; Henrissat, B.; McKenna, D. D. et al.; Pauchet, Y.: Larvae of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera; Cerambycidae) have evolved a diverse and phylogenetically conserved array of plant cell wall degrading enzymes. Systematic Entomology 46 (4), pp. 784 - 797 (2021)

Häger, W.; Wielsch, N.; Shin, N. R.; Gebauer-Jung, S.; Pauchet, Y.; Kirsch, R.: New players in the interaction between beetle polygalacturonases and plant polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins: Insights from proteomics and gene expression analyses. Frontiers in Plant Science 12, 660430 (2021)

Manivannan, A.; Israni, B.; Luck, K.; Götz, M.; Seibel, E.; Easson, M. L. A. E.; Kirsch, R.; Reichelt, M.; Stein, B.; Winter, S. et al.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Identification of a sulfatase that detoxifies glucosinolates in the phloem-feeding insect Bemisia tabaci and prefers indolic glucosinolates. Frontiers in Plant Science 12, 671286 (2021)

Salem, H.; Kirsch, R.; Pauchet, Y.; Berasategui, A.; Fukumori, K.; Moriyama, M.; Cripps, M.; Windsor, D.; Fukatsu, T.; Gerardo, N. M.: Symbiont digestive range reflects host plant breadth in herbivorous beetles. Current Biology 30 (15), pp. 2875 - 2886 (2020)

Haeger, W.; Henning, J.; Heckel, D. G.; Pauchet, Y.; Kirsch, R.: Direct evidence for a new mode of plant defense against insects via a novel polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein expression strategy. Journal of Biological Chemistry 295 (33), pp. 11833 - 11844 (2020)

Reis, F.; Kirsch, R.; Pauchet, Y.; Bauer, E.; Bilz, L. C.; Fukumori, K.; Fukatsu, T.; Kölsch, G.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Bacterial symbionts support larval sap feeding and adult folivory in (semi-)aquatic reed beetles. Nature Communications 11, 2964 (2020)

Kirsch, R.; Vurmaz, E.; Schaefer, C.; Eberl, F.; Sporer, T.; Haeger, W.; Pauchet, Y.: Plants use identical inhibitors to protect their cell wall pectin against microbes and insects. Ecology and Evolution 10 (8), pp. 3814 - 3824 (2020)

Kirsch, R.; Kunert, G.; Vogel, H.; Pauchet, Y.: Pectin digestion in herbivorous beetles: Impact of pseudoenzymes exceeds that of their active counterparts. Frontiers in Physiology 10, 685 (2019)

Heidel-Fischer, H. M.; Kirsch, R.; Reichelt, M.; Ahn, S.-J.; Wielsch, N.; Baxter, S. W.; Heckel, D. G.; Vogel, H.; Kroymann, J.: An insect counteradaptation against host plant defenses evolved through concerted neofunctionalization. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36 (5), pp. 930 - 941 (2019)

Salem, H.; Bauer, E.; Kirsch, R.; Berasategui, A.; Cripps, M.; Weiss, B.; Koga, R.; Fukumori, K.; Vogel, H.; Fukatsu, T. et al.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Drastic genome reduction in an herbivore’s pectinolytic symbiont. Cell 171, pp. e1 - e7 (2017)

Kirsch, R.; Heckel, D. G.; Pauchet, Y.: How the rice weevil breaks down the pectin network: Enzymatic synergism and sub-functionalization. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 71, pp. 72 - 82 (2016)

McKenna, D. D.; Scully, E. D.; Pauchet, Y.; Hoover, K.; Kirsch, R.; Geib, S. M.; Mitchell, R. F.; Waterhouse, R. M.; Ahn, S.-J.; Arsala, D. et al.; Benoit, J. B.; Blackmon, H.; Bledsoe, T.; Bowsher, J. H.; Busch, A.; Calla, B.; Chao, H.; Childers, A. K.; Childers, C.; Clarke, D. J.; Cohen, L.; Demuth, J. P.; Dinh, H.; Doddapaneni, H.; Dolan, A.; Duan, J. J.; Dugan, S.; Friedrich, M.; Glastad, K. M.; Goodisman, M. A. D.; Haddad, S.; Han, Y.; Hughes, D. S. T.; Ioannidis, P.; Johnston, J. S.; Jones, J. W.; Kuhn, L. A.; Lance, D. R.; Lee, C.-Y.; Lee, S. L.; Lin, H.; Lynch, J. A.; Moczek, A. P.; Murali, S. C.; Muzny, D. M.; Nelson, D. R.; Palli, S. R.; Panfilio, K. A.; Pers, D.; Poelchau, M. F.; Quan, H.; Qu, J.; Ray, A. M.; Rinehart, J. P.; Robertson, H. M.; Roehrdanz, R.; Rosendale, A. J.; Shin, S.; Silva, C.; Torson, A. S.; Jentzsch, I. M. V.; Werren, J. H.; Worley, K. C.; Yocum, G.; Zdobnov, E. M.; Gibbs, R. A.; Richards, S.: Genome of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), a globally significant invasive species, reveals key functional and evolutionary innovations at the beetle–plant interface. Genome Biology 17, 227 (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)

Pauchet, Y.; Kirsch, R.; Giraud, S.; Vogel, H.; Heckel, D. G.: Identification and characterization of plant cell wall degrading enzymes from three glycoside hydrolase families in the cerambycid beetle Apriona japonica. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 49, pp. 1 - 13 (2014)

Kirsch, R.; Gramzow, L.; Theißen, G.; Siegfried, B. D.; ffrench-Constant, R. H.; Heckel, D. G.; Pauchet, Y.: Horizontal gene transfer and functional diversification of plant cell wall degrading polygalacturonases: Key events in the evolution of herbivory in beetles. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 52, pp. 33 - 50 (2014)

Kirsch, R.; Wielsch, N.; Vogel, H.; Svatos, A.; Heckel, D. G.; Pauchet, Y.: Combining proteomics and transcriptome sequencing to identify active plant-cell-wall-degrading enzymes in a leaf beetle. BMC Genomics 13, 587 (2012)

Kirsch, R.; Vogel, H.; Muck, A.; Reichwald, K.; Pasteels, J. M.; Boland, W.: Host plant shifts affect a major defense enzyme in Chrysomela lapponica. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108 (12), pp. 4897 - 4901 (2011)