Publications of Roy Kirsch

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 (1), 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)

Kirsch, R.; Vogel, H.; Pasteels, J.; Boland, W.: To be or not to be convergent in salicin-based defense in chrysomeline leaf beetle larvae: Evidence from Phratora vitellinae SAO. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1722), pp. 3225 - 3232 (2011)