Marine diatoms Coscinodiscus granii: They live in open waters such as the North Sea. Under the microscope, many single-celled diatoms can be seen, some of which are healthy, while others are infected by an egg fungus. The zoospores that the fungus forms for reproduction can be seen as small dots.

Publications of Kerstin Ploss

Journal Article (16)

2025
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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 (2025)
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Kimbadi Lombe, B.; Zhou, T.; Caputi, L.; Ploss, K.; O’Connor, S. E.: Biosynthetic origin of the methoxy group in quinine and related alkaloids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 64 (5), e202418306 (2025)
2024
Journal Article
Boccia, M.; Ploß, K.; Kunert, M.; Keshan, R.; Hatam, M.; Grabe, V.; O’Connor, S. E.; Sonawane, P. D.: Metabolic engineering of vitamin D3 in Solanaceae plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal 22 (12), pp. 3389 - 3391 (2024)
2023
Journal Article
Kunert, M.; Langley, C.; Lucier, R.; Ploß, K.; Rodriguez Lopez, C. E.; Serna Guerrero, D. A.; Rothe, E.; O’Connor, S. E.; Sonawane, P. D.: Promiscuous CYP87A enzyme activity initiates cardenolide biosynthesis in plants. Nature Plants 9, pp. 1607 - 1617 (2023)
2016
Journal Article
Becker, T.; Ploß, K.; Boland, W.: Biosynthesis of isoxazolin-5-one and 3-nitropropanoic acid containing glucosides in juvenile Chrysomelina. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 14, pp. 6274 - 6280 (2016)
2015
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Badgaa, A.; Büchler, R.; Wielsch, N.; Walde, M.; Heintzmann, R.; Pauchet, Y.; Svatoš, A.; Ploss, K.; Boland, W.: The green gut: Chlorophyll degradation in the gut of Spodoptora littoralis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 41, pp. 065 - 974 (2015)
2014
Journal Article
Badgaa, A.; Jia, A.; Ploss, K.; Boland, W.: Chlorophyll degradation in the gut of generalist and specialist lepidopteran cater­­pillars. Journal of Chemical Ecology 40 (11-12), pp. 1232 - 1240 (2014)
2013
Journal Article
Roversi, P.; Ryffel, B.; Togbe, D.; Maillet, I.; Teixeira, M.; Ahmat, N.; Paesen, G. C.; Lissina, O.; Boland, W.; Ploss, K. et al.; Caesar, J. J. E.; Leonhartsberger, S.; Lea, S. M.; Nunn, M. A.: Bifunctional Lipocalin ameliorates murine immune complex-induced acute lung injury. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 288 (26), pp. 18789 - 18802 (2013)
2011
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Tolzin-Banasch, K.; Dagvadorj, E.; Sammer, U.; Kunert, M.; Kirsch, R.; Ploss, K.; Pasteels, J.M.; Boland, W.: Glucose and glucose esters in the larval secretion of Chrysomela lapponica: Selectivity of the glucoside import system from host plant leaves. Journal of Chemical Ecology 37 (2), pp. 195 - 204 (2011)
2010
Journal Article
Roepke, J.; Wu, M.; Salim, V.; Thamme, A.; Murata, J.; Ploß, K.; Boland, W.; De Luca, V.: Vinca drug components accumulate exclusively in leaf exudates of Madagascar periwinkle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107, pp. 15287 - 15292 (2010)
2009
Journal Article
Vencl, F. V.; Gómez, N. E.; Ploß, K.; Boland, W.: The chlorophyll catabolite, pheophorbide a, confers predation resistance in a larval tortoise beetle shield defense. Journal of Chemical Ecology 35 (3), pp. 281 - 288 (2009)
2008
Journal Article
Markert, A.; Steffan, N.; Ploss, K.; Hellwig, S.; Steiner, U.; Drewke, C.; Li, S.-M.; Boland, W.; Leistner, E.: Biosynthesis and accumulation of ergoline alkaloids in a mutualistic association between Ipomoea asarifolia (Convolvulaceae) and a clavicipitalean fungus. Plant Physiology 147 (1), pp. 296 - 305 (2008)
2007
Journal Article
Martin, R.; Hild, S.; Walther, P.; Ploss, K.; Boland, W.; Tomaschko, K.-H.: Granular chitin in the epidermis of nudibranch molluscs. Biological Bulletin 213 (3), pp. 307 - 315 (2007)
Journal Article
Roversi, P.; Lissina, O.; Johnson, S.; Ahmat, N.; Paesen, G. C.; Ploss, K.; Boland, W.; Nunn, M. A.; Lea, S. M.: The structure of OmCI, a novel Lipocalin inhibitor of the complement system. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 369 (3), pp. 784 - 793 (2007)
Journal Article
Schmitz, R.; Wolf, J.; Habel, A.; Neumann, A.; Ploss, K.; Svatos, A.; Boland, W.; Diekert, G.: Evidence for a radical mechanism of the dechlorination of chlorinated propenes mediated by the tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase of Sulfurospirillum multivorans. Environmental Science & Technology 41 (21), pp. 7370 - 7375 (2007)
2006
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Heil, M.; Ploss, K.: Induced resistance enzymes in wild plants - do 'early birds' escape from pathogen attack? Die Naturwissenschaften 93 (9), pp. 455 - 460 (2006)

Preprint (1)

2025
Preprint
Schotte, C.; Florean, M.; Czechowski, T.; Gilday, A.; Alam, R. M.; Ploß, K.; Wurlitzer, J.; Li, Y.; Sonawane, P.; Graham, I. A. et al.; O’Connor, S. E.: BAHD news from Euphorbia peplus: identification of acyltransferase enzymes involved in ingenane diterpenoid biosynthesis. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)
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