Huang, F.; Spiteller, D.; Koorbanally, N. A.; Li, Y.; Llewellyn, N. M.; Spencer, J. B.: Elaboration of neosamine rings in the biosynthesis of neomycin and butirosin. ChemBioChem: A European Journal of Chemical Biology 8 (3), pp. 283 - 288 (2007)
Baerga-Ortiz, A.; Popovic, B.; Siskos, A. P.; O'hare, H. M.; Spiteller, D.; Williams, M. G.; Campillo, N.; Spencer, J. B.; Leadlay, P. F.: Directed mutagenesis alters the stereochemistry of catalysis by isolated ketoreductase domains from the erythromycin polyketide synthase. Chemistry & Biology 13 (3), pp. 277 - 285 (2006)
Huang, F.; Haydock, S. F.; Spiteller, D.; Mironenko, T.; Li, T.-L.; Leadlay, P. F.; O’hagan, D.; Spencer, J. B.: The gene cluster for fluorometabolite biosynthesis in Streptomyces cattleya: a thioesterase confers resistance to fluoroacetyl-coenzyme a. Cell Chemical Biology 13 (5), pp. 475 - 484 (2006)
Huang, F. L.; Haydock, S. F.; Mironenko, T.; Spiteller, D.; Li, Y. Y.; Spencer, J. B.: The neomycin biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces fradiae NCIMB 8233: characterisation of an aminotransferase involved in the formation of 2-deoxystreptamine. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 3 (8), pp. 1410 - 1418 (2005)
Spiteller, D.; Waterman, C. L.; Spencer, J. B.: A method for trapping intermediates of polyketide biosynthesis with a nonhydrolyzable malonyl-coenzyme A analogue. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 44 (43), pp. 7079 - 7082 (2005)
Frey, M.; Spiteller, D.; Boland, W.; Gierl, A.: Transcriptional activation of Igl, the gene for volatile indole formation in Zea mays: a structure-activity study with elicitor-active N-acyl glutamines from insects. Phytochemistry 65 (8), pp. 1047 - 1055 (2004)
Spiteller, D.; Oldham, N. J.; Boland, W.: N-(17-phosphonooxylinolenoyl)glutamine and N-(17-phosphonooxylinoleoyl)glutamine from insect gut: the first backbone-phosphorylated fatty acid derivatives in nature. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 69 (4), pp. 1104 - 1109 (2004)
Spiteller, D.; Boland, W.: N-(17-acyloxy-acyl)-glutamines: Novel surfactants from oral secretions of lepidopteran larvae. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 68 (23), pp. 8743 - 8749 (2003)
Spiteller, D.; Jux, A.; Piel, J.; Boland, W.: Feeding of [5,5-2H2]-1-desoxy-Image -xylulose and [4,4,6,6,6-2H5]-mevalolactone to a geosmin-producing Streptomyces sp. and Fossombronia pusilla. Phytochemistry 61 (7), pp. 827 - 834 (2002)
Oldenburg, C.; Kanaujia, S.; Spiteller, D.; Oldham, N. J.; Boland, W.; Kaissling, K. E.: Benzoic acid, a stimulant of odorant receptors of Bombyx mori, is rapidly metabolized to N-benzoylserine on the antennae. Chemoecology 11 (4), pp. 183 - 190 (2001)
Spiteller, D.; Dettner, K.; Boland, W.: Gut bacteria may be involved in interactions between plants, herbivores and their predators: Microbial biosynthesis of N-acylglutamine surfactants as elicitors of plant volatiles. Biological Chemistry 381 (8), pp. 755 - 762 (2000)
Spiteller, D.; Spiteller, G.: Oxidation of linoleic acid in low-density lipoprotein: An important event in atherogenesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 39 (3), pp. 585 - 589 (2000)
Spiteller, D.: Defense strategies of marine and aquatic organisms. In: Encyclopedia of Ecology, Vol. 5, pp. 844 - 852 (Eds. Jorgensen, S. E.; Fath, B. D.). Elsevier, Oxford (2008)
The natural product chemist and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena has been elected a member of the German National Academy of Sciences.
As the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, we are fully committed to the principle of scientific freedom as enshrined in Article 5 of the German Basic Law and recognized worldwide as a fundamental human right.
The award recognizes her outstanding research in the chemistry and biochemistry of plant natural products, with particular emphasis on the detailed elucidation of metabolic pathways and the engineering of novel pathways and compounds for biomedical applications.
The doctoral researcher from the Department of Insect Symbiosis gave an excellent talk about the temporal and spatial dynamics of symbiont lineages in a grain pest beetle.
At the 39th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE), currently taking place in Prague, Jonathan Gershenzon, Managing Director of our Institute and Head of the Department of Biochemistry, was awarded the Society's Silver Medal.
Jonathan Gershenzon, Head of the Department of Biochemistry, has been elected to membership of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). This prestigious honor recognizes his outstanding contributions to the life sciences.
After the IMPRS symposium on April 17-18, 2024, Marion Lemoine, Ronja Krüsemer, Johannes Körnig and Iulia Barutia received the presentation awards for the best talks and posters.
Wir laden am 25. April 2024 wieder alle interessierten Schülerinnen und Schüler ab der 8. Klasse ein, am Forsche Schüler Tag einen Blick in unsere Forschungslabore zu werfen und selbst Wissenschaft „auszuprobieren“.