Publications of Katrin Luck

Florean, M.; Schultz, H.; Grabe, V.; Luck, K.; O’Connor, S. E.; Köllner, T. G.: A pseudoenzyme enables indole biosynthesis in eudicot plants. Nature Chemical Biology (2025)

Sun, R.; Römhild, S.; Nakamura, Y.; Reichelt, M.; Luck, K.; Mai, D. T.; Rothe, B.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Multiple glutathione-S-transferases detoxify diverse glucosinolate-based defenses of Brassicales plants in a generalist lepidopteran herbivore (Spodoptera littoralis). Communications Biology 8, 931 (2025)

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)

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)

Müller, A. T.; Nakamura, Y.; Reichelt, M.; Luck, K.; Cosio, E.; Lackus, N.; Gershenzon, J.; Mithöfer, A.; Köllner, T. G.: Biosynthesis, herbivore induction, and defensive role of phenylacetaldoxime glucoside. Plant Physiology 194 (1), pp. 329 - 346 (2024)

Florean, M.; Luck, K.; Hong, B.; Nakamura, Y.; O’Connor, S. E.; Köllner, T. G.: Reinventing metabolic pathways: Independent evolution of benzoxazinoids in flowering plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (42), e2307981120 (2023)

Rebholz, Z.; Lancaster, J.; Larose, H.; Khrimian, A.; Luck, K.; Sparks, M. E.; Gendreau, K. L.; Shewade, L.; Köllner, T. G.; Weber, D. C. et al.; Gundersen-Rindal, D. E.; O’Maille, P.; Morozov, A. V.; Tholl, D.: Ancient origin and conserved gene function in terpene pheromone and defense evolution of stink bugs and hemipteran insects. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 152, 103879 (2023)

Sun, R.; Hong, B.; Reichelt, M.; Luck, K.; Mai, D. T.; Jiang, X.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Metabolism of plant-derived toxins from its insect host increases the success of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. The ISME Journal 17, pp. 1693 - 1704 (2023)

Förster, C.; Handrick, V.; Ding, Y.; Nakamura, Y.; Paetz, C.; Schneider, B.; Castro-Falcón, G.; Hughes, C. C.; Luck, K.; Poosapati, S. et al.; Kunert, G.; Huffaker, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Schmelz, E. A.; Köllner, T. G.: Biosynthesis and antifungal activity of fungus-induced O-methylated flavonoids in maize. Plant Physiology 188 (1), pp. 167 - 190 (2022)

Israni, B.; Luck, K.; Römhild, S.; Raguschke, B.; Wielsch, N.; Hupfer, Y.; Reichelt, M.; Svatoš, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Alternative transcript splicing regulates UDP-glucosyltransferase-catalyzed detoxification of DIMBOA in the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda). Scientific Reports 12, 10343 (2022)

Köllner, T. G.; David, A.; Luck, K.; Beran, F.; Kunert, G.; Zhou, J.-J.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.: Biosynthesis of iridoid sex pheromones in aphids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (42), e2211254119 (2022)

Eberl, F.; Fabisch, T.; Luck, K.; Köllner, T. G.; Vogel, H.; Gershenzon, J.; Unsicker, S.: Poplar protease inhibitor expression differs in an herbivore specific manner. BMC Plant Biology 21, 170 (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)

Walther, C.; Baumann, P.; Luck, K.; Rothe, B.; Biedermann, P.; Gershenzon, J.; Köllner, T. G.; Unsicker, S.: Volatile emission and biosynthesis in endophytic fungi colonizing black poplar leaves. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 17, pp. 1698 - 1711 (2021)

Israni, B.; Wouters, F. C.; Luck, K.; Seibel, E.; Ahn, S.-J.; Paetz, C.; Reinert, M.; Vogel, H.; Erb, M.; Heckel, D. G. et al.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda utilizes specific UDP-glycosyltransferases to inactivate maize defensive benzoxazinoids. Frontiers in Physiology 11, 604754 (2020)

Lackus, N.; Müller, A. T.; Kröber, T.; Reichelt, M.; Schmidt, A.; Nakamura, Y.; Paetz, C.; Luck, K.; Lindroth, R. L.; Constabel, C. P. et al.; Unsicker, S.; Gershenzon, J.; Köllner, T. G.: The occurrence of sulfated salicinoids in poplar and their formation by sulfotransferase 1. Plant Physiology 183 (1), pp. 137 - 151 (2020)

Luck, K.; Chen, X.; Norris, A. M.; Chen, F.; Gershenzon, J.; Köllner, T. G.: The reconstruction and biochemical characterization of ancestral genes furnish insights into the evolution of terpene synthase function in the Poaceae. Plant Molecular Biology 104, pp. 203 - 215 (2020)

Malka, O.; Easson, M. L. A. E.; Paetz, C.; Götz, M.; Reichelt, M.; Stein, B.; Luck, K.; Stanišić, A.; Juravel, K.; Santos-Garcia, D. et al.; Mondaca, L. L.; Springate, S.; Colvin, J.; Winter, S.; Gershenzon, J.; Morin, S.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Glucosylation prevents plant defense activation in phloem-feeding insects. Nature Chemical Biology 16, pp. 1429 - 1426 (2020)

He, J.; Fandino, R. A.; Halitschke, R.; Luck, K.; Köllner, T. G.; Murdock, M. H.; Ray, R.; Gase, K.; Knaden, M.; Baldwin, I. T. et al.; Schuman, M. C.: An unbiased approach elucidates variation in (S)-(+)-linalool, a context-specific mediator of a tri-trophic interaction in wild tobacco. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116 (29), pp. 14651 - 14660 (2019)

Lancaster, J.; Lehner, B.; Khrimian, A.; Muchlinski, A.; Luck, K.; Köllner, T. G.; Weber, D. C.; Gundersen-Rindal, D. E.; Tholl, D.: An IDS type sesquiterpene synthase produces the pheromone precursor (Z)-alpha-bisabolene in Nezara viridula. Journal of Chemical Ecology 45 (2), pp. 187 - 197 (2019)