Publications of Kerstin Ploss

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)