Publications

Meesters C, Kombrink E (2012) Screening for bioactive small molecules by in vivo monitoring of luciferase-based reporter gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Chemical Genomics in Plants, Humana Press, New York, pp (in press)

Serrano M, Kanehara K, Torres M, Yamada K, Tintor N, Kombrink E, Schulze-Lefert P, Saijo Y (2012) Repression of sucrose/ultraviolet B light-induced flavonoid accumulation in microbe-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 158: 408-422

Cottier S, Mönig T, Wang Z, Svoboda J, Boland W, Kaiser M, Kombrink E (2011) The yeast-three hybrid system as an experimental platform to identify proteins interacting with small signaling molecules in plant cells: Potential and limitations. Frontiers in Plant Science 2: 101

Nakamura Y, Mithöfer A, Kombrink E, Boland W, Hamamoto S, Uozumi N, Tohma K, Ueda M (2011) 12-Hydroxyjasmonic acid glucoside is a COI1-JAZs independent activator of leaf closing movement in Samanea saman. Plant Physiology 115: 1226-1236

Kim SS, Grienenberger E, Lallemand B, Colpitts CC, Kim SY, de Azevedo Souza C, Geoffroy P, Heintz D, Krahn D, Kaiser M, Kombrink E, Heitz T, Suh D-Y, Legrand M, Douglas CJ (2010) LAP6/POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE A and LAP5/POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE B encode hydroxyalkyl α-pyrone synthases required for pollen development and sporopollenin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell 22: 4045-4066

Bartsch M, Bednarek P, Vivancos PD, Schneider B, von Roepenack-Lahaye E, Foyer CH, Kombrink E, Scheel D, Parker JE (2010) Accumulation of isochorismate-derived 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic 3-O-β-D-xyloside in Arabidopsis resistance to pathogens and ageing of leaves. Journal of Biological Chemistry 285: 25654-25665

Wasternack C, Kombrink E (2010) Jasmonates: Structural requirements for lipid-derived signals active in plant stress responses and development. ACS Chemical Biology 5: 63-77

Kombrink E, Serrano M, Wang Z, Kaiser M, Cottier S (2010) Small signaling molecules in the plant immune response: New tools for unraveling molecular mechanisms. Paper 7. In H Antoun et al., eds, Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol 7, International Society for Plant-Microbe Interactions, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A., pp 1-8

Serrano M, Hubert DA, Dangl JL, Schulze-Lefert P, Kombrink E (2010) A chemical screen for suppressors of the avrRpm1-RPM1-dependent hypersensitive cell death response in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta 231: 1013-1023

Lu X, Tintor N, Mentzel T, Kombrink E, Boller T, Robatzek S, Schulze-Lefert P, Saijo Y (2009) Uncoupling of sustained MAMP receptor signaling from early outputs in an Arabidopsis endoplasmic reticulum glucosidase II allele. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 106: 22522-22527

de Azevedo Souza C, Kim S, Koch S, Kienow L, Schneider K, McKim SM, Haughn GW, Kombrink E, Douglas CJ (2009) A novel fatty acyl-coenzyme A synthetase (ACOS5) is required for pollen development and sporopollenin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 21: 507-525

Franklin G, Conceição LFR, Kombrink E, Dias ACP (2009) Xanthone biosynthesis in Hypericum perforatum cells provides antioxidant and antimicrobial protection upon biotic stress. Phytochemistry 70: 60-68

Schneider K, Wang ZM, Kaiser M, Kombrink E (2008) On the molecular mechanism of hormone action: Hunting the jasmonate target(s). Current Topics in Phytochemistry 9: 1-16

Kienow, L., K. Schneider, M. Bartsch, H. P. Stuible, H. Weng, O. Miersch, C. Wasternack and E. Kombrink (2008) Jasmonates meet fatty acids: functional analysis of a new acyl-coenzyme A synthetase family from Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany 59: 403-419

Franklin, G., L. F. R. Conceicao, E. Kombrink, A. C. P. Dias (2008) Hypericum perforatum plant cells reduce Agrobacterium viability during co-cultivation. Planta 227: 1401-1408

Souza, D. S. L., M. F. Grossi-De-Sa, L. P. Silva, O. L. Franco, J. E. Gomes-Junior, G. R. Oliveira, T. L. Rocha, C. P. Magalhaes, B. M. Marra, M. Grossi-de-Sa, E. Romano, C. M. de Sa, E. Kombrink, A. V. Jimenez and L. R. D. Abreu (2008) Identification of a novel beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase (Pcb-NAHAI) from marine zoanthid Palythoa caribaeorum (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Zoanthidea). Protein Expression and Purification 58, 1, 61-69

Voloshchuk N, Knop M, Colby T, Kombrink E, Henning L, Hofmann D, Sicker D, Gryganski A, Schulz M (2007) How Doratomyces stemonitis copes with benzoxazolin-2(3H)-one (BOA), its derivatives and detoxification products. Chemoecology 17: 1-12

Serrano M, Robatzek S, Torres M, Kombrink E, Somssich IE, Robinson M, Schulze-Lefert P (2007) Chemical interference of pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered immune responses in Arabidopsis reveals a potential role for fatty-acid synthase type II complex-derived lipid signals. Journal of Biological Chemistry 282: 6803-6811

Schneider K, Kienow L, Schmelzer E, Colby T, Bartsch M, Miersch O, Wasternack C, Kombrink E, Stuible H-P (2005) A new type of peroxisomal acyl-coenzyme A synthetase from Arabidopsis thaliana has the catalytic capacity to activate biosynthetic precursors of jasmonic acid. Journal of Biological Chemistry 280: 13962-13972

Stuible H-P, Kombrink E (2004) The hypersensitive response and its role in disease resistance. In ZK Punja, ed, Fungal Disease Resistance in Plants - Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Haworth Press, Binghamton, NY, pp 57-92

Collins NC, Thordal-Christensen H, Lipka V, Bau S, Kombrink E, Qiu J-L, Hückelhoven R, Stein M, Freialdenhoven A, Somerville SC, Schulze-Lefert P (2003) SNARE-protein-mediated disease resistance at the plant cell wall. Nature 425: 973-977

Schneider K, Hövel K, Witzel K, Hamberger B, Schomburg D, Kombrink E, Stuible H-P (2003) The substrate specificity-determining amino acid code of 4-coumarate:CoA ligase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 100: 8601-8606

Ancillo G, Hoegen E, Kombrink E (2003) The promoter of the potato chitinase C gene directs expression to epidermal cells. Planta 217: 566-576

Pietrowska-Borek M, Stuible H-P, Kombrink E, Guranowski A (2003) 4-Coumarate:coenzyme A ligase has the catalytic capacity to synthesize and reuse various (di)adenosine polyphosphates. Plant Physiology 131: 1401-1410

Hoegen E, Strömberg A, Pihlgren U, Kombrink E (2002) Primary structure and tissue-specific expression of the pathogenesis-related protein PR-1b in potato. Molecular Plant Pathology 3: 329-345

Stuible H-P, Kombrink E (2001) Identification of the substrate specificity-conferring amino acid residues of 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase allows the rational design of mutant enzymes with new catalytic properties. Journal of Biological Chemistry 276: 26893-26897

Kombrink E (2001) Alkaloids. In R Robinson, ed, Plant Sciences, Vol 1, Macmillan Reference USA, New York, NY, pp 32-34

Kombrink E, Schmelzer E (2001) The hypersensitive response and its role in local and systemic disease resistance. European Journal of Plant Pathology 107: 69-78

Kombrink E (2000) Pathogenesis-related proteins in plants. Plant Science 160: 177-178

Ponath Y, Vollberg H, Hahlbrock K, Kombrink E (2000) Two differentially regulated class II chitinases from parsley. Biological Chemistry 381: 667-678

Stuible H-P, Büttner D, Ehlting J, Hahlbrock K, Kombrink E (2000) Mutational analysis of 4-coumarate:CoA ligase identifies functionally important amino acids and verifies its close relationship to other adenylate-forming enzymes. FEBS Letters 467: 117-122

Ehlting J, Büttner D, Wang Q, Douglas CJ, Somssich IE, Kombrink E (1999) Three 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligases in Arabidopsis thaliana represent two evolutionarily divergent classes in angiosperms. The Plant Journal 19: 9-20

Ancillo G, Witte B, Schmelzer E, Kombrink E (1999) A distinct member of the basic (class I) chitinase gene family in potato is specifically expressed in epidermal cells. Plant Molecular Biology 39: 1137-1151

Kombrink E, Büchter R, Dietrich J, Hoegen E, Strömberg A, Wegener S (1997) Systemisch induzierte Resistenz in Pflanzen. In W Knogge, E Schmelzer, eds, Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung 1995-1997, Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Köln, pp 19-21

Büchter R, Strömberg A, Schmelzer E, Kombrink E (1997) Primary structure and expression of acidic (class II) chitinase in potato. Plant Molecular Biology 35: 749-761

Kombrink E, Somssich IE (1997) Pathogenesis-related proteins and plant defense. In G Carroll, P Tudzynski, eds, The Mycota, Vol 5 Part A, Plant Relationships, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp 107-128

Kombrink E, Büchter R, Wegener S, Scheel D (1996) Systemic acquired resistance in potato. In H Lyr, PE Russell, HD Sisler, eds, Modern Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds, Intercept, Andover, pp 483-491

Kombrink E, Somssich IE (1995) Defense responses of plants to pathogens. In JH Andrews, IC Tommerup, eds, Advances in Botanical Research (incorporating Advances in Plant Pathology), Vol 21, Academic Press, London, pp 1-34

Beerhues L, Kombrink E (1994) Primary structure and expression of mRNAs encoding basic chitinase and 1,3-ß-glucanase in potato. Plant Molecular Biology 24: 353-367

Kombrink E, Hahlbrock K, Kirsch C, Meyer R, Witte B (1993) Properties and expression patterns of chitinases in potato and parsley. In RAA Muzzarelli, ed, Chitin Enzymology, European Chitin Society, Lyon and Ancona, pp 245-256

Kirsch C, Hahlbrock K, Kombrink E (1993) Purification and characterization of extracellular, acidic chitinase isoenzymes from elicitor-stimulated parsley cells. European Journal of Biochemistry 213: 419-425

Kombrink E, Beerhues L, Hahlbrock K, Müller M, Schröder M, Witte B (1993) Differential activation of defense-related genes in potato following infection by Phytophthora infestans. In H Lyr, C Polter, eds, Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Systemic Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds, Vol 4, Ulmer, Stuttgart, pp 251-257

Kombrink E, Beerhues L, Garcia-Garcia F, Hahlbrock K, Müller M, Schröder M, Witte B, Schmelzer E (1993) Expression patterns of defense-related genes in infected and uninfected plants. In B Fritig, M Legrand, eds, Mechanisms of Plant Defense Responses, Vol 2, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp 236-249

Schröder M, Hahlbrock K, Kombrink E (1992) Temporal and spatial patterns of 1,3- -glucanase and chitinase induction in potato leaves infected by Phytophthora infestans. The Plant Journal 2: 161-172

Kombrink E, Beerhues L, Hahlbrock K, Witte B (1991) Differential patterns of expression and cellular localization of chitinases and 1,3-ß-glucanases in potato. In AHC Huang, L Taiz, eds, Molecular Approaches to Compartmentation and Metabolic Regulation, American Society of Plant Physiologists, Rockville, Maryland, USA, pp 243-244

Kombrink E, Hahlbrock K, Hinze K, Schröder M (1991) Molecular responses of potato to infection by Phytophthora infestans. In CJ Smith, ed, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant-Pathogen Interactions, Vol 32, Clarendon Press, Oxford, pp 237-254

Hahlbrock K, Arabatzis N, Becker-André M, Garcia-Garcia F, Gross P, Joos H-J, Keller H, Kombrink E, Scheel D, Schröder M (1991) Local and systemic gene activation following the hypersensitive response of plants to pathogens. In H Hennecke, DPS Verma, eds, Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol 1, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp 365-366

Kombrink E, Hahlbrock K (1990) Rapid, systemic repression of the synthesis of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small-subunit mRNA in fungus-infected or elicitor-treated potato leaves. Planta 181: 216-219

Taylor JL, Fritzemeier K-H, Häuser I, Kombrink E, Rohwer F, Schröder M, Strittmatter G, Hahlbrock K (1990) Structural analysis and activation by fungal infection of a gene encoding a pathogenesis-related protein in potato. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 3: 72-77

Hahlbrock K, Arabatzis N, Becker-André M, Joos H-J, Kombrink E, Schröder M, Strittmatter G, Taylor J (1989) Local and systemic gene activation in fungus-infected potato leaves. In BJJ Lugtenberg, ed, Signal Molecules in Plants and Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol H 36, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp 241-249

Somssich IE, Bollmann J, Hahlbrock K, Kombrink E, Schulz W (1989) Differential early activation of defense-related genes in elicitor-treated parsley cells. Plant Molecular Biology 12: 227-234

Kombrink E, Schröder M, Hahlbrock K (1988) Several "pathogenesis-related" proteins in potato are 1,3-ß-glucanases and chitinases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 85: 782-786

Hahlbrock K, Cretin C, Cuypers B, Fritzemeier K-H, Hauffe K-D, Jahnen W, Kombrink E, Rohwer F, Scheel D, Schmelzer E, Schröder M, Taylor J (1987) Tissue specificity and dynamics of disease resistance responses in plants. In D von Wettstein, N-H Chua, eds, Plant Molecular Biology, Vol A 140, Plenum Press, New York, pp 399-406

Fritzemeier K-H, Cretin C, Kombrink E, Rohwer F, Taylor J, Scheel D, Hahlbrock K (1987) Transient induction of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and 4-coumarate:CoA ligase mRNAs in potato leaves infected with virulent and avirulent races of Phytophthora infestans. Plant Physiology 85: 34-41

Knogge W, Kombrink E, Schmelzer E, Hahlbrock K (1987) Occurrence of phytoalexins and other putative defense-related substances in uninfected parsley plants. Planta 171: 279-287

Kombrink E, Bollmann J, Hauffe KD, Knogge W, Scheel D, Schmelzer E, Somssich I, Hahlbrock K (1986) Biochemical responses of non-host plant cells to fungi and fungal elicitors. In J Bailey, ed, Biology and Molecular Biology of Plant-Pathogen Interactions, Vol H1, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp 253-262

Kombrink E, Hahlbrock K (1986) Responses of cultured parsley cells to elicitors from phytopathogenic fungi. Timing and dose dependency of elicitor-induced reactions. Plant Physiology 81: 216-221

Kombrink E, Hahlbrock K (1985) Dependence of the level of phytoalexin and enzyme induction by fungal elicitor on the growth stage of Petroselinum crispum cell cultures. Plant Cell Reports 4: 277-280

Kombrink E, Kruger NJ (1984) Inhibition by metabolic intermediates of pyrophosphate:fructose 6-phosphate phosphotransferase from germinating castor bean endosperm. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie 114: 443-453

Kombrink E, Kruger NJ, Beevers H (1984) Kinetic properties of pyrophosphate:fructose-6-phosphate phosphotransferase from germinating castor bean endosperm. Plant Physiology 74: 395-401

Kruger NJ, Kombrink E, Beevers H (1983) Fructose 2,6-bisphosphate as a contaminant of commercially obtained fructose 6-phosphate: effect on PPi:fructose 6-phosphate phosphotransferase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 117: 37-42

Kruger NJ, Kombrink E, Beevers H (1983) Pyrophosphate:fructose 6-phosphate phosphotransferase in germinating castor bean seedlings. FEBS Letters 153: 409-412

Kombrink E, Beevers H (1983) Transport of purine and pyrimidine bases and nucleosides from endosperm to cotyledons in germinating castor bean seedlings. Plant Physiology 73: 370-376

Kombrink E, Wöber G (1982) Chloroplast phosphofructokinase in the green alga, Dunaliella marina: partial purification and kinetic and regulatory properties. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 213: 602-619

Kombrink E, Wöber G (1980) Identification and subcellular localization of starch-metabolizing enzymes in the green alga Dunaliella marina. Planta 149: 130-137

Kombrink E, Wöber G (1980) Preparation of intact chloroplasts by chemically induced lysis of the green alga Dunaliella marina. Planta 149: 123-129

Kombrink E, Wöber G, Walker DA (1979) Einfluß von DEAE-Dextran auf den Elektronentransport in Chloroplasten von Dunaliella marina. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 92: 379-392