PUBLICATIONS
2016
Ding, P., D. Rekhter, Y. Ding, K. Feussner, L. Busta, S. Haroth, S. Xu, X. Li, R. Jetter, I. Feussner*, and Y. Zhang*: Characterization of a pipecolic acid biosynthesis pathway required for systemic acquired resistance. Plant Cell 28: 2603-2615.
2017
Dean, G.H., Z.Q. Jin, L. Shi, E. Esfandiari, R. McGee, K. Nabata, T. Lee, L. Kunst, T.L. Western and G.W. Haughn: Identification of a seed coat-specific promoter fragment from the Arabidopsis MUCILAGE-MODIFIED4 gene. Plant Mol Biol 95:33–50 (2017).
He, Z., T. Huang, K. Ao, X. Yan, and Y. Huang: Sumoylation, phosphorylation, and acetylation fine-tune the turnover of plant immunity components mediated by ubiquitination. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 1682 (2017).
Johnson K.C., Zhao J., Wu Z., Roth C., Lipka V., Wiermer M., Li X.: The putative kinase substrate MUSE7 negatively impacts the accumulation of NLR proteins. Plant J. 89(6):1174-1183. (2017) Link
Tong, M., T. Kotur, W. Liang, K. Vogelmann, T. Kleine, D. Leiste, C. Brieske, S. Yang, D. Lüdke, M. Wiermer, Y. Zhang, X. Li and S. Hoth: E3 ligase SAUL1 serves as a positive regulator of PAMP-triggered immunity and its homeostasis is monitored by immune receptor SOC3. New Phytol. 215(4):1516-1532. doi:10.1111/nph.14678. (2017).
Roth, C. #, D. Lüdke#, M. Klenke, A. Quathamer, O. Valerius, G.H. Braus and M. Wiermer: The truncated NLR protein TIR-NBS13 is a MOS6/IMPORTIN-α3 interaction partner required for plant immunity. Plant J 92, 808-821 (2017). #These authors contributed equally to this work
2018
Bairwa, G., M. Caza, L. Horianopoulos, G. Hu and J. Kronstad: Role of clathrin‐mediated endocytosis in the use of heme and hemoglobin by the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Cellular microbiology 6:e12961(2018).
Behar, H., S.W. Graham and H. Brumer: Comprehensive cross-genome survey and phylogeny of glycoside hydrolase family 16 members reveals the evolutionary origin of EG16 and XTH proteins in plant lineages. Plant Journal 95(6), 1114-1128 (2018).
Bui, T., R. Harting, S.A. Braus‐Stromeyer V. Tran, M. Leonard, A. Höfer, A. Abelmann, F. Bakti, O. Valerius, R. Schlüter, C.E. Stanley, A. Ambrósio and G.H. Braus: Verticillium dahliae transcription factors Som1 and Vta3 control microsclerotia formation and sequential steps of plant root penetration and colonisation to induce disease. New Phytol., 221(4):2138-2159 (2018).
Cho, M., G. Hu, M. Caza, L.C. Horianopoulos, J.W. Kronstad and W.H. Jung: Vacuolar zinc transporter Zrc1 is required for detoxification of excess intracellular zinc in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Journal of Microbiology 56(1), 65-71 (2018).
Ding, H., M. Caza, Y. Dong, A.A. Arif, L.C. Horianopoulos, G. Hu, P. Johnson and J.W. Kronstad: ATG genes influence the virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans through contributions beyond core autophagy functions. Infection and immunity 86(9) e00069-18 (2018).
Ding, Y. #, T. Sun#, K. Ao, Y.X. Zhang, X. Li and Y. Zhang: Opposite roles of salicylic acid receptors NPR1 and NPR3/NPR4 in transcriptional regulation of plant immunity. Cell 173 (6) 1454-1467 (2018). #These authors contributed equally to this work
Dong, O., K. Ao, F. Xu, K. Johnson, Y. Wu, L. Li, Y. Liu, Y. Huang, E. Rodriguez, X. Chen, S. Chen, Y. Zhang, M. Petersen and X. Li: Individual components of paired typical NLR immune receptors are regulated by distinct E3 ligases. Nature Plant 4, 699-710 (2018).
Horianopoulos, L.C., C.K. Boone, G.G. Samarasekera, G.K. Kandola and B.W. Murray: Selection of the sex‐linked inhibitor of apoptosis in mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) driven by enhanced expression during early overwintering. Ecology and Evolution. 8(12), 6253-6264 (2018).
Kaling, M., A. Schmidt, F. Moritz, M. Rosenkranz, M. Witting, K. Kasper, D. Janz, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, J.P. Schnitzler and A. Polle: Mycorrhiza-triggered transcriptomic and metabolomic networks impinge on herbivore fitness. Plant Physiology 176: 2639-2656 (2018).
Lüdke, D., C. Roth, D. Hartken and M. Wiermer: MOS6 and TN13 in plant immunity. Plant Signal. Behav.13: e1454816 (2018).
Schmitz, L., S. McCotter, M. Kretschmer, J.W. Kronstad and K. Heimel: Transcripts and tumors: regulatory and metabolic programming during biotrophic phytopathogenesis . F1000Research 7(F1000 Faculty Rev):1812 (2018).
Sun, T., L. Busta, Q. Zhang, P. Ding, R. Jetter and Y. Zhang: TGA1 and TGA4 regulate salicylic acid and pipecolic acid biosynthesis by modulating the expression of SARD1 and CBP60g. New Phytologist 217(1):344-354 (2018).
Wu, D., Y. Liu, F. Xu and Y. Zhang: Differential requirement of BAK1 C-terminal tail in development and immunity. J Integr Plant Biol 60:270-275 (2018).
2019
Beskrovnaya, P., R. A. Melnyk, Z. Liu, Y. Liu, Y. Song, and C.H Haney: Bacterial-produced spermidine induces plant systemic susceptibility to pathogens. bioRxiv 517870; https://doi.org/10.1101/517870 (2019).
Guzha, A., R. McGee, D. Hartken, P. Scholz, D. Luedke, K. Bauer, M. Wenig, K. Zienkiewicz, I. Feussner, A.C. Vlot, M. Wiermer, G. Haughn, and T. Ischebeck: The cell-wall-localised BETA-XYLOSIDASE 4 contributes to immunity of Arabidopsis against Botrytis cinerea. bioRxiv 851170, https://doi.org/10.1101/851170 (2019).
Haroth, S., K. Feussner , A.A. Kelly, K. Zienkiewicz, A. Shaikhqasem, C. Herrfurth and I. Feussner: The glycosyltransferase UGT76E1 significantly contributes to 12-O-glucopyranosyl-jasmonic acid formation in wounded Arabidopsis thaliana leaves. J Biol Chem. 294(25):9858-9872. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA119.007600 (2019).
Horianopoulos, L. C. and J.W. Kronstad: Connecting iron regulation and mitochondrial function in Cryptococcus neoformans. Current Opinions in Microbiology 52, 7-13 (2019).
Kareem, Z.J.#, L. Su#, A. Rathgeb, A. Sirrenberg, F. Hadacek, A.H.A.H. Rashid and P. Karlovsky: Small scale bioreactor for sterile hydroponics and hairy roots: metabolic diversity and salicylic acid exudation by hairy roots of Hyoscyamus niger. Applied Sciences 9:3044 (2019). # These authors contributed equally to this work
Li, N., M. Muthreich, L.J. Huang, C. Thurow, T. Sun, Y. Zhang and C. Gatz: TGACG-BINDING FACTORs (TGAs) and TGA-interacting CC-type glutaredoxins modulate hyponastic growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytol. 221(4):1906-1918. doi: 10.1111/nph.15496 (2019).
Liang, W., S. van Wersch, M. Tong and X. Li: TIR‐NB‐LRR immune receptor SOC 3 pairs with truncated TIR‐NB protein CHS 1 or TN 2 to monitor the homeostasis of E3 ligase SAUL. New Phytologist, 221(4), 2054-2066 (2019).
Pinter, N., C.A. Hach, M. Hampel, D. Rekhter, K. Zienkiewicz, I. Feussner, A. Poehlein, R. Daniel, F. Finkernagel and K. Heimel: Signal peptide peptidase activity connects the unfolded protein response to plant defense suppression by Ustilago maydis. PLoS Pathogens 15, e1007734. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007734 (2019).
Rekhter, D., D. Lüdke, Y. Ding, K. Feussner, K. Zienkiewicz, V. Lipka, M. Wiermer, Y. Zhang and I. Feussner: Isochorismate-derived biosynthesis of the plant stress hormone salicylic acid. Science 365(6452):498-502 (2019).
Rekhter, D., L. Mohnike, K. Feussner, K. Zienkiewicz, Y. Zhang and I. Feussner: Enhanced Disease Susceptibility 5 (EDS5) is required for N-hydroxy pipecolic acid formation. bioRxiv 630723; https://doi.org/10.1101/630723 (2019).
Resemann, H.C., M. Lewandowska, J. Gömann and I. Feussner: Membrane lipids, waxes and oxylipins in the moss model organism Physcomitrella patens. Plant Cell Physiol. 60, 1166-1175 (2019).
Schmitz, L., J.W. Kronstad and K. Heimel: Conditional gene expression reveals stage-specific functions of the unfolded protein response in the Ustilago maydis/maize pathosystem. bioRxiv 775692; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/775692 (2019).
Schmitz, L., M.A. Schwier and K. Heimel: The unfolded protein response regulates pathogenic development of Ustilago maydis by Rok1-dependent inhibition of mating-type signaling. bioRxiv 808717; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/808717 (2019).
Šola, K., E.J. Gilchrist, D. Ropartz, L. Wang, I. Feussner, S.D. Mansfield, M.C. Ralet and G.W. Haughn: RUBY, a Putative Galactose Oxidase, Influences Pectin Properties and Promotes Cell-To-Cell Adhesion in the Seed Coat Epidermis of Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 31, 809-831 (2019).
van Wersch, S. and X. Li: Stronger When Together: Clustering of Plant NLR Disease resistance Genes. Trends in plant science 24 (8), 665-784 (2019).
Vishwanathan, K., K. Zienkiewicz, Y. Liu, D. Janz, I. Feussner, A. Polle and C.H. Haney: Ectomycorrhizal fungi induce systemic resistance against insects on a non-mycorrhizal plant in a CERK1-dependent manner. bioRxiv 852640, https://doi.org/10.1101/852640, (2019).
Xu, Y., M. Vinas, A. Alsarrag, L. Su, K. Pfohl, M. Rohlfs, W. Schäfer and P. Karlovsky: Bis-naphthopyrone pigments protect filamentous ascomycetes from a wide range of predators. Nat Commun. 10(1):3579 (2019).
Kretschmer, M., D. Damoo, A. Djamei, and J. Kronstad: Chloroplasts and Plant Immunity: Where Are the Fungal Effectors? Pathogens 9(1) E19. (2019).
Thulasi Devendrakumar, K., C. Copeland and X. Li: The proteasome regulator PTRE1 contributes to the turnover of SNC1 immune receptor. Mpl. Plant. Pathol. 20(11):1566-1573 (2019).
2020
Huang, W., Y. Wang, X. Li and Y. Zhang: Biosynthesis and regulation of salicylic acid and N-hydroxypipecolic acid in plant immunity. Mol. Plant 13(1):31-41 (2020).
Sun, T., J. Huang, Y. Xu, V. Verma, B. Jing, Y. Sun, A. Ruiz Orduna, H. Tian, X. Huang, S. Xia, L. Shafer, R. Jetter and Y. Zhang: Redundant CAMTA transcription factors negatively regulate the biosynthesis of salicylic acid and N-hydroxypipecolic acid by modulating the expression of SARD1 and CBP60g. Mol. Plant. 13(1):144-156 (2020).
Budimir J., K. Treffon, A. Nair, C. Thurow and C. Gatz: Redox-active cysteines in TGACG-BINDING FACTOR 1 (TGA1) do not play a role in salicylic acid- or pathogen-induced expression of TGA1-regulated target genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist (April 2020).
Vishwanathan K, Zienkiewicz K, Liu Y, Janz D, Feussner I, Polle A, Haney CH.: Ectomycorrhizal fungi induce systemic resistance against insects on a nonmycorrhizal plant in a CERK1-dependent manner. New Phytologist (May 2020).
Jiao C, Sørensen I, Sun X, Sun H, Behar H, Alseekh S, Philippe G, Palacio Lopez K, Sun L, Reed R, Jeon S, Kiyonami R, Zhang S, Fernie AR, Brumer H, Domozych DS, Fei Z, Rose JKC: The Penium margaritaceum Genome: Hallmarks of the Origins of Land Plants. Cell(May 2020).
Beskrovnaya P, Melnyk RA, Liu Z, Liu Y, Higgins MA, Song Y, Ryan KS, Haney CH.: Comparative Genomics Identified a Genetic Locus in Plant-Associated Pseudomonas spp. That Is Necessary for Induced Systemic Susceptibility. mBio (June 2020).
Sun, S.,R. Linning, Y. Zhang and G. Bakkeren: Identification of Arabidopsis FMO1 orthologues in Triticum aestivum L. (Common Wheat) and their functional characterization in defense and systemic acquired resistance.Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology (June 2020).
Horianopoulos LC, Hu G, Caza M, Schmitt K, Overby P, Johnson JD, Valerius O, Braus GH, Kronstad JW: The Novel J-Domain Protein Mrj1 is Required for Mitochondrial Respiration and Virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans. mBio (June 2020).
Wu, Z., Tong, M., Tian, L., Zhu, C., Liu, X., Zhang, Y. and Li, X.:Plant E3 ligases SNIPER1 and SNIPER2 broadly regulate the homeostasis of sensor NLR immune receptors. The EMBO journal (June 2020).
Leonard, M., A. Kühn, R. Harting, I. Maurus, A. Nagel, J. Starke, H. Kusch, O. Valerius, K. Feussner, I. Feussner, A. Kaever, B. Morgenstern, D. Becher, M. Hecker, S.A. Braus-Strohmeyer, J.W. Kronstad and G.H.Braus: V. longisporum elicits media-dependent secretome responses with a further capacity to distinguish between plant-related environments.Frontiers in Microbiology,(August 2020).
Liu Y, Sun T, Sun Y, Zhang Y, Radojičić A, Ding Y, Tian H, Huang X, Lan J, Chen S, Orduna AR, Zhang K, Jetter R, Li X, Zhang Y.: Diverse Roles of the Salicylic Acid Receptors NPR1 and NPR3/NPR4 in Plant Immunity.Plant Cell, (October 2020).
Sun T, Zhang Y: Short‐ and long‐distance signaling in plant defense. Plant Journal, (October 2020).
Liang W, Tong M, Li X: SUSA2 is an F-box protein required for autoimmunity mediated by paired NLRs SOC3-CHS1 and SOC3-TN2.Nature Communications, (October 2020).
Ao, K., Tong, M., Li, L., Lüdke, D., Lipka, V., Chen, S., Wiermer, M., and Li, X.: SCFSNIPER7 controls protein turnover of unfoldase CDC48A to promote plant immunity. New Phytologist, (November 2020)
Cheung N*, Tian L*, Liu X, Li X.: The destructive fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea—Insights from genes studied with mutant analysis. Pathogens,(November 2020).
Yang Liu, Jiatong Han, Andrew Wilson, Lucy O'Sullivan, Alyssa Hui, Cara Haney: Amino acid availability determines plant immune homeostasis in the rhizosphere microbiome.mBio, in revision, (December 2020).
Tian L, Li X.: Enzyme formation by immune receptors. Enzyme formation by immune receptors, (December 2020).
2021
Liu Y, Zhong X, Zhang Z, Lan J, Huang X, Tian H, Li X, Zhang Y.: Receptor-like kinases MDS1 and MDS2 promote SUMM2-mediated immunity. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, (Feb 2021).
Horianopoulos LC, Kronstad JW: Chaperone Networks in Fungal Pathogens of Humans Journal of Fungi, (Mar 2021).
Liu, X.*, Ao, K.*, Yao, J., Zhang, Y., and Li, X.: Engineering plant disease resistance against biotrophic pathogens. Current Opinions in Plant biology,(Apr 2021).
Starke, J., R. Harting, I. Maurus, R. Bremenkamp, J.W. Kronstad and G.H. Braus: Unfolded protein response and scaffold independent pheromone MAP kinase signalling control Verticillium dahliae growth, development and plant pathogenesis. Journal of Fungi, (Apr 2021).
Song, Y., Wilson, A., Zhang, X.C., Thoms, D., Sohrabi, R., Song, S., Geissmann, Q., Liu, Y., Walgren, L.,He, S.Y. and Haney, C.H.: FERONIA restricts Pseudomonas in the rhizosphere microbiome via regulation of reactive oxygen species. Nature Plants,(May 2021).
Mohnike L, Rekhter D, Huang W, Feussner K, Tian H, Herrfurth C, Zhang Y, Feussner I.: The glycosyltransferase UGT76B1 modulates N-hydroxy-pipecolic acid homeostasis and plant immunity. Plant Cell, (May 2021).
Xia S, Liu X, Zhang Y.:Calcium channels at the center of nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptor-mediated plant immunity. Journal of genetics and genomics, (June 2021).
Black B, Lee C, Horianopoulos LC, Jung WH, Kronstad JW: Respiring to infect: Emerging links between mitochondria, the electron transport chain, and fungal pathogenesis. PLoS Pathogens, (July 2021).
Wu Z*, Tian L*, Liu X, Zhang Y, Li X.: TIR signal promotes interactions between lipase-like proteins and ADR1-L1 receptor and ADR1-L1 oligomerization. Plant Physiology, (July 2021).
Behar H, Tamura K, Wagner ER, Cosgrove DJ, Brumer H.: Conservation of endo-glucanase 16 (EG16) activity across highly divergent plant lineages. Biochemical Journal, (August 2021).
Song, S., Liu, Y., Wang, N., and Haney, C. H.: Mechanisms in plant-microbiome interactions: lessons from model systems. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, (August 2021).
Bhalla K, Qu X, Kretschmer M, Kronstad JW: The phosphate language of fungi. Trends in Microbiology, (August 2021).
Horianopoulos LC, Lee CWJ, Hu G, Caza M, Kronstad JW: Dnj1 promotes virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans by maintaining robust endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis under temperature stress. Frontier in Microbiology, (September 2021).
Tian H, Wu Z, Chen S, Ao K, Huang W, Yaghmaiean H, Sun T, Xu F, Zhang Y, Wang S, Li X, Zhang Y.: Activation of TIR signalling boosts pattern-triggered immunity. Nature, (October 2020).
Chen S, Ding Y, Tian H, Wang S, Zhang Y.: WRKY54 and WRKY70 positively regulate SARD1 and CBP60g expression in plant immunity. Plant Signaling & Behavior, (October 2021).
Huang W, Wu Z, Tian H, Li X, Zhang Y: Arabidopsis CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEIN 60b plays dual roles in plant immunity. Plant Communications, (November 2021).
Hu G, Horianopoulos L, Sánchez-León E, Caza M, Jung, W, Kronstad JW: The monothiol glutaredoxin Grx4 influences thermotolerance, cell wall integrity and Mpk1 signaling in Cryptococcus neoformans. G3, (November 2021).
Wu Z*, Tian L*, Liu X, Huang W, Zhang Y, Li X.: The N-terminally truncated helper NLR NRG1C antagonizes immunity mediated by its full-length neighbors NRG1A and NRG1B. Plant Cell, (November 2021).
Horianopoulos LC, Lee CW, Schmitt K, Valerius O, Hu G, Caza M, Braus GH, Kronstad JW: A J Domain Protein Functions as a Histone Chaperone to Maintain Genome Integrity and the Response to DNA Damage in a Human Fungal Pathogen. mBio, (December 2021).
Hu G, Bakkeren E, Caza M, Horianopoulos L, Sánchez‐León E, Sorensen M, Jung W, Kronstad JW: Vam6/Vps39/TRAP1‐domain proteins influence vacuolar morphology, iron acquisition and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans.Cellular microbiology, (Dec 2021).
2022
Sun, S.,R. Linning, Y. Zhang, I. Feussner and G. Bakkeren: The Penium margaritaceum Genome: Hallmarks of the Origins of Land Plants. Cell (January 2022).
Wang NR, Wiesmann CL, Melnyk RA, Hossain SS, Chi MH, Martens K, Craven K, Haney CH: Commensal Pseudomonas fluorescens protect Arabidopsis from closely-related Pseudomonas pathogens in a colonization-dependent manner. mBio (Febuary 2022).
Xu, Y., Ao, K., Tian, L., Qiu, Y., Huang, X., Liu, X., Hoy, R., Zhang, Y., Rashid, K.Y., Xia, S. and Li, X.: A Forward Genetic Screen in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Revealed the Transcriptional Regulation of Its Sclerotial Melanization Pathway. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (March 2022).
Behar H, Samuels AL, Brumer H.:Physcomitrium (Physcomitrella) patens endo-glucanase 16 is involved in the cell wall development of young tissue. Physiologia Plantarum (April 2022).
Guzha, A., R. McGee, D. Hartken, P. Scholz, D. Luedke, K. Bauer, M. Wenig, K. Zienkiewicz, I. Feussner, A.C. Vlot, M. Wiermer, G. Haughn, and T. Ischebeck: The cell-wall-localised BETA-XYLOSIDASE 4 contributes to immunity of Arabidopsis against Botrytis cinerea. Plant Physiology (April 2022).
Ao, K., Li, X.:Indirect recognition of pathogen effectors by NLRs. Essays in Biochemistry (May 2022).
Lu J, Liang W, Zhang N, van Wersch S and Li X.: HSP90 Contributes to chs3-2D-Mediated Autoimmunity. Frontiers in Plant Science (June 2022).
Kretschmer M, Damoo D, Sun S, Lee CWJ, Croll D, Brumer H, Kronstad J: Organic acids and glucose prime late-stage fungal biotrophy in maize. Science (June 2022).
Tian L, Li X.: TIR domains as two-tiered enzymes to activate plant immunity. Cell (June 2022).
Ao, K., Li, L., Rohmann, P., Lipka, V., Chen, S., Wiermer, M., and Li, X.: TRAF domain protein TC1b is required for the defense responses mediated by plant NLR SNC1. (submitted).
Karen Thulasi Devendrakumar1,2*, Charles Copeland1,2,3*, Christopher Adamchek4, Joshua M. Gendron4, and Xin Li: Arabidopsis Tubby domain containing F box proteins positively regulate immunity by modulating PI4Kβ protein levels. New Phytologist (under review).