Publications of Helge B. Bode

Köhler, Anna M., Thieme, Sabine, Gerke, Jennifer, Thieme, Karl G., Harting, Rebekka, Schmitt, Kerstin, Valerius, Oliver, Chen, Wanping, Höfer, Annalena, Bastakis, Emmanouil, Strohdiek, Anja, Heinrich, Antje K., Bode, Helge B. and Braus, Gerhard H.: (2025) The VelB intrinsically disordered domain promotes selective heterodimer formation of velvet domain regulatory proteins for fungal development, bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, March.

Klaubert, Tim J., Gellner, Jonas, Bernard, Charles, Effert, Juliana, Lombard, Carine, Kaila, Ville R. I., Bode, Helge B., Li, Yanyan and Groll, Michael: (2025) Molecular basis for azetidine-2-carboxylic acid biosynthesis, Nature Communications, London, Nature Publishing Group, 16 (1).

Su, Li, Souaibou, Yaouba, Hôtel, Laurence, Jacob, Christophe, Grün, Peter, Shi, Yan-Ni, Chateau, Alicia, Pinel, Sophie, Bode, Helge B., Aigle, Bertrand and Weissman, Kira J.: (2025) Exploiting the inherent promiscuity of the acyl transferase of the stambomycin polyketide synthase for the mutasynthesis of analogues, Chemical Science, Cambridge, UK, Royal Society of Chemistry, 16 (12), pp. 5076–5088.

Ardpairin, Jiranun, Subkrasae, Chanakan, Dumidae, Abdulhakam, Pansri, Supawan, Homkaew, Chanatinat, Meesil, Wipanee, Kumchantuek, Tewarat, Phoungpetchara, Ittipon, Dillman, Adler R., Pavesi, Coralie, Bode, Helge B., Tandhavanant, Sarunporn, Thanwisai, Aunchalee and Vitta, Apichat: (2024) Symbiotic bacteria associated with entomopathogenic nematodes showed molluscicidal activity against Biomphalaria glabrata, an intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni, Parasites & Vectors, London, BioMed Central, 17 (1).

Bozhüyük, Kenan A. J., Präve, Leonard, Kegler, Carsten, Schenk, Leonie, Kaiser, Sebastian, Schelhas, Christian Stefan, Shi, Yan-Ni, Kuttenlochner, Wolfgang, Schreiber, Max, Kandler, Joshua, Alanjary, Mohammad, Mohiuddin, T. M., Groll, Michael, Hochberg, Georg K. A. and Bode, Helge B.: (2024) Evolution-inspired engineering of nonribosomal peptide synthetases, Science, Washington, D.C., American Association for the Advancement of Science, 383 (6689).

Effert, Juliana, Westphalen, Margaretha, Calderari, Andrea, Shi, Yi-Ming, Elamri, Isam, Najah, Soumaya, Grün, Peter, Li, Yanyan, Gruez, Arnaud, Weissman, Kira J. and Bode, Helge B.: (2024) Pyrrolizwilline, a unique bacterial alkaloid assembled by a nonribosomal peptide synthetase and non-enzymatic dimerization, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Weinheim, Wiley-VCH, 63 (51).

Touray, Mustapha, Cimen, Harun, Bode, Edna, Bode, Helge B. and Hazir, Selcuk: (2024) Effects of Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus bacterial metabolites on the ovipositional activity of Aedes albopictus, Journal of Pest Science, Berlin ; Heidelberg, Springer, 97 (4), pp. 2203–2215.

Su, Li, Huber, Eva M., Westphalen, Margaretha, Gellner, Jonas, Bode, Edna, Köbel, Tania, Grün, Peter, Alanjary, Mohammad M., Glatter, Timo, Cirnski, Katarina, Müller, Rolf, Schindler, Daniel, Groll, Michael and Bode, Helge B.: (2024) Isofunctional but structurally different methyltransferases for dithiolopyrrolone diversification, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Weinheim, Wiley-VCH, August.

Präve, Leonard, Kuttenlochner, Wolfgang, Tabak, Werner W.A., Langer, Chiara, Kaiser, Markus, Groll, Michael and Bode, Helge B.: (2024) Bioengineering of syrbactin megasynthetases for immunoproteasome inhibitor production, Chem, Cambridge, MA, Cell Press, August.

Ulgen Gokduman, Funda, Yılmaz, Semih and Bode, Helge B.: (2024) Enhanced production of trans-cinnamic acid in Photorhabdus luminescens with homolog expression and deletion strategies, Journal of Applied Microbiology, Oxford, Blackwell Science, 135 (7).

Präve, Leonard, Seyfert, Carsten E., Bozhüyük, Kenan A. J., Racine, Emilie, Müller, Rolf and Bode, Helge B.: (2024) Investigation of the Odilorhabdin biosynthetic gene cluster using NRPS engineering, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Weinheim, Wiley-VCH, 63 (33).

Ulug, Derya, Touray, Mustapha, Hazal Gulsen, Sebnem, Cimen, Harun, Hazir, Canan, Bode, Helge B. and Hazir, Selcuk: (2024) A taste of a toxin paradise: Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus bacterial secondary metabolites against Aedes aegypti larvae and eggs, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, New York, Academic Press, 205, May.

Touray, Mustapha, Ulug, Derya, Gulsen, Sebnem Hazal, Cimen, Harun, Hazir, Canan, Bode, Helge B. and Hazir, Selcuk: (2024) Natural products from Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus show promise as biolarvicides against Aedes albopictus, Pest Management Science, West Sussex, UK, Published for SCI by Wiley, 80 (9), pp. 4231–4242.

Rill, Alexander, Zhao, Lei and Bode, Helge B.: (2024) Genetic toolbox for Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus: pSEVA based heterologous expression systems and CRISPR/Cpf1 based genome editing for rapid natural product profiling, Microbial Cell Factories, BioMed Central, 23, April.

Schmalhofer, Maximilian, Vagstad, Anna L., Zhou, Qiuqin, Bode, Helge B. and Groll, Michael: (2024) Polyketide trimming shapes dihydroxynaphthalene-melanin and anthraquinone pigments, Advanced Science, Weinheim, Wiley-VCH, 11 (22).

Palma, Leopoldo, Frizzo, Laureano, Kaiser, Sebastian, Berry, Colin, Caballero, Primitivo, Bode, Helge B., Valle, Del and E., Eleodoro: (2024) Genome sequence analysis of native Xenorhabdus strains isolated from entomopathogenic nematodes in Argentina, Toxins, Basel, Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), 16 (2).

Abbood, Nadya, Effert, Juliana, Bozhüyük, Kenan A. J. and Bode, Helge B.: (2023) Guidelines for optimizing type S nonribosomal peptide synthetases, ACS Synthetic Biology, Washington, D.C., American Chemical Society, 12 (8), pp. 2432–2443.

Huber, Eva M, Kreling, Lukas, Heinrich, Antje K, Dunnebacke, Maximilian, Pothig, Alexander, Bode, Helge B. and Groll, Michael: (2023) A set of closely related methyltransferases for site-specific tailoring of anthraquinone pigments., Structure, London, Cell Press, 31 (5).

Awori, Ryan Musumba, Waturu, Charles N., Pidot, Sacha J., Amugune, Nelson O. and Bode, Helge B.: (2023) Draft genomes, phylogenomic reconstruction and comparative genome analysis of three Xenorhabdus strains isolated from soil dwelling nematodes in Kenya, Access Microbiology, London, UK, Microbiology Society, 5 (5).

Bode, Edna, Assmann, Daniela, Happel, Petra, Meyer, Elmar, Münch, Karin, Roessel, Nicole and Bode, Helge B.: (2023) easyPACId, a simple method for induced production, isolation, identification, and testing of natural products from Proteobacteria, Bio-protocol, Berkley, Bio Online, 13 (13).