Publications of J. Kossmann

Cronje, C., George, G. M., Fernie, A. R., Bekker, J., Kossmann, J. & Bauer, R. Manipulation of L: -ascorbic acid biosynthesis pathways in Solanum lycopersicum: elevated GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase activity enhances L: -ascorbate levels in red fruit. Planta 235, 553–564 (2012).

Gouws, L. M., Botes, E., Wiese, A. J., Trenkamp, S., Torres-Jerez, I., Tang, Y., Hills, P. N., Usadel, B., Lloyd, J. R., Fernie, A. R., Kossmann, J. & van der Merwe, M. J. The plant growth promoting substance, lumichrome, mimics starch, and ethylene-associated symbiotic responses in lotus and tomato roots. Frontiers in Plant Science 3, 120 (2012).

George, G. M., van der Merwe, M. J., Nunes-Nesi, A., Bauer, R., Fernie, A. R., Kossmann, J. & Lloyd, J. R. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing of Plastidial Soluble Inorganic Pyrophosphatase Impairs Essential Leaf Anabolic Pathways and Reduces Drought Stress Tolerance in Nicotiana benthamiana. Plant Physiology 154, 55–66 (2010).

van der Merwe, M. J., Groenewald, J. H., Stitt, M., Kossmann, J. & Botha, F. C. Downregulation of pyrophosphate: d-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase activity in sugarcane culms enhances sucrose accumulation due to elevated hexose-phosphate levels. Planta 231, 595–608 (2010).

Geigenberger, P., Regierer, B., Nunes-Nesi, A., Leisse, A., Urbanczyk-Wochniak, E., Springer, F., van Dongen, J. T., Kossmann, J. & Fernie, A. R. Inhibition of de novo pyrimidine synthesis in growing potato tubers leads to a compensatory stimulation of the pyrimidine salvage pathway and a subsequent increase in biosynthetic performance. Plant Cell 17, 2077–2088 (2005).

Geigenberger, P., Regierer, B., Lytovchenko, A., Leisse, A., Schauer, N., Springer, F., Kossmann, J. & Fernie, A. R. Heterologous expression of a ketohexokinase in potato plants leads to inhibited rates of photosynthesis, severe growth retardation and abnormal leaf development. Planta 218, 569–578 (2004).

Obiadalla-Ali, H., Fernie, A. R., Kossmann, J. & Lloyd, J. R. Developmental analysis of carbohydrate metabolism in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum cv. Micro-Tom) fruits. Physiologia Plantarum 120, 196–204 (2004).

Obiadalla-Ali, H., Fernie, A. R., Lytovchenko, A., Kossmann, J. & Lloyd, J. R. Inhibition of chloroplastic fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase in tomato fruits leads to decreased fruit size, but only small changes in carbohydrate metabolism. Planta 219, 533–540 (2004).

Usadel, B., Schluter, U., Molhoj, M., Gipmans, M., Verma, R., Kossmann, J., Reiter, W. D. & Pauly, M. Identification and characterization of a UDP-D-glucuronate 4-epimerase in Arabidopsis. FEBS Letters 569, 327–331 (2004).

Regierer, B., Fernie, A. R., Springer, F., Perez-Melis, A., Leisse, A., Koehl, K. I., Willmitzer, L., Geigenberger, P. & Kossmann, J. Starch content and yield increase as a result of altering adenylate pools in transgenic plants. Nature Biotechnology 20, 1256–1260 (2002).

Yu, T. S., Kofler, H., Hausler, R. E., Hille, D., Flugge, U. I., Zeeman, S. C., Smith, A. M., Kossmann, J., Lloyd, J., Ritte, G., Steup, M., Lue, W. L., Chen, J. C. & Weber, A. The Arabidopsis sex1 mutant is defective in the R1 protein, a general regulator of starch degradation in plants, and not in the chloroplast hexose transporter. Plant Cell 13, 1907–1918 (2001).

Aksenova, N. P., Konstantinova, T. N., Golyanovskaya, S. A., Kossmann, J., Willmitzer, L. & Romanov, G. A. Transformed potato plants as a model for studying the hormonal and carbohydrate regulation of tuberization. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology 47, 370–379 (2000).

Romanov, G. A., Aksenova, N. P., Konstantinova, T. N., Golyanovskaya, S. A., Kossmann, J. & Willmitzer, L. Effect of indole-3-acetic acid and kinetin on tuberisation parameters of different cultivars and transgenic lines of potato in vitro. Plant Growth Regulation 32, 245–251 (2000).

Tauberger, E., Fernie, A. R., Emmermann, M., Renz, A., Kossmann, J., Willmitzer, L. & Trethewey, R. N. Antisense inhibition of plastidial phosphoglucomutase provides compelling evidence that potato tuber amyloplasts import carbon from the cytosol in the form of glucose-6-phosphate. Plant Journal 23, 43–53 (2000).

van Voorthuysen, T., Regierer, B., Springer, F., Dijkema, C., Vreugdenhil, D. & Kossmann, J. Introduction of polyphosphate as a novel phosphate pool in the chloroplast of transgenic potato plants modifies carbohydrate partitioning. Journal of Biotechnology 77, 65–80 (2000).

Aksenova, N. P., Konstantinova, T. N., Golyanovskaya, S. A., Schmuelling, T., Kossmann, J., Willmitzer, L. & Romanov, G. A. In vitro growth and tuber formation by transgenic potato plants harboring rolC or rolB genes under control of the patatin promoter. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology 46, 513–519 (1999).

Keller, R., Springer, F., Renz, A. & Kossmann, J. Antisense inhibition of the GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase reduces the ascorbate content in transgenic plants leading to developmental changes during senescence. Plant Journal 19, 131–141 (1999).

Kossmann, J., Abel, G. J. W., Springer, F., Lloyd, J. R. & Willmitzer, L. Cloning and functional analysis of a cDNA encoding a starch synthase from potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) that is predominantly expressed in leaf tissue. Planta 208, 503–511 (1999).

Lloyd, J. R., Landschutze, V. & Kossmann, J. Simultaneous antisense inhibition of two starch-synthase isoforms in potato tubers leads to accumulation of grossly modified amylopectin. Biochemical Journal 338, 515–521 (1999).

Lloyd, J. R., Springer, F., Buleon, A., Mueller-Roeber, B., Willmitzer, L. & Kossmann, J. The influence of alterations in ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase activities on starch structure and composition in potato tubers. Planta 209, 230–238 (1999).