Dr. Mamoona Khan
INRES - Plant Nutrition
Karlrobert-Kreiten-Strasse 13
D-53115 Bonn
khanma@uni-bonn.de
+49 228 73-3136
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Research interests
I am particularly interested in deciphering the plant growth pathways exploited by the pathogens to invade their host plants.
Selected publications
Bindics J.*, Khan M.*, Uhse S., Kogelmann B., Baggely L., Reumann D., Ingole K.D., Stirnberg A., Rybecky A., Darino M., Navarrete F., Doehlemann G., Djamei A. (2022) Many ways to TOPLESS - manipulation of plant auxin signalling by a cluster of fungal effectors. New Phytol. doi: 10.1111/nph.18315. Online ahead of print.
*Equal contribution
Khan M.#, Djamei A. Performing Infection Assays of Sporisorium reilianum f. sp. Zeae in Maize. Methods Mol Biol. 2022 ;2494:291-298. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2297-1_20
#Corresponding author
Navarrete F., Gallei M., Kornienko A.E., Saado I., Khan M., Chia K.S., Darino M., Bindics J., Djamei A. (2022) TOPLESS promotes plant immunity by repressing auxin signaling and is targeted by the fungal effector Naked1. Plant Communications. DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2021.100269
Navarrete F., Grujic N., Stirnberg A., Saado I., Aleksza D., Gallei M., Adi H., Alcântara A., Khan M., Bindics J.,Trujillo M., Djamei A. (2021) The Pleiades are a cluster of fungal effectors that inhibit host defenses. PLoS pathogens 17(6), e100964.
Bosch J., Czedik-Eysenberg A., Hastreiter M., Khan M., Güldener U., Djamei A. (2019) Mol Plant Microbe, Two Is Better Than One: Studying Ustilagobromivora-Brachypodium Compatibility by Using a Hybrid Pathogen. MPMI 32(12):1623-1634.
Eremina M., Unterholzner S.J., Rathnayake A.I., Castellanos M., Khan M., Kugler K.G., May S.T., Mayer K.F., Rozhon W., Poppenberger B. (2016) "Brassinosteroids control the basal and acquired freezing tolerance of plants”. PNAS 113(40):E5982-E5991.
Šimášková M., O'Brien J.A., Khan M., Van Noorden G., Ötvös K., Vieten A., De Clercq I., Van Haperen J.M., Cuesta C., Hoyerová K., Vanneste S., Marhavý P., Wabnik K., Van Breusegem F., Nowack M., Murphy A., Friml J., Weijers D., Beeckman T., Benková E. (2015) “Cytokinin Response Factors Regulate Auxin-Mediated Organogenesis” Nature Communications 2015 6;6:8717.
Khan M., Rozhon W., Unterholzner S.J., Chen T., Eremina M., Wurzinger B., Bachmair A., Teige M., Sieberer T., Isono E., Poppenberger B. (2014) “Interplay between phosphorylation and SUMOylation events determines CESTA protein fate in brassinosteroid signaling”. Nature Communications 5:4687.
Khan M., Rozhon W., Poppenberger B. (2014) Mini-Review ‘The role of hormones in the aging of plants. Gerontology 60(1):49-55.
Khan M., Rozhon W., Bigeard J., Pflieger D., Husar S., Pitzschke A., Teige M., Jonak C., Hirt H., Poppenberger B. (2013) “Brassinosteroid-regulated GSK3/shaggy-like kinases phosphorylate MAP kinase kinases, which control stomata development in Arabidopsis thaliana”. Journal of Biological Chemistry 288(11):7519-27.
This publication was selected by the "Journal of Biological Chemistry" (JBC) as one of the 22 best papers of 2013 from more than 4000 JBC publications.
Rozhon W., Husar S., Kalaivanan F., Khan M., Idlhammer M., Shumilina D., Lange T., Hoffmann T., Schwab W., Fujioka S., Poppenberger B. (2013) Genetic Variation in Plant CYP51s Confers Resistance against Voriconazole, a Novel Inhibitor of Brassinosteroid-Dependent Sterol Biosynthesis. PLoS One 8(1) e53650. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053650
Husar S., Berthiller F., Fujioka S., Rozhon W., Khan M., Kalaivanan F., Elias L., Higgins G.S., Li Y., Schuhmacher R., Krska R., Seto H., Vaistij F.E., Bowles D., Poppenberger B. (2011) “Overexpression of the UGT73C6 alters brassinosteroid glucoside formation in Arabidopsis thaliana”. BMC Plant Biology 11:51. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-51
Poppenberger B.*, Rozhon W.*, Khan M.*, Husar S., Adam G., Luschnig C., Fujioka S., Sieberer T. (2011) CESTA, a positive regulator of brassinosteroid biosynthesis. EMBO Journal 30(6):1149-61.
*Equal contribution