Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Department of Plant Physiology

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  • Garg, V., Reins, J., Hackel, A., Kühn, C. (2022) Elucidation of the interactome of the sucrose transporter StSUT4: sucrose transport is connected to ethylene and calcium signaling, J Exp Bot., accepted.
  • Mokrani, K., Kühn, C., Tarchoun, N. (2022) Temperature Effects on Tuber Production and Carbohydrates Partitioning in Different Cultivars during Consecutive Stages of Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Growth, Potato Research doi: 10.1007/s11540-022-09543-2.
  • Garg, V., & Kühn, C. (2022). Subcellular dynamics and protein-protein interactions of plant sucrose transporters. Journal of PLant Physiology (153696), doi 10.1016/j.jplph.2022.153696.
  • Ennajeh, M., Ehwald, R., & Kühn, C. (2022). Role of sucrose and phloem–xylem interaction in recovery of water status and hydraulic dehydration impacts in tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum). Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 44 (56), doi 10.1007/s11738-022-03390.
  • Garg, V., Hackel, A., Kühn, C. (2021) Expression Level of Mature miR172 in Wild Type and StSUT4-Silenced Plants of Solanum tuberosum Is Sucrose-Dependent, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 (3), 1455.
  • Garg V., Kühn C. (2020) What determines the composition of the phloem sap? Is there any selectivity filter for macromolecules entering the phloem sieve elements? Plant Physiology & Biochemistry, 151, 284-291.
  • Hansch F., Jaspar H., von Sivers L., Bitterlich M., Franken P., Kühn C. (2020) Brassinosteroids and sucrose transport in mycorrhizal tomato plants, Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2020 Jan 14:1714292. doi: 10.1080/15592324.2020.1714292.
  • Garg, V. Hackel., A. Kühn, C. (2020) Subcellular targeting of plant sucrose transporters is affected by their oligomeric state, Plants (Basel) 9, 158, doi:10.3390/plants9020158.
  • von Sivers, L., Jaspar, H., Johst, B., Bitterlich, M., Roese, M., Franken, P., Kühn, C. (2019) Brassinosteroids affect mycorrhization of solanaceous host plants via SUT2 and MSBP1, Frontiers in Plant Science 10, 571.
  • Kühn, C. (2019) Immunohistochemical Localization of Proteins in the Phloem: Problems and Solutions. In: Liesche J (ed) Phloem - Methods and Protocols. Springer Nature, Heidelberg.
  • Kühn, C. (2016) Post-translational cross-talk between brassinosteroid and sucrose signalling, Plant Science, doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.04.012.
  • Eggert, E., Obata, T., Gerstenberger, A., Gier, K., Fernie, A.R., Schulze, W.X., Kühn, C. (2016) ) A sucrose transporter-interacting protein disulfide isomerase affects redox homeostasis and links sucrose partitioning with abiotic stress tolerance, Plant, Cell & Environment, DOI: 10.1111/pce.12694.
  • Zanon, L. Falchi, R., Hackel., A., Kühn, C., Vizzotto, G. (2015) Expression of peach sucrose transporters in heterologous systems points out their different physiological role, Plant Science, 238, 262–272, doi 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.06.014.
  • Morkunas, I., Woźniak, A., Formela, M., Mai, V.C., Marczak, L., Narożna, D., Borowiak-Sobkowiak, B., Kühn, C., Grimm, B. (2015) Pea aphid infestation induces changes in flavonoids, antioxidative defence, soluble sugars and sugar transporter expression in leaves of pea seedlings, Protoplasma, DOI 10.1007/s00709-015-0865-7.
  • Bitterlich, M., Krügel, U., Boldt-Burisch, K., Franken, P., Kühn, C. (2014) The sucrose transporter SUT2 from tomato affects arbuscular mycorrhiza and interacts with brassinosteroid functioning, The Plant Journal, doi: 10.1111/tpj.12515.
  • Bitterlich, M., Krügel, U., Boldt-Burisch, K., Franken, P., Kühn, C. (2014) Impact of sucrose transporter SlSUT2 and its subcellular localization on arbuscular mycorrhiza formation, Plant Signaling & Behavior 9 (10) e970426, DOI: 4161/ 15592316.2014.970426.
  • Chincinska, I., Gier, K., Krügel, U., Liesche, J., He, H., Grimm, B., Harren, F.J.M., Cristescu, S.M., Kühn, C. (2013) Photoperiodic regulation of the sucrose transporter StSUT4 affects the expression of circadian genes and ethylene production. Frontiers in Plant Science 4, 26.
  • Mooney, S., Chen, L., Kühn, C., Navarre, R., Knowles, R., Hellmann, H. (2013) Germplasm Specific Changes in Vitamin B6 Content and the PDX Family in Potato. Biomed Res Int. 2013,
  • Krügel, U., Wiederhold, E., Grimm, B., Kühn, C. (2013) Site-directed mutagenesis of the sucrose transporter StSUT1 reveals target amino acids of regulation and stability. Biochimie 95 (11), 2132-44.
  • Hafke, J.B., Höll, S.-R., Kühn, C., van Bel, A.J.E. (2013) Electrophysiological approach to determine kinetic parameters of sucrose uptake by single sieve elements or phloem parenchyma cells in intact Vicia faba Frontiers in Plant Science 2013 Jul 31;4:274. * recommended by Faculty 1000 Biology
  • Krügel, U. & Kühn, C. (2013) Regulation of carbon partitioning by direct protein-protein interactions of plant sucrose transporters. Frontiers in Plant Science Jul 2; 4:237.
  • Doidy J., Grace E., Kühn C., Simon-Plas F., Casieri L., Wipf D. (2012) Sugar transporters in plants and their interactions with fungi. Trends in Plant Science Jul; 17(7): 413-22.
  • Krügel, U., He, H., Gier, K., Reins, J., Chincinska, I., Grimm, B., Schulze, W.X., and Kühn, C. (2012). The sucrose transporter StSUT1 from Solanum tuberosum interacts with a DRM-associated protein disulfide isomerase. Molecular Plant 5(1), 43-62.
  • Kühn C. (2012) Plasma membrane: Regulation of sucrose carrier activities. In: “Phloem Molecular Cell Biology, Systemic Communication, Biotic Interactions” Eds. Thompson, Gary A., van Bel, Aart J.E., Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, USA, pp. 102-121.
  • Boldt K., Pörs, Yvonne Y., Haupt B., Bitterlich M., Kühn C., Grimm B., Franken P. (2011). Photochemical processes, carbon assimilation and RNA accumulation of sucrose transporter genes in tomato arbuscular mycorrhiza. J. Plant Physiol. 168 (11), 1256-63.
  • Kühn C. (2011) The role of the sucrose molecule in the induction of photoperiodic responses: flowering and tuberization in potato plants share common pathways. In: “The Flowering Process and its Control in Plants: Gene Expression and Hormone Interaction” Eds. M. Yaish, J. Colasanti, Research Signpost/ Transworld Research Network, Trivandrum, pp. 71-99.
  • Liesche J., Krügel U., He H., Chincinska I., Hackel A., Kühn C. (2011) Sucrose transporter regulation at the transcriptional, post-transcriptional and post-translational level. J. Plant Physiol. 168, 1426-1433.
  • Liesche J., He H., Grimm B., Schulz A., and Kühn C. (2010). Recycling of the sucrose transporter StSUT1 from Solanum tuberosum in yeast, in transiently expressing tobacco cells and in mature phloem sieve elements. Molecular Plant 3 (6), 1064-74.
  • Kühn C. & Grof C. (2010) Sucrose transporters of higher plants, Current Opinions of Plant Biology, 13, 288-298.
  • Kühn C. (2010) Sucrose transporters in plant development. In: “Signaling and Communication in Plants: Transporters and pumps in plant signalling” Eds. M. Geisler, K. Venema, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 225-251.
  • Zanor M.I., Osorio S., Nunes-Nesi A., Carrari F., Lohse M., Usadel B., Kühn C., Bleiss W., Giavalisco P., Willmitzer L., Sulpice R., Zhou Y.-H., Fernie A.R. (2009) RNA interference of LIN5 in Solanum lycopersicum confirms its role in controlling Brix content, uncovers the influence of sugars on the levels of fruit hormones and demonstrates the importance of sucrose cleavage for normal fruit development and fertility, Plant Physiology 150839, 1204-18. * recommended by Faculty 1000 Biology
  • Chincinska, I., Liesche, J., Krügel, U., Michalska, J., Geigenberger, P., Grimm, B., and Kühn, C. (2008). The sucrose transporter StSUT4 from Solanum tuberosum affects flowering, tuberization and shade avoidance response, Plant Physiology 146 (2), 515-528. * recommended by Faculty 1000 Biology
  • Krügel U., Veenhoff L.M., Langbein J., Wiederhold E., Liesche J., Friedrich T., Grimm B., Martinoia E., Poolman B., Kühn C. (2008) Transport and sorting of the Solanum tuberosum sucrose transporter SUT1 is affected by posttranslational modification. Plant Cell 20: 2497-2513. Correction in Plant Cell 21, 4059-4060. * recommended by Faculty 1000 Biology
  • He, H., Chincinska, I., Hackel. A., Grimm, B., Kühn, C. (2008) Phloem mobility and stability of sucrose transporter transcripts, The Open Plant Science Journal 2, 1-14.
  • Weise A., Lalonde S., Kühn C., Frommer WB., Ward J. (2008) Introns control expression of sucrose transporter LeSUT1 in trichomes, companion cells and in guard cells. Plant Mol Biol 68 (3), 251-62. * recommended by Faculty 1000 Biology
  • Liesche J., Schulz A., Krügel U., Grimm B., Kühn C. (2008) Dimerization and endocytosis of the sucrose transporter SUT1 in mature sieve elements. Plant Signaling & Bahavior 3:1136-1137.
  • Lokstein H., Hedtke B., Mustroph A., Kühn C. (2006) Signals, Sensing and Plant Primary Metabolism, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 25, 339-345.
  • Hackel, A., Schauer, N., Carrari, F., Fernie, A.R., Grimm, B., Kühn, C. (2006) Sucrose transporter LeSUT1 and LeSUT2 inhibition affects tomato fruit development in different ways. Plant J 45: 180-192. * recommended by Faculty 1000 Biology
  • Kühn C. (2003) A comparison of the sucrose transporter systems of different plant species, Plant Biology 5, 215-232.
  • Bürkle L., Cedzich A., Döpke C., Stransky H., Okumoto S., Gillisen B., Kühn C., Frommer W.B. (2003) Transport of cytokinins mediated by purine transporters of the PUP family expressed in phloem, hydathodes and pollen of Arabidopsis, Plant Journal 33, 1-14.
  • Kühn C., Hajirezaei M.-R.,  Fernie A. R., Hirner B.,  Roessner U., Czechowski T., Frommer W.B. (2003) The sucrose transporter StSUT1 localizes to sieve elements in potato tuber phloem and influences tuber physiology and development, Plant Physiology 131, 102-113. * recommended by Faculty 1000 Biology
  • Reinders A., Schulze W., Kühn C., Barker L., Schulz A., Ward J., Frommer W.B. (2002) Protein-protein interactions between sucrose transporters of different affinities colocalized in the same enucleate sieve element, Plant Cell 14, 1567-1577. * recommended by Faculty 1000 Biology
  • Barker L., Kühn C., Weise A., Schulz A., Gebhardt C., Hirner B., Hellmann H., Schulze W., Ward J.M., Frommer W.B. (2000) SUT2, a putative sucrose sensor in sieve elements, Plant Cell 12, 1153-1164.
  • Gillissen B., Bürkle L., André B., Kühn C., Rentsch D., Brandl B., Frommer W.B. (2000) A new family of high affinity transporters for adenine, cytosine and purine derivatives in Arabidopsis, Plant Cell 12, 1-11.
  • Weise A., Barker L., Kühn C., Frommer W.B., Ward, J.M. (2000) SUT4, a new sucrose transporter expressed in sink tissue, Plant Cell 12, 1345-1355.
  • Lemoine R., Barker L., Bürkle L., Kühn C., Boles E., Regnacq M., Gaillard C., Delrot S., Frommer W.B. (1999) Identification of NtSUT3, a pollen-specific sucrose transporter in tobacco, FEBS Letters 454, 325-330.
  • Heineke D., Kauder F., Frommer W.B., Kühn C., Gillisen B., Ludewig F., Sonnewald U. (1999) Application of transgenic plants in understanding responses to atmosperic change. Plant Cell & Environ. 22, 623-628.
  • Bürkle L., Hibbert J.M., Quick W.P., Kühn C., Hirner B. & Frommer W.B. (1998) The H+-sucrose cotransporter NtSUT1 is essential for sugar export from tobacco leaves, Plant Physiol. 118, 59-68.
  • Ludewig F., Sonnewald U., Kauder F., Heineke D., Geiger M., Stitt M., Müller-Röber B.T., Gillissen B., Kühn C., Frommer W.-B. (1998) The role of transient starch in acclimation to elevated atmospheric CO2. FEBS Letters 429, 147-151.
  • Schulz A., Kühn C., Riesmeier J.W. & Frommer W.B. (1998) Ultrastructural effects in potato leaves due to antisense-inhibition of the sucrose transporter indicate an apoplasmic mode of phloem loading, Planta 206, 533-543.
  • Kühn C., Barker L., Bürkle L., Frommer W.-B. (1998) Update on sucrose transport in higher plants, J. Exp. Bot. 50, 935-953.
  • Kühn C., Franceschi V., Schulz A., Lemoine R. & Frommer W.B. (1997) Molecular Trafficking Indicated by Localization and Turnover of Sucrose Transporters in Enucleate Sieve Elements, Science 275, 1298-1300.
  • Ward J.M., Kühn C., Tegeder M., Frommer W.B. (1997) Sucrose Transport in Higher Plants, Int. Rev. Cytol., Vol. 179, 41-71.
  • Kühn C., Quick W.P., Schulz A., Riesmeier J., Sonnewald U. & Frommer W.B. (1996) Companion cell-specific inhibition of the potato sucrose transporter SUT1. Plant Cell & Environ. 19, 1115-1123.
  • Lemoine R., Kühn C., Thiele N., Delrot S. & Frommer W.B. (1996) Antisense inhibition of the sucrose transporter in potato: effects on amount and activity. Plant Cell & Environ. 19, 1124-1131.
  • Frommer W.B., Kühn C., Hirner B., Harms K., Martin T., Riesmeier J.W. & Schulz B. (1996) Sugar transport in higher plants. In: Membranes: “Specialized Functions in Plants.” (Smallwood M., Knox J.P. & Bowles D.J., eds.) ßIOS Sci. Publ., Oxford, pp. 319-335.
  • Kühn, C. Hirner, B., Bürkle, L. Frommer, W.B. (1995) Molecular analysis of sugar transport, Keystone Symposium on Plant Cell Biology: Mechanisms, Molecular Machinery, Signals and Pathways, Journal of Cellular Biochemistry Supplement  19A , 131.
  • Kühn C. & Frommer W.B. (1995) A novel zinc finger protein encoded by a couch potato homologue from Solanum tuberosum enables a sucrose transport-deficient yeast strain to grow on sucrose, Mol. Gen. Genet., 247, 759-763.