Publications

Dumjahn L, Wein P, Molloy EM, Scherlach K, Trottmann F, Meisinger P, Judd LM, Pidot SJ, Stinear TP, Richter I, Hertweck C (2025) Dual-use virulence factors of the opportunistic pathogen Chromobacterium haemolyticum mediate haemolysis and colonization. bioRxiv [Preprint]
Nikitashina V, Bartels B, Mansour JS, LeKieffre C, Decelle J, Hertweck C, Not F, Pohnert G (2025) The give and take in photosymbiosis unraveled by metabolomics of Radiolaria. bioRxiv [Preprint]
Büttner H, Rassbach J, Schultz C, Popp J, Gressler M, Hertweck C (2024) Beneficial soil fungus kills predatory nematodes with dehydropeptides translocating into the animal gut. J Am Chem Soc 146(50), 34702-34710.
Carrasco Flores D, Hotter V, Vuong T, Hou Y, Bando Y, Scherlach K, Burgunter-Delamare B, Hermenau R, Komor AJ, Aiyar P, Rose M, Sasso S, Arndt HD, Hertweck C, Mittag M (2024) A mutualistic bacterium rescues a green alga from an antagonist. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 121(15), e2401632121.
Dell M, Tran MA, Capper MJ, Sundaram S, Fiedler J, Koehnke J, Hellmich UA, Hertweck C (2024) Trapping of a polyketide synthase module after C-C bond formation reveals transient acyl carrier domain interactions. Angew Chem Int Ed 63(9), e202315850.
Dörner S, Trottmann F, Jordan P, Bartels B, Rogge K, Werz O, Hertweck C, Hoffmeister D (2024) The fatal mushroom neurotoxin muscarine is released from a harmless phosphorylated precursor upon cellular injury. Angew Chem Int Ed 63(52), e202417220.
Ehinger FJ, Hertweck C (2024) Biosynthesis and recruitment of reactive amino acids in nonribosomal peptide assembly lines. Curr Opin Chem Biol 81, 102494. (Review)
Ehinger FJ, Scherlach K, Trottmann F, Fiedler J, Richter I, Hertweck C (2024) A catch-release strategy for the genomics-driven discovery of antiproliferative furan-functionalized peptides. Angew Chem Int Ed , e202421760.
Fiedler J, Trottmann F, Ishida K, Mie II, Hertweck C (2024) Direct a-hydroxy acid loading onto a bacterial thiotemplate assembly line via a multienzyme gateway. Angew Chem Int Ed 63(30), e202405165.
Giger GH, Ernst C, Richter I, Gassler T, Field CM, Sintsova A, Kiefer P, Gäbelein CG, Guillaume-Gentil O, Scherlach K, Bortfeld-Miller M, Zambelli T, Sunagawa S, Künzler M, Hertweck C, Vorholt JA (2024) Inducing novel endosymbioses by implanting bacteria in fungi. Nature 635(8038), 415-422.