Dr. Mamoona Khan


Research focus

I am particularly interested in deciphering the plant growth pathways exploited by the pathogens to invade their host plants.


Teaching

Lecture Pflanze-Pathogen-Interaktionen SoSe 2021 (NP-026)


Projektarbeiten in der Pflanzenpathologie WiSe 2021, SoSe 2022


Vorlesung Pflanze-Pathogen-Interaktionen SoSe 2021, SoSe 2022


Seminar Pflanze-Pathogen-Interaktionen SoSe 2021, SoSe 2022


Praktikum Pflanze-Pathogen-Interaktionen SoSe 2021, SoSe 2022


Praktikum Landwirtschaftliche und Lebensmittelmikrobiologie SoSe 2022


Publications

1. Janos Bindics*, Mamoona Khan*, Simon Uhse, Benjamin Kogelmann, Laura Baggely, Daniel Reumann, Kishor D Ingole, Alexandra Stirnberg, Anna Rybecky , Martin Darino , Fernando Navarrete, Gunther Doehlemann, Armin Djamei. Many ways to TOPLESS - manipulation of plant auxin signalling by a cluster of fungal effectors. New Phytol. 2022 Aug 9. doi: 10.1111/nph.18315. Online ahead of print.

*Equal contribution

2. 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

3. Navarrete F, Gallei M, Kornienko AE, Saado I, Khan M, Chia KS, Darino M, Bindics J, Djamei A. TOPLESS promotes plant immunity by repressing auxin signaling and is targeted by the fungal effector Naked1. Plant Communications 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2021.100269

4. Navarrete F, Grujic N, Stirnberg A, Saado I, Aleksza D, Gallei M, Adi H, Alcântara A, Khan M, Bindics J,Trujillo M, Djamei A. The Pleiades are a cluster of fungal effectors that inhibit host defenses. PLoS pathogens 2021 17 (6), e1009641. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009641

5. Bosch J, Czedik-Eysenberg A, Hastreiter M, Khan M, Güldener U, Djamei A. Mol Plant Microbe, Two Is Better Than One: Studying Ustilagobromivora-Brachypodium Compatibility by Using a Hybrid Pathogen. MPMI 2019 Dec;32(12):1623-1634. DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-05-19-0148-R  

6. Eremina M, Unterholzner SJ, Rathnayake AI, Castellanos M, Khan M., Kugler KG, May ST, Mayer KF, Rozhon W, Poppenberger B."Brassinosteroids control the basal and acquired freezing tolerance of plants”. PNAS 2016 Oct 4;113(40):E5982-E5991. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1611477113

7. Šimášková M, O'Brien JA, Khan M, Van Noorden G, Ötvös K, Vieten A, De Clercq I, Van Haperen JM, 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. “Cytokinin Response Factors Regulate Auxin-Mediated Organogenesis” Nature Communications 2015 Nov 6;6:8717.   DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9717

8. Khan, M, Rozhon, W, Unterholzner, SJ, Chen, T, Eremina, M, Wurzinger, B, Bachmair, A, Teige, M, Sieberer, T, Isono, E and Poppenberger, B. “Interplay between phosphorylation and SUMOylation events determines CESTA protein fate in brassinosteroid signaling”. Nature Communications 2014 Aug 19;5:4687. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5687

9. Khan, M, Rozhon, W, and Poppenberger, B. Mini-Review ‘The role of hormones in the aging of plants. Gerontology 2014 ;60(1):49-55.  DOI: 10.1159/000354334

10. Khan, M, Rozhon, W, Bigeard, J, Pflieger, D, Husar, S, Pitzschke, A, Teige, M, Jonak, C, Hirt, H and Poppenberger B. “Brassinosteroid-regulated GSK3/shaggy-like kinases phosphorylate MAP kinase kinases, which control stomata development in Arabidopsis thaliana”. Journal of Biological Chemistry 2013 Mar 15;288(11):7519-27. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.384453

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 https://www.jbc.org/best-of-2013

11. Rozhon, W., Husar, S., Kalaivanan, F., Khan, M., Idlhammer, M., Shumilina, D., Lange, T., Hoffmann, T., Schwab, W., Fujioka, S., and Poppenberger, B. Genetic Variation in Plant CYP51s Confers Resistance against Voriconazole, a Novel Inhibitor of Brassinosteroid-Dependent Sterol Biosynthesis. PLoS One 2013 Jan; 8 (1) e53650. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053650

12. Rozhon, W., Khan, M., Poppenberger, B. “Identification of the region required for maintaining pHW126 in its monomeric form”. FEMS Microbiology Letters 2012 Jun; 331(2):89-96. DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02557.x

13. 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. “Overexpression of the UGT73C6 alters brassinosteroid glucoside formation in Arabidopsis thaliana”. BMC Plant Biology 2011 Mar 24;11:51. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-51

14. Rozhon, W., Khan, M., Petutschnig, E. and Poppenberger, B. “Identification of cis- and trans-acting elements in pHW126, a representative of a novel group of rolling circle plasmids”. Plasmid 2011 Jan;65(1):70-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2010.09.002

15. Poppenberger B*, Rozhon W*, Khan M*, Husar S, Adam G, Luschnig C, Fujioka S and Sieberer T. CESTA, a positive regulator of brassinosteroid biosynthesis. EMBO Journal 2011 Mar 16;30(6):1149-61. DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.35

*Equal contribution

16. Rozhon, W., Khan, M., Petutschnig, E. and Poppenberger, B. “Identification of cis- and trans-acting elements in pHW126, a representative of a novel group of rolling circle plasmids”. Plasmid 2011 Jan;65(1):70-6. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-56

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