Papers on Ranf lab

New preprint on how the lectin domain of LORE binds its fatty acid ligands

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Lin-Jie Shu and colleagues identify the second G-type lectin domain of LORE as the ligand binding domain, and describe a flexible loop that lets the receptor distinguish agonistic from antagonistic 3-hydroxy fatty acids. Joint work with the group of Antonella Di Pizio at the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology.

New preprint on the ligand preference of LORE receptors across the Brassicaceae

Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When LORE receptors are examined throughout the Brassicaceae, we find that their ligand preferences follow the 3-hydroxy fatty acid profiles of the proteobacteria that these plants encounter.

Our work on lipopeptide induced immunity has appeared in Nature Plants

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The collaborative study on how lipopeptides remodel the plant plasma membrane and set off an immune response is now published in Nature Plants.

A protocol for measuring receptor ligand binding in the plant

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Lin-Jie, Fan-Yu and Stefanie describe the plant based ligand depletion binding assay as a chapter in Methods in Molecular Biology.

Today Sabine posted her first preprint on bioRxiv.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Eschrig S, Schäffer M, Illig T, Eibel S, Shu L-J, Fernandez A, Ranf S (2021). LORE homomerization is required for 3-OH-C10:0 induced immune signaling. bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2021.09.27.461997 (preprint)

Our collaborative paper with the Dorey lab was accepted in PNAS!

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Schellenberger R, Crouzet J, Nickzad A, Shu L-J, Kutschera A, Gerster T, Borie N, Dawid C, Cloutier M, Villaume S, Dhondt-Cordelier S, Hubert J, Cordelier S, Mazeyrat-Gourbeyre F, Schmid C, Ongena M, Renault J-H, Haudrechy A, Hofmann T, Baillieul F, Clément C, Zipfel C, Gauthier C, Déziel E, Ranf S, and Dorey S (2021). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 118 (39) e2101366118

Today Lin-Jie posted his first preprint on bioRxiv.

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Shu L-J, Schäffer M, Eschrig S, Ranf S (2021). Low cost, medium throughput depletion-binding assay for screening S-domain-receptor ligand interactions using in planta protein expression. bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2021.06.16.448648 (preprint)

Today Alex' paper in IJMS was accepted. Congratulations!

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Kutschera A, Schombel U, Schwudke D, Ranf S, and Gisch N (2021). Analysis of the Structure and Biosynthesis of the Lipopolysaccharide Core Oligosaccharide of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. Int J Mol Sci 22: 3250

Our paper in New Phytologist was published today.

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Coleman A D, Maroschek J, Raasch L, Takken F L W, Ranf S, Hückelhoven R (2021). The Arabidopsis leucine‐rich repeat receptor‐like kinase MIK2 is a crucial component of early immune responses to a fungal‐derived elicitor. New Phytol 229: 3453-3466

Our paper in FEBS Letters was published today.

Tue, 02 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Trempel F, Eschen‐Lippold L, Bauer N, Ranf S, Westphal L, Scheel D, Lee J (2020). A mutation in Asparagine‐Linked Glycosylation 12 (ALG12) leads to receptor misglycosylation and attenuated responses to multiple microbial elicitors. FEBS Lett 594: 2440–2451

Congrats to Alex! His paper in Molecular Plant Pathology was published today.

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Kutschera A, Schombel U, Wröbel M, Gisch N and Ranf S (2019). Loss of wbpL disrupts O-polysaccharide synthesis and impairs virulence of plant-associated Pseudomonas strains. Mol Plant Pathol 20: 1535-1549

Our paper is online at SCIENCE!!! Congrats to Alex, Corinna and all authors!

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/364/6436/178

Congrats to Alex! His review article in Biochimie was accepted today.

Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Monday morning perspective article about disease resistance engineering in crops accepted - a good start in the week!

Mon, 30 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

New paper: Opinion Piece in Molecular Plant Pathology accepted!

Fri, 24 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

New paper: PloS Pathogen Pearl accepted!

Tue, 12 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000