Dorothea Tholl

TL;DR: A novel perspective on chemical communication is provided and a basis for future investigations on structural properties of CCDs will facilitate identifying modules and biosynthetic constraints that may affect the outcome of selection and thus provide a predictive framework for evolutionary trajectories of C CDs in plants and animals.

TL;DR: Biosynthetic plasticity in DMNT biosynthesis in land plants is shown by showing that irregular homo/norterpenes can arise from different biosynthetic routes in a tissue specific manner and biochemical and genetic evidence for volatile compound formation via triterpene degradation in plants is presented.

TL;DR: The Arabidopsis thaliana genome contains two genes, At2g20340 and At4g28680, encoding pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent AADCs with high homology to the recently identified Petunia hybrida phenylacetaldehyde synthase involved in floral scent production, which is an aromatic aldehyde synthase (AtAAS), which catalyzes the conversion of phenylalanine and 3,4-dihydroxy-

TL;DR: GPP and FPP synthase formed GPP and E,E-FPP, respectively, as the sole products of the enzymatic condensation of IPP and dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP), broadly similar to those of other prenyltransferases.

TL;DR: In this paper, a focused review of recent progress in VOC sampling and analysis is presented, showing advances in the use of small, inexpensive sampling devices and describing methods to monitor plant VOC emissions in the belowground environment.