M. A. Jongsma

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Zeitraum

1994 - 2009

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73

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The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella specifically inactivates Mustard Trypsin Inhibitor 2 (MTI2) to overcome host plant defence (2009)

Yang, L., Fang, Z., Dicke, M., Loon, J.A., Van, Jongsma, M.A., Haarst, J.C., Van, ...

The mustard trypsin inhibitor family has so far only been described among cruciferous species which represent the host plants for the specialist diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella. The...

The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, specifically inactivates Mustard Trypsin Inhibitor 2 (MTI2) to overcome host plant defence (2009)

Yang, L., Fang, Zhiyuan, Dicke, M., Loon, J.J.A., Van, Jongsma, M.A.

The mustard trypsin inhibitor family has so far only been described among cruciferous species which represent the host plants for the specialist diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella. The...

Digestive duet: Midgut digestive proteinases of Manduca sexta ingesting Nicotiana attenuata with manipulated trypsin proteinase inhibitor expression (2008)

Zavala, J.A., Giri, A.P., Jongsma, M.A., Baldwin, I.T.

The defensive effect of endogenous trypsin proteinase inhibitors (NaTPIs) on the herbivore Manduca sexta was demonstrated by genetically altering NaTPI production in M. sexta's host plant, Nicotiana...

Expression in Arabidopsis of a Strawberry Linalool Synthase Gene Under the Control of the Inducible Potato PI2 Promoter (2008)

Yang, L., Mercke, P., Loon, J.J.A., Van, Fang, Zhiyuan, Dicke, M., Jongsma, M.A.

To investigate the role of inducible linalool in Arabidopsis-insect interactions, the FaNES1 linalool synthase (LIS) cDNA from strawberry with plastid targeting and a synthetic intron (LIS') was...

Expression in Arabidopsis of a strawberry linalool synthase gene under the control of the inducible potato P12 promoter (2008)

Yang, L., Mercke, P., Loon, J.J.A., Van, Fang, Zhiyuan, Dicke, M., Jongsma, M.A.

To investigate the role of inducible linalool in Arabidopsis-insect interactions, the FaNES1 linalool synthase (LIS) cDNA from strawberry with plastid targeting and a synthetic intron (LIS') was...

Identification and characterization of digestive serine proteases from inhibitor-resistant Helicoverpa zea larval midgut (2006)

Volpicella, M., Cordewener, J.H.G., Jongsma, M.A., Gallerani, R., Ceci, L.R., Beekwilder, M.J.

Protease inhibitors mediate a natural form of plant defence against insects, by interfering with the digestive system of the insect. In this paper, affinity chromatography was used to isolate...

Self-assembling protein arrays on DNA chips by auto-labeling fusion proteins with a single DNA address (2006)

Jongsma, M.A., Litjens, R.H.G.M.

The high-throughput deposition of recombinant proteins on chips, beads or biosensor devices would be greatly facilitated by the implementation of self-assembly concepts. DNA-directed immobilization...

Response of the digestive system of Helicoverpa zea to ingestion of potato carboxypeptidase inhibitor and characterization of an uninhibited carboxypepidase B (2006)

Bayes, A, Rodrigues De La Vega, M, Vendrell, J., Aviles, F.X., Jongsma, M.A., Beekwilder, M.J.

Carboxypeptidase activity participates in the protein digestion process in the gut of lepidopteran insects, supplying free amino-acids to developing larvae. To study the role of different...

Metabolic engineering of terpenoid biosynthesis in plants (2006)

Aharoni, A., Jongsma, M.A., Kim, T-Y, Ri, M-B, Giri, A.P., Verstappen, F.W.A., ...

Metabolic engineering of terpenoids in plants is a fascinating research topic from two main perspectives. On the one hand, the various biological activities of these compounds make their engineering...

Volatile science? Metabolic engineering of terpenoids in plants (2005)

Aharoni, A., Jongsma, M.A., Bouwmeester, H.J.

Terpenoids are important for plant survival and also possess biological properties that are beneficial to humans. Here, we describe the state of the art in terpenoid metabolic engineering, showing...

Potato virus Y induced changes in the gene expression of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) (2005)

Pompe-Novak, M., Gruden, K., Baebler, P., Krecic-Stress, H., Kovac, M., Jongsma, M.A., ...

The tuber necrotic strain of Potato virus Y (PVYNTN) causes potato tuber necrotic ringspot disease in sensitive potato cultivars. Gene expression in the disease response of the susceptible potato...

Characterisation of cysteine proteinases responsible for digestive proteolysis in guts of larval Western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera) by expression in the yeast Pichia pastoris (2004)

Bown, D.P., Wilkinson, H.S., Jongsma, M.A., Gatehouse, J.A.

Cysteine proteinases are the major class of enzymes responsible for digestive proteolysis in western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera), a serious pest of maize. A larval gut extract hydrolysed...

Molecular basis of Colorado potato beetle adaptation to potato plant defense at the level of digestive cysteine proteases (2004)

Gruden, K., Kuipers, A.G.J., Guncar, G., Slapar, N., Strukelj, B., Jongsma, M.A.

Potato synthesises high levels of proteinase inhibitors in response to insect attack. This can adversely affect protein digestion in the insects, leading to reduced growth, delayed development and...

Engineered multidomain cysteine protease inhibitors yield resistance against western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) in greenhouse trials (2004)

Outchkourov, N.S., Kogel, W.J., De, Wiegers, G.L., Abrahamson, M., Jongsma, M.A.

Western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), cause very large economic damage on a variety of field and greenhouse crops. In this study, plant resistance...

Specific cysteine protease inhibitors act as deterrents of Western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) in transgenic potato (2004)

Outchkourov, N.S., Kogel, J., De, Bruin, A., De, Abrahamson, M., Jongsma, M.A.

In this study, the effects of the accumulation of cysteine protease inhibitors on the food preferences of adult female western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), were investigated....

Molecular basis of Colorado potato beetle adaptation to potato plant defence at the level of digestive cysteine proteinases (2004)

Gruden, K., Kuipers, A.G.J., Guncar, G., Slapar, N., Strukelj, B., Jongsma, M.A.

Potato synthesises high levels of proteinase inhibitors in response to insect attack. This can adversely affect protein digestion in the insects, leading to reduced growth, delayed development and...

Isolation and molecular characterization of cathepsin L-like cysteine protease cDNAs from Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) (2004)

Kuipers, A.G.J., Jongsma, M.A.

Cysteine proteases are predominant in thrips guts (TGs) and, therefore, a suitable target for selecting effective protease inhibitors against western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis). We...

Oral toxicity of bacterial toxins against thrips species (2004)

Gerritsen, L.J.M., Visser, J.H., Jongsma, M.A.

The oral toxicity of excretion products of several Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus strains was tested on two thrips species: Frankliniella occidentalis and Thrips tabaci. Out of 46 Photorhabdus isolates...

Role of cucurbitacin C in resistance to spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) (2003)

Balkema-Boomstra, A.G., Zijlstra, S., Verstappen, F.W.A., Inggamer, H., Mercke, P.E., Jongsma, M.A., ...

Cucurbitacins are bitter triterpenoid compounds that are toxic to most organisms and occur widely in wild and cultivated Cucurbitaceae. The only cucurbitacin identified in Cucumis sativus is...

Selection by phage display of a mustard chymotrypsin inhibitor toxic to pea aphid. (2003)

Ceci, L.R., Volpicella, M., Conti, S., Gallerani, R., Beekwilder, M.J., Jongsma, M.A.

The mustard trypsin inhibitor, MTI-2, is a potent inhibitor of trypsin with no activity towards chymotrypsin. MTI-2 is toxic for lepidopteran insects, but has low activity against aphids. In an...

Properties of purified gut trypsin from Helicoverpa zea, adapted to to proteinase inhibitors. (2003)

Volpicella, M., Ceci, L.R., America, T., Gallarani, R., Bode, W., Jongsma, M.A., ...

Pest insects such as Helicoverpa spp. frequently feed on plants expressing protease inhibitors. Apparently, their digestive system can adapt to the presence of protease inhibitors. To study this, a...

Cloning, Functional Expression in Pichia pastoris, and Purification of Potato Cystatin and Multicystatin (2003)

Annadana, S., Schipper, B., Beekwilder, J., Outchkourov, N., Udayakumar, M., Jongsma, M.A.

In the tubers and leaves of potato, Solanum tuberosum, cysteine protease inhibitors are thought to play roles in the defence against herbivores and in regulating physiological processes like...

Structural characterization of thyroglobulin type-1 domains of equistatin (2003)

Galesa, K., Pain, R., Jongsma, M.A., Turk, V., Lenarci, B.

Equistatin is a protein composed of three thyroglobulin type-1 domains. It inhibits papain-like cysteine proteinases and the aspartic proteinase, cathepsin D. To determine the structural basis for...

Expression of sea anemone equistatin in potato: effects of plant proteases on heterologous protein production (2003)

Outchkourov, N.S., Rogelj, B., Jongsma, M.A.

Plants are increasingly used as production platforms of various heterologous proteins, but rapid protein turnover can seriously limit the steady-state expression level. Little is known about specific...

Terpenoid Metabolism in Wild-Type and Transgenic Arabidopsis Plants (2003)

Aharoni, A., Giri, A.P., Deuerlein, S., Griepink, F.C., Kogel, W.J., De, Verstappen, F.W.A., ...

Volatile components, such as terpenoids, are emitted from aerial parts of plants and play a major role in the interaction between plants and their environment. Analysis of the composition and...

Expression of potato multicystatin in florets of chrysanthemum and assessment of resistance to western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (2002)

Annadana, S., Kuiper, G., Visser, P.B., Kogel, W.J., Udayakumar, M., Jongsma, M.A.

The gene of the 85 kDa cysteine protease inhibitor (CPI) potato multicystatin (PMC), was PCR-cloned and expressed under the control of the UEP1 promoter in chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflora)....

Cloning of the chrysanthemum UEP1 promoter and comparative expression in leaves and ray and disc florets of Dendranthema grandiflora (2002)

Annadana, S., Beekwilder, M.J., Kuipers, G., Visser, P.B., Outchkourov, N., Pereira, A., ...

To attain high transgene expression in petal tissue of ray florets of chrysanthemum an endogenous ubiquitin extension protein (UEP1) promoter was cloned and tested with the β-glucuronidase (GUS)...

Effects of cysteine protease inhibitors on oviposition rate of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (2002)

Annadana, S., Peters, J., Jongsma, M.A.

Proteolytic activity in whole insect extracts of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, was found to belong predominantly to the class of cysteine proteases. The pH optimum of the...

Optimization of the Expression of Equistatin in Pichia pastoris (2002)

Outchkourov, N.S., Stiekema, W.J., Jongsma, M.A.

To improve the expression of equistatin, a proteinase inhibitor from the sea anemone Actinia equina, in the yeast Pichia pastoris, we prepared gene variants with yeast-preferred codon usage and lower...

Transgenic Spodoptera exigua: possibilities for their use (2002)

Gerritsen, L.J.M., Visser, J.H., Jongsma, M.A.

Transgenic Spodoptera exigua are being developed by microinjection of a piggyBac vector. The vector expresses green fluorescent protein (GFP) under the control of the actin promoter. Forty percent of...

Functional expression on bacteriophage of the mustard trypsin inhibitor MTI-2 (2001)

Volpicella, M., Ceci, L.R., Gallerani, R., Jongsma, M.A., Beekwilder, J.

The mustard trypsin inhibitor MTI-2 is a potential tool in the study of interactions between pest insects and plants. It can be applied to study the adaptations of digestive proteases in pest...

Crystal structure of a novel Mid-gut procarboxypeptidase from the cotton pest Helicoverpa armigera (2001)

Estebanez-Perpica, E, Bayes, A, Vendrell, J., Jongsma, M.A., Bown, D.P., Gatehouse, J.A., ...

The cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is one of the most serious insect pests in Australia, India and China. The larva causes substantial economical losses to...

Classical and molecular approaches in breeding for resistance to insects in ornamentals (1995)

Jong, J., De, Jongsma, M.A., Peters, J., Rademaker, W., Bosch, H.J., Maagd, R., De, ...

The extent to which insecticides are needed is influenced by the level of resistance in the host plant. Plant breeders control this level through the choice of parents and selection procedures. If...

Adaptation of Spodoptera exigua larvae to plant proteinase inhibitors by induction of gut proteinase activity insensitive to inhibition.

Jongsma, M A, Bakker, P L, Peters, J, Bosch, D, Stiekema, W J

Tobacco plants were transformed with a cDNA clone of chymotrypsin/trypsin-specific potato proteinase inhibitor II (PI2) under the control of a constitutive promoter. Although considerable levels of...

Adaptation of Spodoptera exigua larvae to plant proteinase inhibitors by induction of gut proteinase activity insensitive to inhibition.

Jongsma, M A, Bakker, P L, Peters, J, Bosch, D, Stiekema, W J

Tobacco plants were transformed with a cDNA clone of chymotrypsin/trypsin-specific potato proteinase inhibitor II (PI2) under the control of a constitutive promoter. Although considerable levels of...