Education
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 1998
Current position
Independent research group leader, Department of Plant Biochemistry, ZMBP, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany
Expertise in plant-microbe interactions
Publications
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Zheng, X., McLellan, H., Fraiture, M., Liu, X., Boevink, P. C., Gilroy, E. M., Chen, Y., Kandel, K., Sessa, G., Birch, P. R. and Brunner, F.# (2014). Functionally redundant RXLR effectors from Phytophthora infestans act at different steps to suppress early flg22-triggered immunity. PLoS Pathog 10(4): e1004057. (#Corresponding author)
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Fraiture, M., Zheng, X. and Brunner, F.# (2014). An Arabidopsis and tomato mesophyll protoplast system for fast identification of early MAMP-triggered immunity-suppressing effectors. Methods Mol Biol 1127: 213-230. (#Corresponding author)
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Zhang, W., Fraiture, M., Kolb, D., Loffelhardt, B., Desaki, Y., Boutrot, F. F., Tor, M., Zipfel, C., Gust, A. A. and Brunner, F.# (2013). Arabidopsis receptor-like protein30 and receptor-like kinase suppressor of BIR1-1/EVERSHED mediate innate immunity to necrotrophic fungi. Plant Cell 25(10): 4227-4241. (#Corresponding author)
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Katsiarimpa, A., Kalinowska, K., Anzenberger, F., Weis, C., Ostertag, M., Tsutsumi, C., Schwechheimer, C., Brunner, F., Huckelhoven, R. and Isono, E. (2013). The deubiquitinating enzyme AMSH1 and the ESCRT-III subunit VPS2.1 are required for autophagic degradation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 25(6): 2236-2252.
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Brunner, F. and Nurnberger, T. (2012). Identification of immunogenic microbial patterns takes the fast lane. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109(11): 4029-4030.
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Reiss, K., Kirchner, E., Gijzen, M., Zocher, G., Loffelhardt, B., Nurnberger, T., Stehle, T. and Brunner, F.# (2011). Structural and phylogenetic analyses of the GP42 transglutaminase from Phytophthora sojae reveal an evolutionary relationship between oomycetes and marine Vibrio bacteria. J Biol Chem 286(49): 42585-42593. (#Corresponding author)
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Gust, A. A., Brunner, F. and Nurnberger, T. (2010). Biotechnological concepts for improving plant innate immunity. Curr Opin Biotechnol 21(2): 204-210.
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Ottmann, C., Luberacki, B., Kufner, I., Koch, W., Brunner, F., Weyand, M., Mattinen, L., Pirhonen, M., Anderluh, G., Seitz, H. U., Nurnberger, T. and Oecking, C. (2009). A common toxin fold mediates microbial attack and plant defense. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106(25): 10359-10364.
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Motteram, J., Kufner, I., Deller, S., Brunner, F., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Nurnberger, T. and Rudd, J. J. (2009). Molecular characterization and functional analysis of MgNLP, the sole NPP1 domain-containing protein, from the fungal wheat leaf pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 22(7): 790-799.
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Diepold, A., Li, G., Lennarz, W. J., Nurnberger, T. and Brunner, F. (2007). The Arabidopsis AtPNG1 gene encodes a peptide: N-glycanase. Plant J 52(1): 94-104.
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Qutob, D.*, Kemmerling, B.*, Brunner, F.*, Kufner, I., Engelhardt, S., Gust, A. A., Luberacki, B., Seitz, H. U., Stahl, D., Rauhut, T., Glawischnig, E., Schween, G., Lacombe, B., Watanabe, N., Lam, E., Schlichting, R., Scheel, D., Nau, K., Dodt, G., Hubert, D., Gijzen, M. and Nurnberger, T. (2006). Phytotoxicity and innate immune responses induced by Nep1-like proteins. Plant Cell 18(12): 3721-3744. (*Equal contribution)
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Nurnberger, T., Brunner, F., Kemmerling, B. and Piater, L. (2004). Innate immunity in plants and animals: striking similarities and obvious differences. Immunol Rev 198: 249-266.
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Brunner, F., Rosahl, S., Lee, J., Rudd, J. J., Geiler, C., Kauppinen, S., Rasmussen, G., Scheel, D. and Nurnberger, T. (2002). Pep-13, a plant defense-inducing pathogen-associated pattern from Phytophthora transglutaminases. EMBO J 21(24): 6681-6688.
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Fellbrich, G., Romanski, A., Varet, A., Blume, B., Brunner, F., Engelhardt, S., Felix, G., Kemmerling, B., Krzymowska, M. and Nürnberger, T. (2002). NPP1, a Phytophthora associated trigger of plant defense in parsley and Arabidopsis. Plant J 32(3): 375-390.
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Nurnberger, T. and Brunner, F. (2002). Innate immunity in plants and animals: emerging parallels between the recognition of general elicitors and pathogen-associated molecular patterns. Curr Opin Plant Biol 5(4): 318-324.
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Brunner, F., Wirtz, W., Rose, J. K., Darvill, A. G., Govers, F., Scheel, D. and Nurnberger, T. (2002). A beta-glucosidase/xylosidase from the phytopathogenic oomycete, Phytophthora infestans. Phytochemistry 59(7): 689-696.
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Fellbrich, G., Blume, B., Brunner, F., Hirt, H., Kroj, T., Ligterink, W., Romanski, A. and Nurnberger, T. (2000). Phytophthora parasitica elicitor-induced reactions in cells of Petroselinum crispum. Plant Cell Physiol 41(6): 692-701.
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Schultze, M., Staehelin, C., Brunner, F., Genetet, I., Legrand, M., Fritig, B., Kondorosi, E. and Kondorosi, Á. (1998). Plant chitinase/lysozyme isoforms show distinct substrate specificity and cleavage site preference towards lipochitooligosaccharide Nod signals. The Plant Journal 16(5): 571-580.
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Brunner, F., Stintzi, A., Fritig, B. and Legrand, M. (1998). Substrate specificities of tobacco chitinases. Plant J 14(2): 225-234.
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Heitz, T., Segond, S., Kauffmann, S., Geoffroy, P., Prasad, V., Brunner, F., Fritig, B. and Legrand, M. (1994). Molecular characterization of a novel tobacco pathogenesis-related (PR) protein: a new plant chitinase/lysozyme. Mol Gen Genet 245(2): 246-254.