Professor Alexander Yakunin

Professor In Enzyme Discovery and Application

Contact info

 

Professor Alexander Yakunin (Iakounine)

 

Office: Thoday Building, room S25

Email: a.iakounine@bangor.ac.uk

Tel: 01248 388399

 

Research focus: enzyme discovery, enzymology, enzyme applications

  1. Cyhoeddwyd

    Identification and characterization of carboxyl esterases of gill chamber-associated microbiota in the deep-sea shrimp Rimicaris exoculata using functional metagenomics

    Alcaide, M., Tchigvinstsev, A., Martinez-Martinez, M., Popovic, A., Reva, O. N., Lafraya, A., Bargiela, R. N., Nechitaylo, T. Y., Matesanz, R., Cambon-Bonavita, M., Jebbar, M., Savchenko, A., Yakimov, M. M., Golyshina, O., Yakunin, A. F., Golyshin, P., Ferrer, M. & The MAMBA Consortium., N. V., 16 Ion 2015, Yn: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81, 6, t. 2125-2136

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    Pressure adaptation is linked to thermal adaptation in salt-saturated marine habitats

    Alcaide, M., Stogios, P. J., Lafraya, A., Tchigvintsev, A., Flick, R., Bargiela, R., Chernikova, T. N., Reva, O. N., Hai, T., Leggewie, C. C., Katzke, N., La Cono, V., Matesanz, R., Jebbar, M., Jaeger, K., Yakimov, M. M., Yakunin, A. F., Golyshin, P. N., Golyshina, O. V., Savchenko, A. & Ferrer, M., 17 Rhag 2014, Yn: Environmental Microbiology. 17, 2, t. 332-345

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  3. Cyhoeddwyd

    Proteome cold-shock response in the extremely acidophilic archaeon, Cuniculiplasma divulgatum

    Bargiela, R., Lanthaler, K., Potter, C., Ferrer, M., Yakunin, A., Paizs, B., Golyshin, P. & Golyshina, O., 19 Mai 2020, Yn: Microorganisms . 8, 5

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  4. CRISPR RNA binding and DNA target recognition by purified Cascade complexes from Escherichia coli

    Beloglazova, N., Kuznedelov, K., Flick, R., Datsenko, K. A., Brown, G., Popovic, A., Lemak, S., Semenova, E., Severinov, K. & Yakunin, A. F., Ion 2015, Yn: Nucleic Acids Research. 43, 1, t. 530-543

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  5. Cyhoeddwyd

    Relationships between Substrate Promiscuity and Chiral Selectivity of Esterases from Phylogenetically and Environmentally Diverse Microorganisms

    Coscolín, C., Martínez-Martínez, M., Chow, J., Bargiela, R., García-Moyano, A., Bjerga, G. E. K., Bollinger, A., Stokke, R., Steen, I. H., Golyshina, O., Yakimov, M. M., Jaeger, K-E., Yakunin, A. F., Streit, W. R., Golyshin, P. & Ferrer, M., 5 Ion 2018, Yn: Catalysts. 8, 1, 10.

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    Heavy metal removal by bioaccumulation using genetically engineered microorganisms

    Diep, P., Mahadevan, R. & Yakunin, A., 29 Hyd 2018, Yn: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 6, 157.

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  7. Cyhoeddwyd

    Thermophilic Carboxylesterases from Hydrothermal Vents of the Volcanic Island of Ischia Active on Synthetic and Biobased Polymers and Mycotoxins

    Distaso, M., Chernikova, T., Bargiela, R., Coscolín, C., Stogios, P. J., Gonzalez-Alfonso, J. L., Lemak, S., Khusnutdinova, A., Plou, F. J., Evdokimova, E., Savchenko, A., Lunev, E., Yakimov, M. M., Golyshina, O., Ferrer, M., Yakunin, A. & Golyshin, P., 28 Chwef 2023, Yn: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 89, 2, t. e0170422 20 t.

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    One-pot biocatalytic transformation of adipic acid to 6-aminocaproic acid and 1,6-hexamethylenediamine using carboxylic acid reductases and transaminases

    Fedorchuk, T. P., Khusnutdinova, A. N., Evdokimova, E., Flick, R., Di Leo, R., Stogios, P. J., Savchenko, A. & Yakunin, A., 15 Ion 2020, Yn: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142, 2, t. 1038-1048 11 t.

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  9. Cyhoeddwyd

    Site-directed mutagenesis and stability of the carboxylic acid reductase MAB4714 from Mycobacterium abscessus

    Fedorchuk, T. P., Khusnutdinova, A. N., Flick, R. & Yakunin, A., 10 Medi 2019, Yn: Journal of Biotechnology. 303, t. 72-79

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  10. Cyhoeddwyd

    Genome sequence and functional genomic analysis of the oil-degrading bacterium Oleispira antarctica

    Golyshina, O., Hai, T., Kube, M., Chernikova, T. N., Al-Ramahi, Y., Beloqui, A., Lopez-Cortez, N., Guazzaroni, M. E., Heipieper, H. J., Klages, S., Kotsyurbenko, O. R., Langer, I., Nechitaylo, T. Y., Lünsdorf, H., Fernández, M., Juárez, S., Ciordia, S., Singer, A., Kagan, O., Egorova, O., Petit, P. A., Stogios, P., Kim, Y., Tchigvintsev, A., Flick, R., Denaro, R., Genovese, M., Albar, J. P., Reva, O. N., Martínez-Gomariz, M., Tran, H., Ferrer, M., Savchenko, A., Yakunin, A. F., Yakimov, M. M., Golyshina, O. V., Reinhardt, R. & Golyshin, P. N., 23 Gorff 2013, Yn: Nature Communications. 4, t. 2156

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  11. Cyhoeddwyd

    Metabolic and evolutionary patterns in the extremely acidophilic archaeon Ferroplasma acidiphilum YT

    Golyshina, O., Hai, T., Reva, O. N., Lemak, S., Yakunin, A. F., Goesmann, A., Nechitaylo, T. Y., LaCono, V., Smedile, F., Slesarev, A., Rojo, D., Barbas, C., Ferrer, M., Yakimov, M. M. & Golyshin, P., 16 Meh 2017, Yn: Scientific Reports. 7, 3682.

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  12. Cyhoeddwyd

    Metabolite Damage and Damage-Control in a Minimal Genome

    Haas, D., Thamm, A. M., Sun, J., Huang, L., Sun, L., Beaudoin, G. A. W., Wise, K. S., Lema-Ortiz, C., Bruner, S. D., Breuer, M., Luthey-Schutten, Z., Lin, J., Wilson, M. A., Brown, G., Yakunin, A., Kurilyak, I., Folz, J., Fiehn, O., Glass, J. I., Hanson, A. D., Henry, C. S. & de Crecy-Lagard, V., 30 Awst 2022, Yn: mBio. e0163022.

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  13. Cyhoeddwyd

    Screening and Characterization of Novel Polyesterases from Environmental Metagenomes with High Hydrolytic Activity against Synthetic Polyesters

    Hajighasemi, M., Tchigvintsev, A., Nocek, B., Flick, R., Popovic, A., Hai, T., Khusnutdinova, A. N., Brown, G., Xu, X., Cui, H., Anstett, J., Chernikova, T., Bruls, T., Le Paslier, D., Yakimov, M. M., Joachimiak, A., Golyshina, O., Savchenko, A., Golyshin, P., Edwards, E. A. & Yakunin, A. F., 6 Tach 2018, Yn: Environmental Science and Technology. 52, 21, t. 12388-12401

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  14. Cyhoeddwyd

    Biochemical and structural insights into enzymatic depolymerization of polylactic acid and other polyesters by microbial carboxylesterases

    Hajighasemi, M., Nocek, B. P., Tchigvintsev, A., Brown, G., Flick, R., Xu, X., Cui, H., Hai, T., Joachimiak, A., Golyshin, P., Savchenko, A., Edwards, E. A. & Yakunin, A. F., 18 Ebr 2016, Yn: Biomacromolecules. 17, 6, t. 2027-2039

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  15. A family of metal-dependent phosphatases implicated in metabolite damage-control

    Huang, L., Khusnutdinova, A., Nocek, B., Brown, G., Xu, X., Cui, H., Petit, P., Flick, R., Zallot, R., Balmant, K., Ziemak, M. J., Shanklin, J., de Crecy-Lagard, V., Fiehn, O., Gregory, J. F. . III., Joachimiak, A., Savchenko, A., Yakunin, A. F. & Hanson, A. D., Awst 2016, Yn: Nature Chemical Biology. 12, 8, t. 621-627

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  16. Alkene hydrogenation activity of enoate reductases for an environmentally benign biosynthesis of adipic acid

    Joo, J. C., Khusnutdinova, A. N., Flick, R., Kim, T., Bornscheuer, U. T., Yakunin, A. F. & Mahadevan, R., 1 Chwef 2017, Yn: Chemical Science. 8, 2, t. 1406-1413

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  17. Cyhoeddwyd

    CRISPR-induced DNA reorganization for multiplexed nucleic acid detection

    Karlikow, M., Amalfitano, E., Yang, X., Doucet, J., Chapman, A., Sadat-Moussavi, P., Homme, P., Sutyrina, P., Chang, W., Lemak, S., Yakunin, A., Dolezal, A. G., Kelley, S., Foster, L., Harpur, B. & Pardee, K., 17 Maw 2023, Yn: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 1505.

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  18. Cyhoeddwyd

    Structural insights into hydrolytic defluorination of difluoroacetate by microbial fluoroacetate dehalogenases

    Khusnutdinova, A. N., Batyrova, K., Brown, G., Fedorchuck, T., Chai, Y. S., Skarina, T., Flick, R., Petit, A-P., Savchenko, A., Stogios, P. & Yakunin, A., Hyd 2023, Yn: Febs Journal. 290, 20, t. 4966-4983 18 t.

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  19. Cyhoeddwyd

    Prenylated FMN: biosynthesis, purification, and Fdc1 activation

    Khusnutdinova, A. N., Xiao, J., Wang, P-H., Batyrova, K., Flick, R., Edwards, E. & Yakunin, A., 2019, New Approaches for Flavin Catalysis. Palfey, B. A. (gol.). Elsevier, Cyfrol 620. t. 469-488 (Methods in Enzymology).

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  20. Cyhoeddwyd

    Structure and activity of the cold-active and anion-activated carboxyl esterase OLEI01171 from the oil-degrading marine bacterium Oleispira antarctica

    Lemak, S., Tchigvintsev, A., Petit, P., Flick, R., Singer, A. U., Brown, G., Evdokimova, E., Egorova, O., Gonzalez, C. F., Chernikova, T. N., Yakimov, M. M., Kube, M., Reinhardt, R., Golyshin, P. N., Savchenko, A. & Yakunin, A. F., 15 Gorff 2012, Yn: Biochemical Journal. 445, 2, t. 193-203

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  21. Cyhoeddwyd

    Structural and biochemical insights into CRISPR RNA processing by the Cas5c ribonuclease SMU1763 from Streptococcus mutans

    Lemak, S., Serbanescu, M. A., Khusnutdinova, A. N., Ruszkowski, M., Beloglazova, N., Xu, X., Brown, G., Cui, H., Tan, K., Joachimiak, A., Cvitkovitch, D. G., Savchenko, A. & Yakunin, A., Tach 2021, Yn: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 297, 5, 101251.

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  22. The CRISPR-associated Cas4 protein Pcal_0546 from Pyrobaculum calidifontis contains a [2Fe-2S] cluster: crystal structure and nuclease activity

    Lemak, S., Nocek, B., Beloglazova, N., Skarina, T., Flick, R., Brown, G., Joachimiak, A., Savchenko, A. & Yakunin, A. F., 29 Medi 2014, Yn: Nucleic Acids Research. 42, 17, t. 11144-11155

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  23. Cyhoeddwyd

    One-pot chemo-enzymatic synthesis and one-step recovery of length-variable long-chain polyphosphates from microalgal biomass

    Lin, Y-H., Nishikawa, S., Jia, T. Z., Yeh, F-I., Khusnutdinova, A., Yakunin, A., Fujishima, K. & Wang, P-H., 27 Hyd 2023, Yn: Green Chemistry. 23

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    Determinants and prediction of esterase substrate promiscuity patterns

    Martínez-Martínez, M., Coscolín, C., Santiago, G., Chow, J., Stogios, P. J., Bargiela, R., Gertler, C., Navarro-Fernández, J., Bollinger, A., Thies, S., Méndez-García, C., Popovic, A., Brown, G., Chernikova, T., García-Moyano, A., Bjerga, G. E. K., Perez-Garcia, P., Hai, T., del Pozo, M. V., Stokke, R., Steen, I. H., Cui, H., Xu, X., Nocek, B., Alcaide, M., Disasto, M., Mesa, V., Pelaez, A. I., Sanchez, J., Buchholz, P. C. F., Pleiss, J., Fernández-Guerra, A., Glockner, F. O., Golyshina, O., Yakimov, M. M., Savchenko, A., Jaeger, K-E., Yakunin, A. F., Streit, W. R., Golyshin, P., Guallar, V. & Ferrer, M., 2018, Yn: ACS Chemical Biology. 13, 1, t. 225-234

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  25. Engineering a short, aldolase based pathway for (R)-1,3-butanediol production in Escherichia coli

    Nemr, K., Muller, J., Joo, J. C., Gawand, P., Cjoudhary, R., Mendonca, B., Lu, S., Yu, X., Yakunin, A. & Mahadevan, R., 1 Gorff 2018, Yn: Metabolic Engineering. 48, t. 13-24

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  26. Structural Insights into Substrate Selectivity and Activity of Bacterial Polyphosphate Kinases

    Nocek, B. P., Khusnutdinova, A. N., Ruszkowski, M., Flick, R., Burda, M., Batyrova, K., Brown, G., Mucha, A., Joachimiak, A., Berlicki, L. & Yakunin, A. F., 2 Tach 2018, Yn: ACS Catalysis. 8, 11, t. 10746-10760

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  27. Cyhoeddwyd

    Diversity of hydrolases from hydrothermal vent sediments of the Levante Bay, Vulcano Island (Aeolian archipelago) identified by activity-based metagenomics and biochemical characterization of new esterases and an arabinopyranosidase

    Placido, A., Hai, T., Ferrer, M., Chernikova, T. N., Distaso, M. A., Armstrong, D., Yakunin, A. F., Toshchakov, S. V., Yakimov, M. M., Kublanov, I. V., Golyshina, O., Pesole, G., Ceci, L. R. & Golyshin, P., 1 Rhag 2015, Yn: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 99, 23, t. 10031-10046

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  28. Cyhoeddwyd

    Metagenomics as a tool for enzyme discovery: hydrolytic enzymes from marine-related metagenomes

    Popovic, A., Tchigvintsev, A., Tran, H., Chernikova, T. N., Golyshina, O. V., Yakimov, M. M., Golyshin, P. N. & Yakunin, A. F., 2015, Prokaryotic Systems Biology. Springer, t. 1-20 20 t.

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  29. Cyhoeddwyd

    Activity screening of environmental metagenomic libraries reveals novel carboxylesterase families

    Popovic, A., Hai, T., Tchigvintsev, A., Hajighasemi, M., Nocek, B., Khusnutdinova, A. N., Brown, G., Glinos, J., Flick, R., Skarina, T., Chernikova, T., Yim, V., Bruls, T., Le Paslier, D., Yakimov, M. M., Joachimiak, A., Ferrer, M., Golyshina, O., Savchenko, A., Golyshin, P. & Yakunin, A. F., Maw 2017, Yn: Scientific Reports. 7, 44103, 44103.

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  30. SAMHD1 is a biomarker for cytarabine response and a therapeutic target in acute myeloid leukemia

    Schneider, C., Oellerich, T., Baldauf, H-M., Schwarz, S-M., Thomas, D., Flick, R., Bohnenberger, H., Kaderali, L., Stegmann, L., Cremer, A., Martin, M., Lohmeyer, J., Michaelis, M., Hornung, V., Schliemann, C., Berdel, W. E., Hartmann, W., Wardelmann, E., Comoglio, F., Hansmann, M-L., Yakunin, A. F., Geisslinger, G., Stroebel, P., Ferreiros, N., Serve, H., Keppler, O. T. & Cinatl, J. J., Chwef 2017, Yn: Nature Medicine. 23, 2, t. 250-255

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    The environment shapes microbial enzymes: five cold-active and salt-resistant carboxylesterases from marine metagenomes

    Tchigvintsev, A., Tran, H., Popvic, A., Kovacic, F., Brown, G., Flick, R., Hajighasemi, M., Egorova, O., Somody, J. C., Tchigvintsev, D., Khusnutdinova, A., Chernikova, T. N., Golyshina, O., Yakimov, M. M., Savchenko, A., Golyshin, P., Jaeger, K. E. & Yakunin, A. F., 1 Maw 2015, Yn: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 99, 5, t. 2165-2178

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  32. Biosynthesis and activity of prenylated FMN cofactors

    Wang, P-H., Khusnutdinova, A. N., Luo, F., Xiao, J., Nemr, K., Flick, R., Brown, G., Mahadevan, R., Edwards, E. & Yakunin, A., 17 Mai 2018, Yn: Cell Chemical Biology. 25, 5, t. 560-570

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    Harnessing extremophilic carboxylesterases for applications in polyester depolymerisation and plastic waste recycling

    Williams, G., Ma, H., Khusnutdinova, A., Yakunin, A. & Golyshin, P., Awst 2023, Yn: Essays in Biochemistry. 67, 4, t. 715-729 15 t., EBC20220255.

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