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. 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 Jul 2018, In: Metabolic Engineering. 48, p. 13-24

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    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 Jul 2013, In: Nature Communications. 4, p. 2156

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Heavy metal removal by bioaccumulation using genetically engineered microorganisms

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    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 Jan 2015, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81, 6, p. 2125-2136

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    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 Jun 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 3682.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    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 Aug 2022, In: mBio. e0163022.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    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, p. 1-20 20 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  9. E-pub ahead of print

    Ni(II)-binding affinity of CcNikZ-II and its homologs: the role of the HH-prong and variable loop revealed by structural and mutational studies

    Diep, P., Stogios, P. J., Evdokimova, E., Savchenko, A., Mahadevan, R. & Yakunin, A. F., 31 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Febs Journal.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    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 Jan 2020, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142, 2, p. 1038-1048 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review