Professor Alexander Yakunin
Professor In Enzyme Discovery and Application
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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
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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 Apr 2016, In: Biomacromolecules. 17, 6, p. 2027-2039Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 2156Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jan 2020, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142, 2, p. 1038-1048 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Sept 2019, In: Journal of Biotechnology. 303, p. 72-79Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Feb 2023, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 89, 2, p. e0170422 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A microplate screen to estimate metal-binding affinities of metalloproteins
Diep, P., Mahadevan, R. & Yakunin, A. F., 15 Nov 2020, In: Analytical biochemistry. 609, p. 113836Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review