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. 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

  2. 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 May 2018, In: Cell Chemical Biology. 25, 5, p. 560-570

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    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 Mar 2015, In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 99, 5, p. 2165-2178

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. 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., Feb 2017, In: Nature Medicine. 23, 2, p. 250-255

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    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., Mar 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 44103, 44103.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. 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

  7. Published

    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 Dec 2015, In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 99, 23, p. 10031-10046

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. 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 Nov 2018, In: ACS Catalysis. 8, 11, p. 10746-10760

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. 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

  10. Published

    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, In: ACS Chemical Biology. 13, 1, p. 225-234

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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