Professor Alexander Yakunin
Professor In Enzyme Discovery and Application
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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
- 2016
- Published
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
- 2015
- 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. 10031-10046Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2015, In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 99, 5, p. 2165-2178Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 2125-2136Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Jan 2015, In: Nucleic Acids Research. 43, 1, p. 530-543Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
- 2014
- Published
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 Dec 2014, In: Environmental Microbiology. 17, 2, p. 332-345Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Sept 2014, In: Nucleic Acids Research. 42, 17, p. 11144-11155Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2013
- 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. 2156Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2012
- Published
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 Jul 2012, In: Biochemical Journal. 445, 2, p. 193-203Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review