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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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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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. 13-24Research 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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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
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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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Lignin-oxidizing activity of bacterial laccases characterized using soluble substrates and polymeric lignin
Choolaei, Z., Flick, R., Khusnutdinova, A., Edwards, E. A. & Yakunin, A. F., 10 Jan 2021, In: Journal of Biotechnology. 325, p. 128-137 10 p.Research 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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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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Moderately thermostable GH1 β-glucosidases from hyperacidophilic archaeon Cuniculiplasma divulgatum S5
Khusnutdinova, A., Hai, T., Devlekar, S., Distaso, M., Kublanov, I. V., Skarina, T., Stogios, P., Savchenko, A., Ferrer, M., Golyshina, O., Yakunin, A. & Golyshin, P., Sept 2024, In: Fems Microbiology Ecology. 100, 9, fiae114.Research 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., Jul 2024, In: Febs Journal. 291, 13, p. 2980-2993 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review