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. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review