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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A family of metal-dependent phosphatases implicated in metabolite damage-control
Huang, L., Khusnutdinova, A., Nocek, B., Brown, G., Xu, X., Cui, H., Petit, P., Flick, R., Zallot, R., Balmant, K., Ziemak, M. J., Shanklin, J., de Crecy-Lagard, V., Fiehn, O., Gregory, J. F. ,. I., Joachimiak, A., Savchenko, A., Yakunin, A. F. & Hanson, A. D., Aug 2016, In: Nature Chemical Biology. 12, 8, p. 621-627Research 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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A random mutagenesis screen enriched for missense mutations in bacterial effector proteins
Urbanus, M. L., Zheng, T. M., Khusnutdinova, A. N., Banh, D., O'Connor Mount, H., Gupta, A., Stogios, P. J., Savchenko, A., Isberg, R. R., Yakunin, A. F. & Ensminger, A. W., 4 Sept 2024, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 14, 9Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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Alkene hydrogenation activity of enoate reductases for an environmentally benign biosynthesis of adipic acid
Joo, J. C., Khusnutdinova, A. N., Flick, R., Kim, T., Bornscheuer, U. T., Yakunin, A. F. & Mahadevan, R., 1 Feb 2017, In: Chemical Science. 8, 2, p. 1406-1413Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Amino Acid Self-Regenerating Cell-Free Protein Synthesis System that Feeds on PLA Plastics, CO2, Ammonium, and α-ketoglutarate
Nishikawa, S., Yu, W.-C., Jia, T. Z., He, M.-J., Khusnutdinova, A., Yakunin, A., Chiang, Y.-R., Fujishima, K. & Wang, P.-H., 17 May 2024, In: ACS Catalysis. 14, 10, p. 7696-7706Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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Biochemical plasticity of the Escherichia coli CRISPR Cascade revealed by in vitro reconstitution of Cascade activities from purified Cas proteins
Lemak, S., Brown, G., Makarova, K. S., Koonin, E. V. & Yakunin, A., 2024, In: Febs Journal. p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 560-570Research 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