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
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CRISPR-induced DNA reorganization for multiplexed nucleic acid detection
Karlikow, M., Amalfitano, E., Yang, X., Doucet, J., Chapman, A., Sadat-Moussavi, P., Homme, P., Sutyrina, P., Chang, W., Lemak, S., Yakunin, A., Dolezal, A. G., Kelley, S., Foster, L., Harpur, B. & Pardee, K., 17 Mar 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 1505.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 225-234Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., [. 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
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One-pot biocatalytic transformation of adipic acid to 6-aminocaproic acid and 1,6-hexamethylenediamine using carboxylic acid reductases and transaminases
Fedorchuk, T. P., Khusnutdinova, A. N., Evdokimova, E., Flick, R., Di Leo, R., Stogios, P. J., Savchenko, A. & Yakunin, A., 15 Jan 2020, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142, 2, p. 1038-1048 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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One-pot chemo-enzymatic synthesis and one-step recovery of length-variable long-chain polyphosphates from microalgal biomass
Lin, Y.-H., Nishikawa, S., Jia, T. Z., Yeh, F.-I., Khusnutdinova, A., Yakunin, A., Fujishima, K. & Wang, P.-H., 27 Oct 2023, In: Green Chemistry. 23Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Polyesterase activity is widespread in the family IV carboxylesterases from bacteria
Ma, H., Khusnutdinova, A. N., Lemak, S., Chernikova, T. N., Golyshina, O. V., Almendral, D., Ferrer, M., Golyshin, P. N. & Yakunin, A. F., 5 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 481, p. 136540Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review