Heidi Kidron

16.11.2006
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku

Structure-based predictions of enzyme function

Reviewers:

Professor Alan Schulman, MTT Plant Genomics Laboratory, University of Helsinki, Helsinki

Docent Tuomo Glumoff, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oulu, Oulu

Opponent:

Professor Anna Tramontano, Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy

Custos:

Professor Mark S. Johnson, Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku

Publications:

  1. Jansén T, Kidron H, Soitamo A, Salminen T & Mäenpää P. (2003)Transcriptional regulation and structural modeling of the Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 carboxyl-terminal endoprotease family. FEMS Micro Lett. 228:121-128.
  2. Jansén T*, Kidron H*, Taipaleenmäki H, Salminen T & Mäenpää P. (2005) Transcriptional profiles and structural models of the Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Deg proteases. Photosynth Res. 84:57-63.
  3. Jantaro S*, Kidron H*, Chesnel D, Incharoensakdi A, Mulo P, Salminen T* & Mäenpää P*. (2006) Structural modeling and environmental regulation of arginine decarboxylase in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Archives of Microbiology. 84:397-406.
  4. Kidron H*, Repo S*, Johnson MS & Salminen TA. (2006) Functional classification of amino acid decarboxylases from the alanine racemase structural family by phylogenetic studies. Mol Biol Evol. (in press)
  5. Kaitaniemi S, Grön K, Kidron H, Salminen T, Salmi M, Jalkanen S & Elima K. (2006) Functional and structural characterization of human AOC2, a member of the semicarbazide sensitive amino oxidase protein family (manuscript).
* equal contribution to the work