Teemu Ikonen

19.05.2007
Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki

X-ray and neutron scattering studies on some nanoscale structures in molecular biology

Reviewers:

Professor Jouko Korppi-Tommola, Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä

Docent A. C. Papageorgiou, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Turku

Opponent:

Professor Theodor Silviu Balaban, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institute for Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe, Germany

Custos:

Professor Ritva Serimaa, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki

Publications:

  1. Mattinen ML, Paakkonen K, Ikonen T, Craven J, Drakenberg T, Serimaa R, Waltho J & Annila A. (2002) Quaternary structure built from subunits combining NMR and small-angle x-ray scattering data. Biophys J. 83:1177-83.
  2. Ikonen T, Kainov D, Timmins P, Serimaa R & Tuma R. (2003) Locating the minor components of dsRNA bacteriophage Phi6 by neutron scattering, J Appl Cryst. 36:525-529.
  3. Psencik L, Ikonen TP, Laurinmäki P, Merckel MC, Butcher SJ, Serimaa RE & Tuma R. (2004) Lamellar organization of pigments in chlorosomes, the light harvesting complexes of green photosynthetic bacteria. Biophysical J. 87: 1165-1172.
  4. Psencik J, Arellano JB, Ikonen TP, Borrego CM, Laurinmäki PA, Butcher SJ, Serimaa RE & Tuma R. (2006) Internal structure of chlorosomes from brown-coloured Chlorobium species and the role of carotenoids in their assembly. Biophys J. 91:1433-1440.
  5. Ikonen TP, Li H, Psencik J, Laurinmäki PA, Butcher SJ, Frigard N-U, Serimaa RE, Bryant DE, Tuma R. (2007) X-ray scattering and electron cryomicroscopy study on the effect of carotenoid biosynthesis to the structure of C. tepidum chlorosomes, Biophys J. (accepted)