Yvonne Nymalm

08.10.2004
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku

Structural basis of protein function: Integrin alpha-1I, vascular adhesion protein-1 and the VL domain of the antiferritin antibody

Reviewers:

Professor Reijo Lahti, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku

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

Opponent:

Docent Eila Cedergren-Zeppezauer, Department of Biochemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Custos:

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

Publications:

  1. Salminen TA, Nymalm Y, Kankare J, Kapyla J, Heino J, Johnson MS. (1999) Production, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the human integrin alpha1 I domain. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. D55:1365-7.
  2. Nymalm Y*, Puranen JS*, Nyholm TK*, Kapyla J, Kidron H, Pentikainen OT, Airenne TT, Heino J, Slotte JP, Johnson MS, Salminen TA. (2004) Jararhagin-derived RKKH peptides induce structural changes in alpha1I domain of human integrin alpha1beta1. J Biol Chem. 279:7962-70.
  3. Nymalm Y, Kidron H, Soderholm A, Viitanen L, Kaukonen K, Pihlavisto M, Smith D, Veromaa T, Airenne TT, Johnson MS, Salminen TA. (2003) Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the human vascular adhesion protein-1. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 59:1288-90.
  4. Airenne TA, Nymalm Y, Kidron H, Smith DJ, Pihlavisto M, Salmi M, Jalkanen S, Johnson MS, Salminen TA. Crystal structure of mammalian amine oxidase, human vascular adhesion protein-1: unique structural features with functional implications, manuscript.
  5. Nymalm Y, Kravchuk Z, Salminen T, Chumanevich AA, Dubnovitsky AP, Kankare J, Pentikainen O, Lehtonen J, Arosio P, Martsev S, Johnson MS.(2002) Antiferritin VL homodimer binds human spleen ferritin with high specificity. J Struct Biol. 138:171-86. * equal contribution to the work