Juha Kallio

19.08.2011
Department of Chemistry, University of Eastern Finland

Structural Studies of Ascomycete Laccases - Insights into the Reaction Pathways

Reviewers:

Docent Pirkko Heikinheimo, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku

Dr. Christopher Blanfors, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Opponent:

Professor Oliver Einsle, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Custos:

Professor Juha Rouvinen, Professor, Department of Chemistry University of Eastern Finland

Publications:

  1. Kallio Jp, Auer S, Jänis J, Andberg M, Kruus K, Rouvinen J, Koivula A, Hakulinen N, (2009) Structure-function studies of a Melanocarpus albomyces laccase suggest a pathway for oxidation of phenolic compunds. J Mol. Biol 392: 895-909
  2. Kallio JM, Hakulinen N, Kallio JP, Niemi MH, Kärkkäinen S, Rouvinen J. (2009) The contribution of polystyrene nanospheres towards the crystallization of proteins. PLoS One. 2009;4(1):e4198.
  3. Hakulinen N, Anberg M, Kallio J, Koivula A, Kruus K, Rouvinen J, (2008) A near atomic resolution structure of a Melanocarpus albomyces laccase. J Strct. Biol. 162: 29-39
  4. Kallio JP, Gasparetti C, Andberg M, Boer H, Koivula A, Kruus K, Rouvinen J, Hakulinen N. (2011) Crystal structure of an ascomycete fungal laccase from Thielavia arenaria: common structural features of asco-laccases. FEBS J. 2011 Jul;278(13): 2283-95
  5. Kallio JP, Rouvinen J, Kruus K, Hakulinen N. (2011) Probing the dioxygen route in Melanocarpus albomyces laccase with pressurized xenon gas. Biochemistry. 2011 May 31;50(21):4396-8.