The University of Queensland

Terpenoid metabolic engineering in photosynthetic microorganisms

Vavitsas, Konstantinos, Fabris, Michele and Vickers, Claudia (2018) Terpenoid metabolic engineering in photosynthetic microorganisms. Genes, 9 11: 520. doi:10.3390/genes9110520

Birth of a photosynthetic chassis: a MoClo toolkit enabling synthetic biology in the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Crozet, Pierre, Navarro, Francisco J, Willmund, Felix, Mehrshahi, Payam, Bakowski, Kamil, Lauersen, Kyle Jonathan, Pérez-Pérez, Maria-Esther, Auroy, Pascaline, Gorchs Rovira, Aleix, Sauret-Gueto, Susana, Niemeyer, Justus, Spaniol, Benjamin, Theis, Jasmine, Trösch, Raphael, Westrich, Lisa-Desiree, Vavitsas, Konstantinos, Baier, Thomas, Hübner, Wolfgang, de Carpentier, Felix, Cassarini, Mathieu, Danon, Antoine, Henri, Julien, Marchand, Christophe H, de Mia, Marcello, Sarkissian, Kevin, Baulcombe, David C, Peltier, Gilles, Crespo, Jose L, Kruse, Olaf, Jensen, Poul Erik, Schroda, Michael, Smith, Alison G and Lemaire, Stéphane D (2018) Birth of a photosynthetic chassis: a MoClo toolkit enabling synthetic biology in the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. ACS Synthetic Biology, 7 9: 2074-2086. doi:10.1021/acssynbio.8b00251

Harnessing transcription for bioproduction in cyanobacteria

Stensjö, Karin, Vavitsas, Konstantinos and Tyystjärvi, Taina (2017) Harnessing transcription for bioproduction in cyanobacteria. Physiologia Plantarum, 162 2: 148-155. doi:10.1111/ppl.12606

Responses of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 to heterologous biosynthetic pathways

Vavitsas, Konstantinos, Rue, Emil Ostergaard, Stefansdottir, Lara Kristin, Gnanasekaran, Thiyagarajan, Blennow, Andreas, Crocoll, Christoph, Gudmundsson, Steinn and Jensen, Poul Erik (2017) Responses of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 to heterologous biosynthetic pathways. Microbial Cell Factories, 16 1: . doi:10.1186/s12934-017-0757-y

PhD supervisors: be better mentors

Mehta, Devang and Vavitsas, Konstantinos (2017) PhD supervisors: be better mentors. Nature, 545 7653: 158-158. doi:10.1038/545158a

Photosynthetic fuel for heterologous enzymes: the role of electron carrier proteins

Mellor, Silas Busck, Vavitsas, Konstantinos, Nielsen, Agnieszka Zygadlo and Jensen, Poul Erik (2017) Photosynthetic fuel for heterologous enzymes: the role of electron carrier proteins. Photosynthesis Research, 134 3: 329-342. doi:10.1007/s11120-017-0364-0

The two Dps proteins, NpDps2 and NpDps5, are involved in light-induced oxidative stress tolerance in the N2-fixing cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme

Moparthi, Vamsi K., Li, Xin, Vavitsas, Konstantinos, Dzhygyr, Ievgen, Sandh, Gustaf, Magnuson, Ann and Stensjo, Karin (2016) The two Dps proteins, NpDps2 and NpDps5, are involved in light-induced oxidative stress tolerance in the N2-fixing cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics, 1857 11: 1766-1776. doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.08.003

Extending the biosynthetic repertoires of cyanobacteria and chloroplasts

Nielsen, Agnieszka Zygadlo, Mellor, Silas Busck, Vavitsas, Konstantinos, Wlodarczyk, Artur Jacek, Gnanasekaran, Thiyagarajan, de Jesus, Maria Perestrello Ramos H., King, Brian Christopher, Bakowski, Kamil and Jensen, Poul Erik (2016) Extending the biosynthetic repertoires of cyanobacteria and chloroplasts. Plant Journal, 87 1: 87-102. doi:10.1111/tpj.13173

In vivo assembly of DNA-fragments in the moss, Physcomitrella patens

King, Brian Christopher, Vavitsas, Konstantinos, Ikram, Nur Kusaira Binti Khairul, Schroder, Josephine, Scharff, Lars B., Hamberger, Bjorn, Jensen, Poul Erik and Simonsen, Henrik Toft (2016) In vivo assembly of DNA-fragments in the moss, Physcomitrella patens. Scientific Reports, 6 . doi:10.1038/srep25030

Heterologous expression of the isopimaric acid pathway in Nicotiana benthamiana and the effect of N-terminal modifications of the involved cytochrome P450 enzyme

Gnanasekaran, Thiyagarajan, Vavitsas, Konstantinos, Andersen-Ranberg, Johan, Nielsen, Agnieszka Zygadlo, Olsen, Carl Erik, Hamberger, Boejrn and Jensen, Poul Erik (2015) Heterologous expression of the isopimaric acid pathway in Nicotiana benthamiana and the effect of N-terminal modifications of the involved cytochrome P450 enzyme. Journal of Biological Engineering, 9 1: . doi:10.1186/s13036-015-0022-z

Modeling the mechanisms of biological GTP hydrolysis

Carvalho, Alexandra T. P., Szeler, Klaudia, Vavitsas, Konstantinos, Aqvist, Johan and Kamerlin, Shina C. L. (2015) Modeling the mechanisms of biological GTP hydrolysis. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 582 80-90. doi:10.1016/j.abb.2015.02.027