J. Greg Zeikus Recent Publications
Leduc YA, Prasad L, Laivenieks M, Zeikus JG, Delbaere LT. 2005. Structure of PEP carboxykinase from the succinate-producing Actinobacillus succinogenes: a new conserved active-site motif. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 61(Pt 7):903-12.
Cotelesage JJ, Prasad L, Zeikus JG, Laivenieks M, Delbaere LT. 2005. Crystal structure of Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens PEP carboxykinase reveals an important active site loop. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. Sep;37(9):1829-37.
Epting KL, Vieille C, Zeikus JG, Kelly RM. 2005. Influence of divalent cations on the structural thermostability and thermal inactivation kinetics of class II xylose isomerases. FEBS J. 272(6):1454-64.
Sasaki Y, Laivenieks M, Zeikus JG. 2005. Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC 53608 mdh gene cloning and recombinant mannitol dehydrogenase characterization. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol.
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Kang S, Vieille C, Zeikus JG. 2005. Identification of Pyrococcus furiosus amylopullulanase catalytic residues. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 66(4):408-13.
McKinlay, J. B. , and J. G. Zeikus. 2004. Extracellular iron reduction is mediated by neutral red and hydrogenase in Escherichia coli. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:3467-3474.
Jabalquinto, A. M., F. D. Gonzalez-Nilo, M. Laivenieks, M. Cabezas, J. G. Zeikus, and E. Cardemil. 2004. Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase. Mutagenesis at metal site 1. Biochimie 86 :47-51.
Kim, P., M. Laivenieks, C. Vieille, and J. G. Zeikus. 2004. Effect of overexpression of Actinobacillus succinogenes phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase on succinate production in Escherichia coli. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:1238-1241.
Kim, P., M. Laivenieks, J. McKinlay, C. Vieille, and J. G. Zeikus. 2004. Construction of a shuttle vector for the overexpression of recombinant proteins in Actinobacillus succinogenes. Plasmid 51:108-115.
Yang, J. K., H. J. Yoon, H. J. Ahn, B. I. Lee, J. D. Pedelacq, E. C. Liong, J. Berendzen, M. Laivenieks, C. Vieille, J. G. Zeikus, D. J. Vocadlo, S. G. Withers, and S. W. Suh. 2004. Crystal structure of beta-D-xylosidase from Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum, a family 39 glycoside hydrolase. J. Mol. Biol. 335:155-165.
Park, D. H., C. Vieille, and J. G. Zeikus. 2003. Bioelectrocatalysts: engineered oxidoreductase system for utilization of fumarate reductase in chemical synthesis, detection, and fuel cells. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 111:41-53.
Sriprapundh, D., C. Vieille, and J. G. Zeikus. 2003. Directed evolution of Thermotoga neapolitana xylose isomerase: high activity on glucose at low temperature and low pH. Protein Eng.16:683-690.
Vieille, C., H. Krishnamurthy, H. H. Hyun, A. Savchenko , H. Yan, and J. G. Zeikus. 2003. Thermotoga neapolitana adenylate kinase is highly active at 30 degrees C. Biochem. J. 372:577-585.
Vieille, C., D. Sriprapundh, A. Savchenko, S. Kang, H. Krishnamurthy, and J. G. Zeikus. 2002. Thermostability mechanisms in enzymes from Thermotoga neapolitana and Pyrococcus furiosus. Microbiol. 39:245-249.
Park, D. H. and J. G. Zeikus. 2002. Impact of electrode composition on electricity production in a single compartment fuel cell using Shewanella putrefaciens. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 58:781-788.
Savchencko, A., C. Vieille, S. Kang and J. G. Zeikus, 2002 Pyrococcus furiosus amylase is stabilized by calcium and zinc. Biochem. 41:6193-6201. Vieille, C., D. Sriprapundh, R. M. Kelly, and J. G. Zeikus. 2001. "Xylose isomerases from Thermotoga", Methods Enzymol., 330: 215-224.
Vieille, C. D. and J. G. Zeikus. 2001. Hyperthermophilic Enzymes: Sources, Uses and Molecular Mechanisms for Thermal Stabilization. Microbiol. and Mol. Bio. Reviews 65:1-43.
Heiss, C., M. Laivenieks, J. G. Zeikus, and R. S. Phillips. 2001. The Stereospecificity of Secondary Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus is Partially Determined by Active Site Water. JACS. 123:345-345.
Vieille, C., K. L. Epting, R. M. Kelly, and J. G. Zeikus. 2001. Bivalent cations and amino acid composition contribute to the unusual thermostability of Bacillus licheniformis xylose isomerase. Eur. J. Biochem. 268:6291-6301.
Zeikus, J. G., 2001, "BioBased Industrial Products: Back to the Future for Agriculture," National Agricultural Biotechnology Council Report for 2000 (NABC 12). Ithaca Ny, A. Euglecham, W.F. Brown and R. Hardy eds. Pp 61-68.
Shin, J. S., M. K. Jain, M. Chartrain and J. G. Zeikus. 2001. Evaluation of an electrochemical bioreactor system in the biotransformation of 6-bromo-2 tetralone to 6-Bromo-2-tetralol. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 57:506-510.
Hess, G., M. Laivenieks, J. G. Zeikus and R. S. Phillips. 2001. Mutation of cysteine 295 to alanine in secondary alcohol dehydrogenase from Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus affects the enantioselectivity and substrate specificity of ketone reductions. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 9:1659-1666.