Katrin Viigand
  • Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Estonia
研究方向
  • Biochemistry
个人信息

Education

M.Sc in microbiology, University of Tartu, Estonia, 2006

Current position

Ph.D student, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Estonia

Publications

  1. Mardo, K., Visnapuu, T., Vija, H., Aasamets, A., Viigand, K. and Alamae, T. (2017). A Highly Active Endo-Levanase BT1760 of a Dominant Mammalian Gut Commensal Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Cleaves Not Only Various Bacterial Levans, but Also Levan of Timothy Grass. PLoS One 12(1): e0169989.
  2. Viigand, K., Visnapuu, T., Mardo, K., Aasamets, A. and Alamae, T. (2016). Maltase protein of Ogataea (Hansenula) polymorpha is a counterpart to the resurrected ancestor protein ancMALS of yeast maltases and isomaltases. Yeast 33(8): 415-432.
  3. Mardo, K., Visnapuu, T., Gromkova, M., Aasamets, A., Viigand, K., Vija, H. and Alamae, T. (2014). High-throughput assay of levansucrase variants in search of feasible catalysts for the synthesis of fructooligosaccharides and levan. Molecules 19(6): 8434-8455.
  4. Suppi, S., Michelson, T., Viigand, K. and Alamae, T. (2013). Repression vs. activation of MOX, FMD, MPP1 and MAL1 promoters by sugars in Hansenula polymorpha: the outcome depends on cell's ability to phosphorylate sugar. FEMS Yeast Res 13(2): 219-232.
  5. Viigand, K. and Alamae, T. (2007). Further study of the Hansenula polymorpha MAL locus: characterization of the alpha-glucoside permease encoded by the HpMAL2 gene. FEMS Yeast Res 7(7): 1134-1144.
  6. Viigand, K., Tammus, K. and Alamae, T. (2005). Clustering of MAL genes in Hansenula polymorpha: cloning of the maltose permease gene and expression from the divergent intergenic region between the maltose permease and maltase genes. FEMS Yeast Res 5(11): 1019-1028.
  7. Alamae, T., Parn, P., Viigand, K. and Karp, H. (2003). Regulation of the Hansenula polymorpha maltase gene promoter in H. polymorpha and Saccharomyces cerevisiae1. FEMS Yeast Res 4(2): 165-173.