Non-conventional yeasts
Birth of new genes by duplications
Nucleic acid precursors
We work within the fields of genetics, biochemistry, evolutionary biology, and molecular biology. Our focus is on these two research areas:
- Molecular biology and genetics of non-conventional yeasts
- Birth of new genes through duplications: analyses of genes and enzymes involved in the metabolism of nucleic acids precursors
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Publisher: Department of Biology
Last modified 9 Apr 2013
The image to the left in the header displays the structure of ultra-fast Drosophila deoxyribonucleoside kinase. This dimeric enzyme can phosphorylate a wide range of substrates and has been isolated and characterized in our laboratory. Recently it has been given its own IUPAC name, EC 2.7.1.145. It has a number of interesting properties which are now applied in the enzymatic synthesis of several compounds and in anti-cancer gene-therapy, using the kinase gene as a suicide gene. - The image to the right in the header depicts a monomer of the Drosophila multisubstrate kinase. - The photo to the left shows yeast cells belonging to the Brettanomyces/Dekkera group. These yeasts play a role in wine maturation but are also very interesting as model organisms helping us to understand yeast genomics and the molecular mechanisms which have operated during yeast evolution.