Rik K. Wierenga

ORCID: 0000-0001-6554-471X
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Research Areas
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Enzyme Production and Characterization
  • Biochemical Acid Research Studies
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry
  • Reproductive tract infections research

University of Oulu
2016-2025

Biocenter Finland
2007-2020

University of Jyväskylä
2010-2011

HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences
2011

Gifu University
2007

University of Antwerp
2002-2006

Purdue University West Lafayette
2005

European Molecular Biology Laboratory
1990-1999

European Molecular Biology Organization
1992-1998

European Molecular Biology Laboratory
1991-1998

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTInteraction of pyrophosphate moieties with .alpha.-helixes in dinucleotide-binding proteinsRik K. Wierenga, Marc C. H. De Maeyer, and Wim G. J. HolCite this: Biochemistry 1985, 24, 6, 1346–1357Publication Date (Print):March 12, 1985Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 12 March 1985https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bi00327a012https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00327a012research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle...

10.1021/bi00327a012 article EN Biochemistry 1985-03-12

The Src-homology 3 (SH3) region is a protein domain consisting of approximately 60 residues. It occurs in large number eukaryotic proteins involved signal transduction, cell polarization and membrane--cytoskeleton interactions. function unknown, but it probably specific protein--protein Here we report the crystal structure SH3 Fyn (a Src family tyrosine kinase) at 1.9 A resolution. crystals have two molecules per asymmetric unit. These domains are not related by local twofold axis....

10.2210/pdb1shf/pdb article EN Europe PMC (PubMed Central) 1993-07-01

The purification and characterization of triose-phosphate isomerase from the psychrophilic bacterium Vibrio marinus (vTIM) is described. Crystal structures vTIM-sulfate complex vTIM-2-phosphoglycolate (at a 2.7-A resolution) are also presented. optimal growth temperature 15 degrees C. Stability studies show that vTIM an unstable protein with half-life only 10 min at 25 sequence most closely related to Escherichia coli TIM (eTIM) (66% identity), several unique structural features described...

10.1074/jbc.273.4.2199 article EN cc-by Journal of Biological Chemistry 1998-01-01

The dimeric, peroxisomal 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase catalyses the conversion of into acyl-CoA, which is shorter by two carbon atoms. This reaction last step β-oxidation pathway. crystal structure unliganded yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been refined at 1.8 Å resolution. An unusual feature this presence helices, completely buried in dimer and sandwiched between β-sheets. analysis shows that sequences these helices are not hydrophobic, but generate amphipathic helices. helix N-terminal...

10.1006/jmbi.1997.1331 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Journal of Molecular Biology 1997-10-01

Protein engineering on trypanosomal triosephosphate isomerase (TIM) converted this oligomeric enzyme into a stable, monomeric protein that is enzymatically active. Wild-type TIM consists of two identical subunits form very tight dimer involving interactions 32 residues each subunit. By replacing 15 the major interface loop by another 8-residue fragment, variant was constructed stable and with activity. The length, sequence, conformation designed fragment were suggested extensive modeling.

10.1073/pnas.91.4.1515 article EN public-domain Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1994-02-15
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