Salminen Anu
University teacher
Biochemistry
University of Turku
Finland
Biography
Dr. Salminen Anu is currently working as a University teacher in the Department of Biochemistry , University of Turku. Her research interests includes mechanistic, evolutionary and physiological studies of membrane-bound pyrophosphatases (mPPases) and nucleotide-regulated CBS-PPases.
Research Interest
To determine the structural and functional basis of allosteric regulation by nucleotides and the role of specific amino acid residues in this process.
Publications
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Zyryanov AB, Tammenkoski M, Salminen A, Kolomiytseva GY, Fabrichniy IP, Goldman A, Lahti R, Baykov AA. Site-specific effects of zinc on the activity of family II pyrophosphatase. Biochemistry. 2004 Nov 16;43(45):14395-402.
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Fabrichniy IP, Lehtiö L, Salminen A, Zyryanov AB, Baykov AA, Lahti R, Goldman A. Structural studies of metal ions in family II pyrophosphatases: the requirement for a Janus ion. Biochemistry. 2004 Nov 16;43(45):14403-11.
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Salminen A, Anashkin VA, Lahti M, Tuominen HK, Lahti R, Baykov AA. Cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) domains confer multiple forms of Mg2+-dependent cooperativity to family II pyrophosphatases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2014 Aug 15;289(33):22865-76.
