Dr Wayne Patrick
Senior Lecturer
Biochemistry
Otago University
New Zealand
Biography
Dr Wayne Patrick Senior Lecturer and Rutherford Discovery Fellow Biochemistry Department School of Biomedical Sciences University of Otago
Research Interest
The origins and evolution of new enzymes. Enzyme-based strategies for bioremediation and chemical manufacture. Engineering better enzymes for biotechnology.
Publications
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Newton, M.S., Arcus, V.L. and Patrick, W.M. (2015). Rapid bursts and slow declines: on the possible evolutionary trajectories of enzymes. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 12, 20150036.
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Brewster, J.L., Finn, T.J., Ramirez, M.A. and Patrick, W.M. (2016). Whither life? Conjectures on the future evolution of biochemistry. Biology Letters, 12, 20160269.
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Valerie W C Soo, Yuliana Yosaatmadja, Christopher J Squire, and Wayne M Patrick., Mechanistic and Evolutionary Insights from the Reciprocal Promiscuity of Two Pyridoxal Phosphate-dependent Enzymes., J Biol Chem 2016 vol. 291 (38) pp. 19873-19887.
