Tuula T. Teeri

KORRIGAN1 and its Aspen Homolog PttCel9A1 Decrease Cellulose Crystallinity in Arabidopsis Stems (2009)

Takahashi, Junko, Rudsander, Ulla J., Hedenström, Mattias, Banasiak, Alicja, Harholt, Jesper, Amelot, Nicolas, ...

KORRIGAN1 (KOR1) is a membrane-bound cellulase implicated in cellulose biosynthesis. PttCel9A1 from hybrid aspen (Populus tremula L. ×  tremuloides Michx.) has high sequence similarity to KOR1...

Xyloglucan Endo-transglycosylase (XET) Functions in Gelatinous Layers of Tension Wood Fibers in Poplar--A Glimpse into the Mechanism of the Balancing Act of Trees (2007)

Nishikubo, Nobuyuki, Awano, Tatsuya, Banasiak, Alicja, Bourquin, Veronica, Ibatullin, Farid, Funada, Ryo, ...

Tension wood is a specialized tissue of deciduous trees that functions in bending woody stems to optimize their position in space. Tension wood fibers that develop on one side of the stem have an...

Genomic-assisted identification of genes involved in secondary growth in Arabidopsis utilising transcript profiling of poplar wood-forming tissues (2007)

Ubeda-Tomas, Susana, Edvardsson, Ellinor, Eland, Cathlene, Singh, Kumar, Zadik, Daniel, Aspeborg, Henrik, ...

Despite the importance of secondary growth in plants, relatively few genes regulating this process have been identified to date. By using data from detailed transcript profiling of the poplar...

Crystal structures of a xyloglucan endotransglycosylase reveal details of transglycosylation acceptor binding. The Plant Cell 16 (2004)

Patrik Johansson, B Hongbin Henriksson, Stuart E. Denman, Tuula T. Teeri, ...

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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a xyloglucan endotransglycosylase from Populus tremula × tremuloides (2003)

Stuart Denman, Harry Brumer, Asa M. Kallas, Åsa M. Kallas, Hongbin Henriksson, Terese Bergfors, ...

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Stable linker peptides for a cellulose-binding domain-lipase fusion protein expressed in Pichia pastoris (2001)

Gustavsson, Malin, Lehtiö, Janne, Denman, Stuart, Teeri, Tuula T., Hult, Karl, Martinelle, Mats

Fusion proteins composed of a cellulose-binding domain from Neocallimastix patriciarum cellulase A and Candida antarctica lipase B were constructed using different linker peptides. The aim was to...

The active site of Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase II: the role of tyrosine 169 (1996)

Koivula, Anu, Reinikainen, Tapani, Ruohonen, Laura, Valkeajärvi, Anne, Claeyssens, Marc, Teleman, Olle, ...

Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase II (CBHII) is an exoglucanase cleaving primarily cellobiose units from the non-reducing end of cellulose chains. The β-l,4 glycosidic bond is cleaved by acid...

Properties of a single-chain antibody containing different linker peptides (1995)

Alfthan, Kaija, Takkinen, Kristiina, Sizmann, Dorothea, Söderlund, Hans, Teeri, Tuula T.

Single-chain antibodies were constructed using six different linker peptides to join the VH and VL domains of an anti-2-phenyloxazolone (Ox) antibody. Four of the linker peptides originated from the...

Introduction of lysine residues on the light chain constant domain improves the labelling properties of a recombinant Fab fragment (1995)

Hemminki, Ari, Hoffrén, Anna-Marja, Takkinen, Kristiina, Vehniäinen, Markus, Mäkinen, Maija-Liisa, Pettersson, Kim, ...

Europium chelates provide a non-radioactive alternative for sensitive labelling of antibodies for diagnostic immunoassays. Lysine residues at antibody surfaces are ready targets for labelling by an...

Molecular dynamics simulation of fungal cellulose-binding domains: differences in molecular rigidity but a preserved cellulose binding surface (1995)

Hoffrén, Anna-Marja, Teeri, Tuula T., Teleman, Olle

A total of 23 fungal cellulose-binding domain (CBD) sequences were aligned. Structural models of the cellulosebinding domain of an exoglucanase (CBHII) and of three endoglucanases (EGI, EGII and EGV)...

Lipid-tagged antibodies: bacterial expression and characterization of a lipoprotein--single-chain antibody fusion protein (1993)

Laukkanen, Marja-Leena, Teeri, Tuula T., Keinänen, Kari

In order to achieve a stable and functional immobilization of antibodies, we investigated the possibility of adding hydrophobic membrane anchors to antibody fragments expressed in Escherichia coli....

An active single-chain antibody containing a cellulase linker domain is secreted by Escherichia coli (1991)

Takkinen, Kristiina, Laukkanen, Marja-Leena, Sizmann, Dorothea, Alfthan, Kaija, Immonen, Tiina, Vanne, Liisa, ...

Single-chain antibodies consist of the variable, antigen-binding domains of antibodies joined to a continuous polypeptide by genetically engineered peptide linkers. We have used the flexible...

Molecular modelling study of antigen binding to oxazolone-specific antibodies: the Ox1 idiotypic IgG and its mature variant with increased affinity to 2-phenyloxazolone (1990)

Holm, Liisa, Laaksonen, Leif, Kaartinen, Matti, Teeri, Tuula T., Knowles, Jonathan K.C.

Structural models of the variable domains of the murine anti-2-phenyloxazolone IgG (Oxl idiotype) and its somatic variant, which has higher affinity to the hapten 2-phenyloxazolone, were constructed...

Gene discovery in the wood-forming tissues of poplar: Analysis of 5,692 expressed sequence tags

Sterky, Fredrik, Regan, Sharon, Karlsson, Jan, Hertzberg, Magnus, Rohde, Antje, Holmberg, Anders, ...

A rapidly growing area of genome research is the generation of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) in which large numbers of randomly selected cDNA clones are partially sequenced. The collection of ESTs...

A transcriptional roadmap to wood formation

Hertzberg, Magnus, Aspeborg, Henrik, Schrader, Jarmo, Andersson, Anders, Erlandsson, Rikard, Blomqvist, Kristina, ...

The large vascular meristem of poplar trees with its highly organized secondary xylem enables the boundaries between different developmental zones to be easily distinguished. This property of...

Transcript Analysis of Genes Encoding a Family 61 Endoglucanase and a Putative Membrane-Anchored Family 9 Glycosyl Hydrolase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Vanden Wymelenberg, Amber, Denman, Stuart, Dietrich, Diane, Bassett, Jennifer, Yu, Xiaochun, Atalla, Rajai, ...

Phanerochaete chrysosporium cellulase genes were cloned and characterized. The cel61A product was structurally similar to fungal endoglucanases of glycoside hydrolase family 61, whereas the cel9A...

The binding specificity and affinity determinants of family 1 and family 3 cellulose binding modules

Lehtiö, Janne, Sugiyama, Junji, Gustavsson, Malin, Fransson, Linda, Linder, Markus, Teeri, Tuula T.

Cellulose binding modules (CBMs) potentiate the action of cellulolytic enzymes on insoluble substrates. Numerous studies have established that three aromatic residues on a CBM surface are needed for...

Crystal Structures of a Poplar Xyloglucan Endotransglycosylase Reveal Details of Transglycosylation Acceptor Binding

Johansson, Patrik, Brumer, Harry, Baumann, Martin J., Kallas, Åsa M., Henriksson, Hongbin, Denman, Stuart E., ...

Xyloglucan endotransglycosylases (XETs) cleave and religate xyloglucan polymers in plant cell walls via a transglycosylation mechanism. Thus, XET is a key enzyme in all plant processes that require...

Expansins Abundant in Secondary Xylem Belong to Subgroup A of the α-Expansin Gene Family1[w]

Gray-Mitsumune, Madoka, Mellerowicz, Ewa J., Abe, Hisashi, Schrader, Jarmo, Winzéll, Anders, Sterky, Fredrik, ...

Differentiation of xylem cells in dicotyledonous plants involves expansion of the radial primary cell walls and intrusive tip growth of cambial derivative cells prior to the deposition of a thick...

Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes Involved in the Secondary Cell Wall Biogenesis in Hybrid Aspen1

Aspeborg, Henrik, Schrader, Jarmo, Coutinho, Pedro M., Stam, Mark, Kallas, Åsa, Djerbi, Soraya, ...

Wood formation is a fundamental biological process with significant economic interest. While lignin biosynthesis is currently relatively well understood, the pathways leading to the synthesis of the...

N-linked glycosylation of native and recombinant cauliflower xyloglucan endotransglycosylase 16A.

Henriksson, Hongbin, Denman, Stuart E, Campuzano, Iain D G, Ademark, Pia, Master, Emma R, Teeri, Tuula T, ...

The gene encoding a XET (xyloglucan endotransglycosylase) from cauliflower ( Brassica oleracea var. botrytis ) florets has been cloned and sequenced. Sequence analysis indicated a high degree of...

Gene discovery in the wood-forming tissues of poplar: Analysis of 5,692 expressed sequence tags

Sterky, Fredrik, Regan, Sharon, Karlsson, Jan, Hertzberg, Magnus, Rohde, Antje, Holmberg, Anders, ...

A rapidly growing area of genome research is the generation of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) in which large numbers of randomly selected cDNA clones are partially sequenced. The collection of ESTs...

A transcriptional roadmap to wood formation

Hertzberg, Magnus, Aspeborg, Henrik, Schrader, Jarmo, Andersson, Anders, Erlandsson, Rikard, Blomqvist, Kristina, ...

The large vascular meristem of poplar trees with its highly organized secondary xylem enables the boundaries between different developmental zones to be easily distinguished. This property of...

Transcript Analysis of Genes Encoding a Family 61 Endoglucanase and a Putative Membrane-Anchored Family 9 Glycosyl Hydrolase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Vanden Wymelenberg, Amber, Denman, Stuart, Dietrich, Diane, Bassett, Jennifer, Yu, Xiaochun, Atalla, Rajai, ...

Phanerochaete chrysosporium cellulase genes were cloned and characterized. The cel61A product was structurally similar to fungal endoglucanases of glycoside hydrolase family 61, whereas the cel9A...

The binding specificity and affinity determinants of family 1 and family 3 cellulose binding modules

Lehtiö, Janne, Sugiyama, Junji, Gustavsson, Malin, Fransson, Linda, Linder, Markus, Teeri, Tuula T.

Cellulose binding modules (CBMs) potentiate the action of cellulolytic enzymes on insoluble substrates. Numerous studies have established that three aromatic residues on a CBM surface are needed for...

Crystal Structures of a Poplar Xyloglucan Endotransglycosylase Reveal Details of Transglycosylation Acceptor Binding

Johansson, Patrik, Brumer, Harry, Baumann, Martin J., Kallas, Åsa M., Henriksson, Hongbin, Denman, Stuart E., ...

Xyloglucan endotransglycosylases (XETs) cleave and religate xyloglucan polymers in plant cell walls via a transglycosylation mechanism. Thus, XET is a key enzyme in all plant processes that require...

Expansins Abundant in Secondary Xylem Belong to Subgroup A of the α-Expansin Gene Family1[w]

Gray-Mitsumune, Madoka, Mellerowicz, Ewa J., Abe, Hisashi, Schrader, Jarmo, Winzéll, Anders, Sterky, Fredrik, ...

Differentiation of xylem cells in dicotyledonous plants involves expansion of the radial primary cell walls and intrusive tip growth of cambial derivative cells prior to the deposition of a thick...

Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes Involved in the Secondary Cell Wall Biogenesis in Hybrid Aspen1

Aspeborg, Henrik, Schrader, Jarmo, Coutinho, Pedro M., Stam, Mark, Kallas, Åsa, Djerbi, Soraya, ...

Wood formation is a fundamental biological process with significant economic interest. While lignin biosynthesis is currently relatively well understood, the pathways leading to the synthesis of the...

N-linked glycosylation of native and recombinant cauliflower xyloglucan endotransglycosylase 16A.

Henriksson, Hongbin, Denman, Stuart E, Campuzano, Iain D G, Ademark, Pia, Master, Emma R, Teeri, Tuula T, ...

The gene encoding a XET (xyloglucan endotransglycosylase) from cauliflower ( Brassica oleracea var. botrytis ) florets has been cloned and sequenced. Sequence analysis indicated a high degree of...

Poplar Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes. Gene Identification and Expression Analyses1[W]

Geisler-Lee, Jane, Geisler, Matt, Coutinho, Pedro M., Segerman, Bo, Nishikubo, Nobuyuki, Takahashi, Junko, ...

Over 1,600 genes encoding carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) in the Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray) genome were identified based on sequence homology, annotated, and grouped into families of...

Structural Evidence for the Evolution of Xyloglucanase Activity from Xyloglucan Endo-Transglycosylases: Biological Implications for Cell Wall Metabolism[W]

Baumann, Martin J., Eklöf, Jens M., Michel, Gurvan, Kallas, Åsa M., Teeri, Tuula T., Czjzek, Mirjam, ...

High-resolution, three-dimensional structures of the archetypal glycoside hydrolase family 16 (GH16) endo-xyloglucanases Tm-NXG1 and Tm-NXG2 from nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) have been solved by...

MAP20, a Microtubule-Associated Protein in the Secondary Cell Walls of Hybrid Aspen, Is a Target of the Cellulose Synthesis Inhibitor 2,6-Dichlorobenzonitrile1[W][OA]

Rajangam, Alex S., Kumar, Manoj, Aspeborg, Henrik, Guerriero, Gea, Arvestad, Lars, Pansri, Podjamas, ...

We have identified a gene, denoted PttMAP20, which is strongly up-regulated during secondary cell wall synthesis and tightly coregulated with the secondary wall-associated CESA genes in hybrid aspen...