Cecilia Blikstad

This study identifies ppGpp-binding proteins in plants and cyanobacteria using chemoproteomics, revealing novel regulatory targets and conserved mechanisms compared to E. coli.

This study identifies redox regulation of CsoSCA, a carboxysomal carbonic anhydrase, showing it is inactive under reducing conditions and active under oxidizing conditions due to a conserved cysteine pair.

The paper presents an atomic structure of spinach rubisco with a transition-state analogue, revealing protonation dynamics and structural flexibility, suggesting new strategies for enzyme redesign.

This paper improves isobutene production in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by engineering the promiscuous RnKICD enzyme to enhance its selectivity for KIC over HPP, resulting in a 4-fold increase in isobutene yield.

This study identifies phosphorylation as a switch that stabilizes Pannexin1 in an ATP-releasing conformation, important for developing disease modulators.

The paper demonstrates that a bacterial CO2 concentrating mechanism enables E. coli to fix CO2 from ambient air using 20 CCM genes.

The paper identifies a novel class of inorganic carbon transporters in chemoautotrophic bacteria through a genome-wide screen and characterizes their function as energy-coupled bicarbonate pumps.