Mart Loog

This study engineers Saccharomyces cerevisiae to produce 3-hydroxypropionic acid and succinic acid from glucose-rich lignocellulosic wood hydrolysates under low pH conditions, increasing production titers significantly.

The paper identifies a furin cleavage motif in SARS-CoV2 Spike protein that requires a specific RRxR motif for cleavage and shows that phosphorylation of adjacent serines inhibits furin activity.

The paper analyzes fungal G1 cyclin docking motifs to determine their sequence features and regulatory potency in vivo.