Salminen Anu

University teacher
Biochemistry
University of Turku
Finland

Professor Biochemistry
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 Intrest

To determine the structural and functional basis of allosteric regulation by nucleotides and the role of specific amino acid residues in this process.

List of Publications
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.
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.
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.

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