PARTNER 14 – IBCH

Konstantin Lukyanov

 

Address:

Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry

Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10

117997 Moscow

Russia

Telephone: +7 (095) 429-8020

Fax: +7 (095) 330-7056

Email: kluk@ibch.ru

Webpage: http://www.ibch.ru/lgr/

 

Members

Name

Email

Telephone

Konstantin Lukyanov

kluk@ibch.ru

+7 (095) 429-8020

Dmitry Chudakov

chudakovdm@mail.ru

+7 (095) 429-8020

Nadya Gurskaya

ngurskaya@mail.ru

+7 (095) 429-8020

Maria Bulina

biomasha@mail.ru

+7 (095) 429-8020

Vsevolod Belousov

VsevolodBelousov@yandex.ru

+7 (095) 429-8020

Ekaterina Souslova

souslova@mail.ru

+7 (095) 429-8020

 

Main Research Activities

We focuse on development of novel fluorescent proteins. Far-red and photoactivatable fluorescent proteins are of particular interest. Also we are working on fluorescent biosensors.

 

 

Most Relevant Publications

Chudakov DM, Verkhusha VV, Staroverov DB, Souslova EA, Lukyanov S, Lukyanov KA. Photoswitchable cyan fluorescent protein for protein tracking. Nat. Biotechnol. 2004, 22: 1435-1439.

Verkhusha VV, Chudakov DM, Gurskaya NG, Lukyanov S, Lukyanov KA. Common pathway for the red chromophore formation in fluorescent proteins and chromoproteins. Chem Biol. 2004, 11: 845-854.

Verkhusha VV, Lukyanov KA. The molecular properties and applications of Anthozoa fluorescent proteins and chromoproteins. Nat. Biotechnol. 2004, 22: 289-296. Review.

Shagin DA, Barsova EV, Yanushevich YG, Fradkov AF, Lukyanov KA, Labas YA, Semenova TN, Ugalde JA, Meyers A, Nunez JM, Widder EA, Lukyanov SA, Matz MV. GFP-like proteins as ubiquitous metazoan superfamily: evolution of functional features and structural complexity. Mol. Biol. Evol. 2004, 21: 841-850.

Gurskaya NG, Fradkov AF, Pounkova NI, Staroverov DB, Bulina ME, Yanushevich YG, Labas YA, Lukyanov S, Lukyanov KA. A colourless green fluorescent protein homologue from the non-fluorescent hydromedusa Aequorea coerulescens and its fluorescent mutants. Biochem. J. 2003, 373: 403-408.

Chudakov, D.M., Belousov, V.V., Zaraisky, A.G., Novoselov, V.V., Staroverov, D.B., Zorov, D.B., Lukyanov, S., Lukyanov, K.A. Kindling fluorescent proteins for precise in vivo photolabeling. Nat Biotechnol. 2003, 21: 191-194.

Chudakov, D.M., Feofanov, A.V., Mudrik, N.N., Lukyanov, S., Lukyanov, K.A. Chromophore environment provides clue to "kindling fluorescent protein" riddle. J Biol Chem. 2003, 278: 7215-7219.

Fradkov, A.F., Verkhusha, V.V., Staroverov, D.B., Bulina, M.E., Yanushevich, Y.G., Martynov, V.I., Lukyanov, S., Lukyanov, K.A. Far-red fluorescent tag for protein labelling. Biochem J. 2002, 368: 17-21.

Matz, M.V., Lukyanov, K.A., Lukyanov, S.A. Family of the green fluorescent protein: Journey to the end of the rainbow. Bioessays 2002, 24: 953-959.

Bulina, M.E., Chudakov, D.M., Mudrik, N.N., Lukyanov, K.A. Interconversion of Anthozoa GFP-like fluorescent and non-fluorescent proteins by mutagenesis. BMC Biochem. 2002, 3: 7.

Gurskaya, N.G., Fradkov, A.F., Terskikh, A., Matz, M.V., Labas, Y.A., Martynov, V.I., Yanushevich, Y.G., Lukyanov, K.A., Lukyanov, S.A. GFP-like chromoproteins as a source of far-red fluorescent proteins. FEBS Lett. 2001, 507: 16-20.

Gurskaya, N.G., Savitsky, A.P., Yanushevich, Y.G., Lukyanov, S.A., Lukyanov, K.A. Color transitions in coral's fluorescent proteins by site-directed mutagenesis. BMC Biochem. 2001, 2: 6.

Lukyanov, K.A., Fradkov, A.F., Gurskaya, N.G., Matz, M.V., Labas, Y.A., Savitsky, A.P., Markelov, M.L., Zaraisky, A.G., Zhao, X., Fang, Y., Tan, W., Lukyanov, S.A. Natural animal coloration can be determined by a non-fluorescent GFP homolog. J Biol Chem 2000, 275: 25879-82.