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Heli
Lumenkajo

Doctoral Researcher, Department of Life Technologies
Doctoral Researcher, Biochemistry

Areas of expertise

streptomyces
natural products chemistry
microbial interactions

Research

I study microbial interactions between Streptomyces and other microbes. Streptomyces utilize enzymes and natural products in their warfare against other microbes. By studying these interactions, we can uncover new antimicrobial compounds. 

Publications

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Metabolic engineering of doxorubicin biosynthesis through P450-redox partner optimization and structural analysis of DoxA (2026)

Nature Communications
Koroleva, Arina; Artukka, Erika; Yamada, Keith; Newmister, Sean A.; Harte, Ralph J.; Boesger, Hannah; Londen, Mikael; Sanders, Jacob N.; Tirkkonen, Heli; Kannisto, Matti; Kuin, Rosan C. M.; Hulst, Mandy; Wang, Rongbin; Leskinen, Ester; Barillec, Morgane; Niemi, Jarmo; van Wezel, Gilles P.; Neefjes, Jacques; Nybo, S. Eric; Houk, Kendall N.; Sherman, David H.; Kim, Robbert Q.; Metsä-Ketelä, Mikko
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