Mikael Widersten
Professor at Department of Chemistry - BMC; Biochemistry; Widersten group
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 49 92
- Mobile phone:
- +46 73 695 18 63
- E-mail:
- Mikael.Widersten@kemi.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Husargatan 3
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 576
75123 Uppsala
Short presentation
Professor in Biochemistry (Molecular Catalysis). My research focuses on understanding structure/function relationships in enzymes and to apply these findings to the development of new and useful biocatalysts for reactions generating chiral and pro-chiral product molecules.
Biography

Publications
Recent publications
Part of Faraday discussions, p. 115-126, 2024
- DOI for High-throughput selection of (new) enzymes: phage display-mediated isolation of alkyl halide hydrolases from a library of active-site mutated epoxide hydrolases
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Part of Structure, p. 1322-13260000, 2024
- DOI for Structure of the iminium reaction intermediate in an engineered aldolase explains the carboligation activity toward arylated ketones and aldehydes
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Part of FEBS Open Bio, p. 655-674, 2024
- DOI for Structural enzymology studies with the substrate3S-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA: bifunctional MFE1 is a less efficient dehydrogenase than monofunctional HAD
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Part of The FEBS Journal, p. 465-481, 2023
- DOI for Structures of lactaldehyde reductase, FucO, link enzyme activity to hydrogen bond networks and conformational dynamics
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Part of IUCrJ, p. 437-447, 2023
- DOI for Crystal structures and kinetic studies of a laboratory evolved aldehyde reductase explain the dramatic shift of its new substrate specificity
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All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Faraday discussions, p. 115-126, 2024
- DOI for High-throughput selection of (new) enzymes: phage display-mediated isolation of alkyl halide hydrolases from a library of active-site mutated epoxide hydrolases
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Part of Structure, p. 1322-13260000, 2024
- DOI for Structure of the iminium reaction intermediate in an engineered aldolase explains the carboligation activity toward arylated ketones and aldehydes
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Part of FEBS Open Bio, p. 655-674, 2024
- DOI for Structural enzymology studies with the substrate3S-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA: bifunctional MFE1 is a less efficient dehydrogenase than monofunctional HAD
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Part of The FEBS Journal, p. 465-481, 2023
- DOI for Structures of lactaldehyde reductase, FucO, link enzyme activity to hydrogen bond networks and conformational dynamics
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Part of IUCrJ, p. 437-447, 2023
- DOI for Crystal structures and kinetic studies of a laboratory evolved aldehyde reductase explain the dramatic shift of its new substrate specificity
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Part of Catalysis Science & Technology, 2023
- DOI for Engineered Aldolases Catalyzing Stereoselective Aldol Reactions Between Aryl-Substituted Ketones and Aldehydes
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Structure and Mechanism of a Cold-Adapted Bacterial Lipase
Part of Biochemistry, p. 933-942, 2022
- DOI for Structure and Mechanism of a Cold-Adapted Bacterial Lipase
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Facile Synthesis of 2-Hydroxyacetophenone from Racemic Styrene Oxide Catalyzed by Engineered Enzymes
Part of Biotechnology letters, p. 985-990, 2022
- DOI for Facile Synthesis of 2-Hydroxyacetophenone from Racemic Styrene Oxide Catalyzed by Engineered Enzymes
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Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 9115-9128, 2020
- DOI for The Role of Substrate-Coenzyme Crosstalk in Determining Turnover Rates in Rhodococcus ruber Alcohol Dehydrogenase
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Engineering aldolases for asymmetric synthesis
Part of Methods in Enzymology, p. 149-167, 2020
Part of Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 6982-6991, 2019
Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 7526-7538, 2018
- DOI for Stereo- and Regioselectivity in Catalyzed Transformation of a 1,2-Disubstituted Vicinal Diol and the Corresponding Diketone by Wild Type and Laboratory Evolved Alcohol Dehydrogenases
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Part of Biochemical Journal, p. 2395-2416, 2018
Part of Biochemistry, p. 5877-5885, 2018
Part of Biochemistry, p. 1059-1062, 2018
Epoxide Hydrolysis as a Model System for Understanding Flux Through a Branched Reaction Scheme
Part of IUCrJ, p. 269-282, 2018
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Part of Synlett, p. 1187-1190, 2018
Part of The FEBS Journal, p. 3895-3914, 2017
- DOI for Relaxation of Nonproductive Binding and Increased Rate of Coenzyme Release in an Alcohol Dehydrogenase Increases Turnover With a Non-Preferred Alcohol Enantiomer
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Part of Chemical Science, p. 1415-1421, 2016
- DOI for Linking coupled motions and entropic effects to the catalytic activity of 2-deoxyribose-5-phosphate aldolase (DERA)
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Part of ChemBioChem, p. 1693-1697, 2016
- DOI for Laboratory evolved enzymes provide snapshots of the development of enantioconvergence in enzyme-catalyzed epoxide hydrolysis
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Conformational Diversity and Enantioconvergence in Potato Epoxide Hydrolase 1
Part of Organic and biomolecular chemistry, p. 5639-5651, 2016
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Expanding the catalytic triad in epoxide hydrolases and related enzymes
Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 5702-5713, 2015
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Part of ChemBioChem, p. 2595-2598, 2015
Design of a PDZbody, a bivalent binder of the E6 protein from human papillomavirus
Part of Scientific Reports, 2015
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Directed evolution on FucO - structural explanations for changes in substrate scope
Part of Protein Science, p. 199-200, 2015
Kinetic characterization of Rhodococcus ruber DSM 44541 alcohol dehydrogenase A
Part of Journal of Molecular Catalysis B, p. 68-78, 2014
Substrate scope and selectivity in offspring to an enzyme subjected to directed evolution
Part of The FEBS Journal, p. 2387-2398, 2014
Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 3016-3025, 2013
Part of Biochemistry, p. 7627-7637, 2012
One-step enzyme extraction and immobilization for biocatalysis applications
Part of Biotechnology Journal, p. 463-469, 2011
Part of Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, p. 165-173, 2010
Part of ChemBioChem, p. 1422-1429, 2010
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are viable cosolvents for enzyme-catalyzed epoxide hydrolysis
Part of Journal of Biotechnology, p. 169-171, 2010
Structure-function relationships of epoxide hydrolases and their potential use in biocatalysis
Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, p. 316-326, 2010
Part of Journal of Molecular Catalysis B, p. 148-155, 2010
Part of Biochemistry, p. 2297-2304, 2010
Part of Protein Science, p. 1275-1284, 2008
- DOI for Removal of distal protein-water hydrogen bonds in a plant epoxide hydrolase increases catalytic turnover but decreases thermostability
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Substrate-dependent hysteretic behavior in StEH1-catalyzed hydrolysis of styrene oxide derivatives
Part of The FEBS Journal, p. 6309-6320, 2008
Part of Biochemistry, p. 2466-2479, 2007
Part of Biochemistry, p. 205-212, 2006
X-ray structure of potato epoxide hydrolase sheds light on its substrate specificity
Part of Protein Science, p. 1628-1637, 2006
Catalysis of potato epoxide hydrolase, StEH1
Part of Biochemical Journal, p. 633-640, 2005
Part of Protein Engineering Design & Selection, p. 537-546, 2005
Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, p. 213-221, 2005
Part of Biochemistry, p. 12038-12047, 2004
Part of Biochemical Journal, 2004
Part of Int J Cancer, p. 700-705, 2002
Yeast glyoxalase I is a monomeric enzyme with two active sites
Part of Journal of Biological Chemistry, p. 1845-1849, 2001
Proposed reductive metabolism of artemisinin by glutathione transferases in vitro
Part of Free radical research, p. 427-434, 2001
Chlorine kinetic isotope effects on the haloalkane dehalogenase reaction
Part of Journal of the American Chemical Society, p. 4550-4555, 2001
Part of Protein Engineering, p. 519-526, 2000
Part of Journal of Molecular Biology, p. 783-793, 2000
An approach to optimizing the active site in a glutathione transferase by evolution in vitro
Part of Biochemical Journal, p. 93-100, 1999
Part of European Journal of Biochemistry, p. 682-688, 1999
Part of PROTEIN SCIENCE, p. 2742-2750, 1999
Part of Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, p. 687-698, 1998
Part of Carcinogenesis, p. 433-436, 1998
Part of Protein Expression and Purification, p. 389-395, 1998
Part of Biochemistry, p. 11252-11260, 1997
Part of Biochemical Journal, p. 25-28, 1997
Part of Biochemistry, p. 3056-3060, 1997
Part of Chemical Research in Toxicology, p. 1221-1227, 1997
Part of Journal of Biological Chemistry, p. 5727-5731, 1997
Part of Biochemistry, p. 7731-7742, 1996
Part of Protein Expression and Purification, p. 367-372, 1996
Part of Journal of Molecular Biology, p. 115-122, 1995
High-level bacterial expression of human glutathione transferase P1-1 encoded by semisynthetic DNA
Part of Protein Expression and Purification, p. 265-271, 1995
Part of Protein Engineering, p. 1163-1169, 1995
Part of JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, p. 765-773, 1995
Part of Biochemical Journal, p. 59-67, 1994
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 1480-1484, 1994
Part of Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, p. 487-495, 1994
Part of Biochemistry, p. 11717-11723, 1994
Part of Protein Engineering, p. 1115-1119, 1994
Part of Biochemical Journal, 1992
Part of Protein Engineering, 1992
NOMENCLATURE FOR HUMAN GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASES
Part of Biochemical Journal, p. 305-306, 1992
Part of Biochemical Journal, 1992
Part of Biochemical Journal, p. 519-524, 1991
Part of FEBS Letters, 1991
Part of Carcinogenesis, p. 1569-1576, 1990
Articles, review/survey
Protein engineering for development of new hydrolytic biocatalysts
Part of Current opinion in chemical biology, p. 42-47, 2014
- DOI for Protein engineering for development of new hydrolytic biocatalysts
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