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Vladimir Lunin - Senior Scientist

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phone: 303-384-7754
email: Vladimir_Lunin@nrel.gov
At NREL since 2008

Vladimir Lunin is an experienced protein crystallographer. His primary research interests are structure-functional studies of polysaccharide-degrading enzymes with a focus on glycoside hydrolase family 7.

Education and Experience

2008

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

2004–2007

University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

2001–2004

Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council, Montreal, Canada

2000

Ph.D. in Chemistry from Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences

1997

M.S. in Chemistry, Moscow State University

Selected Publications

  1. Vladimir V. Lunin, Yunge Li, Robert J. Linhardt, Hirofumi Miyazono, Mamoru Kyogashima, Takuji Kaneko, Alexander W. Bell, and Miroslaw Cygler, "High-resolution Crystal Structure of Arthrobacter aurescens Chondroitin AC Lyase: An Enzyme–Substrate Complex Defines the Catalytic Mechanism," J Mol Biol, 337(2), 367-386, March 19, 2004.
  2. Vladimir V. Lunin, Elena Dobrovetsky, Galina Khutoreskaya, Rongguang Zhang, Andrzej Joachimiak, Declan A. Doyle, Alexey Bochkarev, Michael E. Maguire, Aled M. Edwards, Christopher M. Koth, "Crystal Structure of the CorA Mg2+ Transporter," Nature, 440, 833-837, April 6, 2006. 
  3. Ian C. Schoenhofen, Vladimir V. Lunin, Jean-Phillipe Julien, Yunge Li, Eunice Ajamian, Allan Matte, Miroslaw Cygler, Jean-Robert Brisson, Annie Aubry, Susan M. Logan, Smita Bhatia, Warren W. Wakarchuk, and N. Martin Young, "Structural and functional characterization of PseC, an aminotransferase involved in the biosynthesis of Pseudaminic acid, an essential flagellar modification in helicobacter pylori," J Biol Chem., 281(13), 8907-16, March 31, 2006. 

 

Other Team Members

Michael E. Himmel

William S. Adney

John O. Baker

Yannick Bomble

Roman Brunecky

Michael Crowley

Steve R. Decker

Shi-You Ding

Bryon Donohoe

Thomas Haas

David K. Johnson

Yu-San (Angela) Liu

Vladimir Lunin

Yonghua Luo

Ashutosh Mittal

Sunkyu Park

Michael J. Selig

Larry Taylor

Todd Vinzant

Hui Wei

Qi Xu

John Michael Yarbrough

Yining Zeng