Taina Tyystjärvi
Dr
taityy@utu.fi +358 29 450 4203 +358 50 438 5281 Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4 C Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0591-8630 |
Areas of expertise
RNA polymerase, transcription, cyanobacteria, gene regulation, photosynthesis
RNA polymerase, transcription, cyanobacteria, gene regulation, photosynthesis
Research
My research focused on cyanobacterial RNA polymerase and regulation of gene expression in cyanobacteria. Currently we are testing RNA polymerase mutants in biotechnical applications and studying carbon sensing and signaling in the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Teaching
Responsible teacher:
KABI5073 Transcriptomics
BKEM1052 Molecular Biology Part 2
BKEM5022 Molekyylibiologia - teoria
BKEM5023 Molekyylibiologia - käytäntö
In addition teaching in following courses:
BKEM1051 Molecular Biology Part 1
KABI4018 Plant acclimation and development
SYST1010 Systems biology
Supervise Bachelor, Master and PhD thesis
Publications 
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- Inorganic carbon levels regulate growth via SigC signaling cascade in cyanobacteriaEngineering RNA polymerase to construct biotechnological host strains of cyanobacteriaGroup 2 Sigma Factors Are Central Regulators of Oxidative Stress Acclimation in Cyanobacteria (2025)
- New PhytologistCurrent MicrobiologyPlant Physiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2024)
- Physiologia PlantarumPlant and Cell PhysiologyMolecular Microbiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Inorganic carbon sensing and signalling in cyanobacteria (2024)
- Physiologia PlantarumPhysiologia PlantarumPhotosynthesis Research
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Singlet oxygen production by photosystem II is caused by misses of the oxygen evolving complexInactivation of group 2 sigma factors upregulates production of transcription and translation machineries in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 (2023)
- New PhytologistScientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The genome sequence of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 substrain GT-T and its implications for the evolution of PCC 6803 substrains6S RNA plays a role in recovery from nitrogen depletion in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (2023)
- FEBS Open Bio
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Roles of Close Homologues SigB and SigD in Heat and High Light Acclimation of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803In vivo recruitment analysis and a mutant strain without any group 2 sigma factor reveal roles of different sigma factors in cyanobacteria (2022)
- Life
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Mutations Suppressing the Lack of Prepilin Peptidase Provide Insights Into the Maturation of the Major Pilin Protein in Cyanobacteria (2021)
- Frontiers in microbiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Action spectrum of the redox state of the plastoquinone pool defines its function in plant acclimation (2020)
- Plant JournalPlant and Cell Physiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Measurement of the redox state of the plastoquinone pool in cyanobacteria (2020)
- FEBS Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Photosynthetic hydrogen production as acclimation mechanism in nutrient-deprived Chlamydomonas (2020)
- Algal Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Revealing secrets of the enigmatic omega subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase (2020)
- Molecular Microbiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2020)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2019)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Harnessing transcription for bioproduction in cyanobacteria (2018)
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - (2018)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2017)
- BMC Microbiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2017)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2016)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Oxygen produced by cyanobacteria in simulated Archaean conditions partly oxidizes ferrous iron but mostly escapes-conclusions about early evolution (2016)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Roles of Group 2 Sigma Factors in Acclimation of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 to Nitrogen Deficiency (2016)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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