Kunji, Edmund R. S.

Itaconate is an anti-inflammatory metabolite that activates Nrf2 via alkylation of KEAP1

Mills, E. L., Ryan, D. G., Prag, H. A., Dikovskaya, D., Menon, D., Zaslona, Z., Jedrychowski, M. P., Costa, A. S. H., Higgins, M., Hams, E., et al. (2018) · Nature

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Identification and Functional Expression of the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier

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Genetic and biochemical characterization of the oligopeptide transport system of Lactococcus lactis

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Oligopeptides are the main source of nitrogen for Lactococcus lactis during growth in milk

Juillard, V, Le Bars, D., Kunji, E. R., Konings, W. N., Gripon, J. C., & Richard, J. (1995) · Applied and Environmental Microbiology

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The extracellular PI-type proteinase of Lactococcus lactis hydrolyzes beta-casein into more than one hundred different oligopeptides

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The di- and tripeptide transport protein of Lactococcus lactis. A new type of bacterial peptide transporter

Hagting, A., Kunji, E. R., Leenhouts, K. J., Poolman, B., & Konings, W. N. (1994) · Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Multiple-peptidase mutants of Lactococcus lactis are severely impaired in their ability to grow in milk

Mierau, I., Kunji, E. R., Leenhouts, K. J., Hellendoorn, M. A., Haandrikman, A. J., Poolman, B., Konings, W. N., Venema, G., & Kok, J. (1996) · Journal of Bacteriology

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Transport of β-Casein-derived Peptides by the Oligopeptide Transport System Is a Crucial Step in the Proteolytic Pathway of Lactococcus lactis

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Di-tripeptides and oligopeptides are taken up via distinct transport mechanisms in Lactococcus lactis

Kunji, E. R., Smid, E. J., Plapp, R., Poolman, B., & Konings, W. N. (1993) · Journal of Bacteriology

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The yeast mitochondrial pyruvate carrier is a hetero-dimer in its functional state

Tavoulari, S., Thangaratnarajah, C., Mavridou, V., Harbour, M. E., Martinou, J., & Kunji, E. R. (2019) · The EMBO Journal

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Reconstruction of the proteolytic pathway for use of β‐casein by Lactococcus lactis

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Key features of inhibitor binding to the human mitochondrial pyruvate carrier hetero-dimer

Tavoulari, S., Schirris, T. J. J., Mavridou, V., Thangaratnarajah, C., King, M. S., Jones, D. T. D., Ding, S., Fearnley, I. M., & Kunji, E. R. S. (2022) · Molecular Metabolism

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Membrane potential stimulates ADP import and ATP export by the mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier due to its positively charged binding site

Mavridou, V., King, M. S., Bazzone, A., Springett, R., & Kunji, E. R. S. (2024) · Science Advances

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