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Ernst H. Oliw

Ernst H. Oliw

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Chemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
7827
World Ranking
14135
National Ranking
211

Overview

Ernst H. Oliw is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work focuses on multiple subfields including Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Biotechnology.

Their research covers various topics such as fungal and yeast genetics, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, microbial natural products and biosynthesis, microbial metabolism and enzyme function, plant and fungal interactions, biochemical processes, and metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms.

Ernst H. Oliw has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets for their work include:

  • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Fungal Genetics and Biology
  • Nature Communications

Some of the recent papers authored by Ernst H. Oliw are:

  • Fatty acid dioxygenase-cytochrome P450 fusion enzymes of filamentous fungal pathogens, 2021, Fungal Genetics and Biology
  • Iron and manganese lipoxygenases of plant pathogenic fungi and their role in biosynthesis of jasmonates, 2022, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Thirty years with three-dimensional structures of lipoxygenases, 2023, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Diversity of the manganese lipoxygenase gene family - A mini-review, 2022, Fungal Genetics and Biology

Additionally, Ernst H. Oliw contributed to the paper titled Fungal oxylipins direct programmed developmental switches in filamentous fungi, published in 2020 in Nature Communications.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Mengyao Niu
  • Breanne N. Steffan
  • Gregory J. Fischer
  • Nandhitha Venkatesh
  • Nicholas Raffa

The scientist's work at the intersection of biochemistry and molecular biology addresses enzyme functions related to lipoxygenases within fungi and plants, exploring the biochemical pathways relevant to plant-pathogen interactions and development.

Best Publications

  • Oxygenation of arachidonic acid by hepatic monooxygenases. Isolation and metabolism of four epoxide intermediates.

    E H Oliw;F P Guengerich;J A Oates

  • Manganese lipoxygenase. Purification and characterization.

    Chao Su;Ernst H. Oliw

  • The selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor rofecoxib reduces kainate-induced cell death in the rat hippocampus.

    Tina Kunz;Ernst H. Oliw

  • Arachidonic acid metabolism in rabbit renal cortex. Formation of two novel dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids.

    E H Oliw;J A Lawson;A R Brash;J A Oates

  • Unorthodox routes to prostanoid formation: new twists in cyclooxygenase-initiated pathways

    Charles N. Serhan;Ernst Oliw

  • Oxygenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids by cytochrome P450 monooxygenases.

    Ernst H. Oliw

  • Analysis of Cytochrome P450 Metabolites of Arachidonic and Linoleic Acids by Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry with Ion Trap MS2

    Johan Bylund;Johanna Ericsson;Ernst H. Oliw

  • Manganese Lipoxygenase: DISCOVERY OF A BIS-ALLYLIC HYDROPEROXIDE AS PRODUCT AND INTERMEDIATE IN A LIPOXYGENASE REACTION *

    Mats Hamberg;Chao Su;Ernst Oliw

  • A linoleic acid (8R)-dioxygenase and hydroperoxide isomerase of the fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis. Biosynthesis of (8R)-hydroxylinoleic acid and (7S,8S)-dihydroxylinoleic acid from (8R)-hydroperoxylinoleic acid.

    I.D. Brodowsky;M Hamberg;E.H. Oliw

  • Tumor-specific expression of the novel cytochrome P450 enzyme, CYP2W1.

    Maria Karlgren;Alvin Gomez;Katarina Stark;Jenny Svärd

  • Cytochromes P450 with Bisallylic Hydroxylation Activity on Arachidonic and Linoleic Acids Studied with Human Recombinant Enzymes and with Human and Rat Liver Microsomes

    Johan Bylund;Tina Kunz;Karin Valmsen;Ernst H. Oliw

  • Identification of Dioxygenases Required for Aspergillus Development STUDIES OF PRODUCTS, STEREOCHEMISTRY, AND THE REACTION MECHANISM

    Ulrike Garscha;Fredrik Jernerén;DaWoon Chung;Nancy P. Keller

  • Functional Expression and Cellular Localization of a Mouse Epidermal Lipoxygenase

    Colin D. Funk;Diane S. Keeney;Ernst H. Oliw;William E. Boeglin

  • Biosynthesis of prostaglandins from 17(18) epoxy-eicosatetraenoic acid, a cytochrome P-450 metabolite of eicosapentaenoic acid

    E.H. Oliw;S. Okamoto;L. Hörnsten;F. Sato

  • Plant and fungal lipoxygenases.

    Ernst H Oliw

  • Identification of CYP4F8 in Human Seminal Vesicles as a Prominent 19-Hydroxylase of Prostaglandin Endoperoxides

    Johan Bylund;Mats Hidestrand;Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg;Ernst H. Oliw

  • Analysis of novel hydroperoxides and other metabolites of oleic, linoleic, and linolenic acids by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry with ion trap MSn

    Ernst H. Oliw;Chao Su;Torun Skogström;Günther Benthin

  • A protein radical and ferryl intermediates are generated by linoleate diol synthase, a ferric hemeprotein with dioxygenase and hydroperoxide isomerase activities.

    Chao Su;Margareta Sahlin;Ernst H. Oliw

  • Oxygenation of arachidonic acid by hepatic microsomes of the rabbit. Mechanism of biosynthesis of two vicinal dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids.

    Ernst H. Oliw;John A. Oates

  • Cyclooxygenase-2, prostaglandin synthases, and prostaglandin H2 metabolism in traumatic brain injury in the rat.

    Tina Kunz;Niklas Marklund;Lars Hillered;Ernst H Oliw

  • Gene Deletion of 7,8-Linoleate Diol Synthase of the Rice Blast Fungus STUDIES ON PATHOGENICITY, STEREOCHEMISTRY, AND OXYGENATION MECHANISMS

    Fredrik Jernerén;Ane Sesma;Marina Francheschetti;Mats Hamberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Mats Hamberg
Mats Hamberg Karolinska Institute
Howard Sprecher
Howard Sprecher The Ohio State University
John A. Oates
John A. Oates Vanderbilt University
Niklas Marklund
Niklas Marklund Lund University
Anders Rane
Anders Rane Karolinska University Hospital
Anne Osbourn
Anne Osbourn John Innes Centre
Åke Engström
Åke Engström Uppsala University
Alan R. Brash
Alan R. Brash Vanderbilt University
Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg
Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg Karolinska Institute
Nancy P. Keller
Nancy P. Keller University of Wisconsin–Madison

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