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Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research primarily lies within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions across several subfields including Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Immunology, Plant Science, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research focuses on various topics, such as:

  • Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases
  • Enzyme Production and Characterization
  • Biofuel Production and Bioconversion
  • Vibrio Bacteria Research Studies
  • Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota
  • Bacterial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad has published in multiple scientific venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biochemistry
  • Nature Communications
  • BMC Microbiology
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Recent published work includes:

  • "Revisiting the activity of two poly(vinyl chloride)- and polyethylene-degrading enzymes", 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Chitinolytic enzymes contribute to the pathogenicity of Aliivibrio salmonicida LFI1238 in the invasive phase of cold-water vibriosis", 2022, BMC Microbiology
  • "The lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase CbpD promotes Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence in systemic infection", 2021, Nature Communications
  • "A trimodular bacterial enzyme combining hydrolytic activity with oxidative glycosidic bond cleavage efficiently degrades chitin", 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "A thermostable bacterial lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase with high operational stability in a wide temperature range", 2020, Biotechnology for Biofuels

Frequent collaborators during their research career include:

  • Vincent G. H. Eijsink
  • Fatemeh Askarian
  • Anton A. Stepnov
  • Tina R. Tuveng
  • Ute Krengel

Best Publications

  • An oxidative enzyme boosting the enzymatic conversion of recalcitrant polysaccharides.

    Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Bjørge Westereng;Svein J. Horn;Zhanliang Liu

  • Novel enzymes for the degradation of cellulose

    Svein Jarle Horn;Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Bjørge Westereng;Vincent Gh Eijsink

  • Oxidative cleavage of polysaccharides by monocopper enzymes depends on H2O2.

    Bastien Bissaro;Bastien Bissaro;Åsmund K Røhr;Gerdt Müller;Piotr Chylenski

  • The Non-catalytic Chitin-binding Protein CBP21 from Serratia marcescens Is Essential for Chitin Degradation

    Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Svein J. Horn;Daan M.F. van Aalten;Bjørnar Synstad

  • Cleavage of cellulose by a CBM33 protein.

    Zarah Forsberg;Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Bjørge Westereng;Anne C Bunæs

  • Crystal structure and binding properties of the Serratia marcescens chitin-binding protein CBP21

    Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Douglas R. Houston;Anna H.K. Riemen;Vincent G.H. Eijsink

  • Costs and benefits of processivity in enzymatic degradation of recalcitrant polysaccharides

    Svein J. Horn;Pawel Sikorski;Jannicke B. Cederkvist;Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad

  • The chitinolytic machinery of Serratia marcescens – a model system for enzymatic degradation of recalcitrant polysaccharides

    Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Svein J. Horn;Morten Sørlie;Vincent G. H. Eijsink

  • NMR structure of a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase provides insight into copper binding, protein dynamics, and substrate interactions.

    Finn Lillelund Aachmann;Morten Sørlie;Gudmund Skjåk-Bræk;Vincent Eijsink

  • Structural and functional characterization of a conserved pair of bacterial cellulose-oxidizing lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases.

    Zarah Forsberg;Alasdair K. Mackenzie;Morten Sørlie;Åsmund K. Røhr

  • The putative endoglucanase PcGH61D from Phanerochaete chrysosporium is a metal-dependent oxidative enzyme that cleaves cellulose.

    Bjørge Westereng;Takuya Ishida;Takuya Ishida;Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Miao Wu

  • Structural diversity of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases

    Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Zarah Forsberg;Jennifer Loose;Bastien Bissaro

  • Towards new enzymes for biofuels: lessons from chitinase research.

    Vincent G.H. Eijsink;Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Kjell M. Vårum;Svein J. Horn

  • The Vibrio cholerae colonization factor GbpA possesses a modular structure that governs binding to different host surfaces

    Edmond Wong;Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Avishek Ghosh;Ramon Hurtado-Guerrero

  • Ten years of CAZypedia: a living encyclopedia of carbohydrate-active enzymes

    Wade Abbott;Orly Alber;Ed Bayer;Jean-Guy Berrin

  • A rapid quantitative activity assay shows that the Vibrio cholerae colonization factor GbpA is an active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase.

    Jennifer S.M. Loose;Zarah Forsberg;Marco W. Fraaije;Vincent G.H. Eijsink

  • Structure and function of enzymes acting on chitin and chitosan

    Ingunn A. Hoell;Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Vincent G.H. Eijsink

  • Efficient separation of oxidized cello-oligosaccharides generated by cellulose degrading lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases.

    Bjørge Westereng;Jane Wittrup Agger;Svein J. Horn;Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad

  • Comparative study of two chitin-active and two cellulose-active AA10-type lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases.

    Zarah Forsberg;Asmund Kjendseth Røhr;Sophanit Mekasha;K Kristoffer Andersson

  • Characterization of the Chitinolytic Machinery of Enterococcus faecalis V583 and High-Resolution Structure of Its Oxidative CBM33 Enzyme

    Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Liv Anette Bøhle;Sigrid Gåseidnes;Bjørn Dalhus

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent G. H. Eijsink
Vincent G. H. Eijsink Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Svein J. Horn
Svein J. Horn Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Daan M. F. van Aalten
Daan M. F. van Aalten University of Dundee
Roland Ludwig
Roland Ludwig BOKU University
Victor Nizet
Victor Nizet University of California, San Diego
Birte Svensson
Birte Svensson Technical University of Denmark
Jerry Ståhlberg
Jerry Ståhlberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Kjell M. Vårum
Kjell M. Vårum Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Marco W. Fraaije
Marco W. Fraaije University of Groningen
Gregg T. Beckham
Gregg T. Beckham National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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