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Mirjam Czjzek

Mirjam Czjzek

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Chemistry

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62
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10969
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9035
National Ranking
321

Biology and Biochemistry

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64
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14625
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343

Overview

Mirjam Czjzek is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France, focusing on fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields such as Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Aquatic Science, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist has contributed to topics covering enzyme production and characterization, seaweed-derived bioactive compounds, microbial metabolites in food biotechnology, carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis, marine and coastal plant biology, algal biology and biofuel production, and digestive system and related health.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Mirjam Czjzek are:

  • A single sulfatase is required to access colonic mucin by a gut bacterium, 2021, Nature
  • Sulfated glycan recognition by carbohydrate sulfatases of the human gut microbiota, 2022, Nature Chemical Biology
  • Structure-function analysis of a new PL17 oligoalginate lyase from the marine bacterium Zobellia galactanivorans DsijT, 2021, Glycobiology
  • A novel thermostable prokaryotic fucoidan active sulfatase PsFucS1 with an unusual quaternary hexameric structure, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Mapping the deformability of natural and designed cellulosomes in solution, 2022, Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mirjam Czjzek include:

  • Tristan Barbeyron
  • Ana S. Luís
  • Chunsheng Jin
  • Dominic P. Byrne
  • Alan Cartmell

The scientist's work has been published multiple times in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Carbohydrate Polymers, Nature Chemical Biology, Scientific Reports, and Research Square.

Best Publications

  • Environmental and Gut Bacteroidetes: The Food Connection

    François Thomas;Jan-Hendrik Hehemann;Etienne Rebuffet;Mirjam Czjzek

  • Transfer of carbohydrate-active enzymes from marine bacteria to Japanese gut microbiota

    Jan-Hendrik Hehemann;Gaëlle Correc;Gaëlle Correc;Tristan Barbeyron;Tristan Barbeyron;William Helbert;William Helbert

  • Genome structure and metabolic features in the red seaweed Chondrus crispus shed light on evolution of the Archaeplastida.

    Jonas Collén;Betina Porcel;Betina Porcel;Wilfrid Carré;Steven G Ball

  • Degradation of cellulose substrates by cellulosome chimeras. Substrate targeting versus proximity of enzyme components.

    Henri Pierre Fierobe;Edward A. Bayer;Chantal Tardif;Chantal Tardif;Mirjam Czjzek

  • Structural Evidence for the Evolution of Xyloglucanase Activity from Xyloglucan Endo-Transglycosylases: Biological Implications for Cell Wall Metabolism

    Martin J. Baumann;Jens M. Eklöf;Gurvan Michel;Åsa M. Kallas

  • Direct determination of proton positions in D-Y and H-Y zeolite samples by neutron powder diffraction

    Mirjam Czjzek;Herve Jobic;Andrew N. Fitch;Thomas Vogt

  • The Three-dimensional Structure of Invertase (β-Fructosidase) from Thermotoga maritima Reveals a Bimodular Arrangement and an Evolutionary Relationship between Retaining and Inverting Glycosidases

    François Alberto;Christophe Bignon;Gerlind Sulzenbacher;Bernard Henrissat

  • Atomic resolution (1.0 A) crystal structure of Fusarium solani cutinase: stereochemical analysis.

    Sonia Longhi;Mirjam Czjzek;Victor Lamzin;Anne Nicolas

  • Bioconversion of red seaweed galactans: a focus on bacterial agarases and carrageenases.

    Gurvan Michel;Pi Nyval-Collen;Tristan Barbeyron;Mirjam Czjzek

  • Characterization of the first alginolytic operons in a marine bacterium: from their emergence in marine Flavobacteriia to their independent transfers to marine Proteobacteria and human gut Bacteroides.

    François Thomas;Tristan Barbeyron;Thierry Tonon;Sabine Génicot

  • The crystal structure of HasA, a hemophore secreted by Serratia marcescens.

    Pascal Arnoux;Richard Haser;Nadia Izadi;Anne Lecroisey

  • The mechanism of substrate (aglycone) specificity in β-glucosidases is revealed by crystal structures of mutant maize β-glucosidase-DIMBOA, -DIMBOAGlc, and -dhurrin complexes

    Mirjam Czjzek;Muzaffer Cicek;Véronique Zamboni;David R. Bevan

  • Crystal structure of oxidized trimethylamine N-oxide reductase from Shewanella massilia at 2.5 å resolution

    M. Czjzek;J.-P. Dos Santos;J. Pommier;G. Giordano

  • Comparative Characterization of Two Marine Alginate Lyases from Zobellia galactanivorans Reveals Distinct Modes of Action and Exquisite Adaptation to Their Natural Substrate

    François Thomas;Lena C E Lundqvist;Murielle Jam;Alexandra Jeudy

  • A subfamily roadmap of the evolutionarily diverse glycoside hydrolase family 16 (GH16)

    Alexander Holm Viborg;Nicolas Terrapon;Nicolas Terrapon;Vincent Lombard;Vincent Lombard;Gurvan Michel

  • A single sulfatase is required to access colonic mucin by a gut bacterium

    Ana S. Luis;Ana S. Luis;Chunsheng Jin;Gabriel Vasconcelos Pereira;Robert W. P. Glowacki

  • Matching the Diversity of Sulfated Biomolecules: Creation of a Classification Database for Sulfatases Reflecting Their Substrate Specificity.

    Tristan Barbeyron;Loraine Brillet-Guéguen;Wilfrid Carré;Cathelène Carrière

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

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

  • Crystal structure of the catalytic domain of a bacterial cellulase belonging to family 5

    Valerie Ducros;Mirjam Czjzek;Anne Belaich;Christian Gaudin

  • The Three-dimensional Structures of Two {beta}-Agarases.

    Julie Allouch;Murielle Jam;William Helbert;Tristan Barbeyron

  • Crystal structure of a monocotyledon (maize ZMGlu1) beta-glucosidase and a model of its complex with p-nitrophenyl beta-D-thioglucoside.

    Mirjam Czjzek;Muzaffer Cicek;Véronique Zamboni;Wim P. Burmeister

  • The endo-β-agarases AgaA and AgaB from the marine bacterium Zobellia galactanivorans: two paralogue enzymes with different molecular organizations and catalytic behaviours

    Murielle Jam;Didier Flament;Julie Allouch;Philippe Potin

Frequent Co-Authors

Gurvan Michel
Gurvan Michel Université Paris Cité
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Alisdair B. Boraston
Alisdair B. Boraston University of Victoria
Philippe Potin
Philippe Potin Sorbonne University
Thomas Vogt
Thomas Vogt University of South Carolina
David N. Bolam
David N. Bolam Newcastle University
Harry J. Gilbert
Harry J. Gilbert Newcastle University
Hartmut Fuess
Hartmut Fuess Technical University of Darmstadt
Yuval Shoham
Yuval Shoham Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Nathalie Juge
Nathalie Juge Norwich Research Park

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