Education

Ph.D. in Plant Physiology, K. A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, 1989
D.Sci. in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, K. A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1997

Current position

Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Intracellular Regulation, K. A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia (since 1997)

Publications (since 2005)

1. Sarsekeyeva, F., Zayadan, B. K., Usserbaeva, A., Bedbenov, V. S., Sinetova, M. A. and Los, D. A. (2015). Cyanofuels: biofuels from cyanobacteria. Reality and perspectives. Photosynth Res. (Epub ahead of print)
   
2. Cerveny, J., Sinetova, M. A., Zavrel, T. and Los, D. A. (2015). Mechanisms of High Temperature Resistance of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: An Impact of Histidine Kinase 34. Life (Basel) 5(1): 676-699.
   
3. Los, D. A. and Mironov, K. S. (2015). Modes of fatty acid desaturation in cyanobacteria: an update. Life 5(1): 554-567.
   
4. Sarsekeyeva, F. K., Usserbaeva, A. A., Zayadan, B. K., Mironov, K. S., Sidorov, R. A., Kozlova, A. Y., Kupriyanova, E. V., Sinetova, M. A. and Los, D. A. (2014). Isolation and characterization of a new cyanobacterial strain with a unique fatty acid composition. Adv Microbiol 4(15): 1033.
   
5. Mironov, K. S., Sidorov, R. A., Kreslavski, V. D., Bedbenov, V. S., Tsydendambaev, V. D. and Los, D. A. (2014). Cold-induced gene expression and omega(3) fatty acid unsaturation is controlled by red light in Synechocystis. J Photochem Photobiol B 137: 84-88.
   
6. Schmitt, F. J., Renger, G., Friedrich, T., Kreslavski, V. D., Zharmukhamedov, S. K., Los, D. A., Kuznetsov, V. V. and Allakhverdiev, S. I. (2014). Reactive oxygen species: re-evaluation of generation, monitoring and role in stress-signaling in phototrophic organisms. Biochim Biophys Acta 1837(6): 835-848.
   
7. Zorina, A., Bedbenov, V., Novikova, G., Panichkin, V. and Los, D. (2014). Involvement of serine/threonine protein kinases in the cold stress response in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: Functional characterization of SpkE protein kinase. Mol Biol 48(3): 390-398.
   
8. Karacan, M. S., Zharmukhamedov, S. K., Mamas, S., Kupriyanova, E. V., Shitov, A. V., Klimov, V. V., Ozbek, N., Ozmen, U., Gunduzalp, A., Schmitt, F. J., Karacan, N., Friedrich, T., Los, D. A., Carpentier, R. and Allakhverdiev, S. I. (2014). Screening of novel chemical compounds as possible inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase and photosynthetic activity of photosystem II. J Photochem Photobiol B 137: 156-167.
   
9. Pchelkin, V. P. and Los, D. A. (2013) Quality control criteria for liquid chromatographic separation of membrane lipids with nanoscale silver clusters. SOAJ NanoPhotoBioSciences. 1: 119-145.
   
10. Kupriyanova, E. V., Sinetova, M. A., Cho, S. M., Park, Y. I., Los, D. A. and Pronina, N. A. (2013). CO₂-concentrating mechanism in cyanobacterial photosynthesis: organization, physiological role, and evolutionary origin. Photosynth Res 117(1-3): 133-146.
    
11. Los, D. A., Mironov, K. S. and Allakhverdiev, S. I. (2013). Regulatory role of membrane fluidity in gene expression and physiological functions. Photosynth Res 116(2-3): 489-509.
    
12. Mironov, K. S., Sidorov, R. A., Trofimova, M. S., Bedbenov, V. S., Tsydendambaev, V. D., Allakhverdiev, S. I. and Los, D. A. (2012). Light-dependent cold-induced fatty acid unsaturation, changes in membrane fluidity, and alterations in gene expression in Synechocystis. Biochim Biophys Acta 1817(8): 1352-1359.
    
13. Kreslavski, V. D., Fomina, I. R., Los, D. A., Carpentier, R., Kuznetsov, V. V. and Allakhverdiev, S. I. (2012). Red and near infra-red signaling: Hypothesis and perspectives. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews 13(3): 190-203.
    
14. Karacan, M. S., Yakan, C., Yakan, M., Karacan, N., Zharmukhamedov, S. K., Shitov, A., Los, D. A., Klimov, V. V. and Allakhverdiev, S. I. (2012). Quantitative structure-activity relationship analysis of perfluoroiso-propyldinitrobenzene derivatives known as photosystem II electron transfer inhibitors. Biochim Biophys Acta 1817(8): 1229-1236.
    
15. Mironov, K. S., Maksimov, E. G., Maksimov, G. V. and Los, D. A. (2012) Feedback between fluidity of membranes and transcription of the desB gene for the 3-desaturase in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis. Mol Biol 46: 134-141.
    
16. Zorina, A., Stepanchenko, N., Novikova, G. V., Sinetova, M., Panichkin, V. B., Moshkov, I. E., Zinchenko, V. V., Shestakov, S. V., Suzuki, I., Murata, N. and Los, D. A. (2011). Eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr protein kinases SpkC/F/K are involved in phosphorylation of GroES in the Cyanobacterium synechocystis. DNA Res 18(3): 137-151.
    
17. Kupriyanova, E. V., Sinetova, M. A., Markelova, A. G., Allakhverdiev, S. I., Los, D. A. and Pronina, N. A. (2011). Extracellular beta-class carbonic anhydrase of the alkaliphilic cyanobacterium Microcoleus chthonoplastes. J Photochem Photobiol B 103(1): 78-86.
    
18. Allakhverdiev, S. I., Tsuchiya, T., Watabe, K., Kojima, A., Los, D. A., Tomo, T., Klimov, V. V. and Mimuro, M. (2011). Redox potentials of primary electron acceptor quinone molecule (Q_A)- and conserved energetics of photosystem II in cyanobacteria with chlorophyll a and chlorophyll d. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108(19): 8054-8058.
    
19. Allakhverdiev, S. I., Thavasi, V., Kreslavski, V. D., Zharmukhamedov, S. K., Klimov, V. V., Ramakrishna, S., Los, D. A., Mimuro, M., Nishihara, H. and Carpentier, R. (2010). Photosynthetic hydrogen production. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews 11(2): 101-113.
    
20. Los, D. A., Zorina, A., Sinetova, M., Kryazhov, S., Mironov, K. and Zinchenko, V. V. (2010). Stress sensors and signal transducers in cyanobacteria. Sensors (Basel) 10(3): 2386-2415.
    
21. Amiri, R. M., Yur'eva, N. O., Shimshilashvili, K. R., Goldenkova-Pavlova, I. V., Pchelkin, V. P., Kuznitsova, E. I., Tsydendambaev, V. D., Trunova, T. I., Los, D. A., Jouzani, G. S. and Nosov, A. M. (2010). Expression of acyl-lipid Delta12-desaturase gene in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and its effect on cold stress tolerance of potato. J Integr Plant Biol 52(3): 289-297
    
22. Prakash, J. S., Sinetova, M., Zorina, A., Kupriyanova, E., Suzuki, I., Murata, N. and Los, D. A. (2009). DNA supercoiling regulates the stress-inducible expression of genes in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis. Mol Biosyst 5(12): 1904-1912.
    
23. Allakhverdiev, S. I., Kreslavski, V. D., Klimov, V. V., Los, D. A., Carpentier, R. and Mohanty, P. (2008). Heat stress: an overview of molecular responses in photosynthesis. Photosynth Res 98(1-3): 541-550.
    
24. Kupriyanova, E., Villarejo, A., Markelova, A., Gerasimenko, L., Zavarzin, G., Samuelsson, G., Los, D. A. and Pronina, N. (2007). Extracellular carbonic anhydrases of the stromatolite-forming cyanobacterium Microcoleus chthonoplastes. Microbiology 153(Pt 4): 1149-1156.
    
25. Allakhverdiev, S. I., Los, D. A., Mohanty, P., Nishiyama, Y. and Murata, N. (2007). Glycinebetaine alleviates the inhibitory effect of moderate heat stress on the repair of photosystem II during photoinhibition. Biochim Biophys Acta 1767(12): 1363-1371.
    
26. Murata, N. and Los, D. A. (2006). Histidine kinase Hik33 is an important participant in cold‐signal transduction in cyanobacteria. Physiologia Plantarum 126(1): 17-27.
    
27. Panichkin, V. B., Arakawa-Kobayashi, S., Kanaseki, T., Suzuki, I., Los, D. A., Shestakov, S. V. and Murata, N. (2006). Serine/threonine protein kinase SpkA in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 is a regulator of expression of three putative pilA operons, formation of thick pili, and cell motility. J Bacteriol 188(21): 7696-7699.
    
28. Shapiguzov, A., Lyukevich, A. A., Allakhverdiev, S. I., Sergeyenko, T. V., Suzuki, I., Murata, N. and Los, D. A. (2005). Osmotic shrinkage of cells of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by water efflux via aquaporins regulates osmostress-inducible gene expression. Microbiology 151(Pt 2): 447-455.
    
29. Shoumskaya, M. A., Paithoonrangsarid, K., Kanesaki, Y., Los, D. A., Zinchenko, V. V., Tanticharoen, M., Suzuki, I. and Murata, N. (2005). Identical Hik-Rre systems are involved in perception and transduction of salt signals and hyperosmotic signals but regulate the expression of individual genes to different extents in synechocystis. J Biol Chem 280(22): 21531-21538.