Education
Master, University of Tartu, Estonia, 2011
Current position
Doctoral student, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Éstonia
Publications
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Mardo, K., Visnapuu, T., Vija, H., Aasamets, A., Viigand, K. and Alamae, T. (2017). A Highly Active Endo-Levanase BT1760 of a Dominant Mammalian Gut Commensal Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Cleaves Not Only Various Bacterial Levans, but Also Levan of Timothy Grass. PLoS One 12(1): e0169989.
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Viigand, K., Visnapuu, T., Mardo, K., Aasamets, A. and Alamae, T. (2016). Maltase protein of Ogataea (Hansenula) polymorpha is a counterpart to the resurrected ancestor protein ancMALS of yeast maltases and isomaltases. Yeast 33(8): 415-432.
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Visnapuu, T., Mardo, K. and Alamae, T. (2015). Levansucrases of a Pseudomonas syringae pathovar as catalysts for the synthesis of potentially prebiotic oligo- and polysaccharides. N Biotechnol 32(6): 597-605.
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Mardo, K., Visnapuu, T., Gromkova, M., Aasamets, A., Viigand, K., Vija, H. and Alamae, T. (2014). High-throughput assay of levansucrase variants in search of feasible catalysts for the synthesis of fructooligosaccharides and levan. Molecules 19(6): 8434-8455.
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Mardo, K., Visnapuu, T., Vija, H., Elmi, T. and Alamae, T. (2014). Mutational analysis of conserved regions harboring catalytic triad residues of the levansucrase protein encoded by the lsc-3 gene (lsc3) of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 61(1): 11-22.
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Alvarez, Y., Esteban-Torres, M., Cortes-Cabrera, A., Gago, F., Acebron, I., Benavente, R., Mardo, K., de Las Rivas, B., Munoz, R. and Mancheno, J. M. (2014). Esterase LpEst1 from Lactobacillus plantarum: a novel and atypical member of the alphabeta hydrolase superfamily of enzymes. PLoS One 9(3): e92257.
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Mardo, K., Mardo, K., Visnapuu, T. and Alamäe, T. (2014). Comparison of catalytic properties of levansucrases Lsc2 and Lsc3 of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. In: Copikova, J. and Šarka, E. (Eds). Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Polysaccharides-Glycoscience: 10th International Conference on Polysaccharides-Glycoscience. Prague, Czech Republic, 111–113.
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Mardo, K., Mardo, K., Visnapuu, T., Gromkova, M. and Alamäe, T. (2014). Experimental verification of catalytic triad residues of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato levansucrase Lsc2. In: Copikova, J. and Šarka, E. (Eds). Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Polysaccharides-Glycoscience: 10th International Conference on Polysaccharides-Glycoscience. Prague, Czech Republic, 84–87.
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Alamäe, T., Visnapuu, T., Mardo, K., Mäe, A. Zamfir, A. D. (2012). Levansucrases of Pseudomonas bacteria: novel approaches for protein expression, assay of enzymes, fructooligosaccharides and heterooligofructans. In: Rauter, A. P. and Lindhorst, T. K. (Eds). Carbohydrate Chemistry. Cambridge, UK: Royal Soc Chemistry, 176–191.
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Mardo, K., Mäe, A., Visnapuu, T. and Alamäe, T. (2012). Different tagging modes of a levansucrase protein from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato for structure-function analysis. In: Rapkova, R., Copikova, J. and Šarka, E. (Eds). Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Polysaccharides-Glycoscience: 8th International Conference on Polysaccharides-Glycoscience. Prague, Czech Republic: Czech Chemical Society, 99–102.
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Visnapuu, T., Mardo, K., Mosoarca, C., Zamfir, A. D., Vigants, A. and Alamae, T. (2011). Levansucrases from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato and P. chlororaphis subsp. aurantiaca: substrate specificity, polymerizing properties and usage of different acceptors for fructosylation. J Biotechnol 155(3): 338-349.
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Mardo, K., Visnapuu, T. and Alamäe, T. (2010). Isolation and high-throughput screening methods of levansucrase mutants of a plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae DC3000. In: (Eds) In: Rapkova, R., Copikova, J. and Šarka, E. (Eds). Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Polysaccharides-Glycoscience: 8th International Conference on Polysaccharides-Glycoscience. Prague, Czech Republic: Czech Chemical Society, 36–39.