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User:Mirko Maksimainen

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Mirko Maksimainen obtained a MSc in Organic chemistry from the University of Joensuu in 2008, Currently, he is a reseacher and a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Eastern Finland. Under the supervision of prof. Juha Rouvinen, he works on β-galactosidases from families GH35 and GH42. He has determinated the crystal structure of GH35 β-galactosidase fromTrichoderma reesei [1]



  1. Maksimainen, M., Hakulinen, N., Kallio, J. M., Timoharju, T., Turunen, O., Rouvinen, J. (2010) Crystal structures of Trichoderma reesei β-galactosidase reveal conformational changes in the active site. J. Struct. Biol. in press.

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