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A two-phase protocol for ambient hydrogen production using Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Tamar Elman and Iftach Yacoby 

STAR protocols, (2022):3:101640

 

Advances and challenges in photosynthetic hydrogen production 

Kevin E. Redding, Jens Appel, Marko Boehm, Marc M. Nowaczyk, Iftach Yacoby and Kirstin Gutekuns

Published on May 2022

Trends in Biotechnology

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ENHANCED CHLOROPLAST-MITOCHONDRIA CROSSTALK PROMOTES AMBIENT ALGAL-H2 PRODUCTION

Tamar Elman,  Thi Thu Hoai Ho, Yuval Milrad, Michael Hippler and Iftach Yacoby 

Cell Reports Physical Science, (2022): 3(4): 100828

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Photosystem I light-harvesting proteins regulate photosynthetic electron transfer and hydrogen production.   

Thi Thu Hoai Ho, Chris Schwier, Tamar Elman, Vera Fleuter, Karen Zinzius, Martin Scholz, Iftach Yacoby, Felix E Buchert, Michael Hippler *

Published on Dec 2021

Plant Physiology

*Corresponding author

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Use of plant chloroplast RNA-binding proteins as orthogonal activators of chloroplast transgenes in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Noam Shahar, Tamar Elman, Rosalind Williams-Carrier, Oren Ben-Zvi, Iftach Yacoby *,
Alice Barkan*

Published on Oct 2021

Algal Reaserch

*Corresponding authors

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Phylloquinone is the principal Mehler reaction site within photosystem I in high light

Marina Kozuleva, Anastasia Petrova, Yuval Milrad, Alexey Semenov, Boris Ivanov, Kevin E Redding, Iftach Yacoby *

Published on May 2021

Plant Physiology

*Corresponding author

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Protection of Oxygen-Sensitive Enzymes by Peptide Hydrogel

Oren Ben-Zvi, Itzhak Grinberg, Asuka A Orr, Dror Noy, Phanourios Tamamis, Iftach Yacoby*, Lihi Adler-Abramovich*

Published on April 2021

ACS Nano

*Corresponding authors  

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Bi-directional electron transfer between H2 and NADPH mitigates light fluctuation responses in green algae

Yuval Milrad, Shira Schweitzer, Yael Feldman, Iftach Yacoby*

Published on February 2021

Plant Plant Physiology

*Corresponding author  

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Engineered clostridial [FeFe]-hydrogenase shows improved O2 tolerance in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Tamar Elman, Shira Schweitzer,  Noam Shahar, James Schwartz and Iftach Yacoby* 

Published on Aug 2020

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

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Rewiring photosynthesis: a Photosystem I-hydrogenase chimera that makes H2 in vivo

Andrey Kanygin,   Yuval Milrad,   Chandrasekhar Thummala,   Kiera T. Reifschneider,   Patricia Baker,   Pini Marcu,   Iftach Yacoby*  and  Kevin E Redding*

Published on Apr 2020

Energy and Environmental Science

*Corresponding authors  

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The Integration of Multiple Nuclear- Encoded Transgenes in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Results in Higher Transcription Levels

Noam Shahar, Shira Landman, Iddo Weiner, Tamar Elman, Eyal Dafni, Yael Feldman, Tamir Tuller* and Iftach Yacoby*

Published on Feb 2020

Frontiers in Plant Sciences

*Corresponding authors  

 

CSO – A sequence optimization software for engineering chloroplast expression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Iddo Weiner, Yael Feldman, Noam Shahar, Iftach Yacoby* and Tamir Tuller*

Published on Dec 2019

Algal Research

*Corresponding authors  

 

Re-routing photosynthetic energy for continuous hydrogen production in vivo

Oren Ben-Zvi, Eyal Dafni, Yael Feldman, and Iftach Yacoby*

Published on November 2019

Biotechnology for Biofuels

*Corresponding author

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Solving the riddle of the evolution of Shine-Dalgarno based translation in chloroplasts

Iddo Weiner, Noam Shahar, Pini Marco, Iftach Yacoby* and Tamir Tuller*

Published on September 2019

Molecular Biology and Evolution

*Corresponding authors  

 

Binding of ferredoxin NADP+ oxidoreductase (FNR) to plant photosystem I

Pini Marco, Tamar Elman, and Iftach Yacoby*

Published on July 2019

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta

 

Paradigm Shift in Algal H2 Production: Bypassing Competitive Processes

Szilvia Z.Tóth* and Iftach Yacoby*

Published on June 2019

Trends in Biotechnology

*Corresponding authors  

 

Prediction and large-scale analysis of primary operons in plastids reveals unique genetic features in the evolution of chloroplasts

Noam Shahar, Iddo Weiner, Lior Stotsky, Tamir Tuller*, Iftach Yacoby*

Published on March 2019

Nucleic Acids Research

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ChimeraUGEM: unsupervised gene expression modeling in any given organism

Alon Diament, Iddo Weiner, Noam Shahar, Shira Landman, Yael Feldman, Shimshi Atar, Meital Avitan, Shira Schweitzer, Iftach Yacoby*, Tamir Tuller*

Published on February 2019

Bioinformatics

*Correspondence authors

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Image processing software for high throughput quantification of colony luminescence

Eyal Dafni, Iddo Weiner, Noam Shahar, Tamir Tuller*, Iftach Yacoby*

Published on January 2019

mSphere

*Correspondence authors

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Overcoming the expression barrier of the ferredoxin‑hydrogenase chimera in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii supports a linear increment in photosynthetic hydrogen output

Iddo Weiner, Noam Shahar, Yael Feldman, Shira Landman, Yuval Milrad, Oren Ben-Zvi, Meital Avitan, Eyal Dafni, Shira Schweitzer, Haviva Eilenberg, Shimshi Atar, Alon Diament, Tamir Tuller*, Iftach Yacoby*

Published on July 2018

Algal Research

*Correspondence authors

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Green algal hydrogenase activity is outcompeted by carbon fixation before inactivation by oxygen takes place

Yuval Milrad, Shira Schweitzer, Yael Feldman, Iftach Yacoby*

Published on May 2018

Plant Physiology

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Binding of ferredoxin to algal photosystem I involves a single binding site and is composed of two thermodynamically distinct events

Pini Marco, Marina Kozuleva, Haviva Eilenberg, Yuval Mazor, Peter Gimeson, Andrey Kanygin, Kevin Redding, Iddo Weiner and Iftach Yacoby*

Published on April 2018

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta

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Enhancing Heterologous Expression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by Transcript Sequence Optimization

Iddo Weiner, Shimshi Atar, Shira Schweitzer, Haviva Eilenberg, Yael Feldman, Meital Avitan, Mor Blau, Avihai Danon, Tamir Tuller*, and Iftach Yacoby*

Published on April 2018

The Plant Journal

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A myovirus encoding both photosystem I and II proteins enhances cyclic electron flow in infected Prochlorococcus cells

​Svetlana Fridman, José Flores-Uribe, Shirley Larom, Onit Alalouf, Oded Liran, Iftach Yacoby, Faris Salama, Benjamin Bailleul, Fabrice Rappaport, Tamar Ziv, Itai Sharon, Francisco M. Cornejo-Castillo, Alon Philosof, Christopher L. Dupont, Pablo Sánchez, Silvia G. Acinas, Forest L. Rohwer, Debbie Lindell & Oded Béjà

Published on October 2017

Nature Microbiology 

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The dual effect of a ferredoxin-hydrogenase fusion protein in vivo: successful divergence of the photosynthetic electron flux towards hydrogen production and elevated oxygen tolerance

Eilenberg H, Weiner I, Ben-Zvi O, Pundak C, Marmari A, Liran O, Wecker SM Milrad Y, and Yacoby I*

Published on August 2016

Biotechnology for Biofuels

*Correspondence author

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Microoxic niches within the thylakoid stroma of air-grown C. reinhardtii protect [FeFe]-hydrogenase

Liran O, Semyatich R, Milrad Y, Eilenberg H, weiner I and Yacoby I*

Published on September 2016

Plant Physiology

*Correspondence author

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The In-vitro enhancement of FeFe Hydrogenase activity By Superoxide Dismutase

Ben-Zvi O and Yacoby I* 

Published on October 2016

International Journal of  Hydrogen Energy

*Correspondence author

 

Optimized Expression and Purification for High-Activity Preparations of Algal [FeFe]-Hydrogenase

Yacoby I*, Tegler L, Pochkailov S, Zhang S*, King P*.  
Published on April 2012

PLoS1 
*Correspondence authors

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Photosynthetic electron partitioning between [FeFe]-hydrogenase and ferredoxin: NADP+-oxidoreductase (FNR) enzymes in vitro

Yacoby I*, Pochekailov S, Toporik H, Ghirardi ML, King PW*, Zhang S*. 
Published on May 2011

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 

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