Gurvitz A (2010) Triclosan inhibition of mycobacterial InhA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: yeast mitochondria as a novel platform for in vivo antimycolate assays. Lett Appl Microbiol 50(4):399-405 PMID:20158608
Gurvitz A (2009) Identification of the Leishmania major proteins LmjF07.0430, LmjF07.0440, and LmjF27.2440 as components of fatty acid synthase II. J Biomed Biotechnol 2009:950864 PMID:20145708
Gurvitz A (2009) A novel circuit overrides Adr1p control during expression of Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2-trans-enoyl-ACP reductase Etr1p of mitochondrial type 2 fatty acid synthase. FEMS Microbiol Lett 301(2):241
Gurvitz A (2009) A C. elegans model for mitochondrial fatty acid synthase II: the longevity-associated gene W09H1.5/mecr-1 encodes a 2-trans-enoyl-thioester reductase. PLoS One 4(11):e7791 PMID:19924289
Gurvitz A (2009) Physiological function of mycobacterial mtFabD, an essential malonyl-CoA:AcpM transacylase of type 2 fatty acid synthase FASII, in yeast mct1Delta cells. Comp Funct Genomics 2009:836172 PMID:19859569
Gurvitz A (2009) Caenorhabditis elegans F09E10.3 encodes a putative 3-oxoacyl-thioester reductase of mitochondrial type 2 fatty acid synthase FASII that is functional in yeast. J Biomed Biotechnol 2009:235868 PMID:19746209
Gurvitz A (2009) The essential mycobacterial genes, fabG1 and fabG4, encode 3-oxoacyl-thioester reductases that are functional in yeast mitochondrial fatty acid synthase type 2. Mol Genet Genomics 282(4):407-16 PMID:19685079
Gurvitz A (2009) A novel circuit overrides Adr1p control during expression of Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2-trans-enoyl-ACP reductase Etr1p of mitochondrial type 2 fatty acid synthase. FEMS Microbiol Lett 297(2):255-60 PMID:19583790
Gurvitz A, et al. (2009) Avoiding unscheduled transcription in shared promoters: Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sum1p represses the divergent gene pair SPS18-SPS19 through a midsporulation element (MSE). FEMS Yeast Res 9(6):821-31 PMID:19583587
Gurvitz A, et al. (2009) Heterologous expression of mycobacterial proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals two physiologically functional 3-hydroxyacyl-thioester dehydratases, HtdX and HtdY, in addition to HadABC and HtdZ. J Bacteriol 191(8):2683-90 PMID:19136596
Gurvitz A, et al. (2008) Function of heterologous Mycobacterium tuberculosis InhA, a type 2 fatty acid synthase enzyme involved in extending C20 fatty acids to C60-to-C90 mycolic acids, during de novo lipoic acid synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Appl Environ Microbiol 74(16):5078-85 PMID:18552191
Gurvitz A, et al. (2008) Identification of a novel mycobacterial 3-hydroxyacyl-thioester dehydratase, HtdZ (Rv0130), by functional complementation in yeast. J Bacteriol 190(11):4088-90 PMID:18375556
Gurvitz A and Rottensteiner H (2006) The biochemistry of oleate induction: transcriptional upregulation and peroxisome proliferation. Biochim Biophys Acta 1763(12):1392-402 PMID:16949166
Hiltunen JK, et al. (2003) The biochemistry of peroxisomal beta-oxidation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Microbiol Rev 27(1):35-64 PMID:12697341
Torkko JM, et al. (2003) Candida tropicalis expresses two mitochondrial 2-enoyl thioester reductases that are able to form both homodimers and heterodimers. J Biol Chem 278(42):41213-20 PMID:12890667
Gurvitz A, et al. (2002) Preliminary characterisation of DML1, an essential Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene related to misato of Drosophila melanogaster. FEMS Yeast Res 2(2):123-35 PMID:12702300
Kunze M, et al. (2002) Targeting of malate synthase 1 to the peroxisomes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells depends on growth on oleic acid medium. Eur J Biochem 269(3):915-22 PMID:11846793
Rottensteiner H, et al. (2002) The peroxisomal transporter gene ANT1 is regulated by a deviant oleate response element (ORE): characterization of the signal for fatty acid induction. Biochem J 365(Pt 1):109-17 PMID:12071844
Gurvitz A, et al. (2001) Degradation of conjugated linoleic acid isomers in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochim Biophys Acta 1533(2):81-5 PMID:11566445
Gurvitz A, et al. (2001) Saccharomyces cerevisiae Adr1p governs fatty acid beta-oxidation and peroxisome proliferation by regulating POX1 and PEX11. J Biol Chem 276(34):31825-30 PMID:11431484
Gurvitz A, et al. (2001) The tetratricopeptide repeat domains of human, tobacco, and nematode PEX5 proteins are functionally interchangeable with the analogous native domain for peroxisomal import of PTS1-terminated proteins in yeast. Mol Genet Genomics 265(2):276-86 PMID:11361338
Gurvitz A, et al. (2001) Peroxisomal degradation of trans-unsaturated fatty acids in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 276(2):895-903 PMID:11032827
Gurvitz A, et al. (2000) Adr1p-dependent regulation of the oleic acid-inducible yeast gene SPS19 encoding the peroxisomal beta-oxidation auxiliary enzyme 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase. Mol Cell Biol Res Commun 4(2):81-9 PMID:11170837
Gurvitz A, et al. (2000) Predicting the function and subcellular location of Caenorhabditis elegans proteins similar to Saccharomyces cerevisiae beta-oxidation enzymes. Yeast 17(3):188-200 PMID:11025529
Gurvitz A, et al. (1999) Function of human mitochondrial 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase and rat monofunctional Delta3-Delta2-enoyl-CoA isomerase in beta-oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids. Biochem J 344 Pt 3(Pt 3):903-14 PMID:10585880
Gurvitz A, et al. (1999) Alternatives to the isomerase-dependent pathway for the beta-oxidation of oleic acid are dispensable in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Identification of YOR180c/DCI1 encoding peroxisomal delta(3,5)-delta(2,4)-dienoyl-CoA isomerase. J Biol Chem 274(35):24514-21 PMID:10455114
Gurvitz A, et al. (1999) A novel element in the promoter of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene SPS19 enhances ORE-dependent up-regulation in oleic acid and is essential for de-repression. Mol Gen Genet 262(3):481-92 PMID:10589836
Gurvitz A, et al. (1998) Fate and role of peroxisomes during the life cycle of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: inheritance of peroxisomes during meiosis. Histochem Cell Biol 110(1):15-26 PMID:9681685
Gurvitz A, et al. (1998) Peroxisomal Delta3-cis-Delta2-trans-enoyl-CoA isomerase encoded by ECI1 is required for growth of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae on unsaturated fatty acids. J Biol Chem 273(47):31366-74 PMID:9813046
Gurvitz A, et al. (1997) Regulation of the yeast SPS19 gene encoding peroxisomal 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase by the transcription factors Pip2p and Oaf1p: beta-oxidation is dispensable for Saccharomyces cerevisiae sporulation in acetate medium. Mol Microbiol 26(4):675-85 PMID:9427398
Gurvitz A, et al. (1997) The Saccharomyces cerevisiae peroxisomal 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase is encoded by the oleate-inducible gene SPS19. J Biol Chem 272(35):22140-7 PMID:9268358
Gurvitz A, et al. (1993) Use of reporter genes for the isolation and characterisation of different classes of sporulation mutants in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Genet 24(5):451-4 PMID:8299162