Ze’ev Barak

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev — Israel

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Biochemical Acid Research Studies(24), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders(19), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction(14), Enzyme Structure and Function(12), Biochemical and Molecular Research(12)

Publications74 total

Examination of Prevalence and Sex-Related Variation in Gill and Gastrointestinal Tract Parasite Infestation of Clarias Species in ‘Tella’ Area of River Taraba, Nigeria
Sumerianz Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary·2024Open Access
Root-secreted nucleosides: signaling chemoattractants of rhizosphere bacteria
Frontiers in Plant Science·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Blocking an epitope of misfolded SOD1 ameliorates disease phenotype in a model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Brain·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
The Microbiome Structure of the Symbiosis between the Desert Truffle Terfezia boudieri and Its Host Plant Helianthemum sessiliflorum
Journal of Fungi·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
Exposure of β6/β7-Loop in Zn/Cu Superoxide Dismutase (SOD1) Is Coupled to Metal Loss and Is Transiently Reversible During Misfolding
ACS Chemical Neuroscience·2020· 7 cited
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Genetic Transformation of the Ect-endomycorrhizal Fungus Terfezia boudieri
Genes·2020· 7 citedOpen Access
Primate differential redoxome (PDR) – A paradigm for understanding neurodegenerative diseases
Redox Biology·2020· 5 citedOpen Access
Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase and wild-type like fALS SOD1 mutants produce cytotoxic quantities of H2O2 via cysteine-dependent redox short-circuit
Scientific Reports·2019· 46 citedOpen Access
Characterization of Morphology, Volatile Profiles, and Molecular Markers in Edible Desert Truffles from the Negev Desert
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry·2016· 26 cited
Glyoxylate Carboligase: A Unique Thiamin Diphosphate-Dependent Enzyme That Can Cycle between the 4′-Aminopyrimidinium and 1′,4′-Iminopyrimidine Tautomeric Forms in the Absence of the Conserved Glutamate
Biochemistry·2012· 20 citedOpen Access
Many of the functional differences between acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) isozyme I and other AHASs are a result of the rapid formation and breakdown of the covalent acetolactate–thiamin diphosphate adduct in AHAS I
FEBS Journal·2012· 17 citedOpen Access
Allosteric regulation in Acetohydroxyacid Synthases (AHASs) – Different structures and kinetic behavior in isozymes in the same organisms
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics·2011· 28 cited
Significant Catalytic Roles for Glu47 and Gln 110 in All Four of the C−C Bond-Making and -Breaking Steps of the Reactions of Acetohydroxyacid Synthase II
Biochemistry·2011· 22 cited
Role of the C-terminal domain of the regulatory subunit of AHAS isozyme III: Use of random mutagenesis with in vivo reconstitution (REM-ivrs)
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics·2011· 15 cited
Role of the C-terminal domain of the regulatory subunit of AHAS isozyme III: Use of random mutagenesis with in vivo reconstitution (REM-ivrs) Proteins and proteomics
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta·2011
Valine 375 and Phenylalanine 109 Confer Affinity and Specificity for Pyruvate as Donor Substrate in Acetohydroxy Acid Synthase Isozyme II from <i>Escherichia coli</i>
Biochemistry·2010· 39 cited
Interactions between Large and Small Subunits of Different Acetohydroxyacid Synthase Isozymes of <i>Escherichia coli</i>
Biochemistry·2009· 31 cited
Origin of the specificities of acetohydroxyacid synthases and glyoxylate carboligase
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic·2009· 15 cited
Allosteric Regulation of <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> Threonine Deaminase, a Biosynthetic Threonine Deaminase with a Single Regulatory Domain
Biochemistry·2008· 28 cited
A new Thraustochytrid, strain Fng1, isolated from the surface mucus of the hermatypic coral Fungia granulosa
FEMS Microbiology Ecology·2008· 49 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

David M. Chipman(33), Maria Vyazmensky(21), Kai Tittmann(9), Yair Ben‐Dov(7), Stanislav Engel(7), Ralph Golbik(6), Arieh Zaritsky(6), Alexander Kaplun(5), Inna Belenky(5), Andrea Steinmetz(5), Natan Gollop(4), Boaz Shaanan(4), Gerhard Hübner(4), Robert Manasherob(4), John V. Schloss(3), Sharon Mendel(3), Ahuva Bar-Ilan(3), Elad Binshtein(3), Sabine Epelbaum(3), Michael Vinogradov(3)