Stefan.Janecek@savba.sk phone: ++ 421 2 5930 7420 fax: ++ 421 2 5930 7416		Institute of Molecular Biology Slovak Academy of Sciences Dubravska cesta 21 SK-84551 Bratislava Slovakia
PUBLICATIONS OF STEFAN JANECEK - 1992-1995
1.	Janecek, S. (1995) Close evolutionary relatedness among functionally distantly related members of the (a/b)8-barrel glycosyl hydrolases suggested by the similarity of their fifth conserved sequence region. FEBS Letters 377: 6-8.			[PubMed]	[PDF]
2.	Janecek, S. (1995) Tracing the evolutionary lineages among a-amylases and cyclodextrin glycosyltransferases: the question of so-called "intermediary" enzymes. Biologia, Bratislava 50: 515-522.
3.	Janecek, S. & Balaz, S. (1995) Functionally essential, invariant glutamate near the C-terminus of strand b5 in various (a/b)8-barrel enzymes as a possible indicator of their evolutionary relatedness. Protein Engineering 8: 809-813.			[PubMed]
4.	Janecek, S. (1995) Similarity of different b-strands flanked in loops by glycines and prolines from distinct (a/b)8-barrel enzymes: chance or a homology? Protein Science 4: 1239-1242.			[PubMed]	[PDF]
5.	Janecek, S., MacGregor, E. A. & Svensson, B. (1995) Characteristic differences in the primary structure allow discrimination of cyclodextrin glucanotransferases from a-amylases. Biochemical Journal 305: 685-686.			[PubMed]	[PDF]
6.	Janecek, S. (1994) Parallel b/a-barrels of a-amylase, cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase and oligo-1,6-glucosidase versus the barrel of b-amylase: evolutionary distance is a reflection of unrelated sequences. FEBS Letters 353: 119-123.			[PubMed]	[PDF]
7.	Janecek, S. (1994) Sequence similarities and evolutionary relationships of microbial, plant and animal a-amylases. European Journal of Biochemistry 224: 519-524.			[PubMed]	[PDF]
8.	Janecek, S. & Toth, D. (1994) Amino acid sequence alignment of microbial, plant and animal a-amylases: some evolutionary implications. Biologia, Bratislava 49: 301-306.
9.	Janecek, S. & Balaz, S. (1993) Evolution of parallel b/a-barrel enzyme family lightened by structural data on starch-processing enzymes. Journal of Protein Chemistry 12: 509-514.			[PubMed]
10.	Janecek, S. (1993) Does the increased hydrophobicity of interior and hydrophilicity of exterior of an enzyme structure reflect its increased thermostability? International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 15: 317-318.			[PubMed]	[PDF]
11.	Janecek, S. (1993) Strategies for obtaining stable enzymes. Process Biochemistry 28: 435-445.				[PDF]
12.	Janecek, S. (1993) Sequence similarities in (a/b)8-barrel enzymes revealed by conserved regions of a-amylase. FEBS Letters 316: 23-26.			[PubMed]	[PDF]
13.	Janecek, S. (1992) New conserved amino acid region of a-amylases in the third loop of their (b/a)8-barrel domains. Biochemical Journal 288: 1069-1070.			[PubMed]	[PDF]
14.	Janecek, S. & Balaz, S. (1992) a-Amylases and approaches leading to their enhanced stability. FEBS Letters 304: 1-3.			[PubMed]	[PDF]
15.	Janecek, S., Balaz, S., Rosenberg, M. & Stredansky, M. (1992) Chemical stabilization of Bacillus subtilis a-amylase by modification with D-glucono- d-lactone. Biotechnology Techniques 6: 173-176.