Acidification by nitrogen metabolism triggers extracellular biopolymer production in an oleaginous yeastSepulveda Del Rio Hamacek, Henrique; Tingajeva, Oksana; Ostertag, Katharina; Rekena, Alina; Illarionov, Aleksandr; Jõul, Piia; Monteiro de Oliveira, Paola; de la Caridad Martin-Hernandez, Giselle; Müller, Bettina; Bonturi, Nemailla; Passoth, Volkmar; Lahtvee, Petri-Jaan; Kumar, Rahul, 1978-Applied and environmental microbiology2025 / rt. e00947-25, 23 p https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00947-25 https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.00947-25

Computational Design of Yeast-Based Cell Factories = Pärmipõhiste rakuvabrikute in silico disainRekena, Alina2026 https://www.ester.ee/record=b6029881*est https://digikogu.taltech.ee/et/Item/55dbfcb3-471c-42b0-8745-8d8b606dc1fb https://doi.org/10.23658/taltech.12/2026

The design-build-test-learn cycle for investigating lipid synthesis in oleaginous Rhodotorula toruloidesRekena, Alina; Gavrilovic, Srdjan; Lahtvee, Petri-JaanThe 7th applied synthetic biology in Europe : programme and abstracts2024 / p. 80 https://bipeek-resources-onsite-prd.s3.amazonaws.com/54015/ASBE7-Programme-and-Abstract-Book.pdf?v=1730830392

Ethylene glycol metabolism in the oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula toruloidesSenatore, Vittorio Giorgio; Rekena, Alina; Mapelli, Valeria; Lahtvee, Petri-Jaan; Branduardi, PaolaApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology2025 / art. 114 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-025-13504-3

Evaluation of enzyme-constrained genome-scale model through metabolic engineering of anaerobic co-production of 2,3-butanediol and glycerol by Saccharomyces cerevisiaeSjöberg, Gustav; Rekena, Alina; Fornstad, Matilda; Lahtvee, Petri-Jaan; Van Maris, Antionius J. A.Metabolic engineering2024 / p. 49-59 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2024.01.007 Journal metrics at Scopus Article at Scopus Journal metrics at WOS Article at WOS

Genome-scale metabolic modeling reveals metabolic trade-offs associated with lipid production in Rhodotorula toruloidesRekena, Alina; Pinheiro, Marina J.; Bonturi, Nemailla; Belouah, Isma; Tammekivi, Eliise; Herodes, Koit; Kerkhoven, Eduard J.; Lahtvee, Petri-JaanPLoS computational biology2023 / art. e1011009 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011009 Journal metrics at Scopus Article at Scopus Journal metrics at WOS Article at WOS

Metabolic regulation of acetyl-CoA and NADPH production pathways in Rhodotorula ToruloidesRekena, Alina; Gavrilovic, Srdjan; Lahtvee, Petri-JaanMetabolic Engineering 16 (ME16) : conference proceedings2025 / art. 706872 https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/me16/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/706872

Quantitative systems biology analysis of lipid-producing yeast Rhodotorula toruloides cultivationRekena, Alina; Pinheiro, Marina Julio; Pals, Kristjan; Belouah, Isma; Bonturi, Nemailla; Gavrilovic, Srdjan; Kerkhoven, Eduard Johannes; Lahtvee, Petri-JaanFEBS3+ Baltics : Biochemistry at the Fore Line : Abstract Book2025 / p. 69 FEBS3+ Abstract Book (PDF)

The role of ATP citrate lyase, phosphoketolase, and malic enzyme in oleaginous Rhodotorula toruloidesRekena, Alina; Pals, Kristjan; Gavrilovic, Srdjan; Lahtvee, Petri-JaanApplied microbiology and biotechnology2025 / art. 77 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-025-13454-w