Title: | Senior research assistant |
Location: | 312/ZBK |
Public phone number: | +385 1 4606 234 |
Internal phone number: | 6234 |
E-mail: | |
Personal web page: | http://gruic.chem.pmf.unizg.hr/people/phd/#zivkovic |
Department: | Division of Biochemistry |
Graduation year: | 2016 |
PhD graduation year: | 2021 |
Employed in this institution since: | 2016 |
Education at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Bachelor's degree in Chemistry (2014), Master's degree in Chemistry (2016), PhD in Chemistry (2021).
Affiliation and current position: Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Research Assistant (2016 - 2022), Postdoc (2022 - ).
Teachings: General biochemistry (seminars) and Biochemistry laboratory (practicum courses).
Research interest: Reaction of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases with natural and synthetic non-cognate substrates, substrate specificity, kinetics
Memberships: Member of the Croatian Chemical Society Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
1. Živković I., Ivković K., Cvetešić N., Maršavelski A., Gruić Sovulj I., Negative catalysis by the editing domain of class I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases; Nucleic Acids Research, 50 (2022) 4029-4041. (IF = 16,971); doi:10.1093/nar/gkac207
2. Živković I., Moschner J., Koksch B., Gruić Sovulj I., Mechanism of discrimination of isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase against nonproteinogenic α-aminobutyrate and its fluorinated analogues; The FEBS Journal, 287 (2020) 800-813. (IF = 5,542); doi:10.1111/febs.15053
3. Biluš M., Šemanjski M., Močibob M., Živković I., Cvetešić N., Tawfik D., Toth-Petroczy A., Maček B., Gruić Sovulj I., On the mechanism and origin of isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase editing against norvaline, Journal of Molecular Biology, 431 (2019) 1284-1297. (IF = 5,469); doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2019.01.029
4. Dulić M., Cvetešić N., Živković I., Palencia A., Cusack S., Bertoša B., Gruić Sovulj I., Kinetic origin of substrate specificity in post-transfer editing by leucyl-tRNA synthetase, Journal of Molecular Biology, 430 (2018) 1-16. (IF = 5,469); doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2017.10.024