Kenneth E. Hammel
Note: this person is no longer a Forest Service Research & Development employee.
Featured Publications & Products
- Kinne, Matthias; Zeisig, Christian; Ullrich, Rene; Kayser, Gernot; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Hofrichter, Martin. 2010. Stepwise oxygenations of toluene and 4-nitrotoluene by a fungal peroxygenase.
- Kapich, Alexander N.; Korneichik, Tatyana V.; Hatakka, Annele; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2010. Oxidizability of unsaturated fatty acids and of a non-phenolic lignin structure in the manganese peroxidase-dependent lipid peroxidation system.
- Wei, Dongsheng; Houtman, Carl J.; Kapich, Alexander N.; Hunt, Christopher G.; Cullen, Daniel; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2010. Laccase and its role in production of extracellular reactive oxygen species during wood decay by the brown rot basidiomycete Postia placenta.
- Kinne, Matthias; Poraj-Kobielska, Marzena; Aranda, Elisabet; Ullrich, Rene; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Scheibner, Katrin; Hofrichter, Martin. 2009. Regioselective preparation of 5-hydroxypropranolol and 4 -hydroxydiclofenac with a fungal peroxygenase.
- Kinne, Matthias; Poraj-Kobielska, Marzena; Ralph, Sally A.; Ullrich, Rene; Hofrichter, Martin; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2009. Oxidative cleavage of diverse ethers by an extracellular fungal peroxygenase.
Publications
- Houtman, Carl J.; Maligaspe, Eranda ; Hunt, Christopher G.; Fernández-Fueyo, Elena ; Martínez, Angel T.; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2018. Fungal lignin peroxidase does not produce the veratryl alcohol cation radical as a diffusible ligninolytic oxidant.
- Hall, Steven J.; Huang, Wenjuan; Hammel, Kenneth. 2017. An optical method for carbon dioxide isotopes and mole fractions in small gas samples: tracing microbial respiration from soil, litter, and lignin..
- Hunt, Christopher G.; Lacher, Steven; Hirth, Kolby; Lorenz, Linda; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2017. Exploring the hypothesis that limiting diffusion of fungal oxidants underlies decay resistance in acetylated wood.
- Houtman, Carl J.; Kitin, Peter; Houtman, Jon C. D.; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Hunt, Christopher G. 2016. Acridine Orange Indicates Early Oxidation of Wood Cell Walls by Fungi.
- Im, Chak Han; Park, Young-Hoon; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Park, Bokyung; Kwon, Soon Wook; Ryu, Hojin; Ryu, Jae-San. 2016. Construction of a genetic linkage map and analysis of quantitative trait loci associated with the agronomically important traits of Pleurotus eryngii.
- Hall, Steven J.; Silver, Whendee L.; Timokhin, Vitaliy I.; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2016. Iron addition to soil specifically stabilized lignin.
- Zhang, Jiwei; Presley, Gerald N.; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Ryu, Jae-San; Menke, Jon R.; Figueroa, Melania; Hu, Dehong; Orr, Galya; Schilling, Jonathan S. 2016. Localizing gene regulation reveals a staggered wood decay mechanism for the brown rot fungus Postia placenta.
- Linde, Dolores; Ruiz-Dueñas, Francisco J.; Fernández-Fueyo, Elena; Guallar, Victor; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Pogni, Rebecca; Martínez, Angel T. 2015. Basidiomycete DyPs: Genomic diversity, structural-functional aspects, reaction mechanism and environmental significance.
- Hall, Steven J.; Silver, Whendee L.; Timokhin, Vitaliy I.; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2015. Lignin decomposition is sustained under fluctuating redox conditions in humid tropical forest soils.
- Korripally, Premsagar; Hunt, Christopher G.; Houtman, Carl J.; Jones, Don C.; Kitin, Peter J.; Cullen, Dan; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Brakhage, A. A. 2015. Regulation of Gene Expression during the Onset of Ligninolytic Oxidation by Phanerochaete chrysosporium on Spruce Wood.
- Yelle, Daniel J.; Kapich, Alexander N.; Houtman, Carl J.; Lu, Fachuang; Timokhin, Vitaliy I.; Fort Jr., Raymond C.; Ralph, John; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2014. A Highly Diastereoselective Oxidant Contributes to Ligninolysis by the White Rot Basidiomycete Ceriporiopsis subvermispora.
- Fernández-Fueyo, Elena; Ruiz-Dueñas, Francisco J; Martinez, María Jesús; Romero, Antonio; Hammel, Kenneth E; Medrano, Francisco Javier; Martínez, Angel T. 2014. Ligninolytic peroxidase genes in the oyster mushroom genome: heterologous expression, molecular structure, catalytic and stability properties, and lignin-degrading ability.
- Korripally, Premsagar; Timokhin, Vitaliy I.; Houtman, Carl J.; Mozuch, Michael D.; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2013. Evidence from Serpula lacrymans that 2,5-Dimethoxyhydroquinone Is a Lignocellulolytic Agent of Divergent Brown Rot Basidiomycetes.
- Miki, Yuta; Pogni, Rebecca; Acebes, Sandra; Lucas, Fatima; Fernandez-Fueyo, Elena; Baratto, Maria Camilla; Fernandez, Maria I.; Rios, Vivian De Los; Ruiz-duenas, Francisco J.; Sinicropi, Adalgisa; Basosi, Riccardo; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Guallar, Victor; Martinez, Angel T. 2013. Formation of a tyrosine adduct involved in lignin degradation by Trametopsis cervina lignin peroxidase: a novel peroxidase activation mechanism.
- Hunt, Christopher G.; Houtman, Carl J.; Jones, Don C.; Kitin, Peter; Korripally, Premsagar; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2013. Spatial mapping of extracellular oxidant production by a white rot basidiomycete on wood reveals details of ligninolytic mechanism.
- Fernandez-Fueyo, Elena; Ruiz-Dueñas, Francisco J.; Ferreira, Patricia; Floudas, Dimitrios; Hibbett, David S.; Canessa, Paulo; Larrondo, Luis F.; James, Tim Y.; Seelenfreund, Daniela; Lobos, Sergio; Polanco, Rubén; Tello, Mario; Honda, Yoichi; Watanabe, Takahito; Watanabe, Takashi; Ryu, Jae San; Kubicek, Christian P.; Schmoll, Monika; Gaskell, Jill; Hammel, Kenneth E.; St. John, Franz J.; Wymelenberg, Amber Vanden; Sabat, Grzegorz; BonDurant, Sandra Splinter; Syed, Khajamohiddin; Yadav, Jagjit S.; Dodapaneni, Harshavardhan; Subramanian, Venkataramanan; Lavin, José L.; Oguiza, José A.; Perez, Gumer; Pisabarro, Antonio G.; Ramirez, Lucia; Santoyo, Francisco; Master, Emma; Coutinho, Pedro M.; Henrissat, Bernard; Lombard, Vincent; Magnuson, Jon Karl; Kües, Ursula; Hori, Chiaki; Igarashi, Kiyohiko; Samejima, Masahiro; Held, Benjamin W.; Barry, Kerrie W.; LaButti, Kurt M.; Lapidus, Alla; Lindquist, Erika A.; Lucas, Susan M.; Riley, Robert; Salamov, Asaf A.; Hoffmeister, Dirk; Schwenk, Daniel; Hadar, Yitzhak; Yarden, Oded; de Vries, Ronald P.; Wiebenga, Ad; Stenlid, Jan; Eastwood, Daniel; Grigoriev, Igor V.; Berka, Randy M.; Blanchette, Robert A.; Kersten, Phil; Martinez, Angel T.; Vicuna, Rafael; Cullen, Daniel. 2012. Comparative genomics of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium provide insight into selective ligninolysis.
- Fernandez-Fueyo, Elena; Ruiz-Duenas, Francisco J.; Miki, Yuta; Martinez, Marta Jesus; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Martinez, Angel T. 2012. Lignin-degrading Peroxidases from Genome of Selective Ligninolytic Fungus Ceriporiopsis subverispora.
- Kapich, Alexander N.; Korneichik, Tatyana V.; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Hatakka, Annele. 2011. Comparative evaluation of manganese peroxidase- and Mn(III)-initiated peroxidation of C18 unsaturated fatty acids by different methods.
- Langan, Paul; Gnankaran, S.; Rector, Kirk D.; Pawley, Norma; Fox, David T.; Cho, Dae Won; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2011. Exploring new strategies for cellulosic biofuels production.
- Yelle, Daniel J.; Wei, Dongsheng; Ralph, John; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2011. Multidimensional NMR analysis reveals truncated lignin structures in wood decayed by the brown rot basidiomycete Postia placenta.
- Kinne, Matthias; Poraj-Kobielska, Marzena; Ullrich, Rene; Nousiainen, Paula; Sipilä, Jussi; Scheibner, Katrin; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Hofrichter, Martin. 2011. Oxidative cleavage of non-phenolic β-O-4 lignin model dimers by an extracellular aromatic peroxygenase.
- Poraj-Kobielska, Marzena; Kinne, Matthias; Ullrich, René; Scheibner, Katrin; Kayser, Gernot; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Hofrichter, Martin. 2011. Preparation of human drug metabolites using fungal peroxygenases.
- Ryu, Jae San; Shary, Semarjit; Houtman, Carl J.; Panisko, Ellen A.; Korripally, Premsagar; St. John, Franz J.; Crooks, Casey; Siika-aho, Matti; Magnuson, Jon K.; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2011. Proteomic and functional analysis of the cellulase system expressed by Postia placenta during brown rot of solid wood.
- Hatakka, Annele; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2010. Fungal biodegradation of lignocelluloses.
- Martinez, Diego; Challacombe, Jean; Morgenstern, Ingo; Hibbett, David; Schmoll, Monika; Kubicek, Christian P.; Ferreira, Patricia; Ruiz-Duenas, Francisco J.; Martinez, Angel T.; Kersten, Philip J.; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Gaskell, Jill A.; Cullen, Daniel. 2009. Genome, transcriptome, and secretome analysis of wood decay fungus Postia placenta supports unique mechanisms of lignocellulose conversion.
- Ralph, John; Lu, Fachuang; Kim, Hoon; Ress, Dino; Yelle, Daniel J.; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Ralph, Sally A.; Nanayakkara, Bernadette; Wagner, Armin; Akiyama, Takuya; Schatz, Paul F.; Mansfield, Shawn D.; Terashima, Noritsugu; Boerjan, Wout; Sundberg, Bjorn; Hedenstrom, Mattias. 2009. High-resolution solution-state NMR of unfractionated plant cell walls.
- Shary, Semarjit; Kapich, Alexander N.; Panisko, Ellen A.; Magnuson, Jon K.; Cullen, Daniel; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2008. Differential expression in Phanerochaete chrysosporium of membrane- associated proteins relevant to lignin degradation.
- Yelle, Daniel J.; Ralph, John; Lu, Fachuang; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2008. Evidence for cleavage of lignin by a brown rot basidiomycete.
- Kinne, Matthias; Ullrich, Rene; Hammel, Kenneth E.; Scheibner, Katrin; Hofrichter, Martin. 2008. Regioselective preparation of (R)-2-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)propionic acid with a fungal peroxygenase.
- Hammel, Kenneth E.; Cullen, Dan. 2008. Role of fungal peroxidases in biological ligninolysis.
- Ortiz-Bermudez, Patricia; Hirth, Kolby C.; Srebotnik, Ewald; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2007. Chlorination of lignin by ubiquitous fungi has a likely role in global organochlorine production.
- Shary, Semarjit; Ralph, Sally A.; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2007. New insights into the ligninolytic capability of a wood decay ascomycete.
- Suzuki, Melissa R.; Hunt, Christopher G.; Houtman, Carl J.; Dalebroux, Zachary D.; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2006. Fungal hydroquinones contribute to brown rot of wood.
- Cohen, Roni; Suzuki, Melissa R.; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2005. Processive endoglucanase active in crystalline cellulose hydrolysis by the brown rot Basidiomycete Gloeophyllum trabeum.
- Cohen, Roni; Suzuki, Melissa R.; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2004. Differential stress-induced regulation of two quinone reductases in the brown rot Basidiomycete Gloeophyllum trabeum.
- Ortiz-Bermudez, Patricia; Srebotnik, Ewald; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2003. Chlorination and cleavage of lignin structures by fungal chloroperoxidases.
- Cohen, Roni; Jensen, Kenneth A.; Houtman, Carl J.; Hammel, Kenneth E. 2002. Significant levels of extracellular reactive oxygen species produced by brown rot basidiomycetes on cellulose.
- Kapich, Alexander N.; Jensen, Kenneth A.; Hammel, Kenneth E. 1999. Peroxyl radicals are potential agents of lignin biodegradation.
Research Highlights
Highlight | Title | Year |
![]() FPL-2015-200 | How Does Wood Decay Start? How do fungi rot wood? Using new tools, fluorescent dye attached to tiny beads, and laser confocal microscopy, Forest Service scientists were ab ... | 2015 |
![]() FPL-2010-028 | Water, Air, and Soil Forest fungi perform an essential role in recycling woody plant debris and have many potential applications in biotechnology. In 2009, a Forest ... | 2010 |