Structural Biology

Research

In addition to the faculty listed below, coordinated research projects between other faculty and the structural biology faculty are common and encouraged. Active research areas include studies of vitamin-B6 and folate-requiring enzymes, rational design of hemoglobin modulators, molecular model building structure-function studies, RNA structure studies, DNA and RNA-binding proteins, protein and nucleic acid methylases, lipoprotein structure, proteinase inhibitors, retroviral proteins, new antibiotic targets.

Molecular Structures
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Pyridoxine 5'-oxidase	HIV Zn finger domain
SHMT with bound folate	SHMT tetramer surface
Plasmin-antiplasmin complex	Hemoglobin-drug complex
Antibiotic - RNA complex	Alzheimer's peptide complex