Structure-function studies on bacterial chitinolytic enzymes

Our projects generally deal with protein-structure function of bacterial and eukaryotic proteins. The currently running projects are the following:

  1. Stucture-function and thermal stability studies on the DNA binding protein HU from various thermophilic-hyperthermophilic and psychrophilic bacteria.
  2. Structure-function studies on cchitinolytic enzymes from mesophilic-hyperthermophilic and psychrophilic bacteria.
  3. Structure-function studies on hyperthermophilic nitrilases
  4. Structure-function studies on BRCA1 protein (a breasr cancer marker gene)
  5. Structure-function studies on the interaction between the human DNA repair factor Rad51 and the tumour suppressor protein p53.
The seminar will summarize our data from over a decade studies concerning the molecular mechanism of chitin degradation from bacteria.

Speaker: Constantinos E. Vorgias
Department of Biochemistry-Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens
Time: Monday, 17 March 2008, 13:00