Dr. Karina Kizjakina, Postdoc
BS Chemistry, University of Latvia
PhD Organic Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Advisor: Prof. Reinekee Hometown: Riga, Latvia Period: February 15, 2011- May 5, 2013 Honors: 2007 Henry Hochstetter Prize-For excellence as a graduate teaching assistant Projects: UDP-galactopuranose mutase and 2-chloroacrylate hydratase Current Position: Research Scientst at Breonics, INC., Albany, NY Publications: 1) Oppenheimer, M., Valenciano, A.L., Kizjakina, K., Qi, J. Sobrado, P., (2012) Chemical Mechanism of UDP-Galactopyranose Mutase from Trypanosoma cruzi: a Potential Drug Target Against Chagas’ Disease, PLoS ONE. 7(3) e32918. 2) Qi, J., Kizjakina, K., Robinson, R., Tolani, K., Sobrado, P. (2012) A Fluorescence Polarization Binding Assay to Identify Inhibitors of Flavin-Dependent Monooxygenases. Analytical Biochemistry. 425. 80-7. 3) Kizjakina, K., Tanner, J.J., Sobrado, P. (2013). Targeting UDP-galactopyranose Mutases from Eukaryotic Human Pathogen. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 19. 2561-73. Review 4) Boechi, L., de Oliveira, C.A., da Fonseca, I., Kizjakina, K., Sobrado, P., Tanner, J.J., McCammon J.A, (2013) Substrate-dependent dynamics of UDP-Galactopyranose Mutase: implications for drug design. Protein Science. 11. 1490-501. 5) Da Fonseca, I., Kizjakina, K., Sobrado, P. (2013). UDP-galactopyranose mutases from Leishmania species that cause visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 538. 103-10. 6) Komachi, Y., Hatakeyama, S., Motomatsu, H., Futagami, T., Kizjakina, K., Sobrado, P., Ekino, K., Takegawa, K., Goto, M., Nomura, Y., Oka, T. (2013) gfsA encodes a novel galactofuranosylatransferase involved in biosynthesis of galactofuranose antigen of O-glycan in Aspergillus nidulans and A. fumigatus . Molecular Microbiology. 90. 1054-73. 7) Da Fonseca, I., Qureshi, I.A., Mhra-Chaudharay, R., Kizjakina, K., Tanner, J.J., Sobrado, P. (2014) Contributions of Unique Active Site Residues of Eukaryotic UDP-Galactopyranose Mutases to Substrate Recognition and Active Site Dynamics. Biochemistry. 53, 7794-7804. 8. Dai, Y., Kizjakina, K., Campbell, A.C., Korasick. D.A., Tanner, J.J, and Sobrado, P. (2018) Flavin-N5 Covalent Intermediate in the Non-redox Dehalogenation Reaction Catalyzed by an Atypical Flavoenzyme. ChemBioChem. 19:53-57. |