Somayesadat Badieyan, Postdoc
BS Biotechnology, University of Tehran, Iran
PhD. Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Advisors: Profs. Mike Zhang and David Bevan Hometown: Tehran, Iran Period: March, 2012-July-2013 Honors: 2011 Phyllis G. and Reginald H. Nelson IV Tuition Scholarship 2009 Pratt Presidential Fellowship, Virginia Tech Project: In silico screening for inhibitors of flavin-dependent enzymes Publications: 1) Han, A., Robinson, R., Badieyan, S., Ellerbrock, J. Sobrado, P. (2013) Tryptophan-47 in the active site of Methylophaga sp. Strain SK1 flavin monooxygenase is important for hydride transfer. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 532. 46-53. 2) Shirey, C., Badeyan, S., Sobrado, P. (2013) Role of S257 in the sliding mechanism of NADP(H) in the reaction catalyzed by A. fumigatus flavin-dependent ornithine N5- monooxygenase SidA. J. Biol. Chem. 288:32440-8 3) Badieyan, S., Sobrado, P. (2013) Inhibition of siderophore biosynthesis by targeting A. fumigatus ornithine hydroxylase: A structure-based virtual screening study. In Microbial Pathogens and Strategies to Combat Them: Science, Technology and Education. Mendez-Vilas, A., Ed. Formatex Research Center. Badajoz, Spain. In press 4) Robinson RM, Badieyan S, Sobrado P.(2013) C4a-hydroperoxyflavin formation in N-hydroxylating flavin monooxygenases is mediated by the 2'-OH of the nicotinamide ribose of NADP+ . Biochemistry. in press |