Yumin Dai, PhD, Postdoc
PhD in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech with Prof. David Kingston, 2014
Hometown: Period: January 2014-15 Project: Mechanistic studies on 2-haloacrylate hydratase Current Position: Postdoctoral Scientist at VT Chemistry with Dr. Webster Santos. Publications: 1. Mehra-Chaudhary R, Dai Y, Sobrado P, Tanner JJ. (2016) In Crystallo Capture of a Covalent Intermediate in the UDP-Galactopyranose Mutase Reaction. Biochemistry. 55:833-6. 2. Abdelwahab, H., Martin Del Campo, JS., Dai, Y., Adly, C., El-Sohaimy, S., and Sobrado, P. (2016) Mechanism of Rifampicin inactivation in Nocardia farcinica. PloS One. 11(10): e0162578. 3. 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 4. Li-Kai, L., Dai, Y., Abdelwahad, H., and Sobrado, P., Tanner, J.J. (2018) Structural evidence for rifampicin monooxygenase inactivating rifampicin by cleaving its ansa-bridge. Biochemistry. 57:2065-68. 5. Dai, Y., Valentino, H., and Sobrado, P. (2018) Evidence for Formation of a Radical-Mediated Flavin-N5 Covalent Intermediate. ChemBioChem. 54:3713-3721 |