Mitesh Nagar

Research Area: Enzyme Structure, Function, and Catalysis Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Program Supervisor: Bearne, S. L. Lab Location: 9-J1 Tupper Email

Keywords

site-directed mutagenesis, protein purification, protein modification, enzyme kinetics, HPLC, FPLC, CD Spectroscopy

Education

B.Sc. (Microbiology) (2005)
Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India

M.Sc. (Microbiology) (2007)
Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India
Purification and Characterization of Gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase from Pseudomonas sp. C5 strain

Transferable Skills & Experience

Related Experience

Junior Research Fellow (2007-2009)
Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay, Mumbai, India
Involvement of Benzyl alcohol dehydrogenase and Benzaldehyde dehydrogenase in the detoxification of 2-methylnaphthalene in Pseudomonas sp. strain PPC and strain PPG

Intern (2006)
Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India
Short-term training: Techniques in Molecular Biology

Publications

1. Lietzan, A.D., Nagar, M., Pellmann, E.A., Bourque, J.R., Bearne, S.L., St. Maurice, M.*, (2012) Structure of mandelate racemase with bound intermediate analogues benzohydroxamate and cupferron. Biochemistry 51 (6):1160-1170 [PubMed]
2. Nagar, M., Narmandakh, A., Khalak, Y., Bearne, S.L.*, (2011) Redefining the minimal substrate tolerance of mandelate racemase. Racemization of trifluorolactate. Biochemistry 50(41):8846-8852 [PubMed]