K V Venkatachalam
Nova Southeastern University, USA
Biography
K V Venkatachalam serves as the Professor of Biochemistry at Nova Southeastern University (NSU). While he was at National Institutes of Health (NIH) he cloned, expressed and characterized human PAPSS. He was the pioneer in the field of human PAPSS1 and the isoform PAPSS2b. He has performed site directed mutagenesis studies on the key residues of PAPSS. In order to obtain in silico knowledge on thermodynamics of PAPSS, he collaborates with Dr. Rudiger Ettrich of Czech Academy of Sciences. In 2015, he was honored to be part of the College of Sciences of Florida Atlantic University (FAU), Boca Raton, FL, as an Affiliate Research Professor. He is training numerous PhD and Medical Students on research in the areas of Halitosis/Periodontitis, Cancer and Bone diseases. In 2017, he was awarded a joint appointment with the College of Allopathic Medicine, headed by the Founding Dean Johannes Vieweg, MD, at NSU.
Abstract
Abstract : Structure/function of 3’-phosphoadenosine 5’-phosphosulfate (PAPS) synthase (PAPSS)