Susanna Repo

25.4.2008
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku

Structural bioinformatics in the study of protein function and evolution

Reviewers:

Professor Reijo Lahti, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku

Dr. Pekka Lehtovuori, CSC - Scientific Computing Ltd., Espoo

Opponent:

Professor Philip E. Bourne, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA

Custos:

Professor Mark S. Johnson, Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku

Publications:

  1. Repo S, Paldanius TA, Hytonen VP, Nyholm TKM, Halling KK, Huuskonen J, Pentikainen OT, Rissanen K, Slotte JP, Airenne TT, Salminen TA, Kulomaa MS & Johnson MS. (2006) Binding properties of HABA-type azo derivatives to avidin and avidin-related protein 4. Chem Biol. 13:1029-39.
  2. Kidron H*, Repo S*, Johnson MS & Salminen TA. (2007) Functional classification of amino acid decarboxylases from the alanine racemase structural family by phylogenetic studies. Mol Biol Evol. 24:79-89.
  3. Repo S, Jyrkkärinne J, Pulkkinen JT, Laatikainen R, Honkakoski P & Johnson MS. (2008) The ligand specificity of nuclear receptor CAR as probed by induced-fit docking and mutagenesis. (submitted for publication)
* equal contribution to the work