Study of protein binding sites on the GTPase RalA and the sugar-binding protein hen egg white lysozyme.
Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Nicely, Nathan.Study of protein binding sites on the GTPase RalA and the sugar-binding protein hen egg white lysozyme.(Under the direction of Carla Mattos.)Hen egg white lysozyme and simian RalA are two very different proteins by function and category.Lysozyme is an extracellular enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the β-linkage between N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM) and N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) subunits in the peptidoglycan polymers that compose some Gram-positive bacterial cell walls.RalA is a Ras-related GTPase involved in multiple distinct signaling pathways.The structure and BIOGRAPHY Nate was born in Waynesboro, VA, at the foot of Afton Mountain in the Appalachian Mountain chain.He grew up in Verona, VA, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley.He always had a penchant for mechanics and science but only began to excel in academics late in junior high.He graduated with academic honors from Fort Defiance High School in 1991 among a class of 127.He attended the University of Virginia and began a B.S. degree with a major in Physics, but changed to a B.A. in Environmental Sciences as a junior.He completed the Environmental Sciences program within the traditional four-year framework, taking Physics as a minor.He began the Georgia Institute of Technology Geophysics Ph.D. program, but the school and the person were not a good match.He matriculated at North Carolina State University at first to supplement his transcripts with prerequisite classes for a career in Physical Therapy.Discovering a talent for chemistry and biology, he earned a B.S. in Biochemistry.He continued at NCSU in the Ph.D. program.He will soon begin
Author: Nathan I. Nicely
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2484964230