In an environment with limited resources, organisms employ a variety of offensive and defensive mechanisms to ensure their own survival and growth. Many organisms utilize ribotoxins to respond to cellular stress or to kill ...

Enzymes have been used for decades for the industrial production of high value chemicals such as food additives, antibiotics and other pharmaceutical products. However, in recent years the significant advances in biocatalyst ...

My PhD research focus has been the study of lipoic acid and biotin metabolism in several bacteria. Lipoic acid and biotin are essential enzyme cofactors found in all three domains of life. Both molecules function only when ...