Shara Compton
Biography
Ph.D., University of California-Davis
Current Research
My research interests are in the area of enzyme reaction mechanisms and structure-function relationships. I am interested in examining the catalytic activities for functionally uncharacterized enzymes whose 3D structure has already been determined.
Representative Publications
Chan-Huot, M., Dos, A., Zander, R., Sharif, S., Tolstoy, P., Compton, S., Fogle, E., Toney, M., Shenderovich, I., Denisov, G., & Limbach, H.H. (2013). NMR studies of protonation and hydrogen bond states of internal aldimines of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate acid-base in Alanine Racemase, Aspartate Aminotransferase, and Poly-L-Lysine. Journal of American Chemical Society, 135(48), 18160 –18175.
