| Selected Publications: (1) Ali, V: Prakash, K: Kulkarni, S: Ahmad, A: Madhusudanan, K. P and Bhakuni, V. (1999) 8-Anilino-1-Napthalenesulfonic Acid Induces Folding of Acid Unfolded Cytochrome c to Molten Globule State as a Result of Electrostatic Interactions. Biochemistry 38,13635-13642. [PDF] (2) Ahmad, A: Madhusudanan, K.P: and Bhakuni V. (2000) Trichloroacetic Acid and Trifluoroacetic Acid Induced Unfolding of Cytochrome c: Stabilization of a Native like Folded Intermediate. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1480, 201-210. [PDF] (3) Ahmad, A: Akhtar, M.S: and Bhakuni, V. (2001) Monovalent Cation Induced Conformational Change in Glucose Oxidase Leading to Stabilization of Enzyme. Biochemistry 40, 1945-1955. [PDF] (4) Akhtar, MS: Ahmad, A: and Bhakuni, V. (2002) Divalent cation induced changes in structural properties of the dimeric enzyme glucose oxidase: Dual effect of dimer dissociation with loss of cooperative interactionsin enzyme monomer. Biochemistry 42, 7142-7149. [PDF] (5) Akhtar, MS: Ahmad, A: and Bhakuni, V. (2002) Guanidinium chloride and urea induced unfolding of dimeric enzyme glucose oxidase. Biochemistry 41, 3819-3827. [PDF] (6) Ahmad, A: Millet, IS: Doniach, S: Uversky, VN: and Fink, AL. (2003) Partially Folded Intermediates in Insulin Fibrillation. Biochemistry 42, 11404-11416. [PDF] (7) Ahmad, A: Millet, IS: Doniach, S: Uversky, VN: and Fink, AL. (2003) Stimulation of insulin fibrillation by urea-induced intermediates. J Biol Chem 279, 14999-15013. [PDF] (8) Ahmad, A: Sargenti, C: and Fink, AL. (2004) Interaction of synuclein with heat shock proteins (Manuscript prepared). Manuscripts under preparation: (1) Ahmad A, Uversky VN and Fink AL. Comparison of contribution of Urea and GdnCl towards insulin structure modification leading to fibrillation. (2) Ahmad A and Fink AL. Characterization of an intermediate conformation on pathway to insulin fibrillation. (3) Ahmad A, Burns CS and Fink AL. Binding of Copper and its effect on the fibrillation of alpha synuclein. |