Chemistry and Biochemistry

Biochemistry at SDSU

Research in the Biochemistry group -- our fastest growing division in SDSU Chemistry and Biochemistry -- presently includes studies of the following.

• signal transduction (Peter van der Geer);
• transcription factors (Tom Huxford);
• protein design (John Love);
• zinc metalloproteins and peptides, marine microbial iron metabolism (Carl Carrano);
• ecto-ATPases (Aileen Knowles);
• Natural products, antibiotic conformation and mechanisms of action, carbohydrate chemistry and metabolism (Robert Metzger);
• gene expression (William Stumph).