Dr. Arvind M. Kayastha

Dr. Arvind M. Kayastha (B. 1August 1960); M.Sc. Biochemistry (B.H.U.), Ph.D. Enzymology (B.H.U.); Research Associate , DBT (B.H.U.); Visiting Fellow, NIH, Bethesda, MD (USA); Visiting Fellow, University of California, Riverside, CA (USA); Lecturer (since 1990); visited USA, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia for Conferences; Awarded Fogarty International Fellowship, USA (1989), FAOB (1988) and FAOBMB (1994) Travel Fellowships ; Associate, Indian Academy of Sciences, purification, characterization and enzyme mechanism and regulation viz., Phosphoenolpyruvae phosphatase from mung beans, bacterial Tryptophan synthase, Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), Urease from Pigeonpea and β-glactosidase form kidney beans etc.; Enzyme-enzyme interaction studies between GAPDH-PGK, Aldolase-GAPDH, Immobilization and biosensor studies on urease; protein folding-unfolding studies in collaboration with Molecualr Biology Unit, host-pathogen interaction studies in collaboration with Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding; heavy metal ion toxicity studies in collaboration with CAS, Botany Department. Publication; Resaerch, about 40, others, about 20, Books Reviewed; 12 Member of numerous professional societies; Hobbies ; Badminton and Indian Philately.

Some Important Publications:

  1. Malhotra, O.P. and Kayastha, A.M.; Isolation and chacterization of a phophoenolpyruvate phosphatase fromgerminating mung beans (Vigna radiata). Plant Physiol. (USA) 93 (1990) 194-200.

  2. Kayastha, A.M., Sewa, Y., Nagata, S. and Miles, E.W.; Site -directed mutagenesis of the β-subunit of the trytophan synthase form Salmonella typhimurium. Active-site role of glutamic acid 350. J.Biol. Chem. 266 (1991) 7618-7625.

  3. Brozovi'c. P.S., Kayastha, A.M., Miles, E.W. and Dunn, M.F.: Substitution of glutamic acid 109 by aspartic acid alters the substrate specificity and catalytic activity of the β-subunit of the tryptophan synthase bienzyme complex from S.typhimurium. Biochemistry 31 (1992) 1180-1190.

  4. Malhotra, O.P., Prabhakar, P., Sengupta, T., Kayastha, A.M.: Phophoglycerate kinase-glyceraldehyde-3-phopho dehydrogenase interaction ; Molecular weight studies, Eur.J. Biochem. 227 91995) 556-562.

  5. Das, N., Kayastha, A.M., and Malhotra, o.P.; Immobilization of urease from pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) pon polyacylamide gels and calcium alginate beads. Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 27 (1998) 25-29.