Rachel E. Klevit

Rachel E. Klevit is Professor of Biochemistry and an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at University of Washington. Klevit's research focuses on molecular interactions in human diseases and includes research on BRCA1, the ubiquitination system and human heat shock proteins.[1][2][3]

Education

Prof. Klevit received her Ph.D. from Oxford University.

Awards

She received the Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award in Biophysics in 1987-1988.

External references

References

  1. ↑ Christensen, DE; Brzovic, PS; Klevit, RE (October 2007). "E2-BRCA1 RING interactions dictate synthesis of mono- or specific polyubiquitin chain linkages.". Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 14 (10): 941–8. doi:10.1038/nsmb1295. PMID 17873885.
  2. ↑ Vittal, V; Wenzel, DM; Brzovic, PS; Klevit, RE (September 2013). "Biochemical and structural characterization of the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UBE2W reveals the formation of a noncovalent homodimer.". Cell biochemistry and biophysics 67 (1): 103–10. doi:10.1007/s12013-013-9633-5. PMID 23709311.
  3. ↑ Delbecq, SP; Rosenbaum, JC; Klevit, RE (21 July 2015). "A Mechanism of Subunit Recruitment in Human Small Heat Shock Protein Oligomers.". Biochemistry 54 (28): 4276–84. doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00490. PMID 26098708.


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