Prasanna Vasu
Senior scientist
Department of Food Safety & Analytical Quality Control Labor
Central Food Technological Research Institute
India
Biography
He is employed as senior scientist in CFTRI, prior to his appointment at CFTRI he was research assistant professor and research associate in Arkansas State University.
Research Interest
His expertise is in Protein designing in silico,molecular cloning,expression, purification and characterization of proteins, development of LC-MS/MS based analytical methods, Proteomics/nutrigenomics study of seed proteins and purification and characterization of pectic enzymes
Publications
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Vasu P, Savary BJ, Randall GC (2012) Purification and characterization of a papaya (Carica papaya L.) pectin methylesterase isolated from a commercial papain preparation. Food Chem 133: 366-372.
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Kim Y, Martin AW, Ashley LG, Gary AL, Brett JS, et al (2013) Nanostructural modification of a model homogalacturonan with a novel pectin methylesterase: Effects of pH on nanostructure, enzyme mode of action and substrate functionality. Food Hydrocoll 33: 132-141.
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Savary BT, Vasu P, Cameron RG, McCollum TG, Nunez (2013) Structural Characterization of the Thermally Tolerant Pectin Methylesterase Purified from Citrus sinensis Fruit and Its Gene Sequence. J Agri and Food Chem 61: 12711-12719.
