Sneha Sudha Komath
Professor
School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
India
Biography
2014-present Professor, School of Life Sciences, JNU 2008-2014 Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, JNU 2003-2008 Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, JNU 1999-2002 Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh 2001-2002 Research Associate, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (on leave from PU). 1998-1999 Research Associate, Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh. 1993-1998 UGC-JRF/SRF, School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad. 1991-1993 UGC-JRF, SSCU, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Research Interest
Glycobiology/ Biophysical Chemistry.
Publications
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• Victoria G.S., Yadav B., Hauhnar L., Jain P., Bhatnagar S. and Komath S.S.*. 2012. Mutual Co-Regulation Between GPI-N-acetylglucosaminyl Transferase and Ergosterol Biosynthesis in Candida albicans. Biochem. J. 443(3):619-25. (Identified by the Target Selection Group of Global Medical Discovery as a paper of particular interest for drug discovery: http://globalmedicaldiscovery.com/key-scientific-articles)
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• Ashraf M, Sreejith P., Yadav U. and Komath S. S. *. 2013 Catalysis by N-acetyl-D-glucosaminylphosphatidylinositol de-N-acetylase (PIG-L) from Entamoeba histolytica: New roles for conserved residues. J. Biol. Chem. 288:7590-7595. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.427245. Epub 2013 Jan 22.
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• Yadav B, Bhatnagar S, Ahmad MF, Jain P, Pratyusha VA, Kumar P, Komath S.S. * 2014. First step of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) biosynthesis cross-talks with ergosterol biosynthesis and Ras signaling inCandida albicans. J Biol Chem. 289(6):3365-82. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.528802. Epub 2013 Dec 19.
