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The enzyme Ketopantoate Reductase (KPR)

Biology Student Rishabh Jaryal Published in The Classic Journal

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The enzyme Ketopantoate Reductase (KPR)

This December, Rishabh Jaryal’s research paper “Initial trials and tribulations towards understanding site-directed mutagenesis effects on Staphylococcus aureus ketopantoate reductase” appears in The Classic, the Writing Intensive Program’s journal of undergraduate writing and research. This article reports on a mutagenesis experiment in which N97 of S. aureus KPR was mutated to glutamine to better understand the role that the amino acid plays. You can read the latest issue and find out more about The Classic online. 

The faculty and staff of the Division of Biological Sciences offer congratulations to Rishabh Jaryal and compliment him on his work. 

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