Emmanuel Atta-Asafo-Adjei, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Department of Medical and Professional Education
Department of Biomedical Sciences
615-327-6578
1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Boulevard
WBS – 2013
Nashville, TN 37208
eadjei@mmc.edu
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| Professional Education |
1987 Ph.D., Purdue University, Biological Science
1987-90
Postdoc. Res. Fellow , Univ. of Pennsylvania, Molecular Biology
1990-95 Postdoc. Res. Fellow, Natl. Inst. of Environ. Health Sci., RTP, NC; Mol. Pharmacology |
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| Research Interests |
Dr. Atta currently leads the first year Molecular and Cellular Biology courses for first year medical students, for which he frequently is acknowledged by student-fonformed teaching awards, and is especially gifted in the teaching of cellular biochemistry. Dr. Atta-Asafo-Adjei’s past research focused on the catalytic mechanisms of the mammalian flavin-containing monooxygenases, a family of drug-xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes found in virtually all mammalian tissues and his use of molecular tools informs his current teaching. |
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| Selected Publications |
Fisher MB, Lawton MP, Atta-Asafo-Adjei E, Philpot RM, Rettie AE. Selectivity of flavin-containing monooxygenase 5 for the (S)-sulfoxidation of short-chain aralkyl sulfides. Drug Metab Dispos. 1995 23:1431-3.
Overby LH, Buckpitt AR, Lawton MP, Atta-Asafo-Adjei E, Schulze J, Philpot RM. Characterization of flavin-containing monooxygenase 5 (FMO5) cloned from human and guinea pig: evidence that the unique catalytic properties of FMO5 are not confined to the rabbit ortholog. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1995;317:275-84.
Atta-Asafo-Adjei E, Lawton MP, Philpot RM. Cloning, sequencing, distribution, and expression in Escherichia coli of flavin-containing monooxygenase 1C1. Evidence for a third gene subfamily in rabbits. J Biol Chem. 1993;268:9681-9.
Davidson E, Ohnishi T, Atta-Asafo-Adjei E, Daldal F. Potential ligands to the [2Fe-2S] Rieske cluster of the cytochrome bc1 complex of Rhodobacter capsulatus probed by site-directed mutagenesis. Biochemistry. 1992;31:3342-51. |
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