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Basic Medical Sciences
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ANDRZEJ PASTUSZYN, Ph.D.
 


                         Research Associate Professor

M.S., Physical Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Post Doctoral Fellow, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine

Office: BMSB 257
Telephone: (505) 272-4305
E-mail:
apastuszyn@salud.unm.edu


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Protein purification and sequencing
Proteolytic enzymes
Amino acid analysis
Vitamin D metabolism

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Annalora AJ, Bobrovnikov-Marjon E, Serda R, Pastuszyn A, Graham SE, Marcus CB, Omdahl JL. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. Hybrid homology modeling and mutational analysis of cytochrome P450C24A1 of Vitamin D pathway insights into substrate specificity and membrane bound structure-function. 460(2). 262-273. Jan 2007.

Bizzozero OA, DeJesus G, Callahan K, Pastuszyn A. Journal Of Neuroscience Research. Elevated protein carbonylation in the brain white matter and gray matter of patients with multiple sclerosis. 81. 687-69. Sep 2005.

Bizzozero Oscar A, Dejesus Gisela, Bixler Heather A, Pastuszyn Andrzej. Neurochemical Research. Evidence of Nitrosative Damage in the Brain White Matter of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. 30. 139-149. Jan 2005.

Liu Shihe, Lu huimei, Jiang Zeyu, Pastuszyn Andrzej, Hu Chien an A. Molecular Cancer Research. Apolipoprotein L6, a Novel proapoptotic Bcl-2 Homology 3-Only Protein, Induces Mitochondria-Mediated Apoptosis in Cancer Cells. 30. 21-31. Jan 2005.

Fee JA, Todaro TR, Luna E, Sanders D, Hunsicker-Wang LM, Patel KM, Bren KL, Gomez-Moran E, Hill MG, Ai J, Loehr TM, Oertling W, Williams PA, Stout CD, McRee D, Pastuszyn A. Biochemistry. Cytochrome rC552, Formed during Expression of the Truncated, Thermus thermophilus Cytochrome c552 Gene in the Cytoplasm of Escherichia coli, Reacts Spontaneously To Form Protein-Bound 2-Formyl-4-vinyl (Spirographis) Heme. 43(38). 12162-12176. Jul 2004.

Rat cytochrome P450C24 (CYP24A1) and the role of F249 in substrate binding and catalytic activity
Annalora, A; Bobrovnikova-Marjon, E; Serda, R; Lansing, L; Chiu, ML; Pastuszyn, A; Iyer, S; Marcus, CB; Omdahl, JL   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS; MAY 15 2004; v.425, no.2, p.133-146

Cytochrome rC(552), formed during expression of the truncated, Thermus thermophilus cytochrome c(552) gene in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli, reacts spontaneously to form protein-bound 2-formyl-4-vinyl (Spirographis) heme Fee, JA; Todaro, TR; Luna, E; Sanders, D; Hunsicker-Wang, LM; Patel, KM; Bren, KL; Gomez-Moran, E; Hill, MG; Ai, JY; et. al.   BIOCHEMISTRY; SEP 28 2004; v.43, no.38, p.12162-12176

Nutrient content of termites (Syntermes soldiers) consumed by Makiritare Amerindians of the Alto Orinoco of Venezuela  Paoletti, MG; Buscardo, E; Vanderjagt, DJ; Pastuszyn, A; Pizzoferrato, L; Huang, YS; Chuang, LT; Glew, RH; Millson, M; Cerda, H   ECOLOGY OF FOOD AND NUTRITION; MAR-APR 2003; v.42, no.2, p.177-191

Cytochrome P-450 epoxygenase products contribute to attenuated vasoconstriction after chronic hypoxia  Earley, S; Pastuszyn, A; Walker, BR   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY; JUL 2003; v.285, no.1, p.H127-H136

Nutrient content of earthworms consumed by Ye'Kuana Amerindians of the Alto Orinoco of Venezuela  Paoletti, MG; Buscardo, E; VanderJagt, DJ; Pastuszyn, A; Pizzoferrato, L; Huang, YS; Chuang, LT; Millson, M; Cerda, H; Torres, F; et. al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; FEB 7 2003; v.270, no.1512, p.249-257

Fatty acid, amino acid, and trace mineral analyses of five weaning foods from Jos, Nigeria
Fernandez, DR; Vanderjagt, DJ; Williams, M; Huang, YS; Chuang, LT; Millson, M; Andrews, R; Pastuszyn, A; Glew, RH   PLANT FOODS FOR HUMAN NUTRITION; FAL 2002; v.57, no.3-4, p.257-274