Dr. Lim, Carmay
Emeritus Research Fellow
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Specialty:
- Computational Biophysics
- Computational Chemistry
- Bioinformatics
Education and Positions:
1984, Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1979, B.S. in Chemistry, Royal Holloway College, London University
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Identification of Labile Zn Sites in Drug-Target Proteins.
Dr. Lim, Carmay
J Am Chem Soc., Sep 11, 2013Labile Zn fingers (Zfs) in proteins contain Zn-bound thiolates that can react with electrophilic agents, causing Zn2+ ejection and protein unfolding. Such labile Zfs have been shown to be Cys4 or Cys3His cores whose Zn-bound Cys have no hydrogen bonds. Our aim here is to identify labile Zfs in proteins that are promising drug targets using these features.