Nancy Counts Gerber

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

San Francisco State University

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Education

B.S. Physics, University of Florida, 1985

B.S. Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988

Ph.D. Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993

Postdoctoral Training

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco

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Research Interests

Our lab is interested in the mechanisms of action of metalloproteins with particular emphasis on heme proteins. General areas of study include mechanisms of enzyme regulation, control of enzyme specificity including specificity of protein-protein interactions, and the role of conformational changes in the activation of allosteric enzymes. Techniques used include UV/Vis, Fluorescence, and CD spectroscopies, as well as standard heterologous protein expression and purification techniques and cell culture techniques. We are currently studying cytochrome P-450 enzymes that are involved in pesticide and herbicide metabolism, and the nitric oxide receptor soluble guanylyl cyclase.
 

Cytochrome P-450cam

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 Current Lab Members