Biography

Dr. David R. Bevan

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Associate Professor


Email: [email protected]


Qualifications

1978 Ph.D., Chemistry, Northwestern University, USA

1975 M.S., Chemistry, Northwestern University, USA
1970 B.S., Chemistry, Marietta College, USA


Publications (Selected)

  1. Allen, W. J., Lemkul, J. A., and Bevan, D. R. (2009) GridMAT-MD: A Grid-based Membrane Analysis Tool for use with Molecular Dynamics. J. Comput. Chem. 30: 1952-1958.
  2. Pathange, L. P., Bevan, D. R., and Zhang, C. (2009) Effects of Protein Microstructure on the Retention time of T4 Lysozyme variants in Cation Exchange Chromatography. Anal. Chem. 81: 649-655.
  3. Kittur, F., Yu, H. Y., Bevan, D. R., and Esen, A. (2009) Homolog of Maize _-Glucosidase Aggregating Factor from Sorghum is a Jacalin-related GalNAc-specific Lectin but Lacks Protein Aggregating Activity. Glycobiology 19: 277-287.
  4. Yu, H. Y., Kittur, F. S., Bevan, D. R., and Esen, A. (2009) Lysine-81 and Threonine-82 on Maize _-Glucosidase Isozyme Glu1 Are the Key Amino Acids Involved in _-Glucosidase Aggregating Factor Binding. Biochemistry 48: 2924-2932.
  5. Liu, W., Hong, J., Bevan, D. R., and Zhang, Y.-H. P. (2009) Fast Identification of Thermostable beta-Glucosidase Mutants on Cellobiose by a Novel Combinatorial Selection/Screening Approach. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 103: 1087-1094.
  6. Lemkul, J. A. and Bevan, D. R. (2009) Perturbation of Membranes by the Amyloid_-Peptide — A Molecular Dynamics Study. FEBS J. 276: 3060-3075. Also selected for publication in FEBS Journal Virtual Issue on Protein Misfolding, Prions, and Amyloid, January 2010.
  7. Gantulga, D., Ahn, Y. O., Zhou, C., Battogtokh, D., Bevan, D. R. Winkel, B.S.J., and Esen, A. (2009) Comparative Characterization of the Arabidopsis Subfamily a1 _-Galactosidases. Phytochemistry 70: 1999-2009.
  8. Liu, W., Bevan, D.R., and Zhang, Y.-H. P. (2009) The Family 1 Glycoside Hydrolase from Clostridium cellulolyticum H10 is a Cellodextrin Glucohydrolase. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 161: 1-8.
  9. Yu, H. Y., Kittur, F. S., Bevan, D. R., and Esen, A. (2009) Determination of_-Glucosidase Aggregating Factor (BGAF) Binding and Polymerization Regions on the Maize _-Glucosidase Isozyme Glu1. Phytochemistry 70: 1355-1365.
  10. Lewis, S. N., Bassaganya-Riera, J., and Bevan, D. R. (2010) Virtual Screening as a Technique for PPAR Modulator Discovery. PPAR Research 10pp. doi:10.1155/2010/861238.
  11. Ahn, Y. O., Shimizu, B.-i., Sakata, K., Gantulga, D., Zhou, Z., Bevan, D. R., and Esen, A. (2010) Scolpolin-hydrolyzing beta-Glucosidases in Roots of Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol. 51: 132-143.
  12. Lemkul, J. A. and Bevan, D. R. (2010) Assessing the Stability of Alzheimer’s Amyloid Protofibrils Using Molecular Dynamics. J. Phys. Chem. B 114: 1652-1660.
  13. Lemkul, J. A. and Bevan, D. R. (2010) Destabilizing Alzheimer’s A_42 Protofibrils with Morin: Mechanistic Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Biochemistry 49: 3935-3946.
  14. Kittur, F. S., Yu, H. Y., Bevan, D. R., and Esen, A. (2010) Deletion of the N-terminal Dirigent Domain in Maize _-Glucosidase Aggregating Factor and its Homolog Sorghum Lectin Dramatically Alters the Sugar-specificities of Their Lectin Domains. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 48: 731-734.
  15. Allen, W. J., Capelluto, D. G. S., Finkielstein, C. V., and Bevan, D. R. (2010) Modeling the Relationship between the p53 C-terminal Domain and its Binding Partners Using Molecular Dynamics. J. Phys. Chem. B 141: 13201-13213.
  16. Lee, S., Badieyan, S., Bevan, D.R., Herde, M., Gatz, C., and Tholl, D. (2010) Herbivore-induced and Floral Homoterpene Volatiles are Biosynthesized by a Single CytP450 Enzyme (CYP82G1) in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107: 21205-21210.
  17. Mehere, P., Han, Q., Lemkul, J. A., Robinson, H., Bevan, D. R., and Li, J. (2010) Tyrosine Aminotransferase: Biochemical and Structural Properties and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Protein & Cell 1: 1023-1032.
  18. Lemkul, J. A., Allen, W. J., and Bevan, D. R. (2010) Practical Considerations for Building GROMOSCompatible Small Molecule Topologies. J. Chem. Inf. Model. 50: 2221-2235.
  19. Bassaganya-Riera, J., Guri, A. J., Lu, P., Climent, M., Carbo, A., Sobral, B. W., Horne, W. T., Lewis, S. N., Bevan, D. R., and Hontecillas, R. (2011) Abscisic Acid Regulates Inflammation via Ligand Binding Domain-Independent Activation of PPAR. J. Biol. Chem. 286: 2504-2516.
  20. Lu, P., Bevan, D. R., Lewis, S. N., Hontecillas, R., and Bassaganya-Riera, J. (2011) Molecular Modeling of Lanthionine Synthetase Component C-like Protein 2: A Potential Target for the Discovery of Novel Type 2 Diabetes Prophylactics and Therapeutics. J. Mol. Model. 17: 543-553.
  21. Lemkul, J. A. and Bevan, D. R. (2011) Characterization of Interactions between PilA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain K and a Model Membrane. J. Phys. Chem. B 115: 8004-8008.
  22. Lemkul, J. A. and Bevan, D. R. (2011) Lipid Composition Influences the Release of Alzheimer’s Amyloid_-Peptide from Membranes. Protein Sci. 20: 1530-1545.
  23. Allen, W. J. and Bevan, D. R. (2011) Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations Reveal Important Mechanisms in Reversible Monoamine Oxidase B Inhibition. Biochemistry 50: 6441-6454.
  24. Lewis, S. N., Brannan, L., Guri, A. J., Lu, P., Hontecillas, R., Bassaganya-Riera, J., and Bevan, D. R. (2011) Dietary_-Eleostearic Acid Ameliorates Experimental Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Mice by Activating Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-. PLoS One 6: e24031.
  25. Badieyan, S., Bevan, D. R., and Zhang, C. (2012) Study and Design of Stability in GH5 Cellulases. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 109: 31-44.


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