K Ananda

 

Associate ProfessorBiological Science

Email: ananda [at] ppisr.res.in

 

 






 

Metabolites of endophytic fungi and Protein modification

 

Endophytic fungi are living in association with plants and known to produce life saving compounds as their secondary metabolites. We are isolating the endophytic fungi from medicinal plants and screen for novel inhibitors for controlling type-2 diabetes. The fungal enzyme such as laccase is widely used enzyme in industrial applications and environmental detoxification processes; we are trying to increase laccase production using irradiation as one of the optimization techniques. The other area of our interests is modification of therapeutic proteins using linker chemistry to improve the half life of a modified protein