U.S.-India Catalyzing New International Collaboration with Anna University for Computational Enzyme Design Research: Sirt1 and Sirt3

美印促进与安娜大学的计算酶设计研究新国际合作：Sirt1 和 Sirt3

• 批准号: 1157446
• 负责人: Raj Chakrabarti
• 金额: $ 3.38万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-06-01 至 2013-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1157446&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; India; Catalyzing; New; International

1157446 Chakrabarti This award will catalyze a new international research collaboration in chemical engineering between Purdue University, Indiana and Anna University, Chennai, India. Dr. Raj Chakrabarti, School of Chemical Engineering will collaborate with Dr. Krishnan Baskar, Crystal Growth Center and the Department of Chemical Engineering, Alagappa College of Technology at Anna University. The project, Computational Enzyme Design Research: Sirt1 and Sirt3, will study the evolutionary dynamics of Sirtuin enzymes vis-à-vis the binding of small molecules with the ultimate goal of treating age-related diseases such as cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. This project will involve both computer aided sequence and binding-site analysis of enzymes and experimental verification of the predicted activities of computer generated sequences and structures. The computational program will entail extensive project-specific enzyme design code development within the framework of the Chakrabarti general enzyme design protocols. Enhancement of design algorithms and experimental work will be conducted at Purdue; while the enzyme specific code development will be at Anna, which brings world-class computational code development capabilities and university-wide computational proficiency. Prof. Baskar's expertise in crystallography provides technical knowledge that is critical to the success of this project. NSF funding will enable the PI to strengthen collaborative linkages between Anna and Purdue universities. The initial visit by the PI and two advanced graduate students will allow them to define the scope of the project, discuss details with faculty and students, and delineate activities at individual levels. For at least one of the US-graduate students, the visit will provide a unique international research experience. The project brings together complementary strengths from both teams and institutions, and fosters innovation cost-effectively by mobilizing international research teams through its focus on a grand challenge problem with global implications. The findings from this exploratory study will provide the groundwork for a subsequent proposal likely to be submitted to the NSF/CBET, Bioengineering and Engineering Healthcare Program.

1157446 Chakrabarti该奖项将催化印第安纳州普渡大学和印度钦奈的安娜大学之间的新国际化学工程研究。化学工程学院的Raj Chakrabarti博士将与Anna University Alagappa技术学院的Crystal Growth Center和化学工程系Krishnan Baskar博士合作。该项目，计算酶设计研究：SIRT1和SIRT3，将研究Sirtuin酶的进化动力学，相对于小分子的结合，其结合的最终目标是治疗与年龄相关的疾病，例如癌症，糖尿病，阿尔茨海默氏症和帕克森。该项目将涉及酶的计算机辅助序列和结合位点分析，以及对计算机生成的序列和结构的预测活性的实验验证。计算程序将在Chakrabarti一般酶设计方案的框架内建立广泛的项目特定酶设计代码开发。在普渡大学将进行设计算法和实验工作的增强；虽然酶特定的代码开发将在Anna举行，但它带来了世界一流的计算代码开发能力和大学范围的计算能力。巴斯卡教授在晶体学方面的专业知识提供了对该项目成功至关重要的技术知识。 NSF资金将使PI能够加强Anna和Purdue大学之间的合作联系。 PI和两名高级研究生的初步访问将允许他们定义项目范围，与教职员工讨论详细信息，并在个人层面上划定活动。对于至少一名美国学生的学生，这次访问将提供独特的国际研究经验。 Project汇集了团队和机构的补充优势，并通过将国际研究团队的重点放在全球影响的巨大挑战问题上，通过动员国际研究团队来促进创新。这项探索性研究的发现将为可能提交NSF/CBET，生物工程和工程保健计划的后续提案提供基础。