Rochester Institute of Technology
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences
Life Sciences

Office: Gosnell 2016, Lab: A355
Phone: 585-475-4259
Email: aohsbi@rit.edu
http://www.rit.edu/science/people/andré-hudson
NIH Biosketch

My laboratory is primarily interested in amino acid metabolism. More specifically, we are interested in the aminotransferase class of enzyme. Aminotransferases or transaminases (EC 2.6.1.x) are ubiquitous enzymes that are involved in amino acid biosynthesis, vitamin metabolism, carbon and nitrogen assimilation, secondary metabolism etc. They catalyze reversible reactions by transferring an amino group from a donor to an acceptor. The amino donor is usually an amino acid and the amino acceptor is usually a 2-oxo-acid. In the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana, there are 44 annotated aminotransferases many of which are uncharacterized. Using biochemical and bio-informatical approaches, my lab is interested in elucidating the function of the remaining aminotransferase enzymes that are deemed putative from organisms such as; plants, bacteria and algae.
 
My laboratory currently collaborates with the laboratory of Dr. Gregory Babbitt and Dr. Michael Savka in GSoLS. I currently have 10 students in my research group and I have had 1 D/HOH student in the past and I do not know ASL.