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Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty
Dr. Christopher Meyer
Professor Biochemistry
Department Chair
Phone: (657) 278-4173/3621
Lab: DBH-145
Phone: (657) 278-5294
Email: cmeyer@fullerton.edu
Teaching
CHEM 421A Biological Chemistry
CHEM 422 Biochemistry Laboratory
CHEM 472B Biotechnology Laboratory
CHEM 423A General Biochemistry
CHEM 477 Advances in Biotechnology
CHEM 505B Seminar
CHEM 540 Protein Chemistry
Education
Postdoctoral Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
Ph.D. Univeristy of California, Riverside, CA
B.Ac. California State Univeristy, Chico, CA
Research Interests
Structure/function studies of ADP Glucose pyrophosphorylase, the rate-limiting enzyme of the glycogen and starch biosynthetic pathways in bacteria and plants; elucidation of the various catalytic and allosteric sites; regulation of carbon metabolism in bacteria and plants.
January 2012
The Meyer Group presented several posters at CSU Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) 24th Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium in Santa Clara, CA. (presenters underlined; undergraduate students indicated with a U, graduate students with a G)
- Jamie Sanders (U), Amber Pentoney (U), Alisa Mendes (U), Katrina Cortina (U), Dhaval Doshi (G), Dr. Christopher Meyer. Evidence for Specific Roles of Arginines 26 and 38 in the Allosteric Regulation of ADP Glucose Pyrophosphorylase from Thermus thermophilus
- Gagandeep Bains (G), David Guzman (U), Jamie Sanders (U), Dr. Christopher Meyer, Hoomai Karzai (U). Probing the Role of Proline-288 in the Regulation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens ADPGlucose Pyrophosphorylase
- Michael Berriman (U), Tyber Cheever (U), Tu Kieu (U), Dr. Christopher Meyer. Expression and Initial Characterization of the Diverse ADPGlucose Pyrophosphorylase from Thermodesulfovibrio yellowstonii
