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What's up?! @Whytamin lab
Latest publication: Aniket, Shashank and Amrita's work ''Synthesis of 5,6-substituted benzimidazoles and their evaluation as potential intermediates in the anaerobic vitamin B12 biosynthesis pathway'' is published in Chemical Communications. Congratulations Aniket, Shashank and Amrita!​ ​ ​ Whytamin lab at SABIC 2024 ​ Aniket delivered a talk on "How vitamin B12 and other cobamide cofactors are made: Mechanistic exploration to understand diversity "
We explore the chemical space in biology using vitamins.
Vitamin biosynthesis as a tool to
understand the chemistry of
microbial world
Our lab focuses on exploring the vast chemical
space that exists within biological systems,
especially in the microbial world, using the
tools of mechanistic enzymology, analytical
chemistry, and genetics.
​ Microbes have evolved over billions of years
to thrive in varied environmental niches that
is facilitated by a staggering range of diverse
metabolic reactions and the production of a rich
repertoire of biomolecules. Hazra lab wishes
to investigate the genetic pathways and
molecular and enzymatic mechanisms involved
in the metabolism and the cross-talk within
microbial systems.