Katharine Harris

Teaching Fellow

B.S., Chemistry, Commonwealth College at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ph.D., Chemistry, Boston College

Email:kharris1@stonehill.edu
Phone: (508) 565-1519
Office: Shields Science Center, 306

After completing my Bachelor's degree from UMass, Amherst I moved to Burlington, Vermont to join the Biochemistry Department in the College of Medicine as a research technician. After a few years I moved to Boston to begin graduate work in the Department of Chemistry at Boston College. While a graduate student, I privately tutored a number of students in high school and college-level chemistry. In my free time, I enjoy yoga, hiking, and spending time with family.

Research Interests:
Protein and enzyme science
Protein and enzyme structure and function
Enzyme kinetics and regulation
Enzyme/protein allostery
Species dependent enzyme structure

Recent Publications/Presentations:
Crystallographic snapshots of the complete catalytic cycle of the unregulated aspartate transcarbamoylase from Bacillus subtilis, Journal of Molecular Biology, 2011, 411(1), 190-200.

A New Class of Inhibitors of Fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase Based Upon the Natural Product Achyrofuran, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2010, 45(4), 1478-84.

Investigation of the C-Terminal Redox Center of High-Mr Thioredoxin Reductase by Protein Engineering and Semisynthesis, Biochemistry, 2007, 46(33), 9472-83.

Studies in Deprotection of Cysteine and Selenocysteine Side-chain Protecting Groups, Journal of Peptide Science, 2007, 13(2), 81-93.

Semisynthesis and Characterization of Mammalian Thioredoxin Reductase, Biochemistry, 2006, 45(16), 5158-70.

Recent Awards:
Journal of Peptide Science - "Best Publication Award", 2009

Courses Taught:
General Chemistry
Biochemistry
General Chemistry Lab
Organic Chemistry Lab