The Division for Development and Public Relations     GIL  SHOHAM,  ASSOC. PROFESSOR OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY  Status : ACTIVE Birth place : KIBBUTZ AMIAD Office Phone: 02-658-5611 Fax: 02-658-5319 E-Mail: gil2@vms.huji.ac.il U.R.L: http://chemistry.huji.ac.il/cgi-bin/chemistry/show_page.pl?L=E&Id=54   Department Faculty   INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY FACULTY OF SCIENCE Dept. Description   Academic Degree   Institution Year Ph.D. HARVARD UNIV. 1984   Academic Position   Year ASSOC. PROFESSOR 1996 SENIOR LECTURER 1989 LECTURER 1984   External Academic Positions Scientific Consultant, Tufts Univ., 1984 Postdoc. Fellow, MIT, 1984 Visiting Scientist: Harvard Univ., 1987; Roche Inst. of Mol- ecular Biology, N.J., 1989 Visiting Scholar, UCLA, 1988   Research Interests Specificity and selectivity in complexing of ions by ionopheres. Factors determining the structure and conformation of peptides. Structure-activity relationships in biologically active cyclopeptides. Three-dimensional structure of enzymes and its relevance to their biological activity. Interactions of macromolecules with small molecules and the interactions of macromolecules with macromolecules. Structure and mode of action of zinc proteases. Structure and functions of AIDS proteins. Structure and organization of photosynthetic assembly.   Selected Publications Publication Title   Year The crystal structures of the psychrophilic subtilisin S41 and 2009 The 0.93 angstrom crystal structure of sphericase: A 2003 Anhydride formation is not a valid mechanism for peptide 2003 Refined structure of bovine carboxypeptidase A at 1.25 angstrom 2003 Theoretical studies of catalysis by carboxypeptidase A: Could 2003 Mechanism of action of zinc proteinases: A MNDO/d/H study of 2002 A study of carboxypeptidase-A complexes by high resolution 1998   © All rights reserved to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem