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Overview

Ah-Lim Tsai is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States and has a research focus within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly output includes significant contributions across several specialized subfields such as Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cancer Research, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Tsai's research topics cover diverse areas, including:

  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Their recent publications demonstrate involvement in both biochemical processes and materials science. Selected papers include:

  • "Titanium oxide improves boron nitride photocatalytic degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid," 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Structure and Mechanism of a Unique Diiron Center in Mammalian Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase," 2020, Journal of Molecular Biology
  • "Discerning the Relevance of Superoxide in PFOA Degradation," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • "The Chemical Basis of Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Cell Toxicity With Contributions From Eryptosis and Ferroptosis," 2020, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • "Oxidized Activated Charcoal Nanoparticles as Catalytic Superoxide Dismutase Mimetics: Evidence for Direct Participation of an Intrinsic Radical," 2020, ACS Applied Nano Materials

Frequent collaborators appearing in multiple publications with Tsai include:

  • Gang Wu
  • Jiemin Shen
  • Ming Zhou
  • Peter Nordlander
  • Naomi J. Halas

Tsai has published repeatedly in the following venues, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches that bridge biology and materials science:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Nano Letters
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Best Publications

  • Superoxide generation from endothelial nitric-oxide synthase. A Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent and tetrahydrobiopterin regulatory process

    Yong Xia;Ah-Lim Tsai;Vladimir Berka;Jay L. Zweier

  • No scavenging and the hypertensive effect of hemoglobin-based blood substitutes.

    John S. Olson;Erin W. Foley;Corina Rogge;Ah Lim Tsai

  • Evidence for the Pathophysiological Role of Endogenous Methylarginines in Regulation of Endothelial NO Production and Vascular Function

    Arturo J. Cardounel;Hongmei Cui;Alexandre Samouilov;Wesley Johnson

  • Femtomolar Sensitivity of a NO Sensor from Clostridium botulinum

    Pierre Nioche;Vladimir Berka;Julia Vipond;Nigel Minton

  • Highly efficient conversion of superoxide to oxygen using hydrophilic carbon clusters

    Errol L G Samuel;Daniela C. Marcano;Vladimir Berka;Brittany R. Bitner

  • The cyclooxygenase reaction mechanism

    Wilfred Adrianus van der Donk;Ah Lim Tsai;Richard J. Kulmacz

  • Aspirin inhibits interleukin 1-induced prostaglandin H synthase expression in cultured endothelial cells.

    Kenneth K. Wu;Radhika Sanduja;Ah-Lim Tsai;Burhan Ferhanoglu

  • Interaction between nitric oxide and prostaglandin H synthase.

    Ah-Lim Tsai;C. H. Wei;Richard J Kulmacz

  • Spectroscopic Evidence for Reaction of Prostaglandin H Synthase-1 Tyrosyl Radical with Arachidonic Acid

    Ah-lim Tsai;Richard J. Kulmacz;Graham Palmer

  • Analysis of hydroperoxide-induced tyrosyl radicals and lipoxygenase activity in aspirin-treated human prostaglandin H synthase-2.

    Guishan Xiao;Ah Lim Tsai;Graham Palmer;William C. Boyar

  • Tyrosyl radicals and their role in hydroperoxide-dependent activation and inactivation of prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase.

    William L. Smith;Thomas E. Eling;Richard J. Kulmacz;Lawrence J. Marnett

  • Cysteine 184 of endothelial nitric oxide synthase is involved in heme coordination and catalytic activity

    Pei Feng Chen;Ah-Lim Tsai;Kenneth K. Wu

  • Elevated sphingosine-1-phosphate promotes sickling and sickle cell disease progression

    Yujin Zhang;Vladimir Berka;Anren Song;Kaiqi Sun

  • Prostaglandin H synthase: resolved and unresolved mechanistic issues.

    Ah-Lim Tsai;Richard J. Kulmacz

  • Prostaglandin H synthase: spectroscopic studies of the interaction with hydroperoxides and with indomethacin.

    Richard J. Kulmacz;Yong Ren;Ah Lim Tsai;Graham Palmer

  • Characterization of the tyrosyl radicals in ovine prostaglandin H synthase-1 by isotope replacement and site-directed mutagenesis.

    Ah-Lim Tsai;Linda C. Hsi;Richard J Kulmacz;Graham Palmer

  • Revisiting the intersection of amyloid, pathologically modified tau and iron in Alzheimer's disease from a ferroptosis perspective.

    Paul J. Derry;Muralidhar L. Hegde;George R. Jackson;Rakez Kayed

  • Ligand selectivity of soluble guanylyl cyclase: effect of the hydrogen-bonding tyrosine in the distal heme pocket on binding of oxygen, nitric oxide, and carbon monoxide.

    Emil Martin;Vladimir Berka;Elena Bogatenkova;Ferid Murad

  • Cysteine 99 of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS-III) is critical for tetrahydrobiopterin-dependent NOS-III stability and activity.

    Pei-Feng Chen;Ah-Lim Tsai;K. K. Wu

  • Comparison of the properties of prostaglandin H synthase-1 and -2.

    Richard J. Kulmacz;Wilfred A. Van Der Donk;Ah Lim Tsai

  • Endothelial nitric-oxide synthase: Evidence for bidomain structure and successful reconstitution of catalytic activity from two separate domains generated by a baculovirus expression system

    Pei Feng Chen;Ah Lim Tsai;Vladimir Berka;Kenneth K. Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Gang Wu
Gang Wu Washington University in St. Louis
Graham Palmer
Graham Palmer Rice University
Kenneth K. Wu
Kenneth K. Wu National Tsing Hua University
James M. Tour
James M. Tour Rice University
Wilfred A. van der Donk
Wilfred A. van der Donk University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yang Xia
Yang Xia The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
John S. Olson
John S. Olson Rice University
Junichiro Kono
Junichiro Kono Rice University
Rodney E. Kellems
Rodney E. Kellems The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
John L. Spudich
John L. Spudich The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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