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Rona R. Ramsay is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields including Chemistry, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broader domains, they have contributed specifically to subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Physiology.

Ramsay's main topics of study encompass enzyme catalysis and immobilization, cyclopropane reaction mechanisms, click chemistry and its applications, adipose tissue and metabolism, regulation of appetite and obesity, adipokines, inflammation and metabolic diseases, as well as pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism.

Recent scholarly articles authored or co-authored by Ramsay include the following:

  • Parameters for Irreversible Inactivation of Monoamine Oxidase, 2020, Molecules
  • Questions in the Chemical Enzymology of MAO, 2021, Chemistry
  • MAO Visible Spectroscopy for Ligand Interactions, Redox Chemistry, and Kinetics of Irreversible Inhibition, 2022, Methods in Molecular Biology

Other related publications emerging from their collaborative networks or shared research interests feature studies such as "Neuroprotective actions of leptin facilitated through balancing mitochondrial morphology and improving mitochondrial function" (2020, Journal of Neurochemistry) and "Design, synthesis, molecular modelling and in vitro screening of monoamine oxidase inhibitory activities of novel quinazolyl hydrazine derivatives" (2020, Royal Society Open Science).

Ramsay has collaborated with several researchers including Antonin Maniquet, Alen Albreht, Livia Basile, Stefanie Hagenow, and Matteo Pappalardo. These partnerships reflect the interdisciplinary and cooperative nature of their work.

Publication venues frequently hosting Ramsay's work illustrate a distribution across journals dedicated to chemistry and molecular biology:

  • Molecules
  • Journal of Neurochemistry
  • Chemistry
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Methods in Molecular Biology

Best Publications

  • A perspective on multi-target drug discovery and design for complex diseases

    Rona R. Ramsay;Marija R. Popovic-Nikolic;Katarina Nikolic;Elisa Uliassi

  • Energy-dependent uptake of N-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium, the neurotoxic metabolite of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine, by mitochondria.

    R R Ramsay;T P Singer

  • Molecular enzymology of carnitine transfer and transport

    RR Ramsay;RD Gandour;FR van der Leij

  • Identification of 4-substituted 1,2,3-triazoles as novel oxazolidinone antibacterial agents with reduced activity against monoamine oxidase A.

    Folkert Reck;Fei Zhou;Marc Girardot;Gunther Kern

  • Biochemical events in the development of parkinsonism induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine.

    Thomas P. Singer;Neal Castagnoli;Rona R. Ramsay;Anthony J. Trevor

  • Methylene blue and serotonin toxicity: inhibition of monoamine oxidase A (MAO A) confirms a theoretical prediction

    R R Ramsay;C Dunford;P K Gillman

  • Inhibition of mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase by pyridine derivatives and its possible relation to experimental and idiopathic parkinsonism

    Rona R. Ramsay;Rona R. Ramsay;James I. Salach;Jahan Dadgar;Jahan Dadgar;Thomas P. Singer;Thomas P. Singer

  • Inhibition of monoamine oxidase A by beta-carboline derivatives.

    Hoon Kim;Sergey O. Sablin;Sergey O. Sablin;Rona R. Ramsay;Rona R. Ramsay

  • Uptake of the neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridine (MPP+) by mitochondria and its relation to the inhibition of the mitochondrial oxidation of NAD+-linked substrates by MPP+.

    Rona R. Ramsay;Rona R. Ramsay;James I. Salach;James I. Salach;Thomas P. Singer;Thomas P. Singer

  • Mechanism of the neurotoxicity of MPTP. An update.

    Thomas P. Singer;Rona R. Ramsay;Rona R. Ramsay

  • Interaction of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP+) and its analogs with the rotenone/piericidin binding site of NADH dehydrogenase.

    Rona R. Ramsay;Matthew J. Krueger;Stephen K. Youngster;Martin R. Gluck

  • Energy-driven uptake of N-methyl-4-phenylpyridine by brain mitochondria mediates the neurotoxicity of MPTP

    Rona R. Ramsay;Jahan Dadgar;Anthony Trevor;Thomas P. Singer

  • Assessment of Enzyme Inhibition: A Review with Examples from the Development of Monoamine Oxidase and Cholinesterase Inhibitory Drugs

    Rona R. Ramsay;Keith F. Tipton

  • The mechanism of fatty acid uptake by heart mitochondria: an acylcarnitine-carnitine exchange.

    Rona R. Ramsay;Philip K. Tubbs

  • Role of carnitine and carnitine palmitoyltransferase as integral components of the pathway for membrane phospholipid fatty acid turnover in intact human erythrocytes.

    A Arduini;G Mancinelli;G L Radatti;S Dottori

  • Carnitine, mitochondrial function and therapy.

    Victor A. Zammit;Rona R. Ramsay;Mario Bonomini;Arduino Arduini

  • Carnitine acyltransferases and their influence on CoA pools in health and disease.

    Rona R. Ramsay;Victor A. Zammit

  • The carnitine acyltransferases and their role in modulating acyl-CoA pools.

    R. R. Ramsay;A. Arduini

  • Multi-target directed donepezil-like ligands for Alzheimer's disease

    Mercedes Unzeta;Gerard Esteban;Irene Bolea;Wieslawa Agnieszka Fogel

  • The inhibition site of MPP+, the neurotoxic bioactivation product of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine is near the Q-binding site of NADH dehydrogenase.

    Rona R. Ramsay;Andrzej T. Kowal;Michael K. Johnson;James I. Salach

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas P. Singer
Thomas P. Singer University of California, San Francisco
José Marco-Contelles
José Marco-Contelles Spanish National Research Council
Giuseppe Di Giovanni
Giuseppe Di Giovanni Magna Graecia University
Frank R. Fronczek
Frank R. Fronczek Louisiana State University
Philippe De Deurwaerdère
Philippe De Deurwaerdère University of Bordeaux
Victor A. Zammit
Victor A. Zammit University of Warwick
Michael K. Johnson
Michael K. Johnson University of Georgia
Keith F. Tipton
Keith F. Tipton Trinity College Dublin
Claudia Binda
Claudia Binda University of Pavia
John E. Casida
John E. Casida University of California, Berkeley

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