Masood Ahmed Siddiqui
Nationality: Pakistan
Previous address:
Department of Life Science, School of Science and Technology,
Kwansei Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuen, Sanda 669-1337, Japan.
Permanent address:
Department of Chemistry, University
of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan.
E-mail address:
masoodbioeng@hotmail.com
Research Interest:
Archaea, Redox Proteins (Ferredoxin), Oxidoreductases, Isomerases
and Histones, Heat shock proteins.
Glycoproteins and Proteoglycans. Proteomics.
Education:
M.Sc. (Biochemistry),
Department of Chemistry, University of
Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan (1996).
M.Phil.
(Biochemistry), Institute
of Biochemistry, University of Balochistan,
Quetta, Pakistan (1994).
Ph.D.
(Biotechnology), Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of
Engineering, Osaka University, Japan (1998).
Teaching/Research experience:
Professor :
(June 2004-till date) Department of Chemistry,University of Balochistan Quetta,Pakistan.
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship :
(August 2002-August 2004) Nanobiotechnology center, Department of Life
Science, School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuen,
Sanda 669-1337, Japan.
Rikkyou University Fellowship:
(April 2001-October 2001) Department of Chemistry,
Saint Paul's (Rikkyo) University, Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Assistant Professor:
(April 2000 till date) Department of Chemistry, University
of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan.
Ph.D Research Fellow:
(April 1995-March 1998) Department of Biotechnology,
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan.
Research Fellow:
(Oct 1994-March 1995) Department of Biotechnology, Graduate
School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan.
Japanese language course:
(April 1994-Sep 1994) Osaka University of Foreign
Studies, Minoo-shi, Osaka, Japan.
Lecturer:
(April 1987-April 2000) Department of Chemistry,
University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan.
Membership of Academic Societies:
1. The Society of Fermentation and Bioengineering, Japan
2. Pakistan Biological Society
3. Pakistan Chemical Society
4. Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry (JSBBA).
M.Phil Thesis
: Structure Elucidation of Bacterial Cell Wall
(Micrococcus
lysodeikticus)
Ph.D Thesis:
Studies on a Redox Protein and an Oxidoreductase Involved in
Fermentative Metabolism of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon
Pyrococcus sp. KOD1.
Publications:
Siddiqui, MA., Yamanaka, A., Hirooka, K.,
Bamaba, T., Kobayashi, A., Imanaka, T., Fukusaki, E., and Fujiwara, S. (2005)
Thermodynamic and Enzymolgical Characterization of Type Ⅱ Isopentenyl Diphosphate
Isomerase from Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraencis Biochem.
Biophys. Res. Commum. 331: 1127-1136
Imai, T., Yasujima, D and Siddiqui, MA.,(2004)
An instant measurement of oxidoreductase activity above 100℃ by monitoring the absorbance change.
J. Biosci. Bioeng. 97: 336-338.
Higashibata, H., Siddiqui, MA., Takagi, M., Imanaka,
T., and Fujiwara, S. (2003) Surface histidine residue of archaeal histone affects
DNA compaction and thermostability. FEMS. Microbiol. Lett. 224: 17-22.
Yaqoob, M., Nabi, A., Siddiqui, MA.,
Waseem, A,. Achakzai, AKK., Saeed, A., and
Masoom, M. (2001) Enzymatic procedures for the determination of phospholipids.
J. Chem.
Soc. Pak. 23: 171-175.
Siddiqui, MA., Fujiwara, S., Takagi, M., and
Imanaka,T. (1998) In Vitro heat effect
on heterooligomeric subunit assembly of thermostable indolepyruvate ferredoxin
oxidoreductase. FEBS. Lett. 434: 372-376.
Siddiqui, MA., Fujiwara, S., Takagi, M., and
Imanaka,T. (1998) Phylogenetic Analysis
and Effect of Heat on Conformational Change of Ferredoxin from Hyperthermophilic
Archaeon
Pyrococcus sp. KOD1. J. Ferment. Bioengn. 85:271-277
Siddiqui, MA., Fujiwara, S., and Imanaka,T.
(1997) Indolepyruvate ferredoxin
oxidoreductase from Pyrococcus sp. KOD1 possesses a mosaic structure
showing features of
various oxidoreductases. Mol. Gen. Genet. 254: 433-439.
Siddiqui, MA.,
Malghani, MAK., Walker, N., Fayyaz-ud-Din., and Nasir-ud-Din.
(1992) Structure of Micrococcus lysodeikticus cell wall
containing phosphorylated sugars.
Biochem. Intl. 26: 509-519.
Yaqoob, M., Siddiqui, MA., and Masoom, M.
(1992) Spectrophotometric Flow
Injection Determination of Nitrite in Water Samples. J. Chem. Soc. Ind. 69: 32-33.
Yaqoob, M., Siddiqui, MA.,
and Masoom, M. (1991) Flow Injection method for
Sulphide Determination Using an Organic Mercury Compound.
Anal. Lett. 24: 581-588.
Yaqoob, M., Siddiqui, MA., and Masoom, M.
(1991) Spectrophotometric Flow
Injection Determination of Nitrate and Nitrite in Potable
Water using 8-Hydroxyquinoline.
J. Chem. Soc. Pak. 13: 248-252.