CARRIE M. WILMOT

Professor
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

PhD, Biophysics, University of London Birkbeck College, 1989

wilmo004@umn.edu
cbs.umn.edu/contacts/carrie-m-wilmot

Research Interests

Structural enzymology, natural products, metalloenzymes; macromolecular X-ray crystallography in combination with spectroscopic techniques both in the crystal and solution, kinetics, and mass spectrometry.

Bio

Carrie Wilmot is interested in bacterial natural product biosynthesis from peptides or activated fatty acids. The natural products studied by the Wilmot lab range from enzyme cofactors (pyrroloquinoline quinone, PQQ), β-lactone containing molecules of therapeutic value (e.g. lipstatin), and long-chain hydrocarbons. The principle tool of Carrie’s research is macromolecular X-ray crystallography in combination with spectroscopic techniques both in the crystal and solution, kinetics and mass spectrometry.