Dr. Azar Shahpiri a.shahpiri@iut.ac.ir Office Department of Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 8415683111, Iran Phone +98 31 33913354 Fax +98 31 33913381 Positions Associate Professor of Biotechnology Research Interests Protein Engineering Genetic Engineering Functinal Characterization of Proteins Dr. Azar Shahpiri type: Journal Title Date Enhanced chaotrope tolerance and (S)-2-hydroxypropiophenone production by recombinant Pseudomonas putida engineered with Pprl from Deinococcus radiodurans 2024-03 Optimized enantioselective (S)-2-hydroxypropiophenone synthesis by free- and encapsulated-resting cells of Pseudomonas putida 2023-10 Functional characterization of a manganese superoxide dismutase from Avicennia marina: insights into its role in salt, hydrogen peroxide, and heavy metal tolerance 2023-10 Barley metallothionein isoforms, MT2b2 and MT4, differentially respond to photohormones in barley aleurone layer and their recombinant forms show different affinity for binding to zinc and cadmium 2022-10 Efficient and specific bioaccumulation of arsenic in the transgenic Escherichia coli expressing ArsR1 from Corynebacterium glutamicum 2022-07 Functional characterization of Helianthus annuus phytochelatin synthase (HaPCS): Gene expression and protein profiles of HaPCS responding to arsenic and evaluation of arsenic accumulation in engineered bacteria expressing HaPCS 2021-07 A highly efficient, thermo stable and broad pH adaptable copper-zinc super oxide dismutase (AmSOD1) mediates hydrogen peroxide tolerance in Avicennia marina 2021-07 A mononuclear PdII complex with Naphcon; crystal structure, experimental and computational studies of the interaction with DNA\/BSA and evaluation of anticancer activity 2021-06 Experimental and theoretical studies of Palladium-hydrazide complexes' interaction with DNA and BSA, in vitro cytotoxicity activity and plasmid cleavage ability 2021-03 Enhancement of chromate bioaccumulation by engineered Escherichia coli cells co-expressing chromate reductase ( YieF) and a rice metallothionein isoform (OsMT1) 2021-02