| B.S., Biology and Chemistry, Osmania University, India, 1977 |
| M.Sc., Organic Chemistry, Osmania University, India, 1979 |
| Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, 1988 |
| Robert A. Welch Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, 1988-89 |
| Research Associate, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, 1991-94 |
| Enzyme Mechanisms |
| Tissue Metabolism |
Radford, B.N., Fina, M., Benjamin, J. L, Moreadith, W.R., Graves, H.K, Zhao, P., Gavva, S., Wiethoff, A., Sherry, A.D., Malloy, R.M. and Williams, R. S., "Cardioprotective Effects of 70- kDa Heat Shock Protein in Transgenic Mice", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 93, 2339-2342 (1996).
Karsten, W.E., Gavva, S.R., Park, S.H. and Cook, P.F., "Metal Ion Activator Effects on Intrinsic Isotope Effects for Hydride Transfer and Decarboxylation in the Reaction Catalysed by the NAD - Malic Enzyme from Ascaris Suum", Biochemistry, 34, 3253-3260 (1995).
Gavva, S.R, Weithoff, A.J., Zhao, P., Malloy, C.R. and Sherry, A.D., "A 13C Isotopomer NMR Method for Monitoring Incomplete beta-Oxidation of Fatty Acids in Intact Tissue", Biochemical Journal, 303, 847-853 (1994).
Sherry, A.D., Sumegi, B., Miller, B., Cottam, L.G., Gavva, S.R., Jones, J.G. and Malloy, C.R., "Orientation - Conserved Transfer of Symmetric Krebs Cycle Intermediates in Mammalian Tissues", Biochemistry, 33, 6268-6275 (1994).
Gavva, S.R., Harris, B.G., Weiss, P.M. and Cook, P.M., "Modification of a Thiol at the Active site of the Ascaris suum NAD- Malic Enzyme Results in Changes in the Rate-Determining Steps for Oxidative Decarboxylation of L-Malate", Biochemistry 30, 5764-5769 (1991).
Weiss, P.M., Gavva, S.R, Harris, B.G., Urbauer, J.L, Cleland, W.W.and Cook, P.F., "Mutiple Isotope Effects with Alternate Dinucleotide Substrates as a Probe of the Malic Enzyme Reaction", Biochemisty 30,5755-5763(1991).
Bhatnagar, A., Das, B., Gavva, S.R., Cook, P.F., and Srivastava, S.K., "The Kinetic Mechanism of Human Placental Aldose Reductase and Aldehyde Reductase II", Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 261, 264 - 274 (1988).