Dr. Nor Hafizah Ahmad Kamarudin
Academic qualifications
Ph.D., University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Research interest:
My current research interests span from expression of recombinant enzymes in prokaryotic system to structure elucidation and modification of enzymes for improved properties. Current focus is on extremophilic enzymes including cold-adapted and thermostable enzymes specifically hydrolases and oxidoreductases. The main goals are to identify key underlying factors related to their adaptation strategies at extreme environments and explore the potential of these enzymes in various applications including biodegradation of environmental contaminants and biocatalysis. The research involves both computational and experimental approaches.
Selected publications:
1. Ahmad, N.N., Kamarudin, N.H.A., Leow, A.T.C., Rahman, R.N.Z.R.A. (2020). The role of surface exposed lysine on conformational stability and functional properties of lipase from Staphylococcus family. Molecules 25(17), 1–19, https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25173858.
2. Veno, J., Rahman, R.N.Z.R.A., Masomian, M., Ali, M.S.M., Kamarudin, N.H.A. (2019). Insight into improved thermostability of cold-adapted staphylococcal lipase by glycine to cysteine mutation. Molecules 24(17).
3. Kamarudin, N.H.A., Rahman, R.N.Z.R.A, Ali, M.S.M.A., Leow, T.C., Basri, M. and Salleh, A.B. (2014). Unscrambling the effect of C-terminal tail deletion on the stability of a cold-adapted-organic solvent stable lipase from Staphylococcus epidermidis AT2. Molecular Biotechnology 56: 747-757
ORCID ID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1471-2394
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=YASn3o4AAAAJ
E-mail: hafizah_kamar@upm.edu.my