Dr Adrian M. Lennon

Lecturer (Plant Biochemistry)

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Contact Information

Department of Life Sciences
The University of The West Indies
St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Location:
Rm 323, 2nd Floor, Natural Sciences Building, Old Wing

Tel: 1(868) 645-3232/9 Ext.3216
Fax: 1(868) 663-5241
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Education:

• D.Phil. University of Sussex (1994)
• B.Sc. (Hons) Biochemistry University of Sussex (1990)

Post Doctoral Training:

• Research Associate, Imperial College London, UK, 2000-2003
• Research Associate, University of Bristol, UK, 1997-1999
• Research Associate, Duke University,  USA, 1994-1996

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Research Interests:

• Respiratory Complexes
• IMMUTANS and Alternative Oxidases
• Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Anthurium

Current Graduate Students

• David Gopaulchan M.Phil. (with Dr. P. Umaharan) .

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Selected Bibliography :

• Prommeenate P., Lennon A.M., Markert C., Hippler M., Nixon P.J. (2004) Subunit composition of NDH-1 complexes of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: Identification of two new ndh gene products with nuclear-encoded homologues in the chloroplast Ndh complex. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 28165-28173.
• Lennon A.M., Prommeenate P., Nixon P.J. (2003) Location, expression and orientation of the putative chlororespiratory enzymes, Ndh and IMMUTANS, in higher-plant plastids. Planta 218: 254-260.
• Ribas-Carbo M., Robinson S.A., Gonzalez-Meler M.A., Lennon A.M., Giles L., Siedow J.N., Berry J.A. (2000) Effects of light on respiration and oxygen isotope fractionation in soybean cotyledons. Plant Cell Eniviro. 23: 983-989
• Rhoads D.M., Umbach A.L., Sweet C.R., Lennon A.M., Rauch G.S., Siedow J.N. (1998) Regulation of the cyanide-resistant alternative oxidase of plant mitochondria: Identification of the cysteine residue involved in a-keto acid stimulation and intersubunit disulfide bond formation. J. Biol. Chem. 273: 30750-30756
• Lennon A.M., Neuenschwander U.H., Ribas-Carbo M., Giles L., Ryals J.A., Siedow J.N. (1997) The effects of salicylic acid and tobacco mosaic virus infection on the alternative oxidase of tobacco. Plant Physiol. 115: 783-791
• Ribas-Carbo M., Lennon A.M., Robinson S.A., Giles L., Berry J.A., Siedow J.N. (1997) The regulation of electron partitioning between the cytochrome and alternative pathways in soybean cotyledon and root mitochondria. Plant Physiol. 113: 903-911
• Ribas-Carbo M., Berry J.A., Yakir D., Giles L., Robinson S.A., Lennon A.M., Siedow J.N. (1995) Electron partitioning between the cytochrome and alternative pathways in plant mitochondria. Plant Physiol. 109: 829-837
• Lennon A.M., Pratt J., Leach G., Moore A.L. (1995) Developmental regulation of respiratory activity in pea leaves. Plant Physiol. 107: 925-932.

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