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Aastha Acharya

South Dakota State University

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Approach:biophysical modeling· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Organism:human· 1

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EXTRACTION, ISOLATION, PURIFICATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF AMYLASE AND PROTEASE ENZYMES ISOLATED FROM Bacillus species

Aastha Acharya, Samiran Subedi

This study isolates and optimizes amylase and protease production from Bacillus species in soil samples, identifying optimal conditions for enzyme yield.

bioRxiv · Sep 10, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

The Legionella pneumophila peptidoglycan recycling kinase, AmgK, is essential for survival and replication inside host alveolar macrophages

Sushanta Ratna, Lina Pradhan, Marina P. Vasconcelos, Aastha Acharya, Bella R. Carnahan, Alex Wang, Arit Ghosh, Abigail Bolt, Jacob Jacob Ellis, Stephen N. Hyland, Ashlyn S. Hillman, Joseph M. Fox, April M. Kloxin, M. Ramona Neunuebel, Catherine Leimkuhler Grimes

This study shows that AmgK, a peptidoglycan kinase in Legionella pneumophila, is essential for intracellular survival and replication in host macrophages, highlighting its role in pathogenicity and potential as a drug target.

bioRxiv · Mar 21, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology