Assistant Research Professor
Department of Biochemistry
School of Medicine
218 Mortensen Hall
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA 92350
Phone: (909) 558-4000, extension 48670
Fax: (909) 558-4887
Email: ssood@llu.edu
My research interests have been as follows: 1) physical chemistry of macromolecules; 2) human milk proteins and particularly the casein system, including the protein-protein interactions leading to the structure and function of casein micelle suspensions. Casein structural studies leading to the formation of reconstituted micelles will lead to a successful model for human casein micelles, which appears to be quite different from the bovine system.
The isolation, purification, and structural studies of the proteins found in human milk are important to the nutritional understanding of what a baby needs for digestion, nutrient absorption, and development after birth. In particular, peptides derived from these proteins show different bioactivities, with numerous physiological and/or pharmacological effects on body functions.
Sood SM. "Structure of Human Casein Micelles-A Mini Review." Ind. J. Dairy Sci. 2000 53(6): 1-8.
Sood SM, Slattery CW. Association of the quadruply phosphorylated b-caseins from human milk with the non-phosphorylated form. J. Diary Sci. 2000 83(12): 2766-2770.
Sood SM, Slattery CW. Association of mixtures of the two major forms of b-caseins from human milk. J. Diary Sci. 2001 84(10):2163-2169.
Sood SM, Slattery CW. Suspension of the calcium-sensitive human b-caseins by human k–Casein. J. Diary Sci. 2002 85(6):1353-1356.
Sood SM, Erickson G, Slattery CW. Formation of reconstituted casein micelles with human b-caseins and bovine k–Casein. J. Diary Sci. 2002 85(3):472-477.
Sood SM, Slattery CW. The Use of Lithium Chloride to Study Human Milk Micelles. J. Diary Sci. 2003 86(1):78-85.
Bu H, Hu Y, Sood SM, Slattery CW. Comparison of native and recombinant non-phosphorylated human b-casein: further evidence for a unique-casein folding pattern. Arch. Biochem Biophys. 2003 415(2):213-220.
Sood SM, Erickson G, Slattery CW. k–Casein Interactions in the Suspension of the Two Major Calcium-Sensitive Human b-casein. J. Dairy Sci. 2003 86(7):2269-75.
Bu H, Sood SM, Slattery CW. The Effect of conserved residue charge reversal on the folding of recombinant non-phosphorylated human b-casein. Arch. Biochem Biophys. 2003 419(2):244-250.
Bu H, Sood SM, Slattery CW. The Effect of C-Terminal Deletion on the Folding and Self-association of Recombinant Non-phosphorylated Human b -Casein. The Protein Journal 2004 23(8):509-517.Last Revised: Tue, Jun 27, 2006
