Summary: 

Dr.  Nabil Ali M. Sultan gained his B.Sc. degree (major: chemistry, minor: biology) at Sana’a university, faculty of sciences, in 1991, and joined this university as a chemistry teaching assistant in 1993. In 1997 he has started his post-graduate studies at the school of chemistry, university of Hyderabad (www.chemistry.uohyd.ac.in) where he earned the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in 1999 and 2005 respectively. His doctoral work was on purification and characterization of some plant lectins (specific carbohydrate-binding proteins of non-immune origin). Since 2006, he has been a faculty member at Sana’a university (faculty of sciences, dept. of chemistry), and he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012. He has spent a sabbatical year (2011/2012) as a research fellow at the Center for Cellular and Molecular  Biology, CCMB (www.ccmb.res.in) under TWAS postdoctoral fellowship program.

Publications:                                                                                           

1- Galactose-Specific Seed Lectins from Cucurbitaceae. M. J. Swamy, M. Kavitha, N. A. M. Sultan & R. Kenoth (2015), Current Protein & Peptide Science 16, 17-30.

2- Purification and Physicochemical Characterization of two Galactose-Specific Isolectins from the Seeds of Trichosanthes cordata. N. A. M. Sultan, M. Kavitha & M. J. Swamy (2009) IUBMB Life 61, 457-469.

3- Fluorescence Studies on the Interaction of Hydrophobic Ligands with Momordica charantia (Bitter Gourd) Seed Lectin. M. Kavitha, N. A. M. Sultan & M. J. Swamy (2009) Jour. of Photochemistry & Photobiology B: Biology 94, 59-64.

4- Tryptophan Environment, Secondary Structure and Thermal Unfolding of the Galactose-Specific Seed Lectin from Dolichos lablab: Fluorescence and Circular Dichroism Spectroscopic Studies. N. A. M. Sultan, R. N. Rao, S. K. Nadimpalli & M. J. Swamy (2006) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1760, 1001-1008.

5- Fluorescence Quenching and Time-Resolved Fluorescence Studies on Trichosanthes dioica Seed Lectin. N. A. M. Sultan & M. J. Swamy (2005) Jour. of Photochemistry & Photobiology B: Biology 80, 93-100.

6- Energetics of Carbohydrate Binding to Momordica charantia (Bitter Gourd) Lectin: an Isothermal Titration Calorimentric Study. N. A. M. Sultan & M. J. Swamy (2005) Archives of Biochemistry & Biophysics 437, 115-125.

7- Purification, Physicochemical Characterization, Saccharide Specificity & Chemical Modification Studies of a Gal/GalNAc Specific Lectin from the Seeds of Trichosanthes dioica. N. A. M. Sultan, R. Kenoth & M. J. Swamy (2004) Archives of Biochemistry & Biophysics 432, 212-221.

8- Thermodynamic Analysis of Porphyrin Binding to Momordica charantia (Bitter Gourd) Lectin.

3282. A. M. Sultan, B. G. Maiya & M. J. Swamy (2004) European Jour. of Biochemistry 271, 3274-3282.

9- Thermodynamic Analysis of Binding of 4-methylumbelliferyl-α- and β-D-galactopyranosides to Momordica charantia Lectin. N. A. M. Sultan & M. J. Swamy (2003) Current Science 84, 200-203.