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Abdulkarim Yasin Karim

Abdulkarim Yasin Karim, Ph.D.

Researcher
Laboratory of Virology MCB
E-mail: abdulkarim.karim [AT] su.edu.krd

Research interests

  • Structural Virology

Education & Experience
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    • Bachelor degree in Biology, College of science at Salahaddin University, Erbil, Kurdistan/Iraq: 1994-1997.
    • Master degree in Biology, College of science at Salahaddin University, Erbil, Kurdistan/Iraq: 2000-2002.
    • PhD degree in Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Malopolska/Poland: 2005-2010.
    • Postdoctorate research associate, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Malopolska/Poland and Department of Structural Biology of the Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (CSIC, Barcelona, Spain): 2011-2012.
    • Postdoctorate research associate, Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Malopolska/Poland: Since January 2020.

    1. A Novel Matrix Metalloproteas-like Enzyme (Karilysin) of the Periodontal Pathogen Tanerella forsythia ATCC 43037. Abdulkarim Y. Karim, Magdalena Kulczycka, et al. Biol Chem 2010; 391:105-117.
    2. Proteolytic Inactivation of LL-37 by Karilysin, a Novel Virulence Mechanism of Tannerella forsythia. Joanna Koziel, Abdulkarim Y. Karim, Kornelia Przybyszewska, et al. J Innate Immun 2010; 2:288-293.
    3. The structure of the catalytic domain of Tannerella forsythia karilysin reveals it is a bacterial xenologue of animal matrix metalloproteinases. Núria Cerdà-Costa, Tibisay Guevara, Abdulkarim Y. Karim, et al. Molecular Microbiology 2011; 79:119-132.
    4. A metalloproteinase karilysin present in the majority of Tannerella forsythia isolates inhibits all pathways of the complement system. Monika Jusko, Jan Potempa, Abdulkarim Y.Karim, et al. Journal of Immunology, 2012; 188:2338-2349.
    5. Prevalence of genes encoding extracellular proteases in Staphyllococcus aureus – important targets triggering immune response in vivo. Michal Zdzalik, Abdulkarim Y. Karim, Krzysztof Wolski, Pawel Buda, et al. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 2012: 66:220-229.
    6. Jan Potempa, F. Xavier Gomis-Rüth and Abdulkarim Y. Karim, Karilysin. In: Neil D. Rawlings and Guy S. Salvesen, editors, Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes. Oxford: Academic Press, 2013, ISBN: 978-0-12-382219-2
    7. Mirolase, a novel subtilisin-like serine protease from the periodontopathogen Tannerella forsythia. Miroslaw Ksiazek, Abdulkarim Y. Karim, Danuta Bryzek, et al. Biol Chem 2015; 396(3):261-275.
    8. A pathogenic trace of Tannerella forsythia - shedding of soluble fully active tumor necrosis factor
      α from the macrophage surface by karilysin. Bryzek D, Ksiazek M, Bielecka E, Karim AY, et al. J. Mol Oral Microbiol. 2014; 29(6):294-306.
    9. A novel mechanism of latency in matrix metalloproteinases. López-Pelegrín, M., Ksiazek, M., Karim, AY., et al. J Biol Chem 2015; 290(8):4728-4740.
    10. Gene expression analysis of FABP4 in Gastric cancer. Abdulkarim Y. Karim. Cukurova Medical Journal. 2016; 41(2):248-252.
    11. Phylogenetic Relationship among Phosphomannose Isomerase (PMI), Phosphomannose Mutase (PMM) and GDP-D-Mannose Pyrophosphorylase (GMP) in Photosynthetic Eukaryotes. Sevan O. Majed and Abdulkarim Y. Karim. ZJPAS. 2017; 28(6):27-38.
    12. Relationship between blaSHV Genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae. Bushra K. Amin, Fairuz H. Abdullah Tawgozy and Abdulkarim Y. Karim. ZJPAS. 2017; 29(4):128-133.
    13. Unique Substrate Specificity of SplE Serine Protease from Staphylococcus aureus. Natalia Stach, Magdalena Kalinska, Michal Zdzalik, Radoslaw Kitel, Abdulkarim Karim, et al. Structure. 2018; 26:1-8. (Impact Factor)
    14. Evaluation of p53 expression among Colorectal Cancer patients. Harmand Ali Hama, Abdulkarim Y Karim. ZJPAS. 2019; 31(6):130-134.
    15. Enzyme immobilization onto the nanomaterials: Application in enzyme stability and prodrug-activated cancer therapy. Majid Sharifi, Mohammad Javad Sohrabi, Sara Haji Hosseinali, Anwarul Hasan, Pegah Hashemi Kani Amir Jouya Talaei, Abdulkarim Yasin Karim, et al. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 2020; 143:665-676.
    16. Strategies of enzyme immobilization on nanomatrix supports and their intracellular delivery. Majid Sharifi, Abdulkarim Yasin Karim, et al. Journal of Molecular Structure and Dynamics. 2020; 38(9):2746-2762. (Impact Factor)
    17. Detection of Aerolysin Gene in Aeromonas hydrophila from Suspected Farming Fishes (Cyprinus carpio), Erbil Province / Iraq. Ibrahim Ramadhan Ibrahim, Shamall Mohamad Amin Abdullah, Abdulkarim Yasin Karim. ZJPAS. 2020; 32(1):110-114.
    18. Determination of the optimal conditions of cloning Aerolysin gene from the common carp pathogen Aeromonas hydrophila in Escherichia coli BL21. Ibrahim Ramadhan Ibrahim, Shamall Mohamad Amin Abdullah, Abdulkarim Yasin Karim. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences. 2020; 19(5) 2258-2273.
    19. Association study of polymorphisms at A66G (rs1801394) of MTRR gene and autism spectrum disorders in a Kurdish population. Monika Henryka Miasko, Shukur Wasman Smail, Abdulkarim Yasin Karim, et al. Gene Reports. 2020; 21: 100949.
    20. Molecular diagnosis of pathogenic Aeromonas hydrophila in Cyprinus carpio ulcers. Ibrahim
      I.R., Abdullah M.S.A., Karim A.Y. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences. 2020; 19(6): 3160-3169. (Impact Factor)
    21. Cloning optimization of USP47 in E.coli. Blnd Ibrahim Mohammed, Abdulkarim Yasin Karim, Bushra Karim Amin. Plant Archives. 2020; 20: 720-722.
    22. Structural Determinants of Substrate Specificity of SplF Protease from Staphylococcus aureus. Natalia Stach, Abdulkarim karim, Przemyslaw Golik, et al. International journal of molecular sciences. 2021; 22(4): 2204-2220.
    23. Analysis of cytokines in SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 patients in Erbil city, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Mohammed Yousif Merza, Rundk Ahmed Hwaiz, Badraldin Kareem Hamad, Karzan Abdulmuhsin Mohammad, Harmand Ali Hama and Abdulkarim Yasin Karim. Plos One. 2021;16(4): e0250330.
    24. SNPs at 3′UTR of APOL1 and miR-6741-3p target sites associated with kidney diseases more susceptible to SARS-COV-2 infection: in silco and in vitro studies. Muhammad Safdar, Muhammad Sajjad Khan, Abdulkarim Yasin Karim, et al. Mammalian Genome. 2021;4:1-12.