Dr. Suleiman Al-Sabah

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Previous positions

2006 - present date: The University of Reading, U.K.

Postdoc, School of Pharmacy (with Cornelius Krasel)

2004 - 2006: The University of Reading, U.K.

Postdoc, School of Biological Sciences (with Philip Strange)

Publications

Al-Sabah, S. and Donnelly, D. (2003). A model for receptor peptide binding at the glucagon like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor through the analysis of truncated ligands and receptors. Br. J. Pharmacol., 140: 339-346.

Al-Sabah, S. and Donnelly, D. (2003). The positive charge at Lys-288 of the glucagon like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor is important for binding the N-terminus of peptide agonists. FEBS Lett., 553: 342-346.

Al-Sabah, S. and Donnelly, D. (2004). The primary ligand-binding interaction at the GLP-1 receptor is via the putative helix of the peptide agonists. Protein Peptide Lett., 11: 9-14.

Mann, R., Nasr, N., Hadden, D., Sinfield, J., Abidi, F., Al-Sabah, S., de Maturana, R. L., Treece-Birch, J., Willshaw, A. and Donnelly, D. (2007). Peptide binding at the GLP-1 receptor. Biochem. Soc. Trans., 35: 713-716.

Krasel, C., Zabel, U., Lorenz, K., Reiner, S., Al-Sabah, S. and Lohse M. J. (2008). Dual role of the β₂-adrenergic receptor C-terminus for the binding of β-arrestin and receptor internalization. J. Biol. Chem., 283: 31840-31848.