Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2015 Insights into 5-Lipoxygenase Active Site and Catalysis Sunayana Mitra Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Recommended Citation Mitra, Sunayana, "Insights into 5-Lipoxygenase Active Site and Catalysis" (2015). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 3000. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3000 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please
[email protected]. INSIGHTS INTO THE 5- LIPOXYGENASE ACTIVE SITE AND CATALYSIS A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Biological Sciences by Sunayana Mitra B.S., Nagpur University, 2005 M.S., Nagpur University, 2007 August 2015 Dedicated to Ma and Baba, (Mom and Dad) ii कर्मणयेवाधिकारते र्ा फलेष ु कदाचन। र्ा कर्मफलहेतर्ु मर्ामभ ते सङ्गोऽ्वकर्मधण। (2.47, the Bhagvad Geeta) (Do your duties without thinking of gains or losses, let not the fruits of labor be your motivation and let not be faulted of not doing) iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ever since I was a little kid I have always wanted to become a scientist. Even though back then I had perhaps only a very vague idea of what that really entails.