James Hoch, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine
California Campus
Laboratory Website
hoch@scripps.edu
(858) 784-7905

Research Focus

The work in the laboratory focuses on the structure and function of signal transduction proteins regulating gene expression for virulence and prokaryotic development in sporulating bacteria.

Education

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1965

Awards & Professional Activities

Faculty Research Awardee, American Cancer Society

Editorial Board, Molecular Microbiology

Selected References

Szurmant, H., Bu, L., Brooks III, C.L. and Hoch, J.A. An essential sensor histidine kinase regulated by TM helix interactions with its auxiliary proteins. PNAS. 105(15):5891-6. 2008

Szurmant, H., White, R.A. and Hoch, J.A. Sensor complexes regulating two-component signal transduction. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 17(6):706-15. 2007

White, R.A., Szurmant, H., Hoch, J.A. and Hwa, T. Features of protein-protein interactions in two-component signaling deduced from genomic libraries. Methods Enzymol. 422:75-101. 2007