Pazilat Bahti
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Pazilat Bahti is a structural biologist whose work bridges computational prediction and experimental validation in protein science. Her research centers on elucidating the three-dimensional structures of proteins from extremophilic organisms, particularly those lacking sequence homology to known families. Her most cited study, published in 2008, reports the crystal structure of AF1514 from *Archaeoglobus fulgidus*—a novel non-Pfam protein solved using S-SAD phasing with a chromium X-ray source. This work demonstrates her expertise in tackling challenging crystallographic problems, achieving structure determination despite low sequence identity (<30%) to known proteins, a threshold where computational tools often falter. With 8 citations, this paper exemplifies her contribution to expanding the structural coverage of understudied proteins and validating computational predictions through experimental methods. Her achievements highlight the importance of integrating advanced crystallographic techniques with bioinformatics, providing a valuable resource for researchers studying archaeal biology and protein evolution.
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