Julia R Kardon

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Departments/Programs

Biochemistry

Degrees

University of California, San Francisco, Ph.D.
Yale University, B.S.

Expertise

Control of protein structure and activity by chaperones. Mitochondrial protein regulation and quality control. Regulation of heme biosynthesis.

Profile

My research addresses the molecular mechanisms that control the activity and quality of mitochondrial proteins to match the dynamic needs of eukaryotic cells. I use diverse biochemical and biophysical approaches to understand how chaperones tune mitochondrial protein activity, in combination with cell biological, genetic, and proteomic tools to discover new components of mitochondrial protein regulation and quality control.

Courses Taught

BCHM

104b

Physical Chemistry of Macromolecules II

Scholarship

Brown, B. L., Kardon, J. R., Sauer, R. T., Baker, T. A.. "Structure of the Mitochondrial Aminolevulinic Acid Synthase, a Key Heme Biosynthetic Enzyme." Structure 26. 4 (2018): 580-589.

Yien, Y. Y., Ducamp, S., van der Vorm, L. N., Kardon, J. R., Manceau, H., Kannengiesser, C., Bergonia, H. A., Kafina, M. D., Karim, Z., Gouya, L., Baker, T. A., Puy, H., Phillips, J. D., Nicolas, G. & Paw, B. H.. "Mutation in human CLPX elevates levels of δ-aminolevulinate synthase and protoporphyrin IX to promote erythropoietic protoporphyria." PNAS 114. 38 (2017): E8045-E8052.

Kardon, Julia R, Yien, Y. Y., Huston, N. C., Branco, D. S., Hildick-Smith, G. J., Rhee, K. Y., Paw, B. H., Baker, T. A.. "Mitochondrial ClpX activates a key enzyme for heme biosynthesis and erythropoiesis." Cell 161. 4 (2015): 858-67.