Education and Training:

B.S. (honors) summa cum laude, Biochemistry,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (1991)

M.Phil., Biochemistry, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England (1993)

Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2001)

Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2002-08)

Foreign Research Fellow, Department of Biology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japans (3/2005 - 6/2005)

Assistant Member, Research Division
Puget Sound Blood Center

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Identify and characterize novel factors involved in the biosynthesis of vitamin K-dependent proteins.

RESEARCH DESCRIPTION

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Kulman JD, Harris JE, Haldeman BA, Davie EW.  Primary structure and tissue distribution of two novel proline-rich gamma-carboxyglutamic acid proteins.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA  94:9058-9062, 1997.

Kulman JD, Harris JE, Xie L, Davie EW.  Identification of two novel transmembrane gamma carboxyglutamic acid proteins expressed broadly in fetal and adult tissues.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA  98:1370-1375, 2001.

Kulman JD, Harris JE, Nakazawa N, Ogasawara M, Satake M, Davie EW.  Vitamin K-dependent proteins in ciona intestinalis, a basal chordate lacking a blood coagulation cascade.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103:15794-15799, 2006..

Kulman JD, Harris JE, Xie L, Davie EW.  Proline-rich G1a protein 2 is a cell surface vitamin K-dependent protein that binds to the transcriptional coactivator yes-associated protein.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA  104:8767-8772, 2007.

Mize GJ, Harris JE, Takayama TK, Kulman JD.  Regulated expression of active biotinylated G protein-coupled receptors in mammalian cells.  Protein Expr Purif  57:280-289, 2008.