Petra Modrušan, mag. chem.

Title:	Assistant
Location:	312
Public phone number:	+385 1 4606 234
Internal phone number:	6234
E-mail:	E-mail
Department:	Division of Biochemistry
Graduation year:	2020
Employed in this institution since:	2021

Biography

Education Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Bachelor's degree in Chemistry (2018), Master's degree in Chemistry (2020).

Affiliation and current position: Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb; Research Assistant (2021–).

Research interest: Research of class Ia aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases with an emphasis on the research of reactions with the corresponding tRNA molecule and kinetic characterization of the enzymes using standard biochemical methods.

Memberships: Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and member of Croatian Chemical Society

List of select publications

1. Živković, Igor; Dulić, Morana; Kozulić, Petra; Močibob, Marko; Gruić Sovulj, Ita
Kinetic characterization of amino acid activation by aminoacyl‐tRNA synthetases using radiolabelled γ‐[32P]ATP // FEBS Open Bio, 15 (2025), 580-586. doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.13903

2.  Modrusan, P., Brkic, A., Buttelli, A.L. et al. C-terminal evolutionary remodelling of isoleucyl-tRNA synthetases is a prokaryote-specific strategy for tuning aminoacylation rate. Nat Commun (2026) doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-78241-1