Biography

Dr. DeBose-Boyd was born and raised in a small rural southeastern Oklahoma community (population 700) where he graduated from Boswell High School, Boswell, Oklahoma in 1989. Soon thereafter, he began undergraduate studies at Southeastern Oklahoma State University (SOSU) in Durant, OK, where he participated in the Minority Biomedical Research Support program.Dr. DeBose-Boyd obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry with minors in Mathematics and Biology in 1993.

Upon completion of undergraduate studies, he was accepted into the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, and joined the laboratory of Richard D. Cummings, PhD. In 1998, he successfully defended his thesis, entitled "Identification, characterization, and molecular cloning of alpha 1,3 fucosyltransferases in parasitic and non-parasitic helminths."

Following his defense, Dr. DeBose-Boyd joined the laboratory of Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D. and Michael S. Brown, M.D. at UT Southwestern as a fellow of the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research. Dr. DeBose-Boyd is married to Gwendolyn and has two sons, Reginald and Ryan.

Education

Undergraduate
Southeastern Oklahoma St Univ (1993), Chemistry
Graduate School
Uni of Oklahoma-Hlth Sci Ctr (1998), Biochemistry

Research Interest

  • Cell Regulation
  • Cholesterol homeostasis
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Associated Degradation
  • Multivalent feedback regulation of HMG CoA reductase

Publications

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Regulated degradation of HMG CoA reductase requires conformational changes in sterol-sensing domain.
Chen H, Qi X, Faulkner RA, Schumacher MM, Donnelly LM, DeBose-Boyd RA, Li X, Nat Commun 2022 Jul 13 1 4273
Type 1 polyisoprenoid diphosphate phosphatase modulates geranylgeranyl-mediated control of HMG CoA reductase and UBIAD1.
Elsabrouty R, Jo Y, Hwang S, Jun DJ, DeBose-Boyd RA, Elife 2021 Nov 10
Structures of dimeric human NPC1L1 provide insight into mechanisms for cholesterol absorption.
Long T, Liu Y, Qin Y, DeBose-Boyd RA, Li X, Sci Adv 2021 Aug 7 34
Posttranslational Regulation of HMG CoA Reductase, the Rate-Limiting Enzyme in Synthesis of Cholesterol.
Schumacher MM, DeBose-Boyd RA, Annu Rev Biochem 2021 Jun 90 659-679
Schnyder Corneal Dystrophy-Associated UBIAD1 is Defective in MK-4 Synthesis and Resists Autophagy-Mediated Degradation.
Jun DJ, Schumacher MM, Hwang S, Kinch LN, Grishen NV, DeBose-Boyd RA, J. Lipid Res. 2020 Mar

Honors & Awards

  • Early Career Scientist Award, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    (2009)
  • W.M. Keck Distinguished Young Scholar in Medical Research
    (2006)
  • David L. Williams Memorial Lectureship Award
    (2005)
  • Established Investigator of American Heart Association
    (2005)
  • Fellow of The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research
    (1998)