Publications

2009

Beer, LL; Boyd, ES; Peters, JW; Posewitz, MC. Engineering algae for biohydroen and biofuel production. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 2009. 20: 264-271.

Mulder, DW; Ortillo, DO; Gardenghi, DJ; Naumov, AV; Ruebush, SS; Szilagyi, RK; Huynh B; Broderick, JB; Peters, JW. Activation of HydA^∆EFG requires a preformed [4Fe-4S] cluster. Biochemistry 2009; 48: 6240-6248.

Boyd, ES; Spear, JR; Peters, JW. [FeFe] hydrogenase genetic diversity provides insight into molecular adaption in a saline microbial mat community. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2009; 75: 4620-4623.

Mcglynn, SE; Mulder, DW; Shepard, SE; Broderick, JB; Peters, JW. Hydrogenase cluster biosynthesis: organometallic chemisty nature's way. Dalton Trans. 2009; 4274-4285.

Peters, JW. Carbon monoxide and cyanide lignads in the active site of [FeFe]-hydrogeanse. In Metal ions in life sciences. Sigel, A; Sigel, H; Sigel, RKO; Eds. RSC Pub: 2009; 6, 179-218.

2006-2008

Sarma, R; Barney, BM; Hamilton, TL; Jones, A; Seefeldt, LC; Peters, JW. Crystal structure of the L protein of Rhodobacter sphaeroides light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase with MgADP bound: a homologue of the nitrogenase Fe protein. Biochemistry 2008; 47: 13004-13015.

Krishnakumar, AM; Sliwa, D; Endrizzi, JA; Boyd, ES; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW. Getting a handle on the role of coenzyme M in alkene metabolism. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev.; 72: 445-456.

Posewitz, MC; Mulder, DW; Peters, JW. New Frontiers in Hydrogenase Structure and Biosynthesis. Current Chemical Biology 2008; 2: 178-199.

McGlynn, SE; Shepard, EM; Winslow, MA; Naumov, AV; Duschene, KS; Posewitz, MC; Broderick, WE; Broderick, WE; Broderick, JB; Peters, JW. HydF as a scaffold protein in [FeFe] hydrogenase H-cluster biosynthesis. FEBS Lett. 2008; 582: 2183-2187.

Pandey, AS; Harris, TV; Giles, LJ; Peters, JW; Szilagyi, RK. Dithiomethylether as a ligand in the hydrogenase h-cluster. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008; 130: 4533-4540.

Sarma R; Mulder, DW; Brecht, E; Szilagy, RK; Seefeldt, LC; Tsuruta, H; Peters, JW. Probing the MgATP-bound conformation of the nitrogenase Fe protein by solution small-angle X-ray scattering. Biochemistry 2007; 46: 14058-14066.

Peters, JW; Bothner, B; Kelly, S. Unfolding the mystery of protein stability. Yellowstone Sci 2007.

McGlynn, SE; Ruebush, SS; Naumov, A; Nagy, LE; Dubini, A; King, PW; Broderick, JB; Posewitz, MC; Peters, JW. In vitro activation of [FeFe] hydrogenase: new insights into hydrogenase maturation. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2007; 12: 443-447.

Sen, S; Peters, JW. The thermal adaptation of the nitrogenase Fe protein from thermophilic Methanobacter thermoautotrophicus. Proteins 2006; 62: 450-460.

Peters, JW; Szilagyi, RK; Naumov, A; Douglas, T,. A radical solution for the biosynthesis of the H-cluster of hydrogenase. FEBS Lett. 2006; 580: 363-367.

Pandey, AS; Nocek, B; Clark, DD; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW. Mechanistic implications of the structure of the mixed-disulfide intermediate of the disulfide oxidoreductase, 2-ketopropyl-coenzyme M oxidoreductase/carboxylase. Biochemistry 2006; 45: 113-120.

Steunou, AS; Bhaya, D; Bateson, MM; Melendrez, MC; Ward, DM; Brecht, E; Peters, JW; Kuhl, M; Grossman, AR. In situ analysis of nitrogen fixation and metabolic switching in unicellular thermophilic cyanobacteria inhabiting hot spring microbial mats. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2006; 103: 2398-2403.

Peters, JW; Szilagyi, RK. Exploring new frontiers of nitrogenase structure and mechanism. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2006; 10: 101-108.

Sen, S; Krishnakumar, A; McClead, J; Johnson, MK; Seefeldt, LC; Szilagyi, RK;

Peters, JW. Insights into the role of nucleotide-dependent conformational change in nitrogenase catalysis: Structural characterization of the nitrogenase Fe protein Leu127 deletion variant with bound MgATP. J. Inorg. Biochem. 2006; 100: 1041-1052.

Krishnakumar, AM; Nocek, BP; Clark, DD; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW. Structural basis for stereoselectivity in the (R)- and (S)-hydroxypropylthioethanesulfonate dehydrogenases. Biochemistry 2006; 45: 8831-8840.

Schwab, DE; Tard, C; Brecht, E; Peters, JW; Pickett, CJ; Szilagyi, RK. On the electronic structure of the hydrogenase H-cluster. Chem. Commun. 2006: 3696-3698.

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2004-2005

Sen, S; Peters, JW. The role of MgATP in nitrogenase catalysis In Proceedings of the 14th International Nitrogen Fixation Congress, 2005.

Copik, AJ; Nocek, BP; Swierczek, SI; Ruebush, S; Jang, SB; Meng, L; D'Souza V, M; Peters, JW; Bennett, B; Holz, RC. EPR and X-ray crystallographic characterization of the product-bound form of the MnII-loaded methionyl aminopeptidase from Pyrococcus furiosus. Biochemistry 2005; 44: 121-129.

Girbal, L; von Abendroth, G; Winkler, M; Benton, PM; Meynial-Salles, I; Croux, C; Peters, JW; Happe, T; Soucaille, P. Homologous and heterologous overexpression in Clostridium acetobutylicum and characterization of purified clostridial and algal Fe-only hydrogenases with high specific activities. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005; 71: 2777-27781.

Elgren, TE; Zadvorny, OA; Brecht, E; Douglas, T; Zorin, NA; Maroney, MJ; Peters, JW. Immobilization of active hydrogenases by encapsulation in polymeric porous gels. Nano Lett. 2005; 5: 2085-2087.

Varpness, Z; Peters, JW; Young, M; Douglas, T. Biomimetic synthesis of a H2 catalyst using a protein cage architecture. Nano Lett. 2005; 5: 2306-2309.

Benton, PMC; Peters, JW. Nitrogenase structures. In Nitrogen Fixation, Smith, B. E.; Richards, R., Eds. Kluwer: 2004; pp 77-96.

Nocek, B; Boyd, J; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of an acetone carboxylase from Xanthobacter autotrophicus strain Py2. Acta Crystallogr. D. Biol. Crystallogr. 2004; 60: 385-387.

Sen, S; Igarashi, R; Smith, A; Johnson, MK; Seefeldt, LC; Peters, JW. A

conformational mimic of the MgATP-bound "on state" of the nitrogenase iron protein. Biochemistry 2004; 43: 1787-1797.

Jang, SB; Jeong, MS; Seefeldt, LC; Peters, JW. Structural and biochemical implications of single amino acid substitutions in the nucleotide-dependent switch regions of the nitrogenase Fe protein from Azotobacter vinelandii. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2004; 9: 1028-1033.

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2002-2003

Swierczek, K; Peters, JW; Hengge, AC. A convenient synthesis of phosphonothioic acids. Tetrahedron 2003; 59: 595-599.

Drennan, CL; Peters, JW. Surprising cofactors in metalloenzymes. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 2003; 13: 220-226.

Swierczek, K; Pandey, AS; Peters, JW; Hengge, AC. A comparison of phosphonothioic acids with phosphonic acids as phosphatase inhibitors. J. Med. Chem. 2003; 46: 3703-3708.

Benton, PMC; Peters, JW. Nitrogenase structures. In Nitrogen Fixation at the Millenium, Leigh, G. L., Ed. Elsevier: 2002.

Peters, JW. A trio of transition metals in anaerobic CO2 fixation. Science 2002; 298: 552-553.

Chen, Z; Lemon, BJ; Huang, S; Swartz, DJ; Peters, JW; Bagley, KA. Infrared studies of the CO-inhibited form of the Fe-only hydrogenase from Clostridium pasteurianum I: examination of its light sensitivity at cryogenic temperatures. Biochemistry 2002; 41: 2036-2043.

Nocek, B; Clark, DD; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of an R-2-hydroxypropyl-coenzyme M dehydrogenase. Acta Crystallogr. D. Biol. Crystallogr. 2002; 58: 1470-1473.

Nocek, B; Jang, SB; Jeong, MS; Clark, DD; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW. Structural basis for CO2 fixation by a novel member of the disulfide oxidoreductase family of enzymes, 2-ketopropyl-coenzyme M oxidoreductase/carboxylase. Biochemistry 2002; 41: 12907-12913.

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2000-2001

Lemon, BJ; Peters, JW. Fe-only hydrogenases. In Handbook of Metalloproteins, Messerschmidt, A.; Huber, R.; Poulos, T.; Weighardt, K., Eds. 2001

pp 738-750.

Chiu, H; Peters, JW; Lanzilotta, WN; Ryle, MJ; Seefeldt, LC; Howard, JB; Rees, DC. MgATP-Bound and nucleotide-free structures of a nitrogenase protein complex between the Leu 127 Delta-Fe-protein and the MoFe-protein. Biochemistry 2001; 40: 641-650.

Jang, SB; Jeong, MS; Clark, DD; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a NADPH 2-ketopropyl-coenzyme M oxidoreductase/carboxylase. Acta Crystallogr. D. Biol. Crystallogr. 2001; 57: 445-447.

Sorlie, M; Christiansen, J; Lemon, BJ; Peters, JW; Dean, DR; Hales, BJ. Mechanistic features and structure of the nitrogenase alpha-Gln195 MoFe protein. Biochemistry 2001; 40: 1540-1549.

Jang, SB; Seefeldt, LC; Peters, JW. Modulating the midpoint potential of the [4Fe-4S] cluster of the nitrogenase Fe protein. Biochemistry 2000; 39: 641-648.

Nicolet, Y; Lemon, BJ; Fontecilla-Camps, JC; Peters, JW. A novel FeS cluster in Fe-only hydrogenases. Trends Biochem. Sci. 2000; 25: 138-143.

Bennett, B; Lemon, BJ; Peters, JW. Reversible carbon monoxide binding and inhibition at the active site of the Fe-only hydrogenase. Biochemistry 2000; 39: 7455-7460.

Jang, SB; Seefeldt, LC; Peters, JW. Insights into nucleotide signal transduction in nitrogenase: structure of an iron protein with MgADP bound. Biochemistry 2000; 39: 14745-14752.

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1996-1999

Peters, JW; Bellamy, HD. Extension of Fe MAD phases in the structure determination of a multiple [FeS] cluster containing hydrogenase. J. Appl. Crystallogr. 1999; 32: 1180-1182.

Lemon, BJ; Peters, JW. Binding of exogenously added carbon monoxide at the active site of the iron-only hydrogenase (CpI) from Clostridium pasteurianum. Biochemistry 1999; 38: 12969-12973.

Peters, JW. Structure and mechanism of iron-only hydrogenases. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 1999; 9: 670-676.

Peters, JW; Lanzilotta, WN; Lemon, BJ; Seefeldt, LC. X-ray crystal structure of the Fe-only hydrogenase (CpI) from Clostridium pasteurianum to 1.8 angstrom resolution. Science 1998; 282: 1853-1858.

Peters, JW; Stowell, MH; Soltis, SM; Finnegan, MG; Johnson, MK; Rees, DC. Redox-dependent structural changes in the nitrogenase P-cluster. Biochemistry 1997; 36: 1181-1187.

Peters, JW. A brief overview of nitrogenase structure and function. Life Support and Biosphere Science 1996; 3: 175-181.

Stowell, MHB; Soltis, SM; Kisker, C; Peters, JW; Schindelin, H; Rees, DC; Cascio, D; Beamer, L; Hart, PJ; Wiener, MC; Whitby, FG. A simple device for studying macromolecular crystals under moderate gas pressures (0.1-10 MPa). J. Appl. Crystallogr. 1996; 29: 608-613.

Peters, JW; Stowell, MH; Rees, DC. A leucine-rich repeat variant with a novel repetitive protein structural motif. Nat. Struct. Biol. 1996; 3: 991-994.

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1991-1995

Peters, JW; Fisher, K; Dean, DR. Nitrogenase structure and function: a biochemical-genetic perspective. Annu. Rev. Microbiol 1995; 49: 335-366.

Peters, JW; Fisher, K; Newton, WE; Dean, DR. Involvement of the P cluster in intramolecular electron transfer within the nitrogenase MoFe protein. J. Biol. Chem. 1995; 270: 27007-27013.

Peters, JW; Fisher, K; Dean, DR. Identification of a nitrogenase protein-protein interaction site defined by residues 59 through 67 within the Azotobacter vinelandii Fe protein. J. Biol. Chem. 1994; 269: 28076-28083.

Raybuck, SA; Ramer, SE; Abbanat, DR; Peters, JW; Ormejohnson, WH; Ferry, JG; Walsh, CT. Demonstration of carbon-carbon bond-cleavage of acetyl coenzyme-a by using isotopic exchange catalyzed by the Co dehydrogenase complex from acetate-grown methanosarcina-thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 1991; 173: 929-932.

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Projects

Publications

2009

Beer, LL; Boyd, ES; Peters, JW; Posewitz, MC. Engineering algae for biohydroen and biofuel production. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 2009. 20: 264-271.

Mulder, DW; Ortillo, DO; Gardenghi, DJ; Naumov, AV; Ruebush, SS; Szilagyi, RK; Huynh B; Broderick, JB; Peters, JW. Activation of HydA∆EFG requires a preformed [4Fe-4S] cluster. Biochemistry 2009; 48: 6240-6248.

Boyd, ES; Spear, JR; Peters, JW. [FeFe] hydrogenase genetic diversity provides insight into molecular adaption in a saline microbial mat community. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2009; 75: 4620-4623.

Mcglynn, SE; Mulder, DW; Shepard, SE; Broderick, JB; Peters, JW. Hydrogenase cluster biosynthesis: organometallic chemisty nature's way. Dalton Trans. 2009; 4274-4285.

Peters, JW. Carbon monoxide and cyanide lignads in the active site of [FeFe]-hydrogeanse. In Metal ions in life sciences. Sigel, A; Sigel, H; Sigel, RKO; Eds. RSC Pub: 2009; 6, 179-218.

2006-2008

Sarma, R; Barney, BM; Hamilton, TL; Jones, A; Seefeldt, LC; Peters, JW. Crystal structure of the L protein of Rhodobacter sphaeroides light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase with MgADP bound: a homologue of the nitrogenase Fe protein. Biochemistry 2008; 47: 13004-13015.

Krishnakumar, AM; Sliwa, D; Endrizzi, JA; Boyd, ES; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW. Getting a handle on the role of coenzyme M in alkene metabolism. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev.; 72: 445-456.

Posewitz, MC; Mulder, DW; Peters, JW. New Frontiers in Hydrogenase Structure and Biosynthesis. Current Chemical Biology 2008; 2: 178-199.

McGlynn, SE; Shepard, EM; Winslow, MA; Naumov, AV; Duschene, KS; Posewitz, MC; Broderick, WE; Broderick, WE; Broderick, JB; Peters, JW. HydF as a scaffold protein in [FeFe] hydrogenase H-cluster biosynthesis. FEBS Lett. 2008; 582: 2183-2187.

Pandey, AS; Harris, TV; Giles, LJ; Peters, JW; Szilagyi, RK. Dithiomethylether as a ligand in the hydrogenase h-cluster. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008; 130: 4533-4540.

Sarma R; Mulder, DW; Brecht, E; Szilagy, RK; Seefeldt, LC; Tsuruta, H; Peters, JW. Probing the MgATP-bound conformation of the nitrogenase Fe protein by solution small-angle X-ray scattering. Biochemistry 2007; 46: 14058-14066.

Peters, JW; Bothner, B; Kelly, S. Unfolding the mystery of protein stability. Yellowstone Sci 2007.

McGlynn, SE; Ruebush, SS; Naumov, A; Nagy, LE; Dubini, A; King, PW; Broderick, JB; Posewitz, MC; Peters, JW. In vitro activation of [FeFe] hydrogenase: new insights into hydrogenase maturation. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2007; 12: 443-447.

Sen, S; Peters, JW. The thermal adaptation of the nitrogenase Fe protein from thermophilic Methanobacter thermoautotrophicus. Proteins 2006; 62: 450-460.

Peters, JW; Szilagyi, RK; Naumov, A; Douglas, T,. A radical solution for the biosynthesis of the H-cluster of hydrogenase. FEBS Lett. 2006; 580: 363-367.

Pandey, AS; Nocek, B; Clark, DD; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW. Mechanistic implications of the structure of the mixed-disulfide intermediate of the disulfide oxidoreductase, 2-ketopropyl-coenzyme M oxidoreductase/carboxylase. Biochemistry 2006; 45: 113-120.

Steunou, AS; Bhaya, D; Bateson, MM; Melendrez, MC; Ward, DM; Brecht, E; Peters, JW; Kuhl, M; Grossman, AR. In situ analysis of nitrogen fixation and metabolic switching in unicellular thermophilic cyanobacteria inhabiting hot spring microbial mats. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2006; 103: 2398-2403.

Peters, JW; Szilagyi, RK. Exploring new frontiers of nitrogenase structure and mechanism. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2006; 10: 101-108.

Sen, S; Krishnakumar, A; McClead, J; Johnson, MK; Seefeldt, LC; Szilagyi, RK;

Peters, JW. Insights into the role of nucleotide-dependent conformational change in nitrogenase catalysis: Structural characterization of the nitrogenase Fe protein Leu127 deletion variant with bound MgATP. J. Inorg. Biochem. 2006; 100: 1041-1052.

Krishnakumar, AM; Nocek, BP; Clark, DD; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW. Structural basis for stereoselectivity in the (R)- and (S)-hydroxypropylthioethanesulfonate dehydrogenases. Biochemistry 2006; 45: 8831-8840.

Schwab, DE; Tard, C; Brecht, E; Peters, JW; Pickett, CJ; Szilagyi, RK. On the electronic structure of the hydrogenase H-cluster. Chem. Commun. 2006: 3696-3698.

2004-2005

Sen, S; Peters, JW. The role of MgATP in nitrogenase catalysis In Proceedings of the 14th International Nitrogen Fixation Congress, 2005.

Copik, AJ; Nocek, BP; Swierczek, SI; Ruebush, S; Jang, SB; Meng, L; D'Souza V, M; Peters, JW; Bennett, B; Holz, RC. EPR and X-ray crystallographic characterization of the product-bound form of the MnII-loaded methionyl aminopeptidase from Pyrococcus furiosus. Biochemistry 2005; 44: 121-129.

Elgren, TE; Zadvorny, OA; Brecht, E; Douglas, T; Zorin, NA; Maroney, MJ; Peters, JW. Immobilization of active hydrogenases by encapsulation in polymeric porous gels. Nano Lett. 2005; 5: 2085-2087.

Varpness, Z; Peters, JW; Young, M; Douglas, T. Biomimetic synthesis of a H2 catalyst using a protein cage architecture. Nano Lett. 2005; 5: 2306-2309.

Benton, PMC; Peters, JW. Nitrogenase structures. In Nitrogen Fixation, Smith, B. E.; Richards, R., Eds. Kluwer: 2004; pp 77-96.

Nocek, B; Boyd, J; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of an acetone carboxylase from Xanthobacter autotrophicus strain Py2. Acta Crystallogr. D. Biol. Crystallogr. 2004; 60: 385-387.

Sen, S; Igarashi, R; Smith, A; Johnson, MK; Seefeldt, LC; Peters, JW. A

conformational mimic of the MgATP-bound "on state" of the nitrogenase iron protein. Biochemistry 2004; 43: 1787-1797.

Jang, SB; Jeong, MS; Seefeldt, LC; Peters, JW. Structural and biochemical implications of single amino acid substitutions in the nucleotide-dependent switch regions of the nitrogenase Fe protein from Azotobacter vinelandii. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2004; 9: 1028-1033.

2002-2003

Swierczek, K; Peters, JW; Hengge, AC. A convenient synthesis of phosphonothioic acids. Tetrahedron 2003; 59: 595-599.

Drennan, CL; Peters, JW. Surprising cofactors in metalloenzymes. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 2003; 13: 220-226.

Swierczek, K; Pandey, AS; Peters, JW; Hengge, AC. A comparison of phosphonothioic acids with phosphonic acids as phosphatase inhibitors. J. Med. Chem. 2003; 46: 3703-3708.

Benton, PMC; Peters, JW. Nitrogenase structures. In Nitrogen Fixation at the Millenium, Leigh, G. L., Ed. Elsevier: 2002.

Peters, JW. A trio of transition metals in anaerobic CO2 fixation. Science 2002; 298: 552-553.

Chen, Z; Lemon, BJ; Huang, S; Swartz, DJ; Peters, JW; Bagley, KA. Infrared studies of the CO-inhibited form of the Fe-only hydrogenase from Clostridium pasteurianum I: examination of its light sensitivity at cryogenic temperatures. Biochemistry 2002; 41: 2036-2043.

Nocek, B; Clark, DD; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of an R-2-hydroxypropyl-coenzyme M dehydrogenase. Acta Crystallogr. D. Biol. Crystallogr. 2002; 58: 1470-1473.

Nocek, B; Jang, SB; Jeong, MS; Clark, DD; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW. Structural basis for CO2 fixation by a novel member of the disulfide oxidoreductase family of enzymes, 2-ketopropyl-coenzyme M oxidoreductase/carboxylase. Biochemistry 2002; 41: 12907-12913.

2000-2001

Lemon, BJ; Peters, JW. Fe-only hydrogenases. In Handbook of Metalloproteins, Messerschmidt, A.; Huber, R.; Poulos, T.; Weighardt, K., Eds. 2001

pp 738-750.

Chiu, H; Peters, JW; Lanzilotta, WN; Ryle, MJ; Seefeldt, LC; Howard, JB; Rees, DC. MgATP-Bound and nucleotide-free structures of a nitrogenase protein complex between the Leu 127 Delta-Fe-protein and the MoFe-protein. Biochemistry 2001; 40: 641-650.

Jang, SB; Jeong, MS; Clark, DD; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a NADPH 2-ketopropyl-coenzyme M oxidoreductase/carboxylase. Acta Crystallogr. D. Biol. Crystallogr. 2001; 57: 445-447.

Sorlie, M; Christiansen, J; Lemon, BJ; Peters, JW; Dean, DR; Hales, BJ. Mechanistic features and structure of the nitrogenase alpha-Gln195 MoFe protein. Biochemistry 2001; 40: 1540-1549.

Jang, SB; Seefeldt, LC; Peters, JW. Modulating the midpoint potential of the [4Fe-4S] cluster of the nitrogenase Fe protein. Biochemistry 2000; 39: 641-648.

Nicolet, Y; Lemon, BJ; Fontecilla-Camps, JC; Peters, JW. A novel FeS cluster in Fe-only hydrogenases. Trends Biochem. Sci. 2000; 25: 138-143.

Bennett, B; Lemon, BJ; Peters, JW. Reversible carbon monoxide binding and inhibition at the active site of the Fe-only hydrogenase. Biochemistry 2000; 39: 7455-7460.

Jang, SB; Seefeldt, LC; Peters, JW. Insights into nucleotide signal transduction in nitrogenase: structure of an iron protein with MgADP bound. Biochemistry 2000; 39: 14745-14752.

1996-1999

Peters, JW; Bellamy, HD. Extension of Fe MAD phases in the structure determination of a multiple [FeS] cluster containing hydrogenase. J. Appl. Crystallogr. 1999; 32: 1180-1182.

Lemon, BJ; Peters, JW. Binding of exogenously added carbon monoxide at the active site of the iron-only hydrogenase (CpI) from Clostridium pasteurianum. Biochemistry 1999; 38: 12969-12973.

Peters, JW. Structure and mechanism of iron-only hydrogenases. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 1999; 9: 670-676.

Peters, JW; Lanzilotta, WN; Lemon, BJ; Seefeldt, LC. X-ray crystal structure of the Fe-only hydrogenase (CpI) from Clostridium pasteurianum to 1.8 angstrom resolution. Science 1998; 282: 1853-1858.

Peters, JW; Stowell, MH; Soltis, SM; Finnegan, MG; Johnson, MK; Rees, DC. Redox-dependent structural changes in the nitrogenase P-cluster. Biochemistry 1997; 36: 1181-1187.

Peters, JW. A brief overview of nitrogenase structure and function. Life Support and Biosphere Science 1996; 3: 175-181.

Stowell, MHB; Soltis, SM; Kisker, C; Peters, JW; Schindelin, H; Rees, DC; Cascio, D; Beamer, L; Hart, PJ; Wiener, MC; Whitby, FG. A simple device for studying macromolecular crystals under moderate gas pressures (0.1-10 MPa). J. Appl. Crystallogr. 1996; 29: 608-613.

Peters, JW; Stowell, MH; Rees, DC. A leucine-rich repeat variant with a novel repetitive protein structural motif. Nat. Struct. Biol. 1996; 3: 991-994.

1991-1995

Peters, JW; Fisher, K; Dean, DR. Nitrogenase structure and function: a biochemical-genetic perspective. Annu. Rev. Microbiol 1995; 49: 335-366.

Peters, JW; Fisher, K; Newton, WE; Dean, DR. Involvement of the P cluster in intramolecular electron transfer within the nitrogenase MoFe protein. J. Biol. Chem. 1995; 270: 27007-27013.

Peters, JW; Fisher, K; Dean, DR. Identification of a nitrogenase protein-protein interaction site defined by residues 59 through 67 within the Azotobacter vinelandii Fe protein. J. Biol. Chem. 1994; 269: 28076-28083.

Mulder, DW; Ortillo, DO; Gardenghi, DJ; Naumov, AV; Ruebush, SS; Szilagyi, RK; Huynh B; Broderick, JB; Peters, JW. Activation of HydA^∆EFG requires a preformed [4Fe-4S] cluster. Biochemistry 2009; 48: 6240-6248.