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Publications

 

2006-present

 

Posewitz, MC; Mulder, DW; Peters, JW, New frontiers into hydrogenase structure and biosynthesis. Curr Chem Biol (Invited) Submitted.

 

Sarma, R; Mulder, DW; Brecht, E; Szilagyi, 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.

 

Krishnakumar, AM; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW, Structural basis for the role of coenzyme M in alkene metabolism. Mini-review J Bact (Invited) In prep.

 

Pandey, AS; Lemon, BJ; Szilagyi, RK; Peters, JW, High Resolution (1.39 A) x-ray crystallographic refinement and density functional theory optimization of the [FeFe]-hydrogenase (CpI) from clostridium pasteurianum. J Am Chem Soc In prep.

 

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: 443-7.

 

Sen, S; Peters, JW, The thermal adaptation of the nitrogenase Fe protein from thermophilic Methanobacter thermoautotrophicus. Proteins 2006; 62: 450-60.

 

Peters, JW; Szilagyi, RK; Naumov, A; Douglas, T, A radical solution for the biosynthesis of the H-cluster of hydrogenase. FEBS Lett 2006; 580: 363-7.

 

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: 113-20.

 

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: 2398-403.

 

Peters, JW; Szilagyi, RK, Exploring new frontiers of nitrogenase structure and mechanism. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2006; 10: 101-8.

 

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: 1041-52.

 

Krishnakumar, AM; Nocek, BP; Clark, DD; Ensign, SA; Peters, JW, Structural basis for stereoselectivity in the (R)- and (S)-hydroxypropylthioethanesulfonate dehydrogenases. Biochemistry 2006; 45: 8831-40.

 

Schwab, DE; Tard, C; Brecht, E; Peters, JW; Pickett, CJ; Szilagyi, RK, On the electronic structure of the hydrogenase H-cluster. Chem Commun 2006: 3696-8.

 

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: 121-9.

 

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: 2777-81.

 

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: 2085-7.

 

Varpness, Z; Peters, JW; Young, M; Douglas, T, Biomimetic synthesis of a H2 catalyst using a protein cage architecture. Nano Lett 2005; 5: 2306-9.

 

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: 385-7.

 

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: 1787-97.

 

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: 1028-33.

 

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: 220-6.

 

Swierczek, K; Pandey, AS; Peters, JW; Hengge, AC, A comparison of phosphonothioic acids with phosphonic acids as phosphatase inhibitors. J Med Chem 2003; 46: 3703-8.

 

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: 2036-43.

 

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: 1470-3.

 

Peters, JW, Enzymology. A trio of transition metals in anaerobic CO2 fixation. Science 2002; 298: 552-3.

 

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: 12907-13.

 

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: 641-50.

 

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: 445-7.

 

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: 1540-9.

 

Jang, SB; Seefeldt, LC; Peters, JW, Modulating the midpoint potential of the [4Fe-4S] cluster of the nitrogenase Fe protein. Biochemistry 2000; 39: 641-8.

 

Nicolet, Y; Lemon, BJ; Fontecilla-Camps, JC; Peters, JW, A novel FeS cluster in Fe-only hydrogenases. Trends Biochem Sci 2000; 25: 138-43.

 

Bennett, B; Lemon, BJ; Peters, JW, Reversible carbon monoxide binding and inhibition at the active site of the Fe-only hydrogenase. Biochemistry 2000; 39: 7455-60.

 

Jang, SB; Seefeldt, LC; Peters, JW, Insights into nucleotide signal transduction in nitrogenase: structure of an iron protein with MgADP bound. Biochemistry 2000; 39: 14745-52.

 

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: 12969-73.

 

Peters, JW, Structure and mechanism of iron-only hydrogenases. Curr Opin Struct Biol 1999; 9: 670-6.

 

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: 1853-8.

 

Peters, JW; Stowell, MH; Soltis, SM; Finnegan, MG; Johnson, MK; Rees, DC, Redox-dependent structural changes in the nitrogenase P-cluster. Biochemistry 1997; 36: 1181-7.

 

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: 991-4.

 

1991-1995

 

Peters, JW; Fisher, K; Dean, DR, Nitrogenase structure and function: a biochemical-genetic perspective. Annu Rev Microbiol 1995; 49: 335-66.

 

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: 27007-13.

 

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: 28076-83.

 

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.