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CARSTEN KREBS Curriculum vitae
Personal Data Name: Carsten Krebs
Country of birth: Germany
Country of citizenship: Germany
Immigration status: Permanent resident of the United States
Education 10/1989 - 9/1991 Undergraduate studies in Chemistry at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
10/1991 - 9/1993 Graduate studies in Chemistry at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
10/1993 - 5/1994 Diploma thesis in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry I at the Ruhr-
Universität Bochum, Germany
Title: 'Synthesis of sulfur- and selenium functionalized macrocyclic ligands and
their coordination chemistry'
Supervisor: Professor K. Wieghardt
6/1994 - 2/1997 Ph.D. thesis at the Max Planck Institut für Strahlenchemie, Mülheim/Ruhr,
Germany
Title: 'Magnetic exchange interactions in linear tetranuclear transition metal
compounds',
Supervisor: Professor K. Wieghardt
2/1997 - 1/2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, Physics Department, Emory University, Atlanta, GA,
Supervisor: Professor B. H. Huynh
Appointments
5/1999 – 1/2002 Research Associate, Physics Department, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
1/2002 – 6/2007 Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Pennsylvania State University
1/2004 – 6/2007 Assistant Professor of Chemistry
The Pennsylvania State University
7/2007 – 6/2012 Associate Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Pennsylvania State University
7/2012 - current Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Pennsylvania State University
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Awards
9/1991 cum laude for Undergraduate Studies
5/1994 summa cum for Graduate Studies and Diploma Thesis
2/1997 summa cum laude for Ph.D. Thesis
2005 - 2008 “Beckman Young Investigator” of the Beckman Foundation
2006 – 2011 “Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar” of the Dreyfus Foundation
2008 “Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry” of the ACS Biochemistry Division
2012 “Early Career Award” of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC)
Professional Memberships American Chemical Society
Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Organization of Meetings
1) Organizer (with J. Martin Bollinger) of the 1st Penn State Bioinorganic Workshop
June 1st to 2nd 2010, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA-16802
2) Organizer (with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr., Squire J. Booker, and Michael T. Green) of the 29th
Summer Symposium in Molecular Biology, entitled “2nd Frontiers in Metallobiochemistry”
June 2nd to 5th 2010, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA-16802
3) Organizer (with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr., Squire J. Booker, and John H. Golbeck) of the 2nd Penn
State Bioinorganic Workshop, June 1st to 8th 2012, Pennsylvania State University, University
Park, PA-16802
4) Organizer (with Amie K. Boal, J. Martin Bollinger, Jr., Squire J. Booker, John H. Golbeck, and
Michael T. Green) of the 3rd Penn State Bioinorganic Workshop, May 28th to June 4th 2014,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA-16802
5) Organizer (with Amie K. Boal, J. Martin Bollinger, Jr., Squire J. Booker, and Michael T. Green) of
the 33rd Summer Symposium in Molecular Biology, entitled “3rd Frontiers in
Metallobiochemistry”
June 5th to 7th 2014, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA-16802
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List of publications Published1-56
1) Krebs, C.; Winter, M.; Weyhermüller, T.; Bill, E.; Wieghardt, K.; Chaudhuri, P. "Magnetic exchange coupling in a nearly linear iron(III)nickel(II)nickel(II)iron(III) complex" J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1995, 1913-15. 2) Beissel, T.; Birkelbach, F.; Bill, E.; Glaser, T.; Kesting, F.; Krebs, C.; Weyhermüller, T.;
Wieghardt, K.; Butzlaff, C.; Trautwein, A. X. "Exchange and Double-Exchange Phenomena in Linear Homo- and Heterotrinuclear
Nickel(II,III,IV) Complexes Containing Six µ2-Phenolato or µ2-Thiophenolato Bridging Ligands" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 12376-12390. 3) Bill, E.; Krebs, C.; Winter, M.; Gerdan, M.; Trautwein, A. X.; Flörke, U.; Haupt, H.-J.;
Chaudhuri, P. "A triangular iron(III) complex potentially relevant to iron(III)-binding sites in ferreascidin" Chem.--Eur. J. 1997, 3, 193-201. 4) Bossek, U.; Nühlen, D.; Bill, E.; Glaser, T.; Krebs, C.; Weyhermüller, T.; Wieghardt, K.; Lengen,
M.; Trautwein, A. X. "Exchange Coupling in an Isostructural Series of Face-Sharing Bioctahedral Complexes
[LMII(µ-X)3MIIL]BPh4 (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn; X = Cl, Br; L = 1,4,7-Trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane)"
Inorg. Chem. 1997, 36, 2834-2843. 5) Trautwein, A. X.; Wieghardt, K.; Mochizuki, K.; Kesting, F.; Weyhermüller, T.; Butzlaff, C.;
Paulsen, H.; Ding, X.-Q.; Grodzicki, M.; Hartung, R.; Birkelbach, F.; Winter, M.; Flörke, U.; Haupt, H.-J.; Lengen, M.; Bill, E.; Chaudhuri, P.; Beissel, T.; Glaser, T.; Krebs, C.; Jüstel, T.; Hildebrandt, P.
"Electronic properties of paramagnetic and exchange-coupled transition-metal centers in biomimetic systems" in
"Bioinorganic Chemistry" Trautwein, A. X., Ed.; Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, Germany, 1997, pp 741-759. 6) Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C.; Vicol, A.; Chen, S.; Ley, B. A.; Edmondson, D. E.; Huynh, B. H. "Engineering the Diiron Site of Escherichia coli Ribonucleotide Reductase Protein R2 to
Accumulate an Intermediate Similar to Hperoxo, the Putative Peroxodiiron(III) Complex from the Methane Monooxygenase Catalytic Cycle"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 1094-1095. 7) Valentine, A. M.; Tavares, P.; Pereira, A. S.; Davydov, R.; Krebs, C.; Hoffman, B. M.;
Edmondson, D. E.; Huynh, B. H.; Lippard, S. J. "Characterization of a Mixed-Valent Fe(III)Fe(IV) Form of Intermediate Q in the Reaction Cycle
of Soluble Methane Monooxygenase, an Analog of Intermediate X in Ribonucleotide Reductase R2 Assembly"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 2190-2191.
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8) Tavares, P.; Pereira, A. S.; Krebs, C.; Ravi, N.; Moura, J. J. G.; Moura, I.; Huynh, B. H. "Spectroscopic Characterization of a Novel Tetranuclear Fe Cluster in an Iron-Sulfur Protein
Isolated from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans" Biochemistry 1998, 37, 2830-2842. 9) Pereira, A. S.; Small, W.; Krebs, C.; Tavares, P.; Edmondson, D. E.; Theil, E. C.; Huynh, B. H. "Direct Spectroscopic and Kinetic Evidence for the Involvement of a Peroxodiferric Intermediate
during the Ferroxidase Reaction in Fast Ferritin Mineralization" Biochemistry 1998, 37, 9871-9876. 10) Krebs, C.; Glaser, T.; Bill, E.; Weyhermüller, T.; Meyer-Klaucke, W.; Wieghardt, K. "A paramagnetic copper(III) complex containing an octahedral CuIIIS6 coordination polyhedron" Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 1999, 38, 359-361. 11) Moënne-Loccoz, P.; Krebs, C.; Herlihy, K.; Edmondson, D. E.; Theil, E. C.; Huynh, B. H.;
Loehr, T. M. "The Ferroxidase Reaction of Ferritin Reveals a Diferric µ-1,2 Bridging Peroxide Intermediate
in Common with Other O2-Activating Non-Heme Diiron Proteins" Biochemistry 1999, 38, 5290-5295. 12) Hurshman, A. R.; Krebs, C.; Edmondson, D. E.; Huynh, B. H.; Marletta, M. A. "Formation of a Pterin Radical in the Reaction of the Heme Domain of Inducible Nitric Oxide
Synthase with Oxygen" Biochemistry 1999, 38, 15689-15696. 13) Krebs, C.; Huynh, B. H. "Intermediates in oxygen activation reactions of diiron enzymes" in "Iron Metabolism" Ferreira, G. C., Moura, J. J. G. and Franco, R., Ed.; Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim,
Germany, 1999, pp 253-273. 14) Lee, D.; Du Bois, J.; Petasis, D.; Hendrich, M. P.; Krebs, C.; Huynh, B. H.; Lippard, S. J. "Formation of Fe(III)Fe(IV) Species from the Reaction between a Diiron(II) Complex and
Dioxygen: Relevance to Ribonucleotide Reductase Intermediate X" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 9893-9894. 15) Pereira, A. S.; Tavares, P.; Krebs, C.; Huynh, B. H.; Rusnak, F.; Moura, I.; Moura, J. J. G. "Biochemical and Spectroscopic Characterization of Overexpressed Fuscoredoxin from
Escherichia coli" Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 1999, 260, 209-215. 16) Lee, D.; Krebs, C.; Huynh, B. H.; Hendrich, M. P.; Lippard, S. J. "Valence-Delocalized Diiron(II,III) Cores Supported by Carboxylate-Only Bridging Ligands" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 5000-5001. 17) Hwang, J.; Krebs, C.; Huynh, B. H.; Edmondson, D. E.; Theil, E. C.; Penner-Hahn, J. E. "A short Fe-Fe distance in peroxodiferric ferritin: control of Fe substrate versus cofactor
decay?" Science 2000, 287, 122-125.
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18) Agar, J. N.; Krebs, C.; Frazzon, J.; Huynh, B. H.; Dean, D. R.; Johnson, M. K. "IscU as a Scaffold for Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biosynthesis: Sequential Assembly of [2Fe-2S] and
[4Fe-4S] Clusters in IscU" Biochemistry 2000, 39, 7856-7862. 19) Krebs, C.; Davydov, R.; Baldwin, J.; Hoffman, B. M.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Huynh, B. H. "Mössbauer and EPR Characterization of the S = 9/2 Mixed-Valence Fe(II)Fe(III) Cluster in the
Cryoreduced R2 Subunit of Escherichia coli Ribonucleotide Reductase" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 5327-5336. 20) Jovanovic, T.; Ascenso, C.; Hazlett, K. R. O.; Sikkink, R.; Krebs, C.; Litwiller, R.; Benson, L.
M.; Moura, I.; Moura, J. J. G.; Radolf, J. D.; Huynh, B. H.; Naylor, S.; Rusnak, F. "Neelaredoxin, an iron-binding protein from the syphilis spirochete, Treponema pallidum, is a
superoxide reductase" J. Biol. Chem. 2000, 275, 28439-28448. 21) Nasri, H.; Ellison, M. K.; Krebs, C.; Huynh, B. H.; Scheidt, W. R. "Highly Variable π-Bonding in the Interaction of Iron(II) Porphyrinates with Nitrite" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 10795-10804. 22) Baldwin, J.; Krebs, C.; Ley, B. A.; Edmondson, D. E.; Huynh, B. H.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Mechanism of Rapid Electron Transfer during Oxygen Activation in the R2 Subunit of
Escherichia coli Ribonucleotide Reductase. 1. Evidence for a Transient Tryptophan Radical" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 12195-12206. 23) Krebs, C.; Chen, S.; Baldwin, J.; Ley, B. A.; Patel, U.; Edmondson, D. E.; Huynh, B. H.;
Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Mechanism of Rapid Electron Transfer during Oxygen Activation in the R2 Subunit of
Escherichia coli Ribonucleotide Reductase. 2. Evidence for and Consequences of Blocked Electron Transfer in the W48F Variant"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 12207-12219. 24) Krebs, C.; Henshaw, T. F.; Cheek, J.; Huynh, B. H.; Broderick, J. B. "Conversion of 3Fe-4S to 4Fe-4S Clusters in Native Pyruvate Formate-Lyase Activating Enzyme:
Mössbauer Characterization and Implications for Mechanism" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 12497-12506. 25) Krebs, C.; Agar, J. N.; Smith, A. D.; Frazzon, J.; Dean, D. R.; Huynh, B. H.; Johnson, M. K. "IscA, an Alternate Scaffold for Fe-S Cluster Biosynthesis" Biochemistry 2001, 40, 14069-14080. 26) Baldwin, J.; Voegtli, W. C.; Khidekel, N.; Moënne-Loccoz, P.; Krebs, C.; Pereira, A. S.; Ley, B.
A.; Huynh, B. H.; Loehr, T. M.; Riggs-Gelasco, P. J.; Rosenzweig, A. C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Rational Reprogramming of the R2 Subunit of Escherichia coli Ribonucleotide Reductase into a
Self-Hydroxylating Monooxygenase" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 7017-7030.
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27) Ghiladi, R. A.; Hatwell, K. R.; Karlin, K. D.; Huang, H.-w.; Moënne-Loccoz, P.; Krebs, C.; Huynh, B. H.; Marzilli, L. A.; Cotter, R. J.; Kaderli, S.; Zuberbühler, A. D.
"Dioxygen Reactivity of Mononuclear Heme and Copper Components Yielding A High-Spin Heme-Peroxo-Cu Complex"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 6183-6184. 28) Krebs, C.; Broderick, W. E.; Henshaw, T. F.; Broderick, J. B.; Huynh, B. H. "Coordination of Adenosylmethionine to a Unique Iron Site of the [4Fe-4S] of Pyruvate Formate-
Lyase Activating Enzyme: A Mössbauer Spectroscopic Study" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 912-913. 29) Yun, D.; Krebs, C.; Gupta, G. P.; Iwig, D. F.; Huynh, B. H.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Facile Electron Transfer during Formation of Cluster X and Kinetic Competence of X for
Tyrosyl Radical Production in Protein R2 of Ribonucleotide Reductase from Mouse" Biochemistry 2002, 41, 981-990. 30) Lee, D.; Pierce, B.; Krebs, C.; Hendrich, M. P.; Huynh, B. H.; Lippard, S. J. "Functional Mimic of Dioxygen-Activating Centers in Non-Heme Diiron Enzymes: Mechanistic
Implications of Paramagnetic Intermediates in the Reactions between Diiron(II) Complexes and Dioxygen"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 3993-4007. 31) Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Theil, E. C.; Huynh, B. H. "Exchange coupling constant J of peroxodiferric reaction intermediates determined by
Mössbauer spectroscopy" J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2002, 7, 863-869. 32) Jameson, G. N. L.; Jin, W.; Krebs, C.; Pereira, A. S.; Tavares, P.; Liu, X.; Theil, E. C.; Huynh, B.
H. "Stoichiometric Production of Hydrogen Peroxide and Parallel Formation of Ferric Multimers
through Decay of the Diferric-Peroxo Complex, the First Detectable Intermediate in Ferritin Mineralization"
Biochemistry 2002, 41, 13435-13443. 33) Krebs, C.; Edmondson, D. E.; Huynh, B. H. "Demonstration of Peroxodiferric Intermediate in M-ferritin Ferroxidase Reaction using Rapid
Freeze-Quench Mössbauer, Resonance Raman, and XAS Spectroscopies" Methods in Enzymology 2002, 354, 436-454. 34) Price, J. C.; Barr, E. W.; Tirupati, B.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C. "The First Direct Characterization of a High-Valent Iron Intermediate in the Reaction of an α-
Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase: A High-Spin Fe(IV) Complex in Taurine/α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase (TauD) from Escherichia coli"
Biochemistry 2003, 42, 7497-7508. 35) Chaudhuri, P.; Rentschler, E.; Birkelbach, F.; Krebs, C.; Bill, E.; Weyhermüller, T.; Flörke, U. "Ground spin state variation in carboxylate-bridged tetranuclear [Fe2Mn2O2]8+ cores and a
comparison with their [Fe4O2]8+ and [Mn4O2]8+ congeners" European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2003, 541-555.
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36) Baldwin, J.; Krebs, C.; Saleh, L.; Stelling, M.; Huynh, B. H.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Riggs-Gelasco, P. J.
"Structural Characterization of the Peroxodiiron(III) Intermediate Generated during Oxygen Activation by the W48A/D84E Variant of Ribonucleotide Reductase Protein R2 from Escherichia coli"
Biochemistry 2003, 42, 13269-13279. 37) Broderick, J. B.; Walsby, C.; Broderick, W. E.; Krebs, C.; Hong, W.; Ortillo, D.; Cheek, J.;
Huynh, B. H.; Hoffman, B. M. "Paramagnetic resonance in mechanistic studies of Fe-S/radical enzymes" ACS Symposium Series 2003, 858, 113-127. 38) Price, J. C.; Barr, E. W.; Glass, T. E.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Evidence for Hydrogen Abstraction from C1 of Taurine by the High-Spin Fe(IV) Intermediate
Detected during Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase (TauD)" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 13008-13009. 39) Hurshman, A. R.; Krebs, C.; Edmondson, D. E.; Marletta, M. A. "Ability of Tetrahydrobiopterin Analogues to Support Catalysis by Inducible Nitric Oxide
Synthase: Formation of a Pterin Radical Is Required for Enzyme Activity" Biochemistry 2003, 42, 13287-13303. 40) Tripp, B. C.; Bell, C. B., III; Cruz, F.; Krebs, C.; Ferry, J. G. "A Role for Iron in an Ancient Carbonic Anhydrase" J. Biol. Chem. 2004, 279, 6683-6687. 41) Mader Cosper, M.; Jameson, G. N. L.; Hernandez, H. L.; Krebs, C.; Huynh, B. H.; Johnson, M.
K. "Characterization of the Cofactor Composition of Escherichia coli Biotin Synthase" Biochemistry 2004, 43, 2007-2021. 42) Saleh, L.; Krebs, C.; Ley, B. A.; Naik, S.; Huynh, B. H.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Use of a Chemical Trigger for Electron Transfer to Characterize a Precursor to Cluster X in
Assembly of the Iron-Radical Cofactor of Escherichia coli Ribonucleotide Reductase" Biochemistry 2004, 43, 5953-5964. 43) Riggs-Gelasco, P. J.; Price, J. C.; Guyer, R. B.; Brehm, J. H.; Barr, E. W.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.;
Krebs, C. "EXAFS Spectroscopic Evidence for an Fe=O Unit in the Fe(IV) Intermediate Observed during
Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 8108-8109. 44) Cicchillo, R. M.; Baker, M. A.; Schnitzer, E. J.; Newman, E. B.; Krebs, C.; Booker, S. J. "Characterization of Escherichia coli L-Serine Dehydratase as an Iron-Sulfur Containing
Enzyme" J. Biol. Chem. 2004, 279, 32418-32425. 45) Cicchillo, R. M.; Lee, K.-H.; Baleanu-Gogonea, C.; Nesbitt, N. M.; Krebs, C.; Booker, S. J. "Escherichia coli Lipoyl Synthase Binds Two Distinct [4Fe-4S] Cluster per Polypeptide" Biochemistry 2004, 43, 11770-11781.
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46) Krebs, C.; Price, J. C.; Baldwin, J.; Saleh, L.; Green, M. T.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Rapid Freeze-Quench 57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy: Monitoring Changes of an Iron-
Containing Active Site during a Biochemical Reaction" Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 742-757. 47) Cicchillo, R. M.; Tu, L.; Stromberg, J. A.; Hoffart, L. M.; Krebs, C.; Booker, S. J. "Escherichia coli Quinolinate Synthetase Does Indeed Harbor a [4Fe-4S] Cluster" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 7310-7311. 48) Price, J. C.; Barr, E. W.; Hoffart, L. M.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Kinetic Dissection of the Catalytic Mechanism of Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase (TauD)
from Escherichia coli" Biochemistry 2005, 44, 8138-8147. 49) Smith, A. D.; Jameson, G. N. L.; Dos Santos, P. C.; Agar, J. N.; Naik, S.; Krebs, C.; Frazzon, J.;
Dean, D. R.; Huynh, B. H.; Johnson, M. K. "NifS-Mediated Assembly of [4Fe-4S] Clusters in the N- and C-Terminal Domains of the NifU
Scaffold Protein" Biochemistry 2005, 44, 12955-12969. 50) Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Price, J. C.; Hoffart, L. M.; Barr, E. W.; Krebs, C. "Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase (TauD) from
Escherichia coli" Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2005, 2005, 4245-4254. 51) Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C. "Stalking intermediates in oxygen activation by iron enzymes: Motivation and method" J. Inorg. Biochem. 2006, 100, 586-605. 52) Xing, G.; Hoffart, L. M.; Diao, Y.; Prabhu, K. S.; Arner, R. J.; Reddy, C. C.; Krebs, C.;
Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "A Coupled Dinuclear Iron Cluster that Is Perturbed by Substrate Binding in myo-Inositol
Oxygenase" Biochemistry 2006, 45, 5393-5401. 53) Xing, G.; Barr, E. W.; Diao, Y.; Hoffart, L. M.; Prabhu, K. S.; Arner, R. J.; Reddy, C. C.; Krebs,
C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Oxygen Activation by a Mixed-Valent, Diiron(II/III) Cluster in the Glycol Cleavage Reaction
Catalyzed by myo-Inositol Oxygenase" Biochemistry 2006, 45, 5402-5412. 54) Xing, G.; Diao, Y.; Hoffart, L. M.; Barr, E. W.; Prabhu, K. S.; Arner, R. J.; Reddy, C. C.; Krebs,
C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Evidence for C-H cleavage by an iron-superoxide complex in the glycol cleavage reaction
catalyzed by myo-inositol oxygenase" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2006, 103, 6130-6135. 55) Heinnickel, M.; Agalarov, R.; Svensen, N.; Krebs, C.; Golbeck, J. H. "Identification of FX in the Heliobacterial Reaction Center as a [4Fe-4S] Cluster with an S = 3/2
Ground Spin State" Biochemistry 2006, 45, 6756-6764.
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56) Stone, K. L.; Hoffart, L. M.; Behan, R. K.; Krebs, C.; Green, M. T. "Evidence for Two Ferryl Species in Chloroperoxidase Compound II" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 6147-6153. 57) Kim, S. H.; Xing, G.; Bollinger, J. M. Jr.; Krebs, C.; Hoffman, B. M.
"Demonstration by 2H ENDOR Spectroscopy that myo-Inositol Binds via an Alkoxide Bridge to the Mixed-valent Diiron Center of myo-Inositol Oxygenase" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 10374-10375.
58) Behan, R. K.; Stone, K. L.; Hoffart, L. M.; Krebs, C.; Green, M. T.
"Evidence for Basic Ferryls in Cytochromes P450" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 11471-11474.
59) Hoffart, L. M.; Barr, E. W.; Guyer, R. B.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C. "Direct Spectroscopic Detection of a C-H-Cleaving High-Spin Fe(IV) Complex in a Prolyl-4-
Hydroxylase" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U. S. A., 2006, 103, 14738-14743. 60) Galonić, D. P.; Barr, E. W.; Walsh, C. T.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C.
"Two Interconverting High-Spin Fe(IV) Intermediates in Aliphatic Chlorination by the Fe(II)- and α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Halogenase CytC3"
Nature Chem. Biol., 2007, 3, 113-116. 61) Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C.
“Enzymatic C-H activation by metal-superoxo intermediates” Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol., 2007, 11, 151-158.
62) Behan, R. K.; Hoffart, L. M.; Stone, K. L.; Krebs, C.; Green, M. T.
"Reaction between Cytochrome P450BM3 and Peroxynitrite Yields Nitrosyl Complex" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 5855-5859.
63) Ghiladi, R.; Chufan, E.; del Rio, D.; Solomon, E. I.; Krebs, C.; Huynh, B.-H.; Huang, H.-W.;
Moënne-Loccoz, P.; Kaderli, S.; Honecker, M.; Zuberbühler, A.; Marzilli, L.; Cotter, R.; Karlin, K. D. "Further Insights into the Spectroscopic Properties, Electronic Structure and Kinetics of Formation of the Heme-Peroxo-Copper Complex [(F8TPP)FeIII µ-(O2
2-)-CuII(TMPA)]" Inorg. Chem., 2007, 46, 3889-3902.
64) Sinnecker, S.; Svensen, N.; Barr, E. W.; Ye, S.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Neese, F.; Krebs, C.
"Spectroscopic and Computational Evaluation of the Structure of the High-Spin Fe(IV)-Oxo Intermediates in Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase from Escherichia coli and its His99Ala Ligand Variant" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 6168-6179.
65) Jiang, W.; Yun, D.; Saleh, L.; Barr, E. W.; Xing, G.; Hoffart, L. M.; Maslak, M.-A.; Krebs, C.;
Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "A Stable Manganese(IV)/Iron(III) Cofactor Initiates Substrate Radical Production in Chlamydia trachomatis Ribonucleotide Reductase" Science, 2007, 316, 1188-1191.
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66) Jiang, W.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C. "The active form of Chlamydia trachomatis Ribonucleotide Reductase R2 protein contains a heterodinuclear Mn(IV)/Fe(III) cluster with S = 1 ground state" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 7504-7505.
67) Krebs, C.; Galonić Fujimori, D.; Barr, E. W.; Walsh, C. T.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.
"Non-heme Fe(IV)-Oxo Intermediates" Acc. Chem. Res., 2007, 40, 484-492.
68) Jiang, W.; Hoffart, L. M.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.
"Direct Detection of a Mn(IV)/Fe(IV) Intermediate in Assembly of the Mn(IV)/Fe(III) Cofactor of Chlamydia trachomatis Ribonucleotide Reductase" Biochemistry 2007, 46, 8709-8716.
69 Krebs, C.; Matthews, M. L.; Jiang, W.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "AurF from Streptomyces thioluteus and a Possible New Family of Manganese/Iron Oxygenases" Biochemistry 2007, 46, 10413-10418. 70) Wu, C.-H.; Jiang, W.; Krebs, C.; Stubbe, J.
"YfaE, a Ferredoxin Involved in Diferric-Tyrosyl Radical Maintenance in E. coli Ribonucleotide Reductase" Biochemistry 2007, 46, 11577-11588.
71) Eser, B.; Barr, E. W.; Frantom, P. A.; Saleh, L.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C.; Fitzpatrick, P. F. "Direct Spectroscopic Evidence for a High-Spin Fe(IV) Intermediate in Tyrosine Hydroxylase" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 11334-11335. 72) Shen, G.; Balasubramanian, R.; Wang, T.; Hoffart, L. M.; Krebs, C.; Bryant, D. A.; Golbeck, J.
H. "The Cyanobacterial SufR Transcriptional Repressor Binds to the Promoter Region of the
sufBCDS Operon as a Homodimer and Coordinates a [4Fe-4S]1+,2+ Cluster" J. Biol. Chem., 2007, 282, 31909-31919. 73) Galonić Fujimori, D.; Barr, E. W.; Matthews, M. L.; Koch, G. M.; Yonce, J. R.; Walsh, C. T.,
Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C.; Riggs-Gelasco, P. J. "Spectroscopic Evidence for a High-Spin Fe(IV)-Oxo Intermediate in the α-Ketoglutarate-
Dependent Halogenase CytC3 from Streptomyces" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 13408-13409. 74) Neidig, M. L.; Brown, C. D.; Light, K.; Galonić Fujimori, D.; Nolan, E. M.; Price, J. C.; Barr, E.
W.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C.; Walsh, C. T.; Solomon, E. I. "CD and MCD of CytC3 and Taurine Dioxygenase: Role of the Facial Triad in α-KG-dependent
Dioxygenases" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 14224-14231. 75) Hristova, D.; Wu, C.-H.; Jiang, W.; Krebs, C.; Stubbe, J.
"Importance of the Maintenance Pathway in the Regulation of the Activity of Escherichia coli Ribonucleotide Reductase" Biochemistry, 2008, 47, 3989-3999.
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76) Jiang, W.; Xie, J.; Nørgaard, H.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C. "Rapid and Quantitative Activation of Chlamydia trachomatis Ribonucleotide Reductase by
Hydrogen Peroxide" Biochemistry, 2008, 47, 4477-4483.
77) Li, X.; Fu, R.; Lee, S.; Krebs, C.; Davidson, V. L.; Liu, A.
"A Catalytic Di-Heme Bis-Iron(IV) Intermediate, Alternative to an Fe(IV)=O Porphyrin Radical" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U. S. A., 2008, 105, 8597-8600. 78) Grove, T. L.; Lee, K.-H.; St. Clair, J.; Krebs, C.; Booker, S. J. "In vitro Characterization of AtsB, a Radical SAM Formylglycine Generating Enzyme that
Contains at Least Two [4Fe–4S] Clusters" Biochemistry, 2008, 47, 7523-7538.
79) Jiang, W.; Saleh, L.; Barr, E. W.; Xie, J.; Maslak-Gardner, M.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Branched Activation- and Catalysis-Specific Pathways for Electron Relay to the
Manganese/Iron Cofactor in Ribonucleotide Reductase from Chlamydia trachomatis" Biochemistry, 2008, 47, 8477-8484.
80) Saunders, A. H.; Griffiths, A. E.; Lee, K.-H.; Cicchillo, R. M.; Tu, L.; Stromberg, J. A.; Krebs,
C.; Booker, S. J. "Characterization of Quinolinate Synthases from Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
and Pyrococcus horikoshii Indicates That [4Fe-4S] Clusters Are Common Cofactors throughout This Class of Enzymes" Biochemistry, 2008, 47, 10999-11012.
81) Jin, Z.; Heinnickel, M. L.; Krebs, C.; Shen, G.; Golbeck, J. H.; Bryant, D. A. "Biogenesis of iron-sulfur clusters in Photosystem I: holo-NfuA from the cyanobacterium
Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 rapidly and efficiently transfers [4Fe-4S] clusters to APO-PsaC in vitro"
J. Biol. Chem., 2008, 283, 28426-28435. 82) Younker, J. M.; Krest, C. M.; Jiang, W.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Green, M. T. "Structural Analysis of the Mn(IV)/Fe(III) Cofactor of Chlamydia trachomatis Ribonucleotide
Reductase by Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Calculations"
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 15022-150271. 83) Chatterjee, A.; Li, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Grove, T. L.; Lee, M.; Krebs, C.; Booker, S. J.; Begley, T. P.;
Ealick, S. E. "Reconstitution of ThiC in Thiamine Pyrimidine Biosynthesis Expands the Radical SAM
Superfamily" Nature Chem. Biol., 2008, 4, 758-765. 84) Jiang, W.; Yun, D.; Saleh, L.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C. "Formation and Function of the Manganese(IV)/Iron(III) Cofactor in Chlamydia trachomatis
Ribonucleotide Reductase" Biochemistry, 2008, 47, 13736-13744.
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85) Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Jiang, W.; Green, M. T.; Krebs, C. "The Manganese(IV)/Iron(III) Cofactor of Chlamydia trachomatis Ribonucleotide Reductase:
Structure, Assembly, Radical Initiation, and Evolution" Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol., 2008, 18, 650-657.
86) Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Diao, Y.; Matthews, M. L.; Xing, G.; Krebs, C. "myo-Inositol Oxygenase: A Radical New Pathway for O2 and C-H Activation at a Nonheme
Diiron Cluster" Dalton Transactions, 2009, 905-914.
87) Matthews, M. L.; Krest, C. M.; Barr, E. W.; Vaillancourt, F. H.; Walsh, C. T.; Green, M. T.;
Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. “Substrate-Triggered Formation and Remarkable Stability of the C- H Bond-Cleaving
Chloroferryl Intermediate in the Aliphatic Halogenase, SyrB2” Biochemistry, 2009, 48, 4331-4343.
88) Matthews, M. L.; Neumann, C. S.; Miles, L. A.; Grove, T. L.; Booker, S. J.; Krebs, C.; Walsh, C.
T.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Substrate positioning controls the partition between halogenation and hydroxylation in the
aliphatic halogenase, SyrB2" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U. S. A., 2009, 106, 17723-17728. 89) Korneeva Korboukh, V.; Li, N.; Barr, E. W.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C. "A Long-Lived, Substrate-Hydroxylating Peroxodi iron(III/III) Intermediate in the Amine
Oxygenase, AurF, from Streptomyces thioluteus" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 13608-13609. 90) Lee, K.; Saleh, L.; Anton, B. P.; Madinger, C. L.; Benner, J. S.; Iwig, D. F.; Roberts, R. J.;
Krebs, C.; Booker, S. J. "Characterization of RimO, a New Member of the Methylthiotransferase Subclass of the Radical
SAM Superfamily" Biochemistry, 2009, 48, 10162-10174. 91) Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C. "Freeze-quench 57Fe- Mössbauer spectroscopy: trapping reactive intermediates" Photosynthesis Research, 2009, 102, 295-304. 92) Ye, S.; Price, J. C.; Barr, E. W.; Green, M. T.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C.; Neese, F. "Cryoreduction of the NO-Adduct of Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase (TauD) Yields an
Elusive {FeNO}8 Species" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 4739–4751. 93) Grove, T. L.; Ahlum, J. H.; Sharma, P.; Krebs, C.; Booker, S. J. "A Consensus Mechanism for Radical SAM-Dependent Dehydrogenation? BtrN Contains Two
[4Fe–4S] Clusters" Biochemistry, 2010, 49, 3783-3785. 94) Zhang, Y.; Zhu, X.; Torelli, A.; Lee, M.; Dzikovski, B.; Koralewski, R. M.; Wang, E.; Freed, J.;
Krebs, C.; Ealick, S. E.; Lin, H. "Diphthamide biosynthesis requires a SAM-dependent [4Fe-4S]-containing enzyme" Nature, 2010, 465, 891-896.
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95) Jiang, W.; Xie, J.; Varano, P. T.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Two Distinct Mechanisms of Inactivation of the Class Ic Ribonucleotide Reductase from
Chlamydia trachomatis by Hydroxyurea: Implications for the Protein Gating of Inter-subunit Electron Transfer"
Biochemistry, 2010, 49, 5340–5349. 96) Flashman, E.; Hoffart, L. M.; Hamed, R. B.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C.; Schofield, C. J. "Evidence for the slow reaction of hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase 2 with oxygen" FEBS Journal, 2010, 277, 4089–4099. 97) Song, W. J.; McCormick, M. S.; Behan, R. K.; Sazinsky, M. H.; Jiang, W.; Lin, J.; Krebs C.;
Lippard, S. J. "Active Site Threonine Facilitates Proton Transfer during Dioxygen Activation at the Diiron
Center of Toluene/o-Xylene Monooxygenase Hydroxylase" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 13582–13585. 98) Li, N.; Korneeva Korboukh, V.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Four-electron oxidation of p-hydroxylaminobenzoate to p-nitrobenzoate by a peroxodiferric
complex in AurF from Streptomyces thioluteus" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U. S. A., 2010, 107, 15722–15727. 99) van der Donk, W. A.*; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Substrate activation by iron superoxo intermediates" Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol., 2010, 20, 673–683. 100) Bhave, D. P.; Hong, J. A.; Lee, M.; Jiang, W.; Krebs, C.; Carroll, K. S. "Spectroscopic Studies on the [4Fe-4S] Cluster in Adenosine 5’-Phosphosulfate Reductase from
Mycobacterium tuberculosis" J. Biol. Chem., 2011, 286, 1216-1226. 101) Panay, A. J.; Lee, M.; Krebs C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Fitzpatrick, P. F. "Evidence for a High Spin Fe(IV) Species in the Catalytic Cycle of a Bacterial Phenylalanine
Hydroxylase" Biochemistry, 2011, 50, 1928-1933. 102) Grove, T. L.; Benner, J. S.; Radle, M. I.; Ahlum, J. H.; Landgraf, B. J.; Krebs, C.; Booker, S. J. "A Radically Different Mechanism for S-adenosylmethionine-dependent Methyltransferases
Exhibited by the Antibiotic Resistance Protein Cfr and its Homologue RlmN" Science 2011, 332, 604-607. 103) Warui, D. M.; Li, N.; Nørgaard, H.; Krebs, C., Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Booker, S. J. "Detection of formate, rather than carbon monoxide, as the stoichiometric co-product in
conversion of fatty aldehydes to alkanes by a cyanobacterial aldehyde decarbonylase" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 3316-3319. 104) Krebs, C., Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Booker, S. J. "Cyanobacterial alkane biosynthesis further expands the catalytic repertoire of the ferritin-like
"di-iron-carboxylate" proteins" Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2011, 15, 291-303.
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105) Li, N.; Nørgaard, H.; Warui, D. M.; Booker, S. J.; Krebs, C., Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Conversion of Fatty Aldehydes to Alka(e)nes and Formate by a Cyanobacterial Aldehyde
Decarbonylase: Cryptic Redox by an Unusual Di-metal Oxygenase" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 6158-6161. 106) Grove, T. L.; Radle, M. I.; Krebs, C.; Booker, S. J. "Cfr and RlmN Each Contain Only One [4Fe–4S] Cluster, which Is Required Both for Formation
of the Protein Methylcysteinyl Intermediate and Generation of the 5’-Deoxyadenosyl 5’-Radical" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 19586-19589. 107) Bhave, D. P.; Hong, J. A.; Keller, R. L.; Krebs, C.; Carroll, K. S. "Iron-Sulfur Cluster Engineering Provides Insight into the Evolution of Substrate Specificity
among the Family of Sulfonucleotide Reductases" ACS Chemical Biology, 2012, 7, 305-314. 108) Dassama, L. M. K.; Boal, A. K., Krebs, C.; Rosenzweig, A. C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "Evidence that the β Subunit of Chlamydia trachomatis Ribo-nucleotide Reductase is Active with
the Manganese Ion of its Manganese(IV)/Iron(III) Cofactor in Site 1" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 2520-2523. 109) Dassama, L. M. K.; Yosca, T. H.; Conner, D. A.; Lee, M.; Blanc, B.; Streit, B. R.; Green, M. T.;
DuBois, J. L.; Krebs, C., Bollinger, J. M., Jr. "O2-evolving Chlorite Dismutase as a Tool to Study O2-Utilizing Enzymes" Biochemistry, 2012, 51, 1607-1616. 110) Ye, S.; Riplinger, C.; Hansen, A.; Krebs, C., Bollinger, J. M., Jr., Neese, F. "Electronic Structure Analysis of the Oxygen-Activation Mechanism by Fe(II)- and alpha-
Ketoglutarate (alpha KG)-Dependent Dioxygenases" Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2012, 18, 6555-6567. 111) Li, N.; Chang, W.-c.; Warui, D. M.; Booker, S. J.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. “Evidence for Only Oxygenative Cleavage of Aldehydes to Alk(a/e)nes and Formate by
Cyanobacterial Aldehyde Decarbonylase” Biochemistry, 2012, 51, 7908-7916 112) Lanz, N. D.; Grove, T. L.; Gogonea, C.; Krebs, C.; Booker, S. J. “RlmN and AtsB as Models for the Overproduction and Characterization of Radical SAM
Proteins” Methods in Enzymology, 2012, 516, 125-152. 113) Dassama, L. M.K.; Jiang, W.; Varano, P.T.; Pandelia, M.E.; Conner, D.A.; Xie, J.J.; Bollinger
J.M., Jr.; Krebs, C. “Radical-Translocation Intermediates and Hurdling of Pathway Defects in “Super-oxidized”
(Mn-IV/Fe-IV) Chlamydia trachomatis Ribonucleotide Reductase” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 20498-20506. 114) McCarty, R. M. ;Krebs, C.; Bandarian, V. “Spectroscopic, Steady-State Kinetic, and Mechanistic Characterization of the Radical SAM
Enzyme QueE, Which Catalyzes a Complex Cyclization Reaction in the Biosynthesis of 7‑Deazapurines”
Biochemistry, 2013, 52, 188-198.
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115) Krebs, C.; Dassama, L. M. K.; Matthews, M. L.; Jiang, W.; Price, J. C.; Korboukh, V.; Li, N.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.
“Novel Approaches for the Accumulation of Oxygenated Intermediates to Multi-Millimolar Concentrations”
Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2013, 257, 234-243. 116) Grove, T. L.; Ahlum, J. H.; Qin, R. M.; Lanz, N. D.; Radle, M. I.; Krebs, C.; Booker, S. J.
“Further Characterization of Cys-Type and Ser-Type Anaerobic Sulfatase Maturating Enzymes Suggests a Commonality in the Mechanism of Catalysis” Biochemistry 2013, 52, 2874−2887.
117) Wörsdörfer, B.; Conner, D. A.; Yokoyama, K.; Livada, J.; Seyedsayamdost, M.; Jiang, W.; Stubbe, J.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C.
“Function of the Diiron Cluster of Escherichia coli Class Ia Ribonucleotide Reductase in Proton- Coupled Electron Transfer” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 8585−8593.
118) Pandelia, M. E.; Li, N.; Nørgaard, H.; Warui, D. M.; Rajakovich, L. J.; Chang, W. C.; Booker, S. J.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. “Substrate-Triggered Addition of Dioxygen to the Diferrous Cofactorof Aldehyde-Deformylating Oxygenase to Form a Diferric-PeroxideIntermediate” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 15801−15812.
119) Dassama, L. M. K.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Rosenzweig, A. C.; Boal, A. K. “Structural Basis for Assembly of the MnIV/FeIII Cofactor in the Class Ic Ribonucleotide Reductase from Chlamydia trachomatis” Biochemistry 2013, 52, 6424−6436.
120) Wörsdörfer, B.; Lingaraju, M.; Yennawar, N. H.; Boal, A. K.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Pandelia, M. E. “Organophosphonate-degrading PhnZ reveals an emerging family of HD domain mixed-valent diiron oxygenases” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U. S. A., 2013, 110, 18874-18879.
121) Wong, S. D.; Srnec, M.; Matthews, M. L.; Liu, L. V.; Kwak, Y.; Park, K.; Bell, C. B.; Alp, E. E.;
Zhao, J.; Yoda, Y.; Kitao, S.; Seto, M.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Solomon, E. I. “Elucidation of the Fe(IV)=O intermediate in the catalytic cycle of the halogenase SyrB2” Nature 2013, 499, 320-324.
122) Wang, C.; Chang, W. C.; Guo, Y.; Huang, H.; Peck, S. C.; Pandelia, M. E.; Lin, G. M.; Liu, H.
W.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr. “Evidence that the Fosfomycin-Producing Epoxidase, HppE, Is a Non–Heme-Iron Peroxidase” Science 2013, 342, 991-995.
123) Snyder, R. A.; Bell, C. B.; Diao, Y.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Solomon, E. I.
“Circular Dichroism, Magnetic Circular Dichroism, and Variable Temperature Variable Field Magnetic Circular Dichroism Studies of Biferrous and Mixed-Valent myo-Inositol Oxygenase: Insights into Substrate Activation of O2 Reactivity” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 15851-15863.
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124) Anton, B. P.; Chang, Y.C.; Brown, P.; Choi, H. P.; Faller, L. L.; Guleria, J.; Hu, Z.; Klitgord, N.; Levy-Moonshine, A.; Maksad, A.; Mazumdar, V.; McGettrick, M.; Osmani, L.; Pokrzywa, R.; Rachlin, J.; Swaminathan, R.; Allen, B.; Housman, G.; Monahan, C.; Rochussen, K.; Tao, K.; Bhagwat, A. S.; Brenner, S. E.; Columbus, L.; de Cre´cy-Lagard, V.; Ferguson, D.; Fomenkov, A.; Gadda, G.; Morgan, R. D.; Osterman, A. L.; Rodionov, D. A.; Rodionova, I. A.; Rudd, K. E.; Soll, D.; Spain, J.; Xu, S. Y.; Bateman, A.; Blumenthal, R. M.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Chang, W. S.; Ferrer, M.; Friedberg, I.; Galperin, M. Y.; Gobeill, J.; Haft, D.; Hunt, J.; Karp, P.; Klimke, W.; Krebs, C.; Macelis, D.; Madupu, R.; Martin, M. J.; Miller, J. H.; O’Donovan, C.; Palsson, B.; Ruch, P.; Setterdahl, A.; Sutton, G.; Tate, J.; Yakunin, A.; Tchigvintsev, D.; Plata, G.; Hu, J.; Greiner, R.; Horn, D.; Sjölander, K.; Salzberg, S. L.; Vitkup, D.; Letovsky, S.; Segre, D.; DeLisi, C.; Roberts, R. J.; Steffen, M.; Kasif, S. “The COMBREX Project: Design, Methodology, and Initial Results” PLOS Biology 2013, 11(8), e1001638.
125) Dassama, L. M. K.; Silakov, A.; Krest, C. M.; Calixto, J. C.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.;
Green, M. T. “A 2.8 Å Fe−Fe Separation in the Fe2
III/IV Intermediate, X, from Escherichia coli Ribonucleotide Reductase” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 16758−16761.
126) Kwak, Y.; Jiang, W.; Dassama, L. M. K.; Park, K.; Bell, C. B., III.; Liu, L. V.; Wong, S. D.; Saito, M.; Kobayashi, Y.; Kitao, S.; Seto, M.; Yoda, Y.; Alp, E. E.; Zhao, J.; Bollinger, J. M. Jr.; Krebs, C.: Solomon, E. I. “Geometric and Electronic Structure of the Mn(IV)Fe(III) Cofactor in Class Ic Ribonucleotide Reductase: Correlation to the Class Ia Binuclear Non-Heme Iron Enzyme” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 17573−17584.
127) Matthews, M. L.; Chang, W.-c.; Layne, A. P.; Miles, L. A.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M. Jr. “Direct nitration and azidation of aliphatic carbons by an iron-dependent halogenase” Nature Chem. Biol. 2014, 10, 209-215.
128) Chang, W.-c.; Guo, Y.; Wang, C.; Butch. S. E.; Rosenzweig, A. C.; Boal, A. K.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M. Jr. “Mechanism of the C5 Stereoinversion Reaction in the Biosynthesis of Carbapenem Antibiotics” Science 2014, 343, 1140-1144.
129) Ludwig, M; Pandelia, M.-E.; Chw, C. Y.; Zhang, B.; Golbeck, J. H.; Krebs, C.; Bryant, D. A. “ChlR Protein of Synechococcus sp PCC 7002 Is a Transcription Activator That Uses an Oxygen-sensitive [4Fe-4S] Cluster to Control Genes involved in Pigment Biosynthesis” J. Biol. Chem. 2014, 289, 16624-16639.
130) Lanz, N. D.; Pandelia, M.-E.; Kakar, E. S.; Lee, K. H.; Krebs, C.; Booker, S. J. “Evidence for a Catalytically and Kinetically Competent Enzyme-Substrate Cross-Linked Intermediate in Catalysis by Lipoyl Synthase” Biochemistry 2014, 53, 4557-4572.
131) Pandelia, M.-E.; Lanz, N. D.; Booker, S. J.; Krebs, C. “Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Fe/S proteins” Biochim. Biophys. Acta 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.12.005.
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132) Warui, D. M.; Pandelia, M.-E.; Rajakovich, L. J.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M. Jr.; Booker, S. J. “Efficient Delivery of Long-Chain Fatty Aldehydes from the Nostoc punctiforme Acyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Reductase to Its Cognate Aldehyde-Deformylating Oxygenase” Biochemistry 2015, 54, 1006-1015. 133) Bollinger, J. M. Jr.; Chang, W-c.; Matthews, M. L.; Martinie, R. J.; Boal, A. K.; Krebs, C. “Mechanisms of 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Oxygenases: The Hydroxylation Paradigm and Beyond” in “2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Oxygenases” Hausinger, R. P. and Schofield, C. J.; The Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 2015, 95-122.
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Invited talks (Conferences and meetings) 1) "Spectroscopic Characterization of A High-Spin Fe(IV) Complex in Taurine/α-Ketoglutarate
Dioxygenase (TauD) from Escherichia coli" 227th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA March 28th to April 1st 2004
2) "Spectroscopic Characterization of A High-Spin Fe(IV) Complex in Taurine/α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase (TauD) from Escherichia coli" 7th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EUROBIC-7), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany August 29th to September 2nd 2004
3) "Spectroscopic Characterization of A High-Spin Fe(IV) Complex in Taurine/α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase (TauD) from Escherichia coli" Gordon Conference “Metals in Biology”, Ventura, CA January 23rd to January 27th 2005
4) "Spectroscopic Characterization of A High-Spin Fe(IV) Complex in Taurine/α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase (TauD) from Escherichia coli" 2005 Meeting of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) April 2nd to April 6th 2005, San Diego, CA
5) “Oxygen Activation by the α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenases” 12th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC-12), Ann Arbor, MI July 31st to August 6th 2005
6) “Oxygen Activation by the α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenases” 2005 Pacifichem, Honolulu, HI December 15th to December 20th 2005
7) "Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase" 2006 Meeting of Priority Program 1071 of the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) on “Radicals in Enzymatic Catalysis”, Schloss Rauischholzhausen, Germany March 6th to March 8th 2006
8) "Oxygen Activation by the α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenases" 231st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA March 26th to March 30th 2006
9) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by the α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenases” Annual meeting of the “Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group” of the UK, Manchester, UK January 3rd to January4th 2008
10) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by the Mononuclear Non-Heme Enzymes” Gordon Conference “Protein Cofactors, Radicals, and Quinones”, Ventura, CA January 20th to January 25th 2008
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11) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by the Mononuclear Non-Heme Enzymes” Symposium “Dioxygen Activation by Metalloenzymes and Models”, Nagoya, Japan March 20th to March 21st 2008
12) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by Isopenicillin N Synthase” Gordon Conference “Enzymes, Coenzymes, and Metabolic Pathways”, Biddeford, ME July 13th to July 18th 2008
13) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by the Mononuclear Non-Heme Enzymes” 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA August 17th to 21st 2008
14) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by the Mononuclear Non-Heme Enzymes” 2008 Beckman Young Investigator Meeting, Beckman Center, Irvine, CA August 29th to 30th 2008
15) “A Heterobinuclear Mn/Fe Cofactor in Chlamydia trachomatis ribonucleotide reductase” Gordon Conference “Metals in Biology”, Ventura, CA January 25th to January 29th 2009
16) “Formation and function of the heterodinuclear Mn/Fe cofactor in Chlamydia trachomatis ribonucleotide reductase” 14th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC-14), Nagoya, Japan July 25th to 30th 2009
17) “Formation and function of the heterodinuclear Mn/Fe cofactor in Chlamydia trachomatis ribonucleotide reductase” International Symposium on “Molecular Coordination Chemistry” Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany November 7th to 9th 2010
18) “Mechanism of the unusual six-electron oxidation of para-aminobenzoate to para-nitrobenzoate by the non-heme-diiron enzyme AurF from Streptomyces thioluteus” 2010 Pacifichem, Honolulu, HI December 15th to December 21st 2010
19) “Mechanistic Studies Aldehyde-Deformylating Oxygenases” Gordon Conference “Isotopes in Biological & Chemical Sciences”, Galveston, TX February 5th to 10th 2012
20) “Mechanistic Studies Aldehyde-Deformylating Oxygenases” Gordon Conference “Protein Cofactors, Radicals & Quinones”, South Hadley, MA July 29th to August 3rd 2012
21) “New cofactors, hot intermediates, and unexpected reactivities: exploring the mechanistic diversity of non-heme-iron enzymes” Award lecture for my Early Career Award from the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry given at the 16th International Conference on Biological Inorganic chemistry (ICBIC-16), Grenoble, France July 22th to 26th 2013
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22) “Mechanism of the C5 stereoinversion reaction catalyzed by the Fe(II)-and 2-oxoglutarate-
dependent enzyme,CarC, in the biosynthesis of bio-synthesis of carbapenem antibiotics” 248th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, CA August 10-14, 2014
23) “3rd Bioinorganic Workshop” Physical Biosciences Principal Investigators’ Research Meeting, U.S. Department of Energy, Annapolis, MD September 21-24, 2014
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Invited talks (Seminars) 1) “Valence Delocalization in Polynuclear Iron Complexes”
Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA April 1997
2) “Oxygen Activation by Non-Heme Diiron Enzymes” Max Planck Institut für Strahlenchemie, Mülheim, Germany June 1998
3) “Oxygen Activation by Non-Heme Diiron Enzymes” Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA October 1998
4) “Oxygen Activation by Non-Heme Diiron Enzymes” Department of Chemistry, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, GA October 2000
5) “Oxygen Activation by Non-Heme Diiron Enzymes” Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ November 2000
6) “Oxygen Activation by Non-Heme Diiron Enzymes” Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, PA January 2001
7) “Oxygen Activation by Non-Heme Diiron Enzymes” Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, MA January 2001
8) “Oxygen Activation by Non-Heme Diiron Enzymes” Department of Chemistry, Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec March 2001
9) “Biosynthesis of Iron-Sulfur Clusters” Max-Planck Institut für Strahlenchemie, Mülheim, Germany July 20th 2002
10) “Oxygen Activation by Mononuclear Non-Heme Fe-Enzymes” Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University December 12th 2003
11) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase” Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico June 7th 2004
12) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase” Max-Planck Institut for Bioinorganic Chemistry, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany August 11th 2004
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13) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase” Department of Physics, University of Lübeck, Germany August 17th 2004
14) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase” Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Vienna, Austria September 3rd 2004
15) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase” Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, CA April 1st 2005
16) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase” Department of Chemistry, Christian Albrechts Universität Kiel, Germany April 22nd 2005
17) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase” Department of Chemistry, Ruprecht Karl Universität Heidelberg, Germany April 25th 2005
18) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase” Department of Chemistry, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Lyngby, Denmark November 25th 2005
19) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase” Department of Chemistry, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA February 28th 2006
20) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by the α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenases” Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA March 24th 2006
21) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by the α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenases” Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA November 20th 2006
22) “A Heterobinuclear Mn/Fe Cofactor in Chlamydia trachomatis ribonucleotide reductase” Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN April 3rd 2008
23) “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by the Mononuclear Non-Heme Enzymes” Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine CA April 25th 2008
24) “Formation and function of the heterodinuclear Mn/Fe cofactor in Chlamydia trachomatis ribonucleotide reductase” Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca NY March 18th 2010
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25) “Formation and function of the heterodinuclear Mn/Fe cofactor in Chlamydia trachomatis ribonucleotide reductase” Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA September 2nd 2010
26) “Formation and function of the heterodinuclear Mn/Fe cofactor in Chlamydia trachomatis ribonucleotide reductase” Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA November 1st 2010
27) “Formation and function of the heterodinuclear Mn/Fe cofactor in Chlamydia trachomatis ribonucleotide reductase” Department of Chemistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI January 28th 2011
28) “Formation and function of the heterodinuclear Mn/Fe cofactor in Chlamydia trachomatis ribonucleotide reductase” Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL April 7th 2011
29) “Formation and function of the heterodinuclear Mn/Fe cofactor in Chlamydia trachomatis ribonucleotide reductase” Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE May 4th 2011
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Research Support
Research support completed
Title: “The Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase”
Innovative Biotechnology Research Fund, The Huck Institutes for Life Sciences
06/01/2002 – 06/30/2003; $ 39,500 ($ 19,750 available to Krebs)
Role: co-P.I. (together with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr.)
Title: “BioMetals Center”
Tobacco Settlement Formula, 417-12HY 89HE TSF (P.I.: Dr. James R. Connor)
06/01/2002 – 05/31/2004; $ 198,500 ($ 32,500 available to Krebs)
Role: co-investigator
Title: “Oxygen Activation by the Y73F Variant of Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase”
President’s Fund for Undergraduate Research, The Pennsylvania State University
11/1/2003 - 5/31/2004; $ 1,500
Role: P.I.
Title: “Center for Metallobiochemistry: A Systems Approach to Metalloprotein Bioassembly”
The Huck Institutes of Life Sciences Planning Grant (P.I. John H. Golbeck)
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2007; $100,000 ($ 20,000 available to Krebs)
Role: co-investigator
Title: “Oxygen Activation by Prolyl-4-Hydroxylase”
President’s Fund for Undergraduate Research, The Pennsylvania State University
12/1/2004 - 6/30/2005; $ 1,500
Role: P.I.
Title: “Oxygen Activation by Prolyl-4-Hydroxylase”
President’s Fund for Undergraduate Research, The Pennsylvania State University
11/1/2005 - 5/31/2006; $ 1,500
Role: P.I.
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Title: “Mechanism of Oxygen Activation by Mononuclear Non-Heme Fe Enzymes”
American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund (ACS-PRF) type G starter grant
9/1/2004 - 8/31/2006; $35,000
Role: P.I.
Title: “Center for Metallobiochemistry: A Systems Approach to Metalloprotein Bioassembly”
Tobacco Settlement Formula (P.I. John H. Golbeck)
1/1/2005 - 12/31/2006; $317,188 ($63,438 available to Krebs)
Role: co-investigator
Title: “Regulation of Oxygen Homeostasis: Determination of the Molecular Mechanisms and
Approaches to Controlled Modulation Thereof for Therapeutic Applications”
GlaxoSmithKline
11/1/2007 - 10/31/2008; $40,000 ($20,000 available to Krebs)
Role: co-P.I. (with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr.)
Title: ”Mechanism of Taurine:α-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase”
National Institutes of Health NIGMS GM-69657
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2010; $1,324,680 ($662,340 available to Krebs)
Role: P.I. (J. Martin Bollinger, Jr., co-investigator)
Title: “Molecular Mechanism and Controlled Modulation of Oxygen Homeostasis”
“Beckman Young Investigator Award” from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
9/1/2005 - 8/31/2009; $ 264,000
Role: P.I.
Title: “Oxygen Activation by Isopenicillin N Synthase”
American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund – Type AC grant
9/1/2007 - 8/31/2009; $90,000 ($45,000 available to Krebs)
Role: co-P.I. (with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr.)
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Title: “An Integrative Approach to Metalloenzyme-Catalyzed C-H Activation”
National Science Foundation (joint program with the Deutsche Forschungsgesesellschaft)
8/1/2007 - 7/31/2010; $366,000 ($91,500 available to Krebs)
Role: co-P.I. (with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr., Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, and Frank Neese)
Title: “Mechanism of Iron-Containing Enzymes”
“Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award” from the Dreyfus Foundation
5/1/2006 - 4/30/2011; $ 75,000
Role: P.I.
Title: “Non-Heme Fe(IV)-oxo Intermediates: Structure and Function”
National Science Foundation MCB-642058
7/1/2007 - 6/30/2010; $ 595,000 ($297,500 available to Krebs)
Role: co-P.I. (together with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr.)
Title: “Structure and Mechanism of myo-Inositol Oxygenase”
National Institutes of Health NIDDK-74641
2/1/2007 - 1/31/2012; $1,180,800 ($354,240 available to Krebs)
Role: co-investigator (P.I.: J. Martin Bollinger, Jr.)
Title: “Bioinorganic Workshop in 2012”
National Science Foundation
5/1/2012 – 6/30/2012; $15,000
Role: co-P.I. (together with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr., Squire J. Booker, and Michael T. Green)
Title: ”Oxygen Activation and Radical Transfer in Ribonucleotide Reductase from Pathogens”
National Institutes of Health NIGMS GM-55365
8/11/2008 - 5/31/2013; $1,856,100 ($618,700 available to Krebs)
Role: co-P.I. (together with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr. and Michael T. Green)
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Title: Administrative supplement to ”Oxygen Activation and Radical Transfer in Ribonucleotide
Reductase from Pathogens”
National Institutes of Health NIGMS GM-55365
6/1/2010 - 5/31/2013 $269,358 ($67,340 available to Krebs)
Role: co-P.I. (together with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr., Harry B. Gray, and Jay Winkler)
Title: “Structure and function of Intermediates Involved in Metalloenzymatic N-oxygenation and
Oxidation Reactions”
National Science Foundation CHE-1058931
2/1/2011 - 1/31/2014 $390,000 ($195,000 available to Krebs)
Role: co-P.I. (together with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr.)
Research support in progress
Title: “Identification of the dinuclear metallo-cofactor and elucidation of the reaction mechanism of the
aldehyde decarbonylase from the alkane-producing cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme”
National Science Foundation MCB-1122079
6/1/2011 - 5/31/2014 $812,813 ($270,938 available to Krebs)
Role: co-P.I. (together with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr. and Squire J. Booker)
Title: “Bioinorganic Workshops in 2012 and 2014 and Bioinorganic Symposium in 2014”
National Institutes of Health NIGMS
6/1/2012 - 7/31/2014; $6,000
Role: co-P.I. (together with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr., Squire J. Booker, and Michael T. Green)
Title: “Functionalization of unactivated sp2-hybridized carbon atoms”
National Institutes of Health
7/1/2012 – 6/30/2016; $1,063,752
Role: co-P.I. ( together with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr., Squire J. Booker)
Title: “Mechanism of Taurine: alpha-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase”
National Institutes of Health
7/1/2013 – 6/30/2017; $2,056,953
Role: co-P.I. (together with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr.)
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Title: "Mapping the hydrolase-oxygenase boundaries and range of catalytic capabilities in the HD-
domain dinuclear metalloenzyme superfamily"
National Science Foundation
8/1/2013 – 7/31/2017; $1,036,746
Role: co-P.I. (together with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr.)
Title: “Diphthamide Biosynthesis”
National Institutes of Health
07/05/2014-03/31/2015; $4,206
Role: co-P.I. (Cornell University- NIH Prime)
Research support pending
Title: “Mechanistic Determination of the Non-heme Iron Enzyme Hyoscyamine-6-hydroxylase”
National Institutes of Health
09/01/2014-08/31/2017; $154,662
Dr. Christopher Pollock Fellowship- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
Role: co-Sponsor
Title: “Mechanisms of oxacycle-and-olefin-installing iron/2-(oxo)glutarate oxygenases”
National Institutes of Health
07/01/2015-06/30/2019; $2,312,153
Role: co-P.I. (together with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr. and Amie Boal)
Title: “Metallocofactor Assembly and Function in Novel Class I Ribonucleotide Reductase”
National Institutes of Health
07/01/2015-06/31/2020; $1,863,152
Role: co-P.I. (together with Amie Boal and J. Martin Bollinger, Jr.)
Title: “Mechanisms of Radical Translocation in Class I Ribonucleotide Reductases”
National Institutes of Health
07/01/2015-06/30/2018; $154,662
Dr. Elizabeth Blaesi Fellowshi- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
Role: co-Sponsor
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Title: “Enzymes and Mechanisms in the Conversion of Abundant Fatty Acids to Diesel-Fuel
Hydrocarbons in Cyanobacteria”
U.S. Department of Energy
09/01/2015-08/31/2018; $616,846
Role: Principal Investigator
Graduate students supervised John C. Price * Ph.D. completed 9/2005 Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Mol. Biol.
Wei Jiang * Ph.D. completed 9/2008 Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Mol. Biol.
Jiajia Xie * M.S. completed 10/2008 Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Mol. Biol.
Lee M. Hoffart * left without degree Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Mol. Biol.
Gretchen M. Koch * M.S. completed 7/2009 Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Mol. Biol.
Yinghui Diao * Ph.D. completed 4/2011 Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Mol. Biol.
Megan L. Matthews * Ph.D. completed 5/2011 Chemistry
Denise Conner * left without degree Chemistry
Michael Lee * left without degree Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Mol. Biol.
Rebecca Keller * M.S. completed 6/2012 Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Mol. Biol.
Ning Li * Ph.D. completed 6/2012 Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Mol. Biol.
Esta Tamanaha * Ph.D. completed 1/2013 Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Mol. Biol.
Laura Dassama * Ph.D. completed 2/2013 Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Mol. Biol.
Grodon Zrelak * M.S. completed 5/2013 Chemistry
Andrew Layne * left without degree Chemistry
Chen Wang * Ph.D. completed 10/2014 Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Mol. Biol.
Lauren Rajakovich * Ph.D. in progress Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Mol. Biol.
Susan Butch * Ph.D. in progress Chemistry
Jovan Livada * Ph.D. in progress Chemistry
Ryan Martinie * Ph.D. in progress Chemistry
* co-advised with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr.
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Postdoctoral scholars supervised (all co-advised with J. Martin Bollilnger, Jr.) Chivukula Sastri 5/2007 - 7/2008
J. Allen Easton 8/2007 - 7/2009
Viktoria Korboukh 8/2007 - 2/2010
Priti Singh 7/2008 - 4/2010
Gang Xing 7/2008 - 10/2010
Wei Jiang 10/2008 - 6/2010
Hanne Nørgaard 10/2009 - 9/2012
Bigna Wörsdörfer 3/2011 – 12/2013
Laura Dassama 2/2013 – 7/2013
Yisong (Alex) Guo 6/2012 – 12/2013
Viviane Hajj 9/2012 – 9/2014
Bennett R. Streit 9/2011 – 10/2014
Wei-chen Chang 8/2011 – current
Maria-Eirini Pandelia 2/2012 - current
Bo Zhang 8/2013 - current
Chris Pollock 12/2013 – current
Manas Ghosh 5/2014 – current
Juan Pan 9/2014 – current
Elizabeth Blaesi 9/2014 - current
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Teaching Undergraduate
BMB 401 General Biochemistry (2 credits) FA05 FA06
BMB 474 Properties of Biological Macromolecules (2 credits) SP03
BMB 497B Metals in Biology (1 credit) SP05 SP06 SP07
CHEM 110 General Chemistry (3 credits) FA09 FA10
CHEM 412 Transition Metal Chemistry (3 credits) FA12** FA13 FA14
Graduate
BMMB 597A “Biophysics” module (1 credit) of FA02
“Core Concepts in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology”
BMMB 597B Bioinorganic Chemistry (3 credits) FA03* FA04* FA06*
FA07* FA08* FA09*
FA11* FA12 FA13*
FA14*
* class taught together with Michael T. Green
** class taught together with J. Martin Bollinger, Jr.
1 credit corresponds to 15 50-minute lectures
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