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List of Publications

Rao FV, Rich JR, Rakic B, Buddai S, Schwartz MF, Johnson K, et al. Structural insight into mammalian sialyltransferases. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2009;16:1186-8. Abstract

Morley TJ, Willis LM, Whitfield C, Wakarchuk WW, Withers SG. A New Sialidase Mechanism BACTERIOPHAGE K1F ENDO-SIALIDASE IS AN INVERTING GLYCOSIDASE. J Biol Chem. 2009;284:17404-10. Abstract

Lee HJ, Rakic B, Gilbert M, Wakarchuk WW, Withers SG, Strynadka NC. Structural and Kinetic Characterizations of the Polysialic Acid O-Acetyltransferase OatWY from Neisseria meningitidis. J Biol Chem. 2009;284:24501-11. Abstract

Chan PH, Lairson LL, Lee HJ, Wakarchuk WW, Strynadka NC, Withers SG, et al. NMR Spectroscopic Characterization of the Sialyltransferase CstII from Campylobacter jejuni: Histidine 188 Is the General Base. Biochemistry. 2009;48:11220-30. Abstract

Willis LM, Zhang R, Reid A, Withers SG, Wakarchuk WW. Mechanistic Investigation of the Endo-alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase from Streptococcus pneumoniae R6. Biochemistry. 2009;48:10334-41. Abstract

Caines ME, Zhu HZ, Vuckovic M, Willis LM, Withers SG, Wakarchuk WW, et al. The Structural Basis for T-antigen Hydrolysis by Streptococcus pneumoniae A TARGET FOR STRUCTURE-BASED VACCINE DESIGN. J Biol Chem. 2008;283:31279-83. Abstract

Namdjou DJ, Chen HM, Vinogradov E, Brochu D, Withers SG, Wakarchuk WW. A beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase from Helicobacter pylori is an efficient and versatile biocatalyst displaying a novel activity for thioglycoside synthesis. ChemBioChem. 2008;9:1632-40. Abstract

Lairson LL, Wakarchuk WW, Withers SG. Alternative donor substrates for inverting and retaining glycosyltransferases. Chemical Communications. 2007:365-7. Abstract

Chiu CP, Lairson LL, Gilbert M, Wakarchuk WW, Withers SG, Strynadka NC. Structural analysis of the alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase cst-i from Campylobacter jejuni in apo and substrate-analogue bound forms. Biochemistry. 2007;46:7196-204. Abstract

Lairson LL, Watts AG, Wakarchuk WW, Withers SG. Using substrate engineering to harness enzymatic promiscuity and expand biological catalysis. Nat Chem Biol. 2006;2:724-8. Abstract

Recently Added

Ross A, Soares DC, Covelli D, Pannecouque C, Budd L, Collins A, et al. Oxovanadium(IV) cyclam and bicyclam complexes: potential CXCR4 receptor antagonists. Inorg Chem. 2010;49(3):1122-32. Abstract

Delgado-Jaime MU, Mewis CP, Kennepohl P. Blueprint XAS: a Matlab-based toolbox for the fitting and analysis of XAS spectra. J Synchrotron Radiat. 2010;17(1):132-7. Abstract

Bates JI, Kennepohl P, Gates DP. Abnormal reactivity of an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) with a phosphaalkene: a route to a 4-phosphino-substituted NHC. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2009;48(52):9844-7.

Sriskandakumar T, Petzold H, Bruijnincx PC, Habtemariam A, Sadler PJ, Kennepohl P. Influence of oxygenation on the reactivity of ruthenium-thiolato bonds in arene anticancer complexes: insights from XAS and DFT. J Am Chem Soc. 2009;131(37):13355-61. Abstract

Kennepohl P, Wasinger EC, DeBeer George S. X-ray spectroscopic approaches to the investigation and characterization of photochemical processes. J Synchrotron Radiat. 2009;16(Pt 4):484-8. Abstract

Karunakaran-Datt A, Kennepohl P. Redox photochemistry of methionine by sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy: potential implications for cataract formation. J Am Chem Soc. 2009;131(10):3577-82. Abstract

Martin-Diaconescu V, Kennepohl P. Effects of hyperconjugation on the electronic structure and photoreactivity of organic sulfonyl chlorides. Inorg Chem. 2009;48(3):1038-44. Abstract

Praetorius JM, Allen DP, Wang R, Webb JD, Grein F, Kennepohl P, et al. N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of Rh: reaction with dioxygen without oxidation. J Am Chem Soc. 2008;130(12):3724-5. Abstract

Getty K, Delgado-Jaime MU, Kennepohl P. Assignment of Pre-edge Features in the Ru K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectra of Organometallic Ruthenium Complexes. Inorganica Chim Acta. 2008;361(4):1059. Abstract

Getty K, Delgado-Jaime MU, Kennepohl P. An electronic rationale for observed initiation rates in ruthenium-mediated olefin metathesis: charge donation in phosphine and N-heterocyclic carbene ligands. J Am Chem Soc. 2007;129(51):15774-6. Abstract

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