Publications
(2007) Gene identification and structural characterization of the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate degradative protein 3-hydroxy-2-methylpyridine-4,5-dicarboxylate decarboxylase from mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099. Biochemistry. 46, 13606-15
(2010) High-resolution crystal structures of Streptococcus pneumoniae nicotinamidase with trapped intermediates provide insights into the catalytic mechanism and inhibition by aldehydes . Biochemistry. 49, 8803-12
(2010) HMP binding protein ThiY and HMP-P synthase THI5 are structural homologues. Biochemistry. 49, 8929-36
(2005) Identification of a subversive substrate of Trichomonas vaginalis purine nucleoside phosphorylase and the crystal structure of the enzyme-substrate complex. J Biol Chem. 280, 22318-25
(2007) Implementation of a k/k(0) method to identify long-range structure in transition states during conformational folding/unfolding of proteins. Structure. 15, 1178-89
(2011) The Leishmania donovani UMP synthase is essential for promastigote viability and has an unusual tetrameric structure that exhibits substrate-controlled oligomerization. J Biol Chem. 286, 20930-41
(2004) A model for the Bacillus subtilis formylglycinamide ribonucleotide amidotransferase multiprotein complex. Biochemistry. 43, 10343-52
(2008) Mutagenesis studies on TenA: a thiamin salvage enzyme from Bacillus subtilis. Bioorg Chem. 36, 29-32
(2007) N5-CAIR mutase: role of a CO2 binding site and substrate movement in catalysis. Biochemistry. 46, 2842-55
(2009) New insights into the design of inhibitors of human S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase: studies of adenine C8 substitution in structural analogues of S-adenosylmethionine. J Med Chem. 52, 1388-407
(2015) Non-canonical active site architecture of the radical SAM thiamin pyrimidine synthase. Nat Commun. 6, 6480
(2007) A novel function for the N-terminal nucleophile hydrolase fold demonstrated by the structure of an archaeal inosine monophosphate cyclohydrolase. Biochemistry. 46, 5050-62
(2004) Observation of time-resolved structural changes by linear interpolation of highly redundant X-ray diffraction data. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 60, 1579-85
(2018) Organometallic and radical intermediates reveal mechanism of diphthamide biosynthesis. Science. 359, 1247-1250
(2016) Polyketide Ring Expansion Mediated by a Thioesterase, Chain Elongation and Cyclization Domain, in Azinomycin Biosynthesis: Characterization of AziB and AziG. Biochemistry. 55, 704-14
(2012) Pseudouridine monophosphate glycosidase: a new glycosidase mechanism. Biochemistry. 51, 9245-55
(2003) Pyruvoyl-dependent arginine decarboxylase from Methanococcus jannaschii: crystal structures of the self-cleaved and S53A proenzyme forms. Structure. 11, 285-94
(2008) Reconstitution of ThiC in thiamine pyrimidine biosynthesis expands the radical SAM superfamily. Nat Chem Biol. 4, 758-65
(2013) Reversal of the substrate specificity of CMP N-glycosidase to dCMP. Biochemistry. 52, 4037-47
(2009) Role of the sulfonium center in determining the ligand specificity of human s-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase. Biochemistry. 48, 6423-30
(2011) Structural and kinetic insights into the mechanism of 5-hydroxyisourate hydrolase from Klebsiella pneumoniae. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 67, 671-7
(2013) Structural and mechanistic studies of HpxO, a novel flavin adenine dinucleotide-dependent urate oxidase from Klebsiella pneumoniae. Biochemistry. 52, 477-87
(2010) Structural and mechanistic studies on Klebsiella pneumoniae 2-Oxo-4-hydroxy-4-carboxy-5-ureidoimidazoline decarboxylase. J Biol Chem. 285, 35446-54
(2003) Structural and mechanistic studies on ThiO, a glycine oxidase essential for thiamin biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis. Biochemistry. 42, 2971-81

