Publications
(2008) Structural studies of human histone deacetylase 8 and its site-specific variants complexed with substrate and inhibitors. Biochemistry. 47, 13554-63
(2010) Crystal structure of arginase from Plasmodium falciparum and implications for L-arginine depletion in malarial infection . Biochemistry. 49, 5600-8
(2010) Inhibition of human arginase I by substrate and product analogues. Arch Biochem Biophys. 496, 101-8
(2010) Structure of epi-isozizaene synthase from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), a platform for new terpenoid cyclization templates. Biochemistry. 49, 1787-97
(2010) Structures of metal-substituted human histone deacetylase 8 provide mechanistic inferences on biological function . Biochemistry. 49, 5048-56
(2011) Binding of α,α-disubstituted amino acids to arginase suggests new avenues for inhibitor design.. J Med Chem. 54, 5432-43
(2011) Structure and mechanism of the diterpene cyclase ent-copalyl diphosphate synthase. Nat Chem Biol. 7, 431-3
(2011) Structure of prokaryotic polyamine deacetylase reveals evolutionary functional relationships with eukaryotic histone deacetylases. Biochemistry. 50, 1808-17
(2011) Structure of the metal-dependent deacetylase LpxC from Yersinia enterocolitica complexed with the potent inhibitor CHIR-090 . Biochemistry. 50, 258-65
(2014) Reprogramming the chemodiversity of terpenoid cyclization by remolding the active site contour of epi-isozizaene synthase. Biochemistry. 53, 1155-68
(2016) Histone deacetylase 6 structure and molecular basis of catalysis and inhibition. Nat Chem Biol. 12, 741-7
(2016) Probing the Role of Active Site Water in the Sesquiterpene Cyclization Reaction Catalyzed by Aristolochene Synthase. Biochemistry. 55, 2864-74
(2016) Structural and Functional Influence of the Glycine-Rich Loop G(302)GGGY on the Catalytic Tyrosine of Histone Deacetylase 8. Biochemistry. 55, 6718-6729
(2016) Structure and Function of Fusicoccadiene Synthase, a Hexameric Bifunctional Diterpene Synthase. ACS Chem Biol. 11, 889-99
(2017) Substitution of Aromatic Residues with Polar Residues in the Active Site Pocket of epi-Isozizaene Synthase Leads to the Generation of New Cyclic Sesquiterpenes. Biochemistry. 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00895
(2017) Unusual zinc-binding mode of HDAC6-selective hydroxamate inhibitors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 10.1073/pnas.1718823114
(2018) Crystal Structure of Cucumene Synthase, a Terpenoid Cyclase That Generates a Linear Triquinane Sesquiterpene. Biochemistry. 57, 6326-6335
(2018) Histone Deacetylase 6-Selective Inhibitors and the Influence of Capping Groups on Hydroxamate-Zinc Denticity. J Med Chem. 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01013
(2018) Molecular Basis for the Selective Inhibition of Histone Deacetylase 6 by a Mercaptoacetamide Inhibitor. ACS Med Chem Lett. 9, 1301-1305
(2019) Binding of -Acetylspermidine Analogues to Histone Deacetylase 10 Reveals Molecular Strategies for Blocking Polyamine Deacetylation. Biochemistry. 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00906

