Publications
(2011) Characterization of the structure and function of Klebsiella pneumoniae allantoin racemase. J Mol Biol. 410, 447-60
(2011) The crystal structure of Streptococcus pyogenes uridine phosphorylase reveals a distinct subfamily of nucleoside phosphorylases. Biochemistry. 50, 6549-58
(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
(2011) Structural and kinetic insights into the mechanism of 5-hydroxyisourate hydrolase from Klebsiella pneumoniae. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 67, 671-7
(2011) Toxoflavin lyase requires a novel 1-His-2-carboxylate facial triad. Biochemistry. 50, 1091-100
(2012) Pseudouridine monophosphate glycosidase: a new glycosidase mechanism. Biochemistry. 51, 9245-55
(2012) Structural basis of the substrate specificity of Bacillus cereus adenosine phosphorylase. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 68, 239-48
(2012) Thiamin pyrimidine biosynthesis in Candida albicans : a remarkable reaction between histidine and pyridoxal phosphate. J Am Chem Soc. 134, 9157-9
(2013) Active-site models for complexes of quinolinate synthase with substrates and intermediates. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 69, 1685-96
(2013) Reversal of the substrate specificity of CMP N-glycosidase to dCMP. Biochemistry. 52, 4037-47
(2013) Structural and mechanistic studies of HpxO, a novel flavin adenine dinucleotide-dependent urate oxidase from Klebsiella pneumoniae. Biochemistry. 52, 477-87
(2013) Structure of a Clostridium botulinum C143S thiaminase I/thiamin complex reveals active site architecture . Biochemistry. 52, 7830-9
(2014) Co-opting sulphur-carrier proteins from primary metabolic pathways for 2-thiosugar biosynthesis. Nature. 510, 427-31
(2014) Ethenoguanines undergo glycosylation by nucleoside 2'-deoxyribosyltransferases at non-natural sites. PLoS One. 9, e115082
(2015) Non-canonical active site architecture of the radical SAM thiamin pyrimidine synthase. Nat Commun. 6, 6480
(2016) Biochemical and structural characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae oxamate amidohydrolase in the uric acid degradation pathway. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 72, 808-16
(2016) Burkholderia glumae ToxA Is a Dual-Specificity Methyltransferase That Catalyzes the Last Two Steps of Toxoflavin Biosynthesis. Biochemistry. 55, 2748-59
(2016) Crystal Structures of the Iron-Sulfur Cluster-Dependent Quinolinate Synthase in Complex with Dihydroxyacetone Phosphate, Iminoaspartate Analogues, and Quinolinate. Biochemistry. 55, 4135-9
(2016) From Suicide Enzyme to Catalyst: The Iron-Dependent Sulfide Transfer in Methanococcus jannaschii Thiamin Thiazole Biosynthesis. J Am Chem Soc. 138, 3639-42
(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
(2016) Structural Basis for Iron-Mediated Sulfur Transfer in Archael and Yeast Thiazole Synthases. Biochemistry. 55, 1826-38
(2017) Biochemical Characterization and Structural Basis of Reactivity and Regioselectivity Differences between Burkholderia thailandensis and Burkholderia glumae 1,6-Didesmethyltoxoflavin N-Methyltransferase. Biochemistry. 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00476
(2017) Structural studies of viperin, an antiviral radical SAM enzyme. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 10.1073/pnas.1705402114
(2018) Organometallic and radical intermediates reveal mechanism of diphthamide biosynthesis. Science. 359, 1247-1250

