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Publications


37. McSorley FR, Wyatt PB, Martinez A, Delong EF, Hove-Jensen B, Zechel DL: PhnY and PhnZ comprise a new oxidative pathway for enzymatic cleavage of a carbon-phosphorus bond. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, in press online.

36. He S-M, Wathier M, Podzelinska K, Wong M, McSorley F, Asfaw, A, Hove-Jensen B, Jia Z, Zechel DL: Structure and mechanism of PhnP, a phosphodiesterase of the carbon-phosphorus lyase pathway. Biochemistry, 2011, 50, 8603-15.

35. Jochimsen B, Lolle S, McSorely FR, Nabi M, Stougaard J, Zechel DL, Hove-Jensen B: Five phn gene products as components of a multi-subunit complex of the carbon-phosphorus lyase pathway for organophosphonate catabolism. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2011, 108, 11393-8.

34. Härle J, Günther S, Lauinger B, Weber M, Kammerer B, Zechel DL, Luzhetskyy A, Bechthold A: Rational design of an aryl-C-glycoside catalyst from a natural product O-glycosyltransferase. Chem Biol 2011, 18, 520-30.

33. Hove-Jensen B, McSorely F, Zechel DL: Physiological role of phnP-specified phosphoribosyl cyclic phosphodiesterase in catabolism of organophosphonic acids by the carbon-phosphorus lyase pathway. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 3617-24.

32. Groom K, Bhattacharya A, Zechel DL: Rebeccamycin and staurosporine biosynthesis: Insight into the mechanisms of the flavin-dependent monooxygenases RebC and StaC. ChemBioChem 2011, 12, 396-400.

 

31. Podzelinska K, Latimer R, Bhattacharya A, Vining LC, Zechel DL, Jia Z: The structure of CmlS, a flavin-dependent halogenase involved in the biosynthesis of chloramphenicol. J. Mol. Biol. 2010, 397, 316-331.

 

30. Hove-Jensen B, Rosenkrantz TJ, Zechel DL, Willemoes M: Accumulation of intermediates of the carbon-phosphorus lyase pathway for phosphonate degradation in phn mutants of Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 2010, 192, 370-374.

 

29. Nelson GW, Perry M, He SM, Zechel DL, Horton JH: Characterization of covalently bonded proteins on poly(methyl methacrylate) by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Colloids. Surf. B Biointerfaces 2010, 78, 61-68.

 

28. Suits MDL, Zhu Y, Taylor EJ, Walton J, Zechel DL, Gilbert HJ, Davies GJ: Structure and kinetic investigation of Streptococcus pyogenes family GH38 a-mannosidase. PLoS ONE 2010, 5, e9006.

 

27. Tailford LE, Ducros VM, Flint JE, Roberts SM, Morland C, Zechel DL, Smith N, Bjornvad ME, Borchert TV, Wilson KS, Davies GJ*, Gilbert HJ: Understanding how diverse b-mannanases recognize heterogeneous substrates. Biochemistry 2009, 48, 7009-7018.

 

26. Podzelinska K, He SM, Wathier M, Yakunin A, Proudfoot M, Hove-Jensen B, Zechel DL, Jia Z: Structure of PhnP, a phosphodiesterase of the carbon-phosphorus lyase pathway for phosphonate degradation. J. Biol. Chem. 2009, 284, 17216-17226.

 

25. Offen WA, Zechel DL, Withers SG, Gilbert HJ, Davies GJ: Structure of the Michaelis complex of b-mannosidase, Man2A, provides insight into the conformational itinerary of mannoside hydrolysis. Chem. Commun. (Camb) 2009, 2484-2486.

 

24. Latimer R, Podzelinska K, Soares A, Bhattacharya A, Vining LC, Jia Z, Zechel DL: Expression, purification and preliminary diffraction studies of CmlS. Acta. Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 2009, 65, 260-263.

 

23. He SM, Luo Y, Hove-Jensen B, Zechel DL: A fluorescent substrate for carbon-phosphorus lyase: towards the pathway for organophosphonate metabolism in bacteria. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2009, 19, 5954-5957.

 

22. Podzelinska K, He S, Soares A, Zechel DL, Hove-Jensen B, Jia Z: Expression, purification and preliminary diffraction studies of PhnP. Acta. Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 2008, 64, 554-557.

 

21. Adams MA, Luo Y, Hove-Jensen B, He SM, van Staalduinen LM, Zechel DL, Jia Z: Crystal structure of PhnH: an essential component of carbon-phosphorus lyase in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 2008, 190, 1072-1083.

 

20. van Staalduinen LM, Bhattacharya A, Groom K, Zechel DL, Jia Z: Expression, purification and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of RebC. Acta. Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 2007, 63, 980-982.

 

19. Gloster TM, Meloncelli P, Stick RV, Zechel DL, Vasella A, Davies GJ: Glycosidase inhibition: an assessment of the binding of 18 putative transition-state mimics. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 2345-2354.

 

18. Luo Y, Zechel DL: A concise synthesis of a-D-ribofuranosyl alkylphosphonates: putative substrate intermediates for the carbon phosphorous lyase system. Can. J. Chem. 2006, 84, 743-747.

 

17. Matsuura T, Ernst A, Zechel DL, Pluckthun A: Combinatorial approaches to novel proteins. ChemBioChem 2004, 5, 177-182.

 

16. Zechel DL, Reid SP, Stoll D, Nashiru O, Warren RA, Withers SG: Mechanism, mutagenesis, and chemical rescue of a b-mannosidase from Cellulomonas fimi. Biochemistry 2003, 42, 7195-7204.

 

15. Zechel DL, Boraston AB, Gloster T, Boraston CM, Macdonald JM, Tilbrook DM, Stick RV, Davies GJ: Iminosugar glycosidase inhibitors: structural and thermodynamic dissection of the binding of isofagomine and 1-deoxynojirimycin to b-glucosidases. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 14313-14323.

 

14. Varrot A, Tarling CA, Macdonald JM, Stick RV, Zechel DL, Withers SG, Davies GJ: Direct observation of the protonation state of an imino sugar glycosidase inhibitor upon binding. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 7496-7497.

 

13. Ducros VM, Tarling CA, Zechel DL, Brzozowski AM, Frandsen TP, von Ossowski I, Schulein M, Withers SG, Davies GJ: Anatomy of glycosynthesis: structure and kinetics of the Humicola insolens Cel7B E197A and E197S glycosynthase mutants. Chem. Biol. 2003, 10, 619-628.

 

12. Davies GJ, Ducros VM, Varrot A, Zechel DL: Mapping the conformational itinerary of b-glycosidases by X-ray crystallography. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 2003, 31, 523-527.

 

11. Ducros VM, Zechel DL, Murshudov GN, Gilbert HJ, Szabo L, Stoll D, Withers SG, Davies GJ: Substrate distortion by a b-mannanase: snapshots of the Michaelis and covalent-intermediate complexes suggest a B2,5 conformation for the transition state. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2002, 41, 2824-2827.

 

10. Zechel DL, Withers SG: Dissection of nucleophilic and acid-base catalysis in glycosidases. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2001, 5, 643-649.

 

9. Zechel DL, Reid SP, Nashiru O, Mayer C, Stoll D, Jakeman DL, Warren RA, Withers SG: Enzymatic synthesis of carbon-fluorine bonds. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 4350-4351.

 

8. Nashiru O, Zechel DL, Stoll D, Mohammadzadeh T, Warren RA, Withers SG: b-Mannosynthase: synthesis of b-mannosides with a mutant b-mannosidase. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2001, 40, 417-420.

 

7. Zechel DL, Withers SG: Glycosidase mechanisms: anatomy of a finely tuned catalyst. Acc. Chem. Res. 2000, 33, 11-18.

 

6. Mayer C, Zechel DL, Reid SP, Warren RA, Withers SG: The E358S mutant of Agrobacterium sp. b-glucosidase is a greatly improved glycosynthase. FEBS Lett. 2000, 466, 40-44.

 

5. Zechel DL, Withers SG: Glycosyl Transferase Mechanisms. In Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry. Edited by Poulter CD: Elsevier; 1999, vol 5, pp. 279-314.

 

4. Zechel DL, Konermann L, Withers SG, Douglas DJ: Pre-steady state kinetic analysis of an enzymatic reaction monitored by time-resolved electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Biochemistry 1998, 37, 7664-7669.

 

3. Zechel DL, He S, Dupont C, Withers SG: Identification of Glu-120 as the catalytic nucleophile in Streptomyces lividans endoglucanase celB. Biochem. J. 1998, 336, 139-145.

 

2.  D.L. Zechel, K.C. Hultzsch, R. Rulkens, D. Balaishis, Y. Ni, J.K. Pudelski, A.J. Lough, I. Manners, D.A. Foucher.  Thermal and transition-metal-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of [1]silaferrocenophanes with chlorine substituents at silicon:  A route to tunable poly(ferrocenylsilanes).  Organometallics 1996, 15, 1972-1978.

 

1.  D.L. Zechel, D.A. Foucher, J.K. Pudelski, G.P.A. Yap, A.L. Rheingold, I. Manners.  Synthesis, structural characterization, electrochemical properties and polymerization behaviour of the first silicon-bridged [1.1]ferrocenophane [{Fe(h-C5H4)2SiMe2}2].  J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1995, 1893-1899.

 



 
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