2016
Orientation of Cyano-Substituted Bipyridine Re(I) fac-Tricarbonyl Electrocatalysts Bound to Conducting Au Surfaces
Clark M, Rudshteyn B, Ge A, Chabolla S, Machan C, Psciuk B, Song J, Canzi G, Lian T, Batista V, Kubiak C. Orientation of Cyano-Substituted Bipyridine Re(I) fac-Tricarbonyl Electrocatalysts Bound to Conducting Au Surfaces. The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C 2016, 120: 1657-1665. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10912.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSum frequency generation spectroscopyGold surfaceAu surfaceCO2 reduction catalystsFrequency generation spectroscopyReduction of CO2Density functional theoryMolecular catalystsReduction catalystBipyridine ligandsElectrochemical experimentsGeneration spectroscopyCatalytic turnoverSFG spectraElectrocatalystsFunctional theoryCatalystWeak bindingTheoretical methodsSurfaceBipyridineCatalysisSpectroscopyLigandsTriply
2011
Reengineering Rate-Limiting, Millisecond Enzyme Motions by Introduction of an Unnatural Amino Acid
Watt ED, Rivalta I, Whittier SK, Batista VS, Loria JP. Reengineering Rate-Limiting, Millisecond Enzyme Motions by Introduction of an Unnatural Amino Acid. Biophysical Journal 2011, 101: 411-420. PMID: 21767494, PMCID: PMC3136797, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.05.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnnatural amino acidsAmino acidsMeiboom-Gill (CPMG) relaxation dispersion experimentsWild-type ribonuclease AProtein energy landscapesNonnatural amino acidsRelaxation dispersion experimentsSingle residueProtein motionsMillisecond motionsConformational motionsEnzyme motionsHistidine-48Ribonuclease ACatalytic turnoverSimilar pH rangeRate limitingMolecular dynamics simulationsEnergy landscapeCorrelated motionAcidCatalytic cycleDispersion experimentsResiduesDynamics simulations