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2009

Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Biogenesis: Demonstration That PqqE from Klebsiella pneumoniae Is a Radical S-Adenosyl-L-methionine Enzyme
Stephen R. Wecksler, Stefan Stoll, Ha Tran, Olafur T. Magnusson, Shu-pao Wu, David King, R. David Britt, and Judith P. Klinman
Biochemistry 48, 10151-10161.

Effects of pH on the Rieske Protein from Thermus thermophilus: A Spectroscopic and Structural Analysis
Mary E. Konkle, Sarah K. Muellner, Anika L. Schwander, Michelle M. Dicus, Ravi Pokhrel, R. David Britt, Alexander B. Taylor, and Laura M. Hunsicker-Wang
Biochemistry 48, 9848–9857.

NO formation by a catalytically self-sufficient bacterial nitric oxide synthase from Sorangium cellulosum
Theodor Agapie, Sandy Suseno, Joshua J. Woodward, Stefan Stoll, R. David Britt, and Michael A. Marletta
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 106, 16215-16220.

Direct Spectroscopic Observation of Large Quenching of First-Order Orbital Angular Momentum with Bending in Monomeric, Two-Coordinate Fe(II) Primary Amido Complexes and the Profound Magnetic Effects of the Absence of Jahn- and Renner-Teller Distortions in Rigorously Linear Coordination
W. Alexander Merrill, Troy A. Stich, Marcin Brynda, Gregory J. Yeagle, James C. Fettinger, Raymond De Hont, William M. Rieff, Charles E. Schulz, R. David Britt, Philip P. Power
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 12693-12702.

General and efficient simulation of pulse EPR spectra
Stefan Stoll and R. David Britt
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 11, 6614–6625.

Reduction of terphenyl iron(II) or cobalt(II) halides in the presence of trimethylphosphine: an unusual triple dehydrogenation of an alkyl group
Chengbao Ni, Bobby D. Ellis, Troy A. Stich, James C. Fettinger, Gary J. Long, R. David Britt and Philip P. Power
Dalton Trans. 5401–5405.

Probing the Coupling between Proton and Electron Transfer in Photosystem II Core Complexes Containing a 3-Fluorotyrosine
Fabrice Rappaport, Alain Boussac, Dee Ann Force, Jeffrey Peloquin, Marcin Brynda, Miwa Sugiura, Sun Un, R. David Britt, and Bruce A. Diner
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 4425–4433.

Structure of the Biliverdin Radical Intermediate in Phycocyanobilin:Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase Identified by High-Field EPR and DFT
Stefan Stoll, Alexander Gunn, Marcin Brynda, Wesley Sughrue, Amanda C. Kohler, Andrew Ozarowski, Andrew J. Fisher, J. Clark Lagarias, and R. David Britt
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 1986-1995.

2008

Metal trafficking for nitrogen fixation: NifQ donates molybdenum to NifEN/NifH for the biosynthesis of the nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor
Jose A. Hernandez, Leonardo Curatti, Constantino P. Aznar, Zinaida Perova, R. David Britt, and Luis M. Rubio
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 106, 11679-11684.

Current Models and Mechanism of Water Splitting
Robert M. McCarrick, and R. David. Britt
In “Structure of Photosynthetic Proteins”, WILEY-VCH, invited chapter.

Glutamate-354 of the CP43 polypeptide interacts with the oxygen-evolving Mn₄Ca cluster of photosystem II: a preliminary characterization of the Glu354Gln mutant
Melodie A. Strickler, Hong Jin Hwang, Robert L. Burnap, Junko Yano, Lee M. Walker, Rachel J. Service, R. David Britt, Warwick Hillier and Richard J. Debus
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 363, 1179-1188.

Multifrequency Pulsed Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study of the S₂ State of the Photosystem II Manganese Cluster
Gregory J. Yeagle, M. Lane Gilchrist, Robert M. McCarrick, and R. David Britt
Inorg. Chem. 47, 1803-1814.

Characterization of Two Different Five-Coordinate Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Ferrous–Nitrosyl Complexes
Emily R. Derbyshire, Alexander Gunn, Mohammed Ibrahim, Thomas G. Spiro, R. David Britt, and Michael A. Marletta
Biochemistry 47, 3892–3899.

Multifrequency Pulsed EPR Studies of Biologically Relevant Manganese(II) Complexes
Troy A. Stich, Simanti Lahiri, Gregory Yeagle, Michelle Dicus, Marcin Brynda, Alexander Gunn, Constantino P. Aznar, Victoria J. DeRose, and R. David Britt
Appl. Magn. Reson. 31, 321-341.

No Evidence from FTIR Difference Spectroscopy That Aspartate-342 of the D1 Polypeptide Ligates a Mn Ion That Undergoes Oxidation during the S₀ to S₁, S₁ to S₂, or S₂ to S₃ Transitions in Photosystem II
Melodie A. Strickler, Lee M. Walker, Warwick Hillier, R. David Britt, and Richard J. Debus
Biochemistry 46, 3151–3160.

Density Functional Theory calculations on the magnetic properties of the model tyrosine radical-histidine complex mimicking tyrosine radical Y_D· in Photosystem II
Marcin Brynda and R. David Britt
Research on Chemical Intermediates 33, 1-21.

2006

The preparation of a phosphorus doped silicon film from phosphorus containing silicon nanoparticles
R. K. Baldwin, J. Zou, A. Pettigrew. Gregory J. Yeagle, R. David Britt, and Susan M. Kauzlarich
Chem. Comm. 6, 658-660.

Coordination environment of a site-bound metal ion in the hammerhead ribozyme determined by ¹⁵N and ²H ESEEM spectroscopy
Matthew Vogt, Simanti Lahiri, Charles. G. Hoogstraten, R. David. Britt, and Victoria. J. DeRose.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 16764-16770.

The 33 kDa protein can be removed without affecting the association of the 23 and 17 kDa proteins with the luminal side of PS II of spinach
Hui Yu, Xianzhong Xu, and R. David Britt
Biochemistry 5, 3404-3411.

A Conserved histidine-aspartate pair is required for exo- Vinyl reduction of biliverdin by a cyanobacterial phycocyanobilin:ferredoxin oxidoreductase
Shih-Long Tu, Wesley Sughrue, R. David Britt, and J. Clark Lagarias
J. Biol. Chem. 281, 3127-3136.

2005

Spectroscopic and Electronic Structure Studies of the Trinuclear Cu Cluster Active Site of the Multicopper Oxidase Laccase: Nature of Its Coordination Unsaturation
L. Quintanar, J. Yoon, Constantino P. Aznar, Amy E. Palmer, K. K. Andersson, R. David Britt, and Edward I. Solomon.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 13832-13845.

Evidence That Azide Occupies the Chloride Binding Site near the Manganese Cluster in Photosystem II
Hui Yu, Constantino P. Aznar, Xianzhong Xu, and R. David Britt
Biochemistry 44, 12022-12029.

Influence of the 33 kDa Manganese-Stabilizing Protein on the Structure and Substrate Accessibility of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II
Wolfgang Gregor, R. M. Cinco, Hui Yu, Vittal K. Yachandra, and R. David Britt
Biochemistry 44, 8817-8825.

2004

Coordination of proton and electron transfer from the redox-active tyrosine, Y_Z, of Photosystem II and examination of the electrostatic influence of oxidized tyrosine, Y_D·(H⁺)
Bruce A. Diner, J. A. Bautista, P. J. Nixon, C. Berthomieu, R. Hienerwadel, R. David Britt, Wilfred F. J. Vermaas, and D. A. Chisholm.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 6, 4844-4850.

Biliverdin Reduction by Cyanobacterial Phycocyanobilin:Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase (PcyA) Proceeds via Linear Tetrapyrrole Radical Intermediates
Shih-Long Tu, Alexander Gunn, Michael D. Toney, R. David Britt, and J. Clark Lagarias
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 8682-8693.

Investigation of the Calcium-Binding Site of the Oxygen Evolving Complex of Photosystem II Using ⁸⁷Sr ESEEM Spectroscopy
Sun Hee Kim, Wolfgang Gregor, Jeffery M. Peloquin, Marcin Brynda, and R. David, Britt
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 7228-7237.

ESE-ENDOR Study and DFT Calculations on Oxovanadium Compounds: Effect of Axial Anionic Ligands on the ⁵¹V Nuclear Quadrupolar Coupling Constant
Constantino P. Aznar, Yiannis Deligiannakis, E. J. Tolis, T. Kabanos, Marcin Brynda, and R. David Britt
J. Phys. Chem. A 108, 4310-4321.

Recent Pulsed EPR Studies of the Photosystem II Oxygen Evolving Complex: Implications as to Water Oxidation Mechanisms
R. David Britt, Kristy A. Campbell, Jeffery M. Peloquin, M. Lane Gilchrist, Constantino P. Aznar, Michelle M. Dicus, J. Robblee, and Johannes Messinger
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1655, 158-171.