James Luba

University of Arkansas at Little Rock — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Redox biology and oxidative stress(4), Biochemical and Molecular Research(4), Sulfur Compounds in Biology(3), Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms(3), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases(3)

Publications25 total

Engineering and characterization of human manganese superoxide dismutase mutants with high activity and low product inhibition
FEBS Journal·2006· 13 citedOpen Access
In‐vitro Refolding of Glutathione Peroxidase Homologue
The FASEB Journal·2006
Comparative proteomics of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and the response to reactive oxygen species
The FASEB Journal·2006
Amino Acid Substitution at the Dimeric Interface of Human Manganese Superoxide Dismutase
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2004· 33 citedOpen Access
Catalytic and Structural Effects of Amino Acid Substitution at Histidine 30 in Human Manganese Superoxide Dismutase:  Insertion of Valine Cγ into the Substrate Access Channel
Biochemistry·2003· 63 cited
CATALYTIC AND STRUCTURAL EFFECTS OF AMINO-ACID SUBSTITUTION AT HIS 30 IN HUMAN MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE: INSERTION OF VAL CGAMMA INTO THE SUBSTRATE ACCESS CHANNEL
2002
CATALYTIC AND STRUCTURAL EFFECTS OF AMINO-ACID SUBSTITUTION AT HIS 30 IN HUMAN MNSOD: INSERTION OF VAL CGAMMA INTO THE SUBSTRATE ACCESS CHANNEL
2002
Hydration Effects of Heparin on Antithrombin Probed by Osmotic Stress
Biophysical Journal·2002· 4 citedOpen Access
Pteridine reductase mechanism correlates pterin metabolism with drug resistance in trypanosomatid parasites.
Nature Structural Biology·2001· 137 cited
Structural, redox, and mechanistic parameters for cysteine-sulfenic acid function in catalysis and regulation
Advances in protein chemistry·2001· 138 cited
Analysis of the Kinetic and Redox Properties of the NADH Peroxidase R303M Mutant:  Correlation with the Crystal Structure<sup>,</sup>
Biochemistry·2000· 17 cited
Limited Proteolysis as a Structural Probe of the Soluble α-Glycerophosphate Oxidase from <i>Streptococcus</i> sp.
Biochemistry·2000· 12 cited
Protein-Sulfenic Acids:  Diverse Roles for an Unlikely Player in Enzyme Catalysis and Redox Regulation
Biochemistry·1999· 508 cited
Crystallization of recombinant <i>Leishmania major</i> pteridine reductase 1 (PTR1)
Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography·1999· 22 cited
Coenzyme A-Disulfide Reductase from <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>:  Evidence for Asymmetric Behavior on Interaction with Pyridine Nucleotides
Biochemistry·1999· 31 cited
The Soluble α-Glycerophosphate Oxidase from Enterococcus casseliflavus
Journal of Biological Chemistry·1998· 34 citedOpen Access
<i>Leishmania major</i>Pteridine Reductase 1 Belongs to the Short Chain Dehydrogenase Family:  Stereochemical and Kinetic Evidence
Biochemistry·1998· 33 cited
New approaches to <i>Leishmania</i> chemotherapy: pteridine reductase 1 (PTR1) as a target and modulator of antifolate sensitivity
Parasitology·1997· 130 cited
Studies of Leishmania major Pteridine Reductase 1, a Novel Short Chain Dehydrogenase
1997· 1 citedOpen Access
[Studies on the relativity of C:N in the media used for biosynthesis of tetracycline].
PubMed·1968· 1 cited
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Al Claiborne(6), David N. Silverman(5), Derek Parsonage(4), Stephen M. Beverley(4), Amy S. Hearn(4), Diane E. Cabelli(4), John A. Tainer(4), Harry S. Nick(4), Joanne I. Yeh(3), T. Conn Mallett(3), Véronique Charrier(3), Larry W. Hardy(3), M. Elizabeth Stroupe(3), Cecilia A. Ramilo(3), S Ulikowski(3), Edward J. Crane(2), David G. Gourley(2), William N. Hunter(2), Bakela Nare(2), R Szewczak(2)