Associate Professor Sigurd Wilbanks

Liptak, M. D., Fagerlund, R. D., Ledgerwood, E. C., Wilbanks, S. M., & Bren, K. (2011). The proapoptotic G41S mutation to human cytochrome c alters the heme electronic structure and increases the electron self-exchange rate. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(5), 1153-1155. doi: 10.1021/ja106328k Journal - Research Article

Pearl, E. J., Tyndall, J. D. A., Poulter, R. T. M., & Wilbanks, S. M. (2007). Sequence requirements for splicing by the Cne PRP8 intein. FEBS Letters, 581, 3000-3004. Journal - Research Article

Josephs, T. M., Morison, I. M., Day, C. L., Wilbanks, S. M., & Ledgerwood, E. C. (2014). Enhancing the peroxidase activity of cytochrome c by mutation of residue 41: Implications for the peroxidase mechanism and cytochrome c release. Biochemical Journal, 458(2), 259-265. doi: 10.1042/BJ20131386 Journal - Research Article

Josephs, T. M., Liptak, M. D., Hughes, G., Lo, A., Smith, R. M., Wilbanks, S. M., … Ledgerwood, E. C. (2013). Conformational change and human cytochrome c function: Mutation of residue 41 modulates caspase activation and destabilizes Met-80 coordination. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 18, 289-297. doi: 10.1007/s00775-012-0973-1 Journal - Research Article

Morison, I. M., Cramer Bordé, E. M., Cheesman, E. J., Cheong, P. L., Holyoake, A. J., Fichelson, S., Weeks, R. J., Lo, A., Davies, S. M. K., Wilbanks, S. M., Fagerlund, R. D., Ludgate, M. W., da Silva Tatley, F. M., Coker, M. S. A., Bockett, N. A., Hughes, G., Pippig, D. A., Smith, M. P., … Ledgerwood, E. C. (2008). A mutation of human cytochrome c enhances the intrinsic apoptotic pathway but causes only thrombocytopenia. Nature Genetics, 40(4), 387-389. doi: 10.1038/ng.103 Journal - Research Article

Jackson, S. A., Fagerlund, R. D., Wilbanks, S. M., & Eaton-Rye, J. J. (2010). Crystal structure of PsbQ from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 at 1.8 Å: Implications for binding and function in cyanobacterial photosystem II. Biochemistry, 49(13), 2765-2767. doi: 10.1021/bi100217h Journal - Research Article

Mabbitt, P. D., Rautureau, G. J. P., Day, C. L., Wilbanks, S. M., Eaton-Rye, J. J., & Hinds, M. G. (2009). Solution structure of Psb27 from cyanobacterial photosystem II. Biochemistry, 48(37), 8771-8773. doi: 10.1021/bi901309c Journal - Research Article

Schlünzen, F., Wilson, D. N., Tian, P., Harms, J. M., McInnes, S. J., Hansen, H. A. S., … Wilbanks, S. M., & Fucini, P. (2005). The binding mode of the trigger factor on the ribosome: Implications for protein folding and SRP interaction. Structure, 13, 1-10. Journal - Research Article

Pearl, E. J., Bokor, A. A. M., Butler, M. I., Poulter, R. T. M., & Wilbanks, S. M. (2007). Preceding hydrophobic and β-branched amino acids attenuate splicing by the CnePRP8 intein. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: General Subjects, 1774, 995-1001. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2007.05.015 Journal - Research Article

Siakkou, E., Rutledge, M. T., Wilbanks, S. M., & Jameson, G. N. L. (2011). Correlating crosslink formation with enzymatic activity in cysteine dioxygenase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Proteins & Proteomics, 1814, 2003-2009. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.07.019 Journal - Research Article

Siakkou, E., Wilbanks, S. M., & Jameson, G. N. L. (2010). Simplified cysteine dioxygenase activity assay allows simultaneous quantitation of both substrate and product. Analytical Biochemistry, 405(1), 127-131. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2010.06.013 Journal - Research Article

Kleffmann, T., Jongkees, S. A. K., Fairweather, G., Wilbanks, S. M., & Jameson, G. N. L. (2009). Mass-spectrometric characterization of two posttranslational modifications of cysteine dioxygenase. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 14, 913-921. doi: 10.1007/s00775-009-0504-x Journal - Research Article

MacKenzie, C. R., Wilbanks, S. M., & McGrath, K. M. (2004). Superimposed effect of kinetics and echinoderm glycoproteins on hierarchical growth of calcium carbonate. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 14, 1238-1244. Journal - Research Article

Sousa, M. C., Trame, C. B., Tsuruta, H., Wilbanks, S., Reddy, V. S., & McKay, D. (2000). Crystal and solution structures of an HSIUV protease - chaperone complex. Cell, 103, 633-643. Journal - Research Article

Wilbanks, S., & McKay, D. B. (1998). Structural replacement if active site monovalent cations by the e-amino group of Lysine in the ATPase fragment of bovine Hsc70. Biochemistry, 37, 7456-7462. Journal - Research Article

Ha, J.-H., Hellman, U., Johnson, E. R., Li, L., McKay, B. D., Sousa, M. C., … Wilbanks, S. (1997). Destablization of peptide binding by an E543K mutation in the seventy kilodalton bovine heat shock cognate protein, a molecular chaperone. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 272, 27796-27803. Journal - Research Article

Spencer, E. S., Dale, E. J., Gommans, A. L., Rutledge, M. T., Vo, C. T., Nakatani, Y., Gamble, A. B., Smith, R. A. J., Wilbanks, S. M., Hampton, M. B., & Tyndall, J. D. A. (2015). Multiple binding modes of isothiocyanates that inhibit macrophage migration inhibitory factor. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 93, 501-510. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.02.012 Journal - Research Article