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University of Houston


    15. Huynh, U. & Zastrow, M. L.* Metallobiology of Lactobacillaceae in the gut microbiome. J. Inorg. Biochem. 2023, 238, 112023. [link]

    14. Zou, W.; Nguyen, H. N.; Zastrow, M. L.* Mutant Flavin-Based Fluorescent Protein Sensors for Detecting Intracellular Zinc and Copper in Escherichia coli. ACS Sens. 2022, 7, 3369-3378. [link]

    13. Zhao, H. & Zastrow, M. L.* Transition metals induce quenching of monomeric near-infrared fluorescent proteins. Biochemistry 2022, 61, 494-504. [link]

    12. Huynh, U.; Qiao, M.; King, J.; Trinh, B.; Valdez, J.; Haq, M.; Zastrow, M. L. Differential Effects of Transition Metals on Growth and Metal Uptake for Two Distinct Lactobacillus Species. Microbiol. Spectr. 2022, 10, e01006-21. [link]

    11. Zou, W.; Le, K.; Zastrow, M. L. Live cell copper-induced fluorescence quenching of the flavin-binding fluorescent protein CreiLOV. ChemBioChem 2020, 21, 1356-1363. [link]


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      10. Zastrow, M. L.*; Huang, Z. H.*; Lippard, S. J. HaloTag-based hybrid targetable and ratiometric sensors for intracellular zinc. ACS Chem. Biol. 2020, 15, 396-406. [link]

      9. Ruckthong, L.; Zastrow, M. L.; Stuckey, J. A.; Pecoraro, V. L. A Crystallographic Examination of Predisposition Versus Preorganization in de Novo Designed Metalloproteins. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 11979-11988. [link]

      8. Zastrow, M. L.*; Radford, R. J.*; Chyan, W.; Anderson, C. T.; Zhang, D. Y.; Loas, A.; Tzounopoulos, T.; Lippard, S. J. Reaction-Based Probes for Imaging Mobile Zinc in Live Cells and Tissues. ACS Sens. 2016, 1, 32-39. *Co-first authors. [link]

      7. Anderson, C. T.; Radford, R. J.; Zastrow, M. L.; Zhang, D. Y.; Apfel, U.-P.; Lippard, S. J.; Tzounopoulos, T. Modulation of extrasynaptic NMDA receptors by synaptic and tonic zinc. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2015, 112, E2705-E2714. [link]

      6. Rivera-Fuentes, P.; Wrobel, A.; Zastrow, M. L.; Khan, M.; Georgiou, J.; Luyben, T. T.; Roder, J. C.; Okamoto, K.; Lippard, S. J. A far-red emitting probe for unambiguous detection of mobile zinc in acidic vesicles and deep tissue. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 1944-1948. [link]

      5. Yu, F.; Cangelosi, V. M.; Zastrow, M. L.; Tegoni, M.; Plegaria, J. S.; Tebo, A. G.; Mocny, C. S.; Ruckthong, L.; Qayyum, H.; Pecoraro, V. L. Protein design: toward functional metalloenzymes. Chem. Rev. 2014, 114, 3495-3578. [link]

      4. Zastrow, M. L. & Pecoraro, V. L. Designing hydrolytic zinc metalloenzymes. Biochemistry 2014, 53, 957-978. [link]

      3. Zastrow, M. L. & Pecoraro, V. L. Designing functional metalloproteins: from structural to catalytic metal sites. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2013, 257, 2565-2588. [link]

      2. Zastrow, M. L. & Pecoraro, V. L. Influence of Active Site Location on Catalytic Activity in de Novo-Designed Zinc Metalloenzymes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 5895-5903. [link]

      1. Zastrow, M. L.; Peacock, A. F. A.; Stuckey, J. A.; Pecoraro, V. L. Hydrolytic catalysis and structural stabilization in a designed metalloprotein. Nature Chem. 2012, 4, 118-123. [link]