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Alvan C. Hengge is a researcher affiliated with Utah State University in the United States. Their work primarily falls within the disciplines of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Organic Chemistry as subfields.

Their scientific contributions cover several main topics including:

  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Microtubule and Mitosis Dynamics
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques

Recent publications of Hengge include the following:

  • "Loop Dynamics and Enzyme Catalysis in Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Insights into the Importance of WPD-loop Sequence for Activity and Structure in Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases," 2022, Chemical Science
  • "Single Residue on the WPD-Loop Affects the pH Dependency of Catalysis in Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases," 2021, JACS Au
  • "Correction to 'Loop Dynamics and Enzyme Catalysis in Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases'," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Modeling the Alkaline Hydrolysis of Diaryl Sulfate Diesters: A Mechanistic Study," 2020, The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Alvan C. Hengge's research has been published in various scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • JACS Au
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Chemical Science
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Hengge collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin
  • Ruidan Shen
  • Sean Johnson
  • Rory Crean
  • J. Patrick Loria

Best Publications

  • Enzymatic mechanisms of phosphate and sulfate transfer.

    W. Wallace Cleland;Alvan C. Hengge

  • Isotope effects in the study of phosphoryl and sulfuryl transfer reactions.

    Alvan C. Hengge

  • Conformational motions regulate phosphoryl transfer in related protein tyrosine phosphatases

    Sean K. Whittier;Alvan C. Hengge;J. Patrick Loria

  • Transition-State Structures for Phosphoryl- TransferReactions of p-Nitrophenyl Phosphate

    Alvan C. Hengge;William A. Edens;Hannah Elsing

  • Nature of the transition state of the protein-tyrosine phosphatase-catalyzed reaction.

    Alvan C. Hengge;Gwendolyn A. Sowa;Li Wu;Zhong-Yin Zhang

  • Insights into the reaction of protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B: crystal structures for transition state analogs of both catalytic steps.

    Tiago A.S. Brandão;Alvan C. Hengge;Sean J. Johnson

  • Mechanisms of phosphoryl and acyl transfer.

    W. W. Cleland;Alvan C. Hengge

  • Characterization of Transition States in Dichloro (1,4,7-Triazacyclononane) Copper (II)-Catalyzed Activated Phosphate Diester Hydrolysis

    Kim A. Deal;and Alvan C. Hengge;Judith N. Burstyn

  • CONCERTED OR STEPWISE MECHANISMS FOR ACYL TRANSFER REACTIONS OF P-NITROPHENYL ACETATE ? TRANSITION STATE STRUCTURES FROM ISOTOPE EFFECTS

    Alvan C. Hengge;Robert A. Hess

  • Mechanistic Studies on Enzyme-Catalyzed Phosphoryl Transfer

    Alvan C. Hengge

  • Physical Organic Perspectives on Phospho Group Transfer From Phosphates and Phosphinates

    Alvan C. Hengge;I. Onyido

  • Loop Dynamics and Enzyme Catalysis in Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases

    Rory M. Crean;Michal Biler;Marc W. van der Kamp;Alvan C. Hengge

  • DIrect measurement of transition-state bond cleavage in hydrolysis of phosphate esters of p-nitrophenol

    Alvan C. Hengge;W. W. Cleland

  • Mechanism of Rhodium-Catalyzed Carbene Formation from Diazo Compounds

    Freeman M. Wong;Jianbo Wang;Alvan C. Hengge;Weiming Wu

  • Transition-state structures for the native dual-specific phosphatase VHR and D92N and S131A mutants. Contributions to the driving force for catalysis.

    Alvan C. Hengge;John M. Denu;Jack E. Dixon

  • An altered mechanism of hydrolysis for a metal-complexed phosphate diester.

    Tim Humphry;Marcello Forconi;Nicholas H. Williams;Alvan C. Hengge

  • Studies of Transition-State Structures in PhosphorylTransfer Reactions of Phosphodiesters of p-Nitrophenol

    Alvan C. Hengge;Aleksandra E. Tobin;W. W. Cleland

  • The molecular details of WPD-loop movement differ in the protein-tyrosine phosphatases YopH and PTP1B.

    Tiago A.S. Brandão;Sean J. Johnson;Alvan C. Hengge

  • Probing the origin of the compromised catalysis of E. coli alkaline phosphatase in its promiscuous sulfatase reaction.

    Irina Catrina;Patrick J. O'Brien;Jamie Purcell;Jamie Purcell;Ivana Nikolic-Hughes

  • A concerted mechanism for the transfer of the thiophosphinoyl group from aryl dimethylphosphinothioate esters to oxyanionic nucleophiles in aqueous solution.

    Ikenna Onyido;Krzysztof Swierczek;Jamie Purcell;Alvan C. Hengge

  • Altered transition state for the reaction of an RNA model catalyzed by a dinuclear zinc(II) catalyst.

    Tim Humphry;Subashree Iyer;Olga Iranzo;Janet R. Morrow

  • Substrate Promoted Formation of a Catalytically Competent Binuclear Center and Regulation of Reactivity in a Glycerophosphodiesterase from Enterobacter aerogenes

    Kieran S. Hadler;Eric A. Tanifum;Sylvia Hsu-Chen Yip;Nataša Mitić

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas H. Williams
Nicholas H. Williams University of Sheffield
Zhong Yin Zhang
Zhong Yin Zhang Purdue University West Lafayette
John W. Peters
John W. Peters Washington State University
Gerhard Schenk
Gerhard Schenk University of Queensland
Guoqiang Feng
Guoqiang Feng Central China Normal University
Lawrence R. Gahan
Lawrence R. Gahan University of Queensland
Florian Hollfelder
Florian Hollfelder University of Cambridge
Daniel Herschlag
Daniel Herschlag Stanford University
John M. Denu
John M. Denu University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hua Guo
Hua Guo University of New Mexico

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