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Debra Dunaway-Mariano

Debra Dunaway-Mariano

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
10532
World Ranking
10760
National Ranking
2959

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
10308
World Ranking
13348
National Ranking
5680

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1984 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Debra Dunaway-Mariano is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional contributions to materials science.

The scientist's recent publications include the paper titled Structural Analysis of Binding Determinants of Salmonella typhimurium Trehalose-6-phosphate Phosphatase Using Ground-State Complexes, published in 2020 in the journal Biochemistry.

The main fields of study covered by their work are:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Materials Science

Subfields of study related to their research include:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biotechnology

Their research topics center on:

  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research
  • Enzyme Production and Characterization

Frequent co-authors in their work are:

  • Christine M. Harvey
  • Katherine H. O'Toole
  • Chunliang Liu
  • Patrick S. Mariano
  • Karen N. Allen

Most publications by this scientist appear in the journal Biochemistry.

In 1984, Debra Dunaway-Mariano was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Evolutionary Genomics of the HAD Superfamily: Understanding the Structural Adaptations and Catalytic Diversity in a Superfamily of Phosphoesterases and Allied Enzymes

    A. Maxwell Burroughs;Karen N. Allen;Debra Dunaway-Mariano;L. Aravind

  • The Pentacovalent Phosphorus Intermediate of a Phosphoryl Transfer Reaction

    Sushmita D. Lahiri;Guofeng Zhang;Debra Dunaway-Mariano;Karen N. Allen

  • Phosphoryl group transfer: evolution of a catalytic scaffold

    Karen N. Allen;Debra Dunaway-Mariano

  • Ancestry of the 4-chlorobenzoate dehalogenase: analysis of amino acid sequence identities among families of acyl:adenyl ligases, enoyl-CoA hydratases/isomerases, and acyl-CoA thioesterases.

    Patricia C. Babbitt;George L. Kenyon;Brian M. Martin;Hugues Charest

  • Structure of 4-Chlorobenzoyl Coenzyme A Dehalogenase Determined to 1.8 Å Resolution: An Enzyme Catalyst Generated via Adaptive Mutation†,‡

    Matthew M. Benning;Kimberly L. Taylor;Rui-Qin Liu;Guang Yang

  • The crystal structure of Bacillus cereus phosphonoacetaldehyde hydrolase: Insight into catalysis of phosphorus bond cleavage and catalytic diversification within the had enzyme superfamily

    Marc C. Morais;Wenhai Zhang;Angela S. Baker;Guofeng Zhang

  • The Enzyme Function Initiative

    John A. Gerlt;Karen N. Allen;Steven C. Almo;Richard N. Armstrong

  • Novel enzymic hydrolytic dehalogenation of a chlorinated aromatic.

    Jeffrey D. Scholten;Kai-Hsuan Chang;Patricia C. Babbitt;Hugues Charest

  • Acyl-adenylate motif of the acyl-adenylate/thioester-forming enzyme superfamily: a site-directed mutagenesis study with the Pseudomonas sp. strain CBS3 4-chlorobenzoate:coenzyme A ligase

    Kai-Hsuan Chang;Hong Xiang;Debra Dunaway-Mariano

  • Panoramic view of a superfamily of phosphatases through substrate profiling

    Hua Huang;Chetanya Pandya;Chunliang Liu;Nawar F. Al-Obaidi

  • Swiveling-domain mechanism for enzymatic phosphotransfer between remote reaction sites.

    Osnat Herzberg;Celia C. H. Chen;Geeta Kapadia;Marielena McGuire

  • Investigations of substrate specificity and reaction mechanism of several kinases using chromium(III) adenosine 5'-triphosphate and chromium(III) adenosine 5'-diphosphate.

    Debra Dunaway-Mariano;W. W. Cleland

  • Structural characterization of a 140 degrees domain movement in the two-step reaction catalyzed by 4-chlorobenzoate:CoA ligase.

    Albert S. Reger;Rui Wu;Debra Dunaway-Mariano;Andrew M. Gulick

  • Enzyme Promiscuity: Engine of Evolutionary Innovation*

    Chetanya Pandya;Jeremiah D. Farelli;Debra Dunaway-Mariano;Karen N. Allen

  • The Three-dimensional Structure of 4-Hydroxybenzoyl-CoA Thioesterase from Pseudomonas sp. Strain CBS-3*

    Matthew M. Benning;Gary Wesenberg;Ruiqin Liu;Kimberly L. Taylor

  • Preparation and properties of chromium(III) adenosine 5'-triphosphate, chromium(III) adenosine 5'-diphosphate, and related chromium(III) complexes.

    Debra Dunaway-Mariano;W. W. Cleland

  • Caught in the act: the structure of phosphorylated beta-phosphoglucomutase from Lactococcus lactis.

    Sushmita D. Lahiri;Guofeng Zhang;Debra Dunaway-Mariano;Karen N. Allen

  • Analysis of sequence homologies in plant and bacterial pyruvate phosphate dikinase, enzyme I of the bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate: sugar phosphotransferase system and other PEP-utilizing enzymes. Identification of potential catalytic and regulatory motifs.

    David J. Pocalyko;Lawrence J. Carroll;Brian M. Martin;Patricia C. Babbitt

  • Isolation and characterization of the three polypeptide components of 4-chlorobenzoate dehalogenase from Pseudomonas sp. strain CBS-3.

    Kai Hsuan Chang;Po Haung Liang;Wendie Beck;Jeffrey D. Scholten

  • Catalysis and thermodynamics of the phosphoenolpyruvate/phosphonopyruvate rearrangement. Entry into the phosphonate class of naturally occurring organophosphorus compounds

    Elise. Bowman;Michael. McQueney;Robert J. Barry;Debra. Dunaway-Mariano

  • Monitoring enzyme catalysis in the multimeric state: direct observation of Arthrobacter 4-hydroxybenzoyl-coenzyme A thioesterase catalytic complexes using time-resolved electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.

    Zhili Li;Feng Song;Zhihao Zhuang;Debra Dunaway-Mariano

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen N. Allen
Karen N. Allen Boston University
Osnat Herzberg
Osnat Herzberg University of Maryland, College Park
John A. Gerlt
John A. Gerlt University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Patricia C. Babbitt
Patricia C. Babbitt University of California, San Francisco
Hazel M. Holden
Hazel M. Holden University of Wisconsin–Madison
Po-Huang Liang
Po-Huang Liang Academia Sinica
Hua Guo
Hua Guo University of New Mexico
James B. Thoden
James B. Thoden University of Wisconsin–Madison
Theodore E. Nash
Theodore E. Nash National Institutes of Health
David B. Olsen
David B. Olsen MSD (United States)

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