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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1983 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

John H. Dawson is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research contributions span several interconnected fields including inorganic chemistry, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, pharmacology, molecular biology, and water science and technology.

The scientist's recent publications illustrate a focus on biochemical and medical topics, with papers appearing mostly in the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry and other specialized journals. Notable recent works include:

  • Caught in the act: Monitoring O O bond cleavage in Acylperoxoferric cytochrome P450cam to form compound I in real time, 2022, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • Dick Holm - My personal appreciation, 2022, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • Jim Terner - Tribute to a remarkable scientist, 2023, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • Tsuneo Omura - In memory of a Pioneer in cytochrome P450 research, 2023, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • 194 - Sleep, Hypertension, and Nocturia: Pilot Study of a Multicomponent Approach for Comorbid Illnesses, 2024, Continence

Their scholarly work has addressed topics such as metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism, porphyrin metabolism and disorders, vanadium and halogenation chemistry, fluoride effects and removal, advanced glycation end products research, and prostate cancer treatment and research.

  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
  • Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders
  • Vanadium and Halogenation Chemistry
  • Fluoride Effects and Removal
  • Advanced Glycation End Products research
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research

Dawson collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Daniel P. Collins
  • Emily M. Johnson
  • Eric D. Coulter
  • Zanna Beharry
  • David P. Ballou

The venues where Dawson's research is most commonly published reflect their interdisciplinary focus:

  • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • Continence
  • European Urology Open Science

Recognition of Dawson's professional standing includes being named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2010, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1989, and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1983.

Best Publications

  • Heme-Containing Oxygenases

    Masanori Sono;Mark P. Roach;Eric D. Coulter;John H. Dawson

  • Probing structure-function relations in heme-containing oxygenases and peroxidases

    John H. Dawson

  • Cytochrome P-450 and chloroperoxidase: thiolate-ligated heme enzymes. Spectroscopic determination of their active-site structures and mechanistic implications of thiolate ligation

    John H. Dawson;Masanori. Sono

  • Oxoiron(IV) in chloroperoxidase compound II is basic: implications for P450 chemistry.

    Michael T. Green;John H. Dawson;Harry B. Gray

  • Spectroscopic investigations of ferric cytochrome P-450-CAM ligand complexes. Identification of the ligand trans to cysteinate in the native enzyme.

    J H Dawson;L A Andersson;M Sono

  • Structural characterization of horseradish peroxidase using EXAFS spectroscopy: evidence for Fe=O ligation in compounds I and II

    James E. Penner-Hahn;Kim. Smith Eble;Thomas J. McMurry;Mark. Renner

  • Letter: Oxidized cytochrome P-450. Magnetic circular dichroism evidence for thiolate ligation in the substrate-bound form. Implications for the catalytic mechanism.

    John Harold Dawson;R. H. Holm;James R. Trudell;Guenther Barth

  • Spectroscopic studies of stellacyanin, plastocyanin, and azurin. Electronic structure of the blue copper sites

    Edward I. Solomon;Jeffrey W. Hare;David M. Dooley;John H. Dawson

  • Functionalized nitrogen atom transfer catalyzed by cytochrome P-450

    Edmund W. Svastits;John H. Dawson;Ronald Breslow;Samuel H. Gellman

  • Epoxidation of Olefins by Hydroperoxo−Ferric Cytochrome P450

    Shengxi Jin;Thomas M. Makris;Thomas A. Bryson;Stephen G. Sligar

  • Sulfur donor ligand binding to ferric cytochrome P-450-CAM and myoglobin. Ultraviolet-visible absorption, magnetic circular dichroism, and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic investigation of the complexes.

    M Sono;L A Andersson;J H Dawson

  • Neutral thiol as a proximal ligand to ferrous heme iron: implications for heme proteins that lose cysteine thiolate ligation on reduction.

    Roshan Perera;Masanori Sono;Jeffrey A. Sigman;Thomas D. Pfister

  • Studies of the ferric forms of cytochrome P-450 and chloroperoxidase by extended x-ray absotption fine structure. Characterization of the iron-nitrogen and iron-sulfur distances

    Stephen P. Cramer;John H. Dawson;Keith O. Hodgson;Lowell P. Hager

  • Studies of the heme coordination and ligand binding properties of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC): characterization of Fe(II)sGC and Fe(II)sGC(CO) by electronic absorption and magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopies and failure of CO to activate the enzyme.

    Judith N. Burstyn;Anita E. Yu;Elizabeth A. Dierks;Barton K. Hawkins

  • X-ray absorption spectroscopic studies of high valent iron porphyrins. Horseradish peroxidase compounds I and II and synthetic models.

    J E Penner-Hahn;T J McMurry;M Renner;L Latos-Grazynsky

  • Characterization of the periplasmic heme-binding protein ShuT from the heme uptake system of Shigella dysenteriae

    Suntara Eakanunkul;Gudrun S Lukat-Rodgers;Suganya Sumithran;Arundhati Ghosh

  • Reaction of ferric cytochrome P450cam with peracids: kinetic characterization of intermediates on the reaction pathway.

    Tatyana Spolitak;John H. Dawson;David P. Ballou

  • PROBING THE HEME IRON COORDINATION STRUCTURE OF PRESSURE-INDUCED CYTOCHROME P420CAM

    Susan A. Martinis;Steven R. Blanke;Lowell P. Hager;Stephen G. Sligar

  • Uncoupling Oxygen Transfer and Electron Transfer in the Oxygenation of Camphor Analogues by Cytochrome P450-CAM DIRECT OBSERVATION OF AN INTERMOLECULAR ISOTOPE EFFECT FOR SUBSTRATE C-H ACTIVATION

    Saloumeh Kadkhodayan;Eric D. Coulter;David M. Maryniak;Thomas A. Bryson

  • Formation of low spin complexes of ferric cytochrome P-450-CAM with anionic ligands. Spin state and ligand affinity comparison to myoglobin.

    M Sono;J H Dawson

  • Ligand and halide binding properties of chloroperoxidase: peroxidase-type active site heme environment with cytochrome P-450 type endogenous axial ligand and spectroscopic properties

    Sono M;Dawson Jh;Hall K;Hager Lp

Frequent Co-Authors

Lowell P. Hager
Lowell P. Hager University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Harry B. Gray
Harry B. Gray California Institute of Technology
Keith O. Hodgson
Keith O. Hodgson Stanford University
Edward Bunnenberg
Edward Bunnenberg Stanford University
Carl Djerassi
Carl Djerassi Stanford University
James E. Penner-Hahn
James E. Penner-Hahn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David P. Ballou
David P. Ballou University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Brian M. Hoffman
Brian M. Hoffman Northwestern University
Stephen G. Sligar
Stephen G. Sligar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chi K. Chang
Chi K. Chang Michigan State University

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