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Overview

Jon M. Fukuto is affiliated with Sonoma State University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad domain of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within this field, their work extensively covers subfields including Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Physiology.

The main topics of their research are focused on Sulfur Compounds in Biology, Redox Biology and Oxidative Stress, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Genomics, Phytochemicals and Oxidative Stress, Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects, Selenium in Biological Systems, and Renin-Angiotensin System Studies.

Their recent publications illustrate these research areas with the following papers:

  • The Noncanonical Pathway for In Vivo Nitric Oxide Generation: The Nitrate-Nitrite-Nitric Oxide Pathway, 2020, Pharmacological Reviews
  • Control of protein function through oxidation and reduction of persulfidated states, 2020, Science Advances
  • Methods in sulfide and persulfide research, 2021, Nitric Oxide
  • A comparison of the chemical biology of hydropersulfides (RSSH) with other protective biological antioxidants and nucleophiles, 2020, Nitric Oxide
  • The chemical biology of hydrogen sulfide and related hydropersulfides: interactions with biologically relevant metals and metalloproteins, 2020, Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Jon M. Fukuto has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Takaaki Akaike
  • Tomoaki Ida
  • Joseph Lin
  • Yoshito Kumagai
  • Tsuyoshi Takata

Their work has been published often in scientific venues such as Antioxidants, Science Advances, Nitric Oxide, Redox Biology, and Antioxidants and Redox Signaling.

Best Publications

  • Oxidation of nitric oxide in aqueous solution to nitrite but not nitrate: comparison with enzymatically formed nitric oxide from L-arginine.

    Louis J. Ignarro;Jon M. Fukuto;Jeannete M. Griscavage;Norma E. Rogers

  • Nitric oxide and cyclic GMP formation upon electrical field stimulation cause relaxation of corpus cavernosum smooth muscle

    Louis J. Ignarro;Peggy A. Bush;Georgette M. Buga;Keith S. Wood

  • Reactive cysteine persulfides and S-polythiolation regulate oxidative stress and redox signaling.

    Tomoaki Ida;Tomohiro Sawa;Hideshi Ihara;Yukihiro Tsuchiya

  • Shear stress-induced release of nitric oxide from endothelial cells grown on beads.

    G M Buga;M E Gold;J M Fukuto;L J Ignarro

  • Basal release of nitric oxide from aortic rings is greater in female rabbits than in male rabbits: implications for atherosclerosis

    Toshio Hayashi;Jon M. Fukuto;Louis J. Ignarro;Gautam Chaudhuri

  • Redox signaling: thiol chemistry defines which reactive oxygen and nitrogen species can act as second messengers.

    Henry Jay Forman;Jon M. Fukuto;Martine Torres

  • Free radical biology and medicine: it's a gas, man!

    William A. Pryor;Kendall N. Houk;Christopher S. Foote;Jon M. Fukuto

  • Cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase governs cysteine polysulfidation and mitochondrial bioenergetics

    Takaaki Akaike;Tomoaki Ida;Fan-Yan Wei;Motohiro Nishida;Motohiro Nishida

  • Reaction between S-nitrosothiols and thiols: generation of nitroxyl (HNO) and subsequent chemistry.

    Patrick S.-Y. Wong;Jinjoo Hyun;Jon M. Fukuto;Frances N. Shirota

  • The reduction potential of nitric oxide (NO) and its importance to NO biochemistry

    Michael D. Bartberger;Wei Liu;Eleonora Ford;Katrina M. Miranda

  • Redox chemistry and chemical biology of H2S, hydropersulfides, and derived species: implications of their possible biological activity and utility.

    Katsuhiko Ono;Takaaki Akaike;Tomohiro Sawa;Yoshito Kumagai

  • Positive inotropic and lusitropic effects of HNO/NO− in failing hearts: Independence from β-adrenergic signaling

    Nazareno Paolocci;Tatsuo Katori;Hunter C. Champion;Marcus E. St. John

  • The chemistry of nitrosative stress induced by nitric oxide and reactive nitrogen oxide species. Putting perspective on stressful biological situations.

    Lisa A. Ridnour;Douglas D. Thomas;Daniele Mancardi;Michael G. Espey

  • Small Molecule Signaling Agents: The Integrated Chemistry and Biochemistry of Nitrogen Oxides, Oxides of Carbon, Dioxygen, Hydrogen Sulfide, and Their Derived Species

    Jon M. Fukuto;Samantha J. Carrington;Dean J. Tantillo;Jason G. Harrison

  • Inhibition of cytochrome P-450 2E1 by diallyl sulfide and its metabolites.

    John F. Brady;Hiroyuki Ishizaki;Jon M. Fukuto;Marie C. Lin

  • The Reactive Species Interactome: Evolutionary Emergence, Biological Significance, and Opportunities for Redox Metabolomics and Personalized Medicine.

    Miriam Margherita Cortese-Krott;Anne Koning;Gunter Georg Kuhnle;Peter Nagy

  • Nitroxyl anion exerts redox-sensitive positive cardiac inotropy in vivo by calcitonin gene-related peptide signaling.

    Nazareno Paolocci;Walter F. Saavedra;Katrina M. Miranda;Cristian Martignani

  • Thiol chemistry in peroxidase catalysis and redox signaling.

    Alberto Bindoli;Jon M. Fukuto;Henry Jay Forman

  • A biochemical rationale for the discrete behavior of nitroxyl and nitric oxide in the cardiovascular system

    Katrina M. Miranda;Nazareno Paolocci;Tatsuo Katori;Douglas D. Thomas

  • Formation of free nitric oxide from l-arginine by nitric oxide synthase: direct enhancement of generation by superoxide dismutase.

    Adrian J. Hobbs;Jon M. Fukuto;Louis J. Ignarro

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Wink
David A. Wink National Institutes of Health
Louis J. Ignarro
Louis J. Ignarro University of California, Los Angeles
Katrina M. Miranda
Katrina M. Miranda University of Arizona
Takaaki Akaike
Takaaki Akaike Tohoku University
Yoshito Kumagai
Yoshito Kumagai University of Tsukuba
Martin Feelisch
Martin Feelisch University of Southampton
Kendall N. Houk
Kendall N. Houk University of California, Los Angeles
Gautam Chaudhuri
Gautam Chaudhuri University of California, Los Angeles
Arthur K. Cho
Arthur K. Cho University of California, Los Angeles
Hozumi Motohashi
Hozumi Motohashi Tohoku University

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