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Michael A. Cusanovich

Michael A. Cusanovich

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Chemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
11759
World Ranking
8588
National Ranking
2457

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael A. Cusanovich was affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their scientific career encompassed contributions that led to recognition by the broader research community.

The scientist was honored as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in the year 2000, marking a significant acknowledgment within the academic field.

While detailed information regarding research topics, recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, and fields of study is not available, the fellowship award reflects a recognized role within scientific advancement.

No specific publications, co-author collaborations, or thematic research areas could be identified for inclusion.

Best Publications

  • Properties of a water-soluble, yellow protein isolated from a halophilic phototrophic bacterium that has photochemical activity analogous to sensory rhodopsin

    T. E. Meyer;E. Yakali;M. A. Cusanovich;G. Tollin

  • The environment of Fe4S4 clusters in ferredoxins and high-potential iron proteins. New information from x-ray crystallography and resonance Raman spectroscopy

    Gabriele Backes;Yoshiki Mino;Thomas M. Loehr;Terrence E. Meyer

  • Characterization of a bacterial tyrosine ammonia lyase, a biosynthetic enzyme for the photoactive yellow protein

    J.A. Kyndt;T.E. Meyer;M.A. Cusanovich;J.J. Van Beeumen

  • Photoactive yellow protein from the purple phototrophic bacterium, Ectothiorhodospira halophila. Quantum yield of photobleaching and effects of temperature, alcohols, glycerol, and sucrose on kinetics of photobleaching and recovery.

    T.E. Meyer;G. Tollin;J.H. Hazzard;M.A. Cusanovich

  • Identification of 42 possible cytochrome C genes in the Shewanella oneidensis genome and characterization of six soluble cytochromes.

    Terry E. Meyer;Alexandre I. Tsapin;Isabel Vandenberghe;Lina De Smet

  • Active Site Mutants Implicate Key Residues for Control of Color and Light Cycle Kinetics of Photoactive Yellow Protein

    Ulrich K. Genick;Savitha Devanathan;Terry E. Meyer;Ilona L. Canestrelli

  • Photoactive Yellow Protein: A Prototypic PAS Domain Sensory Protein and Development of a Common Signaling Mechanism†

    Michael A. Cusanovich;Terry E. Meyer

  • Structure and mechanism of the flavocytochrome c fumarate reductase of Shewanella putrefaciens MR-1.

    David Leys;Alexandre S. Tsapin;Kenneth H. Nealson;Terrance E. Meyer

  • New photocycle intermediates in the photoactive yellow protein from Ectothiorhodospira halophila: picosecond transient absorption spectroscopy.

    L. Ujj;S. Devanathan;T.E. Meyer;M.A. Cusanovich

  • The structure of flavocytochrome c sulfide dehydrogenase from a purple phototrophic bacterium

    Zhi-Wei Chen;Monjoo Koh;G. Van Driessche;J. J. Van Beeumen

  • Tryptophan-191----phenylalanine, a proximal-side mutation in yeast cytochrome c peroxidase that strongly affects the kinetics of ferrocytochrome c oxidation.

    Mauro Jm;Fishel La;Hazzard Jt;Meyer Te

  • Correlation between rate constant for reduction and redox potential as a basis for systematic investigation of reaction mechanisms of electron transfer proteins.

    T E Meyer;C T Przysiecki;J A Watkins;A Bhattacharyya

  • Light-induced electron transport in Chromatium strain D. II. Light-induced absorbance changes in Chromatium chromatophores.

    M.A. Cusanovich;R.G. Bartsch;M.D. Kamen

  • Fiber-optic nitric oxide-selective biosensors and nanosensors

    Susan L.R. Barker;Raoul Kopelman;Terramce E. Meyer;Michael A. Cusanovich

  • Evidence against use of bacterial amino acid sequence data for construction of all-inclusive phylogenetic trees.

    T E Meyer;M A Cusanovich;M D Kamen

  • Transient kinetics of electron transfer from a variety of c-type cytochromes to plastocyanin.

    T. E. Meyer;Z. G. Zhao;M. A. Cusanovich;G. Tollin

  • Three-dimensional structure of the high-potential iron-sulfur protein isolated from the purple phototrophic bacterium Rhodocyclus tenuis determined and refined at 1.5 A resolution.

    Ivan Rayment;Gary Wesenberg;Terry E. Meyer;Michael A. Cusanovich

  • Crystal Structures at Atomic Resolution Reveal the Novel Concept of “Electron-harvesting” as a Role for the Small Tetraheme Cytochrome c *

    David Leys;Terrance E. Meyer;Alexandre S. Tsapin;Kenneth H. Nealson

  • Structural evolution of the chromophore in the primary stages of trans/cis isomerization in photoactive yellow protein.

    Karsten Heyne;Omar F. Mohammed;Anwar Usman;Jens Dreyer

  • Amino acid residues in Anabaena ferredoxin crucial to interaction with ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase : site-directed mutagenesis and laser flash photolysis

    Hurley Jk;Salamon Z;Meyer Te;Fitch Jc

  • Magnetic studies on the changes in the iron environment in Chromatium ferricytochrome c'.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Terrance E. Meyer
Terrance E. Meyer University of Arizona
Gordon Tollin
Gordon Tollin University of Arizona
Jozef Van Beeumen
Jozef Van Beeumen Ghent University
David Leys
David Leys University of Manchester
Maarten P. Heyn
Maarten P. Heyn Freie Universität Berlin
Elizabeth D. Getzoff
Elizabeth D. Getzoff Scripps Research Institute
Bart Devreese
Bart Devreese Ghent University
Kenneth H. Nealson
Kenneth H. Nealson University of Southern California
Hazel M. Holden
Hazel M. Holden University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ivan Rayment
Ivan Rayment University of Wisconsin–Madison

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