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Michael A. Marletta is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Plant Science, Cell Biology, and Pharmacology.

The scientist has contributed to various research topics, including:

  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Enzyme-mediated dye degradation
  • Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities

Recent papers authored under their name include:

  • "Structural Perspectives on the Mechanism of Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Activation," 2021, published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Designer Heme Proteins: Achieving Novel Function with Abiological Heme Analogues," 2021, published in Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "Ceragenins and Antimicrobial Peptides Kill Bacteria through Distinct Mechanisms," 2022, published in mBio
  • "Corrole-Substituted Fluorescent Heme Proteins," 2021, published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Nitric oxide signaling controls collective contractions in a colonial choanoflagellate," 2022, published in Current Biology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • William C. Thomas
  • Christopher M. Lemon
  • Tyler C. Detomasi
  • Richard I. Sayler
  • Yang Wu

Publications by this scientist are often found in notable venues such as:

  • Biochemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Macrophage oxidation of L-arginine to nitrite and nitrate: nitric oxide is an intermediate.

    Michael A. Marletta;Poksyn S. Yoon;Radha Iyengar;Cynthia D. Leaf

  • Nitric oxide synthase structure and mechanism.

    M A Marletta

  • Mammalian nitrate biosynthesis: mouse macrophages produce nitrite and nitrate in response to Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide.

    Dennis J. Stuehr;Michael A. Marletta

  • Guanylate cyclase and the ⋅NO/cGMP signaling pathway

    John W Denninger;Michael A Marletta

  • Nitric oxide synthase: aspects concerning structure and catalysis.

    Michael A. Marletta

  • Macrophage synthesis of nitrite, nitrate, and N-nitrosamines: precursors and role of the respiratory burst.

    Radha Iyengar;Dennis J. Stuehr;Michael A. Marletta

  • Nitric oxide synthase is a cytochrome P-450 type hemoprotein

    Kimberly A. White;Michael A. Marletta

  • Induction of nitrite/nitrate synthesis in murine macrophages by BCG infection, lymphokines, or interferon-gamma.

    D J Stuehr;M A Marletta

  • SOLUBLE GUANYLATE CYCLASE FROM BOVINE LUNG : ACTIVATION WITH NITRIC OXIDE AND CARBON MONOXIDE AND SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FERROUS AND FERRIC STATES

    James R. Stone;Michael A. Marletta

  • Macrophage oxidation of L-arginine to nitric oxide, nitrite, and nitrate. Tetrahydrobiopterin is required as a cofactor.

    M A Tayeh;M A Marletta

  • Cellobiose Dehydrogenase and a Copper-Dependent Polysaccharide Monooxygenase Potentiate Cellulose Degradation by Neurospora crassa

    Christopher M. Phillips;William T. Beeson;Jamie H. Cate;Michael A. Marletta

  • Purification of the inducible murine macrophage nitric oxide synthase. Identification as a flavoprotein.

    J M Hevel;K A White;M A Marletta

  • Oxygen sensation and social feeding mediated by a C. elegans guanylate cyclase homologue

    Jesse M. Gray;David S. Karow;Hang Lu;Andy J. Chang

  • Nitric oxide: biosynthesis and biological significance

    Michael A. Marletta

  • Polymerization of phenols catalyzed by peroxidase in nonaqueous media

    Jonathan S. Dordick;Michael A. Marletta;Alexander M. Klibanov

  • Tissue injury caused by deposition of immune complexes is L-arginine dependent

    Michael S. Mulligan;Joan M. Hevel;Michael A. Marletta;Peter A. Ward

  • Oxidative cleavage of cellulose by fungal copper-dependent polysaccharide monooxygenases.

    William T Beeson;Christopher M Phillips;Jamie H D Cate;Michael A Marletta

  • Nitric-oxide synthase assays.

    Joan M. Hevel;Michael A. Marletta

  • Structure and regulation of soluble guanylate cyclase.

    Emily R Derbyshire;Michael A Marletta

  • Synthesis of Nitrite and Nitrate in Murine Macrophage Cell Lines

    Dennis J. Stuehr;Michael A. Marletta

Frequent Co-Authors

Yunde Zhao
Yunde Zhao University of California, San Diego
Richard A. Mathies
Richard A. Mathies University of California, Berkeley
John Kuriyan
John Kuriyan Vanderbilt University
Jamie H. D. Cate
Jamie H. D. Cate University of California, Berkeley
Dennis J. Stuehr
Dennis J. Stuehr Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
R. David Britt
R. David Britt University of California, Davis
Anthony T. Iavarone
Anthony T. Iavarone University of California, Berkeley
Douglas A. Mitchell
Douglas A. Mitchell University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas Michel
Thomas Michel Brigham and Women's Hospital
Henrik Vibe Scheller
Henrik Vibe Scheller Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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