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  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael J. Maroney is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to metalloenzymes, trace elements in health, and metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms. The scientist has contributed to studies involving Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology and metal complexes synthesis and properties.

Their work spans multiple subfields, including renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, nutrition and dietetics, molecular biology, surgery, and oncology.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael J. Maroney include Priyanka Basak, Stefano Ciurli, Monica Nordberg, Max Costa, and Peter T. Chivers.

Publication venues where Maroney's research appears repeatedly include Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, Metallomics, Seminars in Cancer Biology, and UNC Libraries.

Recent papers illustrating the scope of their research are:

  • Nickel as a virulence factor in the Class I bacterial carcinogen, Helicobacter pylori (2021, Seminars in Cancer Biology)
  • The structure of the high-affinity nickel-binding site in the Ni,Zn-HypA•UreE2 complex (2023, Metallomics)
  • One His, two His...the emerging roles of histidine in cellular nickel trafficking (2024, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry)
  • In vitro maturation of NiSOD reveals a role for cytoplasmic histidine in processing and metalation (2023, Metallomics)
  • Pro5 is not essential for the formation of 'Ni-hook' in nickel superoxide dismutase (2022, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry)

Maroney's research addresses scientific topics including:

  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Potassium and Related Disorders
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms

In recognition of their contributions to the scientific community, Michael J. Maroney was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Superoxide dismutases and superoxide reductases

    Yuewei Sheng;Isabel Alexandra Aguiar de Abreu;Diane E. Cabelli;Michael J. Maroney

  • X-ray spectroscopic studies of nickel complexes, with application to the structure of nickel sites in hydrogenases

    G. J. Colpas;M. J. Maroney;C. Bagyinka;M. Kumar

  • Nonredox Nickel Enzymes

    Michael J. Maroney;Stefano Luciano Ciurli

  • Cysteine dioxygenase: structure and mechanism

    Crisjoe A. Joseph;Michael J. Maroney

  • Examination of the nickel site structure and reaction mechanism in Streptomyces seoulensis superoxide dismutase

    Suranjan B. Choudhury;Jin-Won Lee;Gerard Davidson;Yang In Yim

  • Biochemical characterization of purified OmcS, a c-type cytochrome required for insoluble Fe(III) reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens

    Xinlei Qian;Tünde Mester;Leonor Morgado;Tsutomu Arakawa

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of the insecticidal crystal protein gene of Bacillus thuringiensis var. tenebrionis

    Vaithilingam Sekar;David V. Thompson;Michael J. Maroney;Roger G. Bookland

  • Isolation, characterization and gene sequence analysis of a membrane-associated 89 kDa Fe(III) reducing cytochrome c from Geobacter sulfurreducens.

    Timothy S. Magnuson;Naohito Isoyama;Allison L. Hodges-Myerson;Gerard Davidson

  • Ni(II) and Co(II) sensing by Escherichia coli RcnR.

    Jeffrey S. Iwig;Sharon Leitch;Robert W. Herbst;Michael J. Maroney

  • STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL-COMPLEXES WITH NITROGEN AND SULFUR DONOR LIGANDS

    Gerard J. Colpas;Manoj Kumar;Roberta O. Day;Michael J. Maroney

  • Nickel ions inhibit histone demethylase JMJD1A and DNA repair enzyme ABH2 by replacing the ferrous iron in the catalytic centers.

    Haobin Chen;Nitai Charan Giri;Ronghe Zhang;Kenichi Yamane

  • THE HYDROGEN BINDING-SITE IN HYDROGENASE - 35-GHZ ENDOR AND XAS STUDIES OF THE NI-C ACTIVE FORM AND THE NI-L PHOTOPRODUCT

    Joyce P. Whitehead;Ryszard J. Gurbiel;Csaba Bagyinka;Brian M. Hoffman

  • Structure/function relationships in nickel metallobiochemistry

    Michael J Maroney

  • Exafs studies of binuclear iron proteins hemerythrin and ribonucleotide reductase

    R. C. Scarrow;M. J. Maroney;S. M. Palmer;L. Que

  • Structure of the Ni sites in hydrogenases by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Species variation and the effects of redox poise

    Z. Gu;J. Dong;C.B. Allan;S.B. Choudhury

  • Spectroscopic and Computational Studies of Ni Superoxide Dismutase: Electronic Structure Contributions to Enzymatic Function

    Adam T. Fiedler;Peter A. Bryngelson;Michael J. Maroney;Thomas C. Brunold

  • Structurally diverse manganese(III) Schiff base complexes: solution speciation via paramagnetic 1H NMR spectroscopy and electrochemistry

    Joseph A. Bonadies;Michael J. Maroney;Vincent L. Pecoraro

  • Octopine and nopaline strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens differ in virulence; molecular characterization of the virF locus

    Leo S. Melchers;Michael J Maroney;Amke den Dulk-Ras;David V. Thompson

  • Structural examination of the nickel site in chromatium vinosum hydrogenase: redox state oscillations and structural changes accompanying reductive activation and CO binding.

    Gerard Davidson;Suranjan B. Choudhury;Zhijie Gu;Kurethara Bose

  • An x-ray absorption spectroscopic study of nickel redox chemistry in hydrogenase

    Csaba Bagyinka;Joyce P. Whitehead;Michael J. Maroney

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberta O. Day
Roberta O. Day University of Massachusetts Amherst
Stefano Ciurli
Stefano Ciurli University of Bologna
Diane E. Cabelli
Diane E. Cabelli Brookhaven National Laboratory
Lawrence Que
Lawrence Que University of Minnesota
Thomas C. Brunold
Thomas C. Brunold University of Wisconsin–Madison
Donald M. Kurtz
Donald M. Kurtz The University of Texas at San Antonio
William C. Trogler
William C. Trogler University of California, San Diego
David P. Giedroc
David P. Giedroc Indiana University

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