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Partha Basu is affiliated with Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Materials Science and Energy, with significant contributions focusing on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Their work also covers areas in Inorganic Chemistry and Oncology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Organic and Molecular Conductors Research
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms

Basu's most frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
  • RSC Advances
  • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Frequent co-authors with whom Basu has collaborated include:

  • Kyle J. Colston
  • Sara A. Dille
  • Benjamin Mogesa
  • Matthías Zeller
  • Joseph Cassell

Some recent representative publications in which Basu is involved or relate closely to their field of research are:

  • Methane, arsenic, selenium and the origins of the DMSO reductase family (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • The physiology and evolution of microbial selenium metabolism (2021, Metallomics)
  • Impact of the Dimethyl Sulfoxide Reductase Superfamily on the Evolution of Biogeochemical Cycles (2023, Microbiology Spectrum)
  • Dithione, the antipodal redox partner of ene-1,2-dithiol ligands and their metal complexes (2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews)
  • Kinetic consequences of the endogenous ligand to molybdenum in the DMSO reductase family: a case study with periplasmic nitrate reductase (2020, JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry)

Best Publications

  • The Mononuclear Molybdenum Enzymes

    Russ Hille;James Hall;Partha Basu

  • Arsenic and selenium in microbial metabolism.

    John F. Stolz;Partha Basu;Joanne M. Santini;Ronald S. Oremland

  • Nitrate and periplasmic nitrate reductases

    Courtney Sparacino-Watkins;John F. Stolz;Partha Basu

  • Biotransformation of 3-nitro-4-hydroxybenzene arsonic acid (roxarsone) and release of inorganic arsenic by Clostridium species.

    John F. Stolz;Eranda Perera;Brian Kilonzo;Brian Kail

  • The respiratory arsenate reductase from Bacillus selenitireducens strain MLS10.

    Eman Afkar;Joy Lisak;Chad Saltikov;Partha Basu

  • Evolution of Nitrate Reductase: Molecular and Structural Variations on a Common Function

    John F. Stolz;Partha Basu

  • Microbial transformation of elements: the case of arsenic and selenium.

    J F Stolz;P Basu;R S Oremland

  • Nitrite reductase and nitric-oxide synthase activity of the mitochondrial molybdopterin enzymes mARC1 and mARC2.

    Courtney E. Sparacino-Watkins;Jesús Tejero;Bin Sun;Marc C. Gauthier

  • Factors regulating macrophage endocytosis of nanoparticles: implications for targeted magnetic resonance plaque imaging.

    Walter J. Rogers;Partha Basu

  • Development of a fluorescent Pb2+ sensor.

    Lauren Marbella;Barbara Serli-Mitasev;Partha Basu

  • Pterin chemistry and its relationship to the molybdenum cofactor

    Partha Basu;Sharon J.N. Burgmayer

  • Respiratory arsenate reductase as a bidirectional enzyme.

    Christine Richey;Peter Chovanec;Shelley E. Hoeft;Ronald S. Oremland

  • A family of mononuclear manganese(IV) complexes: an MnIVO4N2 sphere assembled via phenolate-imine-carboxylate coordination

    Swapan Kumar Chandra;Partha Basu;Debashis Ray;Samudranil Pal

  • Transformation of Inorganic and Organic Arsenic byAlkaliphilus oremlandiisp. nov. Strain OhILAs

    Edward Fisher;Asia M. Dawson;Ganna Polshyna;Joy Lisak

  • Mononuclear manganese(IV) in tridentate ONO coordination. Synthesis, structure, and redox regulation via oxygen donor variation

    Somnath. Dutta;Partha. Basu;Animesh. Chakravorty

  • Ligand K-Edge and Metal L-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Density Functional Calculations of Oxomolybdenum Complexes with Thiolate and Related Ligands: Implications for Sulfite Oxidase

    Yasuo Izumi;Thorsten Glaser;Kendra Rose;Jonathan McMaster

  • Chemistry of mononuclear and binuclear oxidic vanadium(V), VVVV, and VVVIV azophenolates

    Somnath Dutta;Partha Basu;Animesh Chakravorty

  • Continuing issues with Lead: Recent Advances in Detection.

    Kristine Deibler;Partha Basu

  • Synthesis, molecular and electronic structure, and TDDFT and TDDFT-PCM study of the solvatochromic properties of (Me2Pipdt)Mo(CO)4 complex (Me2Pipdt = N,N'-dimethylpiperazine-2,3-dithione).

    Victor N. Nemykin;Joseph G. Olsen;Eranda Perera;Partha Basu

  • Multifrequency ESEEM Spectroscopy of Sulfite Oxidase in Phosphate Buffer: Direct Evidence for Coordinated Phosphate.

    Andrew Pacheco;Partha Basu;Petr Borbat;and Arnold M. Raitsimring

  • Sulfite Oxidase Catalyzes Single-Electron Transfer at Molybdenum Domain to Reduce Nitrite to Nitric Oxide

    Jun Wang;Sabina Krizowski;Katrin Fischer-Schrader;Dimitri Niks

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor N. Nemykin
Victor N. Nemykin University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Animesh Chakravorty
Animesh Chakravorty Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
John H. Enemark
John H. Enemark University of Arizona
Ronald S. Oremland
Ronald S. Oremland United States Geological Survey
Mark T. Gladwin
Mark T. Gladwin University of Pittsburgh
Martin L. Kirk
Martin L. Kirk University of New Mexico
Matthias Zeller
Matthias Zeller Purdue University West Lafayette
Russ Hille
Russ Hille University of California, Riverside
Goutam Kumar Lahiri
Goutam Kumar Lahiri Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Jos Oomens
Jos Oomens Radboud University

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