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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Russ Hille is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and energy, with significant contributions to molecular biology and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's work focuses on notable topics including metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, enzyme structure and function, and electrochemical sensors and biosensors.

Several recent publications illustrate the scope of their research:

  • "Allopurinol and oxypurinol differ in their strength and mechanisms of inhibition of xanthine oxidoreductase" (2023, Journal of Biological Chemistry)
  • "Crystallographic and kinetic analyses of the FdsBG subcomplex of the cytosolic formate dehydrogenase FdsABG from Cupriavidus necator" (2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry)
  • "The mechanism and significance of the conversion of xanthine dehydrogenase to xanthine oxidase in mammalian secretory gland cells" (2022, Redox Biology)
  • "Xanthine Oxidase-A Personal History" (2023, Molecules)
  • "Spectroscopic Studies of Mononuclear Molybdenum Enzyme Centers" (2022, Molecules)

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Russ Hille include:

  • Dimitri Niks (20 coauthored works)
  • Sheron Hakopian (9 coauthored works)
  • Wayne Vigil (7 coauthored works)
  • Tynan Young (4 coauthored works)
  • Timothy K. Tam (4 coauthored works)

The principal venues where the scientist has published their work are:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (8 publications)
  • Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology (3 publications)
  • Molecules (2 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (2 publications)
  • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (2 publications)

Russ Hille has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2004.

Best Publications

  • Frontiers, Opportunities, and Challenges in Biochemical and Chemical Catalysis of CO2 Fixation

    Aaron M. Appel;John E. Bercaw;Andrew B. Bocarsly;Holger Dobbek

  • The Mononuclear Molybdenum Enzymes

    Russ Hille;James Hall;Partha Basu

  • Flavoprotein structure and mechanism. 4. Xanthine oxidase and xanthine dehydrogenase.

    Russ Hille;Takeshi Nishino

  • Molybdenum and tungsten in biology

    Russ Hille

  • The purification and characterization of arsenite oxidase from Alcaligenes faecalis, a molybdenum-containing hydroxylase.

    G.L. Anderson;J Williams;R Hille

  • Crystal structure of the 100 kDa arsenite oxidase from Alcaligenes faecalis in two crystal forms at 1.64 A and 2.03 A.

    Paul J. Ellis;Thomas Conrads;Russ Hille;Peter Kuhn

  • Molybdenum-containing hydroxylases.

    Russ Hille

  • The crystal structure of xanthine oxidoreductase during catalysis: Implications for reaction mechanism and enzyme inhibition

    Ken Okamoto;Koji Matsumoto;Russ Hille;Bryan T. Eger

  • A structure-based catalytic mechanism for the xanthine oxidase family of molybdenum enzymes

    Robert Huber;Peter Hof;Rui O. Duarte;Jose J. G. Moura

  • Purification and characterization of the Rieske iron-sulfur protein from Thermus thermophilus. Evidence for a [2Fe-2S] cluster having non-cysteine ligands.

    J A Fee;K L Findling;T Yoshida;R Hille

  • Molybdenum enzymes in higher organisms

    Russ Hille;Takeshi Nishino;Takeshi Nishino;Florian Bittner

  • Identification and biochemical characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana sulfite oxidase. A new player in plant sulfur metabolism.

    Thomas Eilers;Günter Schwarz;Henner Brinkmann;Christina Witt

  • Studies on the oxidative half-reaction of xanthine oxidase.

    R Hille;V Massey

  • Spectral transitions of nitrosyl hemes during ligand binding to hemoglobin.

    R Hille;J S Olson;G Palmer

  • Inhibition studies of bovine xanthine oxidase by luteolin, silibinin, quercetin, and curcumin.

    James M. Pauff;Russ Hille

  • On the mechanism of action of xanthine oxidase. Evidence in support of an oxo transfer mechanism in the molybdenum-containing hydroxylases.

    R Hille;H Sprecher

  • The reaction mechanism of oxomolybdenum enzymes.

    Russ Hille

  • Rapid kinetic studies link tetrahydrobiopterin radical formation to heme-dioxy reduction and arginine hydroxylation in inducible nitric-oxide synthase.

    Chin Chuan Wei;Zhi Qiang Wang;Qian Wang;Abigail L. Meade

  • The molybdenum oxotransferases and related enzymes

    Russ Hille

  • Substrate Orientation and Catalytic Specificity in the Action of Xanthine Oxidase THE SEQUENTIAL HYDROXYLATION OF HYPOXANTHINE TO URIC ACID

    Hongnan Cao;James M. Pauff;James M. Pauff;Russ Hille

  • Structure and Function of Xanthine Oxidoreductase

    Russ Hille

  • The Mononuclear Molybdenum Enzymes

    R. Hille

Frequent Co-Authors

Nigel S. Scrutton
Nigel S. Scrutton University of Manchester
Dennis J. Stuehr
Dennis J. Stuehr Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Ralf R. Mendel
Ralf R. Mendel Technische Universität Braunschweig
Vincent Massey
Vincent Massey University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Martin L. Kirk
Martin L. Kirk University of New Mexico
Takeshi Nishino
Takeshi Nishino Nippon Medical School
Silke Leimkühler
Silke Leimkühler University of Potsdam
James A. Fee
James A. Fee Scripps Research Institute
Gary Cecchini
Gary Cecchini University of California, San Francisco
Graham N. George
Graham N. George University of Saskatchewan

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