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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Squire J. Booker is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans key areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, emphasizing the role of metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins. The scope of their work includes molecular biology, renewable energy and sustainability, biochemistry, inorganic chemistry, and catalysis.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Booker are:

  • FDX1 regulates cellular protein lipoylation through direct binding to LIAS, 2023, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Functional spectrum and specificity of mitochondrial ferredoxins FDX1 and FDX2, 2022, Nature Chemical Biology
  • How synonymous mutations alter enzyme structure and function over long timescales, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • Discovery, structure and mechanism of a tetraether lipid synthase, 2022, Nature
  • Structure of a B12-dependent radical SAM enzyme in carbapenem biosynthesis, 2022, Nature

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Booker include:

  • Douglas M. Warui
  • Hayley Knox
  • Stephanie L. Brock
  • Xiangdong Li
  • Géraldine Masson

Common venues for Booker's research publications are:

  • ACS Bio & Med Chem Au
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Chemical Biology

Booker's scientific inquiries cover a range of topics, including:

  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Biochemical Acid Research Studies
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research
  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies

Recognition for Booker's contributions includes election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2019, fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017, and fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • A Model for the Role of Multiple Cysteine Residues Involved in Ribonucleotide Reduction: Amazing and Still Confusing

    S. S. Mao;T. P. Holler;G. X. Yu;J. M. Bollinger

  • Substrate positioning controls the partition between halogenation and hydroxylation in the aliphatic halogenase, SyrB2

    Megan L. Matthews;Christopher S. Neumann;Linde A. Miles;Tyler L. Grove

  • A Radically Different Mechanism for S-Adenosylmethionine–Dependent Methyltransferases

    Tyler L. Grove;Jack S. Benner;Matthew I. Radle;Jessica H. Ahlum

  • Mechanistic Diversity of Radical S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM)-dependent Methylation

    Matthew R. Bauerle;Erica L. Schwalm;Squire J. Booker

  • Lipoyl synthase requires two equivalents of S-adenosyl-L-methionine to synthesize one equivalent of lipoic acid.

    Robert M. Cicchillo;David F. Iwig;A. Daniel Jones;Natasha M. Nesbitt

  • Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Enzymes in Human Health and Disease

    Bradley J. Landgraf;Erin L. McCarthy;Squire J. Booker

  • Structural basis for methyl transfer by a radical SAM enzyme

    Amie K. Boal;Tyler L. Grove;Monica I. McLaughlin;Neela H. Yennawar

  • Mechanistic investigations of lipoic acid biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: Both sulfur atoms in lipoic acid are contributed by the same lipoyl synthase polypeptide

    Robert M. Cicchillo;Squire J. Booker

  • Escherichia coli Lipoyl Synthase Binds Two Distinct [4Fe−4S] Clusters per Polypeptide†

    Robert M. Cicchillo;Kyung Hoon Lee;Camelia Baleanu-Gogonea;Natasha M. Nesbitt

  • Reconstitution of ThiC in thiamine pyrimidine biosynthesis expands the radical SAM superfamily

    Abhishek Chatterjee;Yue Li;Yang Zhang;Tyler L Grove

  • Functional spectrum and specificity of mitochondrial ferredoxins FDX1 and FDX2

    Unknown

  • Detection of formate, rather than carbon monoxide, as the stoichiometric coproduct in conversion of fatty aldehydes to alkanes by a cyanobacterial aldehyde decarbonylase

    Douglas M. Warui;Ning Li;Hanne Nørgaard;Carsten Krebs

  • Conversion of fatty aldehydes to alka(e)nes and formate by a cyanobacterial aldehyde decarbonylase: cryptic redox by an unusual dimetal oxygenase.

    Ning Li;Hanne Nørgaard;Douglas M. Warui;Squire J. Booker

  • Evidence for only oxygenative cleavage of aldehydes to alk(a/e)nes and formate by cyanobacterial aldehyde decarbonylases.

    Ning Li;Wei-chen Chang;Douglas M. Warui;Squire J. Booker

  • S-adenosylmethionine-dependent reduction of lysine 2,3-aminomutase and observation of the catalytically functional iron-sulfur centers by electron paramagnetic resonance

    Kafryn W. Lieder;Squire Booker;Frank J. Ruzicka;Helmut Beinert

  • Self Sacrifice in Radical S-adenosylmethionine Proteins

    Squire J Booker;Robert M Cicchillo;Tyler L Grove

  • Anaerobic functionalization of unactivated C–H bonds

    Squire J Booker

  • Insight into the polar reactivity of the onium chalcogen analogues of S-adenosyl-L-methionine.

    David F. Iwig;Squire J. Booker

  • Coenzyme B12-dependent ribonucleotide reductase: evidence for the participation of five cysteine residues in ribonucleotide reduction.

    Squire Booker;Stuart Licht;Joan Broderick;Jo Anne Stubbe

  • Destruction and reformation of an iron-sulfur cluster during catalysis by lipoyl synthase.

    Erin L. McCarthy;Squire J. Booker;Squire J. Booker

  • Ribonucleotide reductases: radical enzymes with suicidal tendencies.

    J. Stubbe;Squire J. Booker;J. Broderick;S. S. Mao

Frequent Co-Authors

Carsten Krebs
Carsten Krebs Pennsylvania State University
J. Martin Bollinger
J. Martin Bollinger Pennsylvania State University
Perry A. Frey
Perry A. Frey University of Wisconsin–Madison
Joan B. Broderick
Joan B. Broderick Montana State University
Wilfred A. van der Donk
Wilfred A. van der Donk University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Craig A. Townsend
Craig A. Townsend Johns Hopkins University
Amy C. Rosenzweig
Amy C. Rosenzweig Northwestern University
E. W. Meijer
E. W. Meijer Eindhoven University of Technology

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