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Vernon E. Anderson is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on molecular biology and clinical biochemistry. The subfields of their work also include nutrition and dietetics, biochemistry, and physiology.

Their scientific contributions cover a range of topics, notably mitochondrial function and pathology, metabolism and genetic disorders, and ATP synthase and ATPases research. Additional topics within their body of work include biochemical acid research studies, adipose tissue and metabolism, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and magnesium in health and disease.

Anderson has published research articles in several prominent scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • JCI Insight
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Human Molecular Genetics
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • PubMed

Their recent papers exemplify this focus and include:

  • "Dichloroacetate and thiamine improve survival and mitochondrial stress in a C. elegans model of dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase deficiency," 2022, published in JCI Insight
  • "N-acetylcysteine and cysteamine bitartrate prevent azide-induced neuromuscular decompensation by restoring glutathione balance in two novel surf1 −/− zebrafish deletion models of Leigh syndrome," 2023, Human Molecular Genetics
  • "dldhcri3 zebrafish exhibit altered mitochondrial ultrastructure, morphology, and dysfunction partially rescued by probucol or thiamine," 2024, JCI Insight
  • "ndufs2-/- zebrafish have impaired survival, neuromuscular activity, morphology, and one-carbon metabolism treatable with folic acid," 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "N-Glycosylation of MRS2 balances aerobic and anaerobic energy production by reducing rapid mitochondrial Mg2+influx in conditions of high glucose or impaired respiratory chain function," 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaborations with other researchers are evident in Anderson's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Marni J. Falk
  • Neal D. Mathew
  • Eiko Nakamaru-Ogiso
  • Rui Xiao
  • Christoph Seiler

Best Publications

  • Oxidative damage in Alzheimer's

    M A Smith;G Perry;P L Richey;L M Sayre

  • Metal Binding and Oxidation of Amyloid-β within Isolated Senile Plaque Cores: Raman Microscopic Evidence†

    Jian Dong;Craig S. Atwood;Vernon E. Anderson;Sandra L. Siedlak

  • Raman Spectroscopic Characterization of Secondary Structure in Natively Unfolded Proteins: α-Synuclein

    Nakul C. Maiti;Mihaela M. Apetri;Michael G. Zagorski;Paul R. Carey

  • 3-Nitropropionic Acid Is a Suicide Inhibitor of Mitochondrial Respiration That, upon Oxidation by Complex II, Forms a Covalent Adduct with a Catalytic Base Arginine in the Active Site of the Enzyme

    Li-shar Huang;Gang Sun;David Cobessi;Andy C. Wang

  • Secondary Structure of α-Synuclein Oligomers: Characterization by Raman and Atomic Force Microscopy

    Mihaela M. Apetri;Nakul C. Maiti;Michael G. Zagorski;Paul R. Carey

  • A stable solid that generates hydroxyl radical upon dissolution in aqueous solutions: reaction with proteins and nucleic acid

    P. A. King;V. E. Anderson;J. O. Edwards;G. Gustafson

  • Cytochemical demonstration of oxidative damage in Alzheimer disease by immunochemical enhancement of the carbonyl reaction with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine

    Mark A. Smith;Lawrence M. Sayre;Vernon E. Anderson;Peggy L.R. Harris

  • Identification of a New Allelic Variant of the Acinetobacter baumannii Cephalosporinase, ADC-7 β-Lactamase: Defining a Unique Family of Class C Enzymes

    Kristine M. Hujer;Nashaat S. Hamza;Andrea M. Hujer;Federico Perez

  • Isotope effects on enzyme-catalyzed reactions

    Vernon E. Anderson

  • Malaria parasite invasion of the mosquito salivary gland requires interaction between the Plasmodium TRAP and the Anopheles saglin proteins.

    Anil K. Ghosh;Martin Devenport;Deepa Jethwaney;Dario E. Kalume;Dario E. Kalume

  • Structural mechanism of enoyl-CoA hydratase: three atoms from a single water are added in either an E1cb stepwise or concerted fashion.

    Brian J. Bahnson;Vernon E. Anderson;Gregory A. Petsko

  • Assay of low deuterium enrichment of water by isotopic exchange with [U-13C3]acetone and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

    Dawei Yang;Frédérique Diraison;Michel Beylot;Daniel Z. Brunengraber

  • Triclosan inhibits enoyl-reductase of type I fatty acid synthase in vitro and is cytotoxic to MCF-7 and SKBr-3 breast cancer cells

    Binqiu Liu;Yingqiang Wang;Kerry L. Fillgrove;Vernon E. Anderson

  • 'Footprinting' proteins on DNA with peroxonitrous acid.

    Peter A. King;Elizabeth Jamison;Daniel Strahs;Vernon E. Anderson

  • Crotonase-catalyzed beta-elimination is concerted: a double isotope effect study.

    Brian J. Bahnson;Vernon E. Anderson

  • Sites of Hydroxyl Radical Reaction with Amino Acids Identified by 2H NMR Detection of Induced 1H/2H Exchange

    Benedicta N. Nukuna;Michael B. Goshe;Vernon E. Anderson

  • Productive folding to the native state by a group II intron ribozyme.

    Jennifer F Swisher;Linhui J Su;Michael Brenowitz;Vernon E Anderson

  • Reaction intermediate analogues for enolase.

    Vernon E. Anderson;Paul M. Weiss;W. W. Cleland

  • Catalase abrogates β-lapachone-induced PARP1 hyperactivation-directed programmed necrosis in NQO1-positive breast cancers

    Erik A. Bey;Kathryn E. Reinicke;Melissa C. Srougi;Marie Varnes

  • Hidden specificity in an apparently nonspecific RNA-binding protein.

    Ulf Peter Guenther;Lindsay E. Yandek;Courtney N. Niland;Frank E. Campbell

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Harris
Michael Harris University of Florida
Henri Brunengraber
Henri Brunengraber Case Western Reserve University
Robert A. Bonomo
Robert A. Bonomo Case Western Reserve University
Lawrence M. Sayre
Lawrence M. Sayre Case Western Reserve University
Nancy L. Oleinick
Nancy L. Oleinick Case Western Reserve University
Peter J. Tonge
Peter J. Tonge Stony Brook University
Joseph A. Piccirilli
Joseph A. Piccirilli University of Chicago
Charles L. Hoppel
Charles L. Hoppel Case Western Reserve University
Kristine M. Hujer
Kristine M. Hujer Case Western Reserve University
Andrea M. Hujer
Andrea M. Hujer United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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