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 Markus Walter Ribbe

University of California

2236 McGaugh Hall
 Mail Code: 3900
 Irvine, CA 92697

PHONE: (949) 824-9509
FAX: (949) 824-8551

E-MAIL: mribbe@uci.edu

 

Markus Walter Ribbe
Associate Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
School of Biological Sciences
Ph.D., University of Bayreuth, Germany, 1998, Microbiology/Biochemistry
Research Interests
Assembly & Function of Metalloproteins

 
Graduate Programs:
 Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
 
Professional Society American Chemical Society Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
 
Other Experience
Updated: Last Updated: 11/20/2009

  Yoshizawa, J.M.; Fay, A.W.; Lee, C.C.; Hu, Y.; Ribbe, M.W. (2009).
"Insertion of Heterometals into the NifEN-associated FeMoco Precursor"
J. Biol. Inorg. Chem., in press.

Lee, C.C.; Blank, M.A.; Fay, A.W.; Yoshizawa, J.M.; Hu, Y.; Hodgson, K.O.; Hedman, B.; Ribbe, M.W. (2009).
"Stepwise Formation of P-cluster in Nitrogenase MoFe Protein."
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 106, 18474-18478.

Hu, Y.; Yoshizawa, J.M.; Fay, A.W.; Lee, C.C.; Wiig, J.A.; Ribbe, M.W. (2009).
"Catalytic Activities of NifEN: Implications for Nitrogenase Evolution and Mechanism."
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 106, 16962-16966.

Schwarz, G.; Mendel, R.R.; Ribbe, M.W. (2009).
"Molybdenum Cofactors, Enzymes and Pathways."
Nature, 460, 839-847.

Yoshizawa, J.M.; Blank, M.A.; Fay, A.W.; Lee, C.C.; Wiig, J.A.; Hu, Y.; Hodgson, K.O.; Hedman, B.; Ribbe, M.W. (2009).
"Optimization of FeMoco Maturation on NifEN."
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 9321-9325.

Lee, C.C.; Hu, Y.; Ribbe, M.W. (2009).
"Unique Features of the Nitrogenase VFe Protein from Azotobacter vinelandii."
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 106, 9209-9214.

Wätzlich, D.; Bröcker, M.J.; Uliczka, F.; Ribbe, M.; Virus, S.; Jahn, D.; Moser, J. (2009).
"Chimeric nitrogenase-like enzymes of (bacterio)chlorophyll biosynthesis."
J. Biol. Chem., 284, 15530-15540.

Cotton, M.S.; Rupnik, K.; Broach, R.B.; Hu, Y.; Fay, A.W.; Ribbe, M.W.; Hales, B.J. (2009).
"VTVH-MCD Study of the delta-nifB-delta-nifZ MoFe Protein from Azotobacter vinelandii."
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 4558-4559.

Hu, Y.; Fay, A.W.; Lee, C.C.; Yoshizawa, J.; Ribbe, M.W. (2008).
"Assembly of Nitrogenase MoFe Protein."
Biochemistry, 47, 3973-3981.

Hu, Y.; Fay, A.W.; Lee, C.C.; Ribbe, M.W. (2007).
"P-Cluster Maturation on Nitrogenase MoFe protein."
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104, 10424-10429.

Hu, Y.; Corbett, M.C.; Fay, A.W.; Webber, J.A.; Hodgson, K.O.; Hedman, B.; Ribbe, M.W. (2006).
"From the Cover: Nitrogen Fixation Special Feature: FeMoco Maturation on NifEN."
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103, 17119-17124.

Hu, Y.; Corbett, M.C.; Fay, A.W.; Webber, J.A.; Hodgson, K.O.; Hedman, B.; Ribbe, M.W. (2006).
"From the Cover: Nitrogen Fixation Special Feature: Nitrogenase Fe Protein: a Moybdate/Homocitrate Insertase."
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103, 17125-17130.

Corbett, M.C.; Hu,Y.; Fay, A.W.; Ribbe, M.W.; Hedman, B.; Hodgson, K.O. (2006)
"Structural Analysis of a Protein-Bound FeMo Cofactor Precursor."
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103, 1238-1243.

Hu,Y.; Corbett, M.C.; Fay, A.W.; Webber, J.A.; Hedman, B.; Hodgson, K.O.; Ribbe, M.W. (2005)
"Nitrogenase Reactivity with P-cluster Variants."
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 102, 13825-13830.

Hu, Y.; Fay, A.W.; Ribbe, M.W. (2005)
"Identification of a Nitrogenase Iron-Molybdenum Cofactor Precursor on NifEN Complex."
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 102, 3236-3241.

Dos-Santos, P.C.; Dean D.R.; Hu, Y.; Ribbe M.W. (2004).
"Formation and Insertion of the Nitrogenase Iron-Molybdenum Cofactor."
Chemical Reviews, 104, 1159-1174.

Schmid, B.; Ribbe, M.W.; Einsle, O.; Yoshida, M.; Thomas, L.M.; Dean, D.R., Rees, D.C.; Burgess, B.K. (2002).
"Structure of a Cofactor-Deficient Nitrogenase MoFe Protein."
Science, 296, 352-356.

Ribbe, M.W.; Burgess, B.K. (2001).
"The Chaperone GroEL is Required for the Final Assembly of the Molybdenum-Iron Protein of Nitrogenase."
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 98, 5521-5525.
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