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1.        Hao, B., Gong, W., Ferguson, T.K., James, C.M., Krzycki, J.A., Chan, M.K.,"Identification of novel UAG encoded residue: "Structure of a methanogen methyltransferase", Science, 2002, 296, 1462-1466.

2.        Jain, R. Chan, M.K., "Mechanisms of Ligand Discrimination by Heme Proteins", JBIC, 2003, 8, 1-11.

3.        Arndt, J.W., Hao, B., Ramakrishnan, V., Chen, T., Chan, S. I., Chan,, M.K., "Structure of the hyperthermophilic Pyrococcus furiosus carboxypeptidase", Structure, 2002, 10, 215-224.

4.        Payra, P. Hung, S.-C., Kwok, W.-H., Johnston, D. Gallucci, J., Chan, M.K., "Structural, Magnetic and Catalytic Properties of a Self-Recognized m-Oxo-Bridged Diiron(III) Bis(benzimidazole) Complex", Inorg. Chem., 2001, 40, 4036-4039.

5.        Arndt, J.W., Gong, W., Zhong, X., Lin, Z., Liu, J., Paxson, C. Tsai, M.-D., Chan, M.K., "Insight into the Catalytic Mechanism of DNA polymerase b: Structures of  Intermediate Complexes", Biochemistry, 2001, 40, 5368-5375.`

6.       Chan, M.K., "Recent advances in heme-protein biosensors", Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol., 2001 ,5, 216-222.

7.       Chan, M.K., "CooA, CAP and allostery", Nat. Struct. Biology, 2000 ,7, 822-824.

8.       Kwok, W.H., Zhang, H., Payra, P., Duan, M., Hung, S.-C., Johnston, D.H., Gallucci, J., Skrzypczak-Jankun, E., Chan, M.K., "Synthesis and characterization of the dimethyl-substituted bisbenzimidazole ligand and its manganese complex", Inorg. Chem., 2000, 39, 2367-2376.

9.      Chan, M. K., "Symposium Overview: Heme Protein Biosensors", J.Porphyrins. Phthalocyanines, 2000, 4, 358-361.

10.    Gong, W., Hao, B., Chan, M.K., "New mechanistic insights from structural studies of the oxygen-sensing domain of Bradyrhizobium japonicum FixL", Biochemistry, 2000, 3955-3962.

11.     Payra, P., Kwok, W.H., Zhang, H., Payra, P., Duan, M., Gallucci, J., "Structural trends in first row transition-metal bisbenzimidazole complexes", Inorg.Chem.,2000, 39, 1076-1080.   

12.     Hao, B., Gong, W., Rajagopalan, P.T.R., Zhou, Y., Pei, D., Chan. M.K., "Structural basis for the design of antibiotics targeting peptide deformylase", Biochemistry, 1999, 38, 4712-4719. 

13.     Randall, D. W., Chan, M. K., Armstrong, W. H., and Britt, R. D., "Pulsed 1H and 55Mn ENDOR studies of dinuclear Mn(III)Mn(IV) model complexes", Mol. Phys., 1998, 95, 1283-1294.  

14.     Gong, W., Hao, B., Mansy, S.S., Gonzalez, G. Gilles-Gonzalez, M.A., Chan, M.K., "Structure of a biological oxygen sensor: a new mechanism for heme-driven signal transduction", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 1998, 95, 15177-15182.

15.     Chan, M.K., Gong, W., Rajagopalan, P.T.R., Hao, B., Tsai, C.M., Pei, D., Crystal structure of the Escherichia coli peptide deformylase", Biochemistry, 1997, 36, 13904-13909.

16.     Randall, D.W., Sturgeon,B.E., Ball,J.A., Lorigan,G.A., Chan, M.K., Klein,M.P.,  Armstrong,W.H., Britt, R.D., "Mn-55 ESE-ENDOR of a mixed-valence Mn(III)Mn(IV) complex - comparison with the Mn cluster of the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1995, 117, 11780-11789.

17.     Kletzin, A., Mukund, S., Kelleycrouse, T.L., Chan, M.K., Rees, D.C., Adams, M.W.W., "Molecular characterization of the genes encoding the tungsten-containing aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase from Pyrococcus-furiosus and formaldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase from Thermococcus-litoralis.", J. Bacteriology, 1995, 177, 4817-4819.

18.    Chan, M.K., Mukund, S., Kletzin, A., Adams, M.W.W., Rees, D.C., "The 2.3Å resolution structure of the tungstoprotein aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus.", Science , 1995, 267, 1463-1469.

19.     Chan, M.K., Kim, J., Rees, D.C., "The nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor and P-cluster pair: 2.2 Å resolution structures", Science, 1993, 260, 792-794.

20.        Kirk, M.L., Chan, M.K., Armstrong, W.H., Solomon, E.I., "Ground-state electronic structure of the dimer-of-dimers complex [(Mn2O2)2(tphpn)2]4+: Potential relevance to the photosystem II water oxidation catalyst", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1992, 114, 10432-10440.

21.       Pal, S.; Chan, M.K., Armstrong, W.H. "Ground spin state variability in manganese Ooxo aggregates.  Demonstration of an S=3/2 ground state for [Mn3O4(OH)(bpea)3] (ClO4)3.", J.  Am. Chem. Soc., 1992, 114, 6398-6406. 

22.        Cramer, S.P., deGroot, F.M.F., Ma, Y., Chen, C.T., Sette, F., Kipke, C.A., Eichhorn, D.M., Chan, M.K.., Armstrong, W.H., Libby, E., Christou, G., Brooker, S., McKee, V., Mullins, O.C.,  Fuggle, J.C.  "Ligand field strengths and oxidation states from manganese L-edge spectroscopy", J. Am. Chem.  Soc., 1991, 113, 7937.    

23.      Chan, M.K., Armstrong, W.H. "A tetranuclear manganese complex that consists of a di-alkoxo-bridged dimer of di-oxo-bridged dimers, [(Mn2O2)2(tphpn)2}4+. Toward a model for the water oxidation catalyst in photosystem II", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 5055-5057.  

24.       Chan, M.K., Armstrong, W.H. " A tetranuclear manganese-oxo complex with a 2.7 Å Mn···Mn separation and intramolecular H2O···(m2-O) hydrogen-bonded contacts: [Mn4O2(TPHPN)2(H2O)2(CF3SO3)2] (CF3SO3)3. Possible mode for binding of water at the active site of the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 4985-4986. 

25.        Chan, M.K., Armstrong, W.H. " A novel tetranuclear manganese complex that displays multiple high-potential redox processes. Synthesis, structure, and properties of {[Mn2(TPHPN)(O2CCH3 )2(H2O)]2O}(ClO4)4·2CH3OH" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 9121-9122. 

26.        Dexheimer, S.L., Ghodes, J.W., Chan, M.K., Hagen, K.S., Armstrong, W.H., Klein, M.P. "Detection  of EPR spectra in S=2 states of trivalent manganese complexes" J. Am. Chem. Soc.,  1989, 111, 8923-8925. 

27.        Chan, M.K., Armstrong, W.H. "A high-potential mononuclear manganese(IV) complex. Synthesis, structure, and properties, including EPR spectroscopy and electrochemistry, of [Mn(HB(3,5-Me2pz)3)2](ClO4)2" Inorg. Chem., 1989, 28, 3777-3779.

28.        Kubota, M.K., Chan, M.K., Boyd, D.C., Mann, K.R. "Thermal  and photolytic  reactions of nitrosyl-carbonyl complexes of rhodium and iridium with triphenylphosphine" Inorg. Chem., 1987, 26, 3261-3264.

 29.    Kubota, M.K., Chan, M.K., Woo, L.K. "Iridium-Nitrogen bond cleavage in the photolysis of carbonylnitrosylbis (triphenylphosphine) iridium" Inorg. Chem., 1984, 23, 1636-1638.

 

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