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Catherine L. Drennan

Howard Hughes Medical Institute · US
Area of research
Inorganic Chemistry · Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Research interest
Research interests include Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms, Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins, Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders, and Enzyme Structure and Function.
h-index
64
citations
12,336
works
431
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

A highly dynamic mononuclear non-heme iron enzyme for the two-step isonitrile biosynthesis
Nature Communications 2026cited by 0position: lastdoi
PexR is a noncanonical regulator of the peroxide stress response in bacteria
Nucleic Acids Research 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
A single diiron enzyme catalyses the oxidative rearrangement of tryptophan to indole nitrile
Nature Chemistry 2024cited by 25position: middledoi
Capturing a methanogenic carbon monoxide dehydrogenase/acetyl-CoA synthase complex via cryogenic electron microscopy
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2024cited by 20position: lastdoi
2.6-Å resolution cryo-EM structure of a class Ia ribonucleotide reductase trapped with mechanism-based inhibitor N <sub>3</sub> CDP
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2024cited by 12position: lastdoi
How ATP and dATP Act as Molecular Switches to Regulate Enzymatic Activity in the Prototypical Bacterial Class Ia Ribonucleotide Reductase
Biochemistry 2024cited by 9position: lastdoi
Potent Inhibition of <i>E. coli</i> DXP Synthase by a <i>gem</i>-Diaryl Bisubstrate Analog
ACS Infectious Diseases 2024cited by 8position: middledoi
Structural and biochemical investigations of a HEAT-repeat protein involved in the cytosolic iron-sulfur cluster assembly pathway
Communications Biology 2023cited by 7position: lastdoi
Radical Transport Facilitated by a Proton Transfer Network at the Subunit Interface of Ribonucleotide Reductase
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023cited by 6position: middledoi
Development of an in vitro method for activation of X-succinate synthases for fumarate hydroalkylation
iScience 2023cited by 6position: lastdoi
Structural insight into G-protein chaperone-mediated maturation of a bacterial adenosylcobalamin-dependent mutase
Journal of Biological Chemistry 2023cited by 3position: lastdoi
A haem-sequestering plant peptide promotes iron uptake in symbiotic bacteria
Nature Microbiology 2022cited by 67position: middledoi
Cobalamin-Dependent Radical <i>S</i>-Adenosylmethionine Enzymes: Capitalizing on Old Motifs for New Functions
ACS Bio & Med Chem Au 2022cited by 54position: lastdoi
Approaches to Using the Chameleon: Robust, Automated, Fast-Plunge cryoEM Specimen Preparation
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 2022cited by 42position: middledoi
Structural Insights into Microbial One-Carbon Metabolic Enzymes Ni–Fe–S-Dependent Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenases and Acetyl-CoA Synthases
Biochemistry 2022cited by 25position: lastdoi
Visualizing the gas channel of a monofunctional carbon monoxide dehydrogenase
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 2022cited by 21position: lastdoi
The role of nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase metallochaperones in making metalloenzymes
Metallomics 2022cited by 19position: lastdoi
Starting a new chapter on class Ia ribonucleotide reductases
Current Opinion in Structural Biology 2022cited by 11position: lastdoi
The Atypical Cobalamin-Dependent <i>S</i>-Adenosyl-<scp>l</scp>-Methionine Nonradical Methylase TsrM and Its Radical Counterparts
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022cited by 10position: lastdoi
A rapid and sensitive assay for quantifying the activity of both aerobic and anaerobic ribonucleotide reductases acting upon any or all substrates
PLoS ONE 2022cited by 6position: lastdoi
Characterization of an <i>S</i> ‐adenosylmethionine Dependent X‐Succinate Synthase Activating Enzyme
The FASEB Journal 2022cited by 1position: lastdoi
Repairing enzymes using spare parts
The FASEB Journal 2022cited by 0position: firstdoi
Cryo‐EM Structural Determination of Met18, a Scaffold Protein for Iron‐Sulfur Protein Maturation
The FASEB Journal 2022cited by 0position: lastdoi
Structural basis for non-radical catalysis by TsrM, a radical SAM methylase
Nature Chemical Biology 2021cited by 64position: middledoi
Effects of chameleon dispense-to-plunge speed on particle concentration, complex formation, and final resolution: A case study using the Neisseria gonorrhoeae ribonucleotide reductase inactive complex
Journal of Structural Biology 2021cited by 24position: lastdoi
Molecular basis of C-S bond cleavage in the glycyl radical enzyme isethionate sulfite-lyase
Cell chemical biology 2021cited by 18position: middledoi
Rescuing activity of oxygen-damaged pyruvate formate-lyase by a spare part protein
Journal of Biological Chemistry 2021cited by 10position: lastdoi
Crystal Structure of the [4Fe–4S] Cluster-Containing Adenosine-5′-phosphosulfate Reductase from <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>
ACS Omega 2021cited by 3position: lastdoi
Ribonucleotide Reductases: Structure, Chemistry, and Metabolism Suggest New Therapeutic Targets
Annual Review of Biochemistry 2020cited by 224position: middledoi
Structure of a trapped radical transfer pathway within a ribonucleotide reductase holocomplex
Science 2020cited by 136position: lastdoi

Grants

Crystallographic Snapshots of Adenosyl Radical Enzymes
NSF0543833$648,0002006–2012PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Edward J. Brignole · Massachusetts Institute of Technology15 papers (2012–2023)Marco Jost · Harvard University11 papers (2012–2023)Gyunghoon Kang · Oxford Nanoimaging (United Kingdom)10 papers (2015–2024)Percival Yang-Ting Chen · Massachusetts Institute of Technology10 papers (2015–2024)Michael A. Funk · Howard Hughes Medical Institute10 papers (2014–2024)Stephen W. Ragsdale · University of Michigan9 papers (2012–2020)JoAnne Stubbe · Massachusetts Institute of Technology9 papers (2012–2020)Daniel Dowling · California Lutheran University8 papers (2012–2018)Mary C. Andorfer · Allegheny College8 papers (2019–2023)Sean J. Elliott · Boston University8 papers (2012–2020)Lindsey R. F. Backman · Massachusetts Institute of Technology7 papers (2017–2022)Peter Goldman · Massachusetts Institute of Technology7 papers (2012–2016)Vahe Bandarian · University of Utah7 papers (2013–2018)Yan Kung · Massachusetts Institute of Technology6 papers (2012–2018)JoAnne Stubbe · Massachusetts Institute of Technology6 papers (2018–2024)Nozomi Ando · Cornell University6 papers (2012–2015)Mehmet Can · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor6 papers (2012–2020)Jennifer Bridwell‐Rabb · University of Michigan6 papers (2016–2022)Sarah Bowman · Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute6 papers (2012–2019)Tsehai A.J. Grell · Massachusetts Institute of Technology6 papers (2014–2018)