Imaging active site chemistry and protonation states: NMR crystallography of the tryptophan synthase α-aminoacrylate intermediate JB Holmes, V Liu, BG Caulkins, E Hilario, RK Ghosh, VN Drago, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (2), e2109235119, 2022 | 33 | 2022 |
Pyridoxal 5′-phosphate dependent reactions: analyzing the mechanism of aspartate aminotransferase TC Mueser, V Drago, A Kovalevsky, S Dajnowicz Methods in enzymology 634, 333-359, 2020 | 17 | 2020 |
Synthesis and in Vitro Characterization of Trehalose‐Based Inhibitors of Mycobacterial Trehalose 6‐Phosphate Phosphatases S Kapil, C Petit, VN Drago, DR Ronning, SJ Sucheck ChemBioChem 20 (2), 260-269, 2019 | 15 | 2019 |
An N⋯ H⋯ N low-barrier hydrogen bond preorganizes the catalytic site of aspartate aminotransferase to facilitate the second half-reaction VN Drago, S Dajnowicz, JM Parks, MP Blakeley, DA Keen, N Coquelle, ... Chemical Science 13 (34), 10057-10065, 2022 | 8 | 2022 |
Microgravity crystallization of perdeuterated tryptophan synthase for neutron diffraction VN Drago, JM Devos, MP Blakeley, VT Forsyth, AY Kovalevsky, CA Schall, ... npj Microgravity 8 (1), 13, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |
Neutron diffraction from a microgravity-grown crystal reveals the active site hydrogens of the internal aldimine form of tryptophan synthase VN Drago, JM Devos, MP Blakeley, VT Forsyth, JM Parks, A Kovalevsky, ... Cell Reports Physical Science, 2024 | 2 | 2024 |
Revealing protonation states and tracking substrate in serine hydroxymethyltransferase with room-temperature X-ray and neutron crystallography VN Drago, C Campos, M Hooper, A Collins, O Gerlits, KL Weiss, ... Communications Chemistry 6 (1), 162, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
Characterization of alternate encounter assemblies of SARS-CoV-2 main protease A Aniana, NT Nashed, R Ghirlando, VN Drago, A Kovalevsky, JM Louis Journal of Biological Chemistry, 107675, 2024 | | 2024 |
Universality of critical active site glutamate as an acid–base catalyst in serine hydroxymethyltransferase function VN Drago, RS Phillips, A Kovalevsky Chemical Science, 2024 | | 2024 |