Amie Boal
Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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326 Chemistry
University Park, PA - akb20@psu.edu
- 814-867-2863
Research Summary
The structural differences between members of large metalloenzyme superfamilies that share common features but promote different reactions or use distinct cofactors.
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Enzymes Oxygenases Proteins Iron Hydrogen Carbon X Rays Glutarates Protein Hydroxylation Mixed Function Oxygenases Oxygen S Adenosylmethionine Catalytic Domain Ketoglutaric Acids Arginine Chemical Transformation Ligands Halogenation Cofactor Carbon Atom Hydrogen Atom Alkenes Ribonucleotide Reductases VanadiumMost Recent Publications
Methods for Biophysical Characterization of SznF, a Member of the Heme-Oxygenase-Like Diiron Oxidase/Oxygenase Superfamily
Molly J. McBride, Sarah R. Pope, Mrutyunjay A. Nair, Debangsu Sil, Xavier E. Salas-Solá, Carsten Krebs, J. Martin Bollinger, Amie K. Boal, 2023, on p. 123-154
Discovery, structure and mechanism of a tetraether lipid synthase
Cody T. Lloyd, David F. Iwig, Bo Wang, Matteo Cossu, William W. Metcalf, Amie K. Boal, Squire J. Booker, 2022, Nature on p. 197-203
Structural insights into auxiliary cofactor usage by radical S-adenosylmethionine enzymes
Vivian Robert Jeyachandran, Amie K. Boal, 2022, Current Opinion in Chemical Biology
Progress Toward Understanding Protein Control of Reaction Outcome in the Diverse Reactivity of Iron(II)- and 2-Oxoglutarate-dependent Oxygenases
J. M. Bollinger, Carsten Krebs, Amie K. Boal, Alexey Silakov, John C. Price, Megan L. Matthews, Wei Chen Chang, Ryan J. Martinie, Juan Pan, Noah P. Dunham, Eliott S. Wenger, Rachelle A. Copeland, Chi Yun Lin, 2022, FASEB Journal
Structure of a B<sub>12</sub>-dependent radical SAM enzyme in carbapenem biosynthesis
Hayley L. Knox, Erica K. Sinner, Craig A. Townsend, Amie K. Boal, Squire J. Booker, 2022, Nature on p. 343-348
Structural Basis for an Unprecedented Enzymatic Alkylation in Cylindrocyclophane Biosynthesis
Nathaniel R. Braffman, Terry B. Ruskoski, Katherine M. Davis, Nathaniel R. Glasser, Cassidy Johnson, C. Denise Okafor, Amie K. Boal, Emily P. Balskus, 2022, eLife
Identification and structure of glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether synthase
C Lloyd, D Iwig, B Wang, M Cossu, W Metcalf, Amie Boal, S Booker, 2022, Nature on p. 197-203
Substrate-Triggered μ-Peroxodiiron(III) Intermediate in the 4-Chloro- l -Lysine-Fragmenting Heme-Oxygenase-like Diiron Oxidase (HDO) BesC: Substrate Dissociation from, and C4 Targeting by, the Intermediate
Molly J. McBride, Mrutyunjay A. Nair, Debangsu Sil, M Neugebauer, Jeffrey W. Slater, Monica E. Neugebauer, M Chng, A Boal, Michelle C.Y. Chang, C Krebs, Amie Boal, Carsten Krebs, J. Martin Bollinger, 2022, Biochemistry on p. 689-702
Use of Noncanonical Tyrosine Analogues to Probe Control of Radical Intermediates during Endoperoxide Installation by Verruculogen Synthase (FtmOx1)
Chi-Yun Lin, Angel L. Muñoz Hernández, Angel Hernández, Tatiana N. Laremore, Alexey Silakov, Carsten Krebs, Amie K. Boal, Joseph Bollinger, 2022, ACS Catalysis on p. 6968-6979
The periodic table of ribonucleotide reductases
Terry B. Ruskoski, Amie K. Boal, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
Most-Cited Papers
Drop-on-demand sample delivery for studying biocatalysts in action at X-ray free-electron lasers
Franklin D. Fuller, Sheraz Gul, Ruchira Chatterjee, E. Sethe Burgie, Iris D. Young, Hugo Lebrette, Vivek Srinivas, Aaron S. Brewster, Tara Michels-Clark, Jonathan A. Clinger, Babak Andi, Mohamed Ibrahim, Ernest Pastor, Casper De Lichtenberg, Rana Hussein, Christopher J. Pollock, Miao Zhang, Claudiu A. Stan, Thomas Kroll, Thomas Fransson, Clemens Weninger, Markus Kubin, Pierre Aller, Louise Lassalle, Philipp Bräuer, Mitchell D. Miller, Muhamed Amin, Sergey Koroidov, Christian G. Roessler, Marc Allaire, Raymond G. Sierra, Peter T. Docker, James M. Glownia, Silke Nelson, Jason E. Koglin, Diling Zhu, Matthieu Chollet, Sanghoon Song, Henrik Lemke, Mengning Liang, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Roberto Alonso-Mori, Athina Zouni, Johannes Messinger, Uwe Bergmann, Amie K. Boal, J. Martin Bollinger, Carsten Krebs, Martin Högbom, George N. Phillips, Richard D. Vierstra, Nicholas K. Sauter, Allen M. Orville, Jan Kern, Vittal K. Yachandra, Junko Yano, 2017, Nature Methods on p. 443-449
Structural basis for halogenation by iron-and 2-oxo-glutarate-dependent enzyme WelO5
Andrew J. Mitchell, Qin Zhu, Ailiena O. Maggiolo, Nikhil R. Ananth, Matthew L. Hillwig, Xinyu Liu, Amie K. Boal, 2016, Nature Chemical Biology on p. 636-640
Mechanism of the C5 stereoinversion reaction in the biosynthesis of carbapenem antibiotics
Wei Chen Chang, Yisong Guo, Chen Wang, Susan E. Butch, Amy C. Rosenzweig, Amie K. Boal, Carsten Krebs, J. Martin Bollinger, 2014, Science on p. 1140-1144
Visualizing the reaction cycle in an Iron(II)- and 2-(Oxo)-glutarate-dependent hydroxylase
Andrew J. Mitchell, Noah P. Dunham, Ryan J. Martinie, Jonathan A. Bergman, Christopher J. Pollock, Kai Hu, Benjamin D. Allen, Wei Chen Chang, Alexey Silakov, J. Martin Bollinger, Carsten Krebs, Amie K. Boal, 2017, Journal of the American Chemical Society on p. 13830-13836
Two Distinct Mechanisms for C-C Desaturation by Iron(II)- and 2-(Oxo)glutarate-Dependent Oxygenases: Importance of α-Heteroatom Assistance
Noah P. Dunham, Wei Chen Chang, Andrew J. Mitchell, Ryan J. Martinie, Bo Zhang, Jonathan A. Bergman, Lauren J. Rajakovich, Bo Wang, Alexey Silakov, Carsten Krebs, Amie K. Boal, J. Martin Bollinger, 2018, Journal of the American Chemical Society on p. 7116-7126
An N-nitrosating metalloenzyme constructs the pharmacophore of streptozotocin
Tai L. Ng, Roman Rohac, Andrew J. Mitchell, Amie K. Boal, Emily P. Balskus, 2019, Nature on p. 94-99
AgHalo: A Facile Fluorogenic Sensor to Detect Drug-Induced Proteome Stress
Yu Liu, Matthew Fares, Noah P. Dunham, Zi Gao, Kun Miao, Xueyuan Jiang, Samuel S. Bollinger, Amie K. Boal, Xin Zhang, 2017, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition on p. 8672-8676
Mechanisms of 2-oxoglutarate-dependent oxygenases: The hydroxylation paradigm and beyond
J. Martin Bollinger, Wei Chen Chang, Megan L. Matthews, Ryan J. Martinie, Amie K. Boal, Carsten Krebs, 2015, on p. 95-122
The Cation−π Interaction Enables a Halo-Tag Fluorogenic Probe for Fast No-Wash Live Cell Imaging and Gel-Free Protein Quantification
Yu Liu, Kun Miao, Noah P. Dunham, Hongbin Liu, Matthew Fares, Amie K. Boal, Xiaosong Li, Xin Zhang, 2017, Biochemistry on p. 1585-1595
Crystallographic capture of a radical S-adenosylmethionine enzyme in the act of modifying tRNA
Erica L. Schwalm, Tyler L. Grove, Squire J. Booker, Amie K. Boal, 2016, Science on p. 309-312
News Articles Featuring Amie Boal
May 31, 2023
A protein mines, sorts rare earths better than humans, paving way for green tech
Rare earth elements, like neodymium and dysprosium, are a critical component to almost all modern technologies, from smartphones to hard drives, but they are notoriously hard to separate from the Earth’s crust and from one another.
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Aug 31, 2022
Boal recieves Early Career Award from Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Amie Boal, professor of chemistry and of biochemistry and molecular biology, has been named a recipient of the 2022 Early Career Award from the International Society for Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC), an organization dedicated to advancing research and promoting understanding of biological inorganic chemistry within academia, industry, and the general public
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Aug 22, 2022
Revealed missing step in lipid formation could enable detection of past climate
The missing step in the formation of a lipid molecule that allows certain single-celled organisms to survive the most extreme environments on Earth has now been deciphered.
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