Carsten Krebs
Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

- PA 16802
- cdk10@psu.edu
- 814-865-6089
Research Summary
Bioinorganic Chemistry - spectroscopic and kinetic studies on the mechanisms of iron-containing enzymes
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Iron Enzymes Hydrogen Oxygenases Proteins Substrates Aldehyde Decarbonylase Sulfur Formic Acid Aldehydes Hydroxylation Oxidoreductases Atoms S Adenosylmethionine Dioxygenases Biosynthesis Fatty Aldehyde Fatty Acids Oxidation Reduction Taurine Methylation Decarboxylation Carbon Monoxide Carbon CatalysisMost Recent Papers
Heme biosynthesis depends on previously unrecognized acquisition of iron-sulfur cofactors in human amino-levulinic acid dehydratase
Gang Liu, Debangsu Sil, Nunziata Maio, Wing Hang Tong, J. Martin Bollinger, Carsten Krebs, Tracey Ann Rouault, 2020, Nature Communications
Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopic Definition of the Facial Triad Fe<sup>IV</sup>═O Intermediate in Taurine Dioxygenase: Evaluation of Structural Contributions to Hydrogen Atom Abstraction.
M Srnec, S Iyer, Dassama LMK, K Park, Terrie Wong, K Sutherlin, Y Yoda, Y Kobayashi, M Kurokuzu, M Saito, M Seto, Carsten Krebs, Joseph Bollinger, E Solomon, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society on p. 18886-18896
A peroxodiiron(III/III) intermediate mediating both n-hydroxylation steps in biosynthesis of the n-nitrosourea pharmacophore of streptozotocin by the multi-domain metalloenzyme SznF
Molly J. McBride, Debangsu Sil, Tai L. Ng, Anne Marie Crooke, Grace E. Kenney, Christina R. Tysoe, Bo Zhang, Emily P. Balskus, Amie K. Boal, Carsten Krebs, J. Martin Bollinger, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society on p. 11818-11828
High-resolution iron X-ray absorption spectroscopic and computational studies of non-heme diiron peroxo intermediates
George E. Cutsail, Elizabeth J. Blaesi, Christopher J. Pollock, J. Martin Bollinger, Carsten Krebs, Serena DeBeer, 2020, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
First step in catalysis of the radical s-adenosylmethionine methylthiotransferase MiaB yields an intermediate with a [3Fe-4S]0-like auxiliary cluster
Bo Zhang, Arthur J. Arcinas, Matthew I. Radle, Alexey Silakov, Squire J. Booker, Carsten Krebs, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society on p. 1911-1924
The Fe<sub>2</sub>(NO)<sub>2</sub> Diamond Core
Hai T. Dong, Amy L. Speelman, Claire E. Kozemchak, Debangsu Sil, Carsten Krebs, Nicolai Lehnert, 2019, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition on p. 17695-17699
Structure of a Ferryl Mimic in the Archetypal Iron(II)- And 2-(Oxo)-glutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase, TauD
Katherine M. Davis, Madison Altmyer, Ryan J. Martinie, Irene Schaperdoth, Carsten Krebs, J. Martin Bollinger, Amie K. Boal, 2019, Biochemistry on p. 4218-4223
Substrate-triggered formation of a peroxo-Fe<sub>2</sub>(III/III) intermediate during fatty acid decarboxylation by UndA
Bo Zhang, Lauren J. Rajakovich, Devon Van Cura, Elizabeth J. Blaesi, Andrew J. Mitchell, Christina R. Tysoe, Xuejun Zhu, Bennett R. Streit, Zhe Rui, Wenjun Zhang, Amie K. Boal, Carsten Krebs, J. Martin Bollinger, 2019, Journal of the American Chemical Society on p. 14510-14514
Analysis of RNA Methylation by Phylogenetically Diverse Cfr Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Enzymes Reveals an Iron-Binding Accessory Domain in a Clostridial Enzyme
James D. Gumkowski, Ryan J. Martinie, Patrick S. Corrigan, Juan Pan, Matthew R. Bauerle, Mohamed Almarei, Squire J. Booker, Alexey Silakov, Carsten Krebs, Amie Kathleen Boal, 2019, Biochemistry on p. 3169-3184
Hydrogen donation but not abstraction by a tyrosine (Y68) during endoperoxide Installation by verruculogen synthase (FtmOx1)
Noah P. Dunham, José M. Del Río Pantoja, Bo Zhang, Lauren J. Rajakovich, Benjamin D. Allen, Carsten Krebs, Amie K. Boal, J. Martin Bollinger, 2019, Journal of the American Chemical Society on p. 9964-9979
Most-Cited Papers
A radically different mechanism for S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferases
Tyler L. Grove, Jack S. Benner, Matthew I. Radle, Jessica H. Ahlum, Bradley J. Landgraf, Carsten Krebs, Squire J. Booker, 2011, Science on p. 604-607
Elucidation of the Fe(iv)=O intermediate in the catalytic cycle of the halogenase SyrB2
Shaun D. Wong, Martin Srnec, Megan L. Matthews, Lei V. Liu, Yeonju Kwak, Kiyoung Park, Caleb B. Bell, E. Ercan Alp, Jiyong Zhao, Yoshitaka Yoda, Shinji Kitao, Makoto Seto, Carsten Krebs, Joseph M. Bollinger, Jr., Edward I. Solomon, 2013, Nature on p. 320-323
Human calprotectin is an iron-sequestering host-defense protein
Toshiki G. Nakashige, Bo Zhang, Carsten Krebs, Elizabeth M. Nolan, 2015, Nature Chemical Biology on p. 765-771
Evidence for only oxygenative cleavage of aldehydes to alk(a/e)nes and formate by cyanobacterial aldehyde decarbonylases
Ning Li, Wei Chen Chang, Douglas Warui, Squire J. Booker, Carsten Krebs, Joseph M. Bollinger, Jr., 2012, Biochemistry on p. 7908-7916
Detection of formate, rather than carbon monoxide, as the stoichiometric coproduct in conversion of fatty aldehydes to alkanes by a cyanobacterial aldehyde decarbonylase
Douglas M. Warui, Ning Li, Hanne Nørgaard, Carsten Krebs, J. Martin Bollinger, Squire J. Booker, 2011, Journal of the American Chemical Society on p. 3316-3319
Conversion of fatty aldehydes to alka(e)nes and formate by a cyanobacterial aldehyde decarbonylase: Cryptic redox by an unusual dimetal oxygenase
Ning Li, Hanne Nørgaard, Douglas M. Warui, Squire J. Booker, Carsten Krebs, J. Martin Bollinger, 2011, Journal of the American Chemical Society on p. 6158-6161
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
Direct nitration and azidation of aliphatic carbons by an iron-dependent halogenase
Megan L. Matthews, Wei Chen Chang, Andrew P. Layne, Linde A. Miles, Carsten Krebs, J. Martin Bollinger, 2014, Nature Chemical Biology on p. 209-215
Electronic structure analysis of the oxygen-activation mechanism by Fe <sup>II</sup>- and α-ketoglutarate (αKG)-dependent dioxygenases
Shengfa Ye, Christoph Riplinger, Andreas Hansen, Carsten Krebs, J. Martin Bollinger, Frank Neese, 2012, Chemistry - A European Journal on p. 6555-6567
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
News Articles Featuring Carsten Krebs
Nov 26, 2019
Fourteen Penn State faculty recognized with lifetime honor
Fourteen Penn State faculty members in areas ranging from physics and engineering to entomology and plant science have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. A lifetime honor bestowed upon members by their peers, a total of 443 individuals are being recognized for their extraordinary achievements in advancing science.
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Oct 29, 2018
Germs Dodge Immune Defenses With DNA-Building Enzymes
Some bacteria, including those that cause strep throat and pneumonia, use a certain type of enzyme to replicate their DNA without the usually required metal ions, according to new research.
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