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Publications

Owen, Tate; Pynn, Roger; Hammouda, Boualem; Butler, Alison: Metal-Dependent Self-Assembly of a Microbial Surfactant. Langmuir, 2007, 23(18), 9393-9400.

Martinez, J.S.; Butler, A.: Marine Amphiphilic Siderophores: Marinobactin Structure, Uptake, and Microbial Partitioning. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem., 2007, 101, 1692-1698. (Special Memorial Issue for Ed. Stiefel) doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2007.07.007

Butler, A.: Siderophores. In Biological Inorganic Chemistry: Structure and Reactivity (Metal Transport and Storage Proteins section) (eds. I. Bertini, H.B. Gray, E.I. Stiefel, J.S. Valentine) University Science Books. 2007 pp 151-156 (Chapter VIII.3)

Küpper, F.C.; Carrano, C.J.; Kuhn, J-U.; Butler, A.: Photoreactivity of Iron(III)-Aerobactin: Photoproduct Structure and Iron(III) Coordination. Inorg. Chem., 2006, 45, 6026-6033.

Martin, J.D.; Ito, Y.; Homann, V.V.; Haygood, M.G.; Butler, A.: Structure and membrane affinity of new amphiphilic siderophores produced by Ochrobactrum sp. SP18. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem., 2006, 11(5), 633-641.

Hirschey, M.; Han, Y-J.; Stucky, G.D.; Butler, A.: Imaging Escherichia coli Using Functionalized Core/Shell CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2006, 11(5), 663-669.

Owen, T.; Pynn, R.; Martinez, J.S.; Butler, A.: Micelle to Vesicle Transition of an Iron-Chelating Microbial Surfactant, Marinobactin E. Langmuir, 2005, 21, 12109-12114.

Kraemer, S.M.; Butler, A.; Borer, P.; Cervini-Silva, J.: Biogenic ligands and the dissolution of iron bearing minerals in marine systems. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry: Molecular Geomicrobiology, 2005, 59, 53-76.

Holt, P.D.; Reid, R.R.; Lewis, B.L.; Luther III, G.W.; Butler, A.: Fe(III) Coordination Chemistry of Alterobactin A: A Siderophore from the Marine Bacterium Alteromonas luteoviolacea. Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 7671-7677.

Ito, Y.; Alison Butler, A.: Structure of synechobactins, new siderophores of the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002. Limnol & Oceanogr. 2005, 50(6), 1918-1923.

Butler, A.: Marine Siderophores and Microbial Iron Mobilization. BioMetals, 2005, 18, 369-374.

Butler, A.; Martin, J.D.: The Marine Biogeochemistry of Iron. In "Biogeochemical Cycles," Metal Ions in Biological Systems, 43, 2005, 21-46. (A. Sigel, H. Sigel, and R.K.O. Sigel, eds.), M. Dekker, New York.

Carter-Franklin, J.N.; Butler, A.: Vanadium Bromoperoxidase-Catalyzed Biosynthesis of Halogenated Marine Natural Products. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 15060-15066.

Hickford, S.J.H.; Küpper, F.C.; Zhang, G.; Carrano, C.J.; Blunt, J.W.; Butler, A.: Petrobactin Sulfonate, a New Siderophore Produced by the Marine Bacterium Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus. J. Nat'l Prod. 2004, 67, 1897-1899. (ACS)

Butler, A.: Vanadium. Chemical & Engineering News, 81, 72, 2004.

Butler, A.; Carter-Franklin, J.N.: A Role for Vanadium Bromoperoxidase in the Biosynthesis of Halogenated Marine Natural Products. Natural Products Reports, 2004, 21, 180-188.(D. J. Faulkner Memorial Issue)

Martinez, J.S.; Carter-Franklin, J.N.; Mann, E.L.; Martin, J.D.; Haygood, M.G.; Butler, A.: Structure and Membrane Affinity of a New Suite of Amphiphilic Siderophores Produced by a Marine Bacterium. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci., USA, 2003, 100(7), 3754-3759.

Butler, A.: Vanadium. Chem. Eng. News, 2003, 81, 72.

Barbeau, K.; Rue, E.L.; Trick, C.G.; Bruland, K.W.; Butler, A.: Photochemical reactivity of siderophores produced by marine heterotrophic bacteria and cyanobacteria based on characteristic Fe(III) binding groups. Limnol. Oceanogr., 2003, 48, 1069-1078.

Bergeron, R.J.; Huang, G; Smith, R.E.; Bharti, N; McManis, J.S.; Butler, A.: Total synthesis and structure revision of petrobactin. Tetrahedron, 2003, 59, 2007-2014.

Martinez, J.S.; Carter-Franklin, J.N.; Mann, E.L.; Martin, J.D.; Haygood, M.G.; Butler, A.: Structure and membrane affinity of a suite of amphiphilic siderophores produced by a marine bacterium. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2003, 100, 3754-3759.

Butler, A.: Iron acquistion: straight up and on the rocks? Nat. Struc. Biol., 2003, 10, 240-241.

Carter-Franklin, J.N.; Parrish, J.D.; Tschirret-Guth, R.A.; Little, R.D.; Butler, A.: Vanadium haloperoxidase-catalyzed bromination and cyclization of terpenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 125, 3688-3689.

Reddy, C.M.; Xu, L.; Drenzek, N.J.; Sturchio, N.C.; Heraty, L.J.; Kimblin, C.; Butler, A.: A Chlorine Isotope Effect for Enzyme-Catalyzed Chlorination. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 14526-14527.

Xu, G.; Martinez, J.S.; Groves, J.T.; Butler, A.: Membrane Affinity of the Amphiphilic Marinobactin Siderophores. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 13408-13415.

Carter, J.N.; Beatty, K.E.; Simpson, M.T.; Butler, A.: Reactivity of recombinant and mutant vanadium bromoperoxidase from the red alga Corallina officinalis. J. Inorg. Biochem., 2002, 91, 59-69.

Barbeau, K.; Zhang, G.; Live D.H.; Butler, A.: Petrobactin, a photoreactive siderophore produced by the oil-degrading marine bacterium Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 378-379.

Kimblin, C.; Bu, X.; Butler, A.: Modelling the Catalytic Site of Vanadium Bromoperoxidase: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Intramolecularly H-bonded vanadium(V) oxoperoxo complexes, VO(O2)(NH2pyg2)]K and [VO(O2)(BrNH2pyg2)]K. Inorg. Chem., 2002, 41, 161-163.

Han, Y-J.; Watson, J.T.; Stucky, G.D.; Butler, A.: Catalytic Activity of Mesoporous Silicate-Immobilized Chloroperoxidase. J. Mol. Cat. B: Enzymatic, 2002, 17, 1-8.

Barbeau, K.; Rue, E.L.; Bruland, K.W.; Butler, A.: Photochemical cycling of iron in the surface ocean mediated by microbial iron (III) binding ligands. Nature, 2001, 413, 409-413.

Butler, A.; Carter, J.N.; Simpson, M.T.: Vanadium in Proteins and Enzymes. In Handbook on Metalloproteins, Bertini, I., Sigel, A., Sigel, H., Eds.; Marcel Dekker: New York, 2001.

Martinez, J.S.; Carroll, G.L.; Tschirret-Guth, R.A.; Altenhoff, G.; Little, R.D.; Butler, A.: On the Regiospecificity of Vanadium Bromoperoxidase. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 3289-3294.

Martinez, J.S.; Haygood, M.G.; Butler, A.: Identification of a Natural Desferrioxamine Siderophore Produced by a Marine Bacterium. Limnol. Oceanogr., 2001, 46, 420-424.

Butler, A.: Siderophores. Section III.: Metal Transport and Storage Proteins of Biological Inorganic Chemistry: Structure and Reactivity (eds I. Bertini, H.B. Gray, J.S. Valentine) University Science Books, 2001

Witter, A.E.; Hutchins, D.A.; Butler, A.; Luther III, G.W.: Determination of Conditional Stability Constants and Kinetic Constants for Strong Model Fe-Binding Ligands in Seawater. Marine Chemistry, 2000, 69, 1-17.

Martinez, J.S.; Zhang, G.P.; Holt, P.D.; Jung, H.-T.; Carrano, C.J.; Haygood, M.G.; Butler, A.: Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Siderophores from Marine Bacteria. Science, 2000, 287, 1245-1247.

Han, Y-J; Stucky, G.D.; Butler, A.: Mesoporous Silicate Sequestration and Release of Proteins. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 9897-9898.

Hutchins, D.A.; Witter, A.E.; Butler, A.; Luther III, G.W.: Competition Among Marine Phytoplankton for Different Chelated Iron Species. Nature, 1999, 400, 858-861.

Butler, A.: Mechanistic Considerations of the Vanadium Haloperoxidases. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 1999, 187, 17-35.

Butler, A.; Tschirret-Guth, R.A.; Simpson, M.T.: Reactivity of Vanadium Bromoperoxidase. In Vanadium Compounds: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Therapeutic Applications, Tracey, A.S., Crans, D.C., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series 711; American Chemical Society, 1998; Chapter 15, 202-215.

Butler, A.: Acquisition and Utilization of Transition Metal Ions by Marine Organisms. Science, 1998, 281, 207-210.

Butler, A.: Vanadium Bromoperoxidases. In Bioinorganic Catalysis,Second Edition, Bouwman, E., Reedjik, J., Eds.; Marcel Dekker: U.S., 1999; Chapter 5, 55-80.

Butler, A.: Vanadium Haloperoxidases. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 1998, 2, 279-285.

PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS

Use of Vanadium Bromoperoxidase as a Signal Generating Enzyme for Chemiluminescent Systems: Test Kits and Analytical Methods. A.E. Friedman, S.F. Groulx, A. Butler. U.S. Patent Number 5,811,253 (Approved 9/22/98).