Publications

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The authors are listed according to the contribution to the paper, the corresponding authors are indicated by *, authors with equal contributions are indicated by †, the names of the coauthors from the Guo group are underlined.

    2024

  1. Waqas Rasheed,† Nabhendu Pal,† Ahmed M. Aboelenen, Saikat Banerjee, Williamson N. Oloo, Johannes E. M. N. Klein, Ruixi Fan, Jin Xiong, Yisong Guo,* Lawrence Que, Jr.* "NMR and Mössbauer Studies Reveal a Temperature-Dependent Switch from S = 1 to 2 in a Nonheme Ovoiron(IV) Complex with Faster C-H Bond Cleavage Rates" J. Am. Chem. Soc. Accepted, 2024. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    2. Spin_Crossover_Oxoiron(IV)

    2023

  2. Sikha Gupta, Pragya Arora, Rakesh Kumar, Ayushi Awasthi, Bittu Chandra, Raju Eerlapally, Jin Xiong, Yisong Guo*, Lawrence Que, Jr.*, Apparao Draksharapu* "Formation of a Reactive [Mn(III)-O-Ce(IV)] Species and its Facile Equilibrium with Related Mn(IV)(OX) (X=Sc or H) Complexes" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62: e202316378, 2023. [Link to Publisher's website] 
  3. Ziyang Zheng, Jin Xiong, Junling Bu, Daan Ren, Yu-Hsuan Lee, Yu-Cheng Yeh, Chia-I Lin, Ronald Parry, Yisong Guo, Hung-wen Liu* "Reconstitution of the Final Steps in the Biosynthesis of Valanimycin Reveals the Origin of its Characteristic Azoxy Moiety" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62: e202315844, 2023. Designated as a Very Important Paper. [Link to Publisher's website] 
  4. Richiro Ushimara,†* Lide Cha,† Shimo Shotaro,† Xiaojun Li, Jared C. Paris, Takahiro Mori, Kazunori Miyamoto, Lindsay Coffer, Masanobu Uchiyama, Yisong Guo,* Wei-chen Chang,* Ikuro Abe* "Mechanistic analysis of the stereodivergent nitroalkane cyclopropanation catalyzed by nonheme iron enzymes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145: 24210-24217, 2023.[Link to Publisher's website] 
    5. HrmJ Cyclopropanation
  5. Yu Zhang, Ping Wang, Shan Xue Toby Woods, Yisong Guo, Giuseppe Zampella, Thomas B. Rauchfuss,* Federica Arrigoni* "Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Structure of [FeRu(µ-dithiolate)(CN)2(CO)4]2-" Inorg. Chem. 62: 16842-16853, 2023.
  6. Silène Engbers, Yisong Guo,* Johannes E. M. N. Klein "A Porphyrin Iron(III) π-Dication Species and its Relevance in Catalyst Design for the Umpolung of Nucleophiles" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62: e202313006, 2023.[Link to Publisher's website] 
    7. Prophyrin-Fe(III) pi-Dication
  7. Jared C. Paris,† Sha Hu,† Aiwen Wen,† Andrew C. Weitz, Ronghai Cheng, Leland B. Gee, Yijie Tang, Hyomin Kim, Arturo Vegas, Wei-chen Chang,* Sean J. Elliott,* Pinghua Liu,* Yisong Guo* "An S = 1 Iron(IV) Intermediate Revealed in a Non-Heme Iron Enzyme-Catalyzed Oxidative C-S Bond Formation" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62: e202309362, 2023. Designated as a Very Important Paper. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    8. S=1_Fe(IV)
  8. Bingnan Wang, Yong Lu, Lide Cha, Tzu-Yu chen, Philip M. Palacios, Liping Li, Yisong Guo,* Wei-chen Chang,* Chuo Chen* "Repurposing Iron- and 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Oxygenases to Catalyze Olefin Hydration" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62: e202311099, 2023. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    9. Fe-2OG-Oelfin-Hydration
  9. Manuel Quiroz, Molly M. Lockart, Shan Xue, Dakota Jones, Yisong Guo, Brad S. Pierce, Kim R. Dunbar,* Michael B. Hall,* Marcetta Y. Darensbourg* "Magnetic coupling between Fe(NO) spin probe ligands through diamagnetic NiII, PdII and PtII tetrathiolate bridges" Chem. Sci. 14:9167-9174, 2023. [Link to Publisher's website] 
  10. Reese Clendening, Stephanie Delancey, Andrew Poore, Shan Xue, Yisong Guo,* Shiliang Tian,* Tong Ren "Enabling Valence Delocalization in Iron(III) Macrocyclic Complexes through Ring Unsaturation" Inorg. Chem. 62: 11121-11133, 2023. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    11. Fe(III)_Macrocycle
  11. Mehmet Can, Macon Abernathy, Seth Wiley, Claire Griffith, Christopher James, Jin Xiong, Yisong Guo, Brian Hoffman, Stephen Ragsdale,* Ritimukta Sarangi "Characterization of the Methyl- and Acetyl-Ni intermediates in Acetyl CoA Synthase Formed During Anaerobic CO2 and CO Fixation" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145: 13696-13708, 2023. Accepted.[Link to Publisher's website] 
  12. Lide Cha, Yisong Guo, Wei-chen Chang "Iron and 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Isonitrile-Forming Enzymes" Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry 2023, Accepted. [Link to Publisher's website] 
  13. Lide Cha, Jared C. Paris, Brady Zanella, Martha Spletzer, Angela Yao, Yisong Guo,* Wei-chen Chang* "Mechanistic Studies of Aziridine Formation Catalyzed by Mononuclear Non-Heme-Iron Enzymes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145: 6240-6246, 2023. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    14. TqaL_mechanism
  14. Jin Xiong, Qing Liu, Barbara lavina, Michael Y. Hu, Jiyong Zhao, Esen E. Alp, Liang Deng,* Shengfa Ye,* Yisong Guo* "Spin Polarization Assisted Facile C-H Activation by an S = 1 Iron(IV)-Bisimido Complex: A Comprehensive Spectroscopic and Theoretical Investigation" Chem. Sci. 14: 2808-2820, 2023. Cover Feature [Link to Publisher's website] 
    15. FeIV-bisimido
  15. Wenjuan Zhu, Akhilesh Kumar, Jin Xiong, Macon J. Abernathy, Xiao-Xi Li, Mi Sook Seo, Yong-Min Lee, Ritimukta Sarangi, Yisong Guo, Wonwoo Nam* "Seeing the cis-Dihydroxylating Intermediate: A Mononuclear Nonheme Iron-Peroxo Complex in cis-Dihydroxylation Reactions Modeling Rieske Dioxygenases" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145:4389-4393, 2023. [Link to Publisher's website] 
  16. Yan Li, Suhashini Handunneththige, Jin Xiong, Yisong Guo,* Marat Talipov,* Dong Wang* "Direct activation of the C(sp3)-NH2 bond of primary aliphatic alkylamines by a high-valent CoIII,IV2(µ-O)2 diamond core complex" J. Am. Chem. Soc.145: 2690-2697, 2023. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    17. Co(III)Co(IV)-diamond core 2023

    2022

  17. Olivia M. Manley, Han N. Phan, Allison K. Steward, Dontae A. Mosley, Shan Xue, Lide Cha, Hongxia Bai, Veda C. lightfoot, Pierson A. Rucker, Leonard Collins, Taufika Islam Williams, Wei-chen Chang, Yisong Guo, Thomas M. Makris* "Self-sacrificial tyrosine cleavage by an Fe:Mn oxygenase for the biosynthesis of para-aminobenzoate in Chlamydia trachomatis" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 119: e2210908119 2022. [Link to Publisher's website] 
  18. Jinyan Rui, Qun Zhao, Anthony J. Huls, Jordi Soler, Jared C. Paris, Zhenhong Chen, Viktor Reshetnikov, Yunfang Yang, Yisong Guo,* Marc Garacia-Borràs,* Xiongyi Huang* "Directed Evolution of Nonheme Iron Enzymes to Access Abiological Radical-Relay C(sp3)-H Azidation" Science 376: 869-874, 2022. [Link to Publisher's website] 
  19. Xiaojun Li, Shan Xue, Yisong Guo,* Wei-chen Chang* "Mechanism of Methyldehydrofosmidomycin Maturation: Use Olefination to Enable Chain Elongation" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144: 8257-8266, 2022. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    20. DfmD_Mechanism
  20. Ronghai Cheng,† Andrew Weitz,† Jared Paris,† Yijie Tang, Jingyu Zhang, Heng Song, Nathchar Naowarojna, Kelin Li, Lu Qiao, Juan Lopez, Mark W Grinstaff,   Li Xin Zhang, Yisong Guo,* Sean Elliott,* Pinghua Liu* "OvoAMtht from Methyloversatilis thermotolerans ovothiol biosynthesis is a bifunction enzyme: cysteine dioxygenase and sulfoxide synthase activities" Chem. Sci. 13, 3589-3598, 2022. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    21. OvoA_Dual_Reactivity
  21. Tzu-Yu Chen, Ziyang Zheng, Xuan Zhang, Jinfeng Chen, Lide Cha, Yijie Tang, Yisong Guo,* Jiahai Zhou,* Binju Wang,* Hung-wei Liu,* Wei-chen Chang* "Deciphering the Reaction Pathway of Mononuclear Ionr Enzyme-Catalyzed N≡C Triple Bond Formation in Isocyanide Lipopeptide and Polyketide Biosynthesis" ACS Catal.12: 2270-2279, 2022. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    22. SfaA-ScoE_Isonitrile_formation

    2021

  22. Olivia Manley, Haoyu Tang, Shan Xue, Yisong Guo, Wei-chen Chang, Thomas Makris* "BesC Initiates C-C Cleavage through a Substrate-Triggered and Reactive Diferric-Peroxo Intermediate" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143: 21416-21424, 2021. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    23. BesC_mechanism
  23. Wenjuan Zhu, Semin Jang, Jin Xiong, Roman Ezhov, Xiao-Xi Li, Taeyeon Kim, Mi Sook Seo, Yong-Min Lee, Yulia Pushkar, Ritimukta Sarangi,* Yisong Guo, * Wonwoo Nam* "A Mononuclear Non-heme Iron(III)-Peroxo Complex with an Unprecedented High O-O Stretch and Electrophilic Reactivity" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143: 15556-15561, 2021. [Link to Publisher's website] 
  24. Brett M. Hakey,† Dylan C. Leary,† Jin Xiong, Caleb F. Harris, Jonathan M. Darmon, Jeffrey L. Petersen, John F. Berry,* Yisong Guo,* Carsten Milsmann* "High Magneti Anisotropy of a Square-Planar Iron-Carbene Complex" Inorg. Chem. 60: 18575018588, 2021. Cover Feature. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    25. Four-Coordinated_Fe(II)-Carbene_Complex
  25. Patrick M. Crossland, Yisong Guo,* Lawrence Que, Jr.* "Spontaneous Formation of an Fe/Mn Diamond Core: Models for the Fe/Mn Sites in Class 1c Ribonucleotide Reductases" Inorg. Chem. 60: 8710-8721, 2021.[Link to Publisher's website] 
    26. Fe/Mn_Diamond_Core_Complex
  26. Haoyu Tang, Yijie Tang, Igor V. Kurnikov, Hsuan-Jen Liao, Nei-Li Chan,* Maria G. Kurnikova,* Yisong Guo,* Wei-chen Chang* "Harnessing the Substrate Promiscuity of Dioxygenase AsqJ and Developing Efficient Chemoenzymatic Synthesis for Quinolones"ACS Catal. 11: 7186-7192, 2021. ACSEditorsChoice. Cover Feature. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    27. AsqJ_Biocatalysis
  27. Shiliang Tian,† Ruixi Fan,† Therese Albert, Rahul L. Khade, Hyuguang Dai, Kevin A. Harnden, Parisa Hosseinzadeh, Jing Liu, Mark J. Nilges, Yong Zhang,* Pierre Moënne-Loccoz,* Yisong Guo,* Yi Lu* "Stepwise Nitrosylation of the Nonheme Iron Site in an Engineered Azurin and a Molecular Basis for Nitric Oxide Signaling Mediated by Nonheme Iron Proteins" Chem. Sci. 12: 6569-6579, 2021. Designated as 2021 Chemical Science HOT Article . [Link to Publisher's website] 
    28. Azurin_nitrosylation
  28. Vincent P. Aguirre, Simonne Jocic, Paul Webster, Christopher Buser, John A. Moss, Laura M. Barge, Yijie Tang, Yisong Guo, Marc M. Baum* "Synthesis and Characterization of Mixed-Valent Iron Layered Double Hydroxides ("Green Rust")" ACS Earth Space Chem. 5: 40-54, 2021 [Link to Publisher's website] 
  29. Tzu-Yu Chen, Shan Xue, Wei-Chih Tsai, Tun-Cheng Chien,* Yisong Guo,* Wei-chen Chang* "Deciphering Pyrrolidine and Olefin Formation Mechanism in Kainic Acid Biosynthesis" ACS Catal. 11: 278-282, 2021. Cover Feature. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    30. KabC Mechanism

    2020

  30. Yan Li, Suhashini Handunneththige, Jin Xiong, Yisong Guo,* Marat Talipov,* Dong wang* "Opening the Co(III,IV)2(µ-O)2 Diamond Core by Lewis Bases Leads to Enhanced C-H Bond Cleaving Reactivity" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142: 21670-21678, 2021. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    31. Di-Cobalt Open-Core
  31. Tzu-Yu Chen, Jinfeng Chen, Yijie Tang, Jiahai Zhou,* Yisong Guo,* Wei-chen Chang* "Current Understanding toward Isonitrile Group Biosynthesis and Mechanism" Chin. J. Chem., 2020. Accepted. [Link to Publisher's website] 
  32. Victoria F. Oswald, Justin L. Lee, Saborni Biswas, Andrew C. Weitz, Kaustuv Mittra, Ruixi Fan, Jikun Li, Jiyong Zhao, Michael Y. Hu, Esen E. Alp, Emile L. Bominaar, Yisong Guo, Michael T. Green, Michael P. Hendrich,* Andrew S. Borovik* "Effects of Non-covalent Interactions on High-spin Fe(IV)-oxido Complexes" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142: 11804-11817, 2020. [Link to Publisher's website] 
  33. Lide Cha, Sergey Milikisiyants, Madison Davidson, Shan Xue, Tatyana Smirnova, Alex I. Smirnov,* Yisong Guo,* Wei-chen Chang* "Alternative Reactivity of Leucine 5-Hydroxylase Using an Olefin-Containing Substrate to Construct Substituted Piperdine Ring" Biochemistry, 59: 1961-1965, 2020. Cover Feature. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    34. LdoA Epoxidation
  34. Yisong Guo,* Wei-chen Chang,* Jikun Li, Madison Davidson "Non-Heme Mono-Iron Enzymes: Co-Substrate-independent Dioxygen Activation" Book Chapter in Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III, 2020. Accepted.
  35. Lide Cha, Yijie Tang, Yisong Guo,* Wei-chen Chang* "Olefin, Nitrile and Isonitrile Installation Catalyzed by Metalloenzymes" Book Chapter in Comprehensive Natural Products III 2020. [Link to Publisher's website] 
  36. Jikun Li,† Hsuan-Jen Liao,† Yijie Tang, Jhih-Liang Huang, Lide Cha, Te-Sheng Lin, Justin L. Lee, Igor V. Kurnikov, Maria G. Kurnikova,* Wei-chen Chang,* Nei-Li Chan,* Yisong Guo,* "Epoxidation Catalyzed by the Nonheme Iron(II)- and 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Oxygenase, AsqJ: Mechanistic Elucidation of Oxygen Atom Transfer by a Ferryl Intermediate" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142: 6268-6284, 2020. JACS Spotlights. Cover Feature. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    37. AsqJ_Epoxidation
  37. Tzu-Yu Chen, Jinfeng Chen, Yijie Tang, Jiahai Zhou,* Yisong Guo,* Wei-chen Chang* "Pathway from N-alkylglycine to Alkylisonitrile Catalyzed by Iron(II) and 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Oxygenases" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020. Very Important Paper. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    38. ScoE_Reaction
  38. Yisong Guo,* Wei-chen Chang,* Jikun Li, Madison Davidson "Non-Heme Mono-Iron Enzymes: Co-Substrate-Dependent Dioxygen Activation" Book Chapter in Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III, 2020. [Link to Publisher's website] 
  39. Saikat Banerjee, Apparao Draksharapu, Patrick M. Crossland, Ruixi Fan, Yisong Guo,* Marcel Swart,* Lawrence Que, Jr.* "Sc3+-Promoted O-O Bond Cleavage of a (μ-1,2-Peroxo)diiron(III) Species Formed from an Iron(II) Precursor and O2 to Generate a Complex with an FeIV2(μ-O)2 Core" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142: 4285-4297, 2020. [Link to Publisher's website] 
    40. Fe(IV)2(u-O)2

    2019

  40. Yan Li, Suhashini Handunneththige, Erik R. Farquhar, Yisong Guo, Marat R. Talipov,* Feifei Li,* Dong Wang* “A Highly Reactive CoIII,IV2(μ-O)2 Diamond Core Complex that Cleaves C-H Bonds” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141: 20217-20136, 2019. JACS Spotlights. [Link to Publisher's website] 
  41. Stefan Burén, Katelin Pratt, Xi Jiang, Yisong Guo, Emilio Jimenez-Vicente, Carlos Echavarri-Erasun, Dennis R. Dean, Ishtiaq Saaem, D. Benjamin Gordon, Christopher A. Viogt,* Luis M. Rubio* “Biosynthesis of the nitrogenase active-site cofactor precursor NifB-co in Saccharomyces cerevisiae” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 116: 25078-25086, 2019. [Link to Publisher's website]
  42. Valeria Dantignana, Joan Serrano-Plana, Apparao Draksharapu, Carla Magallón, Saikat Banerjee, Ruixi Fan, Ilaria Gamba, Yisong Guo, Lawrence Que, Jr.,* Miquel Costas,* Anna Company* “Spectroscopic and reactivity comparisons between nonheme oxoiron(IV) and oxoiron(V) species bearing the same ancillary ligand” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141: 15078-15091, 2019. [Link to Publisher's webiste] 
  43. Casey Van Stappen, Roman Daydov, Zhi-Yong Zhang, Ruixi Fan, Yisong Guo, Eckhard Bill, Lance C. Seefeldt, Brian M. Hoffman, Serena DeBeer* “Spectroscopic Description of the E1 State of Mo Nitrogenase Based on Mo and Fe X-ray Absorption and Mössbauer Studies” Inorg. Chem. 58: 12365-12376, 2019. [Link to Publisher's website]
  44. Olivia M. Manley, Ruixi Fan, Yisong Guo, Thomas M. Makris* “The Oxidative Decarboxylase UndA Utilizes a Dinuclear Iron Cofactor” J. Am. Chem. Soc.141: 8684-8688, 2019. [Link to Publisher’s website]
    45. Di-iron UndA
  45. Waqas Rasheed, Ruixi Fan, Chase S. Abelson, Paul O. Peterson, Wei Min Ching, Yisong Guo,* Lawrence Que, Jr.* “Structural Implications of the Paramagnetically Shifted NMR Signals from Pyridine H-Atoms on Synthetic Nonheme Fe(IV)=O Complexes” J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 24: 533-545, 2019. [Link to Publisher's website]
  46. Saikat Banerjee, Waqas Rasheed, Ruixi Fan, Apparao Draksharapu, Williamson N. Oloo, Yisong Guo,* Lawrence Que, Jr.* “NMR Reveals That a Highly Reactive Nonheme Fe(IV)=O Complex Retains its 6-Coordinate Geometry and S = 1 State in Solution” Chem. Eur. J. 25: 9608-9613, 2019. [Link to Publisher’s website]
    47. pNMR of Fe(IV)=O complexes
  47. Madison Davidson, Meredith McNamee, Ruixi Fan, Yisong Guo,* Wei-chen Chang* “Repurposing Nonheme Iron Hydroxylases to Enable Catalytic Nitrile Installation through an Azido Group Assistance” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141: 3419-3423, 2019. [Link to Publisher’s website]
    48. repurposing Fe/2OG enzymes
  48. Yunyun Zhou, Sittichai Natesakhawat, Thuy-Duong Nguyen-Phan, Douglas R. Kauffman, Chris M. Marin, Kim Kisslinger, Ruoqian Liu, Houlin L. Xin, Eli Stavitski, Klaus Attenkofer, Yijie Tang, Yisong Guo, Iradwikanari Waluyo, Amitava Roy, Jonathan W. Lekse, Yang Yu, John Baltrus, Yu Lu, Christopher Matranga, Congjun Wang* “Highly Active and Stable Carbon nanosheets Supported Iron Oxide for Fischer-Tropsch to Olefins Synthesis” Chem. Cat. Chem. 11: 1625-1632, 2019. Cover Feature [Link to Publisher’s website]
  49. Andrew C. Weitz, Matthew R. Mills, Alexander D. Ryabov, Terrence J. Collins, Yisong Guo, Emile L. Bominaar,* Michael P. Hendrich* “A Synthetically Generated LFeIVOHn Complex” Inorg. Chem. 58: 2099-2108, 2019. [Link to Publisher’s website]
    50. Fe(IV)OH(TAML)

    2018

  50. Cheng-Ping Yu,† Yijie Tang,† Lide Cha, Sergey Milikisiyants, Tatyana I. Smirnova, Alex I. Smirnov,* Yisong Guo,* Wei-chen Chang* “Elucidating the Reaction Pathway of Decarboxylation-Assisted Olefination Catalyzed by a Mononuclear Non-Heme Iron Enzyme” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140: 15190-15193, 2018. [Link to Publisher’s website]
    51. PisnB Mechanism
  51. Andrew C. Weitz, Ethan A. Hill, Victoria F. Oswald, Emile L. Bominaar, Andy S. Borovik, Michael P. Hendrich, Yisong Guo,* “Probing Hydrogen Bonding Interactions to Iron-Oxido/Hydroxido Units via 57Fe Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 57: 16010-16014, 2018. Very Important Paper [Link to Publisher’s website]
    52. molecule and spectra
  52. Wei-chen Chang, Pinghua Liu, Yisong Guo* “Mechanistic Elucidation of Two Catalytically Versatile Iron(II)- and α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Enzymes: Cases Beyond Hydroxylation” Comments Inorg. Chem. 38: 127-165, 2018. Invited Review [Link to Publisher’s website]
  53. Waqas Rasheed, Apparao Draksharapu, Saikat Banerjee, Victor G. Young, Ruixi Fan, Yisong Guo,* M. Ozerov, Joscha Nehrkorn, J. Krzystek, Joshua Telser,* Lawrence Que. Jr.* “Crystallographic Evidence for a Sterically induced Ferryl Tilt in a Non-heme Oxoiron(IV) Complex that Makes It a Better Oxidant” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 57: 9387-9391, 2018. Very Important Paper [Link to Publisher’s website]
    54. graph and molecules
  54. Bo Hu, Yijie Tang, Jian Luo, Grant Grove, Yisong Guo, Tianbiao Liu* “Improved Radical Stability of Viologen Anolytes in Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries” Chem. Comm. 54: 6871-6874, 2018. [Link to Publisher’s website]
  55. Jhih-Liang Huang,† Yijie Tang,† Cheng-Ping Yu, Dev Sanyal, Xinglin Jia, Xinyu Liu,* Yisong Guo,* Wei-chen Chang* “Mechanistic Investigation of Oxidative Decarboxylation Catalyzed by Two Iron(II)- and 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Enzymes” Biochemistry 57: 1838-1841, 2018. [Link to Publisher’s website]
    56. molecules and kinetics graph
  56. Ruixi Fan,† Joan Serrano-Plana,† Williamson N. Oloo, Apparao Draksharapu, Estefanía Delgado-Pinar, Anna Company, Vlad Martin-Diaconescu, Margarida Borrell, Julio Lloret-Fillol, Enrique García-España, Yisong Guo,* Emile L. Bominaar,* Lawrence Que, Jr.,* Miquel Costas,* Eckard Münck* “Spectroscopic and DFT Characterization of a Highly Reactive Nonheme FeV-oxo Intermediate” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140: 3916-3928, 2018. [Link to Publisher’s website]
    57. iron molecule
  57. Hsuan-Jen Liao,† Jikun Li,† Jhih-Liang Huang, Madison Davidson, Igor Kurnikov, Te-sheng Lin, Justin L. Lee, Maria Kurnikova,* Yisong Guo,* Nei-Li Chan,* Wei-chen Chang* “Insights into the Desaturation of Cyclopeptin and its C3 Epimer Catalyzed by a non-Heme Iron Enzymes: Structural Characterization and Mechanism Elucidation” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 57: 1831-1835, 2018. [Link to Publisher’s website]
    58. molecular equation

    2017

  58. Yisong Guo, Jikun Li “Bioinorganic Spectroscopy of Iron Sulfur Proteins — An Overview” Book Chapter in Iron Sulfur Clusters in Chemistry and Biology — Volume 1: Characterization, Properties and Applications, T. Rouault Ed. 2017.
  59. Joe D. Moore, Astrid Avellan, Clinton W. Noack, Yisong Guo, Gregory V. Lowry, Kelvin B. Gregory* “Time-dependent bacterial transcriptional response to CuO nanoparticles differs from that of Cu2+ and provides insights into CuO nanoparticle toxicity mechanisms” Environ. Sci. Nano 4: 2321–2335, 2017. [Link to Publisher’s website]
  60. Wei-Min Ching,† Ang Zhou,† Johannes E. M. N. Klein, Ruixi Fan, Gerald Knizia, Christopher J. Cramer,* Yisong Guo,* Lawrence Que Jr.* “Characterization of the Fleeting Hydroxoiron(III) Complex of the Pentadentate TMC-py Ligand” Inorg. Chem. 56: 11129–11140, 2017. [Link to Publisher’s website]
  61. Anna J. Komor, Brent S. Rivard, Ruixi Fan, Yisong Guo, Lawrence Que Jr., John D. Lipscomb* “CmlI N-Oxygenase Catalyzes the Final Three Steps in Chloramhenicol Biosynthesis without Dissociation of Intermediates” Biochemistry 56: 4940–4950, 2017. [Link to Publisher’s website]
  62. Spencer C. Peck, Chen Wang, Laura M. K. Dessama, Bo Zhang, Yisong Guo, Lauren J. Rajakovich, J. Martin Biollinger Jr., Carsten Krebs, Wilfred A. van de Donk “O-H Activation by an Unexpected Ferryl Intermediate during Catalysis by 2-Hydroxyethylphosphonate Dioxygenase” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139: 2045–2052, 2017. [Link to publisher’s website]
  63. David W. Mulder,† Yisong Guo,†* Michael W. Ratzloff, Paul W. King* “Identification of a Catalytic Iron-Hydride at the H-cluster of [FeFe]-Hydrogenase” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139: 83–86, 2017. [Link to publisher’s website]
  64. Ang Zhou, Jai Prakash, Gregory Rohde, Johannes Klein, Scott Kleespies, Apparao Draksharapu, Ruixi Fan, Yisong Guo,* Christopher Cramer,* Lawrence Que Jr.* “The Two Faces of Tetramethylcyclam in Iron Chemistry: Distinct Fe-O-M Complexes Derived from [FeIV(Oanti/syn)(TMC)]2+ Isomers” Inorg. Chem. 56: 518–527, 2017. [Link to publisher’s website]

    65. 2016

  65. Ethan A. Hill, Andrew C. Weitz, Elizabeth Onderko, Yisong Guo,* Marcel Swart, Emile L. Bominaar,* Michael T. Green,* Michael P. Hendrich,* David C. Lacy,* Andy S. Borovik,* “Reactivity of an Fe(IV)-Oxo Complex with Protons and Oxidants” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138: 13143–13146, 2016. [Link to publisher’s website]
  66. Yisong Guo,†* Carlos Echavarri-Erasun,† Marie Demuez, Emilio Jiménez-Vicente, Emile L. Bominaar,* Luis M. Rubio* “The Nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor Precursor Formed by NifB Protein: A Diamagnetic Eight Iron Atoms” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 41: 12764–12767, 2016. [Link to publisher’s website]
  67. Wei-chen Chang*, Jikun Li, Justin L. Lee, Andrea A. Cronican, Yisong Guo* “Mechanistic Investigation of a Non-Heme Iron Enzyme Catalyzed Epoxidation in (-)-4’-Methoxycyclopenin Biosynthesis” J. Am. Chem. Soc.138:10390-10393, 2016. [Link to publisher’s website]
  68. Esta Y. Tamanaha, Bo Zhang, Yisong Guo, Wei-chen Chang, Eric W. Barr, Gand Xing, Jennifer St. Clair, Shengfa Ye,* Frank Neese, J. Martin Bollinger, Jr.,* Carsten Krebs* “Spectroscopic Evidence for the Two C-H-cleaving Intermediates of Aspergillus nidulans Isopenicillin N Synthase” J. Am. Chem. Soc.138: 8862–8874, 2016. [Link to publisher’s website]
  69. Anna J. Komor, Brent S. Rivard, Ruixi Fan, Yisong Guo,* Lawrence Que, Jr.,* John D. Lipscomb* “Mechanism for Six-Electron Aryl-N-Oxygenation by the Non-Heme Diiron Enzyme CmlI” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138: 7411–7421, 2016. [Link to publisher’s website]
  70. Mayank Puri, Achintesh N. Biswas, Ruixi Fan, Yisong Guo,* Lawrence Que, Jr.* “Modeling Nonheme Iron Halogenases: High-Spin Oxo-iron(IV)-Halide Complexes that Halogenate C-H Bonds” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138: 2484 – 2487, 2016.  [Link to publisher’s website]

    71. 2015

  71. Wupeng Yan, Heng Song, Fuhang Song, Yisong Guo, Cheng-Hsuan Wu, Ampon Sae Her, Yi Pu, Shu Wang, Nathchar Naowarojna, Andrew Weitz, Michael P. Hendrich, Catherine E. Costello, Lixin Zhang,* Pinghua Liu,* Yan Jessie Zhang* “Endoperoxide Formation by an α-Ketoglytarate-Dependent Mononuclear Non-Heme iron Enzyme” Nature 527: 539 – 543, 2015. [Link to publisher’s website]
  72. Jason England, Jai Prakash, Matthew A. Cranswick, Debasish Mandal, Yisong Guo,* Eckard Münck,* Sason Shaik,* Lawrence Que, Jr.* “Oxoiron(IV) Complex of the Ethylene-Bridged Dialkylcyclam Ligand Me2EBC” Inorg. Chem. 54: 7828 – 7839, 2015. [Link to publisher’s website]
  73. Margherita Maiuri, Ines Delfino, Giulio Cerullo, Cristian Manzoni, Vladimir Pelmenschikov, Yisong Guo, Hongxin Wang, Leland B. Gee, Christie H. Dapper, William E. Newton, Stephen P. Cramer*  “Low Frequency Dynamics of the Nitrogenase MoFe Protein via Femtosecond Pump Probe Spectroscopy — Observation of a Candidate Promoting Vibration” J. Inorg. Biochem. 153: 128–135, 2015. [Link to publisher’s website]
  74. Qizhi Ren, Yisong Guo, Matthew R. Mills, Alexander D. Ryabov, Terrence J. Collins* “On the Iron(V) Reactivity of an Aggressive Tail-Fluorinated TAML Activator” Euro. J. Inorg. Chem 1445 – 1452, 2015. [Link to publisher’s website]

    75. 2014

  75. Aubrey D. Scott, Vladimir Pelmenschikov, Yisong Guo, Lifen Yan, Hongxin Wang, Simon J. George, Christie H. Dapper, William E. Newton, Yoshitaka Yoda, Yoshihito Tanaka, Stephen P. Cramer* “Structural Characterization of CO-Inhibited Mo-Nitrogenase by Combined Application of Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy, Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure, and Density Functional Theory: New Insights into the Effects of CO Binding and the Role of the Interstitial Atom” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136: 15942–15954, 2014. [Link to publisher’s website]
  76. Wei-chen Chang, Yisong Guo, Chen Wang, Susan E. Butch, Amy C. Rosenzweig, Amie K. Boal*, Carsten Krebs,* J. Martin Bollinger, Jr.* “Mechanism of the C5 Stereoinversion Reaction in the Biosynthesis of Carbapenem Antibiotics” Science, 343: 1040–1144, 2014. [Link to publisher’s website]

    77. Before 2014

  77. Chen Wang, Wei-chen Chang, Yisong Guo, Hui Huang, Spencer Peck, Maria E. Pandelia, Hung-wen Liu, Carsten Krebs, J. Martin Bollinger “Evidence that the Fosfomycin-producing Epoxidase, HppE, is a Novel Non-heme-iron Peroxidase” Science 342: 991–995, 2013.
  78. Yisong Guo, Eric Brecht, Kristen Aznavour, Jay C. Nix, Yuming Xiao, Hongxin Wang, Simon J. George, Robert Bau, Stephen Keable, John W. Peters, Michael W. W. Adams, Francis E. Jenney Jr. Wolfgang Sturhahn, E. Ercan Alp, Jiyong Zhao, Yoshitaka Yoda, Stephen P. Cramer “Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy (NRVS) of Rubredoxin and MoFe Protein Crystals” Hyperfine Interactions 222: S77–S90,2013.
  79. Devrani Mitra, Simon J. Geroge, Yisong Guo, Saeed Kamali, Stephen Keable, John W.Peters, Vladimir Pelmenschikov, David A Case, Stephen P. Cramer “Characterization of[4Fe-4S] Cluster Dynamics and Structure in Nitrogenase Fe Protein at Three OxidationLevels via Combined NRVS, EXAFS and DFT Analyses” J. Am. Chem. Soc.135: 2530–2543, 2013.
  80. Yong Yang, Weibing Dong, Yisong Guo, Robert M. Rioux “Cu(I) Catalyzed Aerobic Cross-dehydrogenative Coupling of Terminal Alkynes with Thiols for the Construction of Alkynyl Sulfides” Green Chemistry, 15: 3170–3175, 2013.
  81. Jon M. Kuchenreuther, Yisong Guo, Hongxin Wang, William K. Myers, Simon J. George, Christine A. Boyke, Yoshitaka Yoda, E. Ercan Alp, Jiyong Zhao, R. David Britt, James R. Swartz, Stephen P. Cramer “NRVS and EPR Spectroscopy of a Selectively 57Fe-enriched [FeFe] Hydrogenase Illustrating Stepwise Assembly of the H-cluster Cofactor” Biochemistry, 52: 818–826, 2012.
  82. Aidan R. McDonald, Katherine M. Van Heuvelen, Yisong Guo, Feifei Li, Emile L. Bominaar, Eckard Münck, Lawrence Que, Jr. “Characterization of a Thiolato Iron(III) Peroxy Dianion Complex”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51: 9132–9136, 2012.
  83. Aidan R. McDonald, Yisong Guo, Van V. Vu, Victor G. Young, Emile L. Bominaar, Eckard Münck, Lawrence Que, Jr. “A Mononuclear Carboxylate-Rich Oxoiron(IV) Complex”. Chem. Sci., 3: 1680–1693, 2012.
  84. Angela S. Fleischhacker, Audira Stubna, Kuang-Lung Hsueh, Yisong Guo, Sarah J. Teter, Justin C. Rose, Thomas C. Brunold, John L. Markley, Eckard Munck, Patricia J. Kiley “Characterization of the [2Fe-2S] Cluster of Escherichia coli Transcription Factor IscR”. Biochemistry, 51: 4453–4462, 2012.
  85. Simon J. George, Brett M. Barney, Devratni Mitra, Robert Y. Igarashi, Yisong Guo, Dennis R. Dean, Stephen P. Cramer, Lance C. Seefeldt “EXAFS and NRVS Reveal a Conformational Distortion of the FeMo-cofactor in the MoFe Nitrogenase Propargyl Alcohol Complex” J. Inorg. Biochem., 112: 85–92, 2012.
  86. Jason England, Yisong Guo, Katherine M. Van Heuvelen, Matthew A. Cranswick, Gergory T. Rohde, Emile L. Bominaar, Eckard Münck, Lawrance Que, Jr. “A Trigonal Bipyramidal High-Spin Oxoiron(IV) Complex Having a cis-Labile Site” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133: 11880–11883,2011.
  87. Devrani Mitra, Vladimir Pelmenschikov, Yisong Guo, David A. Case, Hongxin Wang, Weibing Dong, Ming-Liang Tan, Toshiko Ichiye, Francis E. Jenney, Jr., Michael W. W. Adams, Yoshitaka Yoda, Jiyong Zhao, and Stephen P. Cramer “Dynamics of the [4Fe-4S] Cluster in Pyrococcus furiosus D14C Ferredoxin via Nuclear Resonance Vibrational and Resonance Raman Spectroscopies, Force Field Simulations, and Density Functional Theory Calculations” Biochemistry 50: 5220–5235, 2011.
  88. Jason England, Erik R. Farquhar, Yisong Guo, Matthew A. Cranswick, Kallol Ray, Eckard Münck, Lawrence Que Jr. “Characterization of a Tricationic Trigonal Bipyramidal Iron(IV) Cyanide Complex, with a Very High Reduction Potential, and Its Iron(II) and Iron(III) Congeners” Inorg. Chem. 50: 2885–2896, 2011.
  89. Vladimir Pelmenschikov, Yisong Guo, Hongxin Wang, Stephen P. Cramer, and David A. Case “Fe-H/D Stretching and Bending Modes in Nuclear Resonance Vibrational, Raman, and Infrared Spectroscopies: Comparisons of Density Functional Theory and Experiment” Faraday Discussions 148: 409–420, 2011.
  90. Jason England, Yisong Guo, Erik R. Farquhar, Victor G. Young Jr. Eckard Münck, and Lawrence Que Jr. “The Crystal Structure of a High-Spin Oxoiron(IV) Complex and Characterization of Its Self-Decay Pathway” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132: 8635–8644, 2010.
  91. Gregory P. Holmes-Hampton, Ren Miao, Jessica Garber-Morales, Yisong Guo, Eckard Münck, and Paul A. Lindahl “A Nonheme High-Spin Ferrous Pool in Mitochondria Isolated from Fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae” Biochemistry 49: 4227–4234, 2010.
  92. Jessica Garber-Morales, Gregory P. Holmes-Hampton, Ren Miao, Yisong Guo, Eckard Münck, and Paul A. Lindahl “Biophysical Characterization of Iron in Mitochondria Isolated from Respiring and Fermenting Yeast” Biochemistry 49: 5436–5444, 2010.
  93. Ines Delfino, Giulio Cerullo, Salvatore Cannistraro, Christian Manzoni, Dario Polli, Christie Dapper, William E. Newton, Yisong Guo, and Stephen P. Cramer “Observation of Terahertz Vibrations in the Nitrogenase FeMo Cofactor by Femtossecond Pump Probe Spectroscopy – Comparisons with Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 49: 3912–3915, 2010.
  94. Yisong Guo, Hongxin Wang, Yuming Xiao, Sonja Vogt, Rudolf K. Thauer, Seigo Shima, Phillip I. Volkers, Thomas B. Rauchfuss, Vladimir Pelmentschikov, David A. Case, Ercan E. Alp, Wolfgang Sturhahn, Yoshitaka Yoda, and Stephen P. Cramer ‘Characterization of the Fe Site in Methanothermobacter marburgensis Hydrogenase (mHmd) via Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy (NRVS)’ Inorg. Chem. 47: 3969–3977, 2008.
  95. Donald E. Linn Jr., Yisong Guo, Stephen P. Cramer ‘A Novel Solution Reaction of Hexahydridoferrate(4-) with Iron(II) that Produces Iron Particles’ Inorg. Chem. Acta 361: 1552–1554 2008.
  96. Simon J. George, Juxia Fu, Yisong Guo, Owen B. Drury, Stephen Friedrich, Thomas B. Rauchfuss, Phillip I. Volkers, Jonas C. Peters, Valerie Scott, Steven B. Brown, Christine M. Thomas, Stephen P. Cramer ‘X-ray Photochemistry in Iron Complexes from Fe(0) to Fe(IV) – Can a Bug Become a Feature?’ Inorg. Chem. Acta 361: 1157–1165 2008.
  97. Yuming Xiao, Ming-Liang Tan, Toshiko Ichiye, Hongxin Wang, Yisong Guo, Matt C. Smith, Jacques Meyer, Wolfgang Sturhahn, Ercan E. Alp, Jiyong Zhao, Yoshitaka Yoda, Stephen P. Cramer ‘Dynamics of Rhodobacter capsulatus [2Fe-2S] Ferredoxin VI and Aquifex aeolicus Ferredoxin 5 via Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy (NRVS) and Resonance Raman Spectroscopy’ Biochemistry 47: 6612–6627 2008.
  98. Taras Petrenko, Serena DeBeer George, Nuria Aliaga-Alcalde, Eckhard Bill, Bernd Mienert, Yuming Xiao, Yisong Guo, Wolfgang Sturhahn, Stephen P. Cramer, Karl Wieghardt, and Frank Neese ‘Characterization of a Genuine Iron(V)-Nitrido Species by Nuclear Resonant Vibrational Spectroscopy Coupled to Density Functional Calculations’ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129: 11053–11060 2007.
  99. Stephen P. Cramer, Yuming Xiao, Hongxin Wang, Yisong Guo, Matt C. Smith ‘Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy (NRVS) of Fe-S model compounds, Fe-S Proteins, and Nitrogenase’, Hyperfine Interactions 170:47–54 2006.