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Publications by J. Gregory Ferry

2007

Li, L., Q. Li, L. Rohlin, U. Kim, K. Salmon, T. Rejtar, R. P. Gunsalus, B. L. Karger, and J. G. Ferry. Quantitative proteomic and microarray analysis of the archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans grown with acetate versus methanol. J. Proteome Res. 6:759-771.

Hausrath, E. M., L. J. Liermann, C. H. House, J. G. Ferry, and S. L. Brantley. The effect of methanogen growth on mineral substrates: will Ni markers of methanogen-based communities be detectable in the rock record? Geobiology 5:49-61.

Lessner, D. J. and J. G. Ferry. The archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans contains a protein disulfide reductase with an iron-sulfur cluster. J. Bacteriol. 189:7475-7484.

Andrade, S. L. A., E. V. Patridge, J. G. Ferry, and O. Einsle. Crystal structure of the NADH:quinone oxidoreductase WrbA from Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 189:9101-9107.

Gorrell, A. and J. G. Ferry. Investigation of the Methanosarcina thermophila acetate kinase mechanism by fluorescence quenching. Biochemistry 46:14170-14176.

Ferry, J. G. and K. Kastead. Methanogenesis. In: Archaea: Molecular Cell Biology. (R. Cavicchioli, ed.), pp. 288-314, ASM Press, Washington, D.C.

Zimmerman, S. A., J. G. Ferry, and C. Supuran. Inhibition of the archaeal beta-class (Cab) and gamma-class (Cam) carbonic anhydrases. In: Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. (A. B. Reitz and C. Lindsley, eds.), vol. 7, pp. 901-908, Bentham Publishing, Oak Park, IL.

2006

Li, Q., L. Li, T. Rejtar, D. J. Lessner, B. L. Karger, and J. G. Ferry. Electron transport in the pathway of acetate conversion to methane in the marine archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans. J. Bacteriol. 188:702-710.

Lawrence, S. H., K. B. Luther, H. Schindelin, and J. G. Ferry. Structural and functional studies suggest a catalytic mechanism for the phosphotransacetylase from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 188:1143-1154.

Lawrence, S. H. and J. G. Ferry. Steady-state kinetic analysis of phosphotransacetylase from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 188:1155-1158.

Cruz, F. and J. G. Ferry. Interaction of iron-sulfur flavoprotein with oxygen and hydrogen peroxide. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1760:858-864.

Patridge, E. V. and J. G. Ferry. WrbA from Escherichia coli and Archaeoglobus fulgidus is an NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase. J. Bacteriol. 188:3498-3506.

Ferry, J. G. and C. H. House. The stepwise evolution of early life driven by energy conservation. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23:1286-1292.

Zimmerman, S. A. and J. G. Ferry. Proposal for a hydrogen bond network in the active site of the prototypic gamma-class carbonic anhydrase. Biochemistry 45:5149-5157.

Andreev, V. P., L. Li, T. Rejtar, Q. Li, J. G. Ferry, and B. L. Karger. A new algorithm for 15N/14N quantitation with LC-ESI-MS using LTQ-FT mass spectrometry. J. Proteome Res. 5:2039-2045.

Lessner, D. J., L. Li, Q. Li, T. Rejtar, V. P. Andreev, M. Reichlen, K. Hill, J. J. Moran, B. L. Karger, and J. G. Ferry. An unconventional pathway for reduction of CO2 to methane in CO-grown Methanosarcina acetivorans revealed by proteomics. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103:17921-17926.

2005

Li, Q., L. Li, T. Rejtar, B. L. Karger, and J. G. Ferry. The proteome of Methanosarcina acetivorans. Part I, an expanded view of the biology of the cell. J. Proteome Res. 4:112-128.

Li, Q., L. Li, T. Rejtar, B. L. Karger, and J. G. Ferry. The proteome of Methanosarcina acetivorans. Part II, comparison of protein levels in acetate- and methanol-grown cells. J. Proteome Res. 4:129-136.

Gorrell, A., S. H. Lawrence, and J. G. Ferry. Structural and kinetic analyses of arginine residues in the active-site of the acetate kinase from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Biol. Chem. 80:10731-10742.

Ingram-Smith, C., A. Gorrell, S. H. Lawrence, P. Iyer, K. Smith, and J. G. Ferry. Identification of the acetate binding site in the Methanosarcina thermophila acetate kinase. J. Bacteriol. 187:2386-2394.

Moran, J. J., C. H. House, K. H. Freeman, and J. G. Ferry. Trace methane oxidation studied in several Euryarchaeota under diverse conditions. Archaea 1:303-309.

Andrade, S. L. A, F. Cruz, C. L. Drennan, V. Ramakrishnan, D. C. Rees, J. G. Ferry, and O. Einsle. Structures of the iron-sulfur flavoproteins from Methanosarcina thermophila and Archaeoglobus fulgidus. J. Bacteriol. 187:3848-3854.

Rasche, M. E. and J. G. Ferry. Molecular biology of methanogens and the archaebacteria. In: Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine. (R. A. Meyers, ed.), pp. 237-261, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co., Weinheim.

Iyer, P. and J. G. Ferry. Acetate kinase from Methanosarcina thermophila, a key enzyme for methanogenesis In: Microbial Enzymes and Biotransformations. (J. L. Barredo, ed.), pp. 239-246, Humana Press Inc., Totowa, NJ.

2004

Ding, Y.-H.R. and J.G. Ferry. Flavin mononucleotide-binding flavoprotein family in the domain Archaea. J. Bacteriol. 186:90-97.

Tripp, B.C., C.B. Bell III, F. Cruz, C. Krebs, and J.G. Ferry. A role for iron in an ancient carbonic anhydrase. J. Biol. Chem. 279:6683-6687.

Iyer, P.P., S.H. Lawrence, K.B. Luther, K.R. Rajashankar, H.P. Yennawar, J.G. Ferry, and H. Schindelin. Crystal structure of phosphotransacetylase from the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina thermophila. Structure 12:559-567.

Innocenti, A., S. Zimmerman, J.G. Ferry, A. Scozzafava, and C.T. Supuran. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Inhibition of the zinc and cobalt g-class enzyme from the archaeon Methanosarcina thermophila with anions. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 14:3327-3331.

Innocenti, A., S. Zimmerman, J.G. Ferry, A. Scozzafava, and C.T. Supuran. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Inhibition of the beta-class enzyme from the methanoarchaeon Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (Cab) with anions. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 14:4563-4567.

Zimmerman, S., A. Innocenti, A. Casini, J.G. Ferry, A. Scozzafava, and C.T. Supuran. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Inhibition of the prokariotic beta and gamma-class enzymes from Archaea with sulfonamides. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 14:6001-6006.

Parisi, G., M. Perales. M.S. Fornasari, A. Colaneri, N. González-Schain, D. Gómez-Casati, S. Zimmerman, A. Brennicke, A. Araya, J.G. Ferry, J. Echave, and E. Zabaleta. Gamma carbonic anhydrases in plant mitochondria. Plant Mol. Biol. 55:193-207.

2003

Iyer, P.P., S.H. Lawrence, H.P. Yennawar, and J.G. Ferry. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of phosphotransacetylase from Methanosarcina thermophila. Acta Cryst. D59:1517-1520.

Ljungdahl, L.G., M.W. Adams, L.L. Barton, J.G. Ferry, and M.K. Johnson (eds.). Biochemistry and Physiology of Anaerobic Bacteria, Springer-Verlag, NY.

Ferry, J.G. One-carbon metabolism in methanogenic anaerobes. In: Biochemistry and Physiology of Anaerobic Bacteria. (L. G. Ljungdahl, J. W. Adams, L. L. Barton, J. G. Ferry, and M. K. Johnson, eds.), pp. 143-156, Springer-Verlag, NY.

2002

Tripp, B.C., C. Tu, and J.G. Ferry. Role of arginine 59 in the β-class carbonic anhydrases. Biochemistry. 41:669-678.

Galagan, J.E., C. Nusbaum, A. Roy, M.G. Endrizzi, M. Pendexter, W. FitzHugh, S. Calvo, R. Engels, S. Smirnov, D. Atnoor, A. Brown, N. Allen, J. Naylor, N. Stange-Thomann, K. DeArellano, R. Johnson, L. Linton, P. McEwan, K. McKernan, J. Talamas, A. Tirrell, W. Ye, A. Zimmer, R.D. Barber, I. Cann, D.E. Graham, D.A. Grahame, A. Guss, R. Hedderich, C. Ingram-Smith, H.C. Kuettner, J.A. Krzycki, J.A. Leigh, W. Li, J. Liu, B. Mukhopadhyay, J.N. Reeve, K. Smith, T. Springer, L.A. Umayam, O. White, R.H. White, E. Conway de Macario, J.G. Ferry, K.F. Jarrell, H. Jing, A.J.L. Macario, I. Paulsen, M. Pritchett, K.R. Sowers, R.V. Swanson, S.H. Zinder, E. Lander, W.W. Metcalf, and B. Birren. The genome of Methanosarcina acetivorans reveals unprecedented metabolic and physiological diversity. Genome Res. 12:532-542.

Miles, R.D., A. Gorrell, and J.G. Ferry. Evidence for a transition state analog, MgADP-aluminum fluoride-acetate, in acetate kinase from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Biol. Chem. 277:22547-22552.

Smith, K.S., C. Ingram-Smith, and J.G. Ferry. Roles of the conserved aspartate and arginine in the catalytic mechanism of an archaeal β-class carbonic anhydrase. J. Bacteriol. 184:4240-4245.

Ding, Y.H., S.P. Zhang, J.F. Tomb, and J.G. Ferry. Genomic and proteomic analyses reveal multiple homologs of genes encoding enzymes of the methanol:coenzyme M methyltransferase system that are differentially expressed in methanol- and acetate-grown Methanosarcina thermophila. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 215:127-132.

Tu, C., B.C. Tripp, R. Rowlett, J.G. Ferry, and D.N. Silverman. Chemical rescue of proton transfer in catalysis by carbonic anhydrases in the beta and gamma class. Biochemistry. 41:15429-15435.

Sowers, K.R., and J.G. Ferry. Methanogenesis in the marine environment. In: The Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology. (G. Bitton, ed.), pp. 1913-1923, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

2001

Buss, K.R., D.C. Cooper, C. Ingram-Smith, J.G. Ferry, D.A. Sanders, and M.S. Hasson. Urkinase: Structure of acetate kinase, a member of the ASKHA superfamily of phosphotransferases. J. Bacteriol. 183:680-686.

Strop, P., K.S. Smith, T.M. Iverson, J.G. Ferry, and D.C. Rees. Crystal structure of the 'cab' type beta class carbonic anhydrase from the archaeon Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. J. Biol. Chem. 276:10299-10305.

Barber, R.D., and J.G. Ferry. Archaeal proteasomes. Method. Enzymol. 330:413-424.

Iyer, P.P., and J.G. Ferry. Role of arginines in coenzyme A binding and catalysis by the phosphotransacetylase from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 183:4244-4250.

Tu, C., B.C. Tripp, J.G. Ferry, and D.N. Silverman. Bicarbonate as proton donor in catalysis by Zn(II)- and Co(II)-containing carbonic anhydrases. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123:5861-5866.

Ferry, J.G., and D.R. Boone. Genus I. Methanospirillum. In: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Vol. 1, 2^nd ed., (R. Castenholtz and D. R. Boone, eds.), pp. 264-267, The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore.

Zhao, T., F. Cruz, and J.G. Ferry. Iron-sulfur flavoprotein (Isf) from Methanosarcina thermophila is the prototype of a widely distributed family. J. Bacteriol. 183:6225-6233.

Tripp, B.C., K.S. Smith, and J.G. Ferry. Carbonic anhydrase: new insights for an ancient enzyme. J. Biol. Chem. 276:48651-48618.

Miles, R.D., P.P. Iyer, and J.G. Ferry. Site-directed mutational analysis of active site residues in the acetate kinase from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Biol. Chem. 276:45059-45064.

Ferry, J.G. Methanogenesis Biochemistry. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Nature Publishing Group, London, [www.els.net].

Barber, R.D., and J.G. Ferry. Methanogenesis Ecology. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Nature Publishing Group, London, [www.els.net].

2000

Borup, B. and J.G. Ferry. O-Acetylserine Sulfhydrylase from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 182:45-50.

Liermann, L.L., B.E. Kalinowski, S.L. Brantley, and J.G. Ferry. Role of Bacterial Siderophores in Dissolution of Horneblende. Geochem. Cosmochem. Acta 64:587-602.

Singh-Wissmann, K., R.D. Miles, C. Ingram-Smith, and J.G. Ferry. Identification of Essential Arginines in the Acetate Kinase from Methanosarcina thermophila. Biochemistry 39:3671-3677.

Tripp, B.C. and J.G. Ferry. A Structure-function Study of a Proton Transport Pathway in the g-class Carbonic Anhydrase from Methanosarcina thermophila. Biochemistry 39:9232-9240.

Iverson, T.M., B.E. Alber, C. Kisker, J.G. Ferry, and D.C. Rees. A Closer Look at the Active Site of g-class Carbonic Anhydrases: High-resolution Crystallographic Studies of the Carbonic Anhydrase from Methanosarcina thermophila. Biochemistry 39:9222-9231.

Borup, B. and J.G. Ferry. Cysteine Biosynthesis in the Archaea: Methanosarcina thermophila Utilizes O-acetylserine Sulfhydrylase. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 189:205-210.

Smith, K.S. and J.G. Ferry. Procaryotic Carbonic Anhydrases. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 24:335-366.

Leartsakulpanich, U., M.L. Antonkine, and J.G. Ferry. Site-specific Mutational Analysis of a Novel Cysteine Motif Proposed to Ligate the 4Fe-4S Cluster in the Iron-sulfur Flavoprotein (Isf) of the Thermophilic Methanoarchaeon Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 182:5309-5316.

Ingram-Smith, C., R.D. Barber, and J.G. Ferry. The Role of Histidines in the Acetate Kinase from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Biol. Chem. 275:33765-33700.

Smith, K.S., N.J. Cosper, C. Stalhandske, R.A. Scott, and J.G. Ferry. Structural and Kinetic Characterization of an Archaeal b Class Carbonic Anhydrase. J. Bacteriol. 182:6605-6613.

1999

Alber, B.E., C.M. Colangelo, J. Dong, C.M.V. Stålhandske, T.T. Baird, C. Tu, C.A. Fierke, D.N. Silverman, R.A. Scott, and J.G. Ferry. Kinetic and Spectroscopic Characterization of the Gamma Carbonic Anhydrase from the Methanoarchae on Methanosarcina thermophila. Biochemistry 40:13119-13128.

Ferry, J.G. Enzymology of One-carbon Reactions in Methanogenic Pathways. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 23:12-38.

Smith, K.S. and J.G. Ferry. A Plant-type (b class) Carbonic Anhydrase from the Thermophilic Methanoarchaeon Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. J. Bacteriol. 181:6247-6253.

Smith, K.S., C. Jakubzick, T.C. Whittam, and J.G. Ferry. Carbonic Anhydrase is an Ancient Enzyme Widespread in Prokaryotes. Proc. Natl. Acad Sci. USA 96:15184-15189.

1998

Becker, D.F., U. Leartsakulpanich, K.K. Surerus, J.G. Ferry, and S.W. Ragsdale. Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Properties of the Iron-sulfur Flavoprotein from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Biol. Chem. 273:26462-26469.

Maupin-Furlow, J.A., H.C. Aldrich, and J.G. Ferry. Biochemical Characterization of the 20S Proteasome from the Methanoarchaeaon Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 180:1480-1487.

Singh-Wissmann, K., C. Ingram-Smith, R.D. Miles, and J.G. Ferry. Identification of Essential Glutamates in the Acetate Kinase from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 180:1129 1134.

1997

Buss, K.A., C. Ingram-Smith, J.G. Ferry, D.A. Sanders, and M.S. Hasson. Crystallization of Acetate Kinase from Methanosarcina thermophila and Prediction of its Fold. Protein Science. 6:2659-2662.

Ferry, J.G. Enzymology of the Fermentation of Acetate to Methane by Methanosarcina thermophila. BioFactors. 6:25-35.

Ferry, J.G. Methane: Small Molecule Big Impact. Science 278:1413-1414.

Rasche, M.E., K.S. Smith, and J.G. Ferry. Identification of Cysteine and Arginine Residues Essential for the Phosphotransacetylase from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 179:7712-7717.

1996

Maupin-Furlow, J.A. and J.G. Ferry. Characterization of the cdhD and cdhE Genes Encoding Subunits of the Corrinoid/iron-sulfur Enzyme of the CO Dehydrogenase Complex from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 178:340-346.

Alber, B.E. and J.G. Ferry. Characterization of Heterologously-produced Carbonic Anhydrase from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 178:2370-3274.

Kisker, C., H. Schindelin, B.E. Alber, J.G. Ferry, and D.C. Rees. A Left-handed-helix Revealed by the Crystal Structure of a Carbonic Anhydrase from an Archaeon. EMBO J. 15:2323-2330.

Jablonski, P.E., D.J. Pheasant, and J.G. Ferry. Conversion of Kepone by Methanosarcin thermophila. FEMS Lett. 139:169-173.

Latimer, M.T., M.A. Painter, and J.G. Ferry. Characterization of a Novel Iron-Sulfur Flavoprotein from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Biol. Chem. 271:24023-24028.

Maupin-Furlow, J.A., and J.G. Ferry. Analysis of the CO Dehydrogenase/acetyl-CoA Synthase Operon of Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 178:6849-6856.

Ferry, J.G. and J.A. Maupin-Furlow. Analysis of Genes in the Pathway for the Fermentation of Acetate to Methane by Methanosarcina thermophila. In: Microbial Growth on C1 Compounds. (M. Lidstrom and R. Tabita, eds.), pp. 64-71, Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, Netherlands.

Rashce, M.E. and J.G. Ferry. Molecular Biology of Methanogens and Archaea. In: The Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine. (R.A. Meyers, ed.), pp. 66-78, Weinheim, New York.

1995

Alber, B.E. and J.G. Ferry. Purification of Carbonic Anhydrase from Methanosarcina thermophila. In: Archaea, A Laboratory Manual. (F.T. Robb, A.R. Place, K.R. Sowers, H.J. Schreier, S. DasSarma and E.M. Fleischmann, eds.), pp. 243-246, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

Baron, S.F. and J.G. Ferry. Purification of the Coenzyme F₄₂₀-reducing Hydrogenase from Methanobacterium formicicum. In: Archaea, A Laboratory Manual. (F.T. Robb, A.R. Place, K.R. Sowers, H.J. Schreier, S. DasSarma and E.M. Fleischmann, eds.), pp. 217-220, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

Clements, A.P. and J.G. Ferry. Purification of the Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase-linked Ferredoxin from Methanosarcina thermophila. In: Archaea, A Laboratory Manual. (F.T. Robb, A.R. Place, K.R. Sowers, H.J. Schreier, S. DasSarma and E.M. Fleischmann, eds.), pp. 237-241, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

Ferry, J.G. CO Dehydrogenase. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 49:305-333.

Latimer, M.T. and J.G. Ferry. Purification of Methanosarcina thermophila Acetate Kinase and Phosphotransacetylase Overproduced in Escherichia coli. In: Archaea, A Laboratory Manual. (F.T. Robb, A.R. Place, K.R. Sowers, H.J. Schreier, S. DasSarma and E.M. Fleischmann, eds.), pp. 225-230, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

Maupin-Furlow, J.A. and J.G. Ferry. A Proteasome from the Methanogenic Archaeon Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Biol. Chem. 270:28617-28622.

Rasche, M.E., K.C. Terlesky, D.R. Abbanat, and J.G. Ferry. Purification of Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase from Methanosarcina thermophila. In: Archaea, A Laboratory Manual. (F.T. Robb, A.R. Place, K.R. Sowers, H.J. Schreier, S. DasSarma and E.M. Fleischmann, eds.), pp. 231-235, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

Schauer, N.L. and J.G. Ferry. Purification of formate Dehydrogenase from Methanobacterium formicicum. In: Archaea, A Laboratory Manual. (F.T. Robb, A.R. Place, K.R. Sowers, H.J. Schreier, S. DasSarma and E.M. Fleischmann, eds.), pp. 221-224, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

Singh-Wissmann, K. and J.G. Ferry. Transcriptional Regulation of the Phosphotransacetylase-Encoding and Acetate Kinase-Encoding Genes (pta and ack) from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 177:1699-1702.


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About Us Faculty Facilities Seminars Publications News and Events Outreach Links	Publications by J. Gregory Ferry 2007 Li, L., Q. Li, L. Rohlin, U. Kim, K. Salmon, T. Rejtar, R. P. Gunsalus, B. L. Karger, and J. G. Ferry. Quantitative proteomic and microarray analysis of the archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans grown with acetate versus methanol. J. Proteome Res. 6:759-771. Hausrath, E. M., L. J. Liermann, C. H. House, J. G. Ferry, and S. L. Brantley. The effect of methanogen growth on mineral substrates: will Ni markers of methanogen-based communities be detectable in the rock record? Geobiology 5:49-61. Lessner, D. J. and J. G. Ferry. The archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans contains a protein disulfide reductase with an iron-sulfur cluster. J. Bacteriol. 189:7475-7484. Andrade, S. L. A., E. V. Patridge, J. G. Ferry, and O. Einsle. Crystal structure of the NADH:quinone oxidoreductase WrbA from Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 189:9101-9107. Gorrell, A. and J. G. Ferry. Investigation of the Methanosarcina thermophila acetate kinase mechanism by fluorescence quenching. Biochemistry 46:14170-14176. Ferry, J. G. and K. Kastead. Methanogenesis. In: Archaea: Molecular Cell Biology. (R. Cavicchioli, ed.), pp. 288-314, ASM Press, Washington, D.C. Zimmerman, S. A., J. G. Ferry, and C. Supuran. Inhibition of the archaeal beta-class (Cab) and gamma-class (Cam) carbonic anhydrases. In: Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. (A. B. Reitz and C. Lindsley, eds.), vol. 7, pp. 901-908, Bentham Publishing, Oak Park, IL. 2006 Li, Q., L. Li, T. Rejtar, D. J. Lessner, B. L. Karger, and J. G. Ferry. Electron transport in the pathway of acetate conversion to methane in the marine archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans. J. Bacteriol. 188:702-710. Lawrence, S. H., K. B. Luther, H. Schindelin, and J. G. Ferry. Structural and functional studies suggest a catalytic mechanism for the phosphotransacetylase from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 188:1143-1154. Lawrence, S. H. and J. G. Ferry. Steady-state kinetic analysis of phosphotransacetylase from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 188:1155-1158. Cruz, F. and J. G. Ferry. Interaction of iron-sulfur flavoprotein with oxygen and hydrogen peroxide. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1760:858-864. Patridge, E. V. and J. G. Ferry. WrbA from Escherichia coli and Archaeoglobus fulgidus is an NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase. J. Bacteriol. 188:3498-3506. Ferry, J. G. and C. H. House. The stepwise evolution of early life driven by energy conservation. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23:1286-1292. Zimmerman, S. A. and J. G. Ferry. Proposal for a hydrogen bond network in the active site of the prototypic gamma-class carbonic anhydrase. Biochemistry 45:5149-5157. Andreev, V. P., L. Li, T. Rejtar, Q. Li, J. G. Ferry, and B. L. Karger. A new algorithm for 15N/14N quantitation with LC-ESI-MS using LTQ-FT mass spectrometry. J. Proteome Res. 5:2039-2045. Lessner, D. J., L. Li, Q. Li, T. Rejtar, V. P. Andreev, M. Reichlen, K. Hill, J. J. 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