2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
All Publications on PubMed
Don Bryant's CV

2008

• Gomez Maqueo Chew, A., Frigaard, N.-U., and Bryant, D. A.
  Identification of the gene encoding geranylgeranyl reductase, BchP, in Chlorobaculum tepidum.
  J. Bacteriol. 190: 747-749.
• Garcia Costas, A. M., Graham, J. E., and Bryant, D. A.
  Ketocarotenoids in chlorosomes of Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum. In: Energy from the Sun, (J. F. Allen, E. Gantt, J. H. Golbeck and B. Osmond, eds.), pp. 1167-1170. Springer, Dordrecht.
• Shen, G., Schluchter, W. M. and Bryant, D. A.
  Biogenesis of phycobiliproteins. I. cpcS-I and cpcU mutants of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 identify a heterodimeric phycocyanobilin lyase specific for b–phycocyanin and allophycocyanin subunits.
  J. Biol. Chem. 283: 7503-7512.
• Saunée, N. A., Williams, S. R., Bryant, D. A. and Schluchter, W. M.
  Biogenesis of phycobiliproteins. II. CpcS-I and CpcU comprise the heterodimeric bilin lyase that attaches phycocyanobilin to Cys-82 of b–phycocyanin and Cys-81 of allophycocyanin subunits in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002.
  J. Biol. Chem. 283: 7513-7522.
• Frigaard, N.-U. and Bryant, D. A.
  Genomic insights into the sulfur metabolism of phototrophic sulfur bacteria. In: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, Vol. 27, Sulfur Metabolism in Phototrophic Organisms, R. Hell, C. Dahl, D. B. Knaff, and T. Leustek, eds., pp. 343-361. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
• Frigaard, N.-U. and Bryant, D. A.
  Genomic and evolutionary perspectives on sulfur metabolism in green sulfur bacteria. In: Microbial Sulfur Metabolism (Proceedings of the International Symposium on Microbial Sulfur Metabolism), C. G. Friedrich and C. Dahl, eds., Münster, Germany, June 29-July 02, 2006, pp. 60-76. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
• Grimme, R. A., Lubner, C. E., Bryant, D. A. and Golbeck, J. H.
  Efficient photohydrogen production from Photosystem I and noble metal nanoparticles joined by a molecular wire.
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130: 6308-6309.
• Carrieri, D., Ananyev, G., Garcia Costas, A. M., Bryant, Donald A. and Dismukes, G. C.
  Renewable hydrogen production by cyanobacteria: nickel requirements for optimal hydrogenase activity.
  Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 33: 2014-2022.
• Zhao, F., Zhao, F., Li, T. and Bryant, D. A.
  A new pheromone-based genetic algorithm for comparative genome assembly.
  Nucl. Acids Res. 36: 3455-3462.
• Maresca, J. A., Graham, J. E., and Bryant, D. A.
  Carotenoid biosynthesis in chlorophototrophs: the biochemical and genetic basis for structural diversity.
  Photosynth. Res. 97: 121-140.
• Shen, G., Leonard, H. S., Schluchter, W. M. and Bryant, D. A.
  CpcM post-translationally methylates asparagine-71/72 of phycobiliprotein beta subunits in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 and Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.
  J. Bacteriol. 190: 4808-4817.
• Miller, C. A., Leonard, H. S., Pinsky, I. G., Turner, B. M., Williams, S. R., Harrison, L., Jr., Fletcher, A. F., Shen, G., Bryant, D. A. and Schluchter, W. M.
  Biogenesis of phycobiliproteins. III. CpcM is the asparagine methyltransferase for phycobiliprotein beta subunits. in cyanobacteria. 
  J. Biol. Chem. 283: 19293-19300.

2007

• Shen G, Balasubramanian R, Wang T, Wu Y, Hoffart LM, Krebs C, Bryant DA, Golbeck JH.
  SufR coordinates two [4Fe-4S]2+,1+ clusters and functions as a transcriptional repressor of the sufBCDS operon and an autoregulator of sufR in cyanobacteria.
  J Biol Chem. 2007 Sep 7
• Chew AG, Frigaard NU, Bryant DA.
  Bacteriochlorophyllide c C-82 and C-121 Methyltransferases Are Essential for Adaptation to Low Light in Chlorobaculum tepidum.
  J Bacteriol. 2007 Sep
• Klatt CG, Bryant DA, Ward DM.
  Comparative genomics provides evidence for the 3-hydroxypropionate autotrophic pathway in filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria and in hot spring microbial mats.
  Environ Microbiol. 2007 Aug
• Bryant DA, Costas AM, Maresca JA, Chew AG, Klatt CG, Bateson MM, Tallon LJ, Hostetler J, Nelson WC, Heidelberg JF, Ward DM.Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum: an aerobic phototrophic Acidobacterium.
  Science 2007 Jul 27
• Ikonen TP, Li H, Psencik J, Laurinmaki PA, Butcher SJ, Frigaard NU, Serimaa RE, Bryant DA, Tuma R.
  X-ray scattering and electron cryomicroscopy study on the effect of carotenoid biosynthesis to the structure of Chlorobium tepidum chlorosomes.
  Biophys J. 2007 Jul 15;
• Maresca JA, Graham JE, Wu M, Eisen JA, Bryant DA.
  Identification of a fourth family of lycopene cyclases in photosynthetic bacteria.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Jul 10
• Kim H, Li H, Maresca JA, Bryant DA, Savikhin S.
  Triplet exciton formation as a novel photoprotection mechanism in chlorosomes of Chlorobium tepidum.
  Biophys J. 2007 Jul 1;
• Antonkine ML, Maes EM, Czernuszewicz RS, Breitenstein C, Bill E, Falzone CJ, Balasubramanian R, Lubner C, Bryant DA, Golbeck JH.
  Chemical rescue of a site-modified ligand to a [4Fe-4S] cluster in PsaC, a bacterial-like dicluster ferredoxin bound to Photosystem I.
  Biochim Biophys Acta. 2007 Jun;
• Woodger FJ, Bryant DA, Price GD.
  Free in PMC Transcriptional regulation of the CO2-concentrating mechanism in a euryhaline, coastal marine cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002: role of NdhR/CcmR.
  J Bacteriol. 2007 May;
• Chew AG, Bryant DA.
  Chlorophyll Biosynthesis in Bacteria: The Origins of Structural and Functional Diversity.
  Annu Rev Microbiol. 2007 Jun 5
• Inoue-Sakamoto K, Gruber TM, Christensen SK, Arima H, Sakamoto T, Bryant DA.
  Group 3 sigma factors in the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 are required for growth at low temperature.
  J Gen Appl Microbiol. 2007 Apr
• Chew AG, Bryant DA.
  Characterization of a plant-like protochlorophyllide a divinyl reductase in green sulfur bacteria.
  J Biol Chem. 2007 Feb 2
• Frigaard, N.-U. and Bryant, D. A.
  Genomic insights into the sulfur metabolism of phototrophic sulfur bacteria.
  In: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, Vol. X, Sulfur Metabolism in Phototrophic Organisms, C. Dahl, R. Hell, D. B. Knaff, and T. Leustek, eds., in press. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.2007.
• Frigaard, N.-U. and Bryant, D. A.
  Genomic and evolutionary perspectives on sulfur metabolism in green sulfur bacteria.
  In: Microbial Sulfur Metabolism (Proceedings of the International Symposium on Microbial Sulfur Metabolism), C. G. Friedrich and C. Dahl, eds., Münster, Germany, June 29-July 02, 2006, pp. 60-76. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 2007.

2006

• Bryant DA, Frigaard NU.
  Prokaryotic photosynthesis and phototrophy illuminated.
  Trends Microbiol. 2006 Nov
• Maresca JA, Bryant DA.
  Two genes encoding new carotenoid-modifying enzymes in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum.
  J Bacteriol. 2006 Sep
• Li H, Frigaard NU, Bryant DA.
  Molecular contacts for chlorosome envelope proteins revealed by cross-linking studies with chlorosomes from Chlorobium tepidum.
  Biochemistry. 2006 Aug 1
• Shen G, Saunee NA, Williams SR, Gallo EF, Schluchter WM, Bryant DA.
  Identification and characterization of a new class of bilin lyase: the cpcT gene encodes a bilin lyase responsible for attachment of phycocyanobilin to Cys-153 on the beta-subunit of phycocyanin in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002.
  J Biol Chem. 2006 Jun 30;
• Sakuragi Y, Maeda H, Dellapenna D, Bryant DA.
  alpha-Tocopherol plays a role in photosynthesis and macronutrient homeostasis of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 that is independent of its antioxidant function.
  Plant Physiol. 2006 Jun;
• Balasubramanian R, Shen G, Bryant DA, Golbeck JH.
  Regulatory roles for IscA and SufA in iron homeostasis and redox stress responses in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002.
  J Bacteriol. 2006 May;

2005

• Frigaard NU, Li H, Martinsson P, Das SK, Frank HA, Aartsma TJ, Bryant DA.
  Isolation and characterization of carotenosomes from a bacteriochlorophyll c-less mutant of Chlorobium tepidum.
  Photosynth Res. 2005 Nov;
• Sakuragi Y, Zybailov B, Shen G, Bryant DA, Golbeck JH, Diner BA, Karygina I, Pushkar Y, Stehlik D.
  Recruitment of a foreign quinone into the A1 site of photosystem I. Characterization of a menB rubA double deletion mutant in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 devoid of FX, FA, and FB and containing plastoquinone or exchanged 9,10-anthraquinone.
  J Biol Chem. 2005 Apr 1;

2004

• Frigaard NU, Bryant DA.
  Seeing green bacteria in a new light: genomics-enabled studies of the photosynthetic apparatus in green sulfur bacteria and filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria.
  Arch Microbiol. 2004 Oct;
• Frigaard NU, Maresca JA, Yunker CE, Jones AD, Bryant DA.
  Genetic manipulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum.
  J Bacteriol. 2004 Aug;
• Maresca JA, Gomez Maqueo Chew A, Ponsati MR, Frigaard NU, Ormerod JG, Bryant DA.
  The bchU gene of Chlorobium tepidum encodes the c-20 methyltransferase in bacteriochlorophyll c biosynthesis.
  J Bacteriol. 2004 May;
• Wang T, Shen G, Balasubramanian R, McIntosh L, Bryant DA, Golbeck JH.
  The sufR gene (sll0088 in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803) functions as a repressor of the sufBCDS operon in iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis in cyanobacteria.
  J Bacteriol. 2004 Feb;
• Frigaard NU, Li H, Milks KJ, Bryant DA.
  Nine mutants of Chlorobium tepidum each unable to synthesize a different chlorosome protein still assemble functional chlorosomes.
  J Bacteriol. 2004 Feb;
• Frigaard NU, Sakuragi Y, Bryant DA.
  Gene inactivation in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 and the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum using in vitro-made DNA constructs and natural transformation.
  Methods Mol Biol. 2004;