Scott A. Ensign - Publications

Affiliations: 
Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States 
Area:
Biochemistry, Microbiology Biology

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2019 Soundararajan M, Ledbetter R, Kusuma P, Zhen S, Ludden P, Bugbee B, Ensign SA, Seefeldt LC. Phototrophic N and CO Fixation Using a -H Mediated Electrochemical System With Infrared Photons. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10: 1817. PMID 31474945 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2019.01817  0.551
2011 Kofoed MA, Wampler DA, Pandey AS, Peters JW, Ensign SA. Roles of the redox-active disulfide and histidine residues forming a catalytic dyad in reactions catalyzed by 2-ketopropyl coenzyme M oxidoreductase/carboxylase. Journal of Bacteriology. 193: 4904-13. PMID 21764916 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.05231-11  0.811
2011 Ensign SA. Microbiology. Another microbial pathway for acetate assimilation. Science (New York, N.Y.). 331: 294-5. PMID 21252338 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1201252  0.405
2011 Pandey AS, Mulder DW, Ensign SA, Peters JW. Structural basis for carbon dioxide binding by 2-ketopropyl coenzyme M oxidoreductase/carboxylase. Febs Letters. 585: 459-64. PMID 21192936 DOI: 10.1016/J.Febslet.2010.12.035  0.401
2010 Boyd JM, Clark DD, Kofoed MA, Ensign SA. Mechanism of inhibition of aliphatic epoxide carboxylation by the coenzyme M analog 2-bromoethanesulfonate. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285: 25232-42. PMID 20551308 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M110.144410  0.808
2010 Sliwa DA, Krishnakumar AM, Peters JW, Ensign SA. Molecular basis for enantioselectivity in the (R)- and (S)-hydroxypropylthioethanesulfonate dehydrogenases, a unique pair of stereoselective short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases involved in aliphatic epoxide carboxylation. Biochemistry. 49: 3487-98. PMID 20302306 DOI: 10.1021/Bi100294M  0.77
2009 Mashruwala A, Ensign SA. Aerobic ethylbenzene metabolism via a CO2-dependent pathway by Rhodococcus ruber Acs National Meeting Book of Abstracts 0.337
2008 Krishnakumar AM, Sliwa D, Endrizzi JA, Boyd ES, Ensign SA, Peters JW. Getting a handle on the role of coenzyme M in alkene metabolism. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews : Mmbr. 72: 445-56. PMID 18772284 DOI: 10.1128/Mmbr.00005-08  0.484
2006 Boyd JM, Ellsworth A, Ensign SA. Characterization of 2-bromoethanesulfonate as a selective inhibitor of the coenzyme m-dependent pathway and enzymes of bacterial aliphatic epoxide metabolism. Journal of Bacteriology. 188: 8062-9. PMID 16997966 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.00947-06  0.694
2006 Ensign SA. Revisiting the glyoxylate cycle: alternate pathways for microbial acetate assimilation. Molecular Microbiology. 61: 274-6. PMID 16856935 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.2006.05247.X  0.381
2006 Krishnakumar AM, Nocek BP, Clark DD, Ensign SA, Peters JW. Structural basis for stereoselectivity in the (R)- and (S)-hydroxypropylthioethanesulfonate dehydrogenases. Biochemistry. 45: 8831-40. PMID 16846226 DOI: 10.1021/Bi0603569  0.767
2006 Pandey AS, Nocek B, Clark DD, Ensign SA, Peters JW. Mechanistic implications of the structure of the mixed-disulfide intermediate of the disulfide oxidoreductase, 2-ketopropyl-coenzyme M oxidoreductase/carboxylase. Biochemistry. 45: 113-20. PMID 16388586 DOI: 10.1021/Bi051518O  0.774
2005 Wampler DA, Ensign SA. Photoheterotrophic metabolism of acrylamide by a newly isolated strain of Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71: 5850-7. PMID 16204496 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.71.10.5850-5857.2005  0.677
2005 Boyd JM, Ensign SA. Evidence for a metal-thiolate intermediate in alkyl group transfer from epoxypropane to coenzyme M and cooperative metal ion binding in epoxyalkane:CoM transferase. Biochemistry. 44: 13151-62. PMID 16185083 DOI: 10.1021/Bi0505619  0.631
2005 Boyd JM, Ensign SA. ATP-dependent enolization of acetone by acetone carboxylase from Rhodobacter capsulatus. Biochemistry. 44: 8543-53. PMID 15938645 DOI: 10.1021/Bi050393K  0.613
2004 Boyd JM, Ellsworth H, Ensign SA. Bacterial acetone carboxylase is a manganese-dependent metalloenzyme. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279: 46644-51. PMID 15337755 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M407177200  0.656
2004 Clark DD, Boyd JM, Ensign SA. The stereoselectivity and catalytic properties of Xanthobacter autotrophicus 2-[(R)-2-Hydroxypropylthio]ethanesulfonate dehydrogenase are controlled by interactions between C-terminal arginine residues and the sulfonate of coenzyme M. Biochemistry. 43: 6763-71. PMID 15157110 DOI: 10.1021/Bi049783H  0.718
2004 Nocek B, Boyd J, Ensign SA, Peters JW. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of an acetone carboxylase from Xanthobacter autotrophicus strain Py2. Acta Crystallographica. Section D, Biological Crystallography. 60: 385-7. PMID 14747734 DOI: 10.1107/S0907444903028373  0.731
2003 Ensign SA, Allen JR. Aliphatic epoxide carboxylation. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 72: 55-76. PMID 12524213 DOI: 10.1146/Annurev.Biochem.72.121801.161820  0.518
2002 Nocek B, Jang SB, Jeong MS, Clark DD, Ensign SA, Peters JW. Structural basis for CO2 fixation by a novel member of the disulfide oxidoreductase family of enzymes, 2-ketopropyl-coenzyme M oxidoreductase/carboxylase. Biochemistry. 41: 12907-13. PMID 12390015 DOI: 10.1021/Bi026580P  0.782
2002 Nocek B, Clark DD, Ensign SA, Peters JW. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of an R-2-hydroxypropyl-coenzyme M dehydrogenase. Acta Crystallographica. Section D, Biological Crystallography. 58: 1470-3. PMID 12198305 DOI: 10.1107/S0907444902010685  0.772
2002 Sluis MK, Larsen RA, Krum JG, Anderson R, Metcalf WW, Ensign SA. Biochemical, molecular, and genetic analyses of the acetone carboxylases from Xanthobacter autotrophicus strain Py2 and Rhodobacter capsulatus strain B10. Journal of Bacteriology. 184: 2969-77. PMID 12003937 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.184.11.2969-2977.2002  0.761
2002 Krum JG, Ellsworth H, Sargeant RR, Rich G, Ensign SA. Kinetic and microcalorimetric analysis of substrate and cofactor interactions in epoxyalkane:CoM transferase, a zinc-dependent epoxidase. Biochemistry. 41: 5005-14. PMID 11939797 DOI: 10.1021/Bi0255221  0.81
2002 Clark DD, Ensign SA. Characterization of the 2-[(R)-2-hydroxypropylthio]ethanesulfonate dehydrogenase from Xanthobacter strain Py2: product inhibition, pH dependence of kinetic parameters, site-directed mutagenesis, rapid equilibrium inhibition, and chemical modification. Biochemistry. 41: 2727-40. PMID 11851420 DOI: 10.1021/Bi0118005  0.682
2001 Ensign SA. Microbial metabolism of aliphatic alkenes Biochemistry. 40: 5845-5853. PMID 11352719 DOI: 10.1021/Bi015523D  0.318
2001 Krum JG, Ensign SA. Evidence that a linear megaplasmid encodes enzymes of aliphatic alkene and epoxide metabolism and coenzyme M (2-mercaptoethanesulfonate) biosynthesis in Xanthobacter strain Py2. Journal of Bacteriology. 183: 2172-7. PMID 11244054 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.183.7.2172-2177.2001  0.823
2001 Se Bok Jang, Mi Suk Jeong, Clark DD, Ensign SA, Peters JW. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a nadph 2-ketopropyl-coenzyme M oxidoreductase/carboxylase Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography. 57: 445-447. PMID 11223527 DOI: 10.1107/S0907444901000695  0.491
2000 Krum JG, Ensign SA. Heterologous expression of bacterial Epoxyalkane:Coenzyme M transferase and inducible coenzyme M biosynthesis in Xanthobacter strain Py2 and Rhodococcus rhodochrous B276. Journal of Bacteriology. 182: 2629-34. PMID 10762269 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.182.9.2629-2634.2000  0.807
2000 Clark DD, Allen JR, Ensign SA. Characterization of five catalytic activities associated with the NADPH:2-Ketopropyl-coenzyme M [2-(2-ketopropylthio)ethanesulfonate] oxidoreductase/carboxylase of the Xanthobacter strain Py2 epoxide carboxylase system Biochemistry. 39: 1294-1304. PMID 10684609 DOI: 10.1021/Bi992282P  0.494
1999 Meckenstock RU, Krieger R, Ensign S, Kroneck PM, Schink B. Acetylene hydratase of Pelobacter acetylenicus. Molecular and spectroscopic properties of the tungsten iron-sulfur enzyme. European Journal of Biochemistry. 264: 176-82. PMID 10447686 DOI: 10.1046/J.1432-1327.1999.00600.X  0.435
1999 Allen JR, Clark DD, Krum JG, Ensign SA. A role for coenzyme M (2-mercaptoethanesulfonic acid) in a bacterial pathway of aliphatic epoxide carboxylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 96: 8432-7. PMID 10411892 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.96.15.8432  0.812
1999 Clark DD, Ensign SA. Evidence for an inducible nucleotide-dependent acetone carboxylase in Rhodococcus rhodochrous B276 Journal of Bacteriology. 181: 2752-2758. PMID 10217764 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.181.9.2752-2758.1999  0.525
1999 Allen JR, Ensign SA. Two short-chain dehydrogenases confer stereoselectivity for enantiomers of epoxypropane in the multiprotein epoxide carboxylating systems of Xanthobacter strain Py2 and Nocardia corallina B276 Biochemistry. 38: 247-256. PMID 9890905 DOI: 10.1021/Bi982114H  0.476
1998 Allen JR, Ensign SA. Identification and characterization of epoxide carboxylase activity in cell extracts of Nocardia corallina B276 Journal of Bacteriology. 180: 2072-2078. PMID 9555888 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.180.8.2072-2078.1998  0.468
1998 Ensign SA, Small FJ, Allen JR, Sluis MK. New roles for CO2 in the microbial metabolism of aliphatic epoxides and ketones. Archives of Microbiology. 169: 179-87. PMID 9477250 DOI: 10.1007/S002030050558  0.79
1997 Allen JR, Ensign SA. Purification to homogeneity and reconstitution of the individual components of the epoxide carboxylase multiprotein enzyme complex from Xanthobacter strain Py2 Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272: 32121-32128. PMID 9405410 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.272.51.32121  0.415
1997 Holz RC, Small FJ, Ensign SA. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance investigation of the [2Fe-2S](1-)-containing "Rieske-type" protein from Xanthobacter strain Py2. Biochemistry. 36: 14690-6. PMID 9398188 DOI: 10.1021/Bi971831T  0.311
1997 Small FJ, Ensign SA. Alkene monooxygenase from Xanthobacter strain Py2: Purification and characterization of a four-component system central to the bacterial metabolism of aliphatic alkenes Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272: 24913-24920. PMID 9312093 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.272.40.24913  0.439
1997 Sluis MK, Ensign SA. Purification and characterization of acetone carboxylase from Xanthobacter strain Py2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 94: 8456-61. PMID 9237998 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.94.16.8456  0.799
1997 Allen JR, Ensign SA. Characterization of three protein components required for functional reconstitution of the epoxide carboxylase multienzyme complex from Xanthobacter strain Py2 Journal of Bacteriology. 179: 3110-3115. PMID 9150202 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.179.10.3110-3115.1997  0.389
1996 Sluis MK, Small FJ, Allen JR, Ensign SA. Involvement of an ATP-dependent carboxylase in a CO2-dependent pathway of acetone metabolism by Xanthobacter strain Py2. Journal of Bacteriology. 178: 4020-6. PMID 8763926 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.178.14.4020-4026.1996  0.778
1996 Allen JR, Ensign SA. Carboxylation of epoxides to β-keto acids in cell extracts of Xanthobacter strain Py2 Journal of Bacteriology. 178: 1469-1472. PMID 8631727 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.178.5.1469-1472.1996  0.403
1996 Ensign SA. Aliphatic and chlorinated alkenes and epoxides as inducers of alkene monooxygenase and epoxidase activities in Xanthobacter strain Py2 Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 62: 61-66. PMID 8572713 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.62.1.61-66.1996  0.415
1995 Seefeldt LC, Rasche ME, Ensign SA. Carbonyl sulfide and carbon dioxide as new substrates, and carbon disulfide as a new inhibitor, of nitrogenase Biochemistry. 34: 5382-5389. PMID 7727396 DOI: 10.1021/Bi00016A009  0.346
1995 Ensign SA. Reactivity of carbon monoxide dehydrogenase from Rhodospirillum rubrum with carbon dioxide, carbonyl sulfide, and carbon disulfide Biochemistry. 34: 5372-5381. PMID 7727395 DOI: 10.1021/Bi00016A008  0.332
1995 Small FJ, Ensign SA. Carbon dioxide fixation in the metabolism of propylene and propylene oxide by Xanthobacter strain Py2 Journal of Bacteriology. 177: 6170-6175. PMID 7592382 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.177.21.6170-6175.1995  0.404
1995 Small FJ, Tilley JK, Ensign SA. Characterization of a new pathway for epichlorohydrin degradation by whole cells of Xanthobacter strain Py2 Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 61: 1507-1513.  0.354
1994 Seefeldt LC, Ensign SA. A continuous, spectrophotometric activity assay for nitrogenase using the reductant Titanium(III) citrate Analytical Biochemistry. 221: 379-386. PMID 7810881 DOI: 10.1006/Abio.1994.1429  0.327
1993 Ensign SA, Hyman MR, Arp DJ. In vitro activation of ammonia monooxygenase from Nitrosomonas europaea by copper Journal of Bacteriology. 175: 1971-1980. PMID 8458839 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.175.7.1971-1980.1993  0.354
1992 Kerby RL, Hong SS, Ensign SA, Coppoc LJ, Ludden PW, Roberts GP. Genetic and physiological characterization of the Rhodospirillum rubrum carbon monoxide dehydrogenase system Journal of Bacteriology. 174: 5284-5294. PMID 1644755 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.174.16.5284-5294.1992  0.645
1992 Smith ET, Ensign SA, Ludden PW, Feinberg BA. Direct electrochemical studies of hydrogenase and CO dehydrogenase Biochemical Journal. 285: 181-185. PMID 1637298 DOI: 10.1042/Bj2850181  0.577
1992 Tan GO, Ensign SA, Ciurli S, Scott MJ, Hedman B, Holm RH, Ludden PW, Korszun ZR, Stephens PJ, Hodgson KO. On the structure of the nickel/iron/sulfur center of the carbon monoxide dehydrogenase from Rhodospirillum rubrum: an x-ray absorption spectroscopy study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 89: 4427-31. PMID 1584775 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.89.10.4427  0.598
1992 Ensign SA, Hyman MR, Arp DJ. Cometabolic degradation of chlorinated alkenes by alkene monooxygenase in a propylene-grown Xanthobacter strain Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 58: 3038-3046. PMID 1444418 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.58.9.3038-3046.1992  0.375
1991 Ensign SA, Ludden PW. Characterization of the CO oxidation/H2 evolution system of Rhodospirillum rubrum: Role of a 22-kDa iron-sulfur protein in mediating electron transfer between carbon monoxide dehydrogenase and hydrogenase Journal of Biological Chemistry. 266: 18395-18403. PMID 1917963  0.557
1990 Ensign SA, Campbell MJ, Ludden PW. Activation of the nickel-deficient carbon monoxide dehydrogenase from Rhodospirillum rubrum: Kinetic characterization and reductant requirement Biochemistry®. 2162-2168. PMID 2109635 DOI: 10.1021/Bi00460A029  0.622
1989 Stephens PJ, McKenna MC, Ensign SA, Bonam D, Ludden PW. Identification of a Ni- and Fe-containing cluster in Rhodospirillum rubrum carbon monoxide dehydrogenase. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264: 16347-50. PMID 2550436  0.506
1989 Hyman MR, Ensign SA, Arp DJ, Ludden PW. Carbonyl sulfide inhibition of CO dehydrogenase from Rhodospirillum rubrum Biochemistry. 28: 6821-6826. PMID 2510818 DOI: 10.1021/Bi00443A007  0.629
1989 Ensign SA, Hyman MR, Ludden PW. Nickel-specific, slow-binding inhibition of carbon monoxide dehydrogenase from Rhodospirillum rubrum by cyanide Biochemistry. 28: 4973-4979. PMID 2504285 DOI: 10.1021/Bi00438A011  0.671
1989 Ensign SA, Bonam D, Ludden PW. Nickel is required for the transfer of electrons from carbon monoxide to the iron-sulfur center(s) of carbon monoxide dehydrogenase from Rhodospirillum rubrum Biochemistry. 28: 4968-4973. PMID 2504284 DOI: 10.1021/Bi00438A010  0.637
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