Maurice J. Bessman - Publications

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Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 
Area:
General Biophysics

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2019 Bessman MJ. A Cryptic Activity in the Nudix Hydrolase Superfamily. Protein Science : a Publication of the Protein Society. PMID 31173659 DOI: 10.1002/Pro.3666  0.519
2013 Duong-Ly KC, Woo HN, Dunn CA, Xu W, Babič A, Bessman MJ, Amzel LM, Gabelli SB. A UDP-X diphosphatase from Streptococcus pneumoniae hydrolyzes precursors of peptidoglycan biosynthesis. Plos One. 8: e64241. PMID 23691178 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0064241  0.701
2011 Boto AN, Xu W, Jakoncic J, Pannuri A, Romeo T, Bessman MJ, Gabelli SB, Amzel LM. Structural studies of the Nudix GDP-mannose hydrolase from E. coli reveals a new motif for mannose recognition. Proteins. 79: 2455-66. PMID 21638333 DOI: 10.1002/Prot.23069  0.699
2011 Duong-Ly KC, Gabelli SB, Xu W, Dunn CA, Schoeffield AJ, Bessman MJ, Amzel LM. The Nudix hydrolase CDP-chase, a CDP-choline pyrophosphatase, is an asymmetric dimer with two distinct enzymatic activities. Journal of Bacteriology. 193: 3175-85. PMID 21531795 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.00089-11  0.682
2011 Duong-Ly KC, Gabelli SB, Xu W, Dunn CA, Bessman MJ, Amzel LM. CDP-Chase, a CDP-Choline Pyrophosphatase, is a Member of a Novel Nudix Family in Gram-Positive Bacteria Biophysical Journal. 100: 218a. DOI: 10.1016/J.Bpj.2010.12.1402  0.689
2007 Gabelli SB, Bianchet MA, Xu W, Dunn CA, Niu ZD, Amzel LM, Bessman MJ. Structure and function of the E. coli dihydroneopterin triphosphate pyrophosphatase: a Nudix enzyme involved in folate biosynthesis. Structure (London, England : 1993). 15: 1014-22. PMID 17698004 DOI: 10.1016/J.Str.2007.06.018  0.701
2006 Xu W, Dunn CA, O'handley SF, Smith DL, Bessman MJ. Three new Nudix hydrolases from Escherichia coli. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281: 22794-8. PMID 16766526 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M603407200  0.487
2005 Edelstein PH, Hu B, Shinzato T, Edelstein MA, Xu W, Bessman MJ. Legionella pneumophila NudA Is a Nudix hydrolase and virulence factor. Infection and Immunity. 73: 6567-76. PMID 16177332 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.73.10.6567-6576.2005  0.322
2005 Urick T, I-Chang C, Arena E, Xu W, Bessman MJ, Ruffolo CG. The pnhA gene of Pasteurella multocida encodes a dinucleoside oligophosphate pyrophosphatase member of the Nudix hydrolase superfamily. Journal of Bacteriology. 187: 5809-17. PMID 16077129 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.187.16.5809-5817.2005  0.302
2005 Sebastiao P, Obmolova G, Brush GS, Bessman MJ, Teplyakov A. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of bacteriophage T4 deoxynucleotide kinase. Acta Crystallographica. Section D, Biological Crystallography. 52: 226-8. PMID 15299754 DOI: 10.1107/S0907444995007281  0.306
2004 Xu W, Jones CR, Dunn CA, Bessman MJ. Gene ytkD of Bacillus subtilis encodes an atypical nucleoside triphosphatase member of the Nudix hydrolase superfamily. Journal of Bacteriology. 186: 8380-4. PMID 15576788 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.186.24.8380-8384.2004  0.395
2004 Ranatunga W, Hill EE, Mooster JL, Holbrook EL, Schulze-Gahmen U, Xu W, Bessman MJ, Brenner SE, Holbrook SR. Structural studies of the Nudix hydrolase DR1025 from Deinococcus radiodurans and its ligand complexes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 339: 103-16. PMID 15123424 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jmb.2004.01.065  0.382
2004 Xu W, Dunn CA, Jones CR, D'Souza G, Bessman MJ. The 26 Nudix hydrolases of Bacillus cereus, a close relative of Bacillus anthracis. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279: 24861-5. PMID 15060060 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M403272200  0.522
2003 Xu W, Shen J, Dunn CA, Bessman MJ. A new subfamily of the Nudix hydrolase superfamily active on 5-methyl-UTP (ribo-TTP) and UTP. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278: 37492-6. PMID 12871944 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M307639200  0.467
2003 Kang LW, Gabelli SB, Bianchet MA, Xu WL, Bessman MJ, Amzel LM. Structure of a coenzyme A pyrophosphatase from Deinococcus radiodurans: a member of the Nudix family. Journal of Bacteriology. 185: 4110-8. PMID 12837785 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.185.14.4110-4118.2003  0.702
2003 Perraud AL, Shen B, Dunn CA, Rippe K, Smith MK, Bessman MJ, Stoddard BL, Scharenberg AM. NUDT9, a member of the Nudix hydrolase family, is an evolutionarily conserved mitochondrial ADP-ribose pyrophosphatase. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278: 1794-801. PMID 12427752 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M205601200  0.366
2002 Gabelli SB, Bianchet MA, Ohnishi Y, Ichikawa Y, Bessman MJ, Amzel LM. Mechanism of the Escherichia coli ADP-ribose pyrophosphatase, a Nudix hydrolase. Biochemistry. 41: 9279-85. PMID 12135348 DOI: 10.1021/Bi0259296  0.679
2002 Gaywee J, Xu W, Radulovic S, Bessman MJ, Azad AF. The Rickettsia prowazekii invasion gene homolog (invA) encodes a Nudix hydrolase active on adenosine (5')-pentaphospho-(5')-adenosine. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics : McP. 1: 179-85. PMID 12096117 DOI: 10.1074/Mcp.M100030-Mcp200  0.32
2002 Xu W, Gauss P, Shen J, Dunn CA, Bessman MJ. The gene e.1 (nudE.1) of T4 bacteriophage designates a new member of the Nudix hydrolase superfamily active on flavin adenine dinucleotide, adenosine 5'-triphospho-5'-adenosine, and ADP-ribose. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277: 23181-5. PMID 11976345 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M203325200  0.469
2001 Bessman MJ, Walsh JD, Dunn CA, Swaminathan J, Weldon JE, Shen J. The gene ygdP, associated with the invasiveness of Escherichia coli K1, designates a Nudix hydrolase, Orf176, active on adenosine (5')-pentaphospho-(5')-adenosine (Ap5A). The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276: 37834-8. PMID 11479323 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M107032200  0.407
2001 Gabelli SB, Bianchet MA, Bessman MJ, Amzel LM. The structure of ADP-ribose pyrophosphatase reveals the structural basis for the versatility of the Nudix family. Nature Structural Biology. 8: 467-72. PMID 11323725 DOI: 10.1038/87647  0.7
2001 Xu W, Shen J, Dunn CA, Desai S, Bessman MJ. The Nudix hydrolases of Deinococcus radiodurans. Molecular Microbiology. 39: 286-90. PMID 11136450 DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2958.2001.02267.X  0.462
2001 O'Handley SF, Dunn CA, Bessman MJ. Orf135 from Escherichia coli Is a Nudix hydrolase specific for CTP, dCTP, and 5-methyl-dCTP. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276: 5421-6. PMID 11053429 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M004100200  0.387
2000 Legler PM, Massiah MA, Bessman MJ, Mildvan AS. GDP-mannose mannosyl hydrolase catalyzes nucleophilic substitution at carbon, unlike all other Nudix hydrolases. Biochemistry. 39: 8603-8. PMID 10913267 DOI: 10.1021/Bi000537P  0.396
2000 Xu W, Dunn CA, Bessman MJ. Cloning and characterization of the NADH pyrophosphatases from Caenorhabditis elegans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, members of a Nudix hydrolase subfamily. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 273: 753-8. PMID 10873676 DOI: 10.1006/Bbrc.2000.2999  0.536
1999 Dunn CA, O'Handley SF, Frick DN, Bessman MJ. Studies on the ADP-ribose pyrophosphatase subfamily of the nudix hydrolases and tentative identification of trgB, a gene associated with tellurite resistance. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274: 32318-24. PMID 10542272 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.274.45.32318  0.669
1999 Conyers GB, Bessman MJ. The gene, ialA, associated with the invasion of human erythrocytes by Bartonella bacilliformis, designates a nudix hydrolase active on dinucleoside 5'-polyphosphates. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274: 1203-6. PMID 9880487 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.3.1203  0.38
1998 Sheikh S, O'Handley SF, Dunn CA, Bessman MJ. Identification and characterization of the Nudix hydrolase from the Archaeon, Methanococcus jannaschii, as a highly specific ADP-ribose pyrophosphatase. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273: 20924-8. PMID 9694840 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.273.33.20924  0.512
1998 O'Handley SF, Frick DN, Dunn CA, Bessman MJ. Orf186 represents a new member of the Nudix hydrolases, active on adenosine(5')triphospho(5')adenosine, ADP-ribose, and NADH. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273: 3192-7. PMID 9452430 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.273.6.3192  0.681
1997 Lin J, Abeygunawardana C, Frick DN, Bessman MJ, Mildvan AS. Solution structure of the quaternary MutT-M2+-AMPCPP-M2+ complex and mechanism of its pyrophosphohydrolase action. Biochemistry. 36: 1199-211. PMID 9063868 DOI: 10.1021/Bi962619C  0.689
1996 Bessman MJ, Frick DN, O'Handley SF. The MutT proteins or 'Nudix' hydrolases, a family of versatile, widely distributed, 'housecleaning' enzymes Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271: 25059-25062. PMID 8810257 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.271.41.25059  0.664
1996 O'Handley SF, Frick DN, Bullions LC, Mildvan AS, Bessman MJ. Escherichia coli orf17 codes for a nucleoside triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase member of the MutT family of proteins. Cloning, purification, and characterization of the enzyme. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271: 24649-54. PMID 8798731 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.271.40.24649  0.702
1996 Teplyakov A, Sebastiao P, Obmolova G, Perrakis A, Brush GS, Bessman MJ, Wilson KS. Crystal structure of bacteriophage T4 deoxynucleotide kinase with its substrates dGMP and ATP Embo Journal. 15: 3487-3497. PMID 8670851  0.303
1996 Lin J, Abeygunawardana C, Frick DN, Bessman MJ, Mildvan AS. The role of Glu 57 in the mechanism of the Escherichia coli MutT enzyme by mutagenesis and heteronuclear NMR. Biochemistry. 35: 6715-26. PMID 8639622 DOI: 10.1021/Bi953071X  0.708
1996 Teplyakov A, Sebastiao P, Obmolova G, Perrakis A, Brush GS, Bessman MJ, Wilson KS. Crystal structure of bacteriophage T4 deoxynucleotide kinase with its substrates dGMP and ATP. The Embo Journal. 15: 3487-3497. DOI: 10.1002/J.1460-2075.1996.Tb00717.X  0.419
1995 Frick DN, Bessman MJ. Cloning, purification, and properties of a novel NADH pyrophosphatase. Evidence for a nucleotide pyrophosphatase catalytic domain in MutT-like enzymes Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270: 1529-1534. PMID 7829480 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.270.4.1529  0.682
1995 Frick DN, Weber DJ, Abeygunawardana C, Gittis AG, Bessman MJ, Mildvan AS. NMR studies of the conformations and location of nucleotides bound to the Escherichia coli MutT enzyme. Biochemistry. 34: 5577-86. PMID 7727419 DOI: 10.1021/Bi00016A032  0.696
1995 Frick DN, Townsend BD, Bessman MJ. A novel GDP-mannose mannosyl hydrolase shares homology with the MutT family of enzymes Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270: 24086-24091. PMID 7592609 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.270.41.24086  0.716
1995 Abeygunawardana C, Weber DJ, Gittis AG, Frick DN, Lin J, Miller AF, Bessman MJ, Mildvan AS. Solution structure of the MutT enzyme, a nucleoside triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase. Biochemistry. 34: 14997-5005. PMID 7578113 DOI: 10.1021/Bi00046A006  0.646
1994 Frick DN, Weber DJ, Gillespie JR, Bessman MJ, Mildvan AS. Dual divalent cation requirement of the MutT dGTPase. Kinetic and magnetic resonance studies of the metal and substrate complexes. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269: 1794-803. PMID 8294428  0.607
1994 Méjean V, Salles C, Bullions LC, Bessman MJ, Claverys JP. Characterization of the mutX gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae as a homologue of Escherichia coli mutT, and tentative definition of a catalytic domain of the dGTP pyrophosphohydrolases Molecular Microbiology. 11: 323-330. PMID 8170394 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.1994.Tb00312.X  0.349
1994 Bullions LC, Mejean V, Claverys JP, Bessman MJ. Purification of the MutX protein of Streptococcus pneumoniae, a homologue of Escherichia coli MutT. Identification of a novel catalytic domain for nucleoside triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase activity Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269: 12339-12344. PMID 8163538  0.342
1993 Weber DJ, Abeygunawardana C, Bessman MJ, Mildvan AS. Secondary structure of the MutT enzyme as determined by NMR. Biochemistry. 32: 13081-8. PMID 8241162 DOI: 10.1021/Bi00211A018  0.371
1993 Abeygunawardana C, Weber DJ, Frick DN, Bessman MJ, Mildvan AS. Sequence-specific assignments of the backbone 1H, 13C, and 15N resonances of the MutT enzyme by heteronuclear multidimensional NMR. Biochemistry. 32: 13071-80. PMID 8241161 DOI: 10.1021/Bi00211A017  0.663
1991 Bhatnagar SK, Bullions LC, Bessman MJ. Characterization of the mutT nucleoside triphosphatase of Escherichia coli Journal of Biological Chemistry. 266: 9050-9054. PMID 1851162  0.318
1991 Quirk S, Bessman MJ. dGTP triphosphohydrolase, a unique enzyme confined to members of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Journal of Bacteriology. 173: 6665-9. PMID 1657865 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.173.21.6665-6669.1991  0.52
1990 Quirk S, Bhatnagar SK, Bessman MJ. Primary structure of the deoxyguanosine triphosphate triphosphohydrolase-encoding gene (dgt) of Escherichia coli. Gene. 89: 13-8. PMID 2165018 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(90)90200-B  0.32
1990 Brush GS, Bhatnagar SK, Bessman MJ. Bacteriophage T4 deoxynucleotide kinase: Gene cloning and enzyme purification Journal of Bacteriology. 172: 2935-2939. PMID 2160930 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.172.6.2935-2939.1990  0.415
1989 Kornberg A, Lehman IR, Bessman MJ, Simms ES. Enzymic synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid. 1956. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. 1000: 57-8. PMID 2673407  0.703
1989 Quirk S, Seto D, Bhatnagar SK, Gauss P, Gold L, Bessman MJ. Location and molecular cloning of the structural gene for the deoxyguanosine triphosphate triphosphohydrolase of Escherichia coli. Molecular Microbiology. 3: 1391-5. PMID 2559296 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.1989.Tb00121.X  0.366
1988 Seto D, Bhatnagar SK, Bessman MJ. The purification and properties of deoxyguanosine triphosphate triphosphohydrolase from Escherichia coli Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263: 1494-1499. PMID 2826481  0.413
1983 Pless RC, Bessman MJ. Influence of local nucleotide sequence on substitution of 2-aminopurine for adenine during deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis in vitro Biochemistry. 22: 4905-4915. PMID 6357277 DOI: 10.1021/Bi00290A006  0.414
1982 Bessman MJ. Mutators, antimutators, and DNA replication errors: a summary and perspective Basic Life Sciences. 20: 231-234. PMID 7115268 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-3476-7_14  0.337
1981 Pless RC, Levitt LM, Bessman MJ. Nonrandom substitution of 2-aminopurine for adenine during deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis in vitro Biochemistry. 20: 6235-6244. PMID 7030386 DOI: 10.1021/Bi00524A051  0.344
1981 Reha-Krantz LJ, Bessman MJ. Studies on the biochemical basis of mutation VI. Selection and characterization of a new bacteriophage T4 mutator DNA polymerase Journal of Molecular Biology. 145: 677-695. PMID 6267293 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(81)90309-0  0.329
1977 Reha-Krantz LJ, Bessman MJ. Studies on the biochemical basis of mutation. IV. Effect of amino acid substitution on the enzymatic and biological properties of bacteriophage T4 DNA polymerase Journal of Molecular Biology. 116: 99-113. PMID 592387 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(77)90121-8  0.415
1976 Lo KY, Bessman MJ. An antimutator deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase. I. Purification and properties of the enzyme Journal of Biological Chemistry. 251: 2475-2479. PMID 770466  0.401
1974 Bessman MJ, Muzyczka N, Goodman MF, Schnaar RL. Studies on the biochemical basis of spontaneous mutation. II. The incorporation of a base and its analogue into DNA by wild-type, mutator and antimutator DNA polymerases Journal of Molecular Biology. 88: 409-421. PMID 4616089 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(74)90491-4  0.305
1974 Goodman MF, Bessman MJ, Bachur NR. Adriamycin and daunorubicin inhibition of mutant T4 DNA polymerases Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 71: 1193-1196. PMID 4524632 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.71.4.1193  0.346
1970 Rogan EG, Bessman MJ. Studies on the pathway of incorporation of 2-aminopurine into the deoxyribonucleic acid of Escherichia coli Journal of Bacteriology. 103: 622-633. PMID 4919986 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.103.3.622-633.1970  0.373
1969 Scocca JJ, Panny SR, Bessman MJ. Studies of deoxycytidylate deaminase from T4-infected Escherichia coli Journal of Biological Chemistry. 244: 3698-3706. PMID 4893683  0.618
1961 KOZINSKI AW, BESSMAN MJ. The kinetics of parental deoxyribonucleic acid replication, deoxyguanylate kinase formation and 32P-inactivation of the parental virus in Escherichia coli infected with bacteriophage T4 Journal of Molecular Biology. 3: 746-755. PMID 14459099 DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(61)80079-X  0.359
1961 Bello LJ, van Bibber MJ, Bessman MJ. The enzymology of virus-infected bacteria. II. Demonstration of two forms of thymidylate kinase in infected Escherichia coli Bba - Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. 53: 194-198. PMID 13866921 DOI: 10.1016/0006-3002(61)90807-1  0.432
1958 Lehman IR, Zimmerman SB, Adler J, Bessman MJ, Simms ES, Kornberg A. ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID. V. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ENZYMATICALLY SYNTHESIZED DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 44: 1191-6. PMID 16590331 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.44.12.1191  0.686
1958 Adler J, Lehman IR, Bessman MJ, Simms ES, Kornberg A. ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID. IV. LINKAGE OF SINGLE DEOXYNUCLEOTIDES TO THE DEOXYNUCLEOSIDE ENDS OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 44: 641-7. PMID 16590254 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.44.7.641  0.689
1958 Bessman MJ, Lehman IR, Adler J, Zimmerman SB, Simms ES, Kornberg A. ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID. III. THE INCORPORATION OF PYRIMIDINE AND PURINE ANALOGUES INTO DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 44: 633-40. PMID 16590253 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.44.7.633  0.69
1958 BESSMAN MJ, LEHMAN IR, SIMMS ES, KORNBERG A. Enzymatic synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid. II. General properties of the reaction. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 233: 171-7. PMID 13563463  0.613
1958 LEHMAN IR, BESSMAN MJ, SIMMS ES, KORNBERG A. Enzymatic synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid. I. Preparation of substrates and partial purification of an enzyme from Escherichia coli. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 233: 163-70. PMID 13563462  0.721
1958 KORNBERG SR, LEHMAN IR, BESSMAN MJ, SIMMS ES, KORNBERG A. Enzymatic cleavage of deoxyguanosine triphosphate to deoxyguanosine and tripolyphosphate. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 233: 159-62. PMID 13563461  0.662
1956 BESSMAN MJ, KORNBERG A, LEHMAN IR, SIMMS ES. Enzymic synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. 21: 197-8. PMID 13363894  0.703
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