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Lois Geren

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Researcher

Also affiliated: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2021); Oklahoma State University (1974–1985); University of Kansas (1975); Emory University (1987); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2004–2007); San Diego Supercomputer Center (2002); Joint Center for Structural Genomics (2002); University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas (1986); University of Kansas Medical Center (1975–1977); Rice University (2007); Michigan State University (2002–2008)

Faculty Researcher

23 h-index 43 pubs 1,355 cited

  • Animals
  • Kinetics
  • Electron Transport
  • Cytochrome c Group
  • Electron Transport Complex IV
  • Horses
  • Cattle
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Binding Sites
  • Heme
  • Lysine
  • Cytochrome-c Peroxidase
  • Ruthenium
  • Adrenodoxin
  • Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Lois Geren's research focuses on the kinetics and mechanisms of electron transfer in biological systems, particularly involving cytochrome c. Her work investigates the reaction between cytochrome c and cytochrome oxidase, exploring how factors like phosphorylation can regulate this process. Geren has also designed derivatives of cytochrome c, such as a ruthenium-cytochrome c derivative, to specifically measure electron transfer to initial acceptors within cytochrome c oxidase. Her scholarship includes 43 publications with 1,352 citations, and she has an h-index of 23, designating her as a highly cited researcher. Geren has collaborated with several researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Francis Millett and Bill Durham, on shared publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 23
  • Publications: 43
  • Citations: 1,355

Selected Publications

  • Accelerated Evolution of Cytochrome c in Higher Primates, and Regulation of the Reaction between Cytochrome c and Cytochrome Oxidase by Phosphorylation (2022)
    Cells 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Definition of the Interaction Domain and Electron Transfer Route between Cytochrome c and Cytochrome Oxidase (2019)
    Biochemistry 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Definition of the Electron Transfer Pathway between Cytochrome c and Cytochrome Oxidase (2018)
    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics DOI OpenAlex
  • Detection of a Proton-Dependent Electron Transfer from CuA to Heme a of Cytochrome C Oxidase Mutant S44e Using Ruthenium Photoexcitation (2010)
    Biophysical Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Chapter 28 Use of Ruthenium Photoreduction Techniques to Study Electron Transfer in Cytochrome Oxidase (2009)
    Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology 21 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Proton-Dependent Electron Transfer from Cu<sub>A</sub> to Heme <i>a</i> and Altered EPR Spectra in Mutants Close to Heme <i>a</i> of Cytochrome Oxidase (2008)
    Biochemistry 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • C2/2 Rapid kinetic studies of electron transfer in cytochrome oxidase (2008)
    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics DOI OpenAlex
  • Single-electron photoreduction of the PM intermediate of cytochrome c oxidase (2006)
    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics 43 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Direct measurement of proton release by cytochrome <i>c</i> oxidase in solution during the F→O transition (2004)
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 26 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Role of the Conserved Arginine Pair in Proton and Electron Transfer in Cytochrome<i>c</i>Oxidase (2004)
    Biochemistry 53 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Mutants of the Cu<sub>A</sub> Site in Cytochrome <i>c</i> Oxidase of <i>Rhodobacter sphaeroides</i>:  II. Rapid Kinetic Analysis of Electron Transfer (2002)
    Biochemistry 35 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The ins and outs of electrons and protons in cytochrome <i>c</i> oxidase (2000)
    Biochemical Society Transactions DOI OpenAlex
  • Definition of the Interaction Domain for Cytochrome con Cytochrome c Oxidase (1999)
    Journal of Biological Chemistry 72 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Free-Energy Dependence of Electron Transfer in Cytochrome <i>c</i> Labeled with Ruthenium(II)-Polypyridine Complexes (1998)
    Advances in chemistry series 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Design of a Ruthenium−Cytochrome <i>c</i> Derivative To Measure Electron Transfer to the Radical Cation and Oxyferryl Heme in Cytochrome <i>c</i> Peroxidase (1996)
    Biochemistry 51 citations DOI OpenAlex

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