Publications

Underline denotes undergraduate or master’s student contribution; * denotes corresponding author.

(13) O’Sullivan, J.J.;^# Uyeda, K.S.;^# Stevenson, M.J.; Heffern, M.C.* “Investigation of metal modulation of oxytocin structure receptor-mediated signaling” RSC Chemical Biology, 2023, 4, 165-172. ^#Equal contribution. article

(12) Choi, S.; San Juan, J.A.; Heffern, M.C.; Stevenson, M.J.* “Quantifying the Binding Interactions Between Cu(II) and Peptide Residues in the Presence and Absence of Chromophores” Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2022, 182, e63668. article

(11) Stevenson, M.J.; Janisse, S.E.; Tao, L.; Neil, R.L.; Pham, Q.D.; Britt, R.D.; Heffern, M.C.* “Elucidation of a copper binding site in proinsulin C-peptide and its implications on metal-modulated activity” Inorganic Chemistry, 2020, 59, 9339-9349. article

(10) Marguet, S.C.; Stevenson, M.J.; Shafaat, H.S.* “Intramolecular Electron Transfer Governs Photoinduced Hydrogen Evolution by Nickel-Substituted Rubredoxin: Resolving Elementary Steps in Solar Fuel Generation” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2019, 123, 46, 9792-9800. article

(9) Stevenson, M.J.; Farran, I.C.; Uyeda, K.S.; San Juan, J.A.; Heffern, M.C.* “Analysis of metal effects on C-peptide structure and internalization” ChemBioChem, 2019, 20, 2447-2453. (Highlighted in Science Daily, PhysOrg, and as a cover feature) article cover

(8) Stevenson, M.J.;^# Uyeda, K.S.;^# Harder, N.H.O.; Heffern, M.C.* “Metal-dependent hormone function: the emerging interdisciplinary field of metalloendocrinology” Metallomics, 2019, 11, 85-110. ^#Equal contribution. article

(7) Stevenson, M.J.; Heffern, M.C.* “Sounding out dysfunctional oxygen metabolism: a small-molecule probe for photoacoustic imaging of hypoxia” Biochemistry, 2018, 57, 893-894. article

(6) Schneider, C.R.; Manesis, A.C.; Stevenson, M.J.; Shafaat, H.S.* “A photoactive semisynthetic metalloenzyme exhibits complete selectivity for CO2 reduction in water” Chemical Communication, 2018, 54, 4681-4684. article

(5) Stevenson, M.J.; Marguet, S.C.; Schneider, C.R.; Shafaat, H.S.* “Light-driven hydrogen evolution by nickel-substituted rubredoxin” ChemSusChem, 2017, 10, 4424-4429. article

(4) Wahba, H.; Stevenson, M.J.; Mansour, A.; Sygusch, J.; Wilcox, D.E.; Omichinski, J.G.* “Structural and biochemical characterization of organotin and organolead compounds binding to the organomercurial lyase MerB provide new insights into its mechanism of carbon-metal bond cleavage” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 910-921. article

(3) Carpenter, M.C.; Shah, A.S.; DeSilva, S.; Gleaton, A.; Su, A.; Goundie, B.; Croteau, M.L.; Stevenson, M.J.; Wilcox, D.E.; Austin, R.N.* “Thermodynamics of Pb(II) and Zn(II) binding to MT-3, a neurologically important metallothionein” Metallomics, 2016, 8, 605-617. article

(2) Wahba, H.M.; Lecoq, L.; Stevenson, M.J.; Mansour, A.; Cappadocia, L.; Lafrance-Vanasse, J.; Wilkinson, K.J.; Sygusch, J.; Wilcox, D.E.; Omichinski, J.G.* “Structural and biochemical characterization of a copper-binding mutant of the organomercurial lyase MerB: Insight into the key role of the active site aspartic acid in both Hg-carbon bond cleavage and metal-binding specificity” Biochemistry, 2016, 55, 1070-1081. article

(1) Johnson, D.K.; Stevenson, M.J.; Almadidy, Z.A.; Jenkins, S.E.; Wilcox, D.E.; Grossoehme, N.E.* “Stabilization of Cu(I) for binding and calorimetric measurements in aqueous solution” Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44, 16494-16505. article