Independent Publications:

Fontaine, B.M.; Duggal, Y.; Weinert, E.E. (2018) Exploring the Links between Nucleotide Signaling and Quorum Sensing Pathways in Regulating Bacterial Virulence. ACS Infect. Dis. DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.8b00255

Rivera, S.; Paul, P.G.; Hoffer, E.D.; Vansuch, G.E.; Metzler, C.L.; Dunham, C.M.; Weinert, E.E. (2018) Structural Insights into Oxygen-Dependent Signal Transduction within Globin Coupled Sensors. Inorg. Chem. 57, 14386-14395. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02584

Fontaine, B.M.; Martin, K.S.; Garcia-Rodriguez, J.M.; Jung, C.; Briggs, L.; Southwell, J.E.; Jia, X.; Weinert, E.E. (2018) RNase I Regulates E. coli 2′,3′-Cyclic Nucleotide Monophosphate Levels and Biofilm Formation. Biochem. J. 475, 1491-1506. DOI: 10.1042/BCJ20170906

Walker, J.A.; Rivera, S.; Weinert, E.E. (2017) Mechanism and Role of Globin Coupled Sensor Signaling. Adv. Microb. Physiol. 71, 133-169. DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2017.05.003

Burns, J.L.; Jariwala, P.B.; Rivera, S.; Fontaine, B.M.; Briggs, L.; Weinert, E.E. (2017) Oxygen-Dependent Globin Coupled Sensor Signaling Modulates Motility and Virulence of the Plant Pathogen Pectobacterium carotovorum. ACS Chem. Biol. 12, 2070-2077. DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.7b00380

Fontaine, B.M.; Nelson, K.; Lyles, J.T.; Jariwala, J.B.; Garcia-Rodriguez, J.M.; Quave, C.L.; Weinert, E.E. (2017) Identification of Ellagic Acid Rhamnoside as a Bioactive Component of a Complex Natural Product Extract with Anti-biofilm Activity. Front. Microbiol. 8. 496. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00496

Kim, Y.J.; Kalusz, S.; Mehta, A.; Weinert, E.E.; Rivera, S.; Van Meir, E.G. Purifying Properly Folded Cysteine-Rich Zinc Finger Containing Recombinant Proteins for Structural Drug Targeting Studies: the CH1 Domain of p300 as a Case Example. Bio-Protocol. 2017, 17, DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2537

Burns, J.L.; Rivera, S.; Deer, D.D.; Joynt, S.C.; Dvorak, D.; Weinert, E.E. (2016) Oxygen and c-di-GMP Binding Control Oligomerization State Equilibria of Diguanylate Cyclase-Containing Globin Coupled Sensors. Biochemistry. 55, 6642-6651. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00526

Rivera, S.; Burns, J.L.; Vansuch, G.E.; Chica, B.; Weinert, E.E. (2016) Globin Domain Interactions Control Heme Pocket Conformation and Oligomerization of Globin Coupled sensors. J. Inorg. Biochem. 164, 70-76. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.08.016

Jia, X.; Wang, J.-b.; Rivera, S.; Duong, D.; Weinert, E.E. (2016) An O₂-sensing stressosome from a Gram-negative bacterium. Nature Commun. 7, 12381. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12381

Jia, X.; Fontaine, B.M.; Strobel, F.; Weinert, E.E. (2014) A Facile and Sensitive Method for Quantification of Cyclic Nucleotide Monophosphates in Mammalian Organs: Basal Levels of Eight cNMPs and Identification of cIMP. Biomolecules, 4, 1070-1092. DOI: 10.3390/biom4041070

Burns, J.L., Deer, D.D., Weinert, E.E. (2014) Oligomeric State Affects Oxygen Dissociation and Diguanylate Cyclase Activity of Globin Coupled Sensors. Mol. BioSyst. 10, 2823-2826. DOI: 10.1039/c4mb00366g

Publications From Previous Work:

Weinert, E.E., Phillips-Piro, C.M., Marletta, M.A. (2013) Porphyrin pi-Stacking in a Heme Protein Scaffold Tunes Gas Ligand Affinity. J. Inorg. Biochem. 127, 7-12.

Whited, C.A., Warren, J.J., Lavoie, K.D., Weinert, E.E., Agapie, T., Winkler J.R., Gray, H.B. (2012) Gating NO Release from Nitric Oxide Synthase. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134, 27-30.

Weinert, E.E., Phillips-Piro, C.M., Tran, R., Mathies, R.A., Marletta, M.A. (2011) Controlling Conformational Flexibility of an O2-Binding H-NOX Domain. Biochemistry, 50, 6832-40.

Tran, R., Weinert, E.E., Boon, E.M., Mathies, R.A., Marletta, M.A. (2011) Determinants of Heme-CO Vibrational Modes in the H-NOX Family. Biochemistry, 50, 6519-30.

McCrane, M.P., Weinert, E.E., Lin, Y., Mazzola, E.P., Lam, Y.-F., Rokita, S.E. (2011) Trapping a Labile Adduct Formed between an ortho-Quinone Methide and 2′-Deoxycytidine. Org. Lett., 13, 1186-1189.

Weinert, E.E. , Marletta, M.A. (2011) Heme Sensor Proteins. In Handbook of Porphyrin Science. Kadish, K.M., Smith, K.M., Guilard, R., Eds.; 5, 123-157.

Weinert, E.E., Plate, L., Whited, C.A., Olea, C., Jr., Marletta, M.A. (2010) Determinants of Ligand Affinity and Heme Reactivity in H-NOX Domains. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 49, 720-723.

Weinert, E.E., Dondi, R., Colloredo-Melz, S., Frankenfield, K.N., Mitchell, C.H., Freccero, M., Rokita, S.E. (2006) Substituents on Quinone Methides Strongly Modulate Formation and Stability of their Nucleophilic Adducts.  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 11940-11947.

Weinert, E.E., Frankenfield, K.N., Rokita, S.E. (2006) Time-Dependent Evolution of Adducts Formed between Deoxynucleosides and a Model Quinone Methide. Chem. Res. Toxicol., 18, 1364-1370.

Xu, R.X.; Lambert, M.H.; Wisely, B.B.; Warren, E.N.; Weinert, E.E.; Waitt, G.M.; Williams, J.D.; Collins, J.L.; Moore, L.B.; Willson, T.M.; Moore, J.T. (2004) A Structural Basis for Constitutive Activity in the Human CAR/RXRα Heterodimer. Mol. Cell., 16, 919-928.

Liu, Y.; Kempf, V.R.; Nofsinger, J.B.; Weinert, E.E.; Rudnicki, M.; Wakamatsu, K.; Ito, S.; Simon, J.D. (2003) Comparison of the Structural and Physical Properties of Human Hair Eumelanin Following Enzymatic or Acid/Base Extraction. Pigment Cell Res., 16, 355-365.

Nofsinger, J.B.; Weinert, E.E.; Simon, J.D. (2002) Establishing Structure/Function Relationships for Eulmelanin. Biopolymers, 67, 302-305.

Sutherland, B.M.; Bennett, P.V.; Weinert, E.; Sidorkinda, O.; Laval, J. (2001) Frequencies and Relative Levels of Clustered Damages in DNA Exposed to Gamma Rays in Radioquenching vs. Nonradioquenching Conditions. Environ. Mol. Mutagenesis., 38, 159-165. 

Patents

Cary, S. P. L.; Boon, E.M.; Weinert, E.E.; Winger, J.A.; Marletta, M.A. 2007,  PCT Int. Appl. WO  2007139791.