Publications

SUNY Cortland undergraduate authors are in bold. MIV-REU students are underlined.

13. Kafi K. J.  Belfon,  Olive  Beyer,  Jan Abendroth,  David M.  Dranow,  Donald D.  Lorimer,  Ariel Abramov,  Yazmine LatimoreConnor  HamiltonAniah Dawkins,  Isabella HinojosaXavier MartinezSofia Mirabal,  Miriam DuncanReagan WomackLillian HicksZachary R.  Turlington,  Thomas E.  Edwards,  Andrew T.  Torelli,  Katherine A.  Hicks and  Jarrod B.  French. Crystal structure of a short chain dehydrogenase from Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315 in complex with NADP+ and benzoic acid, Acta Cryst. F., 2024, F80, 348-355.

12. Brian C. Richardson,** Zachary R. Turlington,** Sofia Vaz Ferreira de Macedo, Sara K. Phillips, Kay Perry, Savannah G. Brancato, Emmalee W. Cooke, Jonathan R. Gwilt, Andrew J. Roering, Francis M. Rossi, Mark J. Snider, Jarrod B. French, and Katherine A. Hicks. Structural and functional characterization of a novel Class A flavin monooxygenase from Bacillus niacini, Biochemistry 2024, 63(19), 2506-2516.

** These authors contributed equally.

11. Zachary R. Turlington, Sofia Vaz Ferreira de Macedo, Kay Perry, Sam L. Belsky, Jennifer A. Faust, Mark J. Snider, and Katherine A. Hicks. Ligand bound structure of a 6‐hydroxynicotinic acid 3‐monooxygenase provides mechanistic insights. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, (2024) 752: 109859-109866.

10. Humberto DeVitto, Kafi Blfon, Nandini Sharma, Sarah Toay, Jan Abendroth, David M. Dranow, Donald D. Lorimer, Sydney Willis, George Barrera, Olive Beyer, Teng Da Li, Thomas E. Edwards, Katherine A. Hicks, Andrew T. Torelli, and Jarrod B. French. Characterization of an Acinetobacter baumannii monofunctional phosphomethylpyrimidine kinase that is inhibited by pyridoxal phosphate, Biochemistry, (2024) 63(4), 576-585.

9. Faisal Aziz, Kanamata Reddy, Virneliz Fernandez Bega, Raja Dey, Katherine Hicks, Sumitha Rao, Luis Jordan, Emery Smith, Justin Shumate, Louis Scampavia, Nicholas Carpino, Timothy Spicer, and Jarrod French. Rebamipide and derivatives are potent, selective inhibitors of histidine phosphatase activity of the Suppressor of T cell Receptor Signaling Proteins, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, (2024) 67(3), 1949-1960.

8. Sara K. PhillipsSavannah G. Brancato,  Samantha N. MacMillan,  Mark J. Snider,  Andrew J. Roering and  Katherine A. Hicks. Synthesis and crystallographic characterization of 2,6-dihydroxypyridine, Acta Crystallographica, Section E, Crystallographic Communications, (2023) E79, 1147-1150.

7. Scott W. Perkins, May Z. Hlaing, Katherine A. Hicks, Lauren J. Rajakovich, and Mark J. Snider. Mechanism of the Multistep Catalytic Cycle of 6-Hydroxynicotinate-3-Monooxygenase Revealed by Global Kinetic Analysis, Biochemistry, (2023), 62 (10), 1553-1567.

6. Kathryn M. McCulloch and Katherine A. Hicks. Development and Implementation of a Bioinfographics Assignment in Second-Semester Biochemistry: Metabolic Pathways beyond the Classroom. The Journal of Chemical Education, (2022) 99 (10), 3623-3629.

5. Kent D. Nakamoto, Scott W. Perkins, Selim Gerislioglu, Mark A. Anderson, Katherine A. Hicks, and Mark J. Snider.   Mechanism of 6-hydroxynicotinate 3-monooxygenase, a flavin-dependent decarboxylative hydroxylase involved in aerobic nicotinic acid catabolism, Biochemistry, (2019) 58(13), 1751-1763.

4. Weijie Zhou, Andrew Tsai, Devon A. Dattmore, Devin P. Stives, Iva Chitrakar, Alexis Maria D’alessandro, Shiv Patel, Katherine A. Hicks, and Jarrod B. French. Crystal structure of E. coli PRPP synthetase, BMC Structural Biology, (2019), 19(1), 1-7.

3. Roger Shek, Devon A. Dattmore, Devin P. Stives, Ashley L. Jackson, Christa H. Chatfield, Katherine A. Hicks, and Jarrod B. French. “Structural and Functional Basis for Targeting Campylobacter jejuni Agmatine Deiminase To Overcome Antibiotic Resistance,” Biochemistry, (2017) 56 (51), 6734-6742.

2. Katherine A. Hicks. “Measuring Norfloxacin Binding to Trypsin Using a Fluorescence Quenching Assay in an Upper-Division, Integrated Laboratory Course,” The Journal of Chemical Education, (2016), 93(2), 380-382.

1. Katherine A. Hicks, Meigan E. Yuen, Wei Feng Zhen, Tyler J. Gerwig, Ryan W. Story, Megan C. Kopp, and Mark J. Snider. “Structural and Biochemical Characterization of 6-Hydroxynicotinic Acid 3-Monooxygenase, a Novel Decarboxylative Hydroxylase Involved in Aerobic Nicotinate Degradation,” Biochemistry, (2016), 55(24), 3432-3446.