Professor Lawrence P Wackett
University of Minnesota
Professor, Chemistry
United States
My co-authors include
Stéphane Vuilleumier
My Publications
Biotechnology. Edited by Ulrich Kück and Nicole Frankenberg-Dinkel. De Gruyter, 2015. P...
Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology
April 2017
Active Multienzyme Assemblies for Long-Chain Olefinic Hydrocarbon Biosynthesis
Journal of Bacteriology
February 2017
Ancient Evolution and Recent Evolution Converge for the Biodegradation of Cyanuric Acid...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
January 2016
Silica Gel for Enhanced Activity and Hypochlorite Protection of Cyanuric Acid Hydrolase...
mBio
November 2015
Bacterial Cyanuric Acid Hydrolase for Water Treatment
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
July 2015
Characteristic Isotope Fractionation Patterns in s -Triazine Degradation Have Their Or...
Environmental Science & Technology
March 2015
Modelling and optimization of a bioremediation system utilizing silica gel encapsulated...
Chemical Engineering Journal
January 2015
Rapid Method Using Two Microbial Enzymes for Detection of l-Abrine in Food as a Marker ...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
December 2014
Biodegradation of atrazine by three transgenic grasses and alfalfa expressing a modifie...
Transgenic Research
November 2014
Preventing microbial adherence
Microbial Biotechnology
October 2014
Permeabilized microbes in biotechnology
Microbial Biotechnology
August 2014
Cyanuric Acid Hydrolase from Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS 571: Crystal Structure and In...
PLoS ONE
June 2014
Use of Silica-Encapsulated Pseudomonas sp. Strain NCIB 9816-4 in Biodegradation of Nove...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
June 2014
Microbial strain collections and information
Microbial Biotechnology
June 2014
Biodegradation in Waters from Hydraulic Fracturing: Chemistry, Microbiology, and Engine...
Journal of Environmental Engineering
May 2014
Manufacturing of bioreactive nanofibers for bioremediation
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
February 2014
Silica/PVA biocatalytic nanofibers
Materials Letters
November 2013
Cyanobacterial Aldehyde Deformylase Oxygenation of Aldehydes Yields n – 1 Aldehydes an...
ACS Catalysis
October 2013
Expanding the Cyanuric Acid Hydrolase Protein Family to the Fungal Kingdom
Journal of Bacteriology
September 2013
Evaluating Pesticide Degradation in the Environment: Blind Spots and Emerging Opportuni...
Science
August 2013
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of cyanuric acid hydrolase fr...
Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
July 2013
Silicon alkoxide cross-linked silica nanoparticle gels for encapsulation of bacterial b...
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
January 2013
Reactive Biomaterial for the Treatment of Herbicide Contaminated Drinking Water: Atrazi...
June 2012
Crystal Structures of Xanthomonas campestris OleA Reveal Features That Promote Head-to...
Biochemistry
May 2012
Silica gel-encapsulated AtzA biocatalyst for atrazine biodegradation
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
January 2012
Use of the University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database for study of mi...
Microbial Informatics and Experimentation
January 2012
Plasmid Localization and Organization of Melamine Degradation Genes in Rhodococcus sp. ...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
December 2011
New Family of Biuret Hydrolases Involved in s -Triazine Ring Metabolism
ACS Catalysis
September 2011
Nile Red Detection of Bacterial Hydrocarbons and Ketones in a High-Throughput Format
mBio
June 2011
Engineering microbes to produce biofuels
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
June 2011
The University of Minnesota Pathway Prediction System: multi-level prediction and visua...
Nucleic Acids Research
April 2011
Cloning, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction of the OleC pr...
Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
August 2010
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis ofL-azetidine-2-carboxylate hydrolase fr...
Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
June 2010
Widespread Head-to-Head Hydrocarbon Biosynthesis in Bacteria and Role of OleA
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
April 2010
Predicting biodegradation products and pathways: a hybrid knowledge- and machine learni...
Bioinformatics
January 2010
Aliphatic Hydrocarbon Producers
January 2010
Biofuels (Butanol-Ethanol Production)
January 2010
University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database (UM-BBD) and Hydrocarbon R...
January 2010
Bacterial Ammeline Metabolism via Guanine Deaminase
Journal of Bacteriology
December 2009
Thermostable Cyanuric Acid Hydrolase from Moorella thermoacetica ATCC 39073
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
September 2009
The University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database: improving public access
Nucleic Acids Research
September 2009
Investigative mining of sequence data for novel enzymes: A case study with nitrilases
Journal of Biotechnology
August 2009
C29 Olefinic Hydrocarbons Biosynthesized by Arthrobacter Species
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
January 2009
Biodegradation Database and Prediction, Microbial
January 2009
The University of Minnesota pathway prediction system: predicting metabolic logic
Nucleic Acids Research
June 2008
Genes and Enzymes of Azetidine-2-Carboxylate Metabolism: Detoxification and Assimilatio...
Journal of Bacteriology
May 2008
Renewable fuels
Microbial Biotechnology
February 2008
Microbial-based motor fuels: science and technology
Microbial Biotechnology
January 2008
Mechanisms of Degradation of Synthetic Chemicals
January 2008
Hydroxyatrazine N-Ethylaminohydrolase (AtzB): an Amidohydrolase Superfamily Enzyme Cata...
Journal of Bacteriology
July 2007
Pathways to Discovering New Microbial Metabolism for Functional Genomics and Biotechnology
January 2007
Evolution of Catabolic Pathways: Genomic Insights into Microbial s-Triazine Metabolism
Journal of Bacteriology
November 2006
Metabolism of Thioamides by Ralstonia pickettii TA
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
September 2006
TrzN from Arthrobacter aurescens TC1 Is a Zinc Amidohydrolase
Journal of Bacteriology
August 2006
Purification and Characterization of TrzF: Biuret Hydrolysis by Allophanate Hydrolase S...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
April 2006
Secrets of Soil Survival Revealed by the Genome Sequence of Arthrobacter aurescens TC1
PLoS Genetics
January 2006
The role of histidine 200 in MndD, the Mn(II)-dependent 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetate 2,3-...
JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
October 2005
Biodegradation of atrazine in transgenic plants expressing a modified bacterial atrazin...
Plant Biotechnology Journal
September 2005
Allophanate Hydrolase, Not Urease, Functions in Bacterial Cyanuric Acid Metabolism
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
August 2005
Purification and Characterization of Allophanate Hydrolase (AtzF) from Pseudomonas sp. ...
Journal of Bacteriology
June 2005
Substrate Specificity and Colorimetric Assay for Recombinant TrzN Derived from Arthroba...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
May 2005
How radiation kills cells: Survival of Deinococcus radiodurans and Shewanella oneidens...
FEMS Microbiology Reviews
April 2005
Metabolism of Bismuth Subsalicylate and Intracellular Accumulation of Bismuth by Fusari...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
February 2005
Functional Analysis and Discovery of Microbial Genes Transforming Metallic and Organic ...
December 2004
Novel biocatalysis by database mining
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
August 2004
Encoding microbial metabolic logic: predicting biodegradation
Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology
July 2004
Evolution of Enzymes for the Metabolism of New Chemical Inputs into the Environment
Journal of Biological Chemistry
June 2004
Crystallographic Comparison of Manganese- and Iron-Dependent Homoprotocatechuate 2,3-Di...
Journal of Bacteriology
April 2004
Stable isotope probing in biodegradation research
Trends in Biotechnology
April 2004
Microbial Genomics and the Periodic Table
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
February 2004
Evolution of New Enzymes and Pathways: Soil Microbes Adapt to s -Triazine Herbicide
October 2003
Microbial Pathway Prediction: A Functional Group Approach.
ChemInform
September 2003
Catabolism of Arylboronic Acids by Arthrobacter nicotinovorans Strain PBA
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
July 2003
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF HOMOPROTOCATECHUATE 2,3-DIOXYGENASE FROM BREVIBACTERIUM FUSCUM (FU...
June 2003
Microbial Pathway Prediction: A Functional Group Approach
Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences
May 2003
Arthrobacter aurescens TC1 Metabolizes Diverse s-Triazine Ring Compounds
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
December 2002
Atrazine Chlorohydrolase from Pseudomonas Sp. Strain ADP Is a Metalloenzyme †
Biochemistry
December 2002
Microbial Biocatalysis Databases
October 2002
Biodegradation, Biotransformation, and Biocatalysis (B3)
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
October 2002
Mechanism and applications of Rieske non-heme iron dioxygenases
Enzyme and Microbial Technology
October 2002
Enzymatic Degradation of Chlorodiamino-s-Triazine
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
September 2002
Novel psbA1 Gene from a Naturally Occurring Atrazine-Resistant Cyanobacterial Isolate
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
March 2002
Expanding the map of microbial metabolism
Environmental Microbiology
January 2002
Biodegradation of atrazine and related s -triazine compounds: from enzymes to field stu...
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
January 2002
Complete Nucleotide Sequence and Organization of the Atrazine Catabolic Plasmid pADP-1 ...
Journal of Bacteriology
October 2001
Rapid Evolution of Bacterial Catabolic Enzymes: A Case Study with Atrazine Chlorohydr...
Biochemistry
October 2001
Novel enzyme activities and functional plasticity revealed by recombining highly homolo...
Chemistry & Biology
September 2001
Design and Construction of Deinococcus Radiodurans for Biodegradation of Organic Toxins...
April 2001
Melamine Deaminase and Atrazine Chlorohydrolase: 98 Percent Identical but Functionally ...
Journal of Bacteriology
April 2001
Biocatalysis and Biodegradation
January 2001
Genetics of Atrazine and s -Triazine Degradation by Psedomonas sp. Strain ADP and Othe...
December 2000
Substrate Specificity of Atrazine Chlorohydrolase and Atrazine-Catabolizing Bacteria
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
October 2000
Environmental biotechnology
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
June 2000
Design and Construction of Deinococcus radiodurans for Biodegradation of Organic Toxins...
June 1999
Microbial Enzymes in Biodegradation
January 1999
The University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database: specialized metabolis...
Nucleic Acids Research
January 1999
Purification and Characterization of the Mutant Enzyme W117Y of the Dichloromethane Deh...
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
December 1998
Engineering a recombinant Deinococcus radiodurans for organopollutant degradation in ra...
Nature Biotechnology
October 1998
Design and construction of deinococcus radiodurans for biodegradation of organic toxins...
June 1998
Atrazine Hydrolysis by a Bacterial Enzyme
May 1998
Microbial biocatalysis and biodegradation informatics
Nature Biotechnology
December 1997
Biocatalysis, biodegradation and bioinformatics
Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology
November 1997
Bacterial biocatalysis: Stealing a page from nature's book
Nature Biotechnology
May 1997
Manganese(II) Active Site Mutants of 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetate 2,3-Dioxygenase from A...
Biochemistry
February 1997
Biodegradation of chlorinated aliphatic compounds
November 1996
Co-metabolism: is the emperor wearing any clothes?
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
June 1996
The University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database: A novel microbiologic...
Journal of Microbiological Methods
March 1996
Manganese(II)-Dependent Extradiol-Cleaving Catechol Dioxygenase from Arthrobacter glob...
Biochemistry
January 1996
Purification and characterization of toluene 2-monooxygenase from Burkholderia cepacia G4
Biochemistry
October 1995
Recruitment of Co-Metabolic Enzymes for Environmental Detoxification of Organohalides
Environmental Health Perspectives
June 1995
Recruitment of co-metabolic enzymes for environmental detoxification of organohalides
Environmental Health Perspectives
June 1995
Dehalogenation in environmental biotechnology
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
June 1994
Oxidation of Low Molecular Weight Chloroalkanes by Cytochrome P450CAM
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
May 1994
Metabolism of polyhalogenated compounds by a genetically engineered bacterium
Nature
April 1994
Haloacetonitriles Are Low KI Inhibitors of Bacterial Dichloromethane Dehalogenases
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
December 1993
Reductive dehalogenation by cytochrome P450CAM: Substrate binding and catalysis
Biochemistry
September 1993
Rapid hydrolysis of atrazine to hydroxyatrazine by soil bacteria
Environmental Science & Technology
September 1993
Trichloroethylene oxidation by toluene dioxygenase
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
May 1992
Environmental reductive elimination reactions of polychlorinated ethanes mimicked by tr...
Environmental Science & Technology
April 1992
A mechanistic perspective on bacterial metabolism of chlorinated methanes
Biodegradation
January 1992
Reductive dechlorination catalyzed by bacterial transition-metal coenzymes
Environmental Science & Technology
April 1991
Dehalogenation of Organohalide Pollutants by Bacterial Enzymes and Coenzymes
January 1991
Biodegradation of low-molecular-weight halogenated hydrocarbons by methanotrophic bacteria
FEMS Microbiology Letters
December 1990
The application of toluene dioxygenase in the synthesis of acetylene-terminated resins
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
December 1990
Haloalkene oxidation by the soluble methane monooxygenase from Methylosinus trichospori...
Biochemistry
July 1990
Optimization of trichloroethylene oxidation by methanotrophs and the use of a colorimet...
Biodegradation
January 1990
Benzylic monooxygenation catalyzed by toluene dioxygenase from Pseudomonas putida
Biochemistry
February 1988
Fragmentative and stereochemical isomerization probes for homolytic carbon to phosphoru...
Bioorganic Chemistry
December 1987
Substrate analogues as mechanistic probes of methyl-S-coenzyme M reductase
Biochemistry
September 1987
Expression of naphthalene oxidation genes in Escherichia coli results in the biosynthes...
Science
October 1983
