All Stories

  1. A Ferritin Photochemical Synthesis of Monodispersed Silver Nanoparticles That Possess Antimicrobial Properties

    Article • Journal of Nanomaterials, February 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Richard K Watt

  2. The crystal structure of ferritin from Chlorobium tepidum reveals a new conformation of the 4-fold channel for this protein family

    Article • Biochimie, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Richard K Watt

  3. The C-Terminal Regions Have an Important Role in the Activity of the Ferroxidase Center and the Stability of Chlorobium tepidum Ferritin

    Article • Journal of Protein Chemistry, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard K Watt

  4. A ferritin mediated photochemical method to synthesize biocompatible catalytically active gold nanoparticles: size control synthesis for small (∼2 nm), medium (∼7 nm) or large (∼17 nm) nanoparticles

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Richard K Watt

  5. Tuning the band gap of ferritin nanoparticles by co-depositing iron with halides or oxo-anions

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Richard K Watt

  6. A Unified Model for Ferritin Iron Loading by the Catalytic Center: Implications for Controlling “Free Iron” during Oxidative Stress

    Article • ChemBioChem, February 2013, Wiley

    Dr Richard K Watt

  7. Ferritin as a model for developing 3rd generation nano architecture organic/inorganic hybrid photo catalysts for energy conversion

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Richard K Watt

  8. Anion deposition into ferritin

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, March 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Richard K Watt

  9. A new approach to the ferritin iron core growth: influence of the H/L ratio on the core shape

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Richard K Watt

  10. The ferroxidase center is essential for ferritin iron loading in the presence of phosphate and minimizes side reactions that form Fe(III)-phosphate colloids

    Article • BioMetals, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard K Watt

  11. Ferritin iron mineralization proceeds by different mechanisms in MOPS and imidazole buffers

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Richard K Watt

  12. Cloning and characterization of Chlorobium tepidum ferritin

    Article • Biochimie, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Richard K Watt

  13. Non-reductive iron release from horse spleen ferritin using desferoxamine chelation

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Richard K Watt

  14. The many faces of the octahedral ferritin protein

    Article • BioMetals, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard K Watt

  15. Ferritin and metallothionein: dangerous liaisons

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Richard K Watt

  16. Ferritin as a photocatalyst and scaffold for gold nanoparticle synthesis

    Article • Journal of Nanoparticle Research, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard K Watt

  17. Oxido-reduction is not the only mechanism allowing ions to traverse the ferritin protein shell

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, August 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Richard K Watt

  18. Characterization of ferritin core on redox reactions as a nanocomposite for electron transfer

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, April 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Richard K Watt

  19. Photoreduction of Au(III) to form Au(0) nanoparticles using ferritin as a photocatalyst

    Article • March 2010, SPIE

    Dr Richard K Watt

  20. Maximizing the efficiency of ferritin as a photocatalyst for applications in an artificial photosynthesis system

    Article • March 2010, SPIE

    Dr Richard K Watt

  21. Direct Adsorption and Detection of Proteins, Including Ferritin, onto Microlens Array Patterned Bioarrays

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, July 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Bruce Gale, Dr Richard K Watt

  22. Rate of iron transfer through the horse spleen ferritin shell determined by the rate of formation of Prussian Blue and Fe-desferrioxamine within the ferritin cavity

    Article • Biophysical Chemistry, March 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Richard K Watt

  23. Iron loading into ferritin can be stimulated or inhibited by the presence of cations and anions: A specific role for phosphate

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, December 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Richard K Watt

  24. Nanophase Iron Phosphate, Iron Arsenate, Iron Vanadate, and Iron Molybdate Minerals Synthesized within the Protein Cage of Ferritin

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, May 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Richard K Watt

  25. Forming the Phosphate Layer in Reconstituted Horse Spleen Ferritin and the Role of Phosphate in Promoting Core Surface Redox Reactions †

    Article • Biochemistry, May 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Richard K Watt

  26. Redox reactions of apo mammalian ferritin

    Article • Biochemistry, October 1992, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Richard K Watt