Bryan Ferlez, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University-DOE Kerfeld Lab East PhD, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 2016 BSc, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 2008 MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, Room 222 East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone 517-432-4349 ferlezbr@msu.edu |
Publications
Thweatt, J., Ferlez, B., Golbeck, J.H. and Bryant, D. BciD is a radical-SAM enzyme that completes bacteriochlorophyllide e biosynthesis by oxidizing a methyl group into a formyl group at C-7.Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016, doi:10.1074/jbc.M116.767665.
Perez, A., Gajewski, J., Ferlez, B., Ludwig, M., Baker, C., Golbeck, J.H. and Bryant, D. A Zn++-inducible expression platform for Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 based on the smtA promoter/operator and smtB repressor. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2016, doi: 10,1128/AEM.02491-16.
Saboe, P., Conte, E., Chan, S., Feroz, H., Ferlez, B., Farell, M., Sines, I.T., Yan, H., Bazan, G., Golbeck, J.H., and M. Kumar. Biomimetic wiring and stabilization of photosynthetic membrane proteins with block copolymer interfaces. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 15457-15463.
Ferlez, B., Agostini, A., Carbonera, D., Golbeck, J.H. and A.V.D. Est. Triplet charge recombination in heliobacterial reaction centers does not produce a spin-polarized EPR spectrum. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie 2016, DOI: 10.1515/zpch-2016-0825.
Feroz, H., Vandervelden, C., Ikwuagwu, B., Ferlez, B., Baker, C., Lugar, D., Grzelakowski, M., Golbeck, J.H., Zydney, A., and M. Kumar. Concentrating membrane proteins using ultrafiltration without concentrating detergents. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 2016, 113, 2122-2130.
Ferlez, B., Cowgill, J., Dong, W., Gisriel, C., Lin, S., Flores, M., Walters, K., Cetnar, D., Redding, K.E., and J.H. Golbeck. Thermodynamics of the electron acceptors in Heliobacterium modesticaldum: an exemplar of an early homodimeric type I photosynthetic reaction center. Biochemistry. 2016, 55, 2358-2370.
Gorka, M., Perez, A., Baker, C., Ferlez, B., van der Est, A., Bryant, D. and J.H. Golbeck. Electron transfer from the A1A and A1B sites to a tethered Pt nanoparticle requires the FeS clusters for suppression of the recombination channel. J. Photochem. Photobio. B. 2015, 152, 325-334.
Ferlez, B., Dong, W., Siavashi, R., Redding, K., Hou, H.J.M., Golbeck, J.H. and A.V.D Est. The effect of bacteriochlorphyll g oxidation on energy and electron transfer in reaction centers from Heliobacterium modesticaldum. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2015, 119, 13714-13725.
Saboe, P.O., Lubner, C.E., McCool, N.E., Vargas-Barbosa, N. M., Yan, H., Chan, S., Ferlez, B., Bazan, G.C., Golbeck, J.H. and M. Kumar. Two-dimensional protein crystals for solar energy conversion. Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 7064-7069.
Thweatt, J., Ferlez, B., Golbeck, J.H. and Bryant, D. BciD is a radical-SAM enzyme that completes bacteriochlorophyllide e biosynthesis by oxidizing a methyl group into a formyl group at C-7.Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016, doi:10.1074/jbc.M116.767665.
Perez, A., Gajewski, J., Ferlez, B., Ludwig, M., Baker, C., Golbeck, J.H. and Bryant, D. A Zn++-inducible expression platform for Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 based on the smtA promoter/operator and smtB repressor. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2016, doi: 10,1128/AEM.02491-16.
Saboe, P., Conte, E., Chan, S., Feroz, H., Ferlez, B., Farell, M., Sines, I.T., Yan, H., Bazan, G., Golbeck, J.H., and M. Kumar. Biomimetic wiring and stabilization of photosynthetic membrane proteins with block copolymer interfaces. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 15457-15463.
Ferlez, B., Agostini, A., Carbonera, D., Golbeck, J.H. and A.V.D. Est. Triplet charge recombination in heliobacterial reaction centers does not produce a spin-polarized EPR spectrum. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie 2016, DOI: 10.1515/zpch-2016-0825.
Feroz, H., Vandervelden, C., Ikwuagwu, B., Ferlez, B., Baker, C., Lugar, D., Grzelakowski, M., Golbeck, J.H., Zydney, A., and M. Kumar. Concentrating membrane proteins using ultrafiltration without concentrating detergents. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 2016, 113, 2122-2130.
Ferlez, B., Cowgill, J., Dong, W., Gisriel, C., Lin, S., Flores, M., Walters, K., Cetnar, D., Redding, K.E., and J.H. Golbeck. Thermodynamics of the electron acceptors in Heliobacterium modesticaldum: an exemplar of an early homodimeric type I photosynthetic reaction center. Biochemistry. 2016, 55, 2358-2370.
Gorka, M., Perez, A., Baker, C., Ferlez, B., van der Est, A., Bryant, D. and J.H. Golbeck. Electron transfer from the A1A and A1B sites to a tethered Pt nanoparticle requires the FeS clusters for suppression of the recombination channel. J. Photochem. Photobio. B. 2015, 152, 325-334.
Ferlez, B., Dong, W., Siavashi, R., Redding, K., Hou, H.J.M., Golbeck, J.H. and A.V.D Est. The effect of bacteriochlorphyll g oxidation on energy and electron transfer in reaction centers from Heliobacterium modesticaldum. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2015, 119, 13714-13725.
Saboe, P.O., Lubner, C.E., McCool, N.E., Vargas-Barbosa, N. M., Yan, H., Chan, S., Ferlez, B., Bazan, G.C., Golbeck, J.H. and M. Kumar. Two-dimensional protein crystals for solar energy conversion. Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 7064-7069.