Selected Publications

Takanishi, C.L., Ma, L. & Wood M.J (2007) A genetically encoded probe for cysteine sulfenic acid protein modification in vivo. Biochemistry, 46, 14725-14732. [LINK]

Ma, L., Takanishi, C.L. & Wood, M.J. (2007) Molecular mechanism of oxidative stress perception by the Orp1 protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282, 31429-36. [LINK]

Mason, J.T., Kim, S.K., Knaff, D.B. & Wood, M.J. (2006) Thermodynamic basis for redox regulation of the Yap1 signal transduction pathway.  Biochemistry, 45, 13409-13417. [PDF]

Wang, X., Mukhopadhyay, P., Wood, M.J., Outten, F.W., Opdyke, J.A., & Storz, G. (2006) Mutational Analysis to Define an Activating Region on the Redox-Sensitive Transcriptional Regulator OxyR. Journal of Bacteriology, 188, 8335-8342. [PDF]

Wood, M.J., Storz, G. & Tjandra, N. (2004)  Structural basis for redox regulation of Yap1 transcription factor localization.  Nature, 430, 917-921. [PDF]

Wood, M.J., Andrade, E.C. & Storz, G. (2003)  The redox domain of the Yap1p transcription factor contains two disulfide bonds.  Biochemistry, 42, 11982-11991. [PDF]

Outten, F.W., Wood, M.J., Munoz, F.M. & Storz, G. (2003)  The SufE protein and the SufBCD complex enhance SufS cysteine desulfurase activity as part of a sulfur transfer pathway for Fe-S cluster assembly in Escherichia coli.  Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278, 45713-9. [PDF]

Invited Reviews & Book Chapters

Wood, M.J. & Storz, G. (2005) Oxygen, Metabolism and Gene Expression: the T-Rex Connection.  Structure, 13, 2-3. [PDF]

Wood, M.J., Prieto, J.H. & Komives E.A.  (2005) Structural and functional consequences of methionine oxidation in thrombomodulin.  Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1703, 141-147. [PDF]

 Carmel-Harel, O., Wood, M.J. & Storz, G.  (2003)  Regulatory disulfides controlling transcription factor activity in the bacterial and yeast responses to oxidative stress.  In Cellular Implications of Redox Signaling.  Gitler, C. and Danon, A. (eds).  London: Imperial College Press.  pp. 287-310.