SELECTED PUBLICATIONS




7-Azaindole, 7-Azatryptophan, and Protein Structure and Dynamics

  • Y. Chen, R. L. Rich, F. Gai, and J. W. Petrich, "The fluorescent species of 7-azaindole and 7-azatryptophan in water," J. Phys. Chem. 1993, 97, 1770.

    Y. Chen, F. Gai, and J. W. Petrich, "Solvation of 7-azaindole in alcohols and water: evidence for concerted excited-state double-proton transfer in alcohols," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 10158.

    Y. Chen, F. Gai, and J. W. Petrich, "The single exponential fluorescence decay of the nonnatural amino acid, 7-azatryptophan, and the nonexponential decay of tryptophan," J. Phys. Chem. 1994, 98, 2203.

    A. S. Smirnov, D. S. English, R. L. Rich, J. Lane, L. Teyton, A. W. Schwabacher, S. Luo, R. W. Thornburg, and J. W. Petrich, "Photophysics and biological applications of 7-azaindole and its analogs," J. Phys. Chem., 1998, 119, 11585.

    D. S. English, R. L. Rich, and J. W. Petrich, "Nonexponential fluorescence decay of 7-azatryptophan induced in a peptide environment," Photochem. Photobiol., 1998, 67, 76. 

    Jin Wen, Scott W. Nelson, Richard B. Honzatko, Herbert J. Fromm, and Jacob W. Petrich, Environment of tryptophan 57 in Porcine fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase studied by time-resolved fluorescence and site-directed mutagenesis. Photochem. Photobiol.  74, 679 (2001). [PDF]

    P. Chowdhury, M. Gondry, R. Genet, J.-L. Martin, A. Ménez, M. Négrerie, and J. W. Petrich.  Picosecond dynamics of a peptide from the acetylcholine receptor interacting with a neurotoxin probed by tailored tryptophan fluorescence.  Photochem. Photobiol.  77, 151 (2003). [PDF]


    Catherine A. Ibarra, Pramit Chowdhury, Jacob W. Petrich, William M. Atkins.  The Anomalous pKa of Tyr-9 in Glutathione S-Transferase A1-1 Catalyzes Product Release.  J. Biol. Chem.  278, 19257 (2003). [PDF]

    Hypericin and Its Analogs

    F. Gai, M. J. Fehr, and J. W. Petrich, "Observation of excited-state tautomerization in the antiviral agent hypericin and identification of its fluorescent species," J. Phys. Chem. 1994, 98, 5784.

    S. L. Carpenter, M. J. Fehr, G. A. Kraus, and J. W. Petrich, "Chemiluminescent activation of the antiviral activity of hypericin: a molecular flashlight," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1994, 91, 12273.

    G. A. Kraus, W. Zhang, M. J. Fehr, and J. W. Petrich, "Research at the interface between chemistry and virology: The development of a molecular flashlight," Chem. Rev., 1996, 96, 523.

    D. S. English, W. Zhang, G. A. Kraus, and J. W. Petrich, "Excited-state photophysics of hypericin and its hexamethoxy analog: Intermolecular proton transfer as a nonradiative process in hypericin," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 119, 2980.

    K. Das, D. S. English, and J. W. Petrich, "Solvent dependence on the intramolecular excited-state proton or hydrogen atom transfer in hypocrellin," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1997, 119, 2763.

    D. S. English, K. Das, K. D. Ashby, J. Park, J. W. Petrich, and E. W. Castner, Jr., "Confirmation of excited-state proton transfer and ground-state heterogeneity in hypericin by fluorescence upconversion," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 119, 11585.

    J. W. Petrich, M. S. Gordon, and M. Cagle, "Structure and energetics of ground-state hypericin: Comparison of experiment and theory," J. Phys. Chem. A, 1998, 102, 1647.

    R. Chaloupka, F. Sureau, E. Kocisova, and J. W. Petrich, "Hypocrellin A photosensitization involves an intracellular pH decrease in 3T3 cells," Photochem. Photobiol, 1998, 68, 44.

    K. Das, A. V. Smirnov, M. D. Snyder, and J. W. Petrich, "Picosecond linear dichroism and anisotropy of hypocrellin: Towards a unified picture of the photophysics of hypericin and hypocrellin," J. Phys. Chem. B, 1998, 102, 6098.

    D. S. English, R. T. Doyle, J. W. Petrich, and P. G. Haydon, "Subcellular distributions and excited state processes of hypericin in neurons," Photochem. Photobiol. , 1999, 69, 301.

    J. Park, D. S. English, Y. Wannemuehler, S. Carpenter, and J. W. Petrich, "The role of oxygen in the antiviral activity of hypericin and hypocrellin," Photochem. Photobiol.,1998, 68, 593.

    K. Das, A. V. Smirnov, J. Wen, P. Miskovsky, and J. W. Petrich, "Photophysics of hypericin in complex with subcellular components: Interactions with human serum albumin," Photochem. Photobiol., 1999, 69, 633.

    K. Das, K. D. Ashby, J. Wen, and J. W. Petrich, "The temperature dependence of the excited-state intramolecular proton transfer reaction in hypericin and hypocrellin," J. Phys. Chem. B,1999, 103, 1581. [PDF]

    A. V. Smirnov, D. B. Fulton, A. Andreotti, and J. W. Petrich, "Exploring ground-state heterogeneity of hypericin and hypocrellin: Dynamic and 2D ROESY NMR study," J. Am. Chem. Soc. ,1999, 121, 7979 .[PDF]

    A. V. Smirnov, K. Das, D. S. English, Z. Wan, G. A. Kraus, and J. W. Petrich, "Excited-State intramolecular H-atom transfer of hypericin and hypocrellin A investigated by fluorescence upconversion." J. Phys. Chem. A, 1999, 103, 7949. [PDF]

    A. Datta, A. V. Smirnov, J. Wen, G. Chumanov, and J. W. Petrich, "Multidimensional reaction coordinate for the excited-state H-atom transfer in perylene quinones: Importance of the 7-membered ring in hypocrellins A and B." Photochem. Photobiol., 2000, 71, 166. [PDF]

    J. W. Petrich, "Excited-state intramolecular H-atom transfer in nearly symmetrical perylene quinones: Hypericin, hypocrellin, and their analogs." International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 2000, 19, 479.
     
    Chowdhury, P. K., Ashby, K. D., Datta, A., and J. W. Petrich.  Effect of pH on the fluorescence and absorption spectra of hypericin in reverse micelles.  Photochem. Photobiol.  72, 612 (2000). [PDF]

    A. Datta, P. Bandyopadhyay, J. Wen, J. W. Petrich, and M. S. Gordon, "Coupling of large-amplitude side chain motions to the excited-state H-atom transfer of perylene quinones: Application of theory and experiment to calphostin C." J. Phys. Chem. A, 2001, 105, 1057. [PDF]

    B. M. Showalter, A. Datta, P. K. Chowdhury, J. Park, P. Bandyopadhyay, P. K. Choudhury, S. Kesavan, Y. Zeng, G. A. Kraus, M. S. Gordon, J. P. Toscano, and J. W. Petrich, "Identification of a vibrational frequency corresponding to H-atom translocation in hypericin." Photochem. Photobiol., 2001, 74, 157.[PDF]
       
    P.K. Chowdhury, K. Das, A. Datta, W.-Z. Liu, H.-Y. Zhang, and J. W. Petrich.  A comparison of the excited-state processes of nearly symmetrical perylene quinones:  Hypocrellin A and Hypomycin B. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A.  154, 107 (2002).[PDF]

    J.Wen, P. Chowdhury, N. J. Wills, Y. Wannemuehler, J. Park, S. Kesavan, S. Carpenter, G. A. Kraus, and J. W. Petrich, Towards the molecular flashlight:  Preparation, properties, and photophysics of a hypericin-luciferin tethered molecule.  Photochem. Photobiol. 76, 153 (2002). [PDF]

    Wen, J., Chowdhury, P. K., Fulton, D. B., Datta, A., Das, K., Andreotti, A. H., and J. W. Petrich.  Does solvent influence the ground-state tautomeric population of hypericin?  Photochem. Photobiol.  77, 5 (2003). [PDF]

    L. Sanders, M. Halder, T.-L. Xiao, J. Ding, D. W. Armstrong, and J. W. Petrich, The Separation of Hypericin’s Enantiomers and Their Photophysics in Chiral Environments.  Photochem.  Photobiol.  81, 183-186 (2005).[PDF]


    Dynamics of Novel Hemeproteins

    Suman Kundu, Barry Snyder, Kaustuv Das, Pramit Chowdhury, Jaehun Park, Jacob W. Petrich, and Mark S. Hargrove, The leghemoglobin proximal heme pocket directs oxygen dissociation and stabilizes bound heme.  Proteins. 46, 268 (2002).[PDF]

    P. K. Chowdhury, S. Kundu, M. Halder, K. Das, M. S. Hargrove, and J. W. Petrich Effects of distal pocket mutations on the geminate recombination of NO with leghemoglobin on the picosecond timescale.  J. Phys. Chem.  B 107, 9122-9127 (2003). [PDF]

    M. Halder, K. Das, P. K. Chowdhury, S. Kundu, M. S. Hargrove, and J. W. Petrich.  A comparative femtosecond study of the unligated monomeric hemeproteins myoglobin and leghemoglobin.  J. Phys. Chem.  107, 9933-9938 (2003). [PDF]

    Food Safety

    K. D. Ashby, T. A. Casey, M. A. Rasmussen, and J. W. Petrich. "Steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy of F420 extracted from methanogen cells and its utility as a marker for fecal contamination." J. Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2001, 49, 1123.[PDF]

    T. A. Casey, M. A. Rasmussen, and J. W. Petrich, Fluorescence based real-time detection of faecal contamination on meat.  Microbiological Methods Forum Newsletter.  21, 6 (2002).

    Ashby, K. D., Wen, J., Chowdhury, P., Casey, T. A., Rasmussen, M. A., and J. W. Petrich.  Fluorescence of dietary porphyrins as a basis for real-time detection of fecal and ingesta contamination on meat. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.  51, 3502 (2003). [PDF]

    Pramit K. Chowdhury, Mintu Halder, Prabir K. Choudhury, George A. Kraus, Meera J. Desai, Daniel W. Armstrong, Thomas A. Casey, Mark A. Rasmussen, and Jacob W. Petrich.  Generation of fluorescent adducts of malondialdehyde and amino acids:  Towards an understanding of lipofuscin.  Photochem.  Photobiol.  79, 21-25 (2004). [PDF]

    Room Temperature Ionic Liquids

    P. K. Chowdhury, M. Halder, L. Sanders, T. Calhoun, J. L. Anderson, D. W. Armstrong, X. Song, and J. W. Petrich. Dyanmic solvation in room temperature ionic liquids. J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 10245-10255 (2004).
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    Patents

  •  Photoactivated antiviral and antitumor compositions.  Kraus, G. A.; Carpenter, S. L.; Petrich, J. W.  Patent No. 5,780,287.  Jul. 14, 1998.

    Photoactivated antiviral and antitumor compositions.  Kraus, G. A.; Carpenter, S. L.; Petrich, J. W.  Patent No. 5,786,198.  Jul. 28, 1998.

    Method and system for detecting fecal and ingesta contamination on the carcasses of meat animals.  Casey, T. A.; Rasmussen, M. A.; Petrich, J. W.  Patent No. 5,914,247.  Jun. 22, 1999.

    Photoactivated Antiviral and Antitumor Compositions.  Kraus, G. A,  Petrich, J. W., Carpenter, S.  Patent No. 5,952,311.  Sept. 14, 1999.

     Photoactivated Antiviral and Antitumor Compositions.  Kraus, G. A,  Petrich, J. W., Carpenter, S.  Patent No. 6,160,024.  Dec. 13, 2000.