Recent Publications
Citation metrics (02.2024, Google Scholar): Citations = 25696, h-index = 95, i10-index = 287
Ranking (2024, link): World = 1079, USA = 463
2024
Valentina Borghesani, Melissa L. Zastrow, Audrey E. Tolbert, Aniruddha Deb, James E. Penner-Hahn, Vincent L. Pecoraro. Co(II) Substitution Enhances the Esterase Activity of a de Novo Designed Zn(II) Carbonic Anhydrase. Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202304367.
2023
Matteo Melegari, Vittoria Marzaroli, Rosy Polisicchio, Davide Seletti, Luciano Marchiò, Vincent L. Pecoraro, Matteo Tegoni. Insights on the Structure in Solution of Paramagnetic LnIII/GaIII 12-Metallacrown-4 Complexes Using 1D 1H NMR and Model Structures. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 10645–10654.
Tu N. Nguyen, Svetlana V. Eliseeva, Ivana Martinić, Peggy L. Carver, Timothée Lathion, Stéphane Petoud, Vincent L. Pecoraro. Lower Energy Excitation of Water Soluble Near‐Infrared Emitting Mixed‐Ligand Metallacrowns. Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202300226.
Pedro M. S. Bragança, Marta S. P. Carepo, Sofia R. Pauleta, Tyler B. J. Pinter, Maddalena Elia, Cristina M. Cordas, Isabel Moura, Vincent L. Pecoraro, José J. G. Moura. Incorporation of a molybdenum atom in a Rubredoxin-type Centre of a de novo-designed α3DIV-L21C three-helical bundle peptide. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 2023, 240, 112096.
Rasmus Fromsejer, Marianne L. Jensen, Matthew O. Zacate, Victoria Karner, Vincent L. Pecoraro, Lars Hemmingsen. Molecular rotational correlation times and nanoviscosity determined by 111mCd perturbed angular correlation (PAC) of γ-rays spectroscopy. Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202203084.
2022
Bernadette L. Schneider, Vincent L. Pecoraro. Host-Guest Chemistry of Metallacrowns in Advances in Metallacrown Chemistry, C. Zaleski, ed., 2022, 1-36. ISBN: 978-3-031-08576-5.
Elvin V. Salerno, Collin M. Foley, Vittoria Marzaroli, Bernadette L. Schneider, Max D. Sharin, Jeff W. Kampf, Luciano Marchiò, Matthias Zeller, Régis Guillot, Talal Mallah, Matteo Tegoni, Vincent L. Pecoraro, Curtis M. Zaleski. Unique Dimerization Topology and Countercation Binding Modes in 12-metallacrown-4 Compounds. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 32, e202200439.
Elvin V. Salerno, Albano N. Carneiro Neto, Svetlana V. Eliseeva, Miguel A. Hernández-Rodríguez, Jacob C. Lutter, Timothée Lathion, Jeff W. Kampf, Stéphane Petoud, Luis D. Carlos, Vincent L. Pecoraro. Tunable Optical Molecular Thermometers Based on Metallacrowns. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 40, 18259–18271.
Karl J. Koebke, Tyler B. J. Pinter, Winston C. Pitts, Vincent L. Pecoraro. Catalysis and Electron Transfer in de Novo Designed Metalloproteins. Chem. Rev. 2022, 122, 14, 12046–12109.
Tyler B. J. Pinter, Catherine S. Ervin, Aniruddha Deb, James E. Penner-Hahn, Vincent L. Pecoraro. Cu(I) Binding to Designed Proteins Reveals a Putative Copper Binding Site of the Human Line1 Retrotransposon Protein ORF1p. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 12, 5084–5091.
Svetlana V. Eliseeva, Tu N. Nguyen, Jeff W. Kampf, Evan R. Trivedi, Vincent L. Pecoraro, Stéphane Petoud. Tuning the Photophysical Properties of Lanthanide(III)/Zinc(II) ‘Encapsulated Sandwich’ Metallacrowns Emitting in the near-Infrared Range. Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 2919-2931.
2021
Carmelo Sgarlata, Bernadette L. Schneider, Valeria Zito, Rossella Migliore, Matteo Tegoni, Vincent L. Pecoraro, Giuseppe Aren. Lanthanide Identity Governs Guest-Induced Dimerization in LnIII[15-MC N(L-PheHA)-5])3+ Metallacrowns. Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 17669–17675.
Tyler B. J. Pinter, Leela Ruckthong, Jeanne A. Stuckey, Aniruddha Deb, James E. Penner-Hahn, Vincent L. Pecoraro. Open Reading Frame 1 Protein of the Human Long Interspersed Nuclear Element 1 Retrotransposon Binds Multiple Equivalents of Lead. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 15271–15278.
Karl J. Koebke, Alison G. Tebo, Elizabeth C. Manickas, Aniruddha Deb, James E. Penner-Hahn, Vincent L. Pecoraro. Nitrite Reductase Activity within an Antiparallel de Novo Scaffold. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2021, 26, 855–862.
Jacob C. Lutter, Thaddeus T. Boron III, Katelyn E. Chadwick, Andrew H. Davis, Stephen Kleinhaus, Jeff W. Kampf, Curtis M. Zaleski, Vincent L. Pecoraro. Identification of slow magnetic relaxation and magnetocoolant capabilities of heterobimetallic lanthanide-manganese metallacrown-like compounds. Polyhedron, 2021, 202, 115190.
Alison Tebo, Annamaria Quaranta, Vincent L. Pecoraro, Ally Aukauloo. Enhanced Photoinduced Electron Transfer Through a Tyrosine Relay in a De Novo Designed Protein Scaffold Bearing a Photoredox Unit and a FeIIS4 Site. ChemPhotoChem, 2021, 5, 665–668.
Karl J. Koebke, Toni Kühl, Elisabeth Lojou, Borries Demeler, Barbara Schoepp‐Cothenet, Olga Iranzo, Vincent L. Pecoraro, Anabella Ivancich. The pH‐Induced Selectivity Between Cysteine or Histidine Coordinated Heme in an Artificial α‐Helical Metalloprotein. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 3974–3978.
Elvin V. Salerno, Jeff W. Kampf, Vincent L. Pecoraro, Talal Mallah. Magnetic properties of two GdIII FeIII 4 metallacrowns and strategies for optimizing the magnetocaloric effect of this topology. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2021, 8, 2611-2623.
2020
Elvin V. Salerno, Svetlana V. Eliseeva, Bernadette L. Schneider, Jeff W. Kampf, Stéphane Petoud, Vincent L. Pecoraro. Visible, Near-Infrared, and Dual-Range Luminescence Spanning the 4f Series Sensitized bu a Gallium(III)/Lanthanide(III) Metallacrown Structure. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2020, 124, 50, 105550-10564.
Koebke, K. J.; Kuhl, T.; Lojou, E.; Demeler, B.; Schoepp-Cothenet, B.; Iranzo, O.; Pecoraro, V. L.; Ivancich, A. “The pH-Induced Slectivity Between Cysteine or Histidine Coordinated Heme in an Artificial α-Helical Metalloprotein” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 132.
Pinter, T. B. J.;Manickas, E. C.; Tolbert, A. E.; Koebke, K. J.; Deb, A.; Penner-Hahn, J. E.; Pecoraro, V. L. “Making of Breaking Metal-Dependent Catalytic Activity: The Role of Stammers in Designed Three-Stranded Coiled Coils” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 20445-20449.
Eliseeva, V. S.; Salerno, E. V.; Lopez Bermudez, B. A.; Petoud, S.; Pecoraro, V. L. “Dy3+ White Light Emission Can Be Finely Controlled by Tuning the First Coordination Sphere of Ga3+/Dy3+ Metallacrown Complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142,38, 16173-16176.
Koebke, K. J.; Sosa Alfaro, V.; Pinter, T. B. J.; Deb, A.; Lehnert, N.; Tard, C.; Penner-Hahn, J. E.; Pecoraro, V. L. “Traversing the Red-Green-Blue Color Spectrum in Rationally Designed Cupredoxins” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 36, 15282-15294.
Salerno, E. V.; Zeler, J.; Eliseeva, S. V.; Hernandez-Rodriguez, M. A.; Carneiro Neto, A. N.; Petoud, S.; Pecoraro, V. L.; Carlos, L. D. “[Ga3+8Sm3+2, Ga3+8Tb3+2] Metallacrowns are Highly Promising Ratiometric Luminescent Molecular Nanothermometers Operating at Physiologically Relevant Temperatures” Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 9, 29.
Pinter, T. B. J.; Koebke, K.; Pecoraro, V. L. “Catalysis and Electron Transfer in De Novo Designed Helical Scaffold” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 7678-7699.
Nguyen, T. N.; Eliseeva, S.V.; Chow, C.Y.; Kampf, J.W.; Petoud, S.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Peculiarities of crystla structures and photophysical properties of GaIII/LnIII metallacrowns with a non-planar [12-MC-4] core” Inorg. Chem. Front., 2020, 7, 1553-1563.
Tolbert, A. E.; Ervin, C. S.; Ruckthong, L.; Paul, T. J.; Jayasinghe-Arachchige, V. M.; Neupane, K. P.; Stuckey, J. A.; Prabhakar, R.; Pecoraro, V. L. “Heteromeric Three-Stranded Coiled Coils Designed Using a Pb(II)(Cys)3 Template Mediated Strategy” Nat. Chem., 2020, 12, 405-411.
Mathieu, E.; Tolbert, A. E.; Koebke, K.; Tard, C.; Iranzo, O.; Penner-Hahn, J.; Policar, C.; Pecoraro, V. L. “Rational De Novo Design of a Cu-Metalloenzymes for Superoxide Dismutation” Chem. Eur J, 2020, 26, 249-258.
Lutter, J. C.; Eliseeva, S. V.; Collet, G.; Martinic, I.; Kampf, J. W.; Schneider, B. L.; Carichner, A.; Sobilo, J.; Lerondel, S.; Petoud, S.; Pecoraro, V. L. “Iodinated Metallacrowns: Toward Combined Bimodal Near-Infrared and X-ray Contrast Imaging Agents” Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 1274-1277.
2019
Jung, J.; Islam, M. A.; Pecoraro, V. L.; Mallah, T.; Berthon, C.; Bolvin, H. “Derivatin of Lanthanide Series Crystal Field Parameters from First Principles” Chem. Eur J, 2019, 25, 15112-15122
Ostrowska, M.; Toporivska, Y.; Golenya, I. A.; Shova, S.; Fritsky, I. O.; Pecoraro, V. L.; Gumienna-Kontecka, E. “Explaining how α-Hydroxymate Ligands Controls the Formation of Cu(II)-, Ni(II), and Zn(II)-Containing Metallacrowns” Inorg. Chem., 2019. 58, 24, 16642-16659.
Woo, S. Y.; Mallah, T.; Pecoraro, V. L.; Kociak, M.; Stephan, O.; Zobelli, A. “Luminescence from Isolated Tb-Based Metallacrowns Molecular Complexes on h-BN” Microsc. Microanal, 2019, 25, 604-605.
Ruckthong, L.; Stuckey, J.A.; Pecoraro, V.L. “How Outer Coordination Sphere Modifications Can Impact Metal Structures in Proteins: A Crystallographic Evaluation” Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 6773 –6787.
Koebke, K.J.; Yu, F.; Van Stappen, C.; Pinter, T.B.J.; Deb, A.; Penner-Hahn, J.E.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Methylated Histidines Alter Tautomeric Preferences that Influence the Rates of Cu Nitrite Reductase Catalysis in Designed Peptides” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 7765-7775.
Koebke, K.J.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Noncoded Amino Acids in de Novo Metalloprotein Design: Controlling Coordination Number and Catalysis” Acc. Chem. Res. 2019, 52, 1160-1167.
Lutter, J.C.; Lopez Bermudez, B.A.; Nguyen, T.N.; Kampf, J.W.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Functionalization of luminescent lanthanide-gallium metallacrowns using copper-catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition and thiol-maleimide Michael addition” J. Inorg. Biochem., 2019, 192, 119–125.
Marzaroli, V.; Spigolon, G.; Lococciolo, G.; Quaretti, M.; Salviati, C.; Kampf, J.W.; Licini, G.; Marchiò, L.; Pecoraro, V.L.; Tegoni, M. “Three-dimensional porous architectures based on MnII/III three-blades paddlewheel metallacryptates” Cryst. Growth Des., 2019, 19,1954-1964.
2018
Koebke, K.; Ruckthong, L.; Meagher, J.; Matthieu, E.; Harland, J.; Deb, A.; Lehnert, N.; Policar, C.; Tard, C.; Penner-Hahn, J.E.; Stucky, J.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Clarifying the Copper Coordination Environment in a de Novo Designed Red Copper Protein” Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 12291−12302.
Lutter, J. C.; Eliseeva, S.V.; Kampf, J.W.; Petoud, S.; Pecoraro, V.L. “A Unique LnIII{[3.3.1]GaIII Metallacryptate} Series That Possesses Properties of Slow Magnetic Relaxation and Visible/Near‐Infrared Luminescence” Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 10773-10783.
Koebke, K.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Development of de Novo Copper Nitrite Reductases: Where We Are and Where We Need To Go” ACS Catal., 2018, 8, 8046–8057.
Tebo, A.G.; Pinter, T.B.J.; Garcia-Serres, R.; Speelman, A.L.; Tard, C.; Sénéque, O.; Blondin, G.; LaTour, J.-M.; Penner-Hahn, J.E.; Lehnert, N.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Development of a Rubredoxin-Type Center Embedded in a de Novo Designed Three Helix Bundle“ Biochemistry, 2018, 57, 2308-2316.
Koebke, K.; Yu, F.; Salerno, E.; Van Stappen, C.; Tebo, A.G.; Penner-Hahn, J.E.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Modifying the Steric Properties In the Second Coordination Sphere of Designed Peptides Leads to Enhancement of Nitrite Reductase Actvity” Angew. Chem. 2018, 130, 4018-4021.
Cabral, A.D.S.; Jakolevska, J.; Deb, A.; Penner-Hahn, J.E.; Pecoraro, V.L.; Freisinger, E. “Further insights into the metal ion binding abilities and the metalation pathway of a plant metallothionein from Musa acuminata” JBIC 2018; 23(1): 91-107.
Lutter, J.; Zaleski, C.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Metallacrowns: Supramolecular Constructs with Potential in Extended Solids, Solution-State Dynamics, Molecular Magnetism, and Imaging Applications” Adv. Inorg. Chem. 2018; Vol. 71, pp 177 – 246.
Nguyen, T.N.; Chow, C.Y.; Eliseeva, S.V.; Kampf, J.W.; Trivedi, E.R.; Martinic, I.; Petoud, S.; Pecoraro, V.L. “One-step Assembly of Visible and Near-infrared Emitting Metallacrown Dimers Using a Bifunctional Linker” Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 1031-1035. [cover feature]
Ruckthong, L.; Deb, A.; Hemmingsen, L.; Penner-Hahn, J.E.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Incorporation of Second Coordination Sphere D-Amino Acids Alter Cd(II) Geometries in Designed Thiolate-rich Proteins” JBIC 2018, 23, 123-135.
2017
Rajczak, E.; Pecoraro, V.L.; Juskowiak, B. “Sm(III)[12-MC Ga(III)shi-4] as a luminescent probe for G-quadruplex structure” Metallomics 2017, 9, 1735-44.
Martinìc, I.; Eliseeva, S. V.; Nguyen, T.N.; Foucher, F.; Gosset, D.; Westall, F.; Pecoraro, V.L.; Petoud, S. “Near-Infrared Optical Imaging Agents for Combined in vitro Cell Fixation and Counter Staining” Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 6042–6050.
Martinìc, I.; Eliseeva, S. V.; Nguyen, T.; Pecoraro, V.L.; Petoud, S. “Near-Infrared Optical Imaging of Necrotic Cells by Photostable Lanthanide-Based Metallacrowns” J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 8388–8391.
Nguyen, T.N.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Metallacrowns: From Discovery to Potential Applications in Biomolecular Imaging” in Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry II, Elsevier, 2017, 5, 195-212.
Sgarlata,C.; Giuffrida, A.; Trivedi, E.R.; Pecoraro, V.L., Arena, G. “Anion Encapsulation Drives the Formation of Dimeric GdIII [15-metallacrown-5] 3+ Complexes in Aqueous Solution” Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 4771-4774.
Cangelosi, V.; Ruckthong, L.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Lead (II) Binding in Natural and Artificial Proteins” In Metal Ions in Life Sciences Vol. 17. 2017. Sigel, A.; Sigel, H.; Siegel, R.K.O. (eds)
Tebo, A.G.; Quaranta, A.; Herrero, C.; Pecoraro, V.L.; Aukauloo, A. “Intramolecular Photogeneration of a Tyrosine Radical in a Designed Protein” Chem. Photo. Chem. 2017, 1, 89-92.
Stachura, M.; Chakraborty, S.; Gottberg, A.; Ruckthong, L.; Pecoraro, V.L.; Hemmingsen, L. “Direct Observation of Nanosecond Water Exchange Dynamics at a Protein Metal Site” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 79.
Ruckthong, L.; Peacock, A.F.A.; Pascoe, C.E.; Hemmingsen, L.; Stuckey, J. A.; Pecoraro, V.L. “D-Cysteine Ligands Control Metal Geometries Within de Novo Designed Three-Stranded Coiled Coils” Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 8232-8243.
2016
Ruckthong, L.; Stuckey, J.A.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Methods for Solving Highly Symmetric De Novo Designed Metalloproteins: Crystallographic Examination of a Novel Three-Stranded Coiled-Coil Structure Containing d-Amino Acids” Methods in Enzymology. 2016, 580, 135-148.
Boron, T.T. (III); Lutter, J.,C.; Daly, C.I.; Chow, C.Y.; Davis, A.H.; Nimthong-Roldán, A.; Zeller, M.; Kampf, J.W.; Zaleski, C.M.; Pecoraro, V.L. “The Nature of the Bridging Anion Controls the Single-Molecule Magnetic Properties of DyX4M 12-Metallacrown-4 Complexes” Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 10597-10607.
Chow, C.Y.; Guillot, R.; Rivière, E.; Kampf, J.W.; Mallah, T.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Synthesis and Magnetic Characterization of Fe (III)-Based 9-Metallacrown-3 Complexes Which Exhibit Magnetorefrigerant Properties” Ionrg. Chem. 2016, 55, 10238-10247.
Ruckthong, L.; Zastrow, M.L.; Stuckey, J.A.; Pecoraro, V.L. “A Crystallographic Examination of Predisposition versus Preorganization in de Novo Designed Metalloproteins” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 11979.
Atzeri, C.; Marchiò, L.; Chow, C.Y.; Kampf, J.W.; Pecoraro, V.L.; Tegoni, M. “Design of 2D Porous Coordination Polymers Based on Metallacrown Units” Chem: Eur. J. 2016, 22, 6482–6486.
Chow, C. Y.; Eliseeva, S. V.; Trivedi, E. R.; Nguyen, T.; Kampf, J.W.; Petoud, S.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Ga3+/Ln3+ Metallacrowns: A Promising Family of Highly Luminescent Lanthanide Complexes that Covers Visible and Near-Infrared Domains” J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 5100-5109.
Plegaria, J.S.; Pecoraro, V.L. “De Novo Design of Metalloproteins and Metalloenzymes in a Three Helix Bundle” In Computational Design of Ligand Binding Proteins. Meth. Mol. Biol. 2016, 1414, 187-196. Stoddard B. (eds)
2015
Tebo, A.G.; Hemmingsen, L.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Variable primary coordination environments of Cd(II) Binding to Three Helix Bundles Provide a Pathway for Rapid Metal Exchange” Metallomics 2015, 7, 1555-1561.
Plegaria, J.S.; Herrero, C.; Quaranta, A.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Electron Transfer Activity of a de Novo Designed Copper Center in a Three-Helix Bundle Fold,” Biochim. Biophys. Acta 2015, 522-530.
Plegaria, J.S.; Duca, M.; Tard, C.; Deb, A.; Penner-Hahn, J.E.; Pecoraro, V.L. “De Novo Design of Copper Metallopeptides Inspired by Native Cupredoxins,” Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 9470-9482.
Mocny, C.S.; Pecoraro, V.L. “De Novo Protein Design as a Methodology for Synthetic Bioinorganic Chemistry” Accts. Chem. Resrch. 2015, 48, 2388-2396.
Chow, C.Y.; Bolvin, H.; Campbell, V.E.; Guillot, R.; Kampf, J.W.; Wernsdorfer, W.; Gendron, F.; Autschbach, J.; Pecoraro, V.L.; Mallah, T. “Assessing the exchange coupling in binuclear lanthanide(III) complexes and the slow relaxation of the magnetization in the antiferromagnetically coupled Dy2 derivative” Chemical Sciences, 2015, 6, 4148-4159.
Ross, M.R; White, A.M.; Yu, F.; King, J.T.; Pecoraro, V.L.; Kubarych, K.J. “Histidine Orientation Modulates the Structure and Dynamics of a de Novo designed Metalloenzyme” J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 10164-10176.
Plegaria, J. P.; Dzul, S.; Zuiderweg, E.R.P.; Stemmler, T.J.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Apoprotein Structure and Metal Binding Characterization of a de Novo Designed Peptide, α3DIV, that Sequesters Toxic Heavy Metals” Biochemistry 2015, 54, 2858−2873.
Jankolovits, J.; Kampf, J.W.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Assembly of Zinc Metallacrowns with an α-Amino Hydroxamic Acid Ligand” Chinese Chemistry Letters, 2015, 26, 444-448.
Tebo, A.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Artificial metalloenzymes derived from three-helix bundles,” Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2015, 25, 65-70.
Chow, C.Y.; Trivedi, E.R.; Pecoraro, V.L.; Zaleski, C.M. “Heterometallic Mixed 3d-4f Metallacrowns: Structural versatility, luminescence, and molecular magnetism” Comm. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 35, 214-253.
Plegaria, J.; Pecoraro, V.L. “Sculpting Metal Binding Environments in De Novo Designed Three-Helix Bundles”, Israel J. Chem., 2015, 55, 85-95.