Congratulations Liu Lab (Dr. Kathy F. Liu) !

Congratulations to our very own Cassadee for receiving the Abrams award which recognizes the achievement of students in their first year of the PhD program and the great promise for future accomplishments! UT San Antonio UTSAChemistry College of Sciences

Check out the most recent work from Romie and how she revealed the structural rationale for the unprecedented high-spin ferric-hydroperoxo (also known as compound 0) in CYP121 bit.ly/46cFNfC. Congratulations Romie! Can’t wait to see your next new finding! College of Sciences

News of our own Dr. Ian Davis, at the Diagnostic Systems Division USAMRIID: His leadership has been instrumental in developing a groundbreaking blood testing protocol, using an innovative approach to significantly improve disease surveillance capabilities mrdc.health.mil/index.cfm/medi…

Congratulations Liu Lab (Dr. Kathy F. Liu)! Your successes are an inspiration to us!

Congrats Cassadee Stagliano, for passing your candidacy exam with flying colors! We're excited to hear about your future discoveries in the heme enzyme field UT San Antonio College of Sciences UTSAChemistry

Rest in peace, Dr. Jarzecki

ADO is pivotal in the regulation of oxygen sensing and thiol metabolism. We present evidence of a catalytic metal(3+)-bound superoxo intermediate, challenging the status quo of a high-valent ferryl intermediate in the thiol dioxygenase mechanism J. Am. Chem. Soc. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

The Liu lab Summer2024 pickleball competition was a great success. Our students need to work harder to improve their pickleball skills since Aimin Liu gave no quarter and decisively won! Can't let this happen again... UTSAChemistry UT San Antonio College of Sciences

We were very happy and honored to have lab alumnus Capt. Ian Davis join us for a dinner with the whole group. It was great to hear about your new work and life experiences and know that you are thriving, Ian! Georgia State University UT San Antonio UTSAChemistry

New NIH grant! Join us to study amino acid metabolism, oxidation, crosslinking by metalloenzymes using Chem Biol, site-directed incorporation of noncanonical amino acids, spectroscopy, crystallography, and cryoEM (bit.ly/4daCqK9; contact: [email protected]) #ScienceJobs

Temperature is an important factor for pathogenic protein. See how KatG regulates its activity by an N-OOH adduct and uses its MYW cofactor to direct its oxidizing power towards peroxide decomposition rather than peroxidase activity Angewandte Chemie UT San Antonio

Excited to share our new publication in JBC on the enol/keto tautomerization of oxaloacetate by ACMS decarboxylase (doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107878)! This finding highlights the need for further biological testing. #ACMSD #enzymology #Oxaloacetate #metabolism

Whoa, hey there boss! Your innovative ideas and consistent support puts your students (us!) in optimal conditions to thrive. We are very happy to see UTSA recognize your efforts! @UTSAchemistry College of Sciences @UTSAtoday utsa.edu/today/2024/11/…

Check out our new publication! Structural insights into 2-oxindole-forming monooxygenase MarE: Divergent architecture and substrate positioning vs. tryptophan dioxygenases sciencedirect.com/science/articl… The Welch Foundation Journal of Biological Chemistry

The world of enzyme catalysis is expanding! Ms Graciano & Aimin Liu highlight the increasing diversity of protein-derived cofactors, crucial for enzyme innovation. Read their review: doi.org/10.1039/d4cs00… #enzyme #biocatalysis #cofactor UT San Antonio U.S. National Science Foundation @NIGMS The Welch Foundation

Proud to celebrate Ephrahime Traore and Romie Nguyen on earning their PhDs! 🎓✨ Watching you grow as scientists has been a true privilege. You’ve tackled tough experiments, late-night writing, and endless revisions! Excited to see where science takes you next! Congratulations!

New publication alert! Check out our findings on MarE chemistry and how our engineered loop-swapping between MarE (SLGGR) and TDO (GTGGS) showed the importance of its role in directing oxygenation outcomes! Angewandte Chemie UTSAChemistry doi.org/10.1002/anie.2…

The Welch-funded project at UTSAChemistry, led by PI Aimin Liu (Aimin Liu), has resulted in a new publication in the high-profile chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie. This work uncovers how the iron-containing oxindole-installation enzyme MarE shifts gears in oxygenation

Hey y'all! Check out our new paper from Ephrahime and company lending understanding to L-Tyr's amino group in the His-ligated heme enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase, clarifying its catalytic role via substrate analogs UTSAChemistry College of Sciences @ACScatalysis pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…