Publications for Nicole Sampson:

• Lee, J; Parker, K. L.; Sampson, N. S. (2006) “Amino Acid-Bearing ROMP polymers with a Stereoregular Backbone,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 4578-4579.

• Baessler, K.; Lee, Y.; Roberts, K. S.; Facompre, N.; Sampson, N. S. (2006) “Multivalent fertilinb oligopeptides: the dependence of fertilization inhibition on length and density,” Chem. Biol. 13, 251-259.

• Lee, Y.; Sampson, N. S.; (2006) “ROMPing the Cellular Landscape: Linear Scaffolds for Molecular Recognition,” Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 16, 544-550.

• Baessler, K.; Lee, Y.; Sampson, N. S. (2005) “ROMP of norbornyl oligopeptides: A versatile synthetic method for exploring receptor topology,” in Understanding Biology Using Peptides, S. Blondelle, ed., American Peptide Society, 59-60.

• Roberts, K. S.; Sampson, N. S. (2004) “A Facile Synthetic Route Leading to Fluorescently Labeled ROMP Polymers,” Org. Lett. 6, 3253-3255.

• Kursula, I.; Salin, M.; Sun, J.; Borledge, B.; Haapalainen, A.; Sampson, N. S.; Wierenga, R. K. (2004) "Understanding Protein Lids: Structural Analysis of Active Hinge Mutants in Triosephosphate Isomerase," Prot. Engineering, Design Selection, 17, 375-382.

• Xiang, J.; Jung, J-y.; Sampson, N. S. (2004) “Entropy Effects on Protein Hinges: the Reaction Catalyzed by Triosephosphate Isomerase,” Biochemistry, 43, 11436-11445.

• Xiang, J.; Sampson, N. S. (2004) "Library Screening Studies to Investigate Substrate Specificity in the Reaction Catalyzed by Cholesterol Oxidase," Prot. Engineering, Design Selection, 17, 341-348.

• Konkar, S.; Gupta, S.; Sampson, N. S. (2004) “Fertilinb Liposomes Inhibit In Vitro Fertilization by Steric Blockage,” Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 4, 1381-1384. part of a Symposium-In-Print on “Therapeutic Intervention Targeting Protein-Protein Interactions”.

• Ahn, K-w.; Sampson, N. S. (2004) “Cholesterol Oxidase Senses Subtle Changes in Lipid Bilayer Structure,” Biochemistry 43, 827-836.

• Sampson, N.S.; Vrielink, A. (2003) “Cholesterol Oxidases: A Study of Nature’s Approach to Protein Design”, Acc. Chem. Res., 36, 713-722.

• Vrielink, A.; Sampson, N.S.; (2003) “Sub-Ångstrom Resolution Protein Structures: Is Seeing Believing?”, Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol., 13, 709-713.

• Kempf, J. G.; Jung, J-y.; Sampson, N. S.; Loria, J. P. (2003) Off-Resonance TROSY (R1p-R1) for Quantitation of Fast Exchange Processes in Large Proteins,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 12064-12065.

• Roberts, S. K.; Konkar, S.; Sampson, N. S. (2003) “Comparison of Fertilinb Peptide-Substituted Polymers and Liposomes as Inhibitors of In Vitro Fertilization,” ChemBioChem 4, 1229-1231.

• Lario, P.; Sampson, N.S.; Vrielink, A. (2003) “Sub-Atomic Resolution Crystal Structure of Cholesterol Oxidase: What Atomic Resolution Crystallography Reveals About Enzyme Mechanism and the Role of the FAD Cofactor In Redox Activity,” J. Mol. Biol. 326 1635-1650.

• Roberts, S.K.; Sampson, N. S. (2003) “Increased Polymer Length of Oligopeptide-substituted Polynorbornenes using LiCl,” J. Org. Chem. 68, 2020-2023.

• Ye, Y,; Liu, Pingsheng; Anderson, R.; Sampson, N. S. (2002) "Construction of a Catalytically Inactive Cholesterol Oxidase Mutant: Investigation of the Interplay Between Active Site Residues Glutamate 361 and Histidine 447," Arch. Biochem Biophys. 402, 235-242.

• Li, H.; Sampson, N. S. (2002) "Structural Analysis of Cyclic Peptide Fertilin? Mimics That Are Ligands for a6b1 Integrin," J. Pep. Res. 59, 49-54.

• Gupta, S.; Sampson, N. S. (2001) "Dimyristoylated Peptides Incorporated into Liposomes Are Polyvalent Fertilinb Mimics," Org. Lett. 3, 3333-3335.

• Ye, Y,; Lario, P. Vrielink, A.; Sampson, N. S. (2001) "Structural and Kinetic Analysis of the Role of Asn485 in the Reaction Catalyzed by Cholesterol Oxidase," Biochemistry, 40, 13779-13787.

• Sampson, N. S.; Sarah T. Ryan; Deborah A. Enke; Dominic Cosgrove; Victor Koteliansky; Philip Gotwals (2001) "Global Gene Expression Analysis Reveals a Role for the a1Integrin in Renal Pathogenesis," J. Biol. Chem, 276. 34182-34188.

• Xiang, J; Sun, J.; Sampson, N. S. (2001) "The Importance of Hinge Sequence for Loop Function and Catalytic Activity in the Reaction Catalyzed by Triosephosphate Isomerase," J. Mol. Biol, 307, 1103-1112.

• Sampson, N.S.; (2001) "Dissection of a Flavo-Enzyme Active Site: the Reaction Catalyzed by Cholesterol Oxidase," Antioxidants and Redox Signalling, 3, 839-846.

• Sampson, N.S.; Mrksich, M.; Bertozzi, C.R. (2001) “Surface Molecular Recognition”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98, 12870-12871.

• Sampson, N.S. (2001) “The Emerging Global Paradigm for Scientific Research,” in New Voices in Chemistry, Chem. Eng. News, 26 Mar. 2001, 187.

• Chen, X.; Wolfgang, D.; Sampson, N. S., (2000) "Use of the Parallax-Quench Method to Determine the Position of the Active-Site Loop of Cholesterol Oxidase in Lipid Bilayers," Biochemistry, 39, 13383-13389.

• McCann, A.; Sampson, N. S., (2000) “A C6-FAD Adduct is Formed Upon Irreversible Inactivation of Cholesterol Oxidase by 2a,3a-Cyclopropano-5a-cholestan-3b-ol,” J. Am.Chem. Soc., 122, 35-39.

• Gupta, S.; Li, H.; Sampson, N. S., (2000) “Characterization of Fertilinb-Disintegrin Binding Specificity in Sperm-Egg Adhesion,” Bioorg. Med. Chem., 8, 723-729.

• Sun, J.; Sampson, N. S., (1999) “Understanding Protein Lids: Kinetic Analysis of Active Hinge Mutants in Triosephosphate Isomerase,” Biochemistry, 38, 11474-11481.

• Yue, Q. K.; Kass, I. J.; Sampson, N. S.; Vrielink, A., (1999) “Crystal Structure Determination of Cholesterol Oxidase from Streptomyces and Structural Characterization of Key Active Site Mutants,” Biochemistry, 38, 4277-4286.

• Chen, H.; Sampson, N.S., (1999) “Mediation of Mammalian Sperm-Egg Fusion: Evidence That Mouse Egg a6b1 Integrin is the Receptor for Sperm Fertilinb,” Chem. Biol., 6, 1-10.

• Kass, I. J.; Sampson, N. S., (1998) “Evaluation of the Role of His447 in the Reaction Catalyzed by Cholesterol Oxidase,” Biochemistry, 37, 17990-18000.

• Kass, I. J.; Sampson, N. S., (1998) “The Importance of Glu361 Position in the Reaction Catalyzed by Cholesterol Oxidase,” Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 8, 2663-2668.

• Chen, H.; Pyluck, A.; Janik, M.; Sampson, N. S., (1998) “Peptides Corresponding to the Epidermal Growth Factor-like Domain of Mouse Fertilin: Synthesis and Biological Activity,” Biopolymers (Peptide Science), 47, 299-307

• Sun, J.; Sampson, N. S., (1998) “Determination of the Amino Acid Requirements for a Protein Hinge in Triosephosphate Isomerase,” Prot. Science, 7, 1495-1505.

• Sampson, N. S.; Kass, I. J.; Ghoshroy, K. B., (1998) “A Truncated OLoop Mutant of Cholesterol Oxidase Has Altered Substrate Specificity,” Biochemistry, 37, 5770-5778.

• Sampson, N. S.; Chen, X., (1998) “Improved Expression of Brevibacterium sterolicum Cholesterol Oxidase in Escherichia coli by Genetic Modification,“ Prot. Exp. Purific., 12, 347-352.

• Sampson, N. S.; McCann, A. E., (1997) "4,5-Cyclopropano-Cholestan-3<span style='font-family:Symbol'>b</span>-ol Substrates for Cholesterol Oxidase and Their 1H NMR Assignments, " J. Org. Chem., 62, 5893 -5897.

• Pyluck, A.; Ruiyong, Y.; Galligan Jr, E.; Primakoff, P.; Myles, D. G.; Sampson, N. S., (1997) “ECD Peptides Inhibit In Vitro Fertilization in Mice,” Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 7, 1053-1058.

• Ghoshroy, K. B.; Zhu, W.; Sampson, N. S., (1997) "Investigation of Membrane Disruption in the Reaction Catalyzed by Cholesterol Oxidase," Biochemistry, 36, 6133-6140.

• Sampson, N. S.; Kass, I. J., (1997) “Isomerization but not Oxidation is Suppressed by a Single Point Mutation, E361Q, in the Reaction Catalyzed by Cholesterol Oxidase,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 119, 855-862.

• Kass, I. J.; Sampson, N. S., (1995) “The Isomerization Catalyzed by Brevibacterium sterolicum Cholesterol Oxidase Proceeds Stereospecifically with One Base,” Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 206, 688-693.

• Sampson, N. S.; Knowles, J. R., (1992) “Segmental Motion in Catalysis: Investi¬gation of a Critical Hydrogen Bond for Loop Closure in the Reaction of Triose¬phosphate Isomerase,” Biochemistry, 31, 8488-8494.

• Sampson, N. S.; Knowles, J. R., (1992) “Segmental Movement: Definition of the Structural Requirements for Loop Closure in Catalysis by Triosephosphate Isomerase,” Biochemistry, 31, 8482-8487.

• Sampson, N. S.; Bartlett, P. A., (1991) “Attempted de Novo Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of a Ligand for the Allosteric Site of Phosphofructokinase,” J. Org. Chem. 56, 7179-7183.

• Bone, R.; Sampson, N. S.; Bartlett, P. A.; Agard, D. A., (1991) “Crystal Structures of a-Lytic Protease Complexes with Irreversibly Bound Phosphonate Esters,” Biochemistry 30, 2263-2272.

• Sampson, N. S.; Bartlett, P. A., (1991) “Peptidic Phosphonylating Agents as Irreversible Inhibitors of Serine Proteases and Models of the Tetrahedral Intermediates,” Biochemistry 30, 2255-2263.

• Bartlett, P. A.; Sampson, N. S.; Reich, S. H.; Drewry, D. H.; Lamden, L. A., (1990) “The Interplay Between Enzyme Mechanism, Protein Structure, and the Design of Serine Protease Inhibitors,” in Gregg, V. A. ed., The Use of X-ray Crystallography in the Design of Antiviral Agents, Associated Press, 247-259.

• Sampson, N. S.; Bartlett, P. A., (1988) “Synthesis of Phosphonic Acid Derivatives by Oxidative Activation of Phosphinate Esters,” J. Org. Chem. 53, 4500-4503.

• Romoff, T. T.; Sampson, N. S.; van Eikeren, P., (1987) “Regioselectivity and Kinetics of Hydride Transfer in Substituted 1-Benzyl-3-quinoline carboxamide Redox Reactions,” J. Org. Chem. 52, 4454-4459.