Publications

15) Breslawec AP, Wang S, Li C, Poulin MB. The role of anionic amino acids in hydrolysis of poly-β-(1,6)-N-acetylglucosamine exopolysaccharides by the biofilm dispersing glycosidase Dispersin B. BioRxiv. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.05.239020 

14) Wang S, Breslawec AP, Li C, Poulin MB. A Colorimetric Assay to Enable High‐Throughput Identification of Biofilm Exopolysaccharide‐Hydrolyzing Enzymes. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202002475 Article

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13) Wang S, Breslawec AP, Alvarez E, Tyrlik M, Li C, Poulin MB. Differential Recognition of Deacetylated PNAG Oligosaccharides by a Biofilm Degrading Glycosidase. ACS Chem. Biol. 2019, 14, 1998-2005 ArticleAbstract Image

12) Stratton CF, Poulin MB, Schramm VL. Binding Isotope Effects for Interrogating Enzyme-Substrate Interactions. Methods Enzymol. 2017, 596, 1-21. Article

11) Moggré G-J, Poulin MB, Tyler P, Schramm VL, Parker E. Transition state analysis of adenosine triphosphate phosphoribosyltransferase. ACS Chem. Biol. 2017, 12, 2662-2670. Article

Before The University of Maryland College Park:
2015 – 2016

10) Stratton CF, Poulin MB, Du Q, Schramm VL. Kinetic Isotope Effects and Transition State Structure for Human Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase. ACS Chem. Biol. 2017, 12, 342-346. Article

9) Poulin MB, Lowary TL. Chemical Insight into the Mechanism and Specificity of GlfT2, a Bifunctional Galactofuranosyltransferase from Mycobacteria. J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 8123-8130. Article

8) Poulin MB, Schneck JL, Matico, RE, Hou W, McDevitt PJ, Holbert M, Schramm VL. Nucleosome Binding Alters the Substrate Bonding Environment of Histone H3 Lysine 36 Methyltransferase NSD2. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 6699-6702. Article

7) Poulin MB, Schneck JL, Matico RE, McDevitt PJ, Huddleston MJ, Hou W, Thrall SH, Meek TD, Schramm VL. Transition state for the NSD2 catalyzed methylation of histone H3 lysine 36. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2016, 113, 1197-1201. Article

6) Poulin MB*, Du Q*, Schramm VL. Chemoenzymatic synthesis of 36S isotopologues of methionine and S-adenosyl-L-methionine. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 5344­–5347. Article

2010 – 2014

5) Poulin MB, Shi Y, Protsko C, Dalrymple SA, Sanders DAR, Pinto BM, Lowary TL. Specificity of a UDP-GalNAc Pyranose–Furanose Mutase: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Campylobacter jejuni Infections. ChemBioChem 2014, 15, 47–56. Article

4) Poulin MB, Zhou R, Lowary TL. Synthetic UDP-galactofuranose analogs reveal critical enzyme–substrate interactions in GlfT2-catalyzed mycobacterial galactan assembly. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 4074–4087. Article featured in C&EN

3) Oppenheimer M, Poulin MB, Lowary TL, Helm RF, Sobrado P. Characterization of recombinant UDP-galactopyranose mutase from Aspergillus fumigatus. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 2010, 502, 31–38. Article

2) Poulin MB, Lowary TL. Methods to study the biosynthesis of bacterial furanosides. Methods Enymol. 2010, 478, 389–411. Article

1) Poulin MB, Nothaft H, Hug I, Feldman MF, Szymanski CM, Lowary TL. Characterization of a bifunctional pyranose–furanose mutase from Campylobacter jejuni 11168. J. Biol. Chem. 2010, 285, 493–501. Article