Joses Nathanael

Damage of amino acids by aliphatic peroxyl radicals: a kinetic and computational study

Joses GG Nathanael, Bing Yuan, Christopher RR Hall, Trevor AA Smith, Uta Wille

Journal article  |  2023  |  ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Absolute second-order rate coefficients for the reaction of the N- and C-protected amino acids tyrosine (Tyr), tryptophan (Trp), m..

Oxidative Damage of Aliphatic Amino Acid Residues by the Environmental Pollutant NO3.: Impact of Water on the Reactivity

Joses Grady Nathanael, Bing Yuan, Uta Wille

Journal article  |  2022  |  ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The rate of oxidative damage of aliphatic amino acids and dipeptides by the environmental pollutant nitrate radical (NO3·) in an a..

Oxidative Damage of S-Containing Amino Acids by the Environmental Radical NO3.: A Kinetic, Product and Computational Study

Jiaxing Cui, Joses G Nathanael, Uta Wille

Journal article  |  2021  |  CHEMISTRYSELECT

Methionine, cysteine and cystine, which were acetylated at the N-terminus and methylated at the C-terminus, react rapidly with the..

Oxidative damage of proline residues by nitrate radicals (NO3): a kinetic and product study

Joses G Nathanael, Jonathan M White, Annika Richter, Madison R Nuske, Uta Wille

Journal article  |  2020  |  ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Tertiary amides, such as in N-acylated proline or N-methyl glycine residues, react rapidly with nitrate radicals (NO3˙) with absol..

Oxidative Repair of Pyrimidine Cyclobutane Dimers by Nitrate Radicals (NO3 center dot): A Kinetic and Computational Study

Tomas Haddad, Joses G Nathanael, Jonathan M White, Uta Wille

Journal article  |  2020  |  CHEMISTRY-SWITZERLAND

Pyrimidine cyclobutane dimers are hazardous DNA lesions formed upon exposure of DNA to UV light, which can be repaired through oxi..

Reaction of Distonic Aryl and Alkyl Radical Cations with Amines: The Role of Charge and Spin Revealed by Mass Spectrometry, Kinetic Studies, and DFT Calculations

Benjamin Andrikopoulos, Parvinder K Sidhu, Bethany Taggert, Joses G Nathanael, Richard AJ O'Hair, Uta Wille

Journal article  |  2020  |  ChemPlusChem

Gas‐phase reaction of the aromatic distonic radical cations 4‐Pyr+. and 3‐Pyr+. with amines led to formation of the corresponding ..

Oxidative Damage in Aliphatic Amino Acids and Di- and Tripeptides by the Environmental Free Radical Oxidant NO3 center dot: The Role of the Amide Bond Revealed by Kinetic and Computational Studies

Joses G Nathanael, Uta Wille

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Kinetic and computational data reveal a complex behavior of the important environmental free radical oxidant NO3• in its reactions..

The oxidative damage of biological molecules by air pollutants NO2● and NO3●

Joses Grady Nathanael

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2019

Air pollution is perceived as the world’s greatest environmental risk to human health. According to the World Health Organization ..

Amide Neighbouring-Group Effects in Peptides: Phenylalanine as Relay Amino Acid in Long-Distance Electron Transfer

Joses G Nathanael, Luke F Gamon, Meike Cordes, Paul R Rablen, Thomas Bally, Katharina M Fromm, Bernd Giese, Uta Wille

Journal article  |  2018  |  CHEMBIOCHEM

In nature, proteins serve as media for long-distance electron transfer (ET) to carry out redox reactions in distant compartments. ..

Reaction of Amino Acids, Di- and Tripeptides with the Environmental Oxidant NO3 center dot: A Laser Flash Photolysis and Computational Study

Joses G Nathanael, Amber N Hancock, Uta Wille

Journal article  |  2016  |  CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL

Absolute rate coefficients for the reaction between the important environmental free radical oxidant NO3. and a series of N- and C..