Selected Publications

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Liu, W.; Chan, A.S.H.; Liu, H.; Cochrane, S.A.; and Vederas, J.C. Solid Supported Chemical Syntheses of Both Components of the Lantibiotic Lacticin 3147. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 14216-14219.

Sit, C.S.; Van Belkum, M.J.; McKay, R.T.; Worobo, R.W.; and Vederas, J.C. The 3D solution structure of thurincin H, a bacteriocin with four sulfur to α-carbon crosslinks. Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2011, 123, 8718-8721.

Barriuso, J.; Nguyen, D.T.; Li, J. W.-H; Roberts, J.N.; MacNevin, G.; Chaytor, J.L.; Marcus, S.L.; Vederas, J.C.; and Ro, D.-K. Double Oxidation of the Cyclic Nonaketide Dihydromonacolin L to Monacolin J by a Single Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase, LovA. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8078-8081.

Van Belkum, M.J.; Martin-Visscher, L.M.; and Vederas, J.C., Structure and genetics of circular bacteriocins.  Trends Microbiol. 2011, 19, 411-418.

Liu, H.; Boudreau, M.A.; Zheng, J.; Whittal, R.M.; Austin, P.; Roskelley, C.D.; Roberge, M.; Andersen, R.J. and Vederas, J.C. Chemical Synthesis and Biological Activity of the Neopetrosiamides and Their Analogues: Revision of Disulfide Bond Connectivity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 1486–1487.