Kothandaraman, G., and Vaccaro, J. A. (2005) "Preparation of the Mature MMTV Retroviral Protease by a Novel Autocatalytic Approach." Manuscript in preparation.
Jeansonne, D. P., Bordes, T. J., Bennett, C. A., Kothandaraman, G., Bush, J. G., and Vaccaro, J. A. (2005) "A Rapid ATP Affinity-Based Purification for the Human Non-Receptor Tyrosine Kinase c-Src." Protein Expression and Purification, in press.
Freistadt, M. S., Vaccaro, J. A., and Eberle, K. E. (2005) "Biochemical Characterization of the Fidelity of Poliovirus RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase." Virology Journal, in press.
Ray,
A. S., Murakami, E., Basavapathruni, A., Vaccaro,
J. A., Ulrich, D., Chu, C. K., Schinazi,
R. F., and Anderson, K. S. (2003) Probing the molecular mechanisms
of AZT drug resistance mediated by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase
using a transient kinetic analysis. Biochemistry 42:
8831-41. (PDF)
Vaccaro,
J. A., Parnell, K. M., Terezakis,
S. A., and Anderson, K. S. (2000)
Mechanism of inhibition of the human immunodeficiency virus type
1 reverse transcriptase by d4TTP: an equivalent incorporation
efficiency relative to the natural substrate dTTP. Antimicrob.
Agents Chemother. 44:217-21. (PDF)
Vaccaro, J. A., Singh, H. A., and
Anderson, K. S. (1999) Initiation of minus-strand DNA synthesis
by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase.
Biochemistry 38:15978-85. (PDF)
Li, S. X., Vaccaro, J. A., and Sweasy,
J. B. (1999) Involvement of phenylalanine 272 of DNA polymerase
beta in discriminating between correct and incorrect deoxynucleoside
triphosphates. Biochemistry 38: 4800-8. (PDF)
Vaccaro, J. A., and Anderson, K.
S. (1998) Implication of the tRNA initiation step for human immunodeficiency
virus type 1 reverse transcriptase in the mechanism of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine
(AZT) resistance. Biochemistry 37:14189-94. (PDF)
Vaccaro, J. A., Crane, E. J., 3rd,
Harris, T. K., and Washabaugh, M. W. (1995) Mechanism of reconstitution
of brewers' yeast pyruvate decarboxylase with thiamin diphosphate
and magnesium. Biochemistry 34:12636-44. (PDF)
Crane,
E. J., Vaccaro, J. A., and Washabaugh,
M. W. (1993) Single-Turnover Studies on Brewer's Yeast Pyruvate
Decarboxylase: C(2)-Proton Transfer from Thiamin Diphosphate.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115: 8912-17. (PDF)