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Johnson, A.R., Rao, K., Zhang, B.B., Mullet, S., Goetzman, E., Gelhaus, S., Tejero, J., & Shiva, U. (2024). Myoglobin Inhibits Breast Cancer Cell Fatty Acid Oxidation and Migration via Heme-dependent Oxidant Production and Not Fatty Acid Binding. bioRxiv, 5(05-14), 2024.04.30.591659.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2024.04.30.591659.

Kaminski, T.W., Sivanantham, A., Mozhenkova, A., Smith, A., Ungalara, R., Dubey, R.K., Shrestha, B., Hanway, C., Katoch, O., Tejero, J., Sundd, P., Novelli, E.M., Kato, G.J., & Pradhan-Sundd, T. (2024). Hemoglobin scavenger receptor CD163 as a potential biomarker of hemolysis-induced hepatobiliary injury in sickle cell disease. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 327(2), C423-C437.American Physiological Society. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00386.2023.

DeMartino, A.W., Poudel, L., Dent, M.R., Chen, X., Xu, Q., Gladwin, B.S., Tejero, J., Basu, S., Alipour, E., Jiang, Y., Rose, J.J., Gladwin, M.T., & Kim-Shapiro, D.B. (2023). Thiol-catalyzed formation of NO-ferroheme regulates intravascular NO signaling. NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, 19(10), 1256-+.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41589-023-01413-3.

DeMartino, A.W., Poudel, L., Dent, M.R., Chen, X., Xu, Q., Gladwin, B.S., Tejero, J., Basu, S., Alipour, E., Jiang, Y., Rose, J.J., Gladwin, M.T., & Kim-Shapiro, D.B. (2023). Thiol catalyzed formation of NO-ferroheme regulates canonical intravascular NO signaling. Res Sq, 4(01-27), rs.3.rs-2402224.Research Square Platform. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2402224/v1.

Tejero, J. (2023). Artificial porphyrin molecules clean up carbon monoxide and cyanide. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 120(11), e2301732120.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2301732120.

Hernandez-Berthet, A.S., Aptekmann, A.A., Tejero, J., Sánchez, I.E., Noguera, M.E., & Roman, E.A. (2022). PhISCO: a simple method to infer phenotypes from protein sequences. 2022.10.23.511734.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2022.10.23.511734.

Vats, R., Kaminski, T.W., Brzoska, T., Leech, J.A., Tutuncuoglu, E., Katoch, O., Jonassaint, J., Tejero, J., Novelli, E.M., Pradhan-Sundd, T., Gladwin, M.T., & Sundd, P. (2022). Liver-to-lung microembolic NETs promote gasdermin D-dependent inflammatory lung injury in sickle cell disease. BLOOD, 140(9), 1020-1037.American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021014552.

Dent, M.R., DeMartino, A.W., Tejero, J., & Gladwin, M.T. (2021). Endogenous Hemoprotein-Dependent Signaling Pathways of Nitric Oxide and Nitrite. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 60(21), 15918-15940.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01048.

Olonisakin, T.F., Suber, T., Gonzalez-Ferrer, S., Xiong, Z., Penaloza, H.F., van der Geest, R., Xiong, Y., Osei-Hwedieh, D.O., Tejero, J., Rosengart, M.R., Mars, W.M., Van Tyne, D., Perlegas, A., Brashears, S., Kim-Shapiro, D.B., Gladwin, M.T., Bachman, M.A., Hod, E.A., St Croix, C., Tyurina, Y.Y., Kagan, V.E., Mallampalli, R.K., Ray, A., Ray, P., & Lee, J.S. (2021). Stressed erythrophagocytosis induces immunosuppression during sepsis through heme-mediated STAT1 dysregulation. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, 131(1), 137468.American Society for Clinical Investigation. doi: 10.1172/JCI137468.

Vats, R., Kaminski, T.W., Ju, E.M., Brozska, T., Tutuncuoglu, E., Tejero, J., Novelli, E.M., Sundd, P., & Pradhan-Sundd, T. (2021). P-selectin deficiency promotes liver senescence in sickle cell disease mice. BLOOD, 137(19), 2676-2680.American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020009779.

Wang, J., Applefeld, W.N., Sun, J., Solomon, S.B., Feng, J., Couse, Z.G., Risoleo, T.F., Danner, R.L., Tejero, J., Lertora, J., Alipour, E., Basu, S., Sachdev, V., Kim-Shapiro, D.B., Gladwin, M.T., Klein, H.G., & Natanson, C. (2021). Mechanistic insights into cell-free hemoglobin-induced injury during septic shock. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY, 320(6), H2385-H2400.American Physiological Society. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00092.2021.

Rochon, E.R., Missinato, M.A., Xue, J., Tejero, J., Tsang, M., Gladwin, M.T., & Corti, P. (2020). Nitrite Improves Heart Regeneration in Zebrafish. ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING, 32(6), 363-377.Mary Ann Liebert. doi: 10.1089/ars.2018.7687.

Tejero, J. (2020). Negative surface charges in neuroglobin modulate the interaction with cytochrome c. BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 523(3), 567-572.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.12.089.

Wang, L., Sparacino-Watkins, C.E., Wang, J., Wajih, N., Varano, P., Xu, Q., Cecco, E., Tejero, J., Soleimani, M., Kim-Shapiro, D.B., & Gladwin, M.T. (2020). Carbonic anhydrase II does not regulate nitrite-dependent nitric oxide formation and vasodilation. BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY, 177(4), 898-911.Wiley. doi: 10.1111/bph.14887.

Amdahl, M.B., Petersen, E.E., Bocian, K., Kaliszuk, S.J., DeMartino, A.W., Tiwari, S., Sparacino-Watkins, C.E., Corti, P., Rose, J.J., Gladwin, M.T., Fago, A., & Tejero, J. (2019). The Zebrafish Cytochrome b5/Cytochrome b5 Reductase/NADH System Efficiently Reduces Cytoglobins 1 and 2: Conserved Activity of Cytochrome b5/Cytochrome b5 Reductases during Vertebrate Evolution. BIOCHEMISTRY, 58(29), 3212-3223.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00406.

Tejero, J., Hunt, A.P., Santolini, J., Lehnert, N., & Stuehr, D.J. (2019). Mechanism and regulation of ferrous heme-nitric oxide (NO) oxidation in NO synthases. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 294(19), 7904-7916.Elsevier. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA119.007810.

Tejero, J., Shiva, S., & Gladwin, M.T. (2019). SOURCES OF VASCULAR NITRIC OXIDE AND REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES AND THEIR REGULATION. PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS, 99(1), 311-379.American Physiological Society. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00036.2017.

Haque, M.M., Tejero, J., Bayachou, M., Kenney, C.T., & Stuehr, D.J. (2018). A cross-domain charge interaction governs the activity of NO synthase. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 293(12), 4545-4554.Elsevier. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA117.000635.

Qu, Y., Olonisakin, T., Bain, W., Zupetic, J., Brown, R., Hulver, M., Xiong, Z., Tejero, J., Shanks, R.M.Q., Bomberger, J.M., Cooper, V.S., Zegans, M.E., Ryu, H., Han, J., Pilewski, J., Ray, A., Cheng, Z., Ray, P., & Lee, J.S. (2018). Thrombospondin-1 protects against pathogen-induced lung injury by limiting extracellular matrix proteolysis. JCI INSIGHT, 3(3), e96914.American Society for Clinical Investigation. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.96914.

Wang, B., Shi, Y., Tejero, J., Powell, S.M., Thomas, L.M., Gladwin, M.T., Shiva, S., Zhang, Y., & Richter-Addo, G.B. (2018). Nitrosyl Myoglobins and Their Nitrite Precursors: Crystal Structural and Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Mechanics Theoretical Investigations of Preferred Fe-NO Ligand Orientations in Myoglobin Distal Pockets. BIOCHEMISTRY, 57(32), 4788-4802.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00542.

Amdahl, M.B., DeMartino, A.W., Tejero, J., & Gladwin, M.T. (2017). Cytoglobin at the Crossroads of Vascular Remodeling. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY, 37(10), 1803-1805.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.117.310058.

Amdahl, M.B., Sparacino-Watkins, C.E., Corti, P., Gladwin, M.T., & Tejero, J. (2017). Efficient Reduction of Vertebrate Cytoglobins by the Cytochrome b5/Cytochrome b5 Reductase/NADH System. BIOCHEMISTRY, 56(30), 3993-4004.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00224.

Eshbach, M.L., Kaur, A., Rbaibi, Y., Tejero, J., & Weisz, O.A. (2017). Hemoglobin inhibits albumin uptake by proximal tubule cells: implications for sickle cell disease. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 312(6), C733-C740.American Physiological Society. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00021.2017.

Rose, J.J., Wang, L., Xu, Q., McTiernan, C.F., Shiva, S., Tejero, J., & Gladwin, M.T. (2017). Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Pathogenesis, Management, and Future Directions of Therapy. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, 195(5), 596-606.American Thoracic Society. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201606-1275CI.

Azarov, I., Wang, L., Rose, J.J., Xu, Q., Huang, X.N., Belanger, A., Wang, Y., Guo, L., Liu, C., Ucer, K.B., McTiernan, C.F., O'Donnell, C.P., Shiva, S., Tejero, J., Kim-Shapiro, D.B., & Gladwin, M.T. (2016). Five-coordinate H64Q neuroglobin as a ligand-trap antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning. SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, 8(368), 368ra173.American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aah6571.

Corti, P., Ieraci, M., & Tejero, J. (2016). Characterization of zebrafish neuroglobin and cytoglobins 1 and 2: Zebrafish cytoglobins provide insights into the transition from six-coordinate to five-coordinate globins. NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 53, 22-34.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2015.12.004.

Corti, P., Xue, J., Tejero, J., Wajih, N., Sun, M., Stolz, D.B., Tsang, M., Kim-Shapiro, D.B., & Gladwin, M.T. (2016). Globin X is a six-coordinate globin that reduces nitrite to nitric oxide in fish red blood cells. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 113(30), 8538-8543.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1522670113.

Tejero, J., Kapralov, A.A., Baumgartner, M.P., Sparacino-Watkins, C.E., Anthonymutu, T.S., Vlasova, I.I., Camacho, C.J., Gladwin, M.T., Bayir, H., & Kagan, V.E. (2016). Peroxidase activation of cytoglobin by anionic phospholipids: Mechanisms and consequences. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS, 1861(5), 391-401.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2016.02.022.

Singamsetty, S., Watanabe, Y., Guo, L., Corey, C., Wang, Y., Tejero, J., McVerry, B.J., Gladwin, M.T., Shiva, S., & O'Donnell, C.P. (2015). Inorganic nitrite improves components of the metabolic syndrome independent of weight change in a murine model of obesity and insulin resistance. JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, 593(14), 3135-3145.Wiley. doi: 10.1113/JP270386.

Tejero, J., Sparacino-Watkins, C.E., Ragireddy, V., Frizzell, S., & Gadwin, M.T. (2015). Exploring the Mechanisms of the Reductase Activity of Neuroglobin by Site-Directed Mutagenesis of the Heme Distal Pocket. BIOCHEMISTRY, 54(3), 722-733.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/bi501196k.

Wang, J., Krizowski, S., Fischer-Schrader, K., Niks, D., Tejero, J., Sparacino-Watkins, C., Wang, L., Ragireddy, V., Frizzell, S., Kelley, E.E., Zhang, Y., Basu, P., Hille, R., Schwarz, G., & Gladwin, M.T. (2015). Sulfite Oxidase Catalyzes Single-Electron Transfer at Molybdenum Domain to Reduce Nitrite to Nitric Oxide. ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING, 23(4), 283-294.Mary Ann Liebert. doi: 10.1089/ars.2013.5397.

Haque, M.M., Bayachou, M., Tejero, J., Kenney, C.T., Pearl, N.M., Im, S.C., Waskell, L., & Stuehr, D.J. (2014). Distinct conformational behaviors of four mammalian dual-flavin reductases (cytochrome P450 reductase, methionine synthase reductase, neuronal nitric oxide synthase, endothelial nitric oxide synthase) determine their unique catalytic profiles. FEBS JOURNAL, 281(23), 5325-5340.Wiley. doi: 10.1111/febs.13073.

Ramasamy, S., Haque, M.M., Tejero, J., Gangoda, M., & Stuehr, D. (2014). Probing the mechanism of tetrahydrobiopterin radical reduction within NO synthases. NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 42, 138-139.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2014.09.118.

Sparacino-Watkins, C., Ragireddy, V., Gladwin, M., & Tejero, J. (2014). Modulation of cytoglobin nitrite reductase rates by distal histidine mutations. NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 42, 141.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2014.09.125.

Sparacino-Watkins, C.E., Tejero, J., Sun, B., Gauthier, M.C., Thomas, J., Ragireddy, V., Merchant, B.A., Wang, J., Azarov, I., Basu, P., & Gladwin, M.T. (2014). Nitrite Reductase and Nitric-oxide Synthase Activity of the Mitochondrial Molybdopterin Enzymes mARC1 and mARC2. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 289(15), 10345-10358.Elsevier. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.555177.

Tejero, J., & Gladwin, M.T. (2014). The globin superfamily: functions in nitric oxide formation and decay. BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 395(6), 631-639.De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/hsz-2013-0289.

Corti, P., Tejero, J., & Gladwin, M.T. (2013). Evidence mounts that red cells and deoxyhemoglobin can reduce nitrite to bioactive NO to mediate intravascular endocrine NO signaling: commentary on "Anti-platelet effects of dietary nitrate in healthy volunteers: involvement of cGMP and influence of sex". FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 65, 1518-1520.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.09.020.

Haque, M.M., Tejero, J., Bayachou, M., Wang, Z.Q., Fadlalla, M., & Stuehr, D.J. (2013). Thermodynamic characterization of five key kinetic parameters that define neuronal nitric oxide synthase catalysis. FEBS JOURNAL, 280(18), 4439-4453.Wiley. doi: 10.1111/febs.12404.

Raat, N.J.H., Tabima, D.M., Specht, P.A.C., Tejero, J., Champion, H.C., Kim-Shapiro, D.B., Baust, J., Mik, E.G., Hildesheim, M., Stasch, J.P., Becker, E.M., Truebel, H., & Gladwin, M.T. (2013). Direct sGC Activation Bypasses NO Scavenging Reactions of Intravascular Free Oxy-Hemoglobin and Limits Vasoconstriction. ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING, 19(18), 2232-2243.Mary Ann Liebert. doi: 10.1089/ars.2013.5181.

Sparacino-Watkins, C., Tejero, J., Wang, J., Ragireddy, V.P., Gauthier, M., Thomas, J., Bueno, M., Azarov, I., Lai, Y.C., Sun, B., Frizzell, S., Basu, P., Mora, A., & Gladwin, M.T. (2013). Novel human mitochondrial enzyme can transform nitrite into nitric oxide. NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 31, S45-S46.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2013.02.076.

Tejero, J., & Stuehr, D. (2013). Tetrahydrobiopterin in nitric oxide synthase. IUBMB LIFE, 65(4), 358-365.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/iub.1136.

Zhao, X.J., Wang, L., Shiva, S., Tejero, J., Myerburg, M.M., Wang, J., Frizzell, S., & Gladwin, M.T. (2013). Mechanisms for cellular NO oxidation and nitrite formation in lung epithelial cells. FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 61, 428-437.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.04.031.

Tejero, J., Basu, S., Helms, C., Hogg, N., King, S.B., Kim-Shapiro, D.B., & Gladwin, M.T. (2012). Low NO Concentration Dependence of Reductive Nitrosylation Reaction of Hemoglobin. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 287(22), 18262-18274.Elsevier. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.298927.

Tiso, M., Tejero, J., Kenney, C., Frizzell, S., & Gladwin, M.T. (2012). Nitrite Reductase Activity of Nonsymbiotic Hemoglobins from Arabidopsis thaliana. BIOCHEMISTRY, 51(26), 5285-5292.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/bi300570v.

Wang, Z.Q., Tejero, J., Wei, C.C., Haque, M.M., Santolini, J., Fadlalla, M., Biswas, A., & Stuehr, D.J. (2012). Arg375 tunes tetrahydrobiopterin functions and modulates catalysis by inducible nitric oxide synthase. JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY, 108, 203-215.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2011.11.015.

Donadee, C., Raat, N.J.H., Kanias, T., Tejero, J., Lee, J.S., Kelley, E.E., Zhao, X., Liu, C., Reynolds, H., Azarov, I., Frizzell, S., Meyer, E.M., Donnenberg, A.D., Qu, L., Triulzi, D., Kim-Shapiro, D.B., & Gladwin, M.T. (2011). Nitric Oxide Scavenging by Red Blood Cell Microparticles and Cell-Free Hemoglobin as a Mechanism for the Red Cell Storage Lesion. CIRCULATION, 124(4), 465-U294.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.008698.

Gladwin, M.T., & Tejero, J. (2011). Nitrite-NO bailout for a NOS complex too big to fail. NATURE MEDICINE, 17(12), 1556-1557.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/nm.2591.

Hannibal, L., Somasundaram, R., Tejero, J., Wilson, A., & Stuehr, D.J. (2011). Influence of Heme-Thiolate in Shaping the Catalytic Properties of a Bacterial Nitric-oxide Synthase. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 286(45), 39224-39235.Elsevier. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.286351.

Haque, M.M., Kenney, C., Tejero, J., & Stuehr, D.J. (2011). A kinetic model linking protein conformational motions, interflavin electron transfer and electron flux through a dual-flavin enzyme - simulating the reductase activity of the endothelial and neuronal nitric oxide synthase flavoprotein domains. FEBS JOURNAL, 278(21), 4055-4069.Wiley. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08310.x.

Jayaraman, T., Tejero, J., Chen, B.B., Blood, A.B., Frizzell, S., Shapiro, C., Tiso, M., Hood, B.L., Wang, X., Zhao, X., Conrads, T.P., Mallampalli, R.K., & Gladwin, M.T. (2011). 14-3-3 Binding and Phosphorylation of Neuroglobin during Hypoxia Modulate Six-to-Five Heme Pocket Coordination and Rate of Nitrite Reduction to Nitric Oxide. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 286(49), 42679-42689.Elsevier. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.271973.

Tejero, J., Biswas, A., Haque, M.M., Wang, Z.Q., Hemann, C., Varnado, C.L., Novince, Z., Hille, R., Goodwin, D.C., & Stuehr, D.J. (2011). Mesohaem substitution reveals how haem electronic properties can influence the kinetic and catalytic parameters of neuronal NO synthase. BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 433(1), 163-174.Portland Press. doi: 10.1042/BJ20101353.

Tiso, M., Kenney, C., Tejero, J., & Gladwin, M. (2011). Deoxygenated non-symbiotic plant hemoglobins function as nitrite reductases. NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 24, S25.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2011.03.256.

Tiso, M., Tejero, J., Basu, S., Azarov, I., Wang, X., Simplaceanu, V., Frizzell, S., Jayaraman, T., Geary, L., Shapiro, C., Ho, C., Shiva, S., Kim-Shapiro, D.B., & Gladwin, M.T. (2011). Human Neuroglobin Functions as a Redox-regulated Nitrite Reductase. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 286(20), 18277-18289.Elsevier. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.159541.

Tejero, J., Hannibal, L., Mustovich, A., & Stuehr, D.J. (2010). Surface Charges and Regulation of FMN to Heme Electron Transfer in Nitric-oxide Synthase. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 285(35), 27232-27240.Elsevier. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.138842.

Tejero, J., Haque, M.M., Durra, D., & Stuehr, D.J. (2010). A Bridging Interaction Allows Calmodulin to Activate NO Synthase through a Bi-modal Mechanism. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 285(34), 25941-25949.Elsevier. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.126797.

Ilagan, R.P., Tejero, J., Aulak, K.S., Ray, S.S., Hemann, C., Wang, Z.Q., Gangoda, M., Zweier, J.L., & Stuehr, D.J. (2009). Regulation of FMN Subdomain Interactions and Function in Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase. BIOCHEMISTRY, 48(18), 3864-3876.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/bi8021087.

Stuehr, D.J., Tejero, J., & Haque, M.M. (2009). Structural and mechanistic aspects of flavoproteins: electron transfer through the nitric oxide synthase flavoprotein domain. FEBS JOURNAL, 276(15), 3959-3974.Wiley. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07120.x.

Tejero, J., Santolini, J., & Stuehr, D.J. (2009). Fast ferrous heme-NO oxidation in nitric oxide synthases. FEBS JOURNAL, 276(16), 4505-4514.Wiley. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07157.x.

Tejero, J.S., Biswas, A., Wang, Z.Q., Page, R.C., Haque, M.M., Hemann, C., Zweier, J.L., Misra, S., & Stuehr, D.J. (2008). Stabilization and Characterization of a Heme-Oxy Reaction Intermediate in Inducible Nitric-oxide Synthase. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 283(48), 33498-33507.Elsevier. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M806122200.

Wei, C.C., Wang, Z.Q., Tejero, J., Yang, Y.P., Hemann, C., Hille, R., & Stuehr, D.J. (2008). Catalytic reduction of a tetrahydrobiopterin radical within nitric-oxide synthase. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 283(17), 11734-11742.Elsevier. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M709250200.

Erzurum, S.C., Ghosh, S., Janocha, A.J., Xu, W., Bauer, S., Bryan, N.S., Tejero, J., Hemann, C., Hille, R., Stuehr, D.J., Feelisch, M., & Beall, C.M. (2007). Higher blood flow and circulating NO products offset high-altitude hypoxia among Tibetans. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 104(45), 17593-17598.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707462104.

Haque, M.M., Panda, K., Tejero, J., Aulak, K.S., Fadlalla, M.A., Mustovich, A.T., & Stuehr, D.J. (2007). A connecting hinge represses the activity of endothelial nitric oxide synthase. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 104(22), 9254-9259.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0700332104.

Ray, S.S., Tejero, J., Wang, Z.Q., Dutta, T., Bhattacharjee, A., Regulski, M., Tully, T., Ghosh, S., & Stuehr, D.J. (2007). Oxygenase domain of Drosophila melanogaster nitric oxide synthase:: Unique kinetic parameters enable a more efficient NO release. BIOCHEMISTRY, 46(42), 11857-11864.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/bi700803p.

Tejero, J., Ramon Peregrina, J., Martinez-Julvez, M., Gutierrez, A., Gomez-Moreno, C., Scrutton, N.S., & Medina, M. (2007). Catalytic mechanism of hydride transfer between NADP+/H and ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase from Anabaena PCC 7119. ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS, 459(1), 79-90.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2006.10.023.

Tiso, M., Tejero, J., Panda, K., Aulak, K.S., & Stuehr, D.J. (2007). Versatile regulation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase by specific regions of its C-terminal tail. BIOCHEMISTRY, 46(50), 14418-14428.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/bi701646k.

Sanchez, I.E., Tejero, J., Gomez-Moreno, C., Medina, M., & Serrano, L. (2006). Point mutations in protein globular domains:: Contributions from function, stability and misfolding. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 363(2), 422-432.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.08.020.

Martínez-Júlvez, M., Tejero, J., Peregrina, J.R., Nogués, I., Frago, S., Gómez-Moreno, C., & Medina, M. (2005). Towards a new interaction enzyme:coenzyme. BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, 115(2-3), 219-224.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.bpc.2004.12.034.

Tejero, J., Pérez-Dorado, I., Maya, C., Martínez-Júlvez, M., Sanz-Aparicio, J., Gómez-Moreno, C., Hermoso, J.A., & Medina, M. (2005). C-terminal tyrosine of ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase in hydride transfer processes with NAD(P)+/H. BIOCHEMISTRY, 44(41), 13477-13490.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/bi051278c.

Nogués, I., Tejero, J., Hurley, J.K., Paladini, D., Frago, S., Tollin, G., Mayhew, S.G., Gómez-Moreno, C., Ceccarelli, E.A., Carrillo, N., & Medina, M. (2004). Role of the C-terminal tyrosine of ferredoxin-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate reductase in the electron transfer processes with its protein partners ferredoxin and flavodoxin. BIOCHEMISTRY, 43(20), 6127-6137.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/bi049858h.

Tejero, J., Martínez-Júlvez, M., Mayoral, T., Luquita, A., Sanz-Aparicio, J., Hermoso, J.A., Hurley, J.K., Tollin, G., Gómez-Moreno, C., & Medina, M. (2003). Involvement of the pyrophosphate and the 2′-phosphate binding regions of ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase in coenzyme specificity. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 278(49), 49203-49214.Elsevier. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M307934200.

Medina, M., Luquita, A., Tejero, J., Hermoso, J., Mayoral, T., Sanz-Aparicio, J., Grever, K., & Gómez-Moreno, C. (2001). Probing the determinants of coenzyme specificity in ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase by site-directed mutagenesis. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 276(15), 11902-11912.Elsevier. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M009287200.

Gladwin, M., DeMartino, A., Poudel, L., Dent, M., Chen, X., Xu, Q., Gladwin, B., Tejero, J., Basu, S., Alipour, E., Jiang, Y., Rose, J., & Shapiro, D. (2024). Formation and signaling by an NO-ferroheme complex provides a novel pathway for intravascular and intracellular NO signaling. In Formation and signaling by an NO-ferroheme complex provides a novel pathway for intravascular and intracellular NO signaling.ScienceOpen. doi: 10.14293/cgmp.24000052.v1.

Amdahl, M.B., Corti, P., Sparacino-Watkins, C., Tejero, J., Straub, A., & Gladwin, M. (2014). Reduction of Hexacoordinate Globins by Cytochrome B5. In FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 76, (p. S138).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.10.105.

Azarov, I., Wang, L., Huang, N., Belanger, A., Liu, C., O'Donnell, C., Shiva, S., Tejero, J., Kim-Shapiro, D., & Gladwin, M. (2014). Antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning. In NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 42, (pp. 100-101).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2014.09.011.

Azarov, I., Wang, L., McTiernan, C., Belanger, A., Zhi, C., Rose, J., Liu, C., Huang, N., Ragireddy, P., Shiva, S., Tejero, J., Kim-Shapiro, D., & Gladwin, M. (2014). Antidote for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. In FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 76, (p. S78).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.10.278.

Corti, P., Ieraci, M., Gladwin, M., & Tejero, J. (2014). Reduction of nitrite to NO by zebrafish (Danio rerio) six-coordinate heme globins. In NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 42, (pp. 118-119).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2014.09.060.

Wang, J., Krizowski, S., Fischer, K., Niks, D., Tejero, J., Sparacino-Watkins, C., Wang, L., Ragireddy, V., Frizzell, S., Kelley, E., Zhang, Y., Basu, P., Hille, R., Schwarz, G., & Gladwin, M. (2014). Sulfite oxidase catalyzes single electron transfer at molybdenum domain to reduce nitrite to nitric oxide. In NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 42, (p. 149).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2014.09.146.

Corti, P., Tejero, J., Tsang, M., & Gladwin, M. (2013). Nitrite exposure under hypoxia improve heart regeneration in zebrafish. In NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 31, (pp. S31-S32).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2013.02.044.

Tejero, J., Ragireddy, V., Azarov, I., Corti, P., Frizzell, S., & Gladwin, M. (2013). Effect of distal heme pocket mutations on neuroglobin nitrite reduction rates. In NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 31, (p. S23).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2013.02.027.

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Tejero, J., Ragireddy, V., Azarov, I., Frizzell, S., & Gladwin, M.T. (2012). Changes in the Distal Heme Pocket of Neuroglobin Modulate Autoxidation Rates. In FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 53, (p. S152).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.10.415.

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Donadee, C., Raat, N.J.H., Tejero, J., Lee, J.S., Kelley, E., Zhao, X., Liu, C., Reynolds, H., Azarov, I., Meyer, E.M., Donnenberg, A., Qu, L., Triulzi, D., Kim-Shapiro, D., & Gladwin, M.T. (2011). Nitric Oxide Scavenging By Red Cell Microparticles And Cell Free Hemoglobin As A Mechanism For The Red Cell Storage Lesion. In D35. OXIDANTS AND ANTIOXIDANTS, (p. a5955).American Thoracic Society. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2011.183.1_meetingabstracts.a5955.

Tejero, J., Ragireddy, V., Azarov, I., Corti, P., Frizzell, S., & Gladwin, M.T. (2011). Exploring the Mechanism of Fast Nitrite Reduction by Five-Coordinate Neuroglobin. In FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 51, (p. S150).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.10.260.

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Zhao, X.J., Shiva, S., Tejero, J., Wang, L., Wang, J., Frizzell, S., & Gladwin, M. (2011). Mechanisms for cellular nitrite formation: Role of ceruloplasmin and oxygen. In NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 24, (pp. S38-S39).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2011.03.294.

Basu, S., Bravo, J.T., Reuter, B., King, S.B., Hogg, N., Gladwin, M.T., & Kim-Shapiro, D.B. (2010). Evidence for S-nitrosothiol Formation by a Nitrite Dependent Pathway During Reductive Nitrosylation of Ferric Hemoglobin. In FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 49, (p. S108).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.10.286.

Tejero, J., Basu, S., Carlisle, C., Hogg, N., King, S.B., Kim-Shapiro, D.B., & Gladwin, M.T. (2010). The Reductive Nitrosylation of Hemoglobin: Low Nitric Oxide Effects and Mechanisms for N2O3 Formation. In FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 49, (p. S121).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.10.332.

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