Publications

"Expanding the Horizon of the Thymine Isostere Biochemistry: Unique Dimers formed via Photoreaction between a Thymine and a Toluene residue in the Dinucleotide Framework," Lin, D.; Zhou, Y.; Pu, J.; Li, L. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 7823-7833.

"Chemical Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Enzymatic Evaluation of a Dinucleotide Spore Photoproduct Analogue Containing Formacetal Linker," Lin, G.; Chen, C.-H; Pink, M.; Pu, J.; Li, L. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 9658-9668.

"How Biomolecular Motors Work: Synergy between Single Molecule Experiments and Single Molecule Simulations," Karplus, M.; Pu, J., in Springer Series in Chemical Physics 2010, 96 (Single Molecule Spectroscopy in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology), pp. 271-285.

"A Coupled Polarization-Matrix Inversion and Iteration Approach for Accelerating the Dipole Convergence in a Polarizable Potential Function," Xie, W.; Pu, J.; Gao, J. J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113, 2109-2116.

"CHARMM: The Biomolecular Simulation Program," Brooks, B. R.; Brooks III, C. L.; MacKerell, Jr., A. D.; Nilsson, L.; Petrella, R. J.; Roux, B.; Won, Y.; Archontis, G.; Bartels, C.; Boresch, S.; Caflisch, A.; Caves, L.; Cui, Q.; Dinner, A. R.; Feig, M.; Fischer, S.; Gao, J.; Hodoscek, M.; Im, W.; Kuczera, K.; Lazaridis, T.; Ma, J.; Ovchinnikov, V.; Paci, E.; Pastor, R. W.; Post, C. B.; Pu, J.; Schaefer, M.; Tidor, B.; Venable, R. M.; Woodcock, H. L.; Wu, X.; Yang, W.; York, D. M.; Karplus, M. J. Comput. Chem. 2009, 30, 1545-1614.

"How Subunits Coupling Produces the Rotary Motion in F1-ATPase," Pu, J.; Karplus, M. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2008, 105, 1192-1197 (track II, direction submission); selected by Faculty of 1000: http://f1000.com/1102040

"Development of a Polarizable Intermolecular Potential Function for Liquid Amides and Alkanes," Xie, W.; Pu, J.; MacKerell, Jr. A. D.; Gao, J. J. Chem. Theor. Comput. 2007, 3, 1878-1889.

"Multi-coefficient Gaussian-3 Calculation of the Rate Constant for the OH + CH4 Reaction and its 12C/13C Kinetic Isotope Effect with Emphasis on the Effects of Coordinate System and Tensional Treatment," Ellingson, B. A.; Pu, J.; Lin, H.; Zhao, Y.; Truhlar, D. G. J. Phys. Chem. A 2007, 111, 11706-11717.

"Mechanism and Free Energies of Enzymatic Reactions," Gao, J.; Ma, S.; Major, D. T.; Nam, K.; Pu, J.; Truhlar, D. G. Chem. Rev. 2006, 106, 3188-3209.

"Multidimensional Tunneling, Recrossing, and Transmission Coefficient for Enzymatic Reactions," Pu, J.; Gao, J.; Truhlar, D. G. Chem. Rev. 2006, 106, 3140-3169.

"Hydride Transfer Reaction Catalyzed by Hyperthermophilic Dihydrofolate Reductase is Dominated by Quantum Mechanical Tunneling and is Promoted by Both Inter- and Intramonomeric Correlated Motions," Pang, J.; Pu, J.; Gao, J.; Truhlar, D. G; Allemann, R. K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 8015-8023.

"Searching for Saddle Points by Using the Nudged Elastic Band Method: An Implementation for Gas-Phase Systems," Gonzalez-Garcia, N.; Pu, J.; Gonzalez-Lafont, A.; Lluch, J. M.; Truhlar, D. G. J. Chem. Theor. Comput. 2006, 2, 895.

"Nonperfect Synchronization of Reaction Center Rehybridization in the Transition State of the Hyrdride Transfer Catalyzed by Dihydrofolate Reductase," 'Pu, J.; Ma, S.; Garcia-Viloca, M.; Gao, J.; Truhlar, D. G.; Kohen, A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 14879-14886.