Publications
27. Slater, J. W.; Lin, C. -Y.; Neugebauer, M.; McBride, M. J.; Sil, D.; Nair, M. A.; Katch, B. Y.; Boal, A. K.; Chang, M. C. Y.; Silakov, A.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.
“Synergistic Binding of the Halide and Cationic Prime Substrate of the L-Lysine 4-Chlorinase, BesD, in Both Ferrous and Ferryl States”
Biochemistry 2023, 62, 2480-2491
26. McBride, M. J.; Pope, S. R.; Nair, M. A.; Sil, D.; Salas-Solá, X. E.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Boal, A. K.
“Methods for Biophysical Characterization of SznF, a Member of the Heme-Oxygenase-Like Diiron Oxidase/Oxygenase Superfamily”
25. Sil, D.; Khan, F. S. T.; Rath, S. P.
“Effect of intermacrocyclic interactions: modulation of metal spin state in oxo/hydroxo/fluoro bridged diiron(III)/dimanganese(III) porphyrin dimers”
Advances in Inorganic Chemistry, 2023, 81, 95-184
24. Dong, H. T.; Camarena, S.; Sil, D.; Lengel, M. O.; Zhao, J.; Hu, M. Y.; Alp, E. E.; Krebs, C.; Lehnert, N.
“What Is the Right Level of Activation of a High-Spin {FeNO}7 Complex to Enable Direct N–N Coupling? Mechanistic Insight into Flavodiiron NO Reductases”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 16395-16409
23. Neti, S. S.; Sil, D.; Warui, D.; Esakova, O.; Solinski, A.; Serrano, D.; Krebs, C.; Booker, S.
“Characterization of LipS1 and LipS2 from Thermococcus kodakarensis: Proteins Annotated as Biotin Synthases, which Together Catalyze Formation of the Lipoyl Cofactor”.
ACS Bio & Med Chem Au, 2022, 2, 509-520
22. Warui, D.; Sil, D.; Lee, K. -H.; Neti, S. S.; Esakova, O.; Knox, H.; Krebs, C.; Booker, S.
“In vitro Demonstration of Human Lipoyl Synthase (LIAS) Catalytic Activity in the Presence of NFU1”
ACS Bio & Med Chem Au, 2022, 2, 456-468
21. McBride, M. J.; Nair, M. A.; Sil, D.; Slater, J. W.; Neugebauer, M.; Chang, M. C. Y.; Boal, A. K.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.
“A Substrate-triggered µ-Peroxodiiron(III) Intermediate in the 4-Chloro-L-Lysine-Fragmenting Heme-Oxygenase-like Diiron Oxidase (HDO) BesC: Substrate Dissociation from, and C4 Targeting by, the Intermediate”.
Biochemistry 2022, 61, 689-702
20. Dong, H. T.; Zong, Y.; Bracken, A. J.; Lengel, M. O.; Sil, D.; Krebs, C.; Lehnert, N.
“Synthesis and Characterization of a Model Complex for Flavodiiron NO Reductases That Stabilizes a Diiron Mononitrosyl Complex”
J. Inorg. Biochem. 2022, 229, 111723
19. Maio, N.; LaFont, B.; Sil, D.; Li, Y.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C.; Pierson, T.; Holland, S.; Linehan, M. W.; Rouault, T. A.
“Fe-S cofactors in the SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase are potential antiviral targets”
18. Sil, D.; Banerjee, S.; Ghosh, S. K.; Rath, S. P.
“Fluoro-bridged dimanganese(III) porphyrin dimer: effect of intermacrocyclic interactions in modulating metal spin state”
J. Porphyr. Phthalocyanines, 2021, 25, 522-532
17. Liu, G.; Sil, D.; Tong, W. -H.; Maio, N.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.; Krebs, C.; Rouault, T. A.
“Heme biosynthesis depends on previously unrecognized acquisition of iron-sulfur cofactors in human amino-levulinic acid dehydratase”
Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 6310-6320
16. McBride, M. J.; Sil, D.; Ng, T. L.; Crooke, A. M.; Kenney, G. E.; Tysoe, C. R.; Zhang, B.; Balskus, E. P.; Boal, A. K.; Krebs, C.; Bollinger, J. M., Jr.
“A peroxodiiron(III) intermediate mediating both N-hydroxylation steps in biosynthesis of the N-nitrosourea pharmacophore of streptozotocin by SznF”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11818-11828
15. Dong, H.; Speelman, A. L.; Kozemchak, C. E.; Sil, D.; Krebs, C.; Lehnert, N.
“The Fe2(NO)2 Diamond Core: A Unique Structural Motif in Non-Heme Iron-NO Chemistry”
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 17695-17699
14. Kumar, A.; Sil, D.; Usman, M.; Rath, S. P.
“Dimanganese(III) porphyrin dication diradical and its transformation to a μ-hydroxo porphyrin-oxophlorin heterodimer”
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 1588-1591
13. Sil, D.; Martinez, Z.; Ding, S.; Bhuvanesh, N.; Darensbourg, D. J.; Hall, M. B.; Darensbourg, M. Y.
“Cyanide Docking and Linkage Isomerism in Models for the Artificial [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Maturation Process”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 9904-9911
12. Sil, D.; Dey, S.; Kumar, A.; Bhowmik, S.; Rath, S. P.
“Oxidation triggers extensive conjugation and unusual stabilization of two di-heme dication diradical intermediates: role of bridging group for electronic communication”
Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 1212-1223 (Edge Article)
11. Dey, S.; Sil, D.; Rath, S. P.
“A highly oxidized cobalt porphyrin dimer: spin coupling and stabilization of the four-electron oxidation product”
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 996-1000
10. Sil, D.; Kumar, A.; Rath, S. P.
“Diiron(III)-μ-fluoro bisporphyrins: effect of bridging ligand on the metal spin state”
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 11214-11223 (Hot Paper; Highlighted as a Frontispiece)
9. Sil, D.; Khan, F. S. T.; Rath, S. P.
“Effect of inter-porphyrin distance on spin-state in diiron(III)-μ-hydroxo bisporphyrins”
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 14585-14597
8. Sil, D.; Bhowmik, S.; Khan, F. S. T.; Rath, S. P.
“Experimental and theoretical investigation on a series of novel dimanganese(III)-μ-hydroxo bisporphyrins: magneto-structural correlation and effect of metal spin on porphyrin core deformation”
Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 3239-3251
7. Dey, S.; Sil, D.; Pandit, Y.; Rath, S. P.
“Effect of two interacting rings in metalloporphyrin dimers upon stepwise oxidations”
Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 3229-3238
6. Sil, D.; Rath, S. P.
“Ethane-bridged porphyrin dimer as model of di-heme proteins: inorganic and bioinorganic perspectives and consequences of heme-heme interactions”
Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 16195-16211 (Perspective Article)
5. Sainna, M. A.; Sil, D.; Sahoo, D.; Martin, B.; Rath, S. P.; Comba , P.; de Visser, S. P.
“Spin state ordering in hydroxo bridged diiron(III)bisporphyrin complexes”
Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 1919-1930
4. Sil, D.; Khan, F. S. T.; Rath, S. P.
“Axial thiophenolate coordination on diiron(III)bisporphyrin: influence of heme-heme interactions on structure, function and electrochemical properties of the individual heme center”
Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 11925-11936
3. Ghosh, S. K.; Bhowmik, S.; Sil, D.; Rath, S. P.
“Effect of heme-heme interactions and modulation of metal spins by counter anions in a series of diiron(III)-μ-hydroxo bisporphyrins: unusual stabilization of two different spins in a single molecular framework”
Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 17846-17859
2. Patra, R.; Sahoo, D.; Dey, S.; Sil, D.; Rath, S. P.
“Switching orientation of two axial imidazole ligands between parallel and perpendicular in low-spin Fe(III) and Fe(II) nonplanar porphyrinates”
Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 11294-11305
1. Bhowmik, S.; Sil, D.; Patra, R.; Rath, S. P.
“Axial phenoxide coordination on diiron(III)bisporphyrin: insights from experimental and DFT studies”
J. Chem. Sci. 2011, 123, 827-837