Recent Publications:
Christopher R. Travis, Jake R. Wilkinson, Ryan G. Dumais, Hanne C. Henriksen, Joseph W. Treacy, Noah K. Schomburg, K.N. Houk, Marecy L. Waters. Chemistry A European Journal. 2025 31 (28), https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202500848
Christopher R. Travis, Hanne C. Henriksen, Jake R. Wilkinson, Noah K. Schomburg, Joseph W. Treacy, Kelsey M. Kean, K. N. Houk, and Marcey L. Waters.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024 146 (40), 27451-27459 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c07277
Christopher R. Travis, Ryan G. Dumais, Joseph W. Treacy, Kelsey M. Kean, K. N. Houk, and Marcey L. Waters. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024 146 (30), 20678-20684. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c03463
Travis, C. R.; Kean, K. M.; Albanese, K. I.; Henriksen, H. C.; Treacy, J. W.; Chao, E. Y.; Houk, K. N.; Waters, M. L. Trimethyllysine Reader Proteins Exhibit Widespread Charge-Agnostic Binding via Different Mechanisms to Cationic and Neutral Ligands. J Am Chem Soc 2024. 146, 5, 3086–3093. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c10031
Henriksen, H. C.; Sowers, A. J.; Travis, C. R.; Vulpis, T. D.; Cope, T. A.; Ouslander, S. K.; Russell, A. F.; Gagné, M. R.; Pophristic, V.; Liu, Z.; Waters, M. L. Stimulus-Induced Relief of Intentionally Incorporated Frustration Drives Refolding of a Water-Soluble Biomimetic Foldamer. J Am Chem Soc 2023, 145 (50), 27672–27679. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c09883
Stingley, K. J.; Carpenter, B. A.; Kean, K. M.; Waters, M. L. Mismatched Covalent and Noncovalent Templating Leads to Large Coiled Coil-Templated Macrocycles. Chem Sci 2023, 14 (18), 4935–4944. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc00231d
Harrison, E. E.; Waters, M. L. Detection and Differentiation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Water Using a Fluorescent Imprint-and-Report Sensor Array. Chem Sci 2022, 14 (4), 928–936. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sc05685b
Travis, C. R.; Francis, D. Y.; Williams, D. C.; Waters, M. L. Evaluation of Acyllysine Isostere Interactions with the Aromatic Pocket of the AF9 YEATS Domain. Protein Science 2023, 32 (1), e4533. https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.4533
Harrison, E. E.; Waters, M. L. Application of an Imprint-and-Report Sensor Array for Detection of the Dietary Metabolite Trimethylamine N-Oxide and Its Precursors in Complex Mixtures. Angew. Chemie - Int. Ed. 2022, 61 (33). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202205193.
Albanese, K. I.; Leaver-fay, A.; Treacy, J. W.; Park, R.; Houk, K. N.; Kuhlman, B.; Waters, M. L. Comparative Analysis of Sulfonium − π , Ammonium − π , and Sulfur − π Interactions and Relevance to SAM-Dependent Methyltransferases. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 6, 2535–2545 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c09902.
Kean, K. M.; Baril, S. A.; Lamb, K. N.; Dishman, S. N.; Treacy, J. W.; Houk, K. N.; Brustad, E. M.; James, L. I.; Waters, M. L. Systematic Variation of Both the Aromatic Cage and Dialkyllysine via GCE-SAR Reveal Mechanistic Insights in CBX5 Reader Protein Binding. J. Med. Chem. 2022, 65, 3, 2646–2655 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c02049.
Harrison, E. E.; Carpenter, B. A.; Louis, L. E. S.; Mullins, A. G.; Waters, M. L. Development of “Imprint-and-Report” Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries for Differential Sensing Applications. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c07068. (Editors Choice!)
Katherine I. Albanese, Marcey L. Waters*, "Contributions of Methionine to Recognition of Trimethyllysine in Aromatic Cage of PHD Domains: Implications of Polarizability, Hydrophobicity, and Charge on Binding" Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 8900. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sc02175c.
Ferguson Johns, H. P.; Harrison, E. E.; Stingley, K. J.; Waters, M. L. Mimicking Biological Recognition: Lessons in Binding Hydrophilic Guests in Water. Chem. - A Eur. J. 2021, 27 (22), 6620–6644. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202003759.
Mackenzie W. Krone, Christopher R. Travis, Ga Young Lee, Hannah J. Eckvahl, K.N. Houk, Marcey L. Waters*, More than π–π–π stacking: contribution of amide− π and CH− π interactions to crotonyllysine binding by the AF9 YEATS domain. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142(40), pp.17048-17056. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c06568
Mackenzie W. Krone, Katherine I. Albanese, Gage O. Leighton, Cyndi Qixin He, Ga Young Lee, Marc Garcia-Borràs, Alex J. Guseman, David C. Williams Jr, K.N. Houk, Eric M. Brustad, and Marcey L. Waters*, “Thermodynamic consequences of Tyr to Trp mutations in the cation–π-mediated binding of trimethyllysine by the HP1 chromodomain” Chem.Sci. 2020, 11(13), pp.3495-3500. DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00227E
Mullins, A. G.; St. Louis, L. E.; Waters, M. L. Using Changes in Speciation in a Dynamic Combinatorial Library as a Fingerprint to Differentiate the Methylation States of Arginine. Chem. Commun. 2020, 56(28), 3947–3950. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cc00415d. (This article is part of the themed collection: The Mechanics of Supramolecular Chemistry)
Katherine I. Albanese, Mackenzie W. Krone, Christopher J. Petell, Madison M. Parker, Brian D. Strahl, Eric M. Brustad, and Marcey L. Waters*, "Engineered Reader Proteins for Enhanced Detection of Methylated Lysine on Histones", ACS Chem. Bio. 2020 15 (1), 103-111, DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.9b00651 (highlighted on cover!)
Mullins, A. G.; Pinkin, N. K.; Hardin, J. A.; Waters, M. L. Achieving High Affinity and Selectivity for Asymmetric Dimethylarginine by Putting a Lid on a Box. Angew. Chemie - Int. Ed. 2019, 58 (16), 5282–5285. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201814645.
Effrat L. Fayer, William M. Gilliland Jr, J. Michael Ramsey, Nancy L. Allbritton and Marcey L. Waters*, “N-Gemini peptides: cytosolic protease resistance via N-terminal dimerization of unstructured peptides” Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 204-7, DOI: 10.1039/C7CC06819K
Lauren E. St Louis, Tayliz M. Rodriguez, Marcey L. Waters*, “A study of 2-component i, i+3 peptide stapling using thioethers” Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2018, 26, 1203-5, DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.10.037
Stefanie A. Baril, Amber L. Koenig, Mackenzie W. Krone, Katherine I. Albanese, Qixin Cyndi He, Ga Young Lee, Kendall N. Houk, Marcey L. Waters*, Eric M. Brustad*, “Investigation of Trimethyllysine Binding by the HP1 Chromodomain via Unnatural Amino Acid Mutagenesis”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 17253–6, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b09223
Kaiulani M. Houston, Adam T. Melvin, Gregery S. Woss, Effrat L. Fayer, Marcey L. Waters*, and Nancy L. Allbritton*, “Development of beta-Hairpin Peptides for the Measurement of SCF-Family E3 Ligase Activity in Vitro via Ornithine Ubiquitination”, ACS Omega, 2017, 2, 1198-1206. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.7b00109
Isaiah N. Gober, Marcey L. Waters*, “Optimization of a synthetic receptor for dimethyllysine using a biphenyl-2, 6-dicarboxylic acid scaffold: insights into selective recognition of hydrophilic guests in water”, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 7789-7795, DOI: 10.1039/C7OB01921A
Brendan C. Peacor, Christopher M. Ramsay, Marcey L. Waters*, Fluorogenic sensor platform for the histone code using receptors from dynamic combinatorial libraries, Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 1422-1428; DOI: 10.1039/c6sc03003c
Isaiah N. Gober and Marcey L. Waters*, “Supramolecular Affinity Labeling of Histone Peptides Containing Trimethyllysine and Its Application to Histone Deacetylase Assays”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 9452-9; http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b02836
Mee-Kyung Chung, Peter S. White, Stephen J. Lee, Michel R. Gagné*, Marcey L. Waters*, Investigation of a Catenane with a Responsive Noncovalent Network: Mimicking Long Range Responses in Proteins. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 13344–13352; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b07833
Mee-Kyung Chung, Stephen J. Lee, Marcey L. Waters*, and Michel R. Gagné*. Tetrameric psuedo-peptide receptors with allosteric properties. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 8103-6. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC03296F
More Publications:
Adam T. Melvin, Lukas D. Dumberger, Gregery S. Woss, Marcey L. Waters*, Nancy L. Allbritton*, “Identification of a p53-based portable degron based on the MDM2-p53 binding region”, Analyst, 2016, 141, 570-578.
J. E. Beaver and M. L. Waters*, “Molecular Recognition of Lys and Arg Methylation, ACS Chemical Biology, 2016, 11, 643-653.
Yan-Jiun Lee, Moritz J Schmidt, Jeffery M Tharp, Annemarie Weber, Amber L Koenig, Hong Zheng, Jianmin Gao, Marcey L Waters, Daniel Summerer, Wenshe R Liu*, “Genetically encoded fluorophenylalanines enable insights into the recognition of lysine trimethylation by an epigenetic reader”, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 12606-12609.
Nicholas K. Pinkin, Ina Liu, Jessicca D. Abron, Marcey L. Waters*, “Secondary binding interactions in a synthetic receptor for trimethyllysine”, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 17981-7; DOI: 10.1002/chem.201502302.
Nicholas K. Pinkin, Amanie N. Power and Marcey L. Waters*, “Late stage modification of receptors identified from dynamic combinatorial libraries”, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 10939-45; DOI: 10.1039/c5ob01649e
Robyn J. Eisert, Sarah A. Kennedy, Marcey L. Waters*, “Investigation of the β-Sheet Interactions Between HP1 Chromodomain and Histone 3”, Biochemistry, 2015, 54, 2314-2322. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00024.
J. E. Beaver,‡ B. C. Peacor,‡ J. V. Bain, L. I. James and M. L. Waters*, “Contributions of pocket depth and electrostatic interactions to affinity and selectivity of receptors for methylated lysine in water”, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015, 13, 3220-3226, DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02231A
M. Matsumoto, S. J. Lee, M. L. Waters*, M. R. Gagné*,“A Catalyst Selection Protocol That Identifies Biomimetic Motifs from β‑Hairpin Libraries”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 15817-20.
M. Matsumoto, S. J. Lee, M. R. Gagné* M. L. Waters*, “Cross-strand histidine– aromatic interactions enhance acyl-transfer rates in β-hairpin peptide catalysts”, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 8711-18.
N. K. Pinkin, M. L. Waters*, “Development and mechanistic studies of an optimized receptor for trimethyllysine using iterative redesign by dynamic combinatorial chemistry”, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 7059-67, DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01249F
D. M. Ryan, M. K. Coggins, J. J. Concepcion, D. L. Ashford, Z. Fang, L. Alibabaei, D. Ma, T. J. Meyer, M. L. Waters*, “Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation by Electrode-Bound Helical Peptide Chromophore–Catalyst Assemblies”, Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 8120–8128; DOI: 10.1021/ic5011488
S. E. Bettis, D. M. Ryan, M. K. Gish, L. Alibabaei, T. J. Meyer*, M. L. Waters*, J. M. Papanikolas*, “Photophysical Characterization of a Helical Peptide Chromophore-Water Oxidation Catalyst Assembly on a Semiconductor Surface Using Ultrafast Spectroscopy” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 6029-37.
S. Bezer, M. Matsumoto, M. W. Lodewyk, S. J. Lee; D. J. Tantillo*, M. R. Gagné*, M. L. Waters*, “Identification and Optimization of Short Helical Peptides with Novel Reactive Functionality as Catalysts for Acyl Transfer by Reactive Tagging”, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 1488-94; DOI: 10.1039/c3ob41421c
M. L. Waters, “Aromatic Interactions”, Acc. Chem. Res., 2013, 46, 873 (editorial).
T. Melvin, G. S. Woss, J. H. Park, L. D. Dumberger, M. L. Waters*, N. L. Allbritton*, “A Comparative Analysis of the Ubiquitination Kinetics of Multiple Degrons to Identify an Ideal Targeting Sequence for a Proteosome Reporter”, PLOS One, 2013, 8, Article number e78082.
T. Melvin, G. S. Woss, J. H. Park, M. L. Waters*, N. L. Allbritton*, “Measuring Activity in the Ubiquitin-Proteosome System: From Large Scale Discoveries to Single Cell Analysis”, Cell Biochem and Biophys, 2013, 67, 75-89.
S. Yang, A. Proctor, L. L. Cline, K. Houston, M. L. Waters*, N. L. Allbritton*, “β-Turn Peptides Promote Stability of Peptide Substrates for Kinases within the Cytosolic Environment", Analyst, 2013, 138, 4305-11.
D. Ma, S. Bettis, K. Hanson, M. Minakova, L. Alibabaei, W. Fondrie, D. Ryan, G. Papoian, T.J. Meyer, M. L. Waters*, J. Papanikolas*, "Interfacial Energy Conversion in Ru(II) Polypyridyl-Derivatized Oligoproline Assemblies on TiO2", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 5250–5253.
L. I. James, J. E. Beaver, N. W. Rice, M. L. Waters*, “A Synthetic Receptor for Asymmetric Dimethylarginine”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 6450–6455.
J. H. Park, M. L. Waters*, “Positional effects of click cyclization on β-hairpin structure and function”, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, 11, 69-77.
D. J. Wilger, S. E. Bettis, C. K. Materese, M. Minakova, G. A. Papoian*, J. M. Papanikolas*, M. L. Waters*, “Tunable Energy Transfer Rates via Control of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Structure of a Coiled Coil Peptide Scaffold”, Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 11324–11338; DOI: 10.1021/ic300669t (highlighted on the cover).
M.-K. Chung, P. S. White, S. J. Lee, M. L. Waters*, .M. R. Gagné*, “Self-Assembled Multi-Component Catenanes: Structural Insights into an Adaptable Class of Molecular Receptors and [2]-Catenanes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 11415–11429; DOI: 10.1021/ja302345n.
M.-K. Chung, S. J. Lee, M. L. Waters*, .M. R. Gagné*, “Self-Assembled Multi-Component Catenanes: The Role of Multivalency and Cooperativity on Structure and Stability”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 11430–11443; DOI: 10.1021/ja302347q.
Hanson, K.; Wilger, D. J.; Jones, S. T.; Harrison, D. P.; Bettis, S. E.; Luo, H.; Papanikolas, J. M.; Waters, M. L.; Meyer, T. J. “Electron Transfer Dynamics of Peptide-Derivatized RuII-polypyridyl Complexes on Nanocrystalline Metal Oxide Films.” Peptide Science. 2012, 100, 25-37.
D. J. Wilger, J. H. Park, R. M. Hughes, M. E. Cuellar, and M. L. Waters*, “Induced Fit Binding of a Polyproline Helix by a β-Hairpin Peptide”, Angew. Chem, 2011, 50, 12201-4.
R. J. Eisert, M. L. Waters*, “Tuning HP1 Chromodomain Selectivity for Di- and Trimethyl Lysine”, ChemBiochem 2011, 12, 2786-90 (selected as a “hot article”).
A. L. Stewart, J. H. Park, M. L. Waters*, “Redesign of a WW Domain Peptide for Selective Recognition of ssDNA”, Biochemistry, 2011, 50, 2575-2584.
M.-K. Chung, K. Severin, S. J. Lee, M. L. Waters, M. R. Gagné*, “Constitutionally selective amplification of multi-component 84-membered macrocyclic hosts for (-)-cytidine•H+”, Chemical Science, 2011, 2, 744-747.
J. Riemen, M. L. Waters*, “Dueling Post-Translational Modifications Control Folding and Unfolding of a beta-Hairpin Peptide”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 9007-9013.
S. Ghosh, L. A. Ingerman, A. G. Frye, S. J. Lee, M. R. Gagné,* M. L. Waters*, “Dynamic Cyclic Thiodepsipeptide Libraries From Thiol-Thioester Exchange”, Org Lett, 2010, 12, 1860-1863.
L. A. Ingerman, M. E. Cuellar, M. L. Waters*, "A Small Molecule Receptor that Selectively Recognizes Trimethyl Lysine in a Histone Peptide with Native Protein-like Affinity", Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1839-41 (selected as a “hot article”).
A. J. Riemen, M. L. Waters*, “Controlling Peptide Folding with Repulsive Interactions between Phosphorylated Amino Acids and Tryptophan”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 14081–14087.
L. L. Cline, M. L. Waters*, “Design of a β-Hairpin Peptide-Intercalator Conjugate for Simultaneous Recognition of Single Stranded and Double Stranded Regions of RNA”, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2009, 7, 4622-30 (selected for a feature in Highlights in Chemical Biology).
L. L. Cline, M. L. Waters*, “The Structure of Well-folded β-Hairpin Peptides Promotes Resistance to Peptidase Degradation”, Peptide Science, 2009, 92, 502-507.
A. R. Riemen, M. L. Waters*, “Design of Highly Stabilized β-Hairpin Peptides through Cation-p Interactions of Lysine and N-Methyllysine with an Aromatic Pocket”, Biochemistry 2009, 48, 1525-31.
A. L. Stewart, M. L. Waters*, “Structural Effects on DNA Recognition by a Designed β-Hairpin”, ChemBiochem, 2009, 10, 539-544.
L. A. Ingerman, M. L. Waters*, “Photoswitchable Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries: Coupling Azobenzene Photoisomerization with Hydrazone Exchange”, J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 111-117.
Z. R. Laughrey, S. E. Kiehna, A. J. Riemen, M. L. Waters*, “Carbohydrate-p Interactions: What Are They Worth?”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14625–14633.
A. J. Riemen, M. L. Waters*, “Stabilization of the N-Terminal β-Hairpin of Ubiquitin by a Terminal Hydrophobic Cluster”, Peptide Science, 2008, 90, 394-398 (for the Merrifield Memorial Issue).
S. E. Kiehna, Z. R. Laughrey, M. L. Waters*, “Evaluation of a Carbohydrate-p Interaction in a Peptide Model System”, Chem. Commun., 2007, 4026-4028 (selected as a “hot article”).
S. E. Kiehna, Z. R. Laughrey, M. L. Waters*, “Folding Induced CO2-Soluble Peptides”, Chem. Commun., 2007, 4297-4298.
R. M. Hughes, K. R. Wiggins, S. Khorasanizadeh, M. L. Waters*, “Molecular Recognition of Trimethyllysine by Chromodomain Is Not Just the Hydrophobic Effect”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA, 2007, 104, 11184-11188.
R. M. Hughes, M. L. Benshoff, M. L. Waters*, “Effects of Chainlength and N-Methylation on a Cation-p Interaction in a β-Hairpin Peptide”, Chem. Eur. J., 2007, 5753-5764.
R. M. Hughes, M. L. Waters*, “Effects of Lysine Acylation in a b-Hairpin Peptide: Comparison of an Amide-p and a Cation-p Interaction”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 13586-13591.
R. M. Hughes, M. L. Waters*,“ Arginine Methylation in a b-Hairpin Peptide: Implications for Arg-p Interactions, DCp°, and the Cold Denatured State”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 12735-12742.
D. G. Barrett, C. M. Minder, M. U. Mian, S. J. Whittington, W. J. Cooper, K. M. Fuchs, A. Tripathy, M. L. Waters, T. P. Creamer, G. J. Pielak, “Pressure Perturbation Calorimetry of Helical Peptides”, Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics 2006, 63, 322-326.
R. M. Hughes, M. L. Waters*, “Model Systems for β-Hairpins and β-Sheets”, Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol., 2006, 514-524.
W. J. Cooper, M. L. Waters*, “Turn Residues in β-Hairpin Peptides as Points for Covalent Modification”, Org. Lett, 2005, 7, 3825-3828.
R. M. Hughes, M. L. Waters*, “Influence of N-Methylation on a Cation-p Interaction Produces a Remarkably Stable b-Hairpin Peptide”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 6518-9.
S. M. Butterfield, W. J. Cooper, M. L. Waters*, “Minimalist Protein Design: a β-Hairpin Peptide that Binds ssDNA”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 24-25.
S. M. Butterfield, M. M. Sweeney, M. L. Waters*, “Recognition of Nucleotides with Model β-Hairpin Receptors: Investigation of Critical Contacts and Recognition Selectivity”, J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70, 1105 - 1114 (highlighted on the cover of issue 4).
W. J. Cooper, M. L. Waters*, “Molecular Recognition with Designed Peptides and Proteins”, Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol., 2005, 9, 627-631.
C. D. Tatko, M. L. Waters*, “Effect of Halogenation on Edge-Face Aromatic Interactions in a β-Hairpin Peptide: Enhanced Affinity with Iodo-Substituents”, Org. Lett., 2004, 6, 3969-3972.
M. J. Rashkin, R. M. Hughes N. T. Calloway, M. L. Waters*, “Orientation and Alkylation Effects on Cation-π Interactions”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 13320-13325.
C. D. Tatko, M. L. Waters*, “Investigation of the Nature of the Methionine-p Interaction in a β-Hairpin peptide Model System”, Protein Science, 2004, 13, 2515-2522.
C. D. Tatko, M. L. Waters*, “Comparison of C-H···p and Hydrophobic Interactions in a β-Hairpin Peptide: Impact on Stability and Specificity”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 2028-2034.
S. M. Butterfield, C. M. Goodman, V. M. Rotello, M. L. Waters*, A Peptide Flavoprotein Mimic: Flavin Recognition and Redox Potential Modulation in Water Using a Designed β-Hairpin” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2004, 43, 724-727.
M. L. Waters*, “Aromatic Interactions in Peptides”, Biopolymers, Peptide Science, 2004, 76, 435-445.
C. D. Tatko, M. L. Waters*, “The Geometry and Efficacy of Cation-p Interactions in Diagonal Positions of a Designed beta-Hairpin”, Protein Science, 2003, 12, 2443-2452.
S. E. Kiehna, M. L. Waters*, “Sequence Dependence of β-Hairpin Structure: Comparison of a Salt Bridge and an Aromatic Interaction”, Protein Science, 2003, 12, 2657-2667.
S. M. Butterfield, M. L. Waters*, “A Rationally Designed β-Hairpin Peptide for Molecular Recognition of ATP in Water”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 9580-9581.
L. K. Tsou, C. D. Tatko, M. L. Waters*, “A Simple Cation-p Interaction Between a Phenyl Ring and a Protonated Amine Stabilizes an a-Helix in Water”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 14917-14921.
S. M. Butterfield, P. R. Patel, M. L. Waters*, “Contribution of Aromatic Interactions to a-Helix Stability”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 9751-9755.
C. D. Tatko, M. L. Waters*, “Selective Aromatic Interactions in β-Hairpin Peptides”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 9372-9373.
M. J. Rashkin, M. L. Waters*, “Unexpected Substituent Effects in Offset p-p Stacked Interactions in Water”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 1860-1861.
M. L. Waters*, “Aromatic Interactions in Model Systems”, Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol., 2002, 6, 736–741.