Gregory Ferry

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Stanley Person Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Research Summary

Research interests are the biochemistry and molecular biology of anaerobic microbes from the Archaea domain with a focus on methane-producing species with a broad view towards understanding fundamental cellular processes that are common to all three domai.

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Recent Publications

Methanosarcina acetivorans: A Model for Mechanistic Understanding of Aceticlastic and Reverse Methanogenesis

Ferry, J. G., Jul 28 2020, In : Frontiers in Microbiology. 11, 1806.

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Comparative genomics of the genus Methanohalophilus, including a newly isolated strain from Kebrit deep in the Red Sea

Guan, Y., Ngugi, D. K., Vinu, M., Blom, J., Alam, I., Guillot, S., Ferry, J. G. & Stingl, U., 2019, In : Frontiers in Microbiology. 10, APR, 839.

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Life on the thermodynamic edge: Respiratory growth of an acetotrophic methanogen

Prakash, D., Chauhan, S. S. & Ferry, J. G., Aug 21 2019, In : Science Advances. 5, 8, eaaw9059.

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Structure and function of an unusual flavodoxin from the domain Archaea

Prakash, D., Iyer, P. R., Suharti, S., Walters, K. A., Santiago-Martinez, M. G., Golbeck, J. H., Murakami, K. S. & Ferry, J. G., Dec 17 2019, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116, 51, p. 25917-25922 6 p.

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Electron and proton flux for carbon dioxide reduction in methanosarcina barkeri during direct interspecies electron transfer

Holmes, D. E., Rotaru, A. E., Ueki, T., Shrestha, P. M., Ferry, J. G. & Lovley, D. R., Dec 13 2018, In : Frontiers in Microbiology. 9, DEC, 3109.

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Toward a mechanistic and physiological understanding of a ferredoxin:disulfide reductase from the domains Archaea and Bacteria

Prakash, D., Walters, K. A., Martinie, X. R. J., McCarver, A. C., Kumar, A. K., Lessner, D. J., Krebs, C., Golbeck, J. H. & Ferry, J. G., Jun 15 2018, In : Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293, 24, p. 9198-9209 12 p.

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Sulphonamide inhibition studies of the β-carbonic anhydrase from the bacterial pathogen Clostridium perfringens

Vullo, D., Kumar, R. S. S., Scozzafava, A., Ferry, J. G. & Supuran, C. T., Jan 1 2018, In : Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 33, 1, p. 31-36 6 p.

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A biochemical framework for anaerobic oxidation of methane driven by Fe(III)-dependent respiration

Yan, Z., Joshi, P., Gorski, C. A. & Ferry, J. G., Dec 1 2018, In : Nature communications. 9, 1, 1642.

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Electron bifurcation and confurcation in methanogenesis and reverse methanogenesis

Yan, Z. & Ferry, J. G., Jun 20 2018, In : Frontiers in Microbiology. 9, JUN, 1322.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview article