BS, Brigham Young University (2003) Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (2008) NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute (2008-2011)

Organic Chemistry

Research interests include:

Bioorganic chemistry Protein folding and structure The structural and energetic effects of protein glycosylation Design of novel proteins using unnatural amino acids

Lawrence, P. B.; Gavrilov, Y.; Matthews, S. S.; Langlois, M. I.; Shental-Bechor, D.; Greenblatt, H. M.; Pandey, B. K.; Smith, M. S.; Paxman, R.; Torgerson, C. B.; Merrell, J. P.; Ritz, C.; Prigozhin, M. B.; Levy, Y.*; Price, J. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. ASAP article.

Pandey, B. K.; Smith, M. S.; Price, J. L. “Cysi–Lysi+3–Lysi+4 Triad: A General Approach for PEGBase. Stabilization of α-Helical Proteins.” Biomacromolecules 2014, ASAP article.

Chao, S. -H.; Matthews, S. S.; Paxman, R.; Aksimentiev, A.; Gruebele, M.*; Price, J. L. “Tw. Structural Scenarios for Protein Stabilization by PEG.” J. Phys. Chem. B. 2014, 118, 8388–8395.

Pandey, B. K.; Enck, S.; Price, J. L. “Stabilizing Impact of N-Glycosylation on the WW Domai. Depends Strongly on the Asn-GlcNAc Linkage.” ACS Chem. Biol. 2013, 8, 2140–2144.

Pandey, B. K.; Smith, M. S.; Torgerson, C.; Lawrence, P.B.; Matthews, S. S.; Watkins, E.; Groves. M. L.; Prigozhin, M. B.; Price, J. L. “Impact of site-specific PEGylation on the conformationa. stability and folding rate of the Pin WW domain depends strongly on PEG oligomer length.. Bioconjugate Chem. 2013, 24, 796–802.

Culyba, E. K.; Price, J. L.; Hanson, S. R.; Dhar, A.; Wong, C. –H.; Gruebele, M.; Powers, E. T.*; Kelly, J. W.* “Protein Native State Stabilization by Placing Aromatic Side Chains in N-Glycosylated Reverse Turns.” Science 2011, 331, 571–575.

Price, J. L.; Shental-Bechor, D.; Dhar, A.; Turner, M. J.; Powers, E. T.; Gruebele, M.; Levy; Y.*; Kelly, J. W.* “Context-Dependent Effects of Asparagine Glycosylation on Pin WW Folding Kinetics and Thermodynamics.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 15239–15367.

Price, J. L.; Horne, W. S.; Gellman, S. H.* “ Structural Consequences of β-Amino Acid Preorganization in a Self-Assembling α/β-Peptide: Fundamental Studies of Foldameric Helix Bundles.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 12378–12387.

Price, J. L.; Hadley, E. B.; Steinkruger, J. D.; Gellman, S. H.* “Detection and Analysis of Chimeric Tertiary Structure via Backbone Thioester Exchange: Packing of an α Helix against an α/β-Peptide Helix.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 368–371.

Dr. Price joined the department faculty June 15, 2011.