† co-first authors, * corresponding author

At UCR:

11. De novo design of four-helix bundle proteins to bind metalloporphyrin cofactors
Coronado, K.R.; Zhu, Y.; Mann, S.I.*
Methods in Enzymology. 2025, 720, 1-22

10. Radical-Initiated Photodissociation at Tryptophan Residues within Intact Proteins in the Gas Phase
Lin, H.; Purcell, A.G.; Beran, G.J.O.; Zhu, Y.; Coronado, K.R.; Mann, S.I.; Harman, W.H.; Julian, R.R.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 7849-7858

9. De novo design of porphyrin-containing proteins as efficient and stereoselective catalysts
Hou, K.†; Huang, W.†; Qi M.†; Tugwell, T.H.; Alturaifi, T.M.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, X.; Lu, L.; Mann, S.I.; Liu, P.; Yang, Y.;DeGrado, W.F.
Science 2025, 388, 665-670

8. De Novo Design of Proteins That Bind Naphthalenediimides, Powerful Photooxidants with Tunable Photophysical Properties
Mann, S.I.*; Lin, Z.; Tan, S.K.; Zhu, J.; Fidel, Z.X.W.; Bakanas, I.; Mansergh, J.P.; Liu, R.; Kelly, M.J.S.; Wu, Y.; Wells, J.A.; Therien, M.J.; DeGrado, W.F.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 7849-7858

Prior to UCR:

7. De novo design of drug-binding proteins with predictable binding energy and specificity
Lu, L.; Gou, X.; Tan, S.K.; Mann, S.I.; Yang, H.; Zhong, X.; Gazgalis, D.; Valdiviezo, J.; Jo, H.; Wu, Y.; Diolaiti, M.E.; Ashworth, A.; Polizzi, N.F.; DeGrado, W.F.
Science 2024, 384, 106-112

6. Copper assisted sequence-specific chemical protein conjugation at a single backbone amide

Guo, M.; Zhao, K.; Guo, L.; Zhou, R.; He, Q.; Lu, K.; Li, T.; Liu, D.; Chen, J.; Tang, J.; Fu, X.; Zhou, J.; Zheng, B.; Mann, S.I.; Zhang, Y.; Huang, J.; Yang, B.; Zhou, T.; Lei, Y.; Dang, B.
Nat. Comm. 2023, 14, 8063

5. De novo metalloprotein design

Chalkley, M.J.†; Mann, S.I.†; DeGrado, W.F.
Nat. Rev. Chem. 2022, 6, 31-50

4. De Novo Design, Solution Characterization, and Crystallographic Structure of an Abiological Mn–Porphyrin-Binding Protein Capable of Stabilizing a Mn(V) Species

Mann, S.I.; Nayak, A.; Gassner, G.T.; Therien, M.J.; DeGrado, W.F.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 252-259

3. Coordination chemistry within a protein host: regulation of the secondary coordination sphere

Mann, S.I.; Heinisch, T.; Ward, T.R.; Borovik, A.S.
Chem. Commun. 2017, 54, 4413-4416

2. Peroxide Activation Regulated by Hydrogen Bonds within Artificial Cu Proteins

Mann, S.I.; Heinisch, T.; Ward, T.R.; Borovik, A.S.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 17289-17292
Spotlight in JACS

1. Modular Artificial Cupredoxins

Mann, S.I.; Heinisch, T.; Weitz, A.C.; Hendrich, M.P.; Ward, T.R.; Borovik, A.S.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 9073-9076
Spotlight in JACS