Bemidji State University - Chemistry Department Faculty

Education:

• B.A. in Chemistry, University of Minnesota-Morris Division of Science and Mathematics, Morris, MN 56267 

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Denver Department of Chemistry, Denver, CO 80208

• Joined Bemidji Faculty in 1997.

Postdoctoral Training:  

Publications:

Venien-Bryan, C., Lowe, E. M., Boisset, N., Traxler, K. W., Carlson, G. M., and Johnson, L. N.  (2002) Three-Dimensional Structure of Phosphorylase Kinase at 22 Å Resolution and its Complex with Glycogen Phosphorylase b.  Structure, 10, 33-41. 

Traxler, K. W., Norcum, M. T., Hainfeld, J. F. and Carlson G. M. (2001) Direct Visualization of the Calmodulin Subunit of Phosphorylase Kinase via Electron Microscopy Following Subunit Exchange.  J. Struc. Bio., 135, 231-238. 

Nadeau, O. W., Traxler, K. W., Fee, L. R., Baldwin, B. A., and Carlson G. M. (1999) Interactions of the catalytic and endogenous calmodulin subunits of phosphorylase kinase are altered by effectors that target its regulatory a and b subunits. Biochemistry. 38, 2551-2559. 

Nadeau, O. W., Traxler, K. W., and Carlson G. M. (1998) Zero-length crosslinking of the b subunit of phosphorylase kinase to the N-terminal half of its regulatory a subunit. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 251, 637-641. 

Traxler, K. W., Norcum, M. T., and Carlson, G. M. (1997) Exchange of free calmodulin for the endogenous d subunit in phosphorylase b kinase.  FASEB J. 11, A1186. 

Traxler, K. W. and Dewey, T. G. (1994) Effects of depalmitoylation on the physicochemical properties of rhodopsin.  Biochemistry 33, 1718-1723.