Form I and II Rubiscos Exhibit Temperature Dependent Carbon Kinetic Isotope Effects

Published in bioRxiv, 2026

Wang, R.Z., Liu, A.K., Shih, P.M., Stolper, D.A. (2026) "Form I and II Rubiscos Exhibit Temperature Dependent Carbon Kinetic Isotope Effects." bioRxiv.

Diverse microbial communities show uniform respiration response to nitrogen addition in simulated early-stage leaf litter decomposition experiments

Published in Biogeochemistry, 2026

Wang, R.Z., Albright, M.B.N., Suazo, D., Gallegos-Graves L.V., Yoshida, T., Dunbar, J., Kroeger, M.E. (2026) "Diverse microbial communities show uniform respiration response to nitrogen addition in simulated early-stage leaf litter decomposition experiments." Biogeochemistry, 169(24).

A map of the rubisco biochemical landscape

Published in Nature, 2025

Prywes, N., Philips, N.R., Oltrogge, L.M., Lindner, S., Taylor-Kearney, L.J., Tsai, T.C., de Pins, B., Cowan, A.E., Chang, H.A., Wang, R.Z., Hall, L.N., Bellieny-Rabelo, D., Nisonoff, H.M., Weissman, R.F., Flamholz, A.I., Ding, D., Bhatt, A.Y., Mueller-Cajar, O., Shih, P.M., Milo, R., Savage, D.F. (2025) "A map of the rubisco biochemical landscape." Nature, 638, 823-828.

Cyanobacteria from marine oxygen deficient zones encode both form I and form II Rubiscos

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2025

Jaffe, A.L., Harrison, K., Wang, R.Z., Taylor-Kearney, L.J., Jain, N., Prywes, N., Shih, P.M., Young, J., Rocap, G., Dekas, A.E. (2025) "Cyanobacteria from marine oxygen deficient zones encode both form I and form II Rubiscos." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(49), e2418345121.

Simulated nitrogen deposition and precipitation events alter microbial carbon cycling during early stages of litter decomposition

Published in Sustainable Microbiology, 2024

Kroeger, M.E., Wang, R.Z., Suazo, D., Yoshida, T., Albright, M.B.N., Dunbar, J. (2024) "Simulated nitrogen deposition and precipitation events alter microbial carbon cycling during early stages of litter decomposition." Sustainable Microbiology, qvae031.

Evolution and origins of rubisco

Published in Current Biology, 2024

Taylor-Kearney, L.J., Wang, R.Z., Shih, P.M. (2024) "Evolution and origins of rubisco." Current Biology, 34(16), R764-R767.

Widespread detoxifying NO reductases impart a distinct isotopic fingerprint on N2O under anoxia

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024

Wang, R.Z.*, Lonergan, Z.R.*, Wilbert, S.A., Eiler, J.M., Newman, D.K. (2024) "Widespread detoxifying NO reductases impart a distinct isotopic fingerprint on N2O under anoxia." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(25), e2319960121.

Carbon isotope fractionation by an ancestral rubisco suggests that biological proxies for CO2 through geologic time should be reevaluated

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023

This paper was highlighted in a commentary in PNAS: Kranz, S.A. (2023) "Insights into the biological control of the carbon isotope signatures of ancient aquatic organisms." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(23), e2306683120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2306683120

Wang, R.Z., Nichols, R.J., Liu, A.K., Flamholz, A.I., Artier, J., Banda, D.M., Savage, D.F., Eiler, J.M., Shih, P.M. and Fischer, W.W. (2023) "Carbon isotope fractionation by an ancestral rubisco suggests that biological proxies for CO2 through geologic time should be reevaluated." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(20), e2300466120.

A bacterial form I’ Rubisco has a smaller carbon isotope fractionation than its form I counterpart

Published in Biomolecules, 2023

Wang, R.Z., Liu, A.K., Banda, D.M., Fischer, W.W. and Shih, P.M. (2023) "A bacterial form I' Rubisco has a smaller carbon isotope fractionation than its form I counterpart." Biomolecules, 13(4), 596.

Source to sink: Evolution of lignin composition in the Madre de Dios River system with connection to the Amazon basin and offshore

Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2016

Feng, X., Feakins, S.J., Liu, Z., Ponton, C., Wang, R.Z., Karkabi, E., Galy, V., Berelson, W.M., Nottingham, A.T., Meir, P. and West, A.J. (2016) "Source to sink: Evolution of lignin composition in the Madre de Dios River system with connection to the Amazon basin and offshore." Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 121(5), 1316-1338.