Victoria Robinson

Associate Professor

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology


Education

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate HHMI/UMDNJ-RWJMS, Piscataway, NJ
  • Ph.D. University of Iowa

Research Focus

  • Structural and biochemical properties of prokaryotic GTPases
  • BipA
  • EngA
  • Nucleostemin

Awards

  • Faculty Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation, 2009
  • American Heart Association (AHA) Scientist Development Grant, 2006
  • Research Achievement Award, UMDNJ-RWJMS, 1999
  • Predoctoral Fellowship, Univ. of Iowa Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing, 1994
  • American Heart Association (AHA) Predoctoral Fellowship (Declined), 1994

Publications

Shamilov, R., Robinson, V.L. Aneskievich, B.J. Seeing Keratinocyte Proteins through the Looking Glass of Intrinsic Disorder. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 7912. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22157912

Krucinska J, Lombardo MN, Erlandsen H, Hazeen A, Duay SS, Pattis JG, Robinson VL, May ER, Wright DL. Functional and structural basis of E. coli enolase inhibition by SF2312: a mimic of the carbanion intermediate. Sci Rep. 2019 Nov 19;9(1):17106. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-53301-3.

Mayo, C.B., Erlandsen, H., Mouser, D.J., Feinstein, A.G., Robinson, V.L., May, E.R., Cole, J.L. (2019) Structural Basis of Protein Kinase R Autophosphorylation. Biochemistry 58(27):2967-2977.

Krucinska, J., Falcone, E., Erlandsen, H., Hazeen, A., Lombardo, M.N., Estrada, A., Robinson, V.L., Anderson, A.C., Wright, D.L. (2019) Structural and Functional Studies of Bacterial Enolase, a Potential Target against Gram-Negative Pathogens. Biochemistry 58(9):1188-1197.

Cannone, Z., Shaqra, A.M., Lorenc, C., Henowitz, L., Keshipeddy, S., Robinson, V.L., Zweifach, A., Wright, D., Peczuh, M.W. (2019) Post-Glycosylation Diversification (PGD): An Approach for Assembling Collections of Glycosylated Small Molecules. ACS Comb. Chem. 21(3):192-197.

Malhotra, K., Modak, A., Nangia, S., Daman, T.H., Gunsel, U., Robinson, V.L., Mokranjac, D., May, E.R., Alder, N.N. (2017) Cardiolipin mediates membrane and channel interactions of the mitochondrial TIM23 protein import complex receptor Tim50. Sci. Adv. 3(9):e1700532.

Sheftic, S.R., Garcia, P.P., White, E., Robinson, V.L., Gage, D.J., Alexandrescu, A.T. (2012) Nuclear magnetic resonance structure and dynamics of the response regulator Sma0114 from Sinorhizobium meliloti. Biochemistry 51(35):6932-41.

Sheftic, S.R., Garcia, P.P., Robinson, V.L., Gage, D.J. and Alexandrescu, A.T. (2011) NMR Assignments for the Sinorhizobium meliloti Response Regulator Sma0114. Biomol. NMR Assign. 5:55-58.

Barbieri, C.M., Mack, T.R., Robinson, V.L., Miller, M and Stock, A.M. (2010) Regulation of response regulator autophosphorylation through interdomain contacts. J. Biol. Chem. 285:32325-35.

deLivron, M.A., Makanji, H.S., Lane, M.C. and Robinson, V.L. (2009) A novel domain in the translational GTPase BipA mediates interaction with the 70S ribosome and influences GTP hydrolysis. Biochemistry. 48:10533-41.

 

Victoria Robinson
Contact Information
Emailvictoria.robinson@uconn.edu
Phone860-486-4353
Mailing Address91 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3125, Storrs, CT 06269-3125
Office LocationBiology/Physics Building
CampusStorrs
Linkhttps://victoria-robinson.uconn.edu/