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Kwame Attah

Biosample Pipeline
Chemist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
MSIN: K8-98
Richland, WA 99352

PNNL Publications

2025

  • Uychoco P., K.A. Majorek, A.N. Ives, V.B. Le, P.L. Caro De Silva, V.L. Paurus, and I.K. Attah, et al. 2025. "Structural, functional, and regulatory evaluation of a cysteine post-translationally modified Gcn5-related N-acetyltransferase." Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 748:Art. No. 151299. PNNL-SA-207920. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2025.151299

2024

  • Day N.J., S.S. Kelly, L. Liu, T.A. Mansfield, M.J. Gaffrey, J.B. Trejo, and T.J. Sagendorf, et al. 2024. "Signatures of Cysteine Oxidation on Muscle Structural and Contractile Proteins Are Associated with Physical Performance and Muscle Function in Older Adults: Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA)." Aging Cell. PNNL-SA-192090. doi:10.1111/acel.14094
  • Kwantwi-Barima P., A.L. Hollerbach, I.K. Attah, R.V. Norheim, and Y.M. Ibrahim. 2024. "Ion Mobility Separations Using Cocentric Architecture." Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 35, no. 7:1576-1583. PNNL-SA-197448. doi:10.1021/jasms.4c00163
  • Kwantwi-Barima P., V. Garimella, I.K. Attah, X. Zheng, Y.M. Ibrahim, and R.D. Smith. 2024. "Accumulation of Large Ion Populations with High Ion Densities and Effects Due to Space Charge in Traveling Wave-Based Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations (SLIM) IMS-MS." Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 35, no. 2:365-377. PNNL-SA-190161. doi:10.1021/jasms.3c00389
  • Vang S., E.S. Helton, Y. Guo, B. Burpee, E. Rose, M. Easter, and S. Bollenbecker, et al. 2024. "O-GlcNAc transferase regulates collagen deposition and fibrosis resolution in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis." Frontiers in Immunology 15, no. _:Art. No. 1387197. PNNL-SA-202240. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2024.1387197
  • Velickovic M., T.L. Fillmore, I.K. Attah, J.C. Posso Escobar, J.C. Pino, R. Zhao, and S.M. Williams, et al. 2024. "Coupling microdroplet-based sample preparation, multiplexed isobaric labeling, and nanoflow peptide fractionation for deep proteome profiling of tissue microenvironment." Analytical Chemistry 96, no. 32:12973 - 12982. PNNL-SA-194410. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.4c00523

2023

  • Bramer L.M., R. Hontz, A.J. Eisfeld, A.C. Sims, Y. Kim, K.G. Stratton, and C.D. Nicora, et al. 2023. "Multi-omics of NET Formation and Correlations with CNDP1, PSPB, and L-Cystine Levels in Severe and Mild COVID-19 Infections." Heliyon 9, no. 3:13795. PNNL-SA-169411. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13795
  • Day N.J., J. Wang, C.J. Johnston, S. Kim, H.M. Olson, E. House, and I.K. Attah, et al. 2023. "Rat Bronchoalveolar Lavage Proteome Changes Following E-cigarette Aerosol Exposures." American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 324, no. 5:L571 - L583. PNNL-SA-182179. doi:10.1152/ajplung.00016.2023
  • Gosline S., M. Velickovic, J.C. Pino, L.Z. Day, I.K. Attah, A.C. Swensen, and V.G. Danna, et al. 2023. "Proteome mapping of the human pancreatic islet microenvironment reveals endocrine-exocrine signaling sphere of influence." Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 22, no. 8:Art. No. 100592. PNNL-SA-179489. doi:10.1016/j.mcpro.2023.100592
  • Kwantwi-Barima P., V. Garimella, I.K. Attah, and Y.M. Ibrahim. 2023. "Evaluating Ion Accumulation and Storage in Traveling Wave Based Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations." Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 34, no. 12:2849-2856. PNNL-SA-190819. doi:10.1021/jasms.3c00348
  • Mcdaniel E.A., M. Scarborough, D. Mulat, X. Lin, P. Sampara, H.M. Olson, and R.P. Young, et al. 2023. "Diverse electron carriers drive syntrophic interactions in an enriched anaerobic acetate-oxidizing consortium." The ISME Journal 17, no. 12:2326-2339. PNNL-SA-186718. doi:10.1038/s41396-023-01542-6

2022

  • Zhang T., N.J. Day, M.J. Gaffrey, K.K. Weitz, I.K. Attah, P. Mimche, and R. Paine III, et al. 2022. "Regulation of hyperoxia-induced neonatal lung injury via post-translational cysteine redox modifications." Redox Biology 55. PNNL-SA-176815. doi:10.1016/j.redox.2022.102405

2021

  • Zegeye E., N.C. Sadler, G.X. Lomas, I.K. Attah, J.K. Jansson, K.S. Hofmockel, and C.R. Anderton, et al. 2021. "Activity-based protein profiling of chitin catabolism." Chembiochem 22, no. 4:717-723. PNNL-SA-156004. doi:10.1002/cbic.202000616

2020

  • Li A., C.R. Conant, X. Zheng, K.J. Bloodsworth, D.J. Orton, V. Garimella, and I.K. Attah, et al. 2020. "Assessing Collision Cross Section Calibration Strategies for Traveling Wave-based Ion Mobility Separations in Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations." Analytical Chemistry 92, no. 22:14976-14982. PNNL-SA-154112. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02829
  • Li A., G. Nagy, C.R. Conant, R.V. Norheim, J. Lee, C.M. Giberson, and A.L. Hollerbach, et al. 2020. "Ion Mobility Spectrometry with High Ion Utilization Efficiency Using Traveling Wave-Based Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations." Analytical Chemistry 92, no. 22:14930-14938. PNNL-SA-166146. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02100
  • Nagy G., I.K. Attah, C.R. Conant, W. Liu, V. Garimella, H.P. Gunawardena, and J.B. Shaw, et al. 2020. "Rapid and Simultaneous Characterization of Drug Conjugation in Heavy and Light Chains of a Monoclonal Antibody Revealed by High-Resolution Ion Mobility Separations in SLIM." Analytical Chemistry 92, no. 7:5004-5012. PNNL-SA-149352. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05209

2019

  • Attah I.K., G. Nagy, V. Garimella, R.V. Norheim, G.A. Anderson, Y.M. Ibrahim, and R.D. Smith. 2019. "Traveling-wave-based electrodynamic switch for concurrent dual-polarity ion manipulations in Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations." Analytical Chemistry 91, no. 22:14712-14718. PNNL-SA-147653. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03987
  • Attah I.K., V. Garimella, I.K. Webb, G. Nagy, R.V. Norheim, C.E. Schimelfenig, and Y.M. Ibrahim, et al. 2019. "Dual Polarity Ion Confinement and Mobility Separations." Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 30, no. 6:967-976. PNNL-SA-146246. doi:10.1007/s13361-019-02138-1
  • Attah I.K., V. Garimella, I.K. Webb, G. Nagy, R.V. Norheim, C.E. Schimelfenig, and Y.M. Ibrahim, et al. 2019. "Dual Polarity Ion Confinement and Mobility Separations." Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 30, no. 6:967-976. PNNL-SA-132014. doi:10.1007/s13361-019-02138-1
  • Garcellano R.C., S. Moinuddin, R.P. Young, M.E. Bowden, M. Zhou, R.S. Renslow, and Y. Yesiltepe, et al. 2019. "Isolation of Tryptanthrin and Reassessment of Evidence for its Isobaric Isostere Wrightiadione in Plants of the Wrightia Genus." Journal of Natural Products 82, no. 3:440-448. PNNL-SA-135279. doi:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00567
  • Nagy G., K. Kedia, I.K. Attah, V. Garimella, Y.M. Ibrahim, V.A. Petyuk, and R.D. Smith. 2019. "Separation of ß-Amyloid Tryptic Peptide Species with Isomerized and Racemized L-Aspartic Residues with Ion Mobility in Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations." Analytical Chemistry 91, no. 7:4374-4380. PNNL-SA-138885. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04696
  • Wojcik R., G. Nagy, I.K. Attah, I.K. Webb, V. Garimella, K.K. Weitz, and A.L. Hollerbach, et al. 2019. "SLIM Ultrahigh Resolution Ion Mobility Spectrometry Separations of Isotopologues and Isotopomers Reveal Mobility Shifts due to Mass Distribution Changes." Analytical Chemistry 91, no. 18:11952-11962. PNNL-SA-147394. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.9b02808

2018

  • Nagy G., C.D. Chouinard, I.K. Attah, I.K. Webb, V. Garimella, Y.M. Ibrahim, and E.M. Baker, et al. 2018. "Distinguishing Enantiomeric Amino Acids with Chiral Cyclodextrin Adducts and Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations." Electrophoresis 39, no. 24:3148-3155. PNNL-SA-136376. doi:10.1002/elps.201800294
  • Nagy G., I.K. Attah, V. Garimella, K. Tang, Y.M. Ibrahim, E.M. Baker, and R.D. Smith. 2018. "Unraveling the Isomeric Heterogeneity of Glycans: Ion Mobility Separations in Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations." Chemical Communications 54, no. 83:11701-11704. PNNL-SA-137134. doi:10.1039/C8CC06966B

2017

  • Deng L., V. Garimella, A.M. Hamid, I.K. Webb, I.K. Attah, R.V. Norheim, and S.A. Prost, et al. 2017. "Compression Ratio Ion Mobility Programming (CRIMP) Accumulation and Compression of Billions of Ions for Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry Using Traveling Waves in Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations (SLIM)." Analytical Chemistry 89, no. 12:6432-6439. PNNL-SA-123357. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00189
  • Garimella V., I.K. Webb, A. Prabhakaran Nair Syamala Amma, I.K. Attah, Y.M. Ibrahim, and R.D. Smith. 2017. "Design of a TW-SLIM Module for Dual Polarity Confinement, Transport, and Reactions." Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 28, no. 7:1442-1449. PNNL-SA-123670. doi:10.1007/s13361-017-1680-5

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