Chemistry Transfer - Faculty

Paul Martino
Office: SAT 106
(406)756-3895
pmartino@fvcc.edu

Biography

How long have you been employed at FVCC?  13 years

Birthplace: New Orleans, LA

Credentials/Education

University of Virginia 1991 Ph.D.-Department of Chemistry

• Dissertation; Structural Studies of Proteins: Applications of Tandem Mass Spectrometry
• Research Advisor-Professor Donald F. Hunt

Shepherd College
1986 B.S.-Chemistry

Research/Published Works

An Introduction to Infrared Spectroscopy While Modeling a Scientific Community; Paul A. Martino in Journal of Chemical Education, submitted, 2006.           

Mouse liver NAD(P)H:quinone acceptor oxidoreductase:  Protein sequence analysis by tandem mass spectrometry, cDNA cloning, expression in Escherichia coli, and enzyme activity analysis,  Shiuan Chen, Patrick E. Clarke, Paul A. Martino, Paulis S.K. Deng, Che-Hung Yeh, Terry D. Lee, H.J. Prochaska, and Paul Talalay in Protein Science, 3, 1296-1304, 1994.

Shock Wave Model for Sputtering Biomolecules Using Massive Cluster Impacts, J.F. Mahoney, J. Perel, T.D. Lee, P.A. Martino, and P. Williams in J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom, 3, 311-317, 1992.

Expression of Rat Liver NAD(P)H: quinone acceptor oxidoreductase in E. coli and in vitro mutagenesis at Arg-177, H-H Chen, J-X Ma, G.L. Forrest, P.S.K. Deng, P.A. Martino, T.D. Lee, and S. Chen in Biochemical Journal, 284, 855-860, 1991.

Massive Cluster Impact Mass Spectrometry:  A New Desorption Method for the Analysis of Large Biomolecules, J.F. Mahoney, P.A. Martino, S. Husain, J. Perel, S.A. Ruatta, and T.D. Lee, Rapid Comm. in Mass Spectrom, 5, 441-445, 1991.

Identification of the Regulatory Phosphorylation sites in pp42/Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase (MAP Kinase), P.A. Martino, D.M. Payne, A.J. Rossomando, A.K. Erickson, J.H. Her, J. Shabanowitz, D.F. Hunt, M.J. Weber, and T.W. Sturgill in The EMBO Journal, 10, 885-892, 1991.

Characterization of Symposium Test Peptide-4, D.F. Hunt,J.E. Alexander, A.L. McCormack, P.A. Martino, H. Michel, J. Shabanowitz, in Current Research in Protein Chemistry:  Techniques, Structure, and Function, J.J. Villafranca, Ed., Academic Press, 455-454, 1991.

Mass Spectrometric Methods for Protein and Peptide Sequence Analysis, D.F. Hunt, J.E. Alexander, A.L. McCormack, P.A. Martino, H. Michel, J. Shabanowitz, and N. Sherman in Current Research in Protein Chemistry:  Techniques, Structure, and Function, J.J. Villafranca, Ed., Academic Press, 441-454, 1991.

Identification by Mass Spectrometry of Thr-97 in Bovine Myelin Basic Protein as a Specific Phosphorylation Site for MAP (Mitrogen-activated Protein) Kinase, Alan K. Erickson, D. Michael Payne, Paul A. Martino, Anthony J. Rossomando, Jeffrey Shabanowitz, Michael J. Weber, Donald F. Hunt, and Thomas W. Sturgill, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 265, 19728-19735, 1990.

The Amino Acid Sequence of the Acidic Subunit B-Chain of Crotoxin, S.D. Aird, J.R. Yates III, P.A. Martino, J. Shabanowitz, D.F. Hunt, and I.I. Kaiser in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1040, 217-224, 1990.

The Complete Sequence of the Acidic Subunit from Mojave Toxin Determined by Edman Degradation and Mass Spectrometry, Allan L. Bieber, Robert R. Becker, Reginald Mcpharlane, Donald F. Hunt, Jeffrey Shabanowitz, John R. Yates, III, Paul A. Martino, and Gibbes R. Johnson, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1037, 413-421, 1990.

Protein and Oligopeptide Sequence Analysis on the TSQ70 Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer, D.F. Hunt, J. Shabanowitz, P.R. Griffin, J.R. Yates, III, P.A. Martino, and A.L. McCormack, in Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Mass Spectrometry in the Health and the Life Sciences, (San Francisco, CA, August 1989), A.L. Burlingame and J.A. McCloskey, Eds, Elsever, 337-362, 1990.

Protein and Peptide Sequence Analysis by Tandem Mass Spectrometry in Combination with Either Capillary Electrophoresis or Microcapillary HPLC, D.F. Hunt, J. Shabanowitz, M.A. Moseley, A.L. McCormack, H. Michel, P.A. Martino, K.B. Tomer, and J.W. Jorgenson, (1990) in Advances in Life Sciences Hans Jornvall and Jan-Olov Hoog, Eds., Birkhauser Verlag, AG, 1990.

Peptide Sequence Analysis by Triple Quadrupole and Quadrupole Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry, D.F. Hunt, T. Krishnamurphy, J. Shabanowitz, P.R. Griffin, J. Yates, III, P.A. Martino, A.L. McCormack, and C.R. Hauer, in Mass Spectrometry of Peptides, D. Desiderio, Ed., CRC Press, 1990.

Proteolytic Fragmentation of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Studied by Tandem Mass Spectrometry:  Implications for the Receptor Topography, C.R. Moore, J.R. Yates, III, P.R. Girffin, J. Shabanowitz, P. Martino, D.F. Hunt, and D.S. Cafisco, Biochemistry, 28, 9184-9191, 1989.

Expression of Nonmuscle Myosin Heavy and Light Chains in Smooth Muscle, Bruce D. Gaylinn, Thomas J. Eddinger, Paul A. Martino, Penny L. Monical, Donald F. Hunt, and Richard A. Murphy, Am. J. Physiol., 257, C997, 1989.

Automated LC/MS/MS Analysis of Peptide Mixtures Using Capillary HPLC and Electrospray Ionization on a Triple Sector Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer, D.C. Stahl, P.A. Martino, K.M. Swiderek, M.T. Davis, and T.D. Lee, Proceedings of the 40th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Washington DC,             May 31 - June 5, 1992, 1801.

Desorption of Ions From Glycerol Films By Backside Impact With Massive Cluster Ions, J.F. Mahoney, T.D. Lee, and P.A. Martino, Proceedings of the 40th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Nashville, TN, May 19-24, 1991, 471.

Microcapillary HPLC-ESI Tandem Mass Spectrometry; New Methodology For Protein Sequence Analysis, J. Shabanowitz, P.A. Martino, N.N. Zhu, A.M. McCormack, N. Sherman, H. Michel, J.E. Alexander, W. Bodnar, A. Cox, Q. Ji, and D.F. Hunt, Proceedings of the 39th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Nashville, TN, May 19-24, 1991, 471.

Substrate Analysis of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Via Tandem Mass Spectrometry, P.A. Martino, D.F. Hunt, J. Shabanowitz, H. Michel, D.M. Payne, A.K Erickson, A.J. Rossomando, M.J. Weber, and T.W. Sturgill, Proceedings of the 38th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Tucson, AZ, June 3-8, 1990, 317.

Awards

1997:  Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Support in Furthering Equal Educational Opportunities.  In honor of National TRIO Day and presented by Upward Bound.

1997:  Certificate of Appreciation from Flathead Valley Community College for participation in the service learning program.

1992:  NSF Faculty Enhancement Program:  Great Lakes Research Consortium Practicum in Applied Problem Solving for Environmental Problems in Oswego, NY, included a stipend.

1990:  DuPont Fellowship, University of Virginia (The annual Chemistry Department graduate student fellowship).

1990:  Travel Award, The 38th American Society for Mass Spectrometry Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry, Tucson, Arizona June 3-8.

1989:  Protein Society Travel Award, The Protein Society Meeting, Seattle, Washington July 29-August 2.

Hobbies/Interests/Unusual Facts about Yourself

Role Model: Donald F. Hunt, Professor of Chemistry and Pathology, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, V.A.

Favorite Pastime: Fly-fishing with friends on Duck Lake.

Favorite Book: This Raw Land, Wayne Short