Publications
Multidomain Convergence of Argonaute during RISC Assembly Correlates with the Formation of Internal Water Clusters. Mol Cell. 75, 725-740.e6 (2019)
Structural Determinants for Substrate Selectivity in Guanine Deaminase Enzymes of the Amidohydrolase Superfamily. Biochemistry. 58, 3280-3292 (2019)
A switch element in the autophagy E2 Atg3 mediates allosteric regulation across the lipidation cascade. Nat Commun. 10, 3600 (2019)
Structural basis for the ORC1-Cyclin A association. Protein Sci. 28, 1727-1733 (2019)
The biosynthetic origin of psychoactive kavalactones in kava. Nat Plants. 5, 867-878 (2019)
Controlling a burn: outer-sphere gating of hydroxylamine oxidation by a distal base in cytochrome P460. Chem Sci. 10, 3756-3764 (2019)
Structure and Function of the Acetylpolyamine Amidohydrolase from the Deep Earth Halophile . Biochemistry. 58, 3755-3766 (2019)
Rigidification Dramatically Improves Inhibitor Selectivity for RAF Kinases. ACS Med Chem Lett. 10, 1074-1080 (2019)
The nascent RNA binding complex SFiNX licenses piRNA-guided heterochromatin formation. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 26, 720-731 (2019)
Structure and chemistry of lysinoalanine crosslinking in the spirochaete flagella hook. Nat Chem Biol. 10.1038/s41589-019-0341-3 (2019)
A di-iron protein recruited as an Fe[II] and oxygen sensor for bacterial chemotaxis functions by stabilizing an iron-peroxy species. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 116, 14955-14960 (2019)
Chemical logic of MraY inhibition by antibacterial nucleoside natural products. Nat Commun. 10, 2917 (2019)
Understanding the structural basis of species selective, stereospecific inhibition for Cryptosporidium and human thymidylate synthase. FEBS Lett. 593, 2069-2078 (2019)
Crystal structure of F95Q epi-isozizaene synthase, an engineered sesquiterpene cyclase that generates biofuel precursors β- and γ-curcumene.. J Struct Biol. 207, 218-224 (2019)
An overview of structure, function, and regulation of pyruvate kinases. Protein Sci. 10.1002/pro.3691 (2019)
Human cGAS catalytic domain has an additional DNA-binding interface that enhances enzymatic activity and liquid-phase condensation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 116, 11946-11955 (2019)
Evidence for distinct rate-limiting steps in the cleavage of alkenes by carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases. J Biol Chem. 10.1074/jbc.RA119.007535 (2019)
Development of human cGAS-specific small-molecule inhibitors for repression of dsDNA-triggered interferon expression. Nat Commun. 10, 2261 (2019)
Structural and Functional Characterization of Ubiquitin Variant Inhibitors of USP15. Structure. 27, 590-605.e5 (2019)
Structural and pharmacological evaluation of a novel non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor as a promising long acting nanoformulation for treating HIV. Antiviral Res. 167, 110-116 (2019)
Antibodies to a Conserved Influenza Head Interface Epitope Protect by an IgG Subtype-Dependent Mechanism. Cell. 177, 1124-1135.e16 (2019)
Structure of dirithromycin bound to the bacterial ribosome suggests new ways for rational improvement of macrolides. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 10.1128/AAC.02266-18 (2019)
Modular Architecture of the STING C-Terminal Tail Allows Interferon and NF-κB Signaling Adaptation.. Cell Rep. 27, 1165-1175.e5 (2019)
Visualizing conformation transitions of the Lipid II flippase MurJ. Nat Commun. 10, 1736 (2019)
Structure of Sesquisabinene Synthase 1, a Terpenoid Cyclase That Generates a Strained [3.1.0] Bridged-Bicyclic Product. ACS Chem Biol. 10.1021/acschembio.9b00218 (2019)
Structures of ligand-occupied β-Klotho complexes reveal a molecular mechanism underlying endocrine FGF specificity and activity.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 116, 7819-7824 (2019)
Structural basis of unidirectional export of lipopolysaccharide to the cell surface. Nature. 567, 550-553 (2019)
X-ray structures of the high-affinity copper transporter Ctr1. Nat Commun. 10, 1386 (2019)
An ensemble of lipoxygenase structures reveals novel conformations of the Fe coordination sphere. Protein Sci. 10.1002/pro.3602 (2019)
Bispecific Forkhead Transcription Factor FoxN3 Recognizes Two Distinct Motifs with Different DNA Shapes. Mol Cell. 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.01.019 (2019)
High-resolution crystal structures of ribosome-bound chloramphenicol and erythromycin provide the ultimate basis for their competition. RNA. 10.1261/rna.069260.118 (2019)
Design, Multigram Synthesis, and in Vitro and in Vivo Evaluation of Propylamycin: A Semisynthetic 4,5-Deoxystreptamine Class Aminoglycoside for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Other Gram-Negative Pathogens. J Am Chem Soc. 10.1021/jacs.9b01693 (2019)
Bacterial cGAS-like enzymes synthesize diverse nucleotide signals. Nature. 10.1038/s41586-019-0953-5 (2019)
Viral and metazoan poxins are cGAMP-specific nucleases that restrict cGAS-STING signalling. Nature. 566, 259-263 (2019)
Molecular basis of synaptic specificity by immunoglobulin superfamily receptors in . Elife. 10.7554/eLife.41028 (2019)