Publications
 (2023) Discovery of Nonretinoid Inhibitors of CRBP1: Structural and Dynamic Insights for Ligand-Binding Mechanisms. ACS Chem Biol. 18, 2309-2323
 (2022) Retinol-binding protein 2 (RBP2): More than just dietary retinoid uptake. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids. 1867, 159179
 (2021) Molecular basis for the interaction of cellular retinol-binding protein 2 (CRBP2) with non-retinoid ligands. J Lipid Res. 10.1016/j.jlr.2021.100054
 (2020) The molecular aspects of absorption and metabolism of carotenoids and retinoids in vertebrates. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids. 1865, 158571
 (2020) Retinol-binding protein 2 (RBP2) binds monoacylglycerols and modulates gut endocrine signaling and body weight. Sci Adv. 6, eaay8937
 (2019) Abnormal Cannabidiol Modulates Vitamin A Metabolism by Acting as a Competitive Inhibitor of CRBP1. ACS Chem Biol. 10.1021/acschembio.8b01070
 (2017) Enzyme That Makes You Cry-Crystal Structure of Lachrymatory Factor Synthase from Allium cepa. ACS Chem Biol. 10.1021/acschembio.7b00336
 (2016) Key Residues for Catalytic Function and Metal Coordination in a Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase. J Biol Chem. 291, 19401-12
 (2015) Catalytic mechanism of a retinoid isomerase essential for vertebrate vision. Nat Chem Biol. 11, 409-15
 (2015) LRAT-specific domain facilitates vitamin A metabolism by domain swapping in HRASLS3. Nat Chem Biol. 11, 26-32
 (2015) Molecular pharmacodynamics of emixustat in protection against retinal degeneration. J Clin Invest. 125, 2781-94
 (2014) Analysis of carotenoid isomerase activity in a prototypical carotenoid cleavage enzyme, apocarotenoid oxygenase (ACO). J Biol Chem. 289, 12286-99
 (2012) Structural basis for the acyltransferase activity of lecithin:retinol acyltransferase-like proteins. J Biol Chem. 287, 23790-807

