Publications
(2022) Native proline-rich motifs exploit sequence context to target actin-remodeling Ena/VASP protein ENAH. Elife. 10.7554/eLife.70680
(2021) Design and synthesis of a new orthogonally protected glutamic acid analog and its use in the preparation of high affinity polo-like kinase 1 polo-box domain - binding peptide macrocycles. Org Biomol Chem. 19, 7843-7854
(2021) A distributed residue network permits conformational binding specificity in a conserved family of actin remodelers. Elife. 10.7554/eLife.70601
(2021) Heat activates the AAA+ HslUV protease by melting an axial autoinhibitory plug. Cell Rep. 34, 108639
(2020) ClpP1P2 peptidase activity promotes biofilm formation in P. aeruginosa. Mol Microbiol. 10.1111/mmi.14649
(2020) ppGpp Coordinates Nucleotide and Amino-Acid Synthesis in E. coli During Starvation.. Mol Cell. 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.08.005
(2020) Uncovering the basis of protein-protein interaction specificity with a combinatorially complete library. Elife. 10.7554/eLife.60924
(2019) Affinity-based capture and identification of protein effectors of the growth regulator ppGpp. Nat Chem Biol. 15, 141-150
(2019) An interbacterial toxin inhibits target cell growth by synthesizing (p)ppApp. Nature. 575, 674-678
(2018) Iterative optimization yields Mcl-1-targeting stapled peptides with selective cytotoxicity to Mcl-1-dependent cancer cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 115, E886-E895
(2018) Structural and Functional Analysis of E. coli Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthase.. Structure. 10.1016/j.str.2018.06.008
(2017) Covalently linked HslU hexamers support a probabilistic mechanism that links ATP hydrolysis to protein unfolding and translocation. J Biol Chem. 292, 5695-5704
(2017) Epistatic mutations in PUMA BH3 drive an alternate binding mode to potently and selectively inhibit anti-apoptotic Bfl-1. Elife. 10.7554/eLife.25541
(2016) Structural Basis of an N-Degron Adaptor with More Stringent Specificity. Structure. 24, 232-42
(2016) A Structurally Dynamic Region of the HslU Intermediate Domain Controls Protein Degradation and ATP Hydrolysis. Structure. 24, 1766-1777
(2010) Allostery is an intrinsic property of the protease domain of DegS: implications for enzyme function and evolution. J Biol Chem. 285, 34039-47
(2010) Mcl-1-Bim complexes accommodate surprising point mutations via minor structural changes. Protein Sci. 19, 507-19
(2010) A synthetic coiled-coil interactome provides heterospecific modules for molecular engineering. J Am Chem Soc. 132, 6025-31
(2009) Molecular basis of substrate selection by the N-end rule adaptor protein ClpS. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106, 8888-93
(2009) OMP peptides activate the DegS stress-sensor protease by a relief of inhibition mechanism. Structure. 17, 1411-21

