Publications
Conserved epitope on influenza-virus hemagglutinin head defined by a vaccine-induced antibody. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 115, 168-173
(2018) A conserved filamentous assembly underlies the structure of the meiotic chromosome axis. Elife. 10.7554/eLife.40372
(2019) A conserved mode of protein recognition and binding in a ParD-ParE toxin-antitoxin complex. Biochemistry. 49, 2205-15
(2010) Conserved patterns hidden within group A Streptococcus M protein hypervariability recognize human C4b-binding protein. Nat Microbiol. 1, 16155
(2016) A conserved RNA structural motif for organizing topology within picornaviral internal ribosome entry sites. Nat Commun. 10, 3629
(2019) A conserved signaling pathway activates bacterial CBASS immune signaling in response to DNA damage. EMBO J. 10.15252/embj.2022111540
(2022) (2016) The conserved XPF:ERCC1-like Zip2:Spo16 complex controls meiotic crossover formation through structure-specific DNA binding. Nucleic Acids Res. 10.1093/nar/gky1273
(2018) Consolidating critical binding determinants by noncyclic rearrangement of protein secondary structure. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 102, 2305-9
(2005) (2017) Contribution of an unusual CDR2 element of a single domain antibody in ricin toxin binding affinity and neutralizing activity. Protein Eng Des Sel. 10.1093/protein/gzy022
(2018) Contribution of partial charge interactions and base stacking to the efficiency of primer extension at and beyond abasic sites in DNA. Biochemistry. 51, 4922-31
(2012) Contribution to catalysis of ornithine binding residues in ornithine N5-monooxygenase. Arch Biochem Biophys. 585, 25-31
(2015) Contributions of the interdomain loop, amino terminus, and subunit interface to the ligand-facilitated dimerization of neurophysin: crystal structures and mutation studies of bovine neurophysin-I. Protein Sci. 16, 52-68
(2007) Contributions of unique active site residues of eukaryotic UDP-galactopyranose mutases to substrate recognition and active site dynamics. Biochemistry. 53, 7794-804
(2014) Control of bacterial immune signaling by a WYL domain transcription factor. Nucleic Acids Res. 50, 5239-5250
(2022) Control of DNA minor groove width and Fis protein binding by the purine 2-amino group. Nucleic Acids Res. 41, 6750-60
(2013) Controlling a burn: outer-sphere gating of hydroxylamine oxidation by a distal base in cytochrome P460. Chem Sci. 10, 3756-3764
(2019) Convergent chemical synthesis and high-resolution x-ray structure of human lysozyme. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 104, 4846-51
(2007) Conversion of human 5-lipoxygenase to a 15-lipoxygenase by a point mutation to mimic phosphorylation at Serine-663. FASEB J. 26, 3222-9
(2012) Conversion of human steroid 5β-reductase (AKR1D1) into 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase by single point mutation E120H: example of perfect enzyme engineering.. J Biol Chem. 287, 16609-22
(2012) Cooperative DNA binding by proteins through DNA shape complementarity. Nucleic Acids Res. 47, 8874-8887
(2019) Co-opting sulphur-carrier proteins from primary metabolic pathways for 2-thiosugar biosynthesis. Nature. 510, 427-31
(2014) Copper-zinc superoxide dismutase is activated through a sulfenic acid intermediate at a copper ion entry site. J Biol Chem. 292, 12025-12040
(2017) Co-produced natural ketolides methymycin and pikromycin inhibit bacterial growth by preventing synthesis of a limited number of proteins. Nucleic Acids Res. 45, 9573-9582
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