Publications
Molecular underpinnings of ssDNA specificity by Rep HUH-endonucleases and implications for HUH-tag multiplexing and engineering. Nucleic Acids Res. 49, 1046-1064
(2021) Structure of a pseudokinase-domain switch that controls oncogenic activation of Jak kinases. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 20, 1221-3
(2013) Structural characterization of the regulatory proteins TenA and TenI from Bacillus subtilis and identification of TenA as a thiaminase II. Biochemistry. 44, 2319-29
(2005) Evolutionary links as revealed by the structure of Thermotoga maritima S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase. J Biol Chem. 279, 33837-46
(2004) Azidoethoxyphenylalanine as a Vibrational Reporter and Click Chemistry Partner in Proteins. Chemistry. 21, 19096-103
(2015) (2008) (2008) (2010) RNA stabilization by a poly(A) tail 3'-end binding pocket and other modes of poly(A)-RNA interaction. Science. 10.1126/science.abe6523
(2021) Protein conformational dynamics in the mechanism of HIV-1 protease catalysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108, 20982-7
(2011) Identification of a hypothetical protein from Podospora anserina as a nitroalkane oxidase. Biochemistry. 49, 5035-41
(2010) Monoamine Biosynthesis via a Noncanonical Calcium-Activatable Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylase in Psilocybin Mushroom. ACS Chem Biol. 13, 3343-3353
(2018) Structural basis for divergent and convergent evolution of catalytic machineries in plant aromatic amino acid decarboxylase proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 10.1073/pnas.1920097117
(2020) De novo design of high-affinity binders of bioactive helical peptides. Nature. 10.1038/s41586-023-06953-1
(2023) Structure-Guided Engineering of the Homodimeric Mango-IV Fluorescence Turn-on Aptamer Yields an RNA FRET Pair. Structure. 10.1016/j.str.2020.04.007
(2020) Structural basis for high-affinity fluorophore binding and activation by RNA Mango. Nat Chem Biol. 13, 807-813
(2017) Structure and functional reselection of the Mango-III fluorogenic RNA aptamer. Nat Chem Biol. 15, 472-479
(2019) Crystal Structures of the Mango-II RNA Aptamer Reveal Heterogeneous Fluorophore Binding and Guide Engineering of Variants with Improved Selectivity and Brightness. Biochemistry. 57, 3544-3548
(2018) Parallel Discovery Strategies Provide a Basis for Riboswitch Ligand Design. Cell Chem Biol. 10.1016/j.chembiol.2020.07.021
(2020) KRAS interaction with RAF1 RAS-binding domain and cysteine-rich domain provides insights into RAS-mediated RAF activation. Nat Commun. 12, 1176
(2021) The crystal structure of Streptococcus pyogenes uridine phosphorylase reveals a distinct subfamily of nucleoside phosphorylases. Biochemistry. 50, 6549-58
(2011) Inhibition of Fosfomycin Resistance Protein FosB from Gram-Positive Pathogens by Phosphonoformate. Biochemistry. 62, 109-117
(2023) Structural Implications of Homopyrimidine Base Pairs in the Parallel-Stranded d(YGA) Motif. Chembiochem. 17, 1177-83
(2016) Two alternative binding mechanisms connect the protein translocation Sec71-Sec72 complex with heat shock proteins. J Biol Chem. 292, 8007-8018
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