Publications
(2010) (2008)
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) Mechanistic basis for the emergence of EPS1 as a catalyst in salicylic acid biosynthesis of Brassicaceae. Nat Commun. 15, 10356
(2024) 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 designed proteins neutralize lethal snake venom toxins. Nature. 10.1038/s41586-024-08393-x
(2025) De novo design of high-affinity binders of bioactive helical peptides. Nature. 10.1038/s41586-023-06953-1
(2023) 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) 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) KRAS interaction with RAF1 RAS-binding domain and cysteine-rich domain provides insights into RAS-mediated RAF activation. Nat Commun. 12, 1176
(2021) Parallel Discovery Strategies Provide a Basis for Riboswitch Ligand Design. Cell Chem Biol. 10.1016/j.chembiol.2020.07.021
(2020) The crystal structure of Streptococcus pyogenes uridine phosphorylase reveals a distinct subfamily of nucleoside phosphorylases. Biochemistry. 50, 6549-58
(2011) Structure of human MUTYH and functional profiling of cancer-associated variants reveal an allosteric network between its [4Fe-4S] cluster cofactor and active site required for DNA repair. Nat Commun. 16, 3596
(2025) Inhibition of Fosfomycin Resistance Protein FosB from Gram-Positive Pathogens by Phosphonoformate. Biochemistry. 62, 109-117
(2023) Discovery of a fluorinated macrobicyclic antibiotic through chemical synthesis. Nat Chem. 10.1038/s41557-025-01738-7
(2025) (2015) Two alternative binding mechanisms connect the protein translocation Sec71-Sec72 complex with heat shock proteins. J Biol Chem. 292, 8007-8018
(2017) Structural Implications of Homopyrimidine Base Pairs in the Parallel-Stranded d(YGA) Motif. Chembiochem. 17, 1177-83
(2016) The fluorescent aptamer Squash extensively repurposes the adenine riboswitch fold. Nat Chem Biol. 10.1038/s41589-021-00931-2
(2021) (2016)