Judy Luke

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Development of “Plug and Play” Fiducial Marks for Structural Studies of GPCR Signaling Complexes by Single-Particle Cryo-EM

Dutka P, Mukherjee S, Gao X, Kang Y, de Waal PW, Wang L, Zhuang Y, Melcher K, Zhang C, Xu HE, Kossiakoff AA

Structure 2019 Oct;

PMID: 31669042

Abstract

“Universal” synthetic antibody (sAB)-based fiducial marks have been generated by customized phage display selections to facilitate the rapid structure determination of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling …

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An engineered ultra-high affinity Fab-Protein G pair enables a modular antibody platform with multifunctional capability

Slezak T, Bailey LJ, Jaskolowski M, Nahotko DA, Filippova EV, Davydova EK, Kossiakoff AA

Protein Sci. 2019 Oct;

PMID: 31622515

Abstract

Engineered recombinant antibody-based reagents are rapidly supplanting traditionally derived antibodies in many cell biological applications. A particularly powerful aspect of these engineered reagents is that other modules having myriad functions can be attached to …

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Rapid Discovery and Characterization of Synthetic Neutralizing Antibodies against Anthrax Edema Toxin

Farcasanu M, Wang AG, Uchański T, Bailey LJ, Yue J, Chen Z, Wu X, Kossiakoff A, Tang WJ

Biochemistry 2019 Jun;

PMID: 31243996

Abstract

Anthrax, a lethal, weaponizable disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, acts through exotoxins that are primary mediators of systemic toxicity and also targets for neutralization by passive immunotherapy. The ease of engineering …

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Structural basis for activation of SAGA histone acetyltransferase Gcn5 by partner subunit Ada2

Sun J, Paduch M, Kim SA, Kramer RM, Barrios AF, Lu V, Luke J, Usatyuk S, Kossiakoff AA, Tan S

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2018 Sep;

PMID: 30224453

Abstract

The Gcn5 histone acetyltransferase (HAT) subunit of the SAGA transcriptional coactivator complex catalyzes acetylation of histone H3 and H2B N-terminal tails, posttranslational modifications associated with …

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Structural basis for activation of voltage sensor domains in an ion channel TPC1

Kintzer AF, Green EM, Dominik PK, Bridges M, Armache JP, Deneka D, Kim SS, Hubbell W, Kossiakoff AA, Cheng Y, Stroud RM

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2018 Sep;

PMID: 30190435

Abstract

Voltage-sensing domains (VSDs) couple changes in transmembrane electrical potential to conformational changes that regulate ion conductance through a central channel. Positively charged amino …

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The structure of the C-terminal domain of the nucleoprotein from the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus in complex with a pan-specific synthetic Fab

Radwańska MJ, Jaskółowski M, Davydova E, Derewenda U, Miyake T, Engel DA, Kossiakoff AA, Derewenda ZS

Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2018 Jul;74(Pt 7):681-689

PMID: 29968677

Abstract

The vast majority of platforms for the detection of viral or bacterial antigens rely on immunoassays, typically ELISA or sandwich ELISA, that are contingent on the availability of …

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Cryo-EM structure of human rhodopsin bound to an inhibitory G protein

Kang Y, Kuybeda O, de Waal PW, Mukherjee S, Van Eps N, Dutka P, Zhou XE, Bartesaghi A, Erramilli S, Morizumi T, Gu X, Yin Y, Liu P, Jiang Y, Meng X, Zhao G, Melcher K, Ernst OP, Kossiakoff AA, Subramaniam S, Xu HE

Nature 2018 Jun;

PMID: 29899450

Abstract

G-protein-coupled receptors comprise the largest …

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Ensemble cryoEM elucidates the mechanism of insulin capture and degradation by human insulin degrading enzyme

Zhang Z, Liang WG, Bailey LJ, Tan YZ, Wei H, Wang A, Farcasanu M, Woods VA, McCord LA, Lee D, Shang W, Deprez-Poulain R, Deprez B, Liu DR, Koide A, Koide S, Kossiakoff AA, Li S, Carragher B, Potter CS, Tang WJ

Elife 2018 Mar;7

PMID: 29596046

Abstract

Insulin degrading enzyme (IDE) plays key roles …

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Locking the Elbow: Improved Antibody Fab Fragments as Chaperones for Structure Determination

Bailey LJ, Sheehy KM, Dominik PK, Liang WG, Rui H, Clark M, Jaskolowski M, Kim Y, Deneka D, Tang WJ, Kossiakoff AA

J. Mol. Biol. 2018 Feb;430(3):337-347

PMID: 29273204

Abstract

Antibody Fab fragments have been exploited with significant success to facilitate the structure determination of challenging macromolecules as crystallization chaperones and as molecular fiducial marks …

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A New Versatile Immobilization Tag Based on the Ultra High Affinity and Reversibility of the Calmodulin-Calmodulin Binding Peptide Interaction

Mukherjee S, Ura M, Hoey RJ, Kossiakoff AA

J. Mol. Biol. 2015 Aug;427(16):2707-25

PMID: 26159704

Abstract

Reversible, high-affinity immobilization tags are critical tools for myriad biological applications. However, inherent issues are associated with a number of the current methods of immobilization. Particularly, a critical element in phage display sorting is functional immobilization of target proteins. …

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