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Genomes and Genes | Jill TrewhellaSummaryAffiliation: University of Sydney Country: Australia Publications
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Protein kinase A targeting and activation as seen by small-angle solution scatteringJill Trewhella
School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, NSW, Australia
Eur J Cell Biol 85:655-62. 2006....
Structural themes and variations in protein kinase A as seen by small-angle scattering and neutron contrast variationJill Trewhella
School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Eur Biophys J 35:585-9. 2006..These studies demonstrate the power of neutron contrast variation to expand our knowledge of the dynamic supra-molecular structures that carry out biological function...
The different views from small anglesJill Trewhella
School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:4967-8. 2008
Histidine kinase regulation by a cyclophilin-like inhibitorDavid A Jacques
School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
J Mol Biol 384:422-35. 2008..Given that both KinA and KipI homologues are widespread in the bacterial kingdom, this mechanism has broad significance in bacterial signal transduction...
A chemically modified alpha-amylase with a molten-globule state has entropically driven enhanced thermal stabilityKhawar Sohail Siddiqui
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Protein Eng Des Sel 23:769-80. 2010..This study provides new insight into the intriguing properties of an MG state resulting from the chemical modification of TAA...
The C0C1 fragment of human cardiac myosin binding protein C has common binding determinants for both actin and myosinYanling Lu
School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
J Mol Biol 413:908-13. 2011..Our results suggest that C0 and C1 interact with myosin and actin using a common set of binding determinants and therefore support a cMyBP-C switching mechanism between myosin and actin...
A novel structure of an antikinase and its inhibitorDavid A Jacques
School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
J Mol Biol 405:214-26. 2011..We discuss the sequence conservation and possible roles across species of this near-ubiquitous protein family, which is poorly understood in terms of function...
Human cardiac myosin binding protein C: structural flexibility within an extended modular architectureCy M Jeffries
School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
J Mol Biol 414:735-48. 2011..These structural features of cMyBP-C could facilitate its putative role as a molecular switch between actin and myosin and may contribute to modulating the transverse pliancy of the C-zone of the A-band across muscle sarcomeres...
The structure of TTHA0988 from Thermus thermophilus, a KipI-KipA homologue incorrectly annotated as an allophanate hydrolaseDavid A Jacques
School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 67:105-11. 2011..However, no such activity could be identified and genetic analysis across species with known allophanate hydrolases indicates that a misannotation has occurred...
Calmodulin disrupts the structure of the HIV-1 MA proteinJohn Y H Chow
School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
J Mol Biol 400:702-14. 2010..Thus, CaM binding is expected to impact upon the accessibility of interaction sites within MA that are involved in its various functions...
Solution structure studies of monomeric human TIP47/perilipin-3 reveal a highly extended conformationRobert M G Hynson
School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
Proteins 80:2046-55. 2012..Moreover, we show that full-length TIP47/perilipin-3 adopts an extended conformation in solution, with considerable spatial separation of the N- and C-termini that would likely translate into a separation of functional domains...
Invited review: probing the structures of muscle regulatory proteins using small-angle solution scatteringYanling Lu
School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Biopolymers 95:505-16. 2011....
Solution structure of the LIM-homeodomain transcription factor complex Lhx3/Ldb1 and the effects of a pituitary mutation on key Lhx3 interactionsMugdha Bhati
School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
PLoS ONE 7:e40719. 2012..Thus the mutation would affect the formation of Lhx3-containing transcription factor complexes, particularly in the pituitary gland where these complexes are required for the production of multiple pituitary cell types and hormones...
Small-angle scattering for structural biology--expanding the frontier while avoiding the pitfallsDavid A Jacques
School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
Protein Sci 19:642-57. 2010..Examples of current best practice are given that also demonstrate the power of the technique to advance our understanding of protein structure and function...
The role of heme binding by DNA-protective protein from starved cells (Dps) in the Tolerance of Porphyromonas gingivalis to heme toxicityJin Long Gao
University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
J Biol Chem 287:42243-58. 2012..gingivalis under excess heme as the only iron source. Conservation of the heme-coordinating cysteine among Dps isoforms from the Bacteroidales order suggests that this function may be a common feature within these anaerobic bacteria...
LIM domain binding proteins 1 and 2 have different oligomeric statesArwen J Cross
School of Molecular Bioscience, Building G08, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
J Mol Biol 399:133-44. 2010..The abilities of Ldb1 and Ldb2 to form trimers and higher oligomers, respectively, should be considered in models of transcriptional regulation by Ldb1-containing complexes in a wide range of biological processes...
Publication guidelines for structural modelling of small-angle scattering data from biomolecules in solutionDavid A Jacques
School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 68:620-6. 2012..Here, these guidelines are outlined and the reasons for standardizing the way in which small-angle scattering data are presented...
Structure of the sporulation histidine kinase inhibitor Sda from Bacillus subtilis and insights into its solution stateDavid A Jacques
School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, Australia
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 65:574-81. 2009..It also emphasizes the importance of understanding the physical principles behind these techniques and therefore their limitations...
A novel approach for enhancing the catalytic efficiency of a protease at low temperature: reduction in substrate inhibition by chemical modificationKhawar Sohail Siddiqui
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Biotechnol Bioeng 103:676-86. 2009....
Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals the N-terminal domain organization of cardiac myosin binding protein CCy M Jeffries
School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
J Mol Biol 377:1186-99. 2008....
Reliable structural interpretation of small-angle scattering data from bio-molecules in solution--the importance of quality control and a standard reporting frameworkDavid A Jacques
School of Molecular Bioscience Building, University of Sydney, G08 Butlin Avenue, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
BMC Struct Biol 12:9. 2012..Here we describe the rationale for these guidelines and the importance of standardising the way in which small-angle scattering data from bio-molecules and associated structural interpretations are reported...
A structural model of the catalytic subunit-regulatory subunit dimeric complex of the cAMP-dependent protein kinaseChang Shung Tung
Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group and Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
J Biol Chem 277:12423-31. 2002..This result is consistent with the known physiological events required for cAMP-dependent activation of the kinase...
Further insights into calmodulin-myosin light chain kinase interaction from solution scattering and shape restorationWilliam T Heller
Bioscience Division, MS M-888, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
Biochemistry 42:10579-88. 2003..Our scattering data indicate that this step is completed only when all four calcium binding sites are loaded...
C subunits binding to the protein kinase A RI alpha dimer induce a large conformational changeWilliam T Heller
Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
J Biol Chem 279:19084-90. 2004..In this model, the type I alpha holoenzyme forms a flattened V shape with the RI alpha dimerization domain at the point of the V and the cAMP-binding domains of the RI alpha subunits with their bound catalytic subunits at the ends...
Conformational differences among solution structures of the type Ialpha, IIalpha and IIbeta protein kinase A regulatory subunit homodimers: role of the linker regionsDominico Vigil
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
J Mol Biol 337:1183-94. 2004....
Differential effects of substrate on type I and type II PKA holoenzyme dissociationDominico Vigil
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
Biochemistry 43:5629-36. 2004..On the basis of these data and other recently published data, we propose a structural model of type I holoenzyme activation by cAMP...
Ca2+-induced structural changes in phosphorylase kinase detected by small-angle X-ray scatteringTimothy S Priddy
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mail Stop 3030, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
Protein Sci 14:1039-48. 2005..Structural differences between the models representing the nonactivated and Ca(2+)-activated conformers of PhK are consistent with Ca(2+)-induced conformational changes in both the lobes and the interlobal bridges...
The conformationally dynamic C helix of the RIalpha subunit of protein kinase A mediates isoform-specific domain reorganization upon C subunit bindingDominico Vigil
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
J Biol Chem 280:35521-7. 2005....
Refinement of multidomain protein structures by combination of solution small-angle X-ray scattering and NMR dataAlexander Grishaev
Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 0520, USA
J Am Chem Soc 127:16621-8. 2005..07 A to 1.31 +/- 0.04 A. Combining SAXS data with NMR restraints can be accomplished at a moderate computational expense and is expected to become useful for multidomain proteins, multimeric assemblies, and tight macromolecular complexes...
Solution scattering reveals large differences in the global structures of type II protein kinase A isoformsDominico Vigil
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
J Mol Biol 357:880-9. 2006..The results provide an important structural foundation for understanding isoform-specific PKA localization and signaling...
The structure of the KinA-Sda complex suggests an allosteric mechanism of histidine kinase inhibitionAndrew E Whitten
Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights 2234, Australia
J Mol Biol 368:407-20. 2007....
Synaptic arrangement of the neuroligin/beta-neurexin complex revealed by X-ray and neutron scatteringDavide Comoletti
Department of Pharmacology, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Structure 15:693-705. 2007..As mutations of neurexin and neuroligin genes appear to be linked to autism, these models provide a structural framework for understanding altered recognition by these proteins in neurodevelopmental disorders...
Subdividing repressor function: DNA binding affinity, selectivity, and allostery can be altered by amino acid substitution of nonconserved residues in a LacI/GalR homologueHongli Zhan
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MSN 3030, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
Biochemistry 47:8058-69. 2008..Two more substitutions simultaneously diminish affinity, enhance allostery, and profoundly alter DNA ligand selectivity. Thus, positions within the linker can be varied to modulate different aspects of repressor function...
The solution structure of a cardiac troponin C-troponin I-troponin T complex shows a somewhat compact troponin C interacting with an extended troponin I-troponin T componentWilliam T Heller
Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
Biochemistry 41:15654-63. 2002..A., and Trewhella, J. (1994) Biochemistry 33, 12800-12806]...
Solution structure of heavy meromyosin by small-angle scatteringSamantha P Harris
Department of Physiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
J Biol Chem 278:6034-40. 2003....
Small-angle solution scattering reveals information on conformational dynamics in calcium-binding proteins and in their interactions with regulatory targetsJill Trewhella
Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Methods Mol Biol 173:137-59. 2002
Ligand-induced conformational changes and conformational dynamics in the solution structure of the lactose repressor proteinMarc Taraban
Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
J Mol Biol 376:466-81. 2008..In gene regulation, such a flexible LacI would be beneficial for the interaction of its two DNA-binding domains, positioned at the tips of the V, with the required two of three LacI operators needed for full repression...
Mechanisms associated with cGMP binding and activation of cGMP-dependent protein kinaseMichael E Wall
Computer and Computational Sciences and Bioscience Divisions, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:2380-5. 2003....
Small-angle neutron scattering with contrast variation reveals spatial relationships between the three subunits in the ternary cardiac troponin complex and the effects of troponin I phosphorylationWilliam T Heller
Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
Biochemistry 42:7790-800. 2003..The rodlike cTnI bends sharply at the end interacting with the cTnC/cTnT(198-298) component, which reorients so as to maintain its contacts with cTnI while undergoing only a relatively small change in shape...
Evolution of quaternary structure in a homotetrameric enzymeMichael D W Griffin
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
J Mol Biol 380:691-703. 2008....
Phosphorylation-dependent conformational transition of the cardiac specific N-extension of troponin I in cardiac troponinJack W Howarth
Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267, USA
J Mol Biol 373:706-22. 2007..This model provides a molecular mechanism for the observed changes in cross-bridge kinetics upon TnI phosphorylation...
Small-angle X-ray scattering of reduced ribonuclease A: effects of solution conditions and comparisons with a computational model of unfolded proteinsYuanyuan Wang
Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 0850, USA
J Mol Biol 377:1576-92. 2008..This type of collapse, therefore, is unlikely to greatly reduce the conformational search for the native state...
Ligand-induced conformational changes via flexible linkers in the amino-terminal region of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptorJenny Chan
Division of Signaling Biology, Ontario Cancer Institute, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1L7
J Mol Biol 373:1269-80. 2007..IP(3) binding drives the conformational equilibrium toward more compact structures, while the presence of Ca2+ drives it to a more extended set...
Refined solution structure of the 82-kDa enzyme malate synthase G from joint NMR and synchrotron SAXS restraintsAlexander Grishaev
Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Building 5, Bethesda, MD 20892 0520, USA
J Biomol NMR 40:95-106. 2008....
Research Grants
- STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND SIGNALLING IN CALCIUM REGULATORSJill Trewhella; Fiscal Year: 1992..The long term goal is to understand the molecular mechanism for calcium regulation...
- STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN SIGNALING IN CALCIUM REGULATIONSJill Trewhella; Fiscal Year: 2001..Understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms of regulation is thus of fundamental importance in health research. ..
