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Genomes and Genes | T IzardSummaryAffiliation: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Country: USA Publications
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The crystal structures of chloramphenicol phosphotransferase reveal a novel inactivation mechanismT Izard
Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
EMBO J 19:2690-700. 2000..Comparison between liganded and substrate-free CPT structures highlights side chain movements of the active site's Arg136 guanidinium group of >9 A upon substrate binding...
Structural basis for amplifying vinculin activation by talinTina Izard
Department of Hematology Oncology, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
J Biol Chem 279:27667-78. 2004..These findings support a model in which talin binds to and activates multiple vinculin molecules to provoke rapid reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton...
Vinculin activation by talin through helical bundle conversionTina Izard
Department of Hematology Oncology, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
Nature 427:171-5. 2004..Notably, talin's effects on Vh structure establish helical bundle conversion as a signalling mechanism by which proteins direct cellular responses...
A novel adenylate binding site confers phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferase interactions with coenzyme ATina Izard
Department of Hematology Oncology, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105 2794, USA
J Bacteriol 185:4074-80. 2003....
Shigella applies molecular mimicry to subvert vinculin and invade host cellsTina Izard
Cell Adhesion Laboratory, Department of Oncology, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
J Cell Biol 175:465-75. 2006..flexneri utilizes a remarkable level of molecular mimicry of the talin-vinculin interaction to activate vinculin. Mimicry of vinculin's interactions may therefore be a general mechanism applied by pathogens to infect the host cell...
The crystal structures of phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferase with bound substrates reveal the enzyme's catalytic mechanismTina Izard
Department of Structural Biology, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, 332 North Lauderdale Street, Memphis, TN 38105 2794, USA
J Mol Biol 315:487-95. 2002..Within the PPAT hexamer, one trimer is in its substrate-free state, whereas the other is in a substrate-bound state...
Structural basis for chloramphenicol tolerance in Streptomyces venezuelae by chloramphenicol phosphotransferase activityT Izard
Department of Structural Biology, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105 2794, USA
Protein Sci 10:1508-13. 2001..9 A resolution. Surprisingly, p-NH(2)-Cm binds CPT in a novel fashion. Additionally, neither 2-N-Ac-Cm nor p-NH(2)-Cm binds to the secondary product binding site...
Crystal structures of the metal-dependent 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-galactarate aldolase suggest a novel reaction mechanismT Izard
Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
EMBO J 19:3849-56. 2000..Analysis of the DDG aldolase crystal structures suggests a novel aldolase mechanism in which a phosphate anion accepts the proton from the methyl group of pyruvate...
Raver1 interactions with vinculin and RNA suggest a feed-forward pathway in directing mRNA to focal adhesionsJun Hyuck Lee
Cell Adhesion Laboratory, Department of Cancer Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
Structure 17:833-42. 2009..These findings suggest a feed-forward model where vinculin activation at focal adhesions provides a scaffold for recruitment of raver1 and its mRNA cargo to facilitate the production of components of adhesion complexes...
The crystal structure of a novel bacterial adenylyltransferase reveals half of sites reactivityT Izard
Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1
EMBO J 18:2021-30. 1999..The homologous active site attachment of ATP and the structural distribution of predicted sequence-binding motifs in PPAT classify the enzyme as belonging to the nucleotidyltransferase superfamily...
The vinculin binding sites of talin and alpha-actinin are sufficient to activate vinculinPhilippe R J Bois
Department of Biochemistry, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, 332 North Lauderdale Street, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
J Biol Chem 281:7228-36. 2006....
Rhombohedral crystals of 2-dehydro-3-deoxygalactarate aldolase from Escherichia coliN C Blackwell
Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, England
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 55:1368-9. 1999..The crystals diffract to beyond 1.8 A resolution on a Cu Kalpha rotating-anode generator. The asymmetric unit is likely to contain two molecules, corresponding to a packing density of 1.34 A3 Da-1...
Rhombohedral crystals of the human vinculin head domain in complex with a vinculin-binding site of talinChristina L Rush
Department of Hematology-Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 60:945-7. 2004..7 A, alpha = 105.5 degrees and diffract to 2.4 A on a third-generation synchrotron source. The packing density for one heterodimer in the asymmetric unit is 3.04 A(3) Da(-1), with a solvent content of 0.59...
Cubic crystals of phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferase from Escherichia coliT Izard
Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, England
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 55:1226-8. 1999..5 A. The crystals diffract to better than 1.8 A resolution on a Cu Kalpha rotating-anode generator. The asymmetric unit is likely to contain two molecules, corresponding to a packing density of 2.9 A3 Da-1...
Structural dynamics of alpha-actinin-vinculin interactionsPhilippe R J Bois
Department of Hematology Oncology, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, 332 North Lauderdale Street, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
Mol Cell Biol 25:6112-22. 2005..The data suggest a model where vinculin's Vh1 domain acts as a molecular switch that undergoes distinct structural changes provoked by talin and alpha-actinin binding in focal adhesions versus adherens junctions, respectively...
Intermolecular versus intramolecular interactions of the vinculin binding site 33 of talinS D Yogesha
Cell Adhesion Laboratory, Department of Cancer Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
Protein Sci 20:1471-6. 2011....
Crystal structure of human vinculinRobert A Borgon
Department of Hematology-Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale Street, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
Structure 12:1189-97. 2004....
Substrate-induced asymmetry and channel closure revealed by the apoenzyme structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferaseVan K Morris
Department of Hematology Oncology, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, Memphis TN 38105, USA
Protein Sci 13:2547-52. 2004..In its Apo form, PPAT is a symmetric hexamer with an open solvent channel. However, ligand binding provokes asymmetry and alters the structure of the solvent channel, so that ligand binding becomes restricted to one trimer...
Rhombohedral crystals of Mycobacterium tuberculosis phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferaseKathrin L Brown
Department of Hematology-Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 60:195-6. 2004..81 degrees. The crystals diffract to better than 2 A resolution on a Cu Kalpha rotating-anode generator. The packing density for one polypeptide chain in the asymmetric unit is 2.89 A(3) Da(-1), with a solvent content of 0.57...
Dramatic improvement of crystal quality for low-temperature-grown rabbit muscle aldolaseHaJeung Park
Cell Adhesion Laboratory, Department of Cancer Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 66:595-600. 2010..The thermodynamically unfavorable immobilization of high-entropy side chains used in lattice formation was compensated by an entropic increase in the bulk-solvent content owing to the greater solvent content of the crystal lattice...
Induced fit movements and metal cofactor selectivity of class II aldolases: structure of Thermus aquaticus fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolaseTina Izard
Department of Hematology Oncology, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38111, USA
J Biol Chem 279:11825-33. 2004..Comparison with the E. coli structure also indicates a structural basis for thermostability by Taq FBP aldolase...
Crystallization of HLA-DR4 fused to an immunodominant collagen II peptide implicated in rheumatoid arthritisJason C Hurlbert
Department of Structural Biology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 North Lauderdale Street, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 58:1749-51. 2002..Crystallization time, crystal size, and reproducibility were greatly improved by macroseeding into microdialysis buttons...
Mapping the interaction surface of linker histone H1(0) with the nucleosome of native chromatin in vivoDavid T Brown
Department of Biochemistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, USA
Nat Struct Mol Biol 13:250-5. 2006..Multiple residues bind cooperatively to form a highly specific chromatosome structure that provides a mechanism by which individual domains of linker histones interact to facilitate chromatin condensation...
Nucleosome interaction surface of linker histone H1c is distinct from that of H1(0)Eric M George
Department of Biochemistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MI 39216 4505, USA
J Biol Chem 285:20891-6. 2010....
A hydrophobic pocket in the active site of glycolytic aldolase mediates interactions with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome proteinMiguel St-Jean
Department of Biochemistry, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Biol Chem 282:14309-15. 2007..The data support a model whereby aldolase exists in distinct forms that regulate glycolysis or actin dynamics...
Vinculin binding in its closed conformation by a helix addition mechanismGuy Tran Van Nhieu
Unite de Pathogenie Microbienne Moleculaire, Institut Pasteur, INSERM U786, Paris, France
EMBO J 26:4588-96. 2007....
Capping of actin filaments by vinculin activated by the Shigella IpaA carboxyl-terminal domainNalini Ramarao
Unite de Pathogenie Microbienne Moleculaire, INSERM U786, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
FEBS Lett 581:853-7. 2007..These results suggest that IpaA regulates actin polymerisation/depolymerisation at sites of Shigella invasion by modulating the barbed end capping activity of vinculin...
