Publications
2024
Rational correction of pathogenic conformational defects in HTRA1.
Nat Commun. 15(1):5944Convergence of orphan quality control pathways at a ubiquitin chain-elongating ligase
bioRxiv . 10.1101/2024.08.07.607117Homo-BacPROTAC-induced degradation of ClpC1 as a strategy against drug-resistant mycobacteria.
Nat Commun. 15(1):2005Multiple ubiquitin ligases protect human genome integrity by targeting cancer-associated APOBEC3 deaminases for degradation
bioRxiv . 10.1101/2024.04.23.590688TRIM52 is a primate-specific player in the DNA repair process under tight proteolytic control by a triad of giant E3 ligases
bioRxiv . 10.1101/2024.05.16.594269UNC-45 assisted myosin folding depends on a conserved FX3HY motif implicated in Freeman Sheldon Syndrome.
Nat Commun. 15(1):62722023
Structural basis for regulation of apoptosis and autophagy by the BIRC6/SMAC complex.
Science. 379(6637):1117-1123Clp-targeting BacPROTACs impair mycobacterial proteostasis and survival.
Cell. 186(10):2176-2192.e22Shuffled ATG8 interacting motifs form an ancestral bridge between UFMylation and autophagy.
EMBO J. :e112053HUWE1 controls tristetraprolin proteasomal degradation by regulating its phosphorylation.
Corresponding preprint Elife. 122022
Targeted protein degradation: from small molecules to complex organelles-a Keystone Symposia report.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1510(1):79-99Potent Bactericidal Antimycobacterials Targeting the Chaperone ClpC1 Based on the Depsipeptide Natural Products Ecumicin and Ohmyungsamycin A.
J Med Chem. 65(6):4893-4908Moyamoya disease: diagnosis and interventions.
Lancet Neurol.BacPROTACs mediate targeted protein degradation in bacteria.
Corresponding preprint Cell. 185(13):2338-2353.e18An allosteric HTRA1-calpain 2 complex with restricted activation profile.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 119(14):e21135201192021
E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF213 employs a non-canonical zinc finger active site and is allosterically regulated by ATP
bioRxiv. 2021.05.10.443411The oxidoreductase PYROXD1 uses NAD(P)+ as an antioxidant to sustain tRNA ligase activity in pre-tRNA splicing and unfolded protein response.
Mol Cell. 81(12):2520-2532.e16HUWE1 employs a giant substrate-binding ring to feed and regulate its HECT E3 domain.
Nat Chem Biol.McsB forms a gated kinase chamber to mark aberrant bacterial proteins for degradation.
Corresponding preprint Elife. 10The linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC) generates heterotypic ubiquitin chains.
Corresponding preprint Elife. 10Multiplexed detection of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory infections in high throughput by SARSeq.
Nat Commun. 12(1):31322020
Moyamoya disease factor RNF213 is a giant E3 ligase with a dynein-like core and a distinct ubiquitin-transfer mechanism.
Elife. 9Native Mass Spectrometry Can Effectively Predict PROTAC Efficacy.
ACS Cent Sci. 6(7):1223-1230Activation by substoichiometric inhibition.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 117(3):1414-1418A cross-kingdom conserved ER-phagy receptor maintains endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis during stress.
Elife. 92019
Molecular features of the UNC-45 chaperone critical for binding and folding muscle myosin.
Nat Commun. 10(1):4781Shaping Striated Muscles with Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Health and Disease.
Trends Mol Med. 25(9):760-774Structure of McsB, a protein kinase for regulated arginine phosphorylation.
Nat Chem Biol. 15(5):510-5182018
UFD-2 is an adaptor-assisted E3 ligase targeting unfolded proteins.
Nat Commun. 9(1):4842017
The crystal structure of Deg9 reveals a novel octameric-type HtrA protease.
Nat Plants. 3(12):973-9822016
Structural mechanism for the recognition and ubiquitination of a single nucleosome residue by Rad6-Bre1.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 113(38):10553-8Structural basis for the disaggregase activity and regulation of Hsp104.
Elife. 5Chemical Biology Interrogates Protein Arginine Phosphorylation.
Cell Chem Biol. 23(8):888-90Arginine phosphorylation marks proteins for degradation by a Clp protease.
Nature. 539(7627):48-532015
Determinants of amyloid fibril degradation by the PDZ protease HTRA1.
Nat Chem Biol. 11(11):862-9The Nuclear Pore-Associated TREX-2 Complex Employs Mediator to Regulate Gene Expression.
Cell. 162(5):1016-282014
RNA specificity and regulation of catalysis in the eukaryotic polynucleotide kinase Clp1.
Mol Cell. 54(6):975-86Human CLP1 mutations alter tRNA biogenesis, affecting both peripheral and central nervous system function.
Cell. 157(3):636-50Versatile in vitro system to study translocation and functional integration of bacterial outer membrane proteins.
Nat Commun. 5:5396Quantitative phosphoproteomics reveals the role of protein arginine phosphorylation in the bacterial stress response.
Mol Cell Proteomics. 13(2):537-50Chasing Phosphoarginine Proteins: Development of a Selective Enrichment Method Using a Phosphatase Trap.
Mol Cell Proteomics. 13(8):1953-642013
Structural basis for recognizing phosphoarginine and evolving residue-specific protein phosphatases in gram-positive bacteria.
Cell Rep. 3(6):1832-9The myosin chaperone UNC-45 is organized in tandem modules to support myofilament formation in C. elegans.
Cell. 152(1-2):183-95A structural basis for kinetochore recruitment of the Ndc80 complex via two distinct centromere receptors.
EMBO J. 32(3):409-23CtpB assembles a gated protease tunnel regulating cell-cell signaling during spore formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Cell. 155(3):647-582012
Mutations in the β-tubulin gene TUBB5 cause microcephaly with structural brain abnormalities.
Cell Rep. 2(6):1554-62Stress-induced GSK3 regulates the redox stress response by phosphorylating glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in Arabidopsis.
Plant Cell. 24(8):3380-92Newly folded substrates inside the molecular cage of the HtrA chaperone DegQ.
Nat Struct Mol Biol. 19(2):152-7Human high temperature requirement serine protease A1 (HTRA1) degrades tau protein aggregates.
J Biol Chem. 287(25):20931-412011
HTRA proteases: regulated proteolysis in protein quality control.
Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 12(3):152-62Augmenting β-augmentation: structural basis of how BamB binds BamA and may support folding of outer membrane proteins.
J Mol Biol. 406(5):659-66Structural adaptation of the plant protease Deg1 to repair photosystem II during light exposure.
Nat Struct Mol Biol. 18(6):728-31Protein quality control in the bacterial periplasm.
Annu Rev Microbiol. 65:149-68Molecular adaptation of the DegQ protease to exert protein quality control in the bacterial cell envelope.
J Biol Chem. 286(35):30680-30690Substrate-induced remodeling of the active site regulates human HTRA1 activity.
Nat Struct Mol Biol. 18(3):386-82010
Conversion of a regulatory into a degradative protease.
J Mol Biol. 397(4):957-66HtrA proteases have a conserved activation mechanism that can be triggered by distinct molecular cues.
Nat Struct Mol Biol. 17(7):844-52Molecular transformers in the cell: lessons learned from the DegP protease-chaperone.
Curr Opin Struct Biol. 20(2):253-82009
Structural basis of substrate specificity of plant 12-oxophytodienoate reductases.
J Mol Biol. 392(5):1266-77McsB is a protein arginine kinase that phosphorylates and inhibits the heat-shock regulator CtsR.
Science. 324(5932):1323-7Peptidic small molecule activators of the stress sensor DegS.
Mol Biosyst. 5(9):980-5Selectivity profiling of DegP substrates and inhibitors.
Bioorg Med Chem. 17(7):2920-4Stoichiometry determination of the MP1-p14 complex using a novel and cost-efficient method to produce an equimolar mixture of standard peptides.
Anal Chem. 81(24):10254-61Structure, function and regulation of the conserved serine proteases DegP and DegS of Escherichia coli.
Res Microbiol. 160(9):660-62008
Interplay of PDZ and protease domain of DegP ensures efficient elimination of misfolded proteins.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(22):7702-7Structural basis for the regulated protease and chaperone function of DegP.
Nature. 453(7197):885-90Allosteric activation of HtrA protease DegP by stress signals during bacterial protein quality control.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 47(7):1332-42007
Regulation of the sigmaE stress response by DegS: how the PDZ domain keeps the protease inactive in the resting state and allows integration of different OMP-derived stress signals upon folding stress.
Genes Dev. 21(20):2659-702006
Crystal structure of 12-oxophytodienoate reductase 3 from tomato: self-inhibition by dimerization.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103(39):14337-42The role of human HtrA1 in arthritic disease.
J Biol Chem. 281(10):6124-92005
Implications of the serine protease HtrA1 in amyloid precursor protein processing.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 102(17):6021-6Molecular machines for protein degradation.
Chembiochem. 6(2):222-56The 1.3 A crystal structure of the flavoprotein YqjM reveals a novel class of Old Yellow Enzymes.
J Biol Chem. 280(30):27904-13TIS7 regulation of the beta-catenin/Tcf-4 target gene osteopontin (OPN) is histone deacetylase-dependent.
J Biol Chem. 280(48):39795-8012004
Structural and functional impairment of an Old Yellow Enzyme homologue upon affinity tag incorporation.
Protein Expr Purif. 36(2):280-91Crystal structure of the p14/MP1 scaffolding complex: how a twin couple attaches mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling to late endosomes.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 101(30):10984-9Muscle regeneration and myogenic differentiation defects in mice lacking TIS7.
Mol Cell Biol. 24(8):3514-25Crystal structure of the DegS stress sensor: How a PDZ domain recognizes misfolded protein and activates a protease.
Cell. 117(4):483-942003
Molecular shredders: how proteasomes fulfill their role.
Curr Opin Struct Biol. 13(6):665-73Snapshots of the cystine lyase C-DES during catalysis. Studies in solution and in the crystalline state.
J Biol Chem. 278(1):357-652002
Spectroscopic and kinetic analyses reveal the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate binding mode and the catalytic features of Treponema denticola cystalysin.
Biochemistry. 41(29):9153-64The HtrA family of proteases: implications for protein composition and cell fate.
Mol Cell. 10(3):443-55Structure and function of threonine synthase from yeast.
J Biol Chem. 277(14):12396-405Enzyme-ligand complexes of pyridoxine 5'-phosphate synthase: implications for substrate binding and catalysis.
J Mol Biol. 321(4):601-12Crystal structure of DegP (HtrA) reveals a new protease-chaperone machine.
Nature. 416(6879):455-92001
X-ray structure of 12-oxophytodienoate reductase 1 provides structural insight into substrate binding and specificity within the family of OYE.
Structure. 9(5):419-29The three-dimensional structure of cystathionine beta-lyase from Arabidopsis and its substrate specificity.
Plant Physiol. 126(2):631-42Structural basis for the function of pyridoxine 5'-phosphate synthase.
Structure. 9(3):245-53Crystal structure of transcription factor MalT domain III: a novel helix repeat fold implicated in regulated oligomerization.
Structure. 9(11):1051-60Crystal structures of cystathionine gamma-synthase inhibitor complexes rationalize the increased affinity of a novel inhibitor.
J Mol Biol. 311(4):789-8012000
Crystal structure of the cystine C-S lyase from Synechocystis: stabilization of cysteine persulfide for FeS cluster biosynthesis.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 97(8):3856-61X-ray structure of MalY from Escherichia coli: a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent enzyme acting as a modulator in mal gene expression.
EMBO J. 19(5):831-42Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of PdxJ, the pyridoxine 5'-phosphate synthesizing enzyme.
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 56(Pt 8):1045-8Crystal structure of a NifS-like protein from Thermotoga maritima: implications for iron sulphur cluster assembly.
J Mol Biol. 297(2):451-64Crystal structure of cystalysin from Treponema denticola: a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent protein acting as a haemolytic enzyme.
EMBO J. 19(13):3168-78Specific inhibition of transsulfuration enzymes.
Rec Res Developm Biochem. 2:191-207A new mechanism for the control of a prokaryotic transcriptional regulator: antagonistic binding of positive and negative effectors.
Mol Microbiol. 35(4):765-761999
Cloning, purification and characterisation of cystathionine gamma-synthase from Nicotiana tabacum.
Biol Chem. 380(10):1237-42Characterization of recombinant Arabidopsis thaliana threonine synthase.
Eur J Biochem. 263(1):212-21Kinetics and inhibition of recombinant human cystathionine gamma-lyase. Toward the rational control of transsulfuration.
J Biol Chem. 274(18):12675-84The crystal structure of cystathionine gamma-synthase from Nicotiana tabacum reveals its substrate and reaction specificity.
J Mol Biol. 290(5):983-961998
Crystal structure of Escherichia coli cystathionine gamma-synthase at 1.5 A resolution.
EMBO J. 17(23):6827-381997
Slow-binding inhibition of Escherichia coli cystathionine beta-lyase by L-aminoethoxyvinylglycine: a kinetic and X-ray study.
Biochemistry. 36(41):12633-43Mode of action of cystathionine beta-lyase.
Biol Chem. 378(3-4):321-6Glutaconate CoA-transferase from Acidaminococcus fermentans: the crystal structure reveals homology with other CoA-transferases.
Structure. 5(3):415-26Cloning, purification, crystallization, and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of cystathionine gamma-synthase from E. coli.
FEBS Lett. 414(3):492-61996
Crystal structure of the pyridoxal-5'-phosphate dependent cystathionine beta-lyase from Escherichia coli at 1.83 A.
J Mol Biol. 262(2):202-24Cloning, purification, and crystallization of Escherichia coli cystathionine beta-lyase.
FEBS Lett. 379(1):94-61995
Involvement of Tyr24 and Trp108 in substrate binding and substrate specificity of glycolate oxidase.
Eur J Biochem. 228(2):408-16