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An ensemble of flexible conformations underlies mechanotransduction by the cadherin–catenin adhesion complex
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (22-10-2019)“…The cadherin–catenin adhesion complex is the central component of the cell–cell adhesion adherens junctions that transmit mechanical stress from cell to cell…”
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Canonical and Noncanonical Sites Determine NPT2A Binding Selectivity to NHERF1 PDZ1
Published in PloS one (12-06-2015)“…Na+/H+ Exchanger Regulatory Factor-1 (NHERF1) is a scaffolding protein containing 2 PDZ domains that coordinates the assembly and trafficking of transmembrane…”
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Ligand-Induced Structural Transitions in ErbB Receptor Extracellular Domains
Published in Structure (London) (01-08-2007)“…Crystallographic studies showed that epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor activation involves major domain rearrangements. Without bound ligand, the…”
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Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate Clusters the Cell Adhesion Molecule CD44 and Assembles a Specific CD44-Ezrin Heterocomplex, as Revealed by Small Angle Neutron Scattering
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (06-03-2015)“…The cell adhesion molecule CD44 regulates diverse cellular functions, including cell-cell and cell-matrix interaction, cell motility, migration,…”
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Activation of Nanoscale Allosteric Protein Domain Motion Revealed by Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy
Published in Biophysical journal (17-11-2010)“…NHERF1 is a multidomain scaffolding protein that assembles signaling complexes, and regulates the cell surface expression and endocytic recycling of a variety…”
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Coupled Protein Domain Motion in Taq Polymerase Revealed by Neutron Spin-Echo Spectroscopy
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (06-12-2005)“…Long-range conformational changes in proteins are ubiquitous in biology for the transmission and amplification of signals; such conformational changes can be…”
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Protein Kinase C Phosphorylation Disrupts Na+/H+ Exchanger Regulatory Factor 1 Autoinhibition and Promotes Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Macromolecular Assembly
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (14-09-2007)“…An emerging theme in cell signaling is that membrane-bound channels and receptors are organized into supramolecular signaling complexes for optimum function…”
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Ezrin Controls the Macromolecular Complexes Formed between an Adapter Protein Na+/H+ Exchanger Regulatory Factor and the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (11-11-2005)“…Na+/H+ exchanger regulatory factor (NHERF) is an adapter protein that is responsible for organizing a number of cell receptors and channels. NHERF contains two…”
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Solution Structure of the A4 Domain of Factor XI Sheds Light on the Mechanism of Zymogen Activation
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (02-10-2007)“…Factor XI (FXI) is a homodimeric blood coagulation protein. Each monomer comprises four tandem apple-domain repeats (A1-A4) and a serine protease domain. We…”
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Phosphatidylinositol 4,5‐bisphosphate Activates the Cell Adhesion Molecule CD44 and Assembles a CD44‐Ezrin Heterotetramer Complex as Revealed by Small Angle neutron Scattering
Published in The FASEB journal (01-04-2015)“…Abstract only The cell adhesion molecule CD44 regulates diverse cellular functions, including cell‐cell and cell‐matrix interaction, cell motility, migration,…”
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Structure-specific DNA-induced Conformational Changes in Taq Polymerase Revealed by Small Angle Neutron Scattering
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (10-09-2004)“…The DNA polymerase I from Thermus aquaticus (Taq polymerase) performs lagging-strand DNA synthesis and DNA repair. Taq polymerase contains a polymerase domain…”
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α-Catenin Structure and Nanoscale Dynamics in Solution and in Complex with F-Actin
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An ensemble of cadherin-catenin-vinculin complex employs vinculin as the major F-actin binding mode
Published in Biophysical journal (04-05-2023)“…The cell-cell adhesion cadherin-catenin complexes recruit vinculin to the adherens junction (AJ) to modulate the mechanical couplings between neighboring…”
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Nanoscale dynamics of the cadherin-catenin complex bound to vinculin revealed by neutron spin echo spectroscopy
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (24-09-2024)“…We report a neutron spin echo (NSE) study of the nanoscale dynamics of the cell-cell adhesion cadherin-catenin complex bound to vinculin. Our measurements and…”
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Dynamic regimes and correlated structural dynamics in native and denatured alpha-lactalbumin 1 1Edited by M. F. Moody
Published in Journal of molecular biology (01-09-2001)Get full text
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Quantitative determination of the topological propensities of amyloidogenic peptides
Published in Biophysical chemistry (01-03-2006)“…One of the interesting puzzles of amyloid beta-peptide of Alzheimer's disease (Aβ) is that it appears to polymerize into amyloid fibrils in a parallel beta…”
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Activated nanoscale actin-binding domain motion in the catenin–cadherin complex revealed by neutron spin echo spectroscopy
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (30-03-2021)“…As the core component of the adherens junction in cell–cell adhesion, the cadherin–catenin complex transduces mechanical tension between neighboring cells…”
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An ensemble of cadherin-catenin-vinculin complex employs vinculin as the major F-actin binding mode
Published in Biophysical journal (20-06-2023)“…The cell-cell adhesion cadherin-catenin complexes recruit vinculin to the adherens junction (AJ) to modulate the mechanical couplings between neighboring…”
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Nanoscale Protein Dynamics and Long-Range Allostery in Cell Signaling
Published in Biophysical journal (29-01-2013)Get full text
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Visualizing the nanoscale: protein internal dynamics and neutron spin echo spectroscopy
Published in Current opinion in structural biology (01-02-2017)“…[Display omitted] •Nanoscale protein dynamics affects cell signaling propagation via long-range allostery in a largely unknown fashion.•It is difficult at best…”
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