Search Results - "Latham, John A"
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New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering
Published in Natural product reports (01-01-2021)“…Covering: up to June 2020Ribosomally-synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) are a large group of natural products. A community-driven…”
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MftD Catalyzes the Formation of a Biologically Active Redox Center in the Biosynthesis of the Ribosomally Synthesized and Post-translationally Modified Redox Cofactor Mycofactocin
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (28-08-2019)“…Mycofactocin (MFT) is a putative ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified (RiPP) redox cofactor. The biosynthesis of MFT is encoded by the…”
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Induction of Migraine-Like Photophobic Behavior in Mice by Both Peripheral and Central CGRP Mechanisms
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (04-01-2017)“…The neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a key player in migraine. Although migraine can be treated using CGRP antagonists that act…”
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Mycofactocin Biosynthesis Proceeds through 3‑Amino-5-[(p‑hydroxyphenyl)methyl]-4,4-dimethyl-2-pyrrolidinone (AHDP); Direct Observation of MftE Specificity toward MftA
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (18-09-2018)“…The structure of the ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide product mycofactocin is unknown. Recently, the first step in…”
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Discovery of Hydroxylase Activity for PqqB Provides a Missing Link in the Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Biosynthetic Pathway
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (13-03-2019)“…Understanding the biosynthesis of cofactors is fundamental to the life sciences, yet to date a few important pathways remain unresolved. One example is the…”
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Chromatin Signaling to Kinetochores: Transregulation of Dam1 Methylation by Histone H2B Ubiquitination
Published in Cell (02-09-2011)“…Histone H3K4 trimethylation by the Set1/MLL family of proteins provides a hallmark for transcriptional activity from yeast to humans. In S. cerevisiae, H3K4…”
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Structure and Binding Studies of PqqD, a Chaperone Required in the Biosynthesis of the Bacterial Dehydrogenase Cofactor Pyrroloquinoline Quinone
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (30-05-2017)“…Biosynthesis of the ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide (RiPP), pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), is initiated when the precursor…”
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Pharmacologic Characterization of ALD1910, a Potent Humanized Monoclonal Antibody against the Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Peptide
Published in The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics (01-04-2019)“…Migraine is a debilitating disease that affects almost 15% of the population worldwide and is the first cause of disability in people under 50 years of age,…”
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Divergence of Substrate Specificity and Function in the Escherichia coli Hotdog-fold Thioesterase Paralogs YdiI and YbdB
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (29-07-2014)“…The work described in this paper, and its companion paper (Wu, R., Latham, J. A., Chen, D., Farelli, J., Zhao, H., Matthews, K. Allen, K. N., and…”
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Structure and Catalysis in the Escherichia coli Hotdog-fold Thioesterase Paralogs YdiI and YbdB
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (29-07-2014)“…Herein, the structural determinants for substrate recognition and catalysis in two hotdog-fold thioesterase paralogs, YbdB and YdiI from Escherichia coli, are…”
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Sclerostin promotes the apoptosis of human osteoblastic cells: a novel regulation of bone formation
Published in Bone (New York, N.Y.) (01-10-2004)“…A null mutation in the SOST gene is associated with sclerosteosis, an inherited disorder characterized by a high bone mass phenotype. The protein product of…”
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The Set1 Methyltransferase Opposes Ipl1 Aurora Kinase Functions in Chromosome Segregation
Published in Cell (09-09-2005)“…A balance in the activities of the Ipl1 Aurora kinase and the Glc7 phosphatase is essential for normal chromosome segregation in yeast. We report here that…”
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Regioselectivity of Enzymatic and Photochemical Single Electron Transfer Promoted Carbon−Carbon Bond Fragmentation Reactions of Tetrameric Lignin Model Compounds
Published in Journal of organic chemistry (15-04-2011)“…New types of tetrameric lignin model compounds, which contain the common β-O-4 and β-1 structural subunits found in natural lignins, have been prepared and…”
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Occurrence, function, and biosynthesis of mycofactocin
Published in Applied microbiology and biotechnology (01-04-2019)“…Mycofactocin is a member of the rapidly growing class of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide (RiPP) natural products. Although…”
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Biosynthesis of the redox cofactor mycofactocin is controlled by the transcriptional regulator MftR and induced by long-chain acyl-CoA species
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (01-01-2022)“…Mycofactocin (MFT) is a ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally-modified redox cofactor found in pathogenic mycobacteria. While MFT biosynthetic…”
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Sclerostin Inhibition of Wnt-3a-induced C3H10T1/2 Cell Differentiation Is Indirect and Mediated by Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (28-01-2005)“…High bone mass diseases are caused both by activating mutations in the Wnt pathway and by loss of SOST, a bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) antagonist, leading…”
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Mechanistic elucidation of the mycofactocin-biosynthetic radical S-adenosylmethionine protein, MftC
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (04-08-2017)“…Ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptide (RiPP) pathways produce a diverse array of natural products. A subset of these pathways…”
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Demonstration That the Radical S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM) Enzyme PqqE Catalyzes de Novo Carbon-Carbon Cross-linking within a Peptide Substrate PqqA in the Presence of the Peptide Chaperone PqqD
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (22-04-2016)“…The radical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) protein PqqE is predicted to function in the pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) biosynthetic pathway via catalysis of…”
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Cross-regulation of histone modifications
Published in Nature structural & molecular biology (01-11-2007)“…Histones undergo several different post-translational modifications that control a variety of physiological processes. These covalent modifications show…”
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Identification of a poly-cyclopropylglycine–containing peptide via bioinformatic mapping of radical S-adenosylmethionine enzymes
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (01-05-2022)“…Peptide-derived natural products are a large class of bioactive molecules that often contain chemically challenging modifications. In the biosynthesis of…”
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