Search Results - "McNamara, Dan E."
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Computational design of self-assembling cyclic protein homo-oligomers
Published in Nature chemistry (01-04-2017)“…Self-assembling cyclic protein homo-oligomers play important roles in biology, and the ability to generate custom homo-oligomeric structures could enable new…”
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Structural basis of BAK activation in mitochondrial apoptosis initiation
Published in Nature communications (11-01-2022)“…BCL-2 proteins regulate mitochondrial poration in apoptosis initiation. How the pore-forming BCL-2 Effector BAK is activated remains incompletely understood…”
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Accurate design of co-assembling multi-component protein nanomaterials
Published in Nature (London) (05-06-2014)“…The self-assembly of proteins into highly ordered nanoscale architectures is a hallmark of biological systems. The sophisticated functions of these molecular…”
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MLKL Requires the Inositol Phosphate Code to Execute Necroptosis
Published in Molecular cell (07-06-2018)“…Necroptosis is an important form of lytic cell death triggered by injury and infection, but whether mixed lineage kinase domain-like (MLKL) is sufficient to…”
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Geometric Lessons and Design Strategies for Nanoscale Protein Cages
Published in ACS nano (23-03-2021)“…Protein molecules bring a rich functionality to the field of designed nanoscale architectures. High-symmetry protein cages are rapidly finding diverse…”
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Intrinsic Instability of BOK Enables Membrane Permeabilization in Apoptosis
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (15-05-2018)“…The effector B cell lymphoma-2 (BCL-2) protein BCL-2 ovarian killer (BOK) induces mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) to initiate apoptosis…”
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Direct Activation of Human MLKL by a Select Repertoire of Inositol Phosphate Metabolites
Published in Cell chemical biology (20-06-2019)“…Necroptosis is an inflammatory form of programmed cell death executed through plasma membrane rupture by the pseudokinase mixed lineage kinase domain-like…”
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Alanine Scanning Mutagenesis Identifies an Asparagine–Arginine–Lysine Triad Essential to Assembly of the Shell of the Pdu Microcompartment
Published in Journal of molecular biology (12-06-2014)“…Bacterial microcompartments (MCPs) are the simplest organelles known. They function to enhance metabolic pathways by confining several related enzymes inside…”
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Structures of potent anticancer compounds bound to tubulin
Published in Protein science (01-07-2015)“…Small molecules that bind to tubulin exert powerful effects on cell division and apoptosis (programmed cell death). Cell‐based high‐throughput screening…”
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Characterization of MLKL-mediated Plasma Membrane Rupture in Necroptosis
Published in Journal of visualized experiments (07-08-2018)“…Necroptosis is a programmed cell death pathway triggered by activation of receptor interacting protein kinase 3 (RIPK3), which phosphorylates and activates the…”
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Structure of Dihydromethanopterin Reductase, a Cubic Protein Cage for Redox Transfer
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (28-03-2014)“…Dihydromethanopterin reductase (Dmr) is a redox enzyme that plays a key role in generating tetrahydromethanopterin (H4MPT) for use in one-carbon metabolism by…”
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Investigating the impact of bisphosphonates and structurally related compounds on bacteria containing conjugative plasmids
Published in Biochemical and biophysical research communications (10-08-2012)“…► Bisphosphonates and related compounds variably affect conjugative plasmid transfer. ► Conjugation of plasmids R100, pCU1 and F are differentially impacted by…”
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Functional Characterization of the Multidomain F Plasmid TraI Relaxase-Helicase
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (08-04-2011)“…TraI, a bifunctional enzyme containing relaxase and helicase activities, initiates and drives the conjugative transfer of the Escherichia coli F plasmid. Here,…”
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RMT focal plane sensitivity to seismic network geometry and faulting style
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Characterization of MLKL-mediated Plasma Membrane Rupture in Necroptosis
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Structures of potent anticancer compounds bound to tubulin
Published in Protein science (27-05-2015)“…Abstract Small molecules that bind to tubulin exert powerful effects on cell division and apoptosis (programmed cell death). Cell‐based high‐throughput…”
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Accurate design of coassembling multi-component protein nanomaterials
Published in Nature (London) (25-05-2014)“…The self-assembly of proteins into highly ordered nanoscale architectures is a hallmark of biological systems. The sophisticated functions of these molecular…”
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Symmetry-Based Design and Structure of Self-Assembling Protein Cages and Nanomaterials
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