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Protein Multimerization

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    Kumar H, Jimah J, Misal S, Salinas N, Fried M, Schlesinger P, Tolia N. Implications of conformational flexibility, lipid binding, and regulatory domains in cell-traversal protein CelTOS for apicomplexan migration. J Biol Chem. 2022;298(9):102241. PMCID: PMC9400078
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    Du J, Estrella M, Solorio-Kirpichyan K, Jeffrey P, Korennykh A. Structure of human NADK2 reveals atypical assembly and regulation of NAD kinases from animal mitochondria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022;119(26):e2200923119. PMCID: PMC9245612
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    Wang R, Suzuki S, Guest J, Heller B, Almeda M, Andrianov A, Marin A, Mariuzza R, Keck Z-Y, Foung S, Yunus A, Pierce B, Toth E, Ploss A, Fuerst T. Induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies using a secreted form of the hepatitis C virus E1E2 heterodimer as a vaccine candidate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022;119(11):e2112008119. PMCID: PMC8931252
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    Landajuela A, Braun M, Rodrigues C, Martínez-Calvo A, Doan T, Horenkamp F, Andronicos A, Shteyn V, Williams N, Lin C, Wingreen N, Rudner D, Karatekin E. FisB relies on homo-oligomerization and lipid binding to catalyze membrane fission in bacteria. PLoS Biol. 2021;19(6):e3001314. PMCID: PMC8274934
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    Dine E, Reed E, Toettcher J. Positive feedback between the T cell kinase Zap70 and its substrate LAT acts as a clustering-dependent signaling switch. Cell Rep. 2021;35(12):109280. PMCID: PMC8292983
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    Hart E, Silhavy T. Functions of the BamBCDE Lipoproteins Revealed by Bypass Mutations in BamA. J Bacteriol. 2020;202(21). PMCID: PMC7549358
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    Wang L, Qian H, Nian Y, Han Y, Ren Z, Zhang H, Hu L, Prasad B, Laganowsky A, Yan N, Zhou M. Structure and mechanism of human diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1. Nature. 2020;581(7808):329–332. PMCID: PMC7255049
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    Qian H, Zhao X, Yan R, Yao X, Gao S, Sun X, Du X, Yang H, Wong C, Yan N. Structural basis for catalysis and substrate specificity of human ACAT1. Nature. 2020;581(7808):333–338. PMCID: 5093084
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    Lum K, Howard T, Pan C, Cristea I. Charge-Mediated Pyrin Oligomerization Nucleates Antiviral IFI16 Sensing of Herpesvirus DNA. mBio. 2019;10(4). PMCID: PMC6650555
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    Hart E, Mitchell A, Konovalova A, Grabowicz M, Sheng J, Han X, Rodriguez-Rivera F, Schwaid A, Malinverni J, Balibar C, Bodea S, Si Q, Wang H, Homsher M, Painter R, Ogawa A, Sutterlin H, Roemer T, Black T, Rothman D, Walker S, Silhavy T. A small-molecule inhibitor of BamA impervious to efflux and the outer membrane permeability barrier. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019;116(43):21748–21757. PMCID: PMC6815139
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    Qian H, Cao P, Hu M, Gao S, Yan N, Gong X. Inhibition of tetrameric Patched1 by Sonic Hedgehog through an asymmetric paradigm. Nat Commun. 2019;10(1):2320. PMCID: PMC6534611
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    Hart E, Gupta M, Wühr M, Silhavy T. The Synthetic Phenotype of Δ Δ Double Mutants Results from a Lethal Jamming of the Bam Complex by the Lipoprotein RcsF. mBio. 2019;10(3). PMCID: PMC6529638
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    Fedotova A, Clendinen C, Bonchuk A, Mogila V, Aoki T, Georgiev P, Schedl P. Functional dissection of the developmentally restricted BEN domain chromatin boundary factor Insensitive. Epigenetics Chromatin. 2019;12(1):2. PMCID: PMC6317261
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    Jeon J, McGinty R, Muir T, Kim J-A, Kim J. Crosstalk among Set1 complex subunits involved in H2B ubiquitylation-dependent H3K4 methylation. Nucleic Acids Res. 2018;46(21):11129–11143. PMCID: PMC6265457
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    Bratton B, Shaevitz J, Gitai Z, Morgenstein R. MreB polymers and curvature localization are enhanced by RodZ and predict E. coli’s cylindrical uniformity. Nat Commun. 2018;9(1):2797. PMCID: PMC6052060
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    Rale M, Kadzik R, Petry S. Phase Transitioning the Centrosome into a Microtubule Nucleator. Biochemistry. 2018;57(1):30–37. PMCID: PMC6193265
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    He Y, Hao Q, Li W, Yan C, Yan N, Yin P. Identification and characterization of ABA receptors in Oryza sativa. PLoS One. 2014;9(4):e95246. PMCID: PMC3990689
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    Li Q, Yan C, Xu H, Wang Z, Long J, Li W, Wu J, Yin P, Yan N. Examination of the dimerization states of the single-stranded RNA recognition protein pentatricopeptide repeat 10 (PPR10). J Biol Chem. 2014;289(45):31503–12. PMCID: PMC4223348
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    Yan Z, Bai X, Yan C, Wu J, Li Z, Xie T, Peng W, Yin C, Li X, Scheres S, Shi Y, Yan N. Structure of the rabbit ryanodine receptor RyR1 at near-atomic resolution. Nature. 2015;517(7532):50–55. PMCID: PMC4338550
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    Ren R, Zhou X, He Y, Ke M, Wu J, Liu X, Yan C, Wu Y, Gong X, Lei X, Yan F, Radhakrishnan A, Yan N. PROTEIN STRUCTURE. Crystal structure of a mycobacterial Insig homolog provides insight into how these sensors monitor sterol levels. Science. 2015;349(6244):187–91. PMCID: PMC4704858
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    Wu J, Yan Z, Li Z, Yan C, Lu S, Dong M, Yan N. Structure of the voltage-gated calcium channel Cav1.1 complex. Science. 2015;350(6267):aad2395. PMID: 26680202
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    Yu X, Yang G, Yan C, Baylon J, Jiang J, Fan H, Lu G, Hasegawa K, Okumura H, Wang T, Tajkhorshid E, Li S, Yan N. Dimeric structure of the uracil:proton symporter UraA provides mechanistic insights into the SLC4/23/26 transporters. Cell Res. 2017;27(8):1020–1033. PMCID: PMC5539350
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    Gong X, Qian H, Shao W, Li J, Wu J, Liu J-J, Li W, Wang H-W, Espenshade P, Yan N. Complex structure of the fission yeast SREBP-SCAP binding domains reveals an oligomeric organization. Cell Res. 2016;26(11):1197–1211. PMCID: PMC5099872
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    Smith J, Hall A, Rose M. Membrane curvature directs the localization of Cdc42p to novel foci required for cell-cell fusion. J Cell Biol. 2017;216(12):3971–3980. PMCID: PMC5716282
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    McCabe A, Ricci D, Adetunji M, Silhavy T. Conformational Changes That Coordinate the Activity of BamA and BamD Allowing β-Barrel Assembly. J Bacteriol. 2017;199(20). PMCID: PMC5637172
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    Pujol F, Hodgson T, Martinez-Corral I, Prats A-C, Devenport D, Takeichi M, Genot E, Mäkinen T, Francis-West P, Garmy-Susini B, Tatin F. Dachsous1-Fat4 Signaling Controls Endothelial Cell Polarization During Lymphatic Valve Morphogenesis-Brief Report. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2017;37(9):1732–1735. PMID: 28705793
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    Lynch E, Hicks D, Shepherd M, Endrizzi J, Maker A, Hansen J, Barry R, Gitai Z, Baldwin E, Kollman J. Human CTP synthase filament structure reveals the active enzyme conformation. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2017;24(6):507–514. PMCID: PMC5472220
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    Bonchuk A, Maksimenko O, Kyrchanova O, Ivlieva T, Mogila V, Deshpande G, Wolle D, Schedl P, Georgiev P. Functional role of dimerization and CP190 interacting domains of CTCF protein in Drosophila melanogaster. BMC Biol. 2015;13:63. PMCID: PMC4528719
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    Jenni S, Goyal Y, von Grotthuss M, Shvartsman S, Klein D. Structural Basis of Neurohormone Perception by the Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Torso. Mol Cell. 2015;60(6):941–52. PMID: 26698662
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    Murphy G, Greisman J, Hecht M. De Novo Proteins with Life-Sustaining Functions Are Structurally Dynamic. J Mol Biol. 2016;428(2 Pt A):399–411. PMCID: PMC4744525
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    Korennykh A, Walter P. Structural basis of the unfolded protein response. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2012;28:251–77. PMID: 23057742
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    Han Y, Whitney G, Donovan J, Korennykh A. Innate immune messenger 2-5A tethers human RNase L into active high-order complexes. Cell Rep. 2012;2(4):902–13. PMID: 23084743
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    Han Y, Donovan J, Rath S, Whitney G, Chitrakar A, Korennykh A. Structure of human RNase L reveals the basis for regulated RNA decay in the IFN response. Science. 2014;343(6176):1244–8. PMCID: PMC4731867
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    Petry S, Vale R. Microtubule nucleation at the centrosome and beyond. Nat Cell Biol. 2015;17(9):1089–93. PMID: 26316453
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    Stein R, Smith J, Rose M. An Amphiphysin-Like Domain in Fus2p Is Required for Rvs161p Interaction and Cortical Localization. G3 (Bethesda). 2015;6(2):337–49. PMCID: PMC4751553
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