Ellen Corcoran
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Yale Co-Authors
Frequent collaborators of Ellen Corcoran's published research.
Anthony Koleske, PhD
Alyssa Blaise
TuKiet Lam, PhD, BS
Publications
2022
Autoinhibition of the GEF activity of cytoskeletal regulatory protein Trio is disrupted in neurodevelopmental disorder-related genetic variants
Bircher JE, Corcoran EE, Lam TT, Trnka MJ, Koleske AJ. Autoinhibition of the GEF activity of cytoskeletal regulatory protein Trio is disrupted in neurodevelopmental disorder-related genetic variants. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2022, 298: 102361. PMID: 35963430, PMCID: PMC9467883, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102361.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSpectrin repeatsGEF1 domainPleckstrin homology regionExchange factor domainKey regulatory mechanismCytoskeletal regulatory proteinsSmall GTPase Rac1Autoinhibitory constraintsAccessory domainsNeurodevelopmental disordersGEF activityMultiple neurodevelopmental disordersKinase domainHomology regionProtein TrioGTPase Rac1Regulatory proteinsRegulatory mechanismsFactor domainSRS-6Genetic variantsGef1Disease variantsEnzymatic activityBio-Layer Interferometry
2021
In vitro fluorescence assay to measure GDP/GTP exchange of guanine nucleotide exchange factors of Rho family GTPases
Blaise AM, Corcoran EE, Wattenberg ES, Zhang YL, Cottrell JR, Koleske AJ. In vitro fluorescence assay to measure GDP/GTP exchange of guanine nucleotide exchange factors of Rho family GTPases. Biology Methods And Protocols 2021, 7: bpab024. PMID: 35087952, PMCID: PMC8789339, DOI: 10.1093/biomethods/bpab024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsNucleotide exchange factorsGEF domainExchange factorGuanine nucleotide exchange factorsGDP/GTP exchangeRho family GEFsActivation of GTPasesFluorescence-based analysisRare variantsGTP loadingGTP exchangeRho familyHigh-throughput screeningWhole-exome sequencingCellular activitiesGenetic variantsGTPasesGEFExome sequencingCritical roleUser-friendly protocolComplete understandingHuman developmentVariantsGEFs