2012
Structural and mechanistic insights into guanylylation of RNA-splicing ligase RtcB joining RNA between 3′-terminal phosphate and 5′-OH
Englert M, Xia S, Okada C, Nakamura A, Tanavde V, Yao M, Eom SH, Konigsberg WH, Söll D, Wang J. Structural and mechanistic insights into guanylylation of RNA-splicing ligase RtcB joining RNA between 3′-terminal phosphate and 5′-OH. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 15235-15240. PMID: 22949672, PMCID: PMC3458315, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213795109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA substratesRNA strandRNA phosphate backboneRNA endExtensive mutagenesisSecond RNA substrateKey residuesLigation pathwayBiochemical experimentsOverall ligationRNA ligaseGuanylylationRtcBMechanistic insightsGTP/Critical rolePhosphate backboneGMPActive siteCyclic phosphateDependent reactionDetailed insightStrandsLigaseMutagenesisStructural Basis for Differential Insertion Kinetics of dNMPs Opposite a Difluorotoluene Nucleotide Residue
Xia S, Eom SH, Konigsberg WH, Wang J. Structural Basis for Differential Insertion Kinetics of dNMPs Opposite a Difluorotoluene Nucleotide Residue. Biochemistry 2012, 51: 1476-1485. PMID: 22304682, PMCID: PMC3292180, DOI: 10.1021/bi2016487.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBidentate and tridentate metal‐ion coordination states within ternary complexes of RB69 DNA polymerase
Xia S, Eom SH, Konigsberg WH, Wang J. Bidentate and tridentate metal‐ion coordination states within ternary complexes of RB69 DNA polymerase. Protein Science 2012, 21: 447-451. PMID: 22238207, PMCID: PMC3375444, DOI: 10.1002/pro.2026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoordination complexesMetal ionsCoordination stateSecond metal ionMetal ion coordinationDivalent metal ionsTernary complexTridentate coordinationBond formationPhosphorus atomActive siteRelevant conformationsStructural studiesSelectivity mechanismIonsTriphosphate tailComplexesRB69 DNA polymeraseÅ resolutionBase selectivityGround stateSubstrate alignmentPolymerase active siteCatalysisCoordination
2004
Correction of X‐ray intensities from single crystals containing lattice‐translocation defects
Wang J, Kamtekar S, Berman AJ, Steitz TA. Correction of X‐ray intensities from single crystals containing lattice‐translocation defects. Acta Crystallographica Section D, Structural Biology 2004, 61: 67-74. PMID: 15608377, DOI: 10.1107/s0907444904026721.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
A second response in correcting the HslV–HslU quaternary structure
Wang J. A second response in correcting the HslV–HslU quaternary structure. Journal Of Structural Biology 2003, 141: 7-8. PMID: 12576015, DOI: 10.1016/s1047-8477(02)00629-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2001
A Corrected Quaternary Arrangement of the Peptidase HslV and ATPase HslU in a Cocrystal Structure
Wang J. A Corrected Quaternary Arrangement of the Peptidase HslV and ATPase HslU in a Cocrystal Structure. Journal Of Structural Biology 2001, 134: 15-24. PMID: 11469873, DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2001.4347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuaternary arrangementATP-dependent HslVU proteaseHslV peptidaseTranslocation poreHslU ATPaseHslVU proteaseHexameric ringHslVCocrystal structureHslUSmall-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) studiesCrystal structurePeptidaseATPaseCrystallographic analysisElectron microscopic studySpace group assignmentX-ray scattering studyBindsHexamerProtease