2018
Crystallographic evidence for two‐metal‐ion catalysis in human pol η
Wang J, Smithline ZB. Crystallographic evidence for two‐metal‐ion catalysis in human pol η. Protein Science 2018, 28: 439-447. PMID: 30368948, PMCID: PMC6319759, DOI: 10.1002/pro.3541.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetal ionsProduct pyrophosphateChemical reactionsTwo-metal-ion catalysisTwo-metal-ion catalytic mechanismThird metal ionPhosphoryl transfer reactionsTransfer reactionsCrystallographic dataCatalytic mechanismCrystal structureCrystallographic evidenceHuman Pol ηMeal ionsIonsHuman polymerase ηCatalysisReactionComplexesSubPyrophosphateBindingProductsDNA polymeraseCrystals
2016
Destruction‐and‐diffraction by X‐ray free‐electron laser
Wang J. Destruction‐and‐diffraction by X‐ray free‐electron laser. Protein Science 2016, 25: 1585-1592. PMID: 27262052, PMCID: PMC5338243, DOI: 10.1002/pro.2959.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsX-ray free-electron lasersFree-electron laserSingle femtosecond pulseAtomic scattering factorsFemtosecond pulsesRecent theoretical studiesScattering factorsSuch pulsesElectronic processesDifferent atomsCrystallographic data collectionRadiation damageSingle pulseX-rayPulsesLaserSuch crystalsTheoretical studyCrystalsDiffractionMacromolecular crystalsFemtosecondExperimental evidenceAtomsRadiation
2015
Analysis of the Radiation-Damage-Free X‑ray Structure of Photosystem II in Light of EXAFS and QM/MM Data
Askerka M, Vinyard DJ, Wang J, Brudvig GW, Batista VS. Analysis of the Radiation-Damage-Free X‑ray Structure of Photosystem II in Light of EXAFS and QM/MM Data. Biochemistry 2015, 54: 1713-1716. PMID: 25710258, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00089.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhotosystem II crystalsX-ray absorption fine structureExtended X-ray absorption fine structureAbsorption fine structurePhotosystem IIHigh-resolution structural modelS1 stateS0 stateOxygen-evolving complexRadiation damageX-ray diffraction studiesExtensive dark adaptationFine structureDiffraction studiesOxygen atomsManganese centersX-ray structureAtomsMM dataCrystalsStateEXAFSLightStructureResolution