2013
Quantitative full time course analysis of nonlinear enzyme cycling kinetics
Cao W, De La Cruz EM. Quantitative full time course analysis of nonlinear enzyme cycling kinetics. Scientific Reports 2013, 3: 2658. PMID: 24029878, PMCID: PMC3772379, DOI: 10.1038/srep02658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKinetic time coursesProduct inhibitionSteady-state enzyme kinetic parametersReaction schemeEnzymology approachReaction productsReversible bindingEnzyme kinetic parametersProduct releasePractical general methodKinetic parametersEnzyme inhibitionGeneral methodProductsEnzyme systemEnzymatic parameters
2011
Kinetic Analysis of Autotaxin Reveals Substrate-specific Catalytic Pathways and a Mechanism for Lysophosphatidic Acid Distribution*
Saunders LP, Cao W, Chang WC, Albright RA, Braddock DT, De La Cruz EM. Kinetic Analysis of Autotaxin Reveals Substrate-specific Catalytic Pathways and a Mechanism for Lysophosphatidic Acid Distribution*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2011, 286: 30130-30141. PMID: 21719699, PMCID: PMC3191052, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.246884.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLysophosphatidic acidSecreted lysophospholipase DThr-210Synthase cycleVivo substrateSubstrate bindingQuantitative physiological modelsSignaling cascadesPosition 210LPA signalingCatalytic threonineFluorescent lipidLysophospholipase DCancer metastasisSlow catalysisCatalytic pathwayDiazol-4PathwayAutotaxinProduct releaseBindsLPA synthesisFS-3Acid distributionBioactive form
2009
Watching the walk: Observing chemo‐mechanical coupling in a processive myosin motor
De La Cruz EM, Olivares AO. Watching the walk: Observing chemo‐mechanical coupling in a processive myosin motor. All Life 2009, 3: 67-70. PMID: 19794813, PMCID: PMC2707789, DOI: 10.2976/1.3095425.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMolecular motorsMolecular motor proteinsNucleotide bindingCell divisionCellular nanomachinesGene transcriptionGenome replicationOrganelle transportMotor proteinsSingle-molecule enzymologyActin filamentsProcessive myosin motorsProtein synthesisMyosin motorsFundamental processesProduct releaseExciting advancesRecent studiesCytoskeletonTranscriptionEnzymologyOrganismsProteinFundamental importanceChemical catalysis