2012
Folding mechanism of the metastable serpin α1-antitrypsin
Tsutsui Y, Dela Cruz R, Wintrode P. Folding mechanism of the metastable serpin α1-antitrypsin. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 4467-4472. PMID: 22392975, PMCID: PMC3311335, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1109125109.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Chapter Fifteen Probing Serpin Conformational Change Using Mass Spectrometry and Related Methods
Tsutsui Y, Sarkar A, Wintrode P. Chapter Fifteen Probing Serpin Conformational Change Using Mass Spectrometry and Related Methods. Methods In Enzymology 2011, 501: 325-350. PMID: 22078541, PMCID: PMC3679668, DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385950-1.00015-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructural mass spectrometry techniquesHydrogen/deuterium exchangeMass spectrometry techniquesDeuterium exchangeIon mobility mass spectrometrySpectrometry techniquesMass spectrometryMobility mass spectrometrySerpin polymersConformational flexibilitySerpin functionSerpin polymerizationChemical footprintingConformational changesThermodynamic metastabilitySpectrometryChapter FifteenSerpinsStructural distributionPolymerizationPolymersStabilityMisfoldingInhibitory mechanismFootprinting
2007
Hydrogen/deuterium exchange-mass spectrometry: a powerful tool for probing protein structure, dynamics and interactions.
Tsutsui Y, Wintrode P. Hydrogen/deuterium exchange-mass spectrometry: a powerful tool for probing protein structure, dynamics and interactions. Current Medicinal Chemistry 2007, 14: 2344-58. PMID: 17896983, DOI: 10.2174/092986707781745596.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein assembliesMolecular basisProtein structureNuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopyHydrogen/deuterium exchangeLarge protein assembliesD exchange processX-ray crystallographyDrugs/inhibitorsDynamics of proteinsBackbone amide hydrogensExchange processMagnetic resonance spectroscopyLocal structural environmentPatho-physiological processesViral capsid structureAmide hydrogensHXMSDeuterium exchangeMass spectrometrySmall sample requirementDrug designHigh-quality crystalsResonance spectroscopyProtein conformation
2006
The Conformational Dynamics of a Metastable Serpin Studied by Hydrogen Exchange and Mass Spectrometry
Tsutsui Y, Liu L, Gershenson A, Wintrode P. The Conformational Dynamics of a Metastable Serpin Studied by Hydrogen Exchange and Mass Spectrometry. Biochemistry 2006, 45: 6561-6569. PMID: 16716066, DOI: 10.1021/bi060431f.Peer-Reviewed Original Research