2019
Crystallographic identification of spontaneous oxidation intermediates and products of protein sulfhydryl groups
Wang J. Crystallographic identification of spontaneous oxidation intermediates and products of protein sulfhydryl groups. Protein Science 2019, 28: 472-477. PMID: 30592103, PMCID: PMC6371210, DOI: 10.1002/pro.3568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLys side chainsSide chainsO bridgesChemical identificationCrystal structureElectron density featuresCross-linking speciesCys side chainDirect chemical identificationProtein crystal structuresMass spectrometric analysisOxidation intermediatesCys-245Primary aminesMethylene groupCrystallographic identificationSpectrometric analysisDehydration mechanismLys-158Protein sulfhydryl groupsSulfhydryl groupsProtein structureChainCHCys residues
2010
Heterohexameric Ring Arrangement of the Eukaryotic Proteasomal ATPases: Implications for Proteasome Structure and Assembly
Tomko RJ, Funakoshi M, Schneider K, Wang J, Hochstrasser M. Heterohexameric Ring Arrangement of the Eukaryotic Proteasomal ATPases: Implications for Proteasome Structure and Assembly. Molecular Cell 2010, 38: 393-403. PMID: 20471945, PMCID: PMC2879271, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.02.035.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
The structural basis of cysteine aminoacylation of tRNAPro by prolyl-tRNA synthetases
Kamtekar S, Kennedy WD, Wang J, Stathopoulos C, Söll D, Steitz TA. The structural basis of cysteine aminoacylation of tRNAPro by prolyl-tRNA synthetases. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2003, 100: 1673-1678. PMID: 12578991, PMCID: PMC149891, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0437911100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLigand-free conformationCognate amino acidAmino acidsRecent biochemical experimentsProlyl-tRNA synthetasesCysteinyl-tRNA synthetaseProlyl-tRNA synthetaseActive site pocketMethanocaldococcus jannaschiiMethanopyrus kandleriMethanothermobacter thermautotrophicusCognate tRNAEssential enzymeApo formStructural basisBiochemical experimentsAminoacyl-adenylate analoguesHomology modelingConformational changesProtein synthesisTRNAProRSAdenylate complexNanomolar affinitySynthetase