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
2009
Local and Global Effects of a Cavity Filling Mutation in a Metastable Serpin
Sengupta T, Tsutsui Y, Wintrode P. Local and Global Effects of a Cavity Filling Mutation in a Metastable Serpin. Biochemistry 2009, 48: 8233-8240. PMID: 19624115, PMCID: PMC2746415, DOI: 10.1021/bi900342d.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Cooperative Unfolding of a Metastable Serpin to a Molten Globule Suggests a Link Between Functional and Folding Energy Landscapes
Tsutsui Y, Wintrode P. Cooperative Unfolding of a Metastable Serpin to a Molten Globule Suggests a Link Between Functional and Folding Energy Landscapes. Journal Of Molecular Biology 2007, 371: 245-255. PMID: 17568610, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMutagenesis studiesEquilibrium unfoldingMolten globuleCooperative structural unitDramatic conformational changeMultiple structural domainsNumerous mutagenesis studiesExchange mass spectrometryStable native stateNon-cooperative transitionPrevious mutagenesis studiesMolten globule formHydrogen-deuterium exchangeEquilibrium molten globuleFunctional intermediatesProtease-serpin complexesStructural domainsTarget proteasesConformational changesMetastable SerpinNative stateEquilibrium intermediatesCooperative unfoldingUnfolded stateGlobule form