2020
Recent insight into intermediate filament structure
Eldirany SA, Lomakin IB, Ho M, Bunick CG. Recent insight into intermediate filament structure. Current Opinion In Cell Biology 2020, 68: 132-143. PMID: 33190098, PMCID: PMC7925366, DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2020.10.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntermediate filamentsAssembly mechanismVariable N-terminalMultiple cellular processesCentral rod domainIntermediate filament structureCoil 1BCellular processesStudy of keratinsTail domainFilament assemblyRod domainC-terminalN-terminalElectrostatic surfacePathologic mutationsKey playersFilament structureRecent insightsComplex formationProteinHuman tissuesGlial fibrillary acidic proteinAcidic proteinDomain
2015
Crystal Structure of Human Profilaggrin S100 Domain and Identification of Target Proteins Annexin II, Stratifin, and HSP27
Bunick CG, Presland RB, Lawrence OT, Pearton DJ, Milstone LM, Steitz TA. Crystal Structure of Human Profilaggrin S100 Domain and Identification of Target Proteins Annexin II, Stratifin, and HSP27. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2015, 135: 1801-1809. PMID: 25760235, PMCID: PMC4466033, DOI: 10.1038/jid.2015.102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords14-3-3 ProteinsAnnexin A2Biomarkers, TumorCells, CulturedCrystallizationEpidermal CellsEpidermisExoribonucleasesFilaggrin ProteinsHSP27 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansIntermediate Filament ProteinsKeratinocytesProtein BindingProtein TransportS100 ProteinsSensitivity and SpecificitySpectrometry, FluorescenceConceptsÅ resolution crystal structureProtein-protein interactionsHuman profilaggrinCalcium-binding domainKeratinocyte terminal differentiationMolecular functionsProtein interactionsTerminal domainShock protein 27Cell envelopeIdentification of targetsN-terminusMolecular approachesTerminal differentiationNormal epidermal barrierHydrophobic pocketSpecific functionsAnnexin IIStable dimerMolecular interfaceProtein 27Proteolytic productsProfilaggrinProteinCrystal structure