2014
Overproduction and biophysical characterization of human HSP70 proteins
Boswell-Casteel R, Johnson J, Duggan K, Tsutsui Y, Hays F. Overproduction and biophysical characterization of human HSP70 proteins. Protein Expression And Purification 2014, 106: 57-65. PMID: 25266791, PMCID: PMC4248018, DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2014.09.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman HSP70 proteinHeat shock proteinsResponse pathwaysHSP70 proteinBiophysical characterizationFacilitate protein foldingVital cellular functionsInitial biophysical characterizationProtein-protein interactionsFuture biochemical studiesHeterologous overexpressionHSP functionCellular functionsProtein functionProtein foldingHSP70 familyFunctional characterizationConformational rearrangementsShock proteinsChemical stressorsHuman Hsp70HSP proteinsDownstream investigationsBiochemical studiesEscherichia coli
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