Recent Publications
Schaefer, A., Kushiro, K., Shrestha, B., Zhu, Y., Panjwani, A., Dawson, L., Flowers, H., Vincent, K.L. and Lai, S.K., 2025. Engineering Decavalent, Sperm‐Binding Laminin‐IgG Hybrid Antibodies for Potent Non‐Hormonal Contraception. Advanced Science, 12(38), p.e06272.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40698582/
Bogen, M.P., Swofford, W.M., Chittari, S.S. and Knight, A.S., 2025. Structure–Function Relationships in Sequence-Controlled Copolymers for Rare Earth Element Chelation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(34), pp.30885-30896.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40804018/
Jagannathan, J.R. and Leibfarth, F.A., 2025. Stereoconvergent Chain-Growth Polymerization. ACS Central Science, 11(5), pp.797-804.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40454343/
Travis, C.R., Wilkinson, J.R., Dumais, R.G., Henriksen, H.C., Treacy, J.W., Schomburg, N.K., Houk, K.N. and Waters, M.L., 2025. Negative Cooperativity in the UHRF1 TTD‐PHD Dual Domain Masks the Contributions of Cation‐π Interactions between Trimethyllysine and the TTD Aromatic Cage. Chemistry–A European Journal, 31(28), p.e202500848.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40202581/
Kane, B.J., Murphy, K.V. and Sode, K., 2025. Expanding the bioanalytical application of β‐hydroxybutyrate binding proteins through characterization of their metabolite interactions and site‐directed mutagenesis. Protein Science, 34(5), p.e70129.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40260974/
Yao, Z. and Kuhlman, B., 2025. Design of a water‐soluble CD20 antigen with computational epitope scaffolding. Protein Science, 34(8), p.e70184.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40671354/
Jain, K., Kougnassoukou Tchara, P.E., Khan, A., Mengistalem, A.B., Holland, A.P., Bowman, C.N., Marunde, M.R., Engel, T.A., Popova, I.K., Cooke, S.W. Krajewski, K., Keogh, M.C., Lambert, J.P., and Strahl, B.D., 2025. Histone H3 N-terminal recognition by the PHD finger of PHRF1 is required for proper DNA damage response. Nucleic acids research, 53(13), p.gkaf666.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40671529/
Phan, T.T., Thiono, D.J., Hvasta, M.G., Shah, R.P., Ajo, G.P., Huang, W.C., Lovell, J.F., Tian, S., de Silva, A.M. and Kuhlman, B., 2025. Multivalent administration of dengue E dimers on liposomes elicits type-specific neutralizing responses without immune interference. npj Vaccines, 10(1), p.119.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40490495/
Kowalewski, M.E., Zagler, S. and Redinbo, M.R., 2025. Structural Insights into Selectively Targeting Candida albicans Hsp90. Biochemistry, 64(11), pp.2401-2411.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40397669/
Dan-Dukor, G., Shang, S., Leighton, G.O., Travis, C.R., Schwochert, T.D., Agrawal, P., Ajasa, O., Li, T., Waters, M.L., Ginder, G.D. and Williams Jr, D.C., 2025. The role of multivalency in the association of the eight twenty-one protein 2 (ETO2) with the nucleosome remodeling and deacetylase (NuRD) complex. Nucleic Acids Research, 53(10), p.gkaf439.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40421803/
Carr, A.J., Hajicek, N., Tsai, A.P., Acharya, P.P., Hardy, P.B., Meyer, E., Wyss-Coray, T., Pearce, K.H., Sondek, J. and Zhang, Q., 2025. A high-throughput assay platform to discover small molecule activators of the phospholipase PLC-γ2 to treat Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 301(4).
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40015642/
Chittari, S.S., Dykeman-Bermingham, P.A., Bogen, M.P. and Knight, A.S., 2024. Structure–Function Insights into Thermoresponsive Copolymers as Lanthanide Precipitants. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(49), pp.33499-33508.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39586773/
Travis, C.R., Henriksen, H.C., Wilkinson, J.R., Schomburg, N.K., Treacy, J.W., Kean, K.M., Houk, K.N. and Waters, M.L., 2024. WDR5 binding to histone serotonylation is driven by an edge–face aromatic interaction with unexpected electrostatic effects. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(40), pp.27451-27459.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39321462/
Kane, B.J., Okuda‐Shimazaki, J., Andrews, M.M., Kerrigan Jr, J.A., Murphy, K.V. and Sode, K., 2024. Discovery of periplasmic solute binding proteins with specificity for ketone bodies: β‐hydroxybutyrate binding proteins. Protein Science, 33(7), p.e5025.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38864689/
Fan, Y., Bilkey, N., Bolhuis, D.L., Slep, K.C. and Dixit, R., 2024. A divergent tumor overexpressed gene domain and oligomerization contribute to SPIRAL2 function in stabilizing microtubule minus ends. The Plant Cell, 36(4), pp.1056-1071.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38011314/
Johnson, R.M., Li, K., Chen, X., Morgan, G.L., Aubé, J. and Li, B., 2024. The hybrid antibiotic thiomarinol A overcomes intrinsic resistance in Escherichia coli using a privileged dithiolopyrrolone moiety. ACS infectious diseases, 10(2), pp.582-593.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38226592/
McParland, E.D., Gurley, N.J., Wolfsberg, L.R., Butcher, T.A., Bhattarai, A., Jensen, C.C., Johnson, R.I., Slep, K.C. and Peifer, M., 2024. The dual Ras-association domains of Drosophila Canoe have differential roles in linking cell junctions to the cytoskeleton during morphogenesis. Journal of cell science, 137(23), p.jcs263546.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39450902/
Simke, W.C., Walker, M.E., Calderone, L.A., Putz, A.T., Patteson, J.B., Vitro, C.N., Zizola, C.F., Redinbo, M.R., Pandelia, M.E., Grove, T.L. and Li, B., 2024. Structural basis for methine excision by a heme oxygenase-like enzyme. ACS central science, 10(8), pp.1524-1536.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39220707/
McParland, E.D., Butcher, T.A., Gurley, N.J., Johnson, R.I., Slep, K.C. and Peifer, M., 2024. The Dilute domain in Canoe is not essential for linking cell junctions to the cytoskeleton but supports morphogenesis robustness. Journal of cell science, 137(6), p.jcs261734.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38323935/