Designed Transmembrane Proteins Inhibit the Erythropoietin Receptor in a Custom Binding Topology

M Mravic, L He, H Kratochvil, H Hu, SE Nick, W Bai… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Transmembrane (TM) domains as simple as a single span can perform complex biological
functions using entirely lipid-embedded chemical features. Computational design has …

Photoswitchable binders enable temporal dissection of endogenous protein function

M Westberg, D Song, V Duong, D Fernandez… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
General methods for spatiotemporal control of specific endogenous proteins would be
broadly useful for probing protein function in living cells. Synthetic protein binders that bind …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of the thrombopoietin-MPL receptor complex is a blueprint for biasing hematopoiesis

N Tsutsumi, Z Masoumi, SC James, JA Tucker… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Thrombopoietin (THPO or TPO) is an essential cytokine for hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)
maintenance and megakaryocyte differentiation. Here, we report the 3.4 Å resolution …

Hierarchical design of pseudosymmetric protein nanoparticles

D Baker, Q Dowling, YJ Park, N Gerstenmaier, E Yang… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Discrete protein assemblies ranging from hundreds of kilodaltons to hundreds of
megadaltons in size are a ubiquitous feature of biological systems and perform highly …

Computational methods for the structure-based design of protein-binding peptides

SR Swanson - 2023 - dspace.mit.edu
The de novo design of peptides that bind to target proteins could enable binding to specific
epitopes, inhibition of natural interactions, and targeted degradation of proteins. Despite …

[PDF][PDF] Structure of the Wnt-Frizzled-LRP6 initiation complex reveals the basis for co-receptor discrimination

CR Miao, NA Caveney, KM Jude, CY Janda… - 2023 - scholar.archive.org
Wnt morphogens are critical for embryonic development and tissue regeneration. Canonical
Wnts form ternary receptor complexes composed of tissue-specific Frizzled receptors …

Structural and Mechanistic Studies of the Type IIS Restriction Endonuclease PaqCI and De Novo Designed Circular Tandem Repeat Proteins

MA Kennedy - 2023 - search.proquest.com
This thesis spans the work completed on two parallel projects, to (i) study the structure and
mechanism of the Type IIS restriction endonuclease PaqCI, and (ii) participate in the …

Decoding Signal Transmission Through Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

PE Farahani - 2023 - search.proquest.com
The development and homeostasis of multicellular organisms requires that their comprising
cells appropriately process multitudes of information within the cellular microenvironment …

Molecular engineering techniques for in vitro display technologies

A Ohoka - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Biologics, which encompass peptides, proteins, nucleotides, and cell-based products are
widely used in both therapeutics and diagnostic applications. Compared to small molecule …

Rigid helical junctions for modular repeat protein sculpting and methods of use

D Baker, M Bick, T Brunette - US Patent App. 17/759,175, 2023 - Google Patents
C12N15/1068—Template (nucleic acid) mediated chemical library synthesis, eg chemical
and enzymatical DNA-templated organic molecule synthesis, libraries prepared by non …