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Cynthia Wolberger

Professor of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Verified email at jhmi.edu
Cited by 19612

New insights into ubiquitin E3 ligase mechanism

CE Berndsen, C Wolberger - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2014 - nature.com
… an isopeptide linkage between the ubiquitin C terminus and the ɛ-… forms a thioester with the
ubiquitin C terminus, and is then … In contrast, the homology to E6AP C terminus (HECT) and …

The biochemistry of sirtuins

AA Sauve, C Wolberger, VL Schramm… - Annu. Rev …, 2006 - annualreviews.org
… Hawse & C. Wolberger, unpublished data) suggests that modest revisions to this scheme …
core at the N and C termini. Human SirT1, for example, has ∼240 amino acid N- and …

[PDF][PDF] Recognition of specific DNA sequences

CW Garvie, C Wolberger - Molecular cell, 2001 - cell.com
… repressor recognition helix is inserted into the major groove with its N-terminal portion
embedded more deeply than the C-terminal end, which tilts away from the DNA (Figure 1A). Other …

[HTML][HTML] SIRT4 inhibits glutamate dehydrogenase and opposes the effects of calorie restriction in pancreatic β cells

…, GD Yancopoulos, M Karow, G Blander, C Wolberger… - Cell, 2006 - cell.com
Sir2 is an NAD-dependent deacetylase that connects metabolism with longevity in yeast,
flies, and worms. Mammals have seven Sir2 homologs (SIRT1–7). We show that SIRT4 is a …

A phylogenetically conserved NAD+-dependent protein deacetylase activity in the Sir2 protein family

…, C Grubmeyer, C Wolberger… - Proceedings of the …, 2000 - National Acad Sciences
… All reactions were incubated at 30C except CobB reactions (37C) and Sir2AF reactions (55C
Extracts were prepared from 100 ml cultures grown in yeast extract/peptone/dextrose at 30C

[PDF][PDF] Nampt/PBEF/visfatin regulates insulin secretion in β cells as a systemic NAD biosynthetic enzyme

…, A Garten, B Dasgupta, Y Sasaki, C Wolberger… - Cell metabolism, 2007 - cell.com
… (C) The kcat values of bacterially produced Histagged recombinant Nampt and intra- and
extracellular Nampt-FLAG from NIH 3T3 cells and differentiated HIB-1B cells were calculated …

[PDF][PDF] A standard reference frame for the description of nucleic acid base-pair geometry

…, CS Tung, E Westhof, C Wolberger… - Journal of molecular …, 2001 - academia.edu
A common point of reference is needed to describe the three-dimensional arrangements of
bases and base-pairs in nucleic acid structures. The different standards used in computer …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanism of sirtuin inhibition by nicotinamide: altering the NAD+ cosubstrate specificity of a Sir2 enzyme

JL Avalos, KM Bever, C Wolberger - Molecular cell, 2005 - cell.com
… Figure 1C). It has been a matter of debate as to whether the C pocket is also used in the
show that free nicotinamide binds in the same conserved C pocket in which NAD+ is activated …

Regulated nucleosome mobility and the histone code

MS Cosgrove, JD Boeke, C Wolberger - Nature structural & molecular …, 2004 - nature.com
… (c) View as in a but rotated 90 around the horizontal axis looking down at the top of the
molecule in a. Representations of nucleosomes were generated using PyMOL (http://www.pymol.…

Mms2–Ubc13 covalently bound to ubiquitin reveals the structural basis of linkage-specific polyubiquitin chain formation

…, KM Gomez, CM Pickart, C Wolberger - Nature structural & …, 2006 - nature.com
… by covalent bonds between the C terminus of one ubiquitin and … The ubiquitination cascade
begins when the C-terminal … an isopeptide bond with the C terminus of ubiquitin. This final …