Structural basis of N-Myc binding by Aurora-A and its destabilization by kinase inhibitors

MW Richards, SG Burgess, E Poon… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Myc family proteins promote cancer by inducing widespread changes in gene expression.
Their rapid turnover by the ubiquitin–proteasome pathway is regulated through …

A moving target: structure and disorder in pursuit of Myc inhibitors

R Bayliss, SG Burgess, E Leen… - Biochemical Society …, 2017 - portlandpress.com
The Myc proteins comprise a family of ubiquitous regulators of gene expression implicated in
over half of all human cancers. They interact with a large number of other proteins, such as …

Switching Aurora‐A kinase on and off at an allosteric site

R Bayliss, SG Burgess, PJ McIntyre - The FEBS Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Protein kinases are central players in the regulation of cell cycle and signalling pathways.
Their catalytic activities are strictly regulated through post‐translational modifications and …

Coordination of adjacent domains mediates TACC3–ch-TOG–clathrin assembly and mitotic spindle binding

FE Hood, SJ Williams, SG Burgess, MW Richards… - Journal of Cell …, 2013 - rupress.org
Acomplex of transforming acidic coiled-coil protein 3 (TACC3), colonic and hepatic tumor
overexpressed gene (ch-TOG), and clathrin has been implicated in mitotic spindle assembly …

[HTML][HTML] Covalent Aurora A regulation by the metabolic integrator coenzyme A

Y Tsuchiya, DP Byrne, SG Burgess, J Bormann… - Redox biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Aurora A kinase is a master mitotic regulator whose functions are controlled by several
regulatory interactions and post-translational modifications. It is frequently dysregulated in cancer…

[HTML][HTML] Mechanistic basis of Nek7 activation through Nek9 binding and induced dimerization

T Haq, MW Richards, SG Burgess, P Gallego… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Mitotic spindle assembly requires the regulated activities of protein kinases such as Nek7 and
Nek9. Nek7 is autoinhibited by the protrusion of Tyr97 into the active site and activated by …

[HTML][HTML] Aurora-A-dependent control of TACC3 influences the rate of mitotic spindle assembly

SG Burgess, I Peset, N Joseph, T Cavazza… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The essential mammalian gene TACC3 is frequently mutated and amplified in cancers and
its fusion products exhibit oncogenic activity in glioblastomas. TACC3 functions in mitotic …

Characterization of three druggable hot-spots in the Aurora-A/TPX2 interaction using biochemical, biophysical, and fragment-based approaches

…, C Mpamhanga, PJ Coombs, SG Burgess… - ACS chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The mitotic kinase Aurora-A and its partner protein TPX2 (Targeting Protein for Xenopus
kinesin-like protein 2) are overexpressed in cancers, and it has been proposed that they work …

Mitotic spindle association of TACC3 requires Aurora‐A‐dependent stabilization of a cryptic α‐helix

SG Burgess, M Mukherjee, S Sabir, N Joseph… - The EMBO …, 2018 - embopress.org
Aurora‐A regulates the recruitment of TACC 3 to the mitotic spindle through a phospho‐dependent
interaction with clathrin heavy chain ( CHC ). Here, we describe the structural basis of …

TACC3–ch-TOG track the growing tips of microtubules independently of clathrin and Aurora-A phosphorylation

C Gutiérrez-Caballero, SG Burgess, R Bayliss… - Biology …, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
The interaction between TACC3 (transforming acidic coiled coil protein 3) and the microtubule
polymerase ch-TOG (colonic, hepatic tumor overexpressed gene) is evolutionarily …