Crystal structure of the pyocyanin biosynthetic protein PhzS

…, K Shi, H Robinson, S Gamage, AK Bera… - Biochemistry, 2008 - ACS Publications
The human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces pyocyanin, a blue-pigmented
phenazine derivative, which is known to play a role in virulence. Pyocyanin is produced from …

[HTML][HTML] Design of protein-binding proteins from the target structure alone

…, L Miller, EM Strauch, ND DeBouver, A Pires, AK Bera… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The design of proteins that bind to a specific site on the surface of a target protein using no
information other than the three-dimensional structure of the target remains a challenge 1 , 2 , …

De novo protein design by deep network hallucination

…, J Hao, K Bafna, C Norn, A Kang, AK Bera… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
There has been considerable recent progress in protein structure prediction using deep neural
networks to predict inter-residue distances from amino acid sequences 1 , 2 – 3 . Here we …

KRASQ61H Preferentially Signals through MAPK in a RAF Dimer-Dependent Manner in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

ZW Zhou, C Ambrogio, AK Bera, Q Li, XX Li, L Li, J Son… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
These findings show that oncogenic KRAS Q61H forms a cooperative RAS–RAF ternary
complex, which renders RAS-driven tumors vulnerable to MEKi and RAFi, thus establishing a …

De novo design of transmembrane β barrels

AA Vorobieva, P White, B Liang, JE Horne, AK Bera… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Despite their key biological roles, only a few proteins that fold into lipid
membranes have been designed de novo. A class of membrane proteins—transmembrane β …

Tissue-Specific Oncogenic Activity of KRASA146T

EJ Poulin, AK Bera, J Lu, YJ Lin, SD Strasser, JA Paulo… - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
Although epidemiologic and clinical studies have suggested allele-specific behaviors for
KRAS , experimental evidence for allele-specific biological properties is limited. We combined …

Robust deep learning–based protein sequence design using ProteinMPNN

…, B Koepnick, H Nguyen, A Kang, B Sankaran, AK Bera… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Although deep learning has revolutionized protein structure prediction, almost all experimentally
characterized de novo protein designs have been generated using physically based …

Generalized biomolecular modeling and design with RoseTTAFold All-Atom

…, CN Hunter, A Kang, E Brackenbrough, AK Bera… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Deep learning methods have revolutionized protein structure prediction and design but are
currently limited to protein-only systems. We describe RoseTTAFold All-Atom (RFAA) which …

[PDF][PDF] Accurate de novo design of membrane-traversing macrocycles

…, VK Mulligan, GG Alpkilic, J Palmer, AK Bera… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
We use computational design coupled with experimental characterization to systematically
investigate the design principles for macrocycle membrane permeability and oral …

[PDF][PDF] Takinib, a selective TAK1 inhibitor, broadens the therapeutic efficacy of TNF-α inhibition for cancer and autoimmune disease

…, K Bodoor, DA Carlson, DR Loiselle, AK Bera… - Cell chemical …, 2017 - cell.com
Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) has both positive and negative roles in human disease.
In certain cancers, TNF-α is infused locally to promote tumor regression, but dose-limiting …