A molecular switch and proton wire synchronize the active sites in thiamine enzymes

RAW Frank, CM Titman, JV Pratap, BF Luisi… - Science, 2004 - science.org
Thiamine diphosphate (ThDP) is used as a cofactor in many key metabolic enzymes. We
present evidence that the ThDPs in the two active sites of the E1 (EC 1.2.4.1) component of the …

Hfq and its constellation of RNA

J Vogel, BF Luisi - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2011 - nature.com
Hfq is an RNA-binding protein that is common to diverse bacterial lineages and has key roles
in the control of gene expression. By facilitating the pairing of small RNAs with their target …

Multidrug efflux pumps: structure, function and regulation

…, KM Pos, LJV Piddock, BF Luisi - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Infections arising from multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria are spreading rapidly throughout
the world and threaten to become untreatable. The origins of resistance are numerous …

Structure of the AcrAB–TolC multidrug efflux pump

…, E Klimont, T Ohene-Agyei, H Venter, W Chiu, BF Luisi - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The capacity of numerous bacterial species to tolerate antibiotics and other toxic compounds
arises in part from the activity of energy-dependent transporters. In Gram-negative bacteria, …

The function and structure of the metal coordination sites within the glucocorticoid receptor DNA binding domain

LP Freedman, BF Luisi, ZR Korszun, R Basavappa… - Nature, 1988 - nature.com
The glucocorticoid receptor enhances or represses transcription by binding to specific DNA
sequences termed glucocorticoid response elements, or GREs 1–5 . Studies of cloned …

Structure of Escherichia coli RNase E catalytic domain and implications for RNA turnover

…, JA Stead, KJ McDowall, WG Scott, BF Luisi - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
The coordinated regulation of gene expression is required for homeostasis, growth and
development in all organisms. Such coordination may be partly achieved at the level of …

[PDF][PDF] A duplicated fold is the structural basis for polynucleotide phosphorylase catalytic activity, processivity, and regulation

MF Symmons, GH Jones, BF Luisi - Structure, 2000 - cell.com
Background: Polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase) is a polyribonucleotide nucleotidyl
transferase (EC2.7.7.8) that degrades mRNA in prokaryotes. Streptomyces antibioticus …

An allosteric transport mechanism for the AcrAB-TolC multidrug efflux pump

…, JN Blaza, II Serysheva, MF Schmid, W Chiu, BF Luisi… - elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.24905.001 Bacterial efflux pumps confer multidrug resistance by transporting
diverse antibiotics from the cell. In Gram-negative bacteria, some of these pumps form multi-…

[PDF][PDF] Structural basis for the recognition of histone H4 by the histone-chaperone RbAp46

…, SH McLaughlin, TR Ben-Shahar, A Verreault, BF Luisi… - Structure, 2008 - cell.com
RbAp46 and RbAp48 (pRB-associated proteins p46 and p48, also known as RBBP7 and
RBBP4, respectively) are highly homologous histone chaperones that play key roles in …

[PDF][PDF] In vivo cleavage map illuminates the central role of RNase E in coding and non-coding RNA pathways

…, K Papenfort, R Reinhardt, HJ Wieden, BF Luisi… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Understanding RNA processing and turnover requires knowledge of cleavages by major
endoribonucleases within a living cell. We have employed TIER-seq (transiently inactivating an …