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Chad Brautigam

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Verified email at utsouthwestern.edu
Cited by 10153

High-precision isothermal titration calorimetry with automated peak-shape analysis

…, C Vargas, H Zhao, G Piszczek, CA Brautigam… - Analytical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) is a powerful classical method that enables researchers
in many fields to study the thermodynamics of molecular interactions. Primary ITC data …

Calculations and publication-quality illustrations for analytical ultracentrifugation data

CA Brautigam - Methods in enzymology, 2015 - Elsevier
The analysis of analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) data has been greatly facilitated by the
advances accumulated in recent years. These improvements include refinements in AUC-…

Structural and functional insights provided by crystal structures of DNA polymerases and their substrate complexes

CA Brautigam, TA Steitz - Current opinion in structural biology, 1998 - Elsevier
New levels in the understanding of DNA replication have been achieved from recent crystal
structure determinations of several DNA polymerases and their substrate complexes. The …

[PDF][PDF] Ubiquitin-induced oligomerization of the RNA sensors RIG-I and MDA5 activates antiviral innate immune response

X Jiang, LN Kinch, CA Brautigam, X Chen, F Du… - Immunity, 2012 - cell.com
RIG-I and MDA5 detect viral RNA in the cytoplasm and activate signaling cascades leading
to the production of type-I interferons. RIG-I is activated through sequential binding of viral …

[PDF][PDF] The cytosolic DNA sensor cGAS forms an oligomeric complex with DNA and undergoes switch-like conformational changes in the activation loop

…, J Wu, F Du, H Xu, L Sun, Z Chen, CA Brautigam… - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
The presence of DNA in the cytoplasm is a danger signal that triggers immune and inflammatory
responses. Cytosolic DNA binds to and activates cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) synthase (…

Structure of the photolyase-like domain of cryptochrome 1 from Arabidopsis thaliana

CA Brautigam, BS Smith, Z Ma… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Signals generated by cryptochrome (CRY) blue-light photoreceptors are responsible for a
variety of developmental and circadian responses in plants. The CRYs are also identified as …

[HTML][HTML] Requirements for efficient correction of ΔF508 CFTR revealed by analyses of evolved sequences

…, T Barrett, RJ Bridges, AP Feranchak, CA Brautigam… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Misfolding of ΔF508 cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)
underlies pathology in most CF patients. F508 resides in the first nucleotide-binding domain (…

Integration and global analysis of isothermal titration calorimetry data for studying macromolecular interactions

CA Brautigam, H Zhao, C Vargas, S Keller, P Schuck - Nature protocols, 2016 - nature.com
Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) is a powerful and widely used method to measure the
energetics of macromolecular interactions by recording a thermogram of differential heating …

A TOG: αβ-tubulin complex structure reveals conformation-based mechanisms for a microtubule polymerase

P Ayaz, X Ye, P Huddleston, CA Brautigam, LM Rice - Science, 2012 - science.org
Stu2p/XMAP215/Dis1 family proteins are evolutionarily conserved regulatory factors that
use αβ-tubulin–interacting tumor overexpressed gene (TOG) domains to catalyze fast …

Arp2/3 complex is bound and activated by two WASP proteins

…, LK Doolittle, CA Brautigam… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Actin related protein 2/actin related protein 3 (Arp2/3) complex nucleates new actin filaments
in eukaryotic cells in response to signals from proteins in the Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome …