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Jade Forwood

Charles Sturt University
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[HTML][HTML] Molecular basis for specificity of nuclear import and prediction of nuclear localization

…, NFW Saunders, PM Curmi, JK Forwood… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2011 - Elsevier
Although proteins are translated on cytoplasmic ribosomes, many of these proteins play
essential roles in the nucleus, mediating key cellular processes including but not limited to DNA …

Structural biology and regulation of protein import into the nucleus

…, M Stewart, BG Vértessy, JK Forwood… - Journal of molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Proteins are translated in the cytoplasm, but many need to access the nucleus to perform their
functions. Understanding how these nuclear proteins are transported through the nuclear …

Functional and structural properties of mammalian acyl-coenzyme A thioesterases

…, N Roman, B Kobe, S Kellie, JK Forwood - Progress in lipid research, 2010 - Elsevier
Acyl-coenzyme A thioesterases (Acots) play important cellular roles in mammalian fatty acid
metabolism through modulation of cellular concentrations of activated fatty acyl-CoAs. Acots …

Crystal structures of flax rust avirulence proteins AvrL567-A and-D reveal details of the structural basis for flax disease resistance specificity

CIA Wang, G Guncˇar, JK Forwood, T Teh… - The Plant …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The gene-for-gene mechanism of plant disease resistance involves direct or indirect
recognition of pathogen avirulence (Avr) proteins by plant resistance (R) proteins. Flax rust (…

[HTML][HTML] The C-terminal 50 amino acid residues of dengue NS3 protein are important for NS3-NS5 interaction and viral replication

…, KWK Chan, D Singh, Y Chong, JK Forwood… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
Dengue virus multifunctional proteins NS3 protease/helicase and NS5 methyltransferase/RNA-dependent
RNA polymerase form part of the viral replication complex and are involved in …

Defective importin β recognition and nuclear import of the sex-determining factor SRY are associated with XY sex-reversing mutations

…, S Layfield, CL Mitchell, JK Forwood… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
The architectural transcription factor SRY (sex-determining region of the Y chromosome)
plays a key role in sex determination as indicated by the fact that mutations in SRY are …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo inhibition of nuclear ACE2 translocation protects against SARS-CoV-2 replication and lung damage through epigenetic imprinting

…, S Tsimbalyuk, JK Forwood… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In vitro, ACE2 translocates to the nucleus to induce SARS-CoV-2 replication. Here, using
digital spatial profiling of lung tissues from SARS-CoV-2-infected golden Syrian hamsters, we …

Structural basis of high‐affinity nuclear localization signal interactions with importin‐α

M Marfori, TG Lonhienne, JK Forwood, B Kobe - Traffic, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Classical nuclear localization signals ( cNLSs ), comprising one (monopartite cNLSs ) or
two clusters of basic residues connected by a 10–12 residue linker (bipartite cNLSs ), are …

[PDF][PDF] Quantitative structural analysis of importin-β flexibility: paradigm for solenoid protein structures

JK Forwood, A Lange, U Zachariae, M Marfori, C Preast… - Structure, 2010 - cell.com
The structure of solenoid proteins facilitates a higher degree of flexibility than most folded
proteins. In importin-β, a nuclear import factor built from 19 tandem HEAT repeats, flexibility …

[HTML][HTML] The C-terminal 18 amino acid region of dengue virus NS5 regulates its subcellular localization and contains a conserved arginine residue essential for …

…, EE Ooi, J Lescar, D Luo, DA Jans, JK Forwood… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Dengue virus NS5 is the most highly conserved amongst the viral non-structural proteins
and is responsible for capping, methylation and replication of the flavivirus RNA genome. …