[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial enzymes of the urea cycle cluster at the inner mitochondrial membrane

N Haskins, S Bhuvanendran, C Anselmi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondrial enzymes involved in energy transformation are organized into multiprotein
complexes that channel the reaction intermediates for efficient ATP production. Three of the …

[HTML][HTML] Inversion of allosteric effect of arginine on N-acetylglutamate synthase, a molecular marker for evolution of tetrapods

N Haskins, M Panglao, Q Qu, H Majumdar… - BMC biochemistry, 2008 - Springer
Background The efficient conversion of ammonia, a potent neurotoxin, into non-toxic metabolites
was an essential adaptation that allowed animals to move from the aquatic to terrestrial …

Biochemical properties of recombinant human and mouse N-acetylglutamate synthase

L Caldovic, GY Lopez, N Haskins, M Panglao… - Molecular Genetics and …, 2006 - Elsevier
N-Acetylglutamate synthase (NAGS, EC 2.3.1.1) is a mitochondrial enzyme that catalyzes
the formation of N-acetylglutamate (NAG) from glutamate and acetylcoenzyme A. NAG is an …

Qualification of a Biolayer Interferometry Assay to support AZD7442 resistance monitoring

T Brady, T Zhang, KM Tuffy, N Haskins, Q Du… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
AZD7442, a combination of two long-acting monoclonal antibodies (tixagevimab [AZD8895]
and cilgavimab [AZD1061]), has been authorized for the prevention and treatment of …

[HTML][HTML] Expression pattern and biochemical properties of zebrafish N-acetylglutamate synthase

L Caldovic, N Haskins, A Mumo, H Majumdar… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The urea cycle converts ammonia, a waste product of protein catabolism, into urea. Because
fish dispose ammonia directly into water, the role of the urea cycle in fish remains unknown. …

Enhancement of antibody thermostability and affinity by computational design in the absence of antigen

M Hutchinson, JA Ruffolo, N Haskins, M Iannotti… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Over the last two decades, therapeutic antibodies have emerged as a rapidly expanding
domain within the field biologics. In silico tools that can streamline the process of antibody …

Noncoding sequence variants define a novel regulatory element in the first intron of the N‐acetylglutamate synthase gene

J Häberle, MB Moore, N Haskins, V Rüfenacht… - Human …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
N‐acetylglutamate synthase deficiency is an autosomal recessive urea cycle disorder caused
either by decreased expression of the NAGS gene or defective NAGS enzyme resulting in …

AMP‐activated protein kinase signaling regulated expression of urea cycle enzymes in response to changes in dietary protein intake

SK Heibel, PJ McGuire, N Haskins… - Journal of inherited …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abundance of urea cycle enzymes in the liver is regulated by dietary protein intake. Although
urea cycle enzyme levels rise in response to a high‐protein (HP) diet, signaling networks …

[HTML][HTML] A Novel N-Acetylglutamate Synthase Architecture Revealed by the Crystal Structure of the Bifunctional Enzyme from Maricaulis maris

…, J Cabrera-Luque, Z Jin, X Yu, G Zhao, N Haskins… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Novel bifunctional N-acetylglutamate synthase/kinases (NAGS/K) that catalyze the first two
steps of arginine biosynthesis and are homologous to vertebrate N-acetylglutamate synthase (…

[HTML][HTML] N-acetylglutamate synthase deficiency due to a recurrent sequence variant in the N-acetylglutamate synthase enhancer region

…, M van den Born, V Rüfenacht, N Haskins… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
N-acetylglutamate synthase deficiency (NAGSD, MIM #237310) is an autosomal recessive
disorder of the urea cycle that results from absent or decreased production of N-…