Structure, mechanism and regulation of peroxiredoxins

ZA Wood, E Schröder, JR Harris, LB Poole - Trends in biochemical …, 2003 - cell.com
Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) are a ubiquitous family of antioxidant enzymes that also control
cytokine-induced peroxide levels which mediate signal transduction in mammalian cells. Prxs can …

Peroxiredoxin evolution and the regulation of hydrogen peroxide signaling

ZA Wood, LB Poole, PA Karplus - Science, 2003 - science.org
Eukaryotic 2-Cys peroxiredoxins (2-Cys Prxs) not only act as antioxidants, but also appear
to regulate hydrogen peroxide–mediated signal transduction. We showthat bacterial 2-Cys …

Dimers to Doughnuts:  Redox-Sensitive Oligomerization of 2-Cysteine Peroxiredoxins,

ZA Wood, LB Poole, RR Hantgan, PA Karplus - Biochemistry, 2002 - ACS Publications
2-Cys peroxiredoxins (Prxs) are a large and diverse family of peroxidases which, in addition
to their antioxidant functions, regulate cell signaling pathways, apoptosis, and differentiation…

Catalytic methods for chemical recycling or upcycling of commercial polymers

SC Kosloski-Oh, ZA Wood, Y Manjarrez… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymers (plastics) have transformed our lives by providing access to inexpensive and versatile
materials with a variety of useful properties. While polymers have improved our lives in …

The entropic force generated by intrinsically disordered segments tunes protein function

…, ML Gross, RS Phillips, SC Harvey, ZA Wood - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Protein structures are dynamic and can explore a large conformational landscape 1 , 2 . Only
some of these structural substates are important for protein function (such as ligand binding…

Analysis of the Link between Enzymatic Activity and Oligomeric State in AhpC, a Bacterial Peroxiredoxin,

…, DS Youngblood, GN Sarma, ZA Wood… - Biochemistry, 2005 - ACS Publications
Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) make up a ubiquitous class (proposed EC 1.11.1.15) of cysteine-dependent
peroxidases with roles in oxidant protection and signal transduction. An intriguing …

Long-term gene–culture coevolution and the human evolutionary transition

TM Waring, ZT Wood - Proceedings of the Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
It has been suggested that the human species may be undergoing an evolutionary transition
in individuality (ETI). But there is disagreement about how to apply the ETI framework to our …

Site-directed mutagenesis improves catalytic efficiency and thermostability of Escherichia coli pH 2.5 acid phosphatase/phytase expressed in Pichia pastoris

E Rodriguez, ZA Wood, PA Karplus, XG Lei - Archives of Biochemistry and …, 2000 - Elsevier
Escherichia coli pH 2.5 acid phosphatase gene (appA) and three mutants were expressed
in Pichia pastoris to assess the effect of strategic mutations or deletion on the enzyme (EcAP) …

AhpF and other NADH:peroxiredoxin oxidoreductases, homologues of low Mr thioredoxin reductase

LB Poole, CM Reynolds, ZA Wood… - European Journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
A group of bacterial flavoproteins related to thioredoxin reductase contain an additional ≈
200‐amino‐acid domain including a redox‐active disulfide center at their N‐termini. These …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial heterogeneity of eDNA transport improves stream assessment of threatened salmon presence, abundance, and location

ZT Wood, A Lacoursière-Roussel, F LeBlanc… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The integration of environmental DNA (eDNA) within management strategies for lotic
organisms requires translating eDNA detection and quantification data into inferences of the …