2021
What is the role of synaptic protein TRIO's spectrin repeats?
Corcoran E, Bircher J, Koleske A. What is the role of synaptic protein TRIO's spectrin repeats? The FASEB Journal 2021, 35 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2021.35.s1.01837.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpectrin repeatsProper neuronal developmentSpectrin repeat domainRare damaging variantsDisease-associated mutationsAccessory domainsCatalytic domainRepeat domainRegulatory proteinsRepeat functionDe novo missense mutationsSignaling mechanismDamaging mutationsNeuronal developmentDamaging variantsDisease mutationsBiochemical eventsNovo missense mutationNeurodevelopmental disordersMissense mutationsSpectrinRepeatsMutationsDomainTherapeutic strategies
2017
The repeat region of cortactin is intrinsically disordered in solution
Li X, Tao Y, Murphy JW, Scherer AN, Lam TT, Marshall AG, Koleske AJ, Boggon TJ. The repeat region of cortactin is intrinsically disordered in solution. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 16696. PMID: 29196701, PMCID: PMC5711941, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16959-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCortactin repeatsRepeat regionActin filamentsHydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometryAdjacent helical regionsMulti-domain proteinsExchange mass spectrometryExtensive biophysical analysisCircular dichroismHydrophobic core regionSmall-angle X-ray scatteringBiophysical analysisHelical regionCortactinRepeatsSimilar copiesUnfolded peptidesProteinMotifSize exclusion chromatographyMass spectrometryFilamentsExclusion chromatographyX-ray scatteringRegion