Zimei Bu, PhD-Publications

Original Articles

Li J, Callaway DJ, Bu Z. Ezrin induces long-range interdomain allostery in the scaffolding protein NHERF1. J Mol Biol. 2009;392(1):166-80. PubMed
Cheng H, Li J, Fazlieva R, Dai Z, Bu Z, Roder H. Autoinhibitory interactions between the PDZ2 and C-terminal domains in the scaffolding protein NHERF1. Structure. 2009;17(5):660-9. PubMed
Li J, Poulikakos PI, Dai D, Testa JR, Callaway DJ, Bu Z. PKC phosphorylation disrupts NHERF autoinhibition and promotes CFTR macromolecular assembly. J Bio Chem. 2007;282:27086-99. PubMed
Dawson JB, Bu Z, (co-corresponding), Lemmon M.A. Ligand-induced structural transitions in ErbB receptor extracellular domains. Structure. 2007;15:942-954. PubMed
Bu Z, Shi Y, Callaway DJ, Tycko R. Molecular alignment within β sheets in Aβ14-23 fibrils: solid state NMR experiments and theoretical predictions. Biophys J. 2007;92:594-602. PubMed
Samuel D, Cheng H, Riley PW, Canutescu AA, Nagaswami C, Weisel JW, Bu Z, Walsh PN, Roder H. Solution structure of the A4 domain of factor XI sheds light on the mechanism of zymogen activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2007;104:15693-98. PubMed
Fang M, Cheng H, Dai Z, Bu Z, Sigal LJ. Immunization with a single extracellular enveloped virus protein produced in bacteria provides partial protection from a lethal Orthopoxvirus infection in a natural host. Virology. 2006;345:231-43. PubMed
Shi Y, Stouten PFW, Pillalamarri N, Barile L, Rosal RV, Teichberg S, Bu Z, (co-corresponding), Callaway DJ. Quantitative determination of the topological propensities of amyloidogenic peptides. Biophyl Chem. 2006;120:55-61. PubMed
Bu Z, (co-corresponding), Biehl R, Monkenbusch M, Richter D, Callaway DJ. Coupled protein domain motion in Taq DNA polymerase revealed by neutron spin echo spectroscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2005;102:17646-51. PubMed
Li J, Dai Z, Jana D, Callaway DJE, Bu Z. Ezrin controls the macromolecular complexes formed between an adaper protein Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger regulatory factor and the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. J Biol Chem. 2005;280:37634-43. PubMed
Ho DL, Byrnes WM, Ma WP, Shi Y, Callaway DJE, Bu Z. Structure-specific DNA-induced conformational changes in Taq polymerase revealed by small angle neutron scattering. J Biol Chem. 2004;279:39146-54. PubMed
Laksanalamai P, Jiemjit A, Bu Z, Maeder DL, Robb FT. Multi-subunit assembly of the Pyrococcus furiosus small heat shock protein is essential for cellular protection at high temperature. Extremophiles. 2003;7:79-83. PubMed
Bu Z, Wang L, Kendall DA. Nucleotide binding induces changes in the oligomeric state and conformation of Sec A in a lipid environment: a small-angle neutron-scattering study. J Mol Biol. 2003;332:23-30. PubMed
Tjernberg LO, Tjernberg A, Bark N, Shi Y, Ruzsicska BP, Bu Z, Thyberg J, Callaway DJE. Assembling amyloid fibrils from designed structures containing a significant amyloid β-peptide fragment. Biochem J. 2002;366:343-351. PubMed
Bu Z, (corresponding) Cook J, Callaway DJE. Dynamic regimes and correlated structural dynamics in native and denatured alpha-lactalbumin. J Mol Biol. 2001;312:865-873. PubMed
Hanakahi LA, Bu Z, Maizels N. The C-terminal domain of nucleolin accelerates nucleic acid annealing. Biochemistry. 2000;39:15493-99. PubMed
Bu Z, (corresponding), Neumann DA, Lee S-H, Brown CM, Engelman DM, Han CC. A view of dynamics changes in the molten globule-native folding step by quasielastic neutron scattering. J Mol Biol. 2000;301:525-536. PubMed
Koide S, Huang X, Link K, Koide A, Bu Z, Engelman DM. Design of single-layer β-sheets without a hydrophobic core. Nature. 2000;403:456-460. PubMed
Bu Z, Engelman DM. A method for determining transmembrane helix association and orientation in detergent micelles using small angle x-ray scattering. Biophys J. 1999;77:1064-73. PubMed
Koide S, Bu Z, Risal D, Pham T-N, Nakagawa T, Tamura A, Engelman DM. Multistep denaturation of Borrelia burgdorferi OspA, a protein containing a single-layer β-sheet. Biochemistry. 1999;38:4757-67. PubMed
Russo PS, Baylis M, Bu Z, Stryjewski W, Doucet G, Temyanko E, Tipton D. Self-diffusion of a semiflexible polymer measured across the lyotropic liquid-crystalline-phase boundary. J Chem Phys. 1999;111:1746-52.
Bu Z, Perlo A, Johnson GE, Olack G, Engelman DM, Wyckoff HW. A small angle x-ray scattering apparatus for studying biological macromolecules in solution. J Appl Cryst. 1998;31:533-543.
Bu Z, Koide S, Engelman DM. A solution SAXS study of Borrelia burgdorferi OspA, a protein containing a single-layer β-sheet. Protein Sci. 1998;7:2681-83. PubMed
Lemmon MA, Bu Z, Ladbury JE, Zhou M, Pinchasi D, Lax I, Engelman DM, Schlessinger J. Two EGF molecules contribute additively to stabilization of the EGFR dimer. EMBO J. 1997;16:281-294. PubMed
Smith CK, Bu Z, Anderson KS, Sturtevant JM, Engelman DM, Regan L. Surface point mutations that significantly alter the structure and stability of a protein’s denatured state. Protein Sci. 1996;5:2009-19. PubMed
Rodgers KK, Bu Z, Fleming KG, Schatz DG, Engelman DM, Coleman JE. A zinc-binding domain involved in the dimerization of RAG1. J Mol Biol. 1996;260:70-84. PubMed
Cush R, Russo PS, Kucukyavuz Z, Bu Z, Neau D, Shih D, Kucukyavuz S, Ricks H. Translational and rotational diffusion of rodlike virus in random coil solutions. Macromolecules. 1997;30:4920-4926.
Gusev VY, Feng X, Bu Z, Haller GL, O'Brien JA. Mechanical stability of pure silica mesoporous MCM-41 by nitrogen adsorption and small-angle x-ray diffraction measurements. J Phys Chem. 1996;100:1985-88.
Bu Z, Russo PS, Tipton DL, Negulescu II. Self-diffusion of rodlike polymers in isotropic solutions. Macromolecules. 1994;27:6871-81.
Bu Z, Russo PS. Probe diffusion of dextran in semiflexible hydroxypropylcellulose solutions. Macromolecules. 1994;27:1187-93.
Wattenbarger M, Bloomfield VA, Bu Z, Russo PS. Tracer diffusion of BSA in DNA solutions. Macromolecules. 1992;25:5263-65.