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Updated September 2018 (PubMed links are in Blue.) 167 total Guseman AJ, Perez Goncalves GM, Speer SL, Young GB, Pielak GH. 2018. Protein shape modulates crowding effects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, in press. Stadmiller SS, Pielak GJ. 2018 Enthalpic stabilization of an SH3 domain D2O. Protein Science, 27: in press. Rydeen AE, Brustad EM, Pielak GJ. 2018. Osmolytes and protein-protein interactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140: 7441-7444. Guseman AJ, Speer SL, Perez Goncalves GM, Pielak GJ. 2018. Surface charge modulates protein-protein interactions in physiologically relevant environments. Biochemistry, 57: 1681-1684. Ye Y, Wu Q, Zheng W, Jiang B, Pielak GJ, Liu M, Li C. 2017. Quantification of size effect on protein rotational mobility in cells by 19F NMR spectroscopy. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 410: 869-874. Acosta LC, Perez Goncalves GM, Pielak GJ, Gorensek-Benitez AH. 2017. Large cosolutes, small cosolutes and dihydrofolate reductase activity. Protein Science, 26: 2417-2425. Boothby, TC, Pielak GJ. 2017. Intrinsically disordered proteins and desiccation tolerance: elucidating functional and mechanistic underpinnings of anhydrobiosis. BioEssays, 39 (11). Gorensek-Benitez AH, Smith AE, Stadmiller SS, Perez Goncalves GM, Pielak GJ. 2017. Cosolutes, crowding, and protein folding kinetics. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 121: 6527-6537. Cohen RD, Pielak GJ. 2017. Quinary interactions with an unfolded state ensemble. Protein Science, 26: 1698-1703. Li C, Zhao J, Cheng K, Ge Y, Wu Q, Ye Y, Xu G, Zhang Z, Zhang X, Zhou X, Pielak GJ, Liu M. 2017. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy as a tool for assessing macromolecular structure and function in living cells. Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry,10: 157-182. Stadmiller S.S. Gorensek-Benitez AH, Guseman AJ, Pielak GJ. 2017. Osmotic-shock induced protein destabilization in living cells and its reversal by glycine betaine. Journal of Molecular Biology, 429: 1155–1161. Boothby TC, Tapia H, Brozena AH, Piszkiewicz S, Smith AE, Giovannini I, Rebecchi L, Pielak GJ, Koshland D, & Goldstein B. 2017. Tardigrades use intrinsically disordered proteins to survive desiccation. Molecular Cell, 65: 975–984. Guseman, AJ, Pielak GJ. 2017. Cosolute and Crowding Effects on a Side-By-Side Protein Dimer. Biochemistry, 56: 971-976. Cohen RD, Pielak GJ. 2016. A cell is more than the sum of its (dilute) parts: a brief history of quinary structure. Protein Science, 26: 403-413. Bia J, Pielak GJ, Li C. 2016. Macromolecular and small molecule crowding have similar effects on α-synuclein structure. ChemPhysChem, 18, 55-58. Cohen RD, Pielak GJ. 2016. Electostatic contribution to protein quinary structure. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138: 13139–13142. Senske M, Smith AE, Pielak GJ. 2016. Protein stability in reverse micelles. Angewandte Chemie, 55: 3586-3589. Smith AE, Zhou LZ, Gorensek AH, Senske M, Pielak GJ. 2016. In-cell thermodynamics and a new role for protein surfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113: 1725-1730. Commentary in PNAS. Featured by Faculty of 1000. Zhaia Z, Wua Q, Zheng W, Liu M, Pielak GJ, Li C. 2016. Roles of structural plasticity in chaperone HdeA activity are revealed by 19F NMR. Chemical Science, 7, 2222-2228. Tyrrell J, Weeks, KM, Pielak GJ. 2015. Challenge of mimicking the influences of the cellular environment on RNA structure by PEG-induced macromolecular crowding. Biochemistry, 54: 6447-6453. Featured by Faculty of 1000. Cohen RD, Guseman AJ, Pielak GJ. 2015. Intracellular pH modulates quinary structure. Protein Science, 24: 1748-1755. Spitzer J, Pielak GJ, Poolman B. 2015. Emergence of life: Physical chemistry changes the paradigm. Biology Direct, 10: 33. Smith AE, Zhou Z, Pielak GJ. 2015. Hydrogen exchange of disordered proteins in Escherichia coli. Protein Science. 24: 706-713. Monteith WB, Cohen RD, Smith AE, Guzman-Cisneros E, Pielak, GJ. 2015. Quinary structure modulates protein stability in cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112: 1739-1742. Smith AE, Zhang Z, Pielak GJ, Li C 2015. NMR studicells and cell-like environments. Current Opinion in Structural Biology: 30: 7-16. Sarkar M, Pielak GJ. 2014. An osmolyte mitigates the destabilizing effect of protein crowding. Protein Science 23: 1161-1164. Cover article. Monteith WB, Pielak GJ. 2014. Residue level quantification of protein stability in living cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of Americal: 111: 11335-11340. Featured by Faculty of 1000. Correction. Theillet F-X, Binolfi A, Frembgen-Kesner T, Hingorani K, Sarkar M, Kyne C, Li C, Crowley P, Gierasch L, Pielak G, Elcock A, Gershenson A, Selenko P. 2014. Physicochemical properties of cells and their effects on intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). Chemical Reviews 114: 6661-6714. Sarkar M, Lu J, Pielak GJ. 2014. Protein-crowder charge and protein stability. Biochemistry 53:1601-1606. Xu G, Ye Y, Liu X, Cao S, Wu Q, Cheng K, Liu M, Pielak GJ, Li C. 2014. Strategies for protein NMR in Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 53: 1971-1981. Sarkar M, Smith AE, Pielak GJ. 2013. Impact of reconstituted cytosol on protein stability. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Sates of America 110:19342-19347. Featured by Faculty of 1000. Smith A, Sarkar M, Young G, Pielak GJ. 2013. Amide proton exchange of a dynamic loop in cell extracts. Protein Science 22:1313-1319. Ye Y, Liu X, Zhang Z, Wu Q, Jiang B, Jiang L, Zhang X, Liu M, Pielak GJ, C Li C. 2013. 19F NMR as a probe of cytoplasmic viscosity and weak protein interactions in living cells. Chemistry--A European Journal 19: 12705-12710. Sarkar M, Li C, Pielak GJ. 2013. Soft interactions and crowding. Biophysical Reviews 5: 187-194. Tyrrell J, McGinnis JL, Weeks KM, & Pielak GJ (2013) The cellular environment stabilizes adenine riboswitch RNA structure. Biochemistry 52: 8777–8785. Featured by Faculty of 1000. Benton LA, Smith AE, Young GB, Pielak GJ. 2012. Unexpected effects of macromolecular crowding on protein stability. Biochemistry 51: 9773-9775. Wang Y, Sarkar M, Smith AE, Krois AS, Pielak GJ. 2012.Macromolecular crowding and protein stability. Journal of the American Chemical Society 134: 16614-16618. Wang Y, Benton L, Singh V, Pielak GJ. 2012. Disordered protein diffusion under crowded conditions. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 3: 2703- 2706. Wang Y, Li C, Pielak GJ. 2012. In-cell protein magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Chinese Journal of Magnetic Resonance 29: 475-488. Pielak GJ, Tian F. 2012. Membrane proteins, magic-angle spinning, and in-cell NMR. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109: 4715-4716. Zigoneanu IG, Pielak GJ 2012. Interaction of α-synuclein and a cell penetrating fusion peptide with higher eukaryotic cell membranes assessed by 19F NMR. Molecular Pharmaceutics 9: 1024-1029. Zigoneanu IG, Yang YJ, Krois AS, Haque Md E, Pielak GJ. 2012. Interaction of α-synuclein and its A30P variant with vesicles of composition similar to mitochondrial membranes. Biochimica Biophysica Acta 1818: 512-519. Fu R, Wang X, Li C, Santiago-Miranda A, Pielak GJ, Tian F. 2011. In situ structural characterization of a recombinant protein in native Escherichia coli membranes with solid-state MAS NMR. Journal of the American Chemical Society 133: 12370-12373. Schlesinger AP, Wang Y, Tadeo X, Millet O, Pielak GJ. 2011. Macromolecular crowding fails to fold a globular protein in cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society 133: 8082-8085. Miklos AC, Sarkar M, Wang Y, Pielak GJ. 2011. Proteins crowding tunes protein stability. Journal of the American Chemical Society 133: 7116-7120. Featured by Faculty of 1000. Miklos AC, Li C, Sorrell CD, Lyon LA, Pielak GJ. 2011. An upper limit for macromolecular crowding effects. BMC Biophysics, 4: 13. Barnes CO, Monteith WB, Pielak GJ. 2011. Internal and global protein motion assessed with a fusion construct and in-cell NMR. ChemBiochem 12: 390-391. Barnes CO, Pielak GJ. 2011. In-cell protein NMR and protein leakage. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 79: 347-351. Miklos AC, Pielak GJ. 2010. Crowding and function reunite. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107: 17457-17458. Wang, G-F, Li C, Pielak GJ. 2010. Probing the micelle-bound aggregation-prone state of α-synuclein with 19F NMR. ChemBioChem 11: 1993-1996. Miklos AC, Li C, Sharaf NG, Pielak GJ. 2010. Volume exclusion and soft interaction effects on protein stability under crowded conditions. Biochemistry 49: 6984-6991. Wang G-F, Li C, Pielak GJ. 2010. 19F NMR studies of α-synuclein-membrane interactions. Protein Science 19: 1686-1691. Wang Y, Li C, Pielak GJ. 2010. Effects of proteins on protein diffusion. Journal of the American Chemical Society 132: 9392-9397. Li C, Wang G-F, Wang Y, Creager-Allen R, Lutz E A, Scronce,H, Slade K M. Ruf RA, Mehl RA Pielak GJ. 2010. Protein 19F NMR in Escherichia coli. Journal of the American Chemical Society 132: 321-327. Featured in C&EN Concentrates. Sharaf NG, Barnes CO, Charlton LM, Young GB, Pielak GJ. 2010. A bioreactor for in-cell protein NMR. Journal of Magnetic Resonance 202: 140-146. Cover article. Miklos AC, Li C, Pielak GJ. 2009. Using NMR-detected backbone amide 1H exchange to assess macromolecular crowding effects on globular-protein stability. Methods in Enzymology 466: 1-18. Li C, Wang Y, Pielak GJ. 2009. Translational and rotational diffusion of a small globular protein under crowded conditions. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 113: 13390-13392. Li C, Lutz EA, Slade KM, Ruf RA, Wang G, Pielak GJ. 2009. 19F-NMR studies of α-synuclein conformation and fibrillation. Biochemistry 48: 8578-8584. Slade KM, Baker R, Chua M, Thompson NL, Pielak GJ. 2009. Effects of recombinant protein expression on green fluorescent protein diffusion in Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 48: 5083- 5089. Slade KM, Steele BL, Pielak GJ, Thompson NL. 2009. Quantifying GFP diffusion in Escherichia coli by using continuous photobleaching with evanescent illumination. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 113: 4837-4845. Li C, Pielak G J 2009. Using NMR to distinguish viscosity effects from nonspecific protein binding under crowded conditions, Journal of the American Chemical Society 131: 1368-1369. Pielak GJ, Li C, Miklos AC, Schlesinger AP, Slade, K M, Wang G., Zigoneanu IG. 2009. Protein NMR under physiological conditions, Biochemistry 48: 226-234. Ruf RA, Lutz EA, Zigoneanu IG, Pielak G J. 2008. α-Synuclein conformation affects its tyrosine-dependant oxidative aggregation. Biochemistry 47: 13604-13609. Li C, Charlton LM, Lakkavaram A, Seagle C, Wang G,
Young GB, Macdonald JM, Pielak GJ. 2008. Differential dynamical effects of
macromolecular crowding on an intrinsically disordered protein and a globular
protein: implications for in-cell NMR. Journal of the American Chemical
Society 130: 6310-6311.
Charlton LM, Barnes CO, Li C, Orans J, Young GB,
Pielak GJ. 2008. Residue-level interrogation of macromolecular crowding effects on protein stability. Journal of the American Chemical Society 130: 6826-6830.
Pielak GJ, Patel CN, Winzor DJ. 2007.
Reconsideration of sedimentation equilibrium distributions reflecting the
effects of small inert cosolutes on the dimerization of α-chymotrypsin. Biophysical
Chemistry 130: 89-92.
Charlton LM, Pielak GJ. 2006.
Peeking into living eukaryotic cells with high-resolution NMR, Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103:
11817-11818.
Bryant JE, Lecomte JTJ, Lee
AL, Young GB, Pielak GJ. 2006. Cytosol has a small effect on protein backbone
dynamics, Biochemistry
45: 10085-10091. Retracted: ibid. 2007. Biochemistry 46: 8206.
McCall S J, Nassar R, Malouf
NN, Saunders AJ, Oakeley AE, Henderson PM, Solaro RJ, Pielak GJ,
Alexander KA, and Anderson PAW. 2006. Development and cardiac contractility:
cardiac troponin T isoforms and cytosolic calcium. Pediatric
Research 60: 276-281.
Pielak GJ. 2006. Woes of
proline: a cautionary kinetic tale. Protein
Science 15: 393-394.
McNulty BC, Young GB, Pielak
GJ. 2006. Macromolecular crowding in the Escherichia coli periplasm maintains α-synuclein disorder. Journal
of Molecular Biology 355: 893-897.
McNulty BC, Tripathy A,
Young GB, Orans J, Pielak GJ 2006. Temperature-induced reversible
conformational change in the first 100 residues of α-synuclein. Protein
Science 15: 602-608.
Barrett DG, Minder CM, Mian
MU, Whittington SJ, Cooper J, Fuchs KM, Tripathy A, Waters ML, Creamer
TP, Pielak GJ. 2005. Pressure perturbation calorimetry of helical peptides. Proteins:
Structure Function and Bioinformatics 63: 322-326.
Bryant JE, Lecomte JT, Lee AL, Young GB,
Pielak GJ. 2005. Protein dynamics in living cells. Biochemistry 44: 9275 - 9279. Retracted: ibid. 2007. Biochemistry 46: 8206.
Pielak GJ. 2005. A model of cellular organization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of
the United States of America 102:
5901-5902.
Yi F, Sims D, Pielak GJ, Edgell MH. 2005. Impact of robotics and instrument automation on protein
stability measurements. Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation 10: 98-101.
Olteanu A, Pielak GJ 2004. Peroxidative
aggregation of α-synuclein requires tyrosines. Protein
Science 13: 2852-2856.
Daughghdrill GW, Pielak GJ, Uversky VN, Cortese MS,
Dunker AK. 2005. Natively Disordered Proteins. In Handbook of Protein
Folding, ed. J Buchner, T Kiefhaber. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, pp. 275-357.
Batchelor J D, Olteanu A, Tripathy A, Pielak GJ.
2004. Impact of protein denaturants and stabilizers on water structure. Journal of the American Chemical Society 126: 1958-1961.
Olteanu A, Patel CN, Dedmon MM, Kennedy S,
Linhoff MW, Minder CM, Potts PR, Deshmukh M, Pielak GJ (2003).
Stability and apoptotic activity of recombinant human cytochrome c. Biochemical
and Biophysical Research Communications 312/3: 733-740.
Yi F, Sims DA, Pielak GJ, Edgell MH 2003.
Testing hypotheses about determinants of protein structure with
high-precision, high-throughput stability measurements and statistical
modeling. Biochemistry 42: 7594-7603.
Edgell MH, Sims DA, Pielak GJ, Yi F 2003.
High-precision, high-throughput stability determinations facilitated by
robotics and a semi-automated titrating fluorometer. Biochemistry42: 7587-7593.
Engstrom G, Rajagukguk R, Saunders AJ, Patel
CN, Rajagukguk S, Merbitz-Zahradnik T, Xiao K, Pielak GJ, Trumpower B,
Yu C-A, Yu L, Durham B, Millett F 2003. Design of a ruthenium-labeled
cytochrome c derivative to
study electron transfer with the cytochrome bc1 complex. Biochemistry 42: 2816-2824.
Dedmon MM, Patel CN, Young GB, Pielak GJ. 2002.
FlgM gains structure in living cells. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99: 12861-12864. Featured by Faculty of 1000. Morar AS, Olteanu A, Young GB, Pielak GJ. 2001.
Solvent-induced collapse of alpha-synuclein and acid denatured cytochrome c. Protein
Science 10: 195-199. Greene RM, Betz SF, Hilgen-Willis S, Auld DS,
Fencl JB, Pielak GJ. 1993. Changes in global stability and local structure
of cytochrome c upon substituting phenylalanine-82 with tyrosine. Journal of
Inorganic Biochemistry 51: 663-676.
Willie A, McLean M, Liu R-Q, Hilgen-Willis S,
Saunders AJ, Pielak GJ, Sligar SG, Durham B, Millett F. 1993.
Intracomplex electron transfer between ruthenium-65-cytochrome b5 and position-82 variants of yeast iso-1-cytochrome c. Biochemistry32: 7519-7525. Hildebrandt P, Pielak GJ, Williams RJP. 1991. Structural studies of yeast iso-1-cytochrome c mutants by resonance Raman spectroscopy. European Journal of Biochemistry 201: 211-216. Liang N, Pielak GJ, Mauk AG, Smith M, Hoffman
BM. 1987. Yeast cytochrome c with phenylalanine or tyrosine at position 87 transfers electrons to (zinc
cytochrome c peroxidase)+ at a
rate ten thousand times that of serine-87 or glycine-87 variants.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of
America 84: 1249-1252. Pielak GJ, Urdea MS, Igi K, Legg JI. 1984. Azo protein analogs: synthesis
and characterization of arsanilazo and sulfanilazo derivatives of tyrosine
and histidine. Biochemistry 23: 589-596. |
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