individual publications

• academic article

  • The Tumor Suppressor Merlin Controls Growth in Its Open State, and Phosphorylation Converts It to a Less-Active More-Closed State..  Developmental Cell.  22:703-705. 2012
  • Thiol Dioxygenases: Unique Families of Cupin Proteins.  Amino acids.  41:91-102. 2011
  • Self-masking in an intact ERM-merlin protein: an active role for the central a-helical domain.  Journal of Molecular Biology.  117:1547-1552. 2006
  • The EBP50-moesin interaction: structural analysis of a binding site regulated by direct masking on the FERM domain.  Journal of Cell Science.  117:1547-1552. 2004
  • Structure of the active FERM Domain of Ezrin: conformational and mobility changes identify keystone interactions.  Journal of Biological Chemistry.  278:4949-4956. 2003
  • Site-directed mutagenesis improves catalytic efficiency and thermostability of Escherichia coli pH 2.5 acid phosphatase/phytase expressed in Pichia pastoris.  Arch. Biochem. Biophys..  382:105-112. 2000
  • Structure of the ERM protein moesin reveals the FERM domain fold masked by an extended actin-binding tail domain.  Cell.  101:259-270. 2000
  • Roles of the catalytic domain and two cellulose binding domains of Thermomonospora fusca E4 in cellulose hydrolysis.  Journal of Bacteriology.  180:1709-1714. 1998
  • Molecular Dynamics Studies of the Hydration of α,α-Trehalose.  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  119:7851-7862. 1997
  • Structure and mechanism of endo/exocellulase E4 from Thermomonospora fusca.  Nature Structural Biology.  4:810-818. 1997
  • Probing the roles of active site residues in D-xylose isomerase.  Journal of Biological Chemistry.  270:22895-22906. 1995
  • Perturbing the metal site in D-xylose isomerase: The effect of mutation of His-220 on enzyme stability.  Journal of Biological Chemistry.  269:2687-2694. 1994
  • Crystal structure of the catalytic domain of a thermophilic endocellulase.  Biochemistry.  32:9906-9916. 1993

• book

  • Structure-Function Studies of Endo-1,4--D-Glucanase E2 from T. fusca in Enzymatic Conversion of Biomass for Fuels Production 1994

• conference paper

  • Thermomonospora fusca cellulase E4: a processive endocellulase.  Carbohydrases from Trichoderma reesei and Other Microorganisms. 133-138. 1998