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^PhD dissertation — "The Structures, Functions, and Evolution of Sm-like Archaeal Proteins (SmAPs)" (Download the following digital ID certificate to
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Preface (287K PDF; Table of contents, Acknowledgements, Synopsis, etc.)
Chapter 1 (1.8M PDF; Introduction to RNA metabolism and Sm proteins)
Chapter 2 (3.7M PDF; Crystal structure of the Pyrobaculum aerophilum (Pae) SmAP1 heptamer)
Chapter 3 (2.7M PDF; The oligomerization and ligand-binding properties of SmAPs)
Chapter 4 (3.9M PDF; Structure and function of Pae survival protein E (SurE))
Chapter 5 (3.9M PDF; Crystal structure of a Pae Nudix/MutT protein)
Appendix (302K PDF; Various UNIX and Perl scripts used)
^Research publications(†equal authorship; *corresponding author)
(PDF icons link to local copies; DOI links to publishers; author names link to their webpages) For a more updated publication list (as of ~2010), see http://muralab.org/pubs.
Oxyanion-Mediated Inhibition of Serine Proteases
Steven R. Presnell, Girish S. Patil,
Cameron Mura,
Kevin M. Jude, Jennifer M. Conley, Jay A. Bertrand, Chih-Min Kam, James C. Powers, &
Loren Dean Williams.* Biochemistry (1998), 37, 17068–17081.
The Crystal Structure of a Heptameric Archaeal Sm Protein:
Implications for the Sm Core of Eukaryotic SnRNPs Cameron Mura,
Duilio Cascio,
Michael R. Sawaya, &
David Eisenberg.* Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2001), 98, 5532–5537.
Structure of a Nudix Protein from Pyrobaculum aerophilum Reveals a Dimer with Two
Intersubunit β-Sheets
Shuishu Wang,
Cameron Mura,
Michael R. Sawaya, &
David Eisenberg.* Acta Crystallographica Section D (2002), 58, 571–578.
Structure and Function of an Archaeal Homolog of Survival Protein E (SurEα):
An Acid Phosphatase with Purine Nucleotide Specificity Cameron Mura,
Jonathan E. Katz,
Steven G. Clarke, &
David Eisenberg.* Journal of Molecular Biology (2003), 326(5), 1559–1575.
(Supplementary Materials [PDF];
Erratum [HTML,
PDF])
The Oligomerization and Ligand-binding Properties of Sm-like Archaeal Proteins (SmAPs) Cameron Mura,
Anna Kozhukhovsky, Mari Gingery, Martin Phillips, &
David Eisenberg.* Protein Science (2003), 12, 832–847.
Structure and Assembly of an Augmented Sm-like Archaeal Protein 14-mer Cameron Mura,
Martin Phillips, Anna Kozhukhovsky, &
David Eisenberg.* Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2003), 100(8), 4539–4544.
Three-dimensional Structures of Fibrillar Sm Proteins: Hfq and Other Sm-like Proteins
Véronique Arluison,†∗Cameron Mura,†
Maria Romero-Guzmán, Jean Liquier, Olivier Pellegrini, Mari Gingery, Philippe Régnier, &
Sergio Marco. Journal of Molecular Biology (2006), 356(1), 86–96.
(Supplementary Materials [PDF])
Sm-like Protein Hfq: Location of the ATP-binding Site and the Effect of ATP on Hfq•RNA Complexes
Véronique Arluison, Shravan K. Mutyam, Cameron Mura,
Sergio Marco, & Maxim V. Sukhodolets.* Protein Science (2007), 16, 1830–1841.
Molecular Dynamics of a κB
DNA Element: Base Flipping via Cross-strand Intercalative Stacking in a
Microsecond-scale Simulation Cameron Mura* & J. Andrew McCammon. Nucleic Acids Research (2008), 36(15), 4941–4955. (Supplementary Materials [animations, text, & other info])
RapA, the SWI/SNF Subunit of Escherichia coli RNA
Polymerase, Promotes the Release of Nascent RNA from Transcription
Complexes
Brandon Yawn, Lin Zhang, Cameron Mura, & Maxim V. Sukhodolets.* Biochemistry (2009), 48, 7794–7806.
Top Secret Cameron Mura*, et al. SuperTopSecret (2010), ##, 1234–5678.