Publications
(2021) Harnessing the Role of HDAC6 in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Design, Synthesis, Structural Analysis, and Biological Evaluation of Potent Inhibitors. J Med Chem. 64, 9960-9988
(2021) X-ray Crystallographic Snapshots of Substrate Binding in the Active Site of Histone Deacetylase 10. Biochemistry. 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00936
(2020) An Aromatic Cluster in the Active Site of -Isozizaene Synthase Is an Electrostatic Toggle for Divergent Terpene Cyclization Pathways. Biochemistry. 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00876
(2020) Binding of inhibitors to active-site mutants of CD1, the enigmatic catalytic domain of histone deacetylase 6. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 76, 428-437
(2020) Design and Synthesis of Dihydroxamic Acids as HDAC6/8/10 Inhibitors. ChemMedChem. 10.1002/cmdc.202000149
(2020) Discovery of the cryptic function of terpene cyclases as aromatic prenyltransferases. Nat Commun. 11, 3958
(2020) Exploring Structural Determinants of Inhibitor Affinity and Selectivity in Complexes with Histone Deacetylase 6. J Med Chem. 63, 295-308
(2020) Higher-Order Oligomerization of a Chimeric αβγ Bifunctional Diterpene Synthase with Prenyltransferase and Class II Cyclase Activities is Concentration-Dependent.. J Struct Biol. 10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107463
(2020) Multicomponent Synthesis, Binding Mode, and Structure-Activity Relationship of Selective Histone Deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) Inhibitors with Bifurcated Capping Groups. J Med Chem. 63, 10339-10351
(2020) Spiroindoline-Capped Selective HDAC6 Inhibitors: Design, Synthesis, Structural Analysis, and Biological Evaluation. ACS Med Chem Lett. 11, 2268-2276
(2020) Structural analysis of histone deacetylase 8 mutants associated with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome spectrum disorders. J Struct Biol. 213, 107681
(2020) Structural Basis for the Selective Inhibition of HDAC10, the Cytosolic Polyamine Deacetylase. ACS Chem Biol. 10.1021/acschembio.0c00362
(2019) Binding of -Acetylspermidine Analogues to Histone Deacetylase 10 Reveals Molecular Strategies for Blocking Polyamine Deacetylation. Biochemistry. 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00906
(2019) Crystal structure of F95Q epi-isozizaene synthase, an engineered sesquiterpene cyclase that generates biofuel precursors β- and γ-curcumene.. J Struct Biol. 207, 218-224
(2019) Structural Basis of Catalysis and Inhibition of HDAC6 CD1, the Enigmatic Catalytic Domain of Histone Deacetylase 6. Biochemistry. 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00934
(2019) Structural Basis of Tryptophan Reverse N-Prenylation Catalyzed by CymD. Biochemistry. 58, 3232-3242
(2019) Structure and Function of the Acetylpolyamine Amidohydrolase from the Deep Earth Halophile . Biochemistry. 58, 3755-3766
(2019) Structure of Sesquisabinene Synthase 1, a Terpenoid Cyclase That Generates a Strained [3.1.0] Bridged-Bicyclic Product. ACS Chem Biol. 10.1021/acschembio.9b00218
(2018) Crystal Structure of Cucumene Synthase, a Terpenoid Cyclase That Generates a Linear Triquinane Sesquiterpene. Biochemistry. 57, 6326-6335
(2018) Histone Deacetylase 6-Selective Inhibitors and the Influence of Capping Groups on Hydroxamate-Zinc Denticity. J Med Chem. 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01013
(2018) Molecular Basis for the Selective Inhibition of Histone Deacetylase 6 by a Mercaptoacetamide Inhibitor. ACS Med Chem Lett. 9, 1301-1305
(2017) Substitution of Aromatic Residues with Polar Residues in the Active Site Pocket of epi-Isozizaene Synthase Leads to the Generation of New Cyclic Sesquiterpenes. Biochemistry. 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00895
(2017) Unusual zinc-binding mode of HDAC6-selective hydroxamate inhibitors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 10.1073/pnas.1718823114
(2016) Histone deacetylase 6 structure and molecular basis of catalysis and inhibition. Nat Chem Biol. 12, 741-7