Publications
(2025) Large Library Docking and Biophysical Analysis of Small-Molecule TMPRSS2 Inhibitors. J Med Chem. 68, 19893-19907
(2022) Structure and activity of human TMPRSS2 protease implicated in SARS-CoV-2 activation. Nat Chem Biol. 10.1038/s41589-022-01059-7
(2010) Crystal structure of HIV-1 primary receptor CD4 in complex with a potent antiviral antibody. Structure. 18, 1632-41
(2010) Structural and mechanistic studies on Klebsiella pneumoniae 2-Oxo-4-hydroxy-4-carboxy-5-ureidoimidazoline decarboxylase. J Biol Chem. 285, 35446-54
(2011) Characterization of the structure and function of Klebsiella pneumoniae allantoin racemase. J Mol Biol. 410, 447-60
(2010) Biochemical and structural characterization of a ureidoglycine aminotransferase in the Klebsiella pneumoniae uric acid catabolic pathway. Biochemistry. 49, 5975-7
(2011) Structural and kinetic insights into the mechanism of 5-hydroxyisourate hydrolase from Klebsiella pneumoniae. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 67, 671-7
(2010) High-resolution crystal structures of Streptococcus pneumoniae nicotinamidase with trapped intermediates provide insights into the catalytic mechanism and inhibition by aldehydes . Biochemistry. 49, 8803-12
(2011) The Leishmania donovani UMP synthase is essential for promastigote viability and has an unusual tetrameric structure that exhibits substrate-controlled oligomerization. J Biol Chem. 286, 20930-41
(2022) Structural Studies and Structure Activity Relationships for Novel Computationally Designed Non-nucleoside Inhibitors and Their Interactions With HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase. Front Mol Biosci. 9, 805187
(2010) Distinct conformational states of HIV-1 gp41 are recognized by neutralizing and non-neutralizing antibodies. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 17, 1486-91
(2023) Indoline CD4-mimetic compounds mediate potent and broad HIV-1 inhibition and sensitization to antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 120, e2222073120
(2021) Identification of gp120 Residue His105 as a Novel Target for HIV-1 Neutralization by Small-Molecule CD4-Mimics. ACS Med Chem Lett. 12, 1824-1831
(2016) Cryo-EM Structure of Caspase-8 Tandem DED Filament Reveals Assembly and Regulation Mechanisms of the Death-Inducing Signaling Complex. Mol Cell. 64, 236-250
(2025) Machine Learning-Augmented Molecular Dynamics Simulations (MD) Reveal Insights Into the Disconnect Between Affinity and Activation of ZTP Riboswitch Ligands. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 10.1002/anie.202505971
(2024) How ATP and dATP Act as Molecular Switches to Regulate Enzymatic Activity in the Prototypical Bacterial Class Ia Ribonucleotide Reductase. Biochemistry. 63, 2517-2531
(2015) Structural Studies of Radical Enzymes in Bacterial Central Metabolism. Ph.D. thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
(2014) Structures of benzylsuccinate synthase elucidate roles of accessory subunits in glycyl radical enzyme activation and activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 111, 10161-6
(2010) Functional and structural analysis of a key region of the cell wall inhibitor moenomycin. ACS Chem Biol. 5, 701-11
(2012) Structural basis for the rescue of stalled ribosomes: structure of YaeJ bound to the ribosome. Science. 335, 1370-2
(2014) Crystal structure of elongation factor 4 bound to a clockwise ratcheted ribosome. Science. 345, 684-7
(2016) Elongation factor 4 remodels the A-site tRNA on the ribosome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 113, 4994-9

