Publications

Protocols

Lui, D., Ren, D., Huang, H., Dankberg, J., Rosenfeld, R., Cocco, MJ., Li, L., Brems, DN. & Remmele, RL Jr. Structure and stability changes of human IgG1 Fc as a consequence of methionine oxidation. Biochemistry. (2008).

Sun, G., Pal, S., Sarcon, A. K., Kim, S., Sugawara, E., Nikaido, H., Cocco, M. J., Peterson, E. M. & de la Maza, L. M. Structural and functional analyses of the major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis. J. Bacteriol. (2007).

Kamtekar, S., Ho, R. S., Cocco, M. J., Li, W., Wenwieser, S. V., Boocock, M. R., Grindley, N. D. & Steitz, T. A. Implications of structures of synaptic tetramers of gamma delta resolvase for the mechanism of recombination. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 103, 10642-10647 (2006).

Levin, A. M., Coroneus, J. G., Cocco, M. J. & Weiss, G. A. Exploring the interaction between the protein kinase A catalytic subunit and caveolin-1 scaffolding domain with shotgun scanning, oligomer complementation, NMR, and docking. Protein Sci. 15, 478-486 (2006).

Tretyachenko-Ladokhina, V., Cocco, M. J. & Senear, D. F. Flexibility and adaptability in binding of E. coli cytidine repressor to different operators suggests a role in differential gene regulation. J. Mol. Biol. 362, 271-286 (2006).

Weeks, C. S., Tanabe, H., Cummings, J. E., Crampton, S. P., Sheynis, T., Jelinek, R., Vanderlick, T. K., Cocco, M. J. & Ouellette, A. J. Matrix metalloproteinase-7 activation of mouse paneth cell pro-alpha-defensins: SER43 down arrow ILE44 proteolysis enables membrane-disruptive activity. J. Biol. Chem. 281, 28932-28942 (2006).

Cortajarena, A. L., Kajander, T., Pan, W., Cocco, M. J. & Regan, L. Protein design to understand peptide ligand recognition by tetratricopeptide repeat proteins. Protein Eng. Des. Sel. 17, 399-409 (2004).

Tanabe, H., Ouellette, A. J., Cocco, M. J. & Robinson, W. E.,Jr. Differential effects on human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication by alpha-defensins with comparable bactericidal activities. J. Virol. 78, 11622-11631 (2004).

Cocco, M. J., Hanakahi, L. A., Huber, M. D. & Maizels, N. Specific interactions of distamycin with G-quadruplex DNA. Nucleic Acids Res. 31, 2944-2951 (2003).

Main, E. R., Xiong, Y., Cocco, M. J., D'Andrea, L. & Regan, L. Design of stable alpha-helical arrays from an idealized TPR motif. Structure 11, 497-508 (2003).

Ramirez-Alvarado, M., Cocco, M. J. & Regan, L. Mutations in the B1 domain of protein G that delay the onset of amyloid fibril formation in vitro. Protein Sci. 12, 567-576 (2003).

Li, H., Cocco, M. J., Steitz, T. A. & Engelman, D. M. Conversion of phospholamban into a soluble pentameric helical bundle. Biochemistry 40, 6636-6645 (2001).

Zhou, F. X., Cocco, M. J., Russ, W. P., Brunger, A. T. & Engelman, D. M. Interhelical hydrogen bonding drives strong interactions in membrane proteins. Nat. Struct. Biol. 7, 154-160 (2000).

Lecomte, J. T., Kao, Y. H. & Cocco, M. J. The native state of apomyoglobin described by proton NMR spectroscopy: the A-B-G-H interface of wild-type sperm whale apomyoglobin. Proteins 25, 267-285 (1996).

Wynn, R., Cocco, M. J. & Richards, F. M. Mixed disulfide intermediates during the reduction of disulfides by Escherichia coli thioredoxin. Biochemistry 34, 11807-11813 (1995).

Cocco, M. J. & Lecomte, J. T. The native state of apomyoglobin described by proton NMR spectroscopy: interaction with the paramagnetic probe HyTEMPO and the fluorescent dye ANS. Protein Sci. 3, 267-281 (1994).

Cocco, M. J., Kao, Y. H., Phillips, A. T. & Lecomte, J. T. Structural comparison of apomyoglobin and metaquomyoglobin: pH titration of histidines by NMR spectroscopy. Biochemistry 31, 6481-6491 (1992).

Cocco, M. J. & Lecomte, J. T. Characterization of hydrophobic cores in apomyoglobin: a proton NMR spectroscopy study. Biochemistry 29, 11067-11072 (1990).

Lecomte, J. T. & Cocco, M. J. Structural features of the protoporphyrin-apomyoglobin complex: a proton NMR spectroscopy study. Biochemistry 29, 11057-11067 (1990).

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