UW-Madison Dept of Bacteriology
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Borrok, MJ, Zhu, Y, Forest, KT, and Kiessling, LL, Structure-based
Design of A Periplasmic Binding Protein Antagonist that Prevents
Domain Closure. ACS Chemical Biology, DOI: 10.1021/cb900021q, 2009.
Mikaty, G., Soyer, M., Mairey, E., Henry, N., Dyer, D.H., Forest,
K.T., Morand, P., Guadagnini, S., Prévost, M.C., Nassif, X. and
Duménil, G., Extracellular bacterial pathogen induces host cell
surface reorganization to resist shear stress. PLoS Pathogens, 2009
Feb;5(2):e1000314.
Bornschlögl, T, Anstrom, DM, Mey, E, Dzubiella, J, Rief, M and
Forest, KT, Tightening the knot in phytochrome by single molecule
atomic force microscopy. Biophys J, 96:1508-1544 (2009).
Cordes, T.J., Carlson, B.C., and Forest, K.T., Tonal interface to
macromolecules (TimMol). Biochem Mol. Biol. Edu. 36:203-208, 2008..
Wagner J.R., Zhang J., von Stetten D., Gunther M., Murgida D.H.,
Morginski M.A., Walker J.M., Forest K.T., Hildebrandt P., and
Vierstra, R.D., Mutational analysis of Deinococcus radiodurans
bacteriophytochrome reveals key amino acids necessary for the
photochromicity and proton exchange cycle of phytochromes. J Biol
Chem. 283:12212-12226, 2008.
Helaine, S., Dyer, D., Pelicic, V., Nassif, X. and Forest, K.T., 3-D structure/function analysis of PilX reveals how minor pilins can
modulate the virulence properties of type IV pili. PNAS
104:15888-15893, 2007.
Hansen, J.K., Demick, K., Mansfield, J.M. and Forest, K.T., Conserved
regions from Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilin are immunosilent and not
immunosuppresive. Infect. Immun. 75:4138-4147, 2007.
Wagner, J.R., Zhang, J., Vierstra, R.D., and Forest, K.T. High
resolution structure of Deinococcus bacteriophytochrome yields new
insights into phytochrome architecture and evolution. J. Biol. Chem.
282: 12298-12309, 2007.
Borrok, M.J., Kiessling, L.L, and Forest, K.T., Conformational
Changes of Glucose/Galactose-Binding Protein Illuminated by Open,
Unliganded and Ultra-High Resolution Ligand-Bound Structures. Protein
Science 15:1032-1041, 2007.
Satyshur, K.A., Worzalla, G.A., Meyer, L.S, Heiniger, E.K., Aukema, K.G. and Forest, K.T., Crystal Structure of the Pilus Retraction Motor PilT Suggests Large Domain Movements Drive Motility. Structure 15:363-376, 2007.
Wagner, J.W., Brunzelle, J.S., Forest, K.T. and Vierstra, R.D., A light-sensing knot revealed by the structure of the chromophore-binding domain of phytochrome. Nature, 438:225-331, 2005.