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Recent Articles
Raymond DD, Piper ME, Gerrard SR, Skiniotis G, Smith JL. Phleboviruses
encapsidate their genomes by sequestering RNA bases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
2012 Nov 20;109(47):19208-13. PubMed Link
Smith JL, Fischetti RF, Yamamoto M. Micro-crystallography comes of age. Curr
Opin Struct Biol. 2012 Oct;22(5):602-12. PubMed Link
McCarthy JG, Eisman EB, Kulkarni S, Gerwick L, Gerwick WH, Wipf P, Sherman DH,
Smith JL. Structural basis of functional group activation by sulfotransferases in
complex metabolic pathways. ACS Chem Biol. 2012 Dec 21;7(12):1994-2003.
Akey DL, Gehret JJ, Khare D, Smith JL. Insights from the sea: structural
biology of marine polyketide synthases. Nat Prod Rep. 2012 Oct;29(10):1038-49.
Chemler JA, Buchholz TJ, Geders TW, Akey DL, Rath CM, Chlipala GE, Smith JL,
Sherman DH. Biochemical and structural characterization of germicidin synthase:
analysis of a type III polyketide synthase that employs acyl-ACP as a starter
unit donor. J Am Chem Soc. 2012 May 2;134(17):7359-66.
Gehret JJ, Gu L, Geders TW, Brown WC, Gerwick L, Gerwick WH, Sherman DH, Smith
JL. Structure and activity of DmmA, a marine haloalkane dehalogenase. Protein
Sci. 2012 Feb;21(2):239-48.
Articles (2009-2011)
Read RJ, Adams PD, Arendall WB 3rd, Brunger AT, Emsley P, Joosten RP, Kleywegt
GJ, Krissinel EB, Lütteke T, Otwinowski Z, Perrakis A, Richardson JS, Sheffler
WH, Smith JL, Tickle IJ, Vriend G, Zwart PH. A new generation of crystallographic
validation tools for the protein data bank. Structure. 2011 Oct
12;19(10):1395-412.
Akey DL, Li S, Konwerski JR, Confer LA, Bernard SM, Anzai Y, Kato F, Sherman
DH, Smith JL. A new structural form in the SAM/metal-dependent
o‑methyltransferase family: MycE from the mycinamicin biosynthetic pathway. J Mol
Biol. 2011 Oct 21;413(2):438-50.
Hilgart MC, Sanishvili R, Ogata CM, Becker M, Venugopalan N, Stepanov S,
Makarov O, Smith JL, Fischetti RF. Automated sample-scanning methods for
radiation damage mitigation and diffraction-based centering of macromolecular
crystals. J Synchrotron Radiat. 2011 Sep;18(Pt 5):717-22.
Stepanov S, Hilgart M, Yoder DW, Makarov O, Becker M, Sanishvili R, Ogata CM,
Venugopalan N, Aragão D, Caffrey M, Smith JL, Fischetti RF. Fast fluorescence
techniques for crystallography beamlines. J Appl Crystallogr. 2011 Aug 1;44(Pt
4):772-778.
Koutmos M, Gherasim C, Smith JL, Banerjee R. Structural basis of
multifunctionality in a vitamin B12-processing enzyme. J Biol Chem. 2011 Aug
26;286(34):29780-7.
Tomar S, Narwal M, Harms E, Smith JL, Kuhn RJ. Heterologous production,
purification and characterization of enzymatically active Sindbis virus
nonstructural protein nsP1. Protein Expr Purif. 2011 Oct;79(2):277-84.
Whicher JR, Florova G, Sydor PK, Singh R, Alhamadsheh M, Challis GL, Reynolds
KA, Smith JL. Structure and function of the RedJ protein, a thioesterase from the
prodiginine biosynthetic pathway in Streptomyces coelicolor. J Biol Chem. 2011
Jun 24;286(25):22558-69.
Sanishvili R, Yoder DW, Pothineni SB, Rosenbaum G, Xu S, Vogt S, Stepanov S,
Makarov OA, Corcoran S, Benn R, Nagarajan V, Smith JL, Fischetti RF. Radiation
damage in protein crystals is reduced with a micron-sized X-ray beam. Proc Natl
Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Apr 12;108(15):6127-32.
Stepanov S, Makarov O, Hilgart M, Pothineni SB, Urakhchin A, Devarapalli S,
Yoder D, Becker M, Ogata C, Sanishvili R, Venugopalan N, Smith JL, Fischetti RF.
JBluIce-EPICS control system for macromolecular crystallography. Acta Crystallogr
D Biol Crystallogr. 2011 Mar;67(Pt 3):176-88.
Gehret JJ, Gu L, Gerwick WH, Wipf P, Sherman DH, Smith JL. Terminal alkene
formation by the thioesterase of curacin A biosynthesis: structure of a
decarboxylating thioesterase. J Biol Chem. 2011 Apr 22;286(16):14445-54.
Brown WC, DelProposto J, Rubin JR, Lamiman K, Carless J, Smith JL. New
ligation-independent cloning vectors compatible with a high-throughput platform
for parallel construct expression evaluation using baculovirus-infected insect
cells. Protein Expr Purif. 2011 May;77(1):34-45.
Koutmos M, Kabil O, Smith JL, Banerjee R. Structural basis for substrate
activation and regulation by cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) domains in
cystathionine {beta}-synthase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Dec
7;107(49):20958-63. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1011448107.
Leggans EK, Akey DL, Smith JL, Fecik RA. A general scheme for synthesis of
substrate-based polyketide labels for acyl carrier proteins. Bioorg Med Chem
Lett. 2010 Oct 1;20(19):5939-42.
Khare D, Wang B, Gu L, Razelun J, Sherman DH, Gerwick WH, Håkansson K, Smith
JL. Conformational switch triggered by alpha-ketoglutarate in a halogenase of
curacin A biosynthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Aug 10;107(32):14099-104.
Scaglione JB, Akey DL, Sullivan R, Kittendorf JD, Rath CM, Kim ES, Smith JL,
Sherman DH. Biochemical and structural characterization of the tautomycetin
thioesterase: analysis of a stereoselective polyketide hydrolase. Angew Chem Int
Ed Engl. 2010 Aug 2;49(33):5726-30.
Raymond DD, Piper ME, Gerrard SR, Smith JL. Structure of the Rift Valley fever virus nucleocapsid protein reveals another architecture for RNA encapsidation. PNAS epub June 14, 2010.
Akey DL, Razelun JR, Tehranisa J, Sherman DH, Gerwick WH, Smith JL. Crystal structures of dehydratase domains from the curacin polyketide biosynthetic pathway. Structure. 2010 Jan 13;18(1):94-105.
Koutmos M, Datta S, Pattridge KA, Smith JL, Matthews RG. Insights into the reactivation of cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase. PNAS. 2009 Nov 3;106(44):18527-32.
Gu L, Wang B, Kulkarni A, Gehret JJ, Lloyd KR, Gerwick L, Gerwick WH, Wipf P, Håkansson K, Smith JL, Sherman DH. Polyketide Decarboxylative Chain Termination Preceded by O-Sulfonation in Curacin A Biosynthesis. J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Oct 16.
Patkar CG, Larsen M, Owston M, Smith JL, Kuhn RJ. Identification of inhibitors of yellow fever virus replication using a replicon-based high-throughput assay. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Oct;53(10):4103-14.
Wu J, Bu W, Sheppard K, Kitabatake M, Kwon ST, Söll D, Smith JL. Insights into tRNA-dependent amidotransferase evolution and catalysis from the structure of the Aquifex aeolicus enzyme. J Mol Biol. 2009 Aug 28;391(4):703-16.
Gu L, Wang B, Kulkarni A, Geders TW, Grindberg RV, Gerwick L, Håkansson K, Wipf P, Smith JL, Gerwick WH, Sherman DH. Metamorphic enzyme assembly in polyketide diversification. Nature. 2009 Jun 4;459(7247):731-5.
Fischetti RF, Xu S, Yoder DW, Becker M, Nagarajan V, Sanishvili R, Hilgart MC, Stepanov S, Makarov O, Smith JL. Mini-beam collimator enables microcrystallography experiments on standard beamlines. J Synchrotron Radiat. 2009 Mar;16(Pt 2):217-25.
Buchholz TJ, Geders TW, Bartley FE 3rd, Reynolds KA, Smith JL, Sherman DH. Structural basis for binding specificity between subclasses of modular polyketide synthase docking domains. ACS Chem Biol. 2009 Jan 16;4(1):41-52.
Claxton HB, Akey DL, Silver MK, Admiraal SJ, Smith JL. Structure and functional analysis of RifR, the type II thioesterase from the rifamycin biosynthetic pathway. J Biol Chem. 2009 Feb 20;284(8):5021-9.
Rubach JK, Wasik BR, Rupp JC, Kuhn RJ, Hardy RW, Smith JL. Characterization of purified Sindbis virus nsP4 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity in vitro. Virology. 2009 Feb 5;384(1):201-8.
DelProposto J, Majmudar CY, Smith JL, Brown WC. Mocr: a novel fusion tag for enhancing solubility that is compatible with structural biology applications. Protein Expr Purif. 2009 Jan;63(1):40-9.
Articles (2005-2008)
Smith JL, Sherman DH. Biochemistry. An enzyme assembly line. Science. 2008 Sep 5;321(5894):1304-5.
Mayuri, Geders TW, Smith JL, Kuhn RJ. Role for conserved residues of sindbis virus nonstructural protein 2 methyltransferase-like domain in regulation of minus-strand synthesis and development of cytopathic infection. J Virol. 2008 Aug;82(15):7284-97. Epub 2008 May 21.
Sanishvili R, Nagarajan V, Yoder D, Becker M, Xu S, Corcoran S, Akey DL, Smith JL, Fischetti RF. A 7 microm mini-beam improves diffraction data from small or imperfect crystals of macromolecules. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2008 Apr;64(Pt 4):425-35. Epub 2008 Mar 19.
Koutmos M, Pejchal R, Bomer TM, Matthews RG, Smith JL, Ludwig ML. Metal active site elasticity linked to activation of homocysteine in methionine synthases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Mar 4;105(9):3286-91. Epub 2008 Feb 22.
Jørgensen CM, Fields CJ, Chander P, Watt D, Burgner JW 2nd, Smith JL, Switzer RL. pyr RNA binding to the Bacillus caldolyticus PyrR attenuation protein - characterization and regulation by uridine and guanosine nucleotides. FEBS J. 2008 Feb;275(4):655-70. Epub 2008 Jan 8.
Gu L, Geders TW, Wang B, Gerwick WH, Håkansson K, Smith JL, Sherman DH. GNAT-like strategy for polyketide chain initiation. Science. 2007 Nov 9;318(5852):970-4.
Geders TW, Gu L, Mowers JC, Liu H, Gerwick WH, Håkansson K, Sherman DH, Smith JL. Crystal structure of the ECH2 catalytic domain of CurF from Lyngbya majuscula. Insights into a decarboxylase involved in polyketide chain beta-branching. J Biol Chem. 2007 Dec 7;282(49):35954-63. Epub 2007 Oct 10.
Functional Characterization of cis and trans Activity of the Flavivirus NS2B-NS3 Protease. Aloke K. Bera, Richard J. Kuhn, Janet L. Smith. (2007) The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 282, Issue 16, 12883-12892.
Optical performance of the GM/CA CAT canted undulator beamlines for protein crystallography. R. F. Fischetti, S. Xu, D. Yoder, S. Stepanov, O. Makarov, R. Benn, S. Corcoran, W. Diete, M. Schwoerer-Bohning, R. Signorato, L. Schroeder, L. Berman, J. Viccaro, J. L. Smith. (2007) 9th International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation Amer. Inst. Phys. p. 754-757.
Functional Characterization of Cis and Trans Protease Activity of the Flavivirus NS2B-NS3 Protease. A. K. Bera, R. J. Kuhn and J. L. Smith. (2007) J. Biol. Chem. 2007 Mar 2; [Epub ahead of print]. Link
Tomar S., Hardy,R. W., Smith, J. L. and R. J. Kuhn. (2006) Catalytic core of alphavirus nonstructural protein nsP4 possesses terminal adenylyltransferase activity. J. Virology, 80, 9962-9969. PubMed Link
Sherman, D.H. and Smith, J.L. (2006) Clearing the skies over modular polyketide synthases. ACS Chem. Biol., 1, 505-509. PubMed Link
Akey, D.L., Kittendorf, J.D., Giraldes, J.W., Fecik, R.A., Sherman, D.H., Smith, J.L. (2006) Structural basis for macrolactonization by the pikromycin thioesterase. Nature Chemical Biology. 2, 537-542. PubMed Link
Giraldes, J.W., Akey, D.L., Kittendorf, J.D., Sherman, D.H., Smith, J.L., Fecik, R.A. (2006) Structural and mechanistic insights of polyketide macrolactonization from polyketide-based affinity labels. Nature Chemical Biology. 2, 531-536. PubMed Link
Cramer, W. A., Zhang, H. , Yan, J., Kurisu, G. and Smith, J. L. (2006) Trans-membrane traffic in the cytochrome b6f complex. Ann. Rev. Biochem. 75, 769-790.
Dahms, T. E. S., Sainz, G., Giroux, E. L., Caperelli, C. A., & Smith, J. L. (2005). The Apo and ternary complex structures of a chemotherapeutic target: Human glycinamide ribonucleotide transformylase. Biochemistry, 44, 9841-9850. PubMed Link
Chander, P., Halbig, K. M., Miller, J. K., Fields, C. J., Bonner, H. K. S., Grabner, G. K., Switzer, R. L., & Smith, J. L. (2005). Structure of the nucleotide complex of PyrR, the pyr attenuation protein from Bacillus caldolyticus, suggests dual regulation by pyrimidine and purine nucleotides. Journal of Bacteriology, 187, 1773-1782. PubMed Link
Zhu, J. H., Burgner, J. W., Harms, E., Belitsky, B. R., & Smith, J. L. (2005). A new arrangement of (beta/alpha)(8) barrels in the synthase subunit of PLP synthase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280, 27914-27923. PubMed Link
Wu, J. H., Bera, A. K., Kuhn, R. J., & Smith, J. L. (2005). Structure of the flavivirus helicase: Implications for catalytic activity, protein interactions, and proteolytic processing. Journal of Virology, 79, 10268-10277. PubMed Link
Cramer, W. A., Yan, J. S., Zhang, H. M., Kurisu, G., & Smith, J. L. (2005). Structure of the cytochrome b(6)f complex: New prosthetic groups, Q-space, and the "hors d'oeuvres hypothesis" for assembly of the complex. Photosynthesis Research, 85, 133-144. PubMed Link
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Articles (1997-2004)
Sinha, S. C., Chaudhuri, B. N., Burgner, J. W., Yakovleva, G., Davisson, V. J., & Smith, J. L. (2004). Crystal structure of imidazole glycerol phosphate dehydratase - Duplication of an unusual fold. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279, 15491-15498. PubMed Link
Choi, K. H., Groarke, J. M., Young, D. C., Kuhn, R. J., Smith, J. L., Pevear, D. C., & Rossmann, M. G. (2004). The structure of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase from bovine viral diarrhea virus establishes the role of GTP in de novo initiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 101, 4425-4430. PubMed Link
Choi, K. H., Groarke, J. M., Young, D. C., Rossmann, M. G., Pevear, D. C., Kuhn, R. J., & Smith, J. L. (2004). Design, expression, and purification of a Flaviviridae polymerase using a high-throughput approach to facilitate crystal structure determination. Protein Science, 13, 2685-2692. PubMed Link
Chaudhuri, B. N., Lange, S. C., Myers, R. S., Davisson, V. J., & Smith, J. L. (2003). Toward understanding the mechanism of the complex cyclization reaction catalyzed by imidazole glycerolphosphate synthase: Crystal structures of a ternary complex and the free enzyme. Biochemistry, 42, 7003-7012. PubMed Link
Myers, R. S., Jensen, J. R., Deras, I. L., Smith, J. L., & Davisson, V. J. (2003). Substrate-induced changes in the ammonia channel for imidazole glycerol phosphate synthase. Biochemistry, 42, 7013-7022. PubMed Link
Sinha, S. C., Krahn, J., Shin, B. S., Tomchick, D. R., Zalkin, H., & Smith, J. L. (2003). The purine repressor of Bacillus subtilis: A novel combination of domains adapted for transcription regulation. Journal of Bacteriology, 185, 4087-4098. PubMed Link
Bera, A. K., Zhu, J. H., Zalkin, H., & Smith, J. L. (2003). Functional dissection of the Bacillus subtilis pur operator site. Journal of Bacteriology, 185, 4099-4109. PubMed Link
Zhang, H. M., Kurisu, G., Smith, J. L., & Cramer, W. A. (2003). A defined protein-detergent-lipid complex for crystallization of integral membrane proteins: The cytochrome b(6)f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 100, 5160-5163. PubMed Link
Kurisu, G., Zhang, H. M., Smith, J. L., & Cramer, W. A. (2003). Structure of the cytochrome b(6)f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis: Tuning the cavity. Science, 302, 1009-1014.
Sinha, S. C., & Smith, J. L. (2001). The PRT protein family. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 11, 733-739. PubMed Link
Chaudhuri, B. N., Lange, S. C., Myers, R. S., Chittur, S. V., Davisson, V. J., & Smith, J. L. (2001). Crystal structure of imidazole glycerol phosphate synthase: A tunnel through a (beta/alpha)(8) barrel joins two active sites. Structure, 9, 987-997. PubMed Link
Ponamarev, M. V., Schlarb, B. G., Howe, C. J., Carrell, C. J., Smith, J. L., Bendall, D. S., & Cramer, W. A. (2000). Tryptophan-heme pi-electrostatic interactions in cytochrome f of oxygenic photosynthesis. Biochemistry, 39, 5971-5976. PubMed Link
Sainz, G., Carrell, C. J., Ponamarev, M. V., Soriano, G. M., Cramer, W. A., & Smith, J. L. (2000). Interruption of the internal water chain of cytochrome f impairs photosynthetic function. Biochemistry, 39, 9164-9173. PubMed Link
Bera, A. K., Chen, S., Smith, J. L., & Zalkin, H. (2000). Temperature-dependent function of the glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase ammonia channel and coupling with glycinamide ribonucleotide synthetase in a hyperthermophile. Journal of Bacteriology, 182, 3734-3739. PubMed Link
Bera, A. K., Smith, J. L., & Zalkin, H. (2000). Dual role for the glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase ammonia channel - Interdomain signaling and intermediate channeling. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275, 7975-7979. PubMed Link
Carrell, C. J., Schlarb, B. G., Bendall, D. S., Howe, C. J., Cramer, W. A., & Smith, J. L. (1999). Structure of the soluble domain of cytochrome f from the cyanobacterium Phormidium laminosum. Biochemistry, 38, 9590-9599. PubMed Link
Chen, S. H., Burgner, J. W., Krahn, J. M., Smith, J. L., & Zalkin, H. (1999). Tryptophan fluorescence monitors multiple conformational changes required for glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase interdomain signaling and catalysis. Biochemistry, 38, 11659-11669. PubMed Link
Li, S. T., Smith, J. L., & Zalkin, H. (1999). Mutational analysis of Bacillus subtilis glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase propeptide processing. Journal of Bacteriology, 181, 1403-1408. PubMed Link
Soriano, G. M., Ponamarev, M. V., Carrell, C. J., Xia, D., Smith, J. L., & Cramer, W. A. (1999). Comparison of the cytochrome bc(1) complex with the anticipated structure of the cytochrome b(6)f complex: De plus ca change de plus c'est la meme chose. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, 31, 201-213. PubMed Link
Bera, A. K., Chen, S. H., Smith, J. L., & Zalkin, H. (1999). Interdomain signaling in glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 274, 36498-36504. PubMed Link
Smith, J. L. (1999). Forming and inhibiting PRT active sites. Nature Structural Biology, 6, 502-504. PubMed Link
Sinha, S., Rappu, P., Lange, S. C., Mantsala, P., Zalkin, H., & Smith, J. L. (1999). Crystal structure of Bacillus subtilis YabJ, a purine regulatory protein and member of the highly conserved YjgF family. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 96, 13074-13079. PubMed Link
Smith, J. L. (1998). Glutamine PRPP amidotransferase: Snapshots of an enzyme in action. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 8, 686-694. PubMed Link
Muchmore, C. R. A., Krahn, J. M., Kim, J. H., Zalkin, H., & Smith, J. L. (1998). Crystal structure of glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase from Escherichia coli. Protein Science, 7, 39-51. PubMed Link
Tomchick, D. R., Turner, R. J., Switzer, R. L, & Smith, J. L. (1998). Adaptation of an enzyme to regulatory function: Structure of Bacillus subtilis PyrR, a pyr RNA-binding attenuation protein and uracil phosphoribosyltransferase. Structure, 6, 337-350. PubMed Link
Smith, J. L., & Thompson, A. (1998). Reactivity of selenomethionine - Dents in the magic bullet? Structure with Folding & Design, 6, 815-819. PubMed Link
Chen, S. H., Tomchick, D. R., Wolle, D., Hu, P., Smith, J. L., Switzer, R. L., & Zalkin, H. (1997). Mechanism of the synergistic end-product regulation of Bacillus subtilis glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase by nucleotides. Biochemistry, 36, 10718-10726. PubMed Link
Krahn, J. M., Kim, J. H., Burns, M. R., Parry, R. J., Zalkin, H., & Smith, J. L. (1997). Coupled formation of an amidotransferase interdomain ammonia channel and a phosphoribosyltransferase active site. Biochemistry, 36, 11061-11068. PubMed Link
Cramer, W. A., Soriano, G. M., Zhang, H. M., Ponamarey, M. V., & Smith, J. L. (1997). The cytochrome b(6)f complex. Novel aspects. Physiologia Plantarum, 100, 852-862.
Carrell, C. J., Zhang, H. M., Cramer, W. A., & Smith, J. L. (1997). Biological identity and diversity in photosynthesis and respiration: Structure of the lumen-side domain of the chloroplast Rieske protein. Structure, 5, 1613-1625. PubMed Link
Kim, J. H., Krahn, J. M., Tomchick, D. R., Smith, J. L., & Zalkin, H. (1996). Structure and function of the glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase glutamine site and communication with the phosphoribosylpyrophosphate site. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 271, 15549-15557. PubMed Link
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Articles (1980-1996)
Zhang, J. M., Carrell, C. J., Huang, D. R., Sled, V., Ohnishi, T., Smith, J. L., & Cramer, W. A. (1996). Characterization and crystallization of the lumen side domain of the chloroplast Rieske iron-sulfur protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 271, 31360-31366. PubMed Link
Tesmer, J. G., Klem, T. J., Deras, M. L., Davisson, V. J., & Smith, J. L. (1996). The crystal structure of GMP synthetase reveals a novel catalytic triad and is a structural paradigm for two enzyme families. Nature Structural Biology, 3, 74-86. PubMed Link
Martinez, S. E., Huang, D., Ponomarev, M., Cramer, W. A., & Smith, J. L. (1996). The heme redox center of chloroplast cytochrome f is linked to a buried five-water chain. Protein Science, 5, 1081-1092.
Leesong, M., Henderson, B. S., Gillig, J. R., Schwab, J. M., & Smith, J. L. (1996). Structure of a dehydratase-isomerase from the bacterial pathway for biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids: Two catalytic activities in one active site. Structure, 4, 253-264. PubMed Link
Smith, J. L. (1995). Structures of glutamine amidotransferases from the purine biosynthetic pathway. Biochemical Society Transactions, 23, 894-898. PubMed Link
Smith, J. L. (1995). Enzymes of nucleotide synthesis. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 5, 752-757. PubMed Link
Kim, J. H., Wolle, D., Haridas, K., Parry, R. J., Smith, J. L., & Zalkin, H. (1995). Stable carbocyclic analog of 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate to probe the mechanism of catalysis and regulation of glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 270, 17394-17399. PubMed Link
Brannigan, J. A., Dodson, G., Duggleby, H. J., Moody, P. C. E., Smith, J. L., Tomchick, D. R., & Murzin, A. G. (1995). A protein catalytic framework with an n-terminal nucleophile is capable of self-activation. Nature, 378, 416-419. PubMed Link
Cramer, W. A., Martinez, S. E., Huang, D., Tae, G. S., Everly, R. M., Heymann, J. B., Cheng, R. H., Baker, T. S., & Smith, J. L. (1994). Structural aspects of the cytochrome b(6)f complex - Structure of the lumen side domain of cytochrome f. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, 26, 31-47. PubMed Link
Zhou, G. C., Smith, J. L., & Zalkin, H. (1994). Binding of purine nucleotides to two regulatory sites results in synergistic feedback inhibition of glutamine 5-phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 269, 6784-6789. PubMed Link
Tesmer, J. J. G., Stemmler, T. L., Penner-Hahn, J. E., Davisson, V. J., & Smith, J. L. (1994). Preliminary X-ray analysis of Escherichia coli GMP synthetase - Determination of anomalous scattering factors for a cysteinyl mercury derivative. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics, 18, 394-403. PubMed Link
Smith, J. L., Zaluzec, E. J., Wery, J. P., Niu, L. W., Switzer, R. L., Zalkin, H., & Satow, Y. (1994). Structure of the allosteric regulatory enzyme of purine biosynthesis. Science, 264, 1427-1433. PubMed Link
Martinez, S. E., Huang, D., Szczepaniak, A., Cramer, W. A., & Smith, J. L. (1994). Crystal structure of chloroplast cytochrome f reveals a novel cytochrome fold and unexpected heme ligation. Structure, 2, 95-105. PubMed Link
Pahler, A., Smith, J. L., & Hendrickson, W. A. (1990). A probability representation for phase information from multi-wavelength anomalous dispersion. Acta Crystallographica, 46, 537-540.
Sharma, A., Henderson, B. S., Schwab, J. M., & Smith, J. L. (1990). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of beta-hydroxydecanoyl thiol ester dehydrase from Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 265, 5110-5112. PubMed Link
Steczko, J., Muchmore, C. R., Smith, J. L., & Axelrod, B. (1990). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray investigation of lipoxygenase-1 from soybeans. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 265, 11352-11354. PubMed Link
Hendrickson, W. A., Pahler, A., Smith, J. L., Satow, Y., Merritt, E. A., & Phizackerley, R. P. (1989). Crystal structure of core streptavidin determined from multi-wavelength anomalous diffraction of synchrotron radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 86, 2190-2194.
Smith, J. L., Corfield, P. W. R., Hendrickson, W. A., & Low, B. W. (1988). Refinement at 14A resolution of a model of erabutoxin B - Treatment of ordered solvent and discrete disorder. Acta Crystallographica, 44, 357-368.
Hendrickson, W. A., Smith, J. L., Phizackerley, R. P., & Merritt, E. A. (1988). Crystallographic structure analysis of lamprey hemoglobin from anomalous dispersion of synchrotron radiation. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics, 4, 77-88. PubMed Link
Sheriff, S., Hendrickson, W. A., & Smith, J. L. (1987). Structure of myohemerythrin in the azidomet state at 1.7/1.3-A resolution. Journal of Molecular Biology, 197, 273-296.
Smith, J. L., Hendrickson, W. A., Honzatko, R. B., & Sheriff, S. (1986). Structural heterogeneity in protein crystals. Biochemistry, 25, 5018-5027. PubMed Link
Smith, J. L., & Sundaralingam, M. (1981). The structure of the antibiotic amicetin consisting of nucleobase, disaccharide and amino acid moieties. Acta Crystallographica, 37, 1095-1101.
Swaminathan, V., Smith, J. L., Sundaralingam, M., Coutsogeorgopoulos, C., & Kartha, G. (1981). Crystal and molecular structure of the antibiotic blasticidin S hydrochloride pentahydrate. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 655, 335-341. PubMed Link
Smith, J. L., Chwang, A., & Sundaralingam, M. (1980). The crystal structure and molecular conformation of 7,2'-anhydro-beta-d-arabinosylorotidine (cyclo ara-o). Acta Crystallographica, 36, 833-837.
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Review Articles
Cramer, W. A., Zhang, H., Yan, J., Kurisu, G. and Smith, J. L. (2006). Trans-membrane traffic in the cytochrome b6f complex. Annual Review of Biochemistry, 75, 769-790.
Smith, J. L., Zhang, H. M., Yan, J. S., Kurisu, G., & Cramer, W. A. (2004). Cytochrome bc complexes: A common core of structure and function surrounded by diversity in the outlying provinces. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 14, 432-439.
Zalkin, H., & Smith, J. L. (1998). Enzymes utilizing glutamine as an amide donor. Advances in Enzymology, 72, 87-144.
Cramer, W. A., Soriano, G. M., Ponomarev, M., Huang, D., Zhang, H., Martinez, S. E., & Smith, J. L. (1996). Some new structural aspects and old controversies concerning the cytochrome b(6)f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, 47, 477-508.
Cramer, W. A., Martinez, S. E., Furbacher, P. N., Huang, D. & Smith, J. L. (1994). The cytochrome b(6)f complex. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 4, 536-544.
Hendrickson, W. A., Smith, J. L., & Sheriff, S. (1985). Direct phase determination based on anomalous scattering. Methods in Enzymology, 115, 41-55.
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Editorial Material
Cramer, W. A., Zhang, H. M., Yan, J. S., Kurisu, G., & Smith, J. L. (2004). Evolution of photosynthesis: Time-independent structure of the cytochrome b(6)f complex. Biochemistry, 43, 5921-5929.
Kuller, A., Fleri, W., Bluhm, W. F., Smith, J. L., Westbrook, J., & Bourne, P. E. (2002). A biologist's guide to synchrotron facilities: The BioSync web resource. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 27, 213-215.
Deisenhofer, J., & Smith, J. L. (2001). Proteins - Editorial overview. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 11, 701-702.
Kuller, A., Fleri, W., Bluhm, W. F., Bourne, P. E., Smith, J. L., & Westbrook, J. (2001). Announcement of the BioSync web site. Nature Structural Biology, 8, 663.
Smith, J. L., & Wright, P. (1998). Biophysical methods - Advances in biophysical methods: The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 8, 593-594.
Smith, J. L. (1998). Structural biology - Secret life of cytochrome bc(1). Science, 281, 58-59.
Wright, P., & Smith, J. L. (1996). Biophysical methods faster and bigger - Editorial overview. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 6, 583-584.
Smith, J. L., & Wright, P. (1993). Biophysical methods - Editorial overview. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 3, 723-724.
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Biographical Item
Smith, J. L. (2004). Carl-Ivar Branden (1934-2004) - Obituary. Acta Crystallographica, 60, 1509-1511.
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Notes
Martinez, S. E., & Smith, J. L. (1991). Crystallization and preliminary characterization of mitogillin, a ribosomal ribonuclease from Aspergillus restrictus. Journal of Molecular Biology, 218, 489-492.
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