Author: Nicholas Caito

Positive cardiac inotrope omecamtiv mecarbil activates muscle despite suppressing the myosin working stroke.

Woody M.S., Greenberg M.J., Barua B., Winkelmann D.A., Goldman Y.E., & Ostap E.M. (2018). “Positive cardiac inotrope omecamtiv mecarbil activates muscle despite suppressing the myosin working stroke.” Nat Commun. 2018 Sep 21;9(1):3838. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06193-2. (Abstract)

Genetic and Tissue Engineering Approaches to Modeling the Mechanics of Human Heart Failure for Drug Discovery.

Greenberg M.J., Daily N.J., Wang A., Conway M.K., & Wakatsuki T. (2018). “Genetic and Tissue Engineering Approaches to Modeling the Mechanics of Human Heart Failure for Drug Discovery.” Front Cardiovasc Med. 2018 Sep 19;5:120. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2018.00120. eCollection 2018. (Abstract)

The signature motif of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pif1 DNA helicase is essential in vivo for mitochondrial and nuclear functions and in vitro for ATPase activity.

Geronimo C.L., Singh S.P., Galletto R., & Zakian V.A. (2018). “The signature motif of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pif1 DNA helicase is essential in vivo for mitochondrial and nuclear functions and in vitro for ATPase activity.” Nucleic Acids Res. 2018 Sep 19;46(16):8357-8370. doi: 10.1093/nar/gky655. (Abstract)

Cooperative changes in solvent exposure identify cryptic pockets, conformational switches, and allosteric coupling

Justin R Porter, Katelyn E Moeder, Carrie A Sibbald, Maxwell I Zimmerman, Kathryn M Hart, Michael J Greenberg, & Gregory R Bowman (2018). “Cooperative changes in solvent exposure identify cryptic pockets, conformational switches, and allosteric coupling” bioRxiv. September 18, 2018. doi.org/10.1101/323568. (Abstract)

Symposium in Honor of Dr. Jim Janetka

Jim JanetkaOn Friday, November 2nd, 2018, the Saint Louis Section of the American Chemical Society will hold an Award Symposium honoring Dr. Jim Janetka.

The afternoon will have several speakers, followed by a reception.

Make sure to send in your reservation by October 30th if you wish to attend!

Click here for more information on the symposium and how to get reservations.

ACS

Targeting nucleotide exchange to inhibit constitutively active G protein α subunits in cancer cells.

Onken M.D., Makepeace C.M., Kaltenbronn K.M., Kanai S.M., Todd T.D., Wang S., Broekelmann T.J., Rao P.K., Cooper J.A., & Blumer K.J. (2018). “Targeting nucleotide exchange to inhibit constitutively active G protein α subunits in cancer cells.” Sci Signal. 2018 Sep 4;11(546). pii: eaao6852. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.aao6852. (Abstract)