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1: Caputo GA, Litvinov RI, Li W, Bennett JS, Degrado WF, Yin H.
Computationally designed peptide inhibitors of protein-protein interactions in membranes.
Biochemistry. 2008 Aug 19;47(33):8600-6. Epub 2008 Jul 22.
PMID: 18642886


2: Slivka PF, Wong J, Caputo GA, Yin H.
Peptide probes for protein transmembrane domains.
ACS Chem Biol. 2008 Jul 18;3(7):402-11.
PMID: 18533658


3: Yin H, Slusky JS, Berger BW, Walters RS, Vilaire G, Litvinov RI, Lear JD, Caputo GA, Bennett JS, DeGrado WF.
Computational design of peptides that target transmembrane helices.
Science. 2007 Mar 30;315(5820):1817-22.
PMID: 17395823


4: Yin H, Litvinov RI, Vilaire G, Zhu H, Li W, Caputo GA, Moore DT, Lear JD, Weisel JW, Degrado WF, Bennett JS.
Activation of platelet alphaIIbbeta3 by an exogenous peptide corresponding to the transmembrane domain of alphaIIb.
J Biol Chem. 2006 Dec 1;281(48):36732-41. Epub 2006 Oct 10.
PMID: 17032655


5: Caputo GA, London E.
Position and ionization state of Asp in the core of membrane-inserted alpha helices control both the equilibrium between transmembrane and nontransmembrane helix topography and transmembrane helix positioning.
Biochemistry. 2004 Jul 13;43(27):8794-806.
PMID: 15236588


6: Lew S, Caputo GA, London E.
The effect of interactions involving ionizable residues flanking membrane-inserted hydrophobic helices upon helix-helix interaction.
Biochemistry. 2003 Sep 16;42(36):10833-42.
PMID: 12962508

7: Kim H, Yan Q, Von Heijne G, Caputo GA, Lennarz WJ.
Determination of the membrane topology of Ost4p and its subunit interactions in the oligosaccharyltransferase complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Jun 24;100(13):7460-4. Epub 2003 Jun 16.
PMID: 12810948

8: Caputo GA, London E.
Cumulative effects of amino acid substitutions and hydrophobic mismatch upon the transmembrane stability and conformation of hydrophobic alpha-helices.
Biochemistry. 2003 Mar 25;42(11):3275-85.
PMID: 12641459


9: Caputo GA, London E.
Using a novel dual fluorescence quenching assay for measurement of tryptophan depth within lipid bilayers to determine hydrophobic alpha-helix locations within membranes.
Biochemistry. 2003 Mar 25;42(11):3265-74.
PMID: 12641458

10: Hammond K, Caputo GA, London E.
Interaction of the membrane-inserted diphtheria toxin T domain with peptides and its possible implications for chaperone-like T domain behavior.
Biochemistry. 2002 Mar 5;41(9):3243-53.
PMID: 11863463

11: Dhanvantari S, Arnaoutova I, Snell CR, Steinbach PJ, Hammond K, Caputo GA, London E, Loh YP.
Carboxypeptidase E, a prohormone sorting receptor, is anchored to secretory granules via a C-terminal transmembrane insertion.
Biochemistry. 2002 Jan 8;41(1):52-60.

PMID: 11772002













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