Publications:
Pubmed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/collections/bibliography/40133913/?reload=publicURL
Mamonova T, Zhang Q, Chandra M, Collins BM, Sarfo E, Bu Z, Xiao K, Bisello A, Friedman PA, Biochemistry. 2017 May 23;56(20):2584-2593.
doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00078.
Nicholl ID, Matsui T, Weiss TM, Stanley CB, Heller WT, Martel A, Farago B, Callaway DJE, Bu Z.
Alpha-Catenin Structure and Nanoscale Dynamics in Solution and in Complex with F-Actin.
Biophysical journal. 2018; 115(4):642-654.
doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.07.005.
Callaway DJ, Matsui T, Weiss T, Stingaciu LR, Stanley CB, Heller WT, Bu Z.
Controllable Activation of Nanoscale Dynamics in a Disordered Protein Alters Binding Kinetics.
J Mol Biol. 2017 Mar 8. pii: S0022-2836(17)30107-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2017.03.003.
Callaway DJ, Bu Z. Visualizing the nanoscale: protein internal dynamics and neutron spin echo spectroscopy. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2016 Oct 15;42:1-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.sbi.2016.10.001.
Callaway DJ, Bu Z., Essential Strategies for Revealing Nanoscale Protein Dynamics by Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy, Methods Enzymol. 2016;566:253-70.
doi: doi:10.1016/bs.mie.2015.05.011
Chen X, Khajeh JA, Ju JH, Gupta YK, Stanley CB, Do C, Heller WT, Aggarwal AK, Callaway DJ, Bu Z., Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate clusters the cell adhesion molecule CD44 and assembles a specific CD44-Ezrin heterocomplex, as revealed by small angle neutron scattering., J Biol Chem. 2015 Mar 6;290(10):6639-52.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.589523
Mamonova T, Zhang Q, Khajeh JA, Bu Z., Bisello A, Friedman PA., Canonical and Noncanonical Sites Determine NPT2A Binding Selectivity to NHERF1 PDZ1., PLoS One. 2015 Jun 12;10(6):e0129554.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129554
Callaway DJ, Bu Z., Nanoscale protein domain motion and long-range allostery in signaling proteins- a view from neutron spin echo spectroscopy., Biophys Rev. 2015 Jun;7(2):165-174.
doi: 10.1007/s12551-015-0162-x
Ali Khajeh, J., Ju, J., Atchiba, M., Allaire,M., Stanley, C., Heller, W.T., Callaway, D.J., Bu, Z., Molecular conformation of the full-length tumor suppressor NF2/Merlin - a small angle neutron scattering study. J Mol Biol. 2014 Jul 29;426(15):2755-68.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.05.011
Callaway DJ, Farago B, Bu Z., Nanoscale protein dynamics: a new frontier for neutron spin echo spectroscopy., Eur Phys J E Soft Matter. 2013 Jul;36(7):76.
doi: 10.1140/epje/i2013-13076-1
Bhattacharya S, Ju JH, Orlova N, Khajeh JA, Cowburn D, Bu Z., Ligand-induced dynamic changes in extended PDZ domains from NHERF1., J Mol Biol. 2013 Jul 24;425(14):2509-28.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.04.001
Jayasundar JJ, Ju JH, He L, Liu D, Meilleur F, Zhao J, Callaway DJ, Bu Z., Open Conformation of Ezrin Bound to Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate and to F-actin Revealed by Neutron Scattering., J. Bio. Chem. 287:37119-33, 2012
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.380972
Bu, Z. and Callaway, D.J.E., Proteins MOVE! Protein dynamics and long-range allostery in cell signaling, Adv Protein Chem Struct Biol. 83:163-221, 2011
doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381262-9.00005-7
Farago, B., Li, J., Cornilescu, G., Callaway, D.J.E., Bu, Z. Activation of nanoscale allosteric protein domain motion revealed by neutron spin echo spectroscopy. Biophys J. 99:3473-82, 2010
doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.09.058
Bhattacharya, S., Dai, Z., Li, J., Baxter, S., Callaway, D.J., Cowburn, D., Bu, Z. A conformational switch in the scaffolding protein NHERF1 controls autoinhibition and complex formation. J. Bio. Chem. 285:9981-94, 2010
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.074005
Li, J., Callaway, D.J., Bu, Z. Ezrin induces long-range interdomain allostery in the scaffolding protein NHERF1. J. Mol. Biol. 392(1):166-80, 2009
doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.07.005
Cheng H, Li J, Fazlieva R, Dai Z, Bu Z, Roder H. Autoinhibitory interactions between the PDZ2 and C-terminal domains in the scaffolding protein NHERF1. Structure 17(5):660-9, 2009
Li, J., Poulikakos, P.I., Dai, D., Testa, J.R., Callaway,D.J., Bu, Z. PKC phosphorylation disrupts NHERF autoinhibition and promotes CFTR macromolecular assembly. J. Bio. Chem. 282:27086-27099, 2007
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M702019200
Dawson, J.B., Bu, Z. (co-corresponding), Lemmon, M.A. Ligand-induced structural transitions in ErbB receptor extracellular domains. Structure 15:942-954, 2007.
Bu, Z., Shi, Y., Callaway, D.J., Tycko, R. Molecular alignment within b sheets in Ab14-23 fibrils: solid state NMR experiments and theoretical predictions. Biophys. J. 92:594-602, 2007.
Samuel, D., Cheng, H., Riley, P.W., Canutescu, A.A., Nagaswami, C., Weisel, J.W., Bu, Z., Walsh, P.N., Roder, H. Solution structure of the A4 domain of factor XI sheds light on the mechanism of zymogen activation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104:15693, 2007.
Fang, M., Cheng, H., Dai, Z., Bu, Z., Sigal, L.J. Immunization with a single extracellular enveloped virus protein produced in bacteria provides partial protection from a lethal Orthopoxvirus infection in a natural host. Virology 345:231-43, 2006.
Shi, Y., Stouten, P.F.W., Pillalamarri, N., Barile, L., Rosal, R.V., Teichberg, S., Bu, Z. (co-corresponding), Callaway, D.J. Quantitative determination of the topological propensities of amyloidogenic peptides. Biophys. Chem. 120:55-61, 2006.
Bu, Z. (co-corresponding), Biehl, R., Monkenbusch, M., Richter, D., Callaway, D.J. Coupled protein domain motion in Taq DNA polymerase revealed by neutron spin echo spectroscopy. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 102:17646-17651, 2005.
Li, J., Dai, Z., Jana, D., Callaway, D.J.E., Bu, Z. Ezrin controls the macromolecular complexes formed between an adaper protein Na+/H+ exchanger regulatory factor and the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. J. Biol. Chem. 280:37634-37643, 2005.
Ho, D.L., Byrnes, W.M., Ma, W.P., Shi, Y., Callaway, D.J.E., Bu, Z. Structure-specific DNA-induced conformational changes in Taq polymerase revealed by small angle neutron scattering. J. Biol. Chem. 279:39146-39154, 2004.
Laksanalamai, P., Jiemjit, A., Bu, Z., Maeder, D.L., Robb, F.T. Multi-subunit assembly of the Pyrococcus furiosus small heat shock protein is essential for cellular protection at high temperature. Extremophiles 7:79-83, 2003.
Bu, Z., Wang, L., Kendall, D.A. Nucleotide binding induces changes in the oligomeric state and conformation of Sec A in a lipid environment: a small-angle neutron-scattering study. J. Mol. Biol. 332:23-30, 2003.
Tjernberg, L.O., Tjernberg, A., Bark, N., Shi, Y., Ruzsicska, B.P., Bu, Z., Thyberg, J., Callaway, D.J.E. Assembling amyloid fibrils from designed structures containing a significant amyloid b-peptide fragment. Biochem. J. 366:343-351, 2002. PMCID: PMC1222771
Bu, Z. (corresponding), Cook, J., Callaway, D.J.E. Dynamic regimes and correlated structural dynamics in native and denatured alpha-lactalbumin. J. Mol. Biol. 312:865-873, 2001.
Hanakahi, L.A., Bu, Z., Maizels, N. The C-terminal domain of nucleolin accelerates nucleic acid annealing. Biochemistry 39:15493-15499, 2000.
Bu, Z. (corresponding), Neumann, D.A., Lee, S.-H., Brown, C.M., Engelman, D.M., Han, C.C. A view of dynamics changes in the molten globule-native folding step by quasielastic neutron scattering. J. Mol. Biol. 301:525-536, 2000.
Koide, S., Huang, X., Link, K., Koide, A., Bu, Z., Engelman, D.M. Design of single-layer b-sheets without a hydrophobic core. Nature 403:456-460, 2000.
Bu, Z., Engelman, D.M. A method for determining transmembrane helix association and orientation in detergent micelles using small angle x-ray scattering. Biophys. J. 77:1064-1073, 1999. PMCID: PMC1300396
Koide, S., Bu, Z., Risal, D., Pham, T.-N., Nakagawa, T., Tamura, A., Engelman, D.M. Multistep denaturation of Borrelia burgdorferi OspA, a protein containing a single-layer b-sheet. Biochemistry 38:4757-4767, 1999.
Russo, P.S., Baylis, M., Bu, Z., Stryjewski, W., Doucet, G., Temyanko, E., Tipton, D. Self-diffusion of a semiflexible polymer measured across the lyotropic liquid-crystalline-phase boundary. J. Chem. Phys. 111:1746-1752, 1999.
Bu, Z., Koide, S., Engelman, D.M. A solution SAXS study of Borrelia burgdorferi OspA, a protein containing a single-layer b-sheet. Protein Sci. 7:2681-2683, 1998. PMCID: PMC2143892
Bu, Z., Perlo, A., Johnson, G.E., Olack, G., Engelman, D.M., Wyckoff, H.W. A small angle x-ray scattering apparatus for studying biological macromolecules in solution. J. Appl. Cryst. 31:533-543, 1998.
Lemmon, M.A., Bu, Z., Ladbury, J.E., Zhou, M., Pinchasi, D., Lax, I., Engelman, D.M., Schlessinger, J. Two EGF molecules contribute additively to stabilization of the EGFR dimer. EMBO J. 16:281-294, 1997. PMCID: PMC1169635
Cush, R., Russo, P.S., Kucukyavuz, Z., Bu, Z., Neau, D., Shih, D., Kucukyavuz, S., Ricks, H. Translational and rotational diffusion of rodlike virus in random coil solutions. Macromolecules 30:4920-4926, 1997.
Smith, C.K., Bu, Z., Anderson, K.S., Sturtevant, J.M., Engelman, D.M., Regan, L. Surface point mutations that significantly alter the structure and stability of a protein's denatured state. Protein Sci. 5:2009-2019, 1996. PMCID: PMC2143264
Rodgers, K.K., Bu, Z., Fleming, K.G., Schatz, D.G., Engelman, D.M., Coleman, J.E. A zinc-binding domain involved in the dimerization of RAG1. J. Mol. Biol. 260:70-84, 1996.
Gusev, V.Y., Feng, X., Bu, Z., Haller, G.L., O'Brien, J.A. Mechanical stability of pure silica mesoporous MCM-41 by nitrogen adsorption and small-angle x-ray diffraction measurements. J. Phys. Chem. 100:1985-1988, 1996.
Bu, Z., Russo, P.S., Tipton, D.L., Negulescu, I.I. Self-diffusion of rodlike polymers in isotropic solutions. Macromolecules 27:6871-6881, 1994.
Bu, Z., Russo, P.S. Probe diffusion of dextran in semiflexible hydroxypropylcellulose solutions. Macromolecules 27:1187-1193, 1994.
Wattenbarger, M., Bloomfield, V.A., Bu, Z., Russo, P.S. Tracer diffusion of BSA in DNA solutions. Macromolecules 25:5263-5265, 1992.
