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Abhinav Nath

Associate Professor, University of Washington
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Applications of phospholipid bilayer nanodiscs in the study of membranes and membrane proteins

A Nath, WM Atkins, SG Sligar - Biochemistry, 2007 - ACS Publications
Phospholipid bilayer Nanodiscs are novel model membranes derived from high-density
lipoprotein particles and have proven to be useful in studies of membrane proteins …

Protein-induced photophysical changes to the amyloid indicator dye thioflavin T

LS Wolfe, MF Calabrese, A Nath… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
The small molecule thioflavin T (ThT) is a defining probe for the identification and
mechanistic study of amyloid fiber formation. As such, ThT is fundamental to investigations of …

[PDF][PDF] The conformational ensembles of α-synuclein and tau: combining single-molecule FRET and simulations

A Nath, M Sammalkorpi, DC DeWitt, AJ Trexler… - Biophysical journal, 2012 - cell.com
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are increasingly recognized for their important roles
in a range of biological contexts, both in normal physiological function and in a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] HspB1 and Hsc70 chaperones engage distinct tau species and have different inhibitory effects on amyloid formation

HER Baughman, AF Clouser, RE Klevit… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
The microtubule-associated protein tau forms insoluble, amyloid-type aggregates in various
dementias, most notably Alzheimer's disease. Cellular chaperone proteins play important …

A quantitative index of substrate promiscuity

A Nath, WM Atkins - Biochemistry, 2008 - ACS Publications
Catalytic promiscuity is a widespread, but poorly understood, phenomenon among enzymes
with particular relevance to the evolution of new functions, drug metabolism, and in vitro …

A functional role for intrinsic disorder in the tau-tubulin complex

AM Melo, J Coraor, G Alpha-Cobb… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Tau is an intrinsically disordered protein with an important role in maintaining the dynamic
instability of neuronal microtubules. Despite intensive study, a detailed understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] Ligand binding to cytochrome P450 3A4 in phospholipid bilayer nanodiscs: the effect of model membranes

A Nath, YV Grinkova, SG Sligar, WM Atkins - Journal of biological chemistry, 2007 - ASBMB
The membrane-bound protein cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) is a major drug-
metabolizing enzyme. Most studies of ligand binding by CYP3A4 are currently carried out in …

Interplay of disordered and ordered regions of a human small heat shock protein yields an ensemble of 'quasi-ordered'states

AF Clouser, HER Baughman, B Basanta, M Guttman… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are nature's 'first responders' to cellular stress, interacting
with affected proteins to prevent their aggregation. Little is known about sHSP structure …

Release of a disordered domain enhances HspB1 chaperone activity toward tau

HER Baughman, THT Pham… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are a class of ATP-independent molecular chaperones
that play vital roles in maintaining protein solubility and preventing aberrant protein …

[HTML][HTML] Functional promiscuity correlates with conformational heterogeneity in A-class glutathione S-transferases

L Hou, MT Honaker, LM Shireman, LM Balogh… - Journal of biological …, 2007 - ASBMB
The structurally related glutathione S-transferase isoforms GSTA1-1 and GSTA4-4 differ
greatly in their relative catalytic promiscuity. GSTA1-1 is a highly promiscuous detoxification …