Publications

@UMD

Collins. S.C., Keating, P.M., Rich. J., Lee. J. “Effects of the pH-sensing K33 Mutation in the Function of the Lassa Virus Stable Signal Peptide.” Manuscript in preparation.

Collins. S.C., Roh J.D., Lee. J. ” pH-Dependent Structural Changes of the stable signaling peptide of Lassa Virus” Manuscript in preparation.

Collins. S.C., Lee. J. “Influence of cholesterol to the stable signaling peptide of Lassa Virus” Manuscript in preparation.

Schifano. N., Lee J. ” Chemical ligation to investigate the membrane interacting domains.” Manuscript in preparation.

Pennington. H.N., & Lee. J. “Structural Aspects of the Lassa Virus Fusion Peptide and Fusion Loop in Membrane Fusion.” Manuscript in preparation.

Birtles. D., Pennington. H. N., Keating.  P.M., Lee. J. “19F NMR to probe protein-lipid interactions.” Manuscript in preparation.

Britles. D., Guiyab. L., Lee. J. “Role of basic amino acids in SARS-CoV-2 Fusion Domain.” Manuscript in preparation.

 


Birtles D., Abbas W.*, Lee J. “Bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate Promotes Membrane Fusion Facilitated by the SARS-CoV-2 Fusion Domain.” Under Revision

Pennington. H.N., Birtles, D., Shi. Z.W.*, Lee. J. “A Salt Bridge and Disulfide Bond within the Lassa Virus Fusion Domain Are Required for the Initiation of Membrane Fusion.” ACS Omega 2024 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c08632

Birtles D., Lee J. “The SARS-CoV-2 Fusion Domain Provides Clues Towards the Molecular Mechanism for Membrane Fusion” Biochemistry 2023, 62, 21, 3033–3035 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00501

Keating P.M., Schifano N. P.,  Wei X.*, Kong M*. Y., Lee. J. “pH-dependent conformational change within the Lassa virus transmembrane domain elicits efficient membrane fusion.” BBA-Biomembranes https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2023.184233

Keating P. M., Pennington H.N., Collins S.C., Lee J. “Purification and Characterization of the Lassa Virus Transmembrane Domain” Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports. 2023;33:101409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrep.2022.101409

Birtles D, Oh A.E.*, Lee J.”Exploring the pH dependence of the SARS-CoV-2complete fusion domain and the role of its unique structural features.” Protein Science. 2022;31(9):e4390.https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.4390

Pennington H.N., Lee J. Lassa virus glycoprotein complex review: insights into its unique fusion machinery. Biosci Rep. 2022 Jan 28:BSR20211930. doi: 10.1042/BSR20211930.

Birtles D., & Lee J. Identifying Distinct Structural Features of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Fusion Domain Essential for Membrane Interaction. Biochemistry, 60(40), 2978–2986. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00543

Lee, J., Kreutzberger, A.J.B., Odongo, L., et al. Ebola virus glycoprotein interacts with cholesterol to enhance membrane fusion and cell entry. Nat Struct Mol Biol 28, 181–189 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-020-00548-4

  • highlighted in Science: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.2021.371.6531.twil

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Before UMD

Lee J., Nyenhuis D.A., Nelson E.A., Cafiso D.S., White J.M., Tamm L.K. “Structure of the Ebola virus envelope protein MPER/TM domain and its interaction with the fusion loop explains their fusion activity” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2017 Sep 19; 114(38): E7987-E7996. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708052114.

Yang S.T., Kreutzberger A.J., Lee J., Kiessling V., Tamm L.K., “The role of cholesterol in membrane fusion.” Chem. Phys. Lipids. 2016, 199: 136-143.

Lee J., Gregory S.M., Nelson E.A., White J.M., Tamm L.K., “The Roles of Histidines and Charged Residues as Potential Triggers of a Conformational Change in the Fusion Loop of Ebola Virus Glycoprotein.” PLoS One. 2016, 11(3):e0152527.

Tamm L.K., Lee J., Liang B., “Capturing glimpses of an elusive HIV gp41 preharipin fusion intermediate.” Structure. 2014, 22 (9), 1225-1226.

Rui H., Root K.T., Lee J., Glover K.J., Im W., “Probing the u-shaped conformation of caveolin-1 in a bilayer.” Biophys. J. 2014, 106 (6), 1371-1380.

Rieth, M.D.*; Lee, J.*; Glover, K.J., “Probing the caveolin-1 P132L mutant: Critical insights into its oligomeric behavior and structure.” Biochemistry 2012, 51 (18), 3911-3918. (* denotes equal contribution)

Lee, J.; Glover, K.J., “The transmembrane domain of caveolin-1 exhibits a helix-break-helix structure.” Biochim. Biophys. Acta 2012, 1818, 1158-1164.

Mohanty, P.; Lee, J.; Glover, K.J.; Landskron, K., “Discoid bicelles as efficient templates for pillared lamellar periodic mesoporous silicas at pH 7 and ultrafast reaction times.” Nanoscale Res. Lett. 2011, 6, 61-65.

Diefenderfer, C.; Lee, J.; Mlyanarski, S.; Guo, Y.; Glover, K.J., “Expression and Purification of Transmembrane Domains for Biophysical Studies.” Anal. Biochem. 2009, 384, 274-278.

Kang J.E.; Kim H.B.; Lee J.W.; Shin S., “Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroamination of Alkyne with Trichloroacetimidates” Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 3537–3540.