Our paper on the chitin synthase (CHS) structure in collaboration with the Lee lab at Duke was published online on Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. This paper reports the first 3D structure of CHS2 from Candida albicans in complex with substrate or inhibitors including nikkomycin Z. CHS is a proven target of antifungals that are currently used for agricultural purposes or under clinical investigation. This work is an important step toward our atomic resolution understanding of catalysis, inhibition, and regulation of CHS and is critical for the future structure-guided development of CHS-targeting antifungals.
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- Bach received TriCEM fellowship to study the natural evolution of antibiotics
- Hai’s paper on the discovery of radical SAM oxygenase is published in JACS
- Elisha and Rachel presented posters at SURF
- Chitin synthase structure paper was published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
- Haoran successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation
- Our latest manuscript about malayamycin biosynthesis was published in ACS Chemical Biology
- Haoran received 2021-2022 Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence (CARE)
- Our perspective on MoaA and MoaC is published in ACS Bio Med Chem Au
- Haoran’s paper is highlighted in JACS Spotlight
- Haoran’s paper is published in JACS.
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