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List of works by Wei-Jen Tang

A 1.3-Å Structure of Zinc-bound N-terminal Domain of Calmodulin Elucidates Potential Early Ion-binding Step

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A fluorimetric assay for real-time monitoring of adenylyl cyclase activity based on terbium norfloxacin

scientific article published on 13 June 2008

A soluble C1b protein and its regulation of soluble type 7 adenylyl cyclase

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ACF7 regulates inflammatory colitis and intestinal wound response by orchestrating tight junction dynamics

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Adenylyl cyclases.

scientific article published in September 1992

An extended conformation of calmodulin induces interactions between the structural domains of adenylyl cyclase from Bacillus anthracis to promote catalysis

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Anthrax edema factor potency depends on mode of cell entry.

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Anthrax edema toxin cooperates with lethal toxin to impair cytokine secretion during infection of dendritic cells

scientific article published in April 2005

Anthrax edema toxin inhibits endothelial cell chemotaxis via Epac and Rap1

scientific article published on 09 May 2007

Anthrax edema toxin sensitizes DBA/2J mice to lethal toxin

scientific article published on 5 March 2007

Anthrax toxin-induced shock in rats is associated with pulmonary edema and hemorrhage

scientific article published on 23 December 2007

Anthrax toxins induce shock in rats by depressed cardiac ventricular function

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Anthrax toxins suppress T lymphocyte activation by disrupting antigen receptor signaling

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Anti-diabetic activity of insulin-degrading enzyme inhibitors mediated by multiple hormones

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Antiinflammatory cAMP signaling and cell migration genes co-opted by the anthrax bacillus

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Bacillus anthracis edema toxin causes extensive tissue lesions and rapid lethality in mice

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Bacillus anthracis edema toxin impairs neutrophil actin-based motility

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Bis-halogen-anthraniloyl-substituted nucleoside 5'-triphosphates as potent and selective inhibitors of Bordetella pertussis adenylyl cyclase toxin

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Calcium dependence of the interaction between calmodulin and anthrax edema factor

scientific article published on 29 April 2003

Calcium-independent calmodulin binding and two-metal-ion catalytic mechanism of anthrax edema factor.

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Catalytic site inhibition of insulin-degrading enzyme by a small molecule induces glucose intolerance in mice

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Cellular Functions and X-ray Structure of Anthrolysin O, a Cholesterol-dependent Cytolysin Secreted by Bacillus anthracis

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Chemical screening by mass spectrometry to identify inhibitors of anthrax lethal factor

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Comparison of three anthrax toxin neutralization assays

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Conformational states and recognition of amyloidogenic peptides of human insulin-degrading enzyme

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Construction of soluble adenylyl cyclase from human membrane-bound type 7 adenylyl cyclase

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Contributions of edema factor and protective antigen to the induction of protective immunity by Bacillus anthracis edema toxin as an intranasal adjuvant

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Coordinate regulation of G protein signaling via dynamic interactions of receptor and GAP

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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray study of the edema factor exotoxin adenylyl cyclase domain from Bacillus anthracis in the presence of its activator, calmodulin.

scientific article published on 21 November 2001

Cytidylyl and uridylyl cyclase activity of bacillus anthracis edema factor and Bordetella pertussis CyaA.

scientific article published on July 2010

Daughterless homodimer synergizes with Eyeless to induce Atonal expression and retinal neuron differentiation

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Designed Inhibitors of Insulin-Degrading Enzyme Regulate the Catabolism and Activity of Insulin

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Different Roles of N-Terminal and C-Terminal Domains in Calmodulin for Activation of Bacillus anthracis Edema Factor

scientific article published on 13 July 2015

Discovery of a small molecule that inhibits the interaction of anthrax edema factor with its cellular activator, calmodulin

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Distinct interactions of 2'- and 3'-O-(N-methyl)anthraniloyl-isomers of ATP and GTP with the adenylyl cyclase toxin of Bacillus anthracis, edema factor.

scientific article published on August 2009

Empirical valence bond simulations of the chemical mechanism of ATP to cAMP conversion by anthrax edema factor.

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Ensemble cryoEM elucidates the mechanism of insulin capture and degradation by human insulin degrading enzyme

scientific article published on 29 March 2018

Erratum: ACF7 regulates inflammatory colitis and intestinal wound response by orchestrating tight junction dynamics

scientific article published on 11 July 2017

Expression and Purification of Soluble Adenylyl Cyclase from Escherichia coli

scientific article published on January 1, 2004

Expression and purification of recombinant adenylyl cyclases in Sf9 cells.

scientific article published on January 1994

Expression of alpha subunit of Gs in Escherichia coli

scientific article published in January 2002

Expression of metalloprotease insulin-degrading enzyme insulysin in normal and malignant human tissues

scientific article published on October 2008

Gadd45 beta mediates the NF-kappa B suppression of JNK signalling by targeting MKK7/JNKK2

scientific article (publication date: February 2004)

Genome-wide RNAi screen reveals disease-associated genes that are common to Hedgehog and Wnt signaling.

scientific article published on 25 January 2011

Identification of a structurally novel BTK mutation that drives ibrutinib resistance in CLL.

scientific article published on 10 September 2016

Imidazole-derived 2-[N-carbamoylmethyl-alkylamino]acetic acids, substrate-dependent modulators of insulin-degrading enzyme in amyloid-β hydrolysis

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Immunohistochemical evidence of ubiquitous distribution of the metalloendoprotease insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE; insulysin) in human non-malignant tissues and tumor cell lines

scientific article published on November 2008

In vivo epidermal migration requires focal adhesion targeting of ACF7

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Inhibition of the adenylyl cyclase toxin, edema factor, from Bacillus anthracis by a series of 18 mono- and bis-(M)ANT-substituted nucleoside 5'-triphosphates

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Insights from Atomic-Resolution X-Ray Structures of Chemically Synthesized HIV-1 Protease in Complex with Inhibitors

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Insulin-degrading enzyme modulates the natriuretic peptide-mediated signaling response

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Interactions of Bordetella pertussis adenylyl cyclase toxin CyaA with calmodulin mutants and calmodulin antagonists: comparison with membranous adenylyl cyclase I.

scientific article published on 13 January 2012

Lethal and edema toxins of anthrax induce distinct hemodynamic dysfunction

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Modular total chemical synthesis of a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protease

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Modulation of the CXC chemokine receptor 4 agonist activity of ubiquitin through C-terminal protein modification

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Molecular Bases for the Recognition of Short Peptide Substrates and Cysteine-Directed Modifications of Human Insulin-Degrading Enzyme †

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Molecular Basis for the Recognition and Cleavages of IGF-II, TGF-α, and Amylin by Human Insulin-Degrading Enzyme

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Molecular Basis of Catalytic Chamber-assisted Unfolding and Cleavage of Human Insulin by Human Insulin-degrading Enzyme

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Molecular Basis of Substrate Recognition and Degradation by Human Presequence Protease

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Molecular analysis of the interaction of Bordetella pertussis adenylyl cyclase with fluorescent nucleotides

scientific article published on 6 June 2007

Molecular analysis of the interaction of anthrax adenylyl cyclase toxin, edema factor, with 2'(3')-O-(N-(methyl)anthraniloyl)-substituted purine and pyrimidine nucleotides.

scientific article published on 4 December 2008

Noninvasive imaging technologies reveal edema toxin as a key virulence factor in anthrax

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Nucleotidyl cyclase activity of particulate guanylyl cyclase A: comparison with particulate guanylyl cyclases E and F, soluble guanylyl cyclase and bacterial adenylyl cyclases CyaA and edema factor

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Pathophysiology of anthrax

scientific article published on January 2009

Phosphorylation of FADD at serine 194 by CKIalpha regulates its nonapoptotic activities

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Physiological calcium concentrations regulate calmodulin binding and catalysis of adenylyl cyclase exotoxins

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Polymerization of MIP-1 chemokine (CCL3 and CCL4) and clearance of MIP-1 by insulin-degrading enzyme

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Previous exposure to delta9-tetrahydrocannibinol enhances locomotor responding to but not self-administration of amphetamine

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Protective role of Cys-178 against the inactivation and oligomerization of human insulin-degrading enzyme by oxidation and nitrosylation

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Protein-protein docking and analysis reveal that two homologous bacterial adenylyl cyclase toxins interact with calmodulin differently

scientific article published on 26 June 2008

Pseudomonas aeruginosa exoenzyme Y directly bundles actin filaments

scientific article published on 04 February 2020

Rapid Discovery and Characterization of Synthetic Neutralizing Antibodies against Anthrax Edema Toxin

scientific article published on 19 June 2019

Real-time analysis of ternary complex on particles: direct evidence for partial agonism at the agonist-receptor-G protein complex assembly step of signal transduction

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Reinvestigating the synthesis and efficacy of small benzimidazole derivatives as presequence protease enhancers

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Selective inhibition of anthrax edema factor by adefovir, a drug for chronic hepatitis B virus infection

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Small molecule-mediated disruption of Wnt-dependent signaling in tissue regeneration and cancer

scientific article (publication date: February 2009)

Spatial localization of bacteria controls coagulation of human blood by 'quorum acting'

scientific article published on December 2008

Structural and kinetic analyses of the interaction of anthrax adenylyl cyclase toxin with reaction products cAMP and pyrophosphate.

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Structural basis for the activation of anthrax adenylyl cyclase exotoxin by calmodulin

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Structural basis for the interaction of Bordetella pertussis adenylyl cyclase toxin with calmodulin

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Structural changes in intermediate filament networks alter the activity of insulin-degrading enzyme

scientific article published on 07 July 2009

Structural determinants of ubiquitin-CXC chemokine receptor 4 interaction

scientific article published on 28 October 2011

Structure of anthrax edema factor-calmodulin-adenosine 5'-(alpha,beta-methylene)-triphosphate complex reveals an alternative mode of ATP binding to the catalytic site

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Structure of substrate-free human insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) and biophysical analysis of ATP-induced conformational switch of IDE

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Structure, function, and regulation of insulin-degrading enzyme

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Structure-activity relationships of imidazole-derived 2-[N-carbamoylmethyl-alkylamino]acetic acids, dual binders of human insulin-degrading enzyme.

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Structure-based inhibitor discovery against adenylyl cyclase toxins from pathogenic bacteria that cause anthrax and whooping cough

scientific article published on 3 April 2003

Structures of human CCL18, CCL3, and CCL4 reveal molecular determinants for quaternary structures and sensitivity to insulin-degrading enzyme

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Structures of human insulin-degrading enzyme reveal a new substrate recognition mechanism

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Targeting Insulin-Degrading Enzyme to Treat Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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The C-terminal domain of human insulin degrading enzyme is required for dimerization and substrate recognition

scientific article published on 22 March 2006

The C2 catalytic domain of adenylyl cyclase contains the second metal ion (Mn2+) binding site

scientific article published on 01 November 1998

The adenylyl cyclase activity of anthrax edema factor

scientific article published on 26 June 2009

The amino terminus of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) glycoprotein E is required for binding to insulin-degrading enzyme, a VZV receptor

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The case for developing consensus standards for research in microbial pathogenesis: Bacillus anthracis toxins as an example

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The conserved asparagine and arginine are essential for catalysis of mammalian adenylyl cyclase

scientific article published on 01 May 1997

Three discrete regions of mammalian adenylyl cyclase form a site for Gsalpha activation

scientific article published in July 1997

Truncation and alanine-scanning mutants of type I adenylyl cyclase.

scientific article published on November 1995

Two Cytoplasmic Domains of Mammalian Adenylyl Cyclase Form a G- and Forskolin-activated Enzymein Vitro

scientific article published in Journal of Biological Chemistry

Ubiquitin is a novel substrate for human insulin-degrading enzyme

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Use of allostery to identify inhibitors of calmodulin-induced activation of Bacillus anthracis edema factor.

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