Research Summary
Research interests include functional bases of signal transduction and gene regulation by AAA+ATPases in bacteria, degradation of lignocellulose by cellulases, and synthesis of cellulose.
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Recent Publications
Structure of In Vitro-Synthesized Cellulose Fibrils Viewed by Cryo-Electron Tomography and 13C Natural-Abundance Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Solid-State NMR
Deligey, F., Frank, M. A., Cho, S. H., Kirui, A., Mentink-Vigier, F., Swulius, M. T., Nixon, B. T. & Wang, T., Jun 13 2022, In: Biomacromolecules. 23, 6, p. 2290-2301 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evidence for Plant-Conserved Region Mediated Trimeric CESAs in Plant Cellulose Synthase Complexes
Du, J., Vandavasi, V. G., Molloy, K. R., Yang, H., Massenburg, L. N., Singh, A., Kwansa, A. L., Yingling, Y. G., O'Neill, H., Chait, B. T., Kumar, M. & Nixon, B. T., Sep 12 2022, In: Biomacromolecules. 23, 9, p. 3663-3677 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
SPARC: Structural properties associated with residue constraints
Neuwald, A. F., Yang, H. & Tracy Nixon, B., Jan 2022, In: Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 20, p. 1702-1715 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Synthesis and self-assembly of cellulose microfibrils from reconstituted cellulose synthase
Cho, S. H., Purushotham, P., Fang, C., Maranas, C., Díaz-Moreno, S. M., Bulone, V., Zimmer, J., Kumar, M. & Nixon, B. T., Sep 2017, In: Plant physiology. 175, 1, p. 146-156 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The enzymatic conversion of major algal and cyanobacterial carbohydrates to bioethanol
Al Abdallah, Q., Nixon, B. T. & Fortwendel, J. R., 2016, In: Frontiers in Energy Research. 4, NOV, 36.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Structure of the cellulose synthase complex of Gluconacetobacter hansenii at 23.4 Å resolution
Du, J., Vepachedu, V., Cho, S. H., Kumar, M. & Nixon, B. T., May 1 2016, In: PloS one. 11, 5, e0155886.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Comparative Structural and Computational Analysis Supports Eighteen Cellulose Synthases in the Plant Cellulose Synthesis Complex
Nixon, B. T., Mansouri, K., Singh, A., Du, J., Davis, J. K., Lee, J. G., Slabaugh, E., Vandavasi, V. G., O'Neill, H., Roberts, E. M., Roberts, A. W., Yingling, Y. G. & Haigler, C. H., Jun 27 2016, In: Scientific reports. 6, 28696.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A single heterologously expressed plant cellulose synthase isoform is sufficient for cellulose microfibril formation in vitro
Purushotham, P., Cho, S. H., Díaz-Moreno, S. M., Kumar, M., Nixon, B. T., Bulone, V. & Zimmer, J., Oct 4 2016, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113, 40, p. 11360-11365 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A structural study of CESA1 catalytic domain of arabidopsis cellulose synthesis complex: Evidence for CESA trimers
Vandavasi, V. G., Putnam, D. K., Zhang, Q., Petridis, L., Heller, W. T., Tracy Nixon, B., Haigler, C. H., Kalluri, U., Coates, L., Langan, P., Smith, J. C., Meiler, J. & O’Neill, H., Jan 2016, In: Plant physiology. 170, 1, p. 123-135 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
In vitro synthesis of cellulose microfibrils by a membrane protein from protoplasts of the non-vascular plant Physcomitrella patens
Cho, S. H., Du, J., Sines, I., Poosarla, V. G., Vepachedu, V., Kafle, K., Park, Y. B., Kim, S. H., Kumar, M. & Nixon, B. T., Sep 1 2015, In: Biochemical Journal. 470, 2, p. 195-205 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Advancing Rhodobacter sphaeroides as a platform for expression of functional membrane proteins
Erbakan, M., Curtis, B. S., Nixon, B. T., Kumar, M. & Curtis, W. R., Nov 1 2015, In: Protein Expression and Purification. 115, p. 109-117 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Breaking symmetry in multimeric ATPase motors
Sysoeva, T. A., Chowdhury, S. & Nixon, B. T., May 15 2014, In: Cell Cycle. 13, 10, p. 1509-1510 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the ATPase domain of the σ54-dependent transcription activator NtrC1 from aquifex aeolicus bound to the ATP analog ADP-BeFx
Sysoeva, T. A., Yennawar, N., Allaire, M. & Nixon, B. T., Dec 2013, In: Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 69, 12, p. 1384-1388 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nucleotide-induced asymmetry within ATPase activator ring drives Σ54-RNAP interaction and ATP hydrolysis
Sysoeva, T. A., Chowdhury, S., Guo, L. & Tracy Nixon, B., Nov 15 2013, In: Genes and Development. 27, 22, p. 2500-2511 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Opening and closing of the bacterial RNA polymerase clamp
Chakraborty, A., Wang, D., Ebright, Y. W., Korlann, Y., Kortkhonjia, E., Kim, T., Chowdhury, S., Wigneshweraraj, S., Irschik, H., Jansen, R., Nixon, B. T., Knight, J., Weiss, S. & Ebright, R. H., Aug 3 2012, In: Science. 337, 6094, p. 591-595 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review