Kerri Beth Slaughter

Virus-Cell Interactions Kerri Beth Slaughter, Rebecca Ellis Dutch Stacey Schultz-Cherry, Editor DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01069-19 ABSTRACT Hendra virus (HeV) is a zoonotic paramyxovirus that utilizes a trimeric fusion (F) protein within its lipid bilayer to mediate membrane merger with a cell membrane for entry. Previous HeV F studies showed that transmembrane domain (TMD) interactions are important for stabilizing the prefusion conformation of the protein prior to triggering.

Published August 01 2019 By Nathalie Gerassimov, Jonathan Griffin & Kerri Beth Slaughter How an oyster protein drives shell formation Matrix proteins rich in acidic asparagine and glutamine residues are needed to form biominerals such as bones and shells, with the carboxylates of these residues serving as possible calcium-binding groups.

Published May 01 2019 By Gelareh Abulwerdi, Jonathan Griffin & Kerri Beth Slaughter We offer a selection of recent papers on a variety of topics from the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the Journal of Lipid Research and Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. Peering into Alzheimer’s protein aggregation The hereditary Arctic mutation of 42-amino-acid beta-amyloid peptide, known as Abeta42, causes aggressive aggregation of the peptide in early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.