Shuisong Ni

Miami University

Projects

Structural Studies of Riboswitches

Lead Institution

Miami University

Principal Investigator

Michael Kennedy

Project type

Capability Research

Riboswitches are metabolite-binding domains in certain messenger RNAs that modulate gene expression in response to changing concentrations of metabolites. Riboswitches are composed of two functional…

Structural Studies of a Novel Family of Manganese Uptake Proteins in Cyanothece Containing a Repeated Five-Residues Domain (RFR).

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Garry Buchko

Project type

Grand Challenge

Manganese is an essential trace element that all organisms require. Often, this metal is found in the enzyme?s active site, such as in ribonucleotide reductase, manganese-catalase, and manganese…

Structural Studies of a Family of Proteins from the Diurnal Cyanobacteria Cyanothece 51142 that Contain an Unusual Repeated Five-Residues Domain (RFR).

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Garry Buchko

Project type

Grand Challenge

As complete genome sequence information became available for many organisms, a novel family of proteins containing a tandem pentapeptide repeat was discovered that can be approximately described by…