Structure and mechanism of lipoxygenases

ST Prigge, JC Boyington, M Faig, KS Doctor… - Biochimie, 1997 - Elsevier
In mammals, lipoxygenases catalyze the formation of hydroperoxides as the first step in the
biosynthesis of several inflammatory mediators. The substrate of this reaction, arachidonic …

[HTML][HTML] Cyclic [G (2′, 5′) pA (3′, 5′) p] is the metazoan second messenger produced by DNA-activated cyclic GMP-AMP synthase

P Gao, M Ascano, Y Wu, W Barchet, BL Gaffney… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Recent studies identified cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) as a metazoan second messenger
triggering an interferon response. cGAMP is generated from GTP and ATP by cytoplasmic …

The three-dimensional structure of an arachidonic acid 15-lipoxygenase

JC Boyington, BJ Gaffney, LM Amzel - Science, 1993 - science.org
In mammals, the hydroperoxidation of arachidonic acid by lipoxygenases leads to the
formation of leukotrienes and lipoxins, compounds that mediate inflammatory responses …

Transient protection: efficient one-flask syntheses of protected deoxynucleosides

GS Ti, BL Gaffney, RA Jones - Journal of the American Chemical …, 1982 - ACS Publications
Application of the concept of transient protectionto the synthesis of protected
deoxynucleosides is described. The deoxynucleosides are first treated with …

[HTML][HTML] Structure-function analysis of STING activation by c [G (2′, 5′) pA (3′, 5′) p] and targeting by antiviral DMXAA

P Gao, M Ascano, T Zillinger, W Wang, P Dai… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Binding of dsDNA by cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) synthase (cGAS) triggers formation of the
metazoan second messenger c [G (2′, 5′) pA (3′, 5′) p], which binds the signaling …

Lipoxygenases: structural principles and spectroscopy

BJ Gaffney - Annual review of biophysics and biomolecular …, 1996 - annualreviews.org
Lipoxygenases catalyze the formation of fatty acid hydroperoxides, products used in further
biochemical reactions leading to normal and pathological cell functions. X-ray structure …

Energy efficiency of Li-ion battery packs re-used in stationary power applications

…, M Fowler, SB Young, RA Fraser, B Gaffney… - Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
The effects of capacity fade, energy efficiency fade, failure rate, and charge/discharge profile
are investigated for lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries based on first use in electric vehicles (EVs) …

Thermodynamics and structure of a DNA tetraplex: a spectroscopic and calorimetric study of the tetramolecular complexes of d (TG3T) and d (TG3T2G3T).

R Jin, BL Gaffney, C Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 1992 - National Acad Sciences
We report a combined thermodynamic and structural characterization of a DNA tetraplex.
Using spectroscopic and calorimetric techniques, we demonstrate that d (TG3T) and d …

Scanning calorimetric evidence for a third phase transition in phosphatidylcholine bilayers.

SC Chen, JM Sturtevant… - Proceedings of the …, 1980 - National Acad Sciences
A third phase transition, centered at about 18 degrees C, was observed by differential
scanning calorimetry in a multilamellar suspension of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine that …

One-Flask Syntheses of c-di-GMP and the [Rp,Rp] and [Rp,Sp] Thiophosphate Analogues

BL Gaffney, E Veliath, J Zhao, RA Jones - Organic letters, 2010 - ACS Publications
An integrated set of reactions and conditions that allow an eight-step one-flask synthesis of
the protected derivatives of c-di-GMP and the [R p, R p] and [R p, S p] thiophosphate …