Don C. Wiley

Noble metals strip peptides from class II MHC proteins (2006)

De Wall, Stephen J., Painter, Corrie A., Stone, Jennifer D., Bandaranayake, Rajintha, Wiley, Don C., Mitchison, Timothy J., ...

Class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins are essential for normal immune system function but also drive many autoimmune responses. They bind peptide antigens in endosomes and present...

Enhanced catalytic action of HLA-DM on the exchange of peptides lacking backbone hydrogen bonds between their N-terminal region and the MHC class II alpha-chain (2004)

Stratikos, Efstratios, Wiley, Don C., Stern, Lawrence J.

The class II MHC homolog HLA-DM catalyzes exchange of peptides bound to class II MHC proteins, and is an important component of the Ag presentation machinery. The mechanism of HLA-DM-mediated...

Structural Analysis of the Human T-Cell Receptor/HLA-A2/Peptide Complex. (1998)

Wiley, Don C., Garboczi, David N.

During the first year of the grant, we obtained sufficient amounts of the T-cell receptor (TCR) for crystallization experiments. This was achieved by protein engineering and by protein refolding...

Structural Analysis of the Human T-Cell Receptor/HLA-A2/Peptide Complex. (1998)

Wiley, Don C., Garboczi, David N.

In this final report, we describe our efforts that culminated in the determination of the x-ray crystal structure of a T cell receptor-MHC molecule (TCR/MHC) complex. Based on the structure, we...

Structural Analysis of the Human T-Cell Receptor/HLA-A2/Peptide Complex. (1997)

Wiley, Don C., Garboczi, David N.

During the second year of this grant, we obtained better X-ray data from the crystals of the T-cell receptor/HLA-A2/peptide complex, by finding improved conditions for freezing the crystals, by...

ARTICLE NO. VY978526 Binding of the Influenza A Virus to Cell-Surface Receptors: Structures of Five Hemagglutinin– Sialyloligosaccharide Complexes Determined by X-Ray Crystallography (1996)

Michael B. Eisen, Subramaniam Sabesan, John J. Skehel, Don C. Wiley

The structures of five complexes of the X-31 influenza A (H3N2) virus hemagglutinin with sialyloligosaccharide receptor analogs have been determined from 2.5 to 2.8 A ˚ resolution by X-ray...

N- and C-terminal residues combine in the fusion-pH influenza hemagglutinin HA2 subunit to form an N cap that terminates the triple-stranded coiled coil

Chen, Jue, Skehel, John J., Wiley, Don C.

The structure of a stable recombinant ectodomain of influenza hemagglutinin HA2 subunit, EHA2 (23–185), defined by proteolysis studies of the intact bacterial-expressed ectodomain, was determined...

Assembly of a rod-shaped chimera of a trimeric GCN4 zipper and the HIV-1 gp41 ectodomain expressed in Escherichia coli

Weissenhorn, Winfried, Calder, Lesley J., Dessen, Andréa, Laue, Tom, Skehel, John J., Wiley, Don C.

The HIV-1 envelope subunit gp41 plays a role in viral entry by initiating fusion of the viral and cellular membranes. A chimeric molecule was constructed centered on the ectodomain of gp41 without...

Expression and crystallization of the complex of HLA-DR2 (DRA, DRB1*1501) and an immunodominant peptide of human myelin basic protein

Gauthier, Laurent, Smith, Kathrine J., Pyrdol, Jason, Kalandadze, Avtandil, Strominger, Jack L., Wiley, Don C., ...

HLA-DR2 is associated with susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS). A peptide from human myelin basic protein (MBP, residues 85–99) was previously found to bind to purified HLA-DR2 (DRA,...

Structure of a soluble secreted chemokine inhibitor vCCI (p35) from cowpox virus

Carfí, Andrea, Smith, Craig A., Smolak, Pamela J., McGrew, Jeffrey, Wiley, Don C.

Most poxviruses, including variola, the causative agent of smallpox, express a secreted protein of 35 kDa, vCCI, which binds CC-chemokines with high affinity. This viral protein competes with the...

The central structural feature of the membrane fusion protein subunit from the Ebola virus glycoprotein is a long triple-stranded coiled coil

Weissenhorn, Winfried, Calder, Lesley J., Wharton, Stephen A., Skehel, John J., Wiley, Don C.

The ectodomain of the Ebola virus Gp2 glycoprotein was solubilized with a trimeric, isoleucine zipper derived from GCN4 (pIIGCN4) in place of the hydrophobic fusion peptide at the N terminus. This...

Zinc-dependent dimers observed in crystals of human endostatin

Ding, Yuan-Hua, Javaherian, Kashi, Lo, Kin-Ming, Chopra, Rajiv, Boehm, Thomas, Lanciotti, Julia, ...

The crystal structure of human endostatin reveals a zinc-binding site. Atomic absorption spectroscopy indicates that zinc is a constituent of both human and murine endostatin in solution. The human...

Antigen presentation subverted: Structure of the human cytomegalovirus protein US2 bound to the class I molecule HLA-A2

Gewurz, Benjamin E., Gaudet, Rachelle, Tortorella, Domenico, Wang, Evelyn W., Ploegh, Hidde L., Wiley, Don C.

Many persistent viruses have evolved the ability to subvert MHC class I antigen presentation. Indeed, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) encodes at least four proteins that down-regulate cell-surface...

Cleavage of the human respiratory syncytial virus fusion protein at two distinct sites is required for activation of membrane fusion

González-Reyes, Luis, Ruiz-Argüello, M. Begoña, García-Barreno, Blanca, Calder, Leslie, López, Juan A., Albar, Juan P., ...

Preparations of purified full-length fusion (F) protein of human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) expressed in recombinant vaccinia-F infected cells, or of an anchorless mutant (FTM−) lacking the...

X-ray structures of H5 avian and H9 swine influenza virus hemagglutinins bound to avian and human receptor analogs

Ha, Ya, Stevens, David J., Skehel, John J., Wiley, Don C.

The three-dimensional structures of avian H5 and swine H9 influenza hemagglutinins (HAs) from viruses closely related to those that caused outbreaks of human disease in Hong Kong in 1997 and 1999...

Studies on influenza haemagglutinin fusion peptide mutants generated by reverse genetics

Cross, Karen J., Wharton, Stephen A., Skehel, John J., Wiley, Don C., Steinhauer, David A.

Influenza haemagglutinin (HA) is responsible for fusing viral and endosomal membranes during virus entry. In this process, conformational changes in the HA relocate the HA2 N-terminal ‘fusion...

Structure of the ABC ATPase domain of human TAP1, the transporter associated with antigen processing

Gaudet, Rachelle, Wiley, Don C.

The transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP) is an ABC transporter formed of two subunits, TAP1 and TAP2, each of which has an N-terminal membrane-spanning domain and a C-terminal ABC...

H5 avian and H9 swine influenza virus haemagglutinin structures: possible origin of influenza subtypes

Ha, Ya, Stevens, David J., Skehel, John J., Wiley, Don C.

There are 15 subtypes of influenza A virus (H1–H15), all of which are found in avian species. Three caused pandemics in the last century: H1 in 1918 (and 1977), H2 in 1957 and H3 in 1968. In 1997,...

Structure-Based Analysis of the Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoprotein D Binding Site Present on Herpesvirus Entry Mediator HveA (HVEM)

Connolly, Sarah A., Landsburg, Daniel J., Carfi, Andrea, Wiley, Don C., Eisenberg, Roselyn J., Cohen, Gary H.

Binding of herpes simplex virus (HSV) envelope glycoprotein D (gD) to a cell surface receptor is an essential step of virus entry. We recently determined the crystal structure of gD bound to one...

Structure-Based Mutagenesis of Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoprotein D Defines Three Critical Regions at the gD-HveA/HVEM Binding Interface

Connolly, Sarah A., Landsburg, Daniel J., Carfi, Andrea, Wiley, Don C., Cohen, Gary H., Eisenberg, Roselyn J.

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) entry into cells requires the binding of glycoprotein D (gD) to one of several cell surface receptors. The crystal structure of gD bound to one of these receptors,...

Structure of a covalently stabilized complex of a human αβ T-cell receptor, influenza HA peptide and MHC class II molecule, HLA-DR1

Hennecke, Jens, Carfi, Andrea, Wiley, Don C.

An αβ T-cell receptor (αβTCR)/hemagglutinin (HA) peptide/human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR1 complex was stabilized by flexibly linking the HA peptide with the human HA1.7 αβTCR, to increase the...

A Chimeric Protein of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Envelope Glycoprotein gp140 and Escherichia coli Aspartate Transcarbamoylase

Chen, Bing, Cheng, Yifan, Calder, Lesley, Harrison, Stephen C., Reinherz, Ellis L., Skehel, John J., ...

The envelope glycoproteins of the human immunodeficiency virus and the related simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) mediate viral entry into host cells by fusing viral and target cell membranes. We...

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase from Escherichia coli: Electron Density at 5.5 Å Resolution

Warren, Stephen G., Edwards, Brian F. P., Evans, David R., Wiley, Don C., Lipscomb, William N.

The allosteric enzyme, aspartate transcarbamoylase (EC 2.1.3.2), has previously been shown in our x-ray diffraction studies to have D3-32 symmetry. There are six catalytic (C) and six regulatory (R)...

Complex of Aspartate Carbamoyltransferase from Escherichia coli with Its Allosteric Inhibitor, Cytidine Triphosphate: Electron Density at 5.9-Å Resolution

Edwards, Brian F. P., Evans, David R., Warren, Stephen G., Monaco, Hugo L., Landfear, Scott M., Eisele, George, ...

Following our earlier determination of the three-dimensional structure of aspartate carbamoyltransferase (EC 2.1.3.2; carbamoylphosphate: L-aspartate carbamoyltransferase) to 5.5-Å resolution [S. G....

Crystal structure of a human CD3-ε/δ dimer in complex with a UCHT1 single-chain antibody fragment

Arnett, Kelly L., Harrison, Stephen C., Wiley, Don C.

The α/β T cell receptor complex transmits signals from MHC/peptide antigens through a set of constitutively associated signaling molecules, including CD3-ε/γ and CD3-ε/δ. We report the crystal...

Potential Nectin-1 Binding Site on Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoprotein D

Connolly, Sarah A., Landsburg, Daniel J., Carfi, Andrea, Whitbeck, J. Charles, Zuo, Yi, Wiley, Don C., ...

Four glycoproteins (gD, gB, gH, and gL) are essential for herpes simplex virus (HSV) entry into cells. An early step of fusion requires gD to bind one of several receptors, such as nectin-1 or...

Structure of unliganded HSV gD reveals a mechanism for receptor-mediated activation of virus entry

Krummenacher, Claude, Supekar, Vinit M, Whitbeck, J Charles, Lazear, Eric, Connolly, Sarah A, Eisenberg, Roselyn J, ...

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) entry into cells requires binding of the envelope glycoprotein D (gD) to one of several cell surface receptors. The 50 C-terminal residues of the gD ectodomain are...

N- and C-terminal residues combine in the fusion-pH influenza hemagglutinin HA2 subunit to form an N cap that terminates the triple-stranded coiled coil

Chen, Jue, Skehel, John J., Wiley, Don C.

The structure of a stable recombinant ectodomain of influenza hemagglutinin HA2 subunit, EHA2 (23–185), defined by proteolysis studies of the intact bacterial-expressed ectodomain, was determined...

Assembly of a rod-shaped chimera of a trimeric GCN4 zipper and the HIV-1 gp41 ectodomain expressed in Escherichia coli

Weissenhorn, Winfried, Calder, Lesley J., Dessen, Andréa, Laue, Tom, Skehel, John J., Wiley, Don C.

The HIV-1 envelope subunit gp41 plays a role in viral entry by initiating fusion of the viral and cellular membranes. A chimeric molecule was constructed centered on the ectodomain of gp41 without...

Expression and crystallization of the complex of HLA-DR2 (DRA, DRB1*1501) and an immunodominant peptide of human myelin basic protein

Gauthier, Laurent, Smith, Kathrine J., Pyrdol, Jason, Kalandadze, Avtandil, Strominger, Jack L., Wiley, Don C., ...

HLA-DR2 is associated with susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS). A peptide from human myelin basic protein (MBP, residues 85–99) was previously found to bind to purified HLA-DR2 (DRA,...

Structure of a soluble secreted chemokine inhibitor vCCI (p35) from cowpox virus

Carfí, Andrea, Smith, Craig A., Smolak, Pamela J., McGrew, Jeffrey, Wiley, Don C.

Most poxviruses, including variola, the causative agent of smallpox, express a secreted protein of 35 kDa, vCCI, which binds CC-chemokines with high affinity. This viral protein competes with the...

The central structural feature of the membrane fusion protein subunit from the Ebola virus glycoprotein is a long triple-stranded coiled coil

Weissenhorn, Winfried, Calder, Lesley J., Wharton, Stephen A., Skehel, John J., Wiley, Don C.

The ectodomain of the Ebola virus Gp2 glycoprotein was solubilized with a trimeric, isoleucine zipper derived from GCN4 (pIIGCN4) in place of the hydrophobic fusion peptide at the N terminus. This...

Zinc-dependent dimers observed in crystals of human endostatin

Ding, Yuan-Hua, Javaherian, Kashi, Lo, Kin-Ming, Chopra, Rajiv, Boehm, Thomas, Lanciotti, Julia, ...

The crystal structure of human endostatin reveals a zinc-binding site. Atomic absorption spectroscopy indicates that zinc is a constituent of both human and murine endostatin in solution. The human...

Antigen presentation subverted: Structure of the human cytomegalovirus protein US2 bound to the class I molecule HLA-A2

Gewurz, Benjamin E., Gaudet, Rachelle, Tortorella, Domenico, Wang, Evelyn W., Ploegh, Hidde L., Wiley, Don C.

Many persistent viruses have evolved the ability to subvert MHC class I antigen presentation. Indeed, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) encodes at least four proteins that down-regulate cell-surface...

Cleavage of the human respiratory syncytial virus fusion protein at two distinct sites is required for activation of membrane fusion

González-Reyes, Luis, Ruiz-Argüello, M. Begoña, García-Barreno, Blanca, Calder, Leslie, López, Juan A., Albar, Juan P., ...

Preparations of purified full-length fusion (F) protein of human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) expressed in recombinant vaccinia-F infected cells, or of an anchorless mutant (FTM−) lacking the...

X-ray structures of H5 avian and H9 swine influenza virus hemagglutinins bound to avian and human receptor analogs

Ha, Ya, Stevens, David J., Skehel, John J., Wiley, Don C.

The three-dimensional structures of avian H5 and swine H9 influenza hemagglutinins (HAs) from viruses closely related to those that caused outbreaks of human disease in Hong Kong in 1997 and 1999...

Studies on influenza haemagglutinin fusion peptide mutants generated by reverse genetics

Cross, Karen J., Wharton, Stephen A., Skehel, John J., Wiley, Don C., Steinhauer, David A.

Influenza haemagglutinin (HA) is responsible for fusing viral and endosomal membranes during virus entry. In this process, conformational changes in the HA relocate the HA2 N-terminal ‘fusion...

Structure of the ABC ATPase domain of human TAP1, the transporter associated with antigen processing

Gaudet, Rachelle, Wiley, Don C.

The transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP) is an ABC transporter formed of two subunits, TAP1 and TAP2, each of which has an N-terminal membrane-spanning domain and a C-terminal ABC...

H5 avian and H9 swine influenza virus haemagglutinin structures: possible origin of influenza subtypes

Ha, Ya, Stevens, David J., Skehel, John J., Wiley, Don C.

There are 15 subtypes of influenza A virus (H1–H15), all of which are found in avian species. Three caused pandemics in the last century: H1 in 1918 (and 1977), H2 in 1957 and H3 in 1968. In 1997,...

Structure-Based Analysis of the Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoprotein D Binding Site Present on Herpesvirus Entry Mediator HveA (HVEM)

Connolly, Sarah A., Landsburg, Daniel J., Carfi, Andrea, Wiley, Don C., Eisenberg, Roselyn J., Cohen, Gary H.

Binding of herpes simplex virus (HSV) envelope glycoprotein D (gD) to a cell surface receptor is an essential step of virus entry. We recently determined the crystal structure of gD bound to one...

Structure-Based Mutagenesis of Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoprotein D Defines Three Critical Regions at the gD-HveA/HVEM Binding Interface

Connolly, Sarah A., Landsburg, Daniel J., Carfi, Andrea, Wiley, Don C., Cohen, Gary H., Eisenberg, Roselyn J.

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) entry into cells requires the binding of glycoprotein D (gD) to one of several cell surface receptors. The crystal structure of gD bound to one of these receptors,...

Structure of a covalently stabilized complex of a human αβ T-cell receptor, influenza HA peptide and MHC class II molecule, HLA-DR1

Hennecke, Jens, Carfi, Andrea, Wiley, Don C.

An αβ T-cell receptor (αβTCR)/hemagglutinin (HA) peptide/human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR1 complex was stabilized by flexibly linking the HA peptide with the human HA1.7 αβTCR, to increase the...

A Chimeric Protein of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Envelope Glycoprotein gp140 and Escherichia coli Aspartate Transcarbamoylase

Chen, Bing, Cheng, Yifan, Calder, Lesley, Harrison, Stephen C., Reinherz, Ellis L., Skehel, John J., ...

The envelope glycoproteins of the human immunodeficiency virus and the related simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) mediate viral entry into host cells by fusing viral and target cell membranes. We...

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase from Escherichia coli: Electron Density at 5.5 Å Resolution

Warren, Stephen G., Edwards, Brian F. P., Evans, David R., Wiley, Don C., Lipscomb, William N.

The allosteric enzyme, aspartate transcarbamoylase (EC 2.1.3.2), has previously been shown in our x-ray diffraction studies to have D3-32 symmetry. There are six catalytic (C) and six regulatory (R)...

Complex of Aspartate Carbamoyltransferase from Escherichia coli with Its Allosteric Inhibitor, Cytidine Triphosphate: Electron Density at 5.9-Å Resolution

Edwards, Brian F. P., Evans, David R., Warren, Stephen G., Monaco, Hugo L., Landfear, Scott M., Eisele, George, ...

Following our earlier determination of the three-dimensional structure of aspartate carbamoyltransferase (EC 2.1.3.2; carbamoylphosphate: L-aspartate carbamoyltransferase) to 5.5-Å resolution [S. G....

Crystal structure of a human CD3-ε/δ dimer in complex with a UCHT1 single-chain antibody fragment

Arnett, Kelly L., Harrison, Stephen C., Wiley, Don C.

The α/β T cell receptor complex transmits signals from MHC/peptide antigens through a set of constitutively associated signaling molecules, including CD3-ε/γ and CD3-ε/δ. We report the crystal...

Potential Nectin-1 Binding Site on Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoprotein D

Connolly, Sarah A., Landsburg, Daniel J., Carfi, Andrea, Whitbeck, J. Charles, Zuo, Yi, Wiley, Don C., ...

Four glycoproteins (gD, gB, gH, and gL) are essential for herpes simplex virus (HSV) entry into cells. An early step of fusion requires gD to bind one of several receptors, such as nectin-1 or...

Structure of unliganded HSV gD reveals a mechanism for receptor-mediated activation of virus entry

Krummenacher, Claude, Supekar, Vinit M, Whitbeck, J Charles, Lazear, Eric, Connolly, Sarah A, Eisenberg, Roselyn J, ...

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) entry into cells requires binding of the envelope glycoprotein D (gD) to one of several cell surface receptors. The 50 C-terminal residues of the gD ectodomain are...

Identification of the Lateral Interaction Surfaces of Human Histocompatibility Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-DM with HLA-DR1 by Formation of Tethered Complexes That Present Enhanced HLA-DM Catalysis

Stratikos, Efstratios, Mosyak, Lidia, Zaller, Dennis M., Wiley, Don C.

Human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DM is a major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-like protein that catalyzes exchange of antigenic peptides from MHC class II molecules. To investigate...

Identification of a Crucial Energetic Footprint on the α1 Helix of Human Histocompatibility Leukocyte Antigen (Hla)-A2 That Provides Functional Interactions for Recognition by Tax Peptide/Hla-A2–Specific T Cell Receptors

Baker, Brian M., Turner, Richard V., Gagnon, Susan J., Wiley, Don C., Biddison, William E.

Structural studies have shown that class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted peptide-specific T cell receptor (TCR)-α/βs make multiple contacts with the α1 and α2 helices of the...

Structure of a Complex of the Human α/β T Cell Receptor (TCR) HA1.7, Influenza Hemagglutinin Peptide, and Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Molecule, HLA-DR4 (DRA*0101 and DRB1*0401): Insight into TCR Cross-Restriction and Alloreactivity

Hennecke, Jens, Wiley, Don C.

The α/β T cell receptor (TCR) HA1.7 specific for the hemagglutinin (HA) antigen peptide from influenza A virus is HLA-DR1 restricted but cross-reactive for the HA peptide presented by the...

Crystal Structure of HLA-DR2 (DRA*0101, DRB1*1501) Complexed with a Peptide from Human Myelin Basic Protein

Smith, Kathrine J., Pyrdol, Jason, Gauthier, Laurent, Wiley, Don C., Wucherpfennig, Kai W.

Susceptibility to multiple sclerosis is associated with the human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR2 (DRB1*1501) haplotype. The structure of HLA-DR2 was determined with a bound peptide...

Structure of Human Histocompatibility Leukocyte Antigen (Hla)-Cw4, a Ligand for the Kir2d Natural Killer Cell Inhibitory Receptor

Fan, Qing R., Wiley, Don C.

The crystal structure of the human class I major histocompatibility complex molecule, human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-Cw4, the ligand for a natural killer (NK) cell inhibitory...