Virginia Cornish
Department of Chemistry

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Cornish Group

Publications


2009

  • "Slow Peptide Bond Formation by Proline and Other N-alkylamino Acids in Translation." M. Pavlov, R. Watts, Z. Tan, V.W. Cornish, M. Ehrenberg, A. Forster. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 106, 50-54 (2009). [PubMed]
  •  "Fluorescence in Living Systems: Applications in Chemical Biology." V.W. Cornish, S.S. Gallagher. In Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology, T.P. Begley, Editor. 2009, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken. pp. 28-38 (2009).

  • “An In Vivo Covalent TMP-tag Based on Proximity-Induced Reactivity.” S.S. Gallagher, J.E. Sable, M.P. Sheetz, V.W. Cornish.  ACS Chem. Biol., 4 547-556 (2009). [PubMed]


    • 2008

  • "Transcription Factor Logic Using Chemical Complementation." J.E. Bronson, W.W. Mazur, V.W. Cornish. Molecular BioSystems, 4, 56 (2008). [PubMed]
  •  "Characterization of a New Glycosynthase Cloned Using Chemical Complementation." H.Tao, P. Peralta-Yahya, J. Decatur, V.W. Cornish. ChemBioChem, 9, 681-684 (2008). [PubMed]

  • “Conditional Glycosylation in Eukaryotic Cells Using a Biocompatible Chemical Inducer of Dimerization.” J.L. Czlapinski, M.W. Schelle, L.W. Miller, S.T. Laughlin, J.J. Kohler,  V.W. Cornish, C.R. Bertozzi.  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 13186-13187 (2008). [PubMed]

  •  “A High-Throughput Selection for Cellulase Catalysts Using Chemical Complementation.” P. Peralta-Yahya, B. T. Carter, H. Lin, H. Tao. V.W. Cornish. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 17446-17452 (2008). [PubMed]
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  • “Chemical Biology Tools for Live Cell Imaging.” S.S. Gallagher, V.W. Cornish. In Encyclopedia for Chemical Biology, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co., in press. (Invited Review).


    • 2007

  • "Optimized Fluorescent Trimethoprim Derivatives for In Vivo Protein Labeling." N.T. Calloway, M. Choob, A. Sanz, M.P. Sheetz, L.W. Miller, V.W. Cornish. ChemBioChem., 8, 767-774 (2007). [PubMed]

  • "Specificity of Translation for N-Alkyl Amino Acids." B. Zhang, Z. Tan, L.G. Dickson, M.N.L. Nalam, V.W. Cornish, A. Forster. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 11316-11317 (2007). [PubMed]

  • "Saturation Mutagenesis of Asn152 Reveals a Substrate Selectivity Switch in P99 Cephalosporinase." S.T. Lefurgy, R.M. de Jong, V.W. Cornish. Protein Science, 16, 2636-2646, (2007).[PubMed]

  •  "An Orthogonal Dexamethasone-Trimethoprim Yeast Three-Hybrid System." S.S. Gallagher, L.W. Miller, V.W. Cornish. Anal. Biochem., 363, 160-162, (2007). [PubMed]

    • 2006

  • "Optimized Design and Synthesis of Chemical Dimerizer Substrates for Detection of Glycosynthase Activity via Chemical Complementation." H. Tao, P. Peralta-Yahya, H. Lin, V.W. Cornish. Bioorg. Med. Chem., 14, 6940-6953 (2006). [PubMed]

  • "Bringing the Power of Genetics to Chemistry." P. Peralta-Yahya, V.W. Cornish. In Chemical Biology, S.L. Schreiber, T. Kapoor, G. Weiss, Eds. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, vol. 1, pp. 199-226 (2006). (Invited Review).

  • "Biological Chemistry: Catalytic Competition for Cells.” V.W. Cornish. Nature, 440, 156-157 (2006). (Invited News and Views). [PubMed]

  • "Chemical Complementation." S. Lefurgy, V.W. Cornish. In Enzyme Assays: High-throughput Screening, Genetic Selection and Fingerprinting, J-L. Reymond, Ed. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, pp. 183-219 (2006). (Invited Review).

     

    2005

  • “De Novo Genetic Codes and Pure Translation Display.” Z. Tan, S.C. Blacklow, V.W. Cornish, A.C. Forster. Methods, 36, 279-90 (2005). [PubMed]

  • "Investigation of the Mechanism of Resistance to Third-Generation Cephalosporins by Class C b-Lactamases Using Chemical Complementation." B.T. Carter, H. Lin, S.D. Goldberg, E.A. Althoff, J. Raushel, V.W. Cornish. ChemBioChem, 6, 2055-2067 (2005). [PubMed]

  • "In Vivo Labeling with Trimethoprim Conjugates: A Flexible Chemical Tag." L. Miller, Y. Cai, M. Sheetz, V.W. Cornish. Nature Methods, 2, 255-257 (2005). [PubMed]

  • "Selective Chemical Labeling of Proteins in Living Cells." L. Miller, V.W. Cornish. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol., 9, 1-6 (2005). (Invited Review). [PubMed]


    2004

  • "Pure Translation Display," A.C. Forster, V.W. Cornish, S.C. Blacklow. Anal. Biochem., 333, 358-364 (2004). [abstract] [pdf]

  • "Amino acid backbone specificity of the Escherichia coli translation machinery,"  Z. Tan, A.C. Forster, S.C. Blacklow, V.W. Cornish. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 12752-12753 (2004). [abstract] [pdf]

  • "Correlation between ligand-receptor affinity and the transcription readout in a yeast three-hybrid system," K.S. de Felipe, B.T. Carter, E.A. Althoff, V.W. Cornish. Biochemistry, 43, 10353-10363. [abstract] [pdf]

  • "Correlation Between Catalytic Efficiency and the Transcription Read-Out in Chemical Complementation, a High-Throughput Assay for Enzyme Catalysis." D. Sengupta, H. Lin, S. Goldberg, J. Mahal, V.W. Cornish. Biochemistry, 43, 3570-3581 (2004).[abstract] [pdf]
  • "Directed Evolution of a Glycosynthase Via Chemical Complementation." H. Lin, H. Tao, V.W. Cornish. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 15051-15059 (2004). [abstract] [pdf]
  • "Correlation Between Ligand-Receptor Affinity and the Transcription Readout in a Yeast Three-Hybrid System." K. Suwwan deFelipe, E.A. Althoff, B.T. Carter, V.W. Cornish. Biochemistry, 43, 10353-10363 (2004).

  • "Finding Cinderella After the Ball: a Three-Hybrid Approach to Drug Target Identification." S. Lefurgy, V.W. Cornish. Chem. Biol., 11, 151-153 (2004). (Invited Commentary).

  • "Correlation Between Catalytic Efficiency and the Transcription Read-Out in Chemical Complementation, a High-Throughput Assay for Enzyme Catalysis." D. Sengupta, H. Lin, S. Goldberg, J. Mahal, V.W. Cornish. Biochemistry, 43, 3570-3581 (2004).

  • "Mixed Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical (QM/MM) Study of the Deacylation Reaction in a Penicillin Binding Protein (PBP) Versus in a Class C b-Lactamase," B.F. Gherman, S.D. Goldberg, V.W. Cornish, R.A. Friesner. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 7652-7664 (2004).[abstract] [pdf]
  • "Methotrexate Conjugates: A Modular In Vivo Protein Tag," L. Miller, J. Sable, P. Goelet, M. Sheetz, V.W. Cornish. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 43, 1672-1675 (2004). [abstract] [pdf]

    2003

  • "Identification of Residues Critical for Catalysis in a Class C b-Lactamase," S. Goldberg, W. Iannuccilli, T. Nguyen, J. Ju, V.W. Cornish. Protein Science, 12, 1633-1645 (2003). [full-text] [pdf]

  • "Programming peptidomimetic syntheses by translating genetic codes designed de novo," A. Forster, Z. Tan, M.N.L. Nalam, H. Lin, H. Qu, V.W. Cornish, S. Blacklow. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100, 6353-6357 (2003). [full-text] [pdf]

  • "An Optimized Dexamethasone-Methotrexate Yeast 3-Hybrid System for High-Throughput Screening of Small Molecule-Protein Interactions," K. Baker, D. Sengupta, G. Salazar-Jimenez, V.W. Cornish. Anal. Biochem., 315, 134-137 (2003). [full-text] [pdf]

    2002

  • "Chemical Complementation: A Reaction-Independent High-Throughput Genetic Assay for Enzyme Catalysis," K. Baker*, C. Bleczinski*, G. Salazar-Jimenez, H. Lin, D. Sengupta, S. Krane, V.W. Cornish. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99, 16537-16542 (2002). [abstract] [full-text] [pdf]
    Featured in a commentary in Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99, 16513-16515 (2002) [full-text] [pdf] and in Chem. & Eng. News, 81, 24 (2003). [full-text]

  • "Milestones in Directed Enzyme Evolution," H. Tao, V.W. Cornish. Curr. Opin. Chem. & Biol., 6, 858-864 (2002). [abstract] [pdf]

  • Receptor-Dependence of the Transcription Read-Out in a Small-Molecule Three-Hybrid System, W. Abida, B. Carter, E. Althoff, H. Lin, V.W. Cornish, ChemBioChem, 3, 887-895 (2002). [abstract] [pdf]

  • "A Bacterial Small-Molecule 'Three-Hybrid' System," E.A. Althoff, V.W. Cornish, Angew. Chem., 114, 2433-2436 (2002); Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 41, 2327-2330 (2002). [abstract] [pdf]

  • "Screening and Selection Methods for the Large Scale Analysis of Protein Function," H. Lin, V.W. Cornish, Angew. Chem., 114, 4580-4606 (2002); Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 41, 4402-4425 (2002). [abstract] [pdf]

  • "Yeast n-Hybrid Systems for Molecular Evolution," B.T. Carter, H. Lin, V.W. Cornish, in Directed Molecular Evolution of Proteins, S. Brakmann, K. Johnsson, Eds. Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim. ISBN 3-527-30423-1 [publisher]

  • "Probing Enzyme Complexity," V.W. Cornish, Chem. & Eng. News, 79, 64 (2001). Young Investigator Featured in 125th Year Anniversary Issue. [pdf]

    2001

  • "In Vivo Protein-Protein Interaction Assays: Beyond Proteins," H. Lin, V. W. Cornish, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 40, 871-875 (2001) [abstract] [pdf]

    2000

  • "Dexamethasone-Methotrexate: An Efficient Chemical Inducer of Protein Dimerization In Vivo," H. Lin, W. Abida, R.T. Sauer, V.W. Cornish, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 4247-4248 (2000). [description] [pdf]

    1993-1999

  • "Photoaffinity Labeling and Mass Spectrometry Identify Ribosomal Protein S3 as a Potential Target for Hybrid Polar Cytodifferentiation Agents," Y. Webb, X. Zhou, L. Ngo, V.W. Cornish, J. Stahl, H. Erdjument-Bromage, P. Tempst, R. Rifkind, P. Marks, R. Breslow and V. Richon, J. Biol. Chem., 274, 14280-14287 (1999). [abstract] [pdf]

  • "Insertion of Unnatural Amino Acids Using Chemical Acylation Techniques," J.S. Thorson, V.W. Cornish, J.E. Barrett, S.T. Cload, T. Yano, P.G. Schultz, Methods in Molecular Biology: Protein Synthesis: Methods and Protocols, 77, 43-73 (1998).

  • "An Experimental Approach to Evaluating the Role of Backbone Interactions in Proteins Using Unnatural Amino Acid Mutagenesis," J.T. Koh, V.W. Cornish, P.G. Schultz, Biochemistry, 36, 11314-11322 (1997). [abstract] [pdf]

  • "Site-Specific Protein Modification Using a Ketone Handle," V.W. Cornish, K.M. Hahn, P.G. Schultz, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 118, 8150-8151 (1996). [full-text] [pdf]
  • "Probing Protein Structure and Function with an Expanded Genetic Code," V.W. Cornish, D. Mendel, P.G. Schultz, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 34, 621-633 (1995). [abstract] [pdf]
  • "Site-Directed Mutagenesis with an Expanded Genetic Code," D. Mendel, V.W. Cornish, P.G. Schultz, Ann. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct., 24, 435-462 (1995). [full-text]

  • "Stabilizing and Destabilizing Effects of Placing b-Branched Amino Acids in Protein a-Helices," V.W. Cornish, M.I. Kaplan, D.L. Veenstra, P.A. Kollman, P.G. Schultz, Biochemistry, 33, 12022-12031 (1994). [abstract] [pdf]

  • "A New Tool for Studying Protein Structure and Function," V.W. Cornish, P.G. Schultz, Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol., 4, 601-607 (1994).

  • "Site-Specific Incorporation of Biophysical Probes into Proteins," V.W. Cornish, D.R. Benson, C.A. Altenbach, K. Hideg, W.L. Hubbel, P.G. Schultz, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 91, 2910-2914 (1994). [abstract] [pdf]
  • "Probing the Role of Loop 2 in Ras Function with Unnatural Amino Acids," H.H. Chung, D.R. Benson, V.W. Cornish, P.G. Schultz, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 90, 10145-10149 (1993). [abstract] [pdf]