Publications

† co-first authorship  ·  ‡ co-corresponding authorship

2024

Nat Commun

Antagonistic nanobodies implicate mechanism of GSDMD pore formation and potential therapeutic application

Schiffelers LDJ, Tesfamariam YM, Jenster L, Diehl S, Binder SC, Normann S, Mayr J, Pritzl S, Hagelauer E, Kopp A, Alon A, Geyer M, Ploegh HL, Schmidt FI

Science

AlphaFold2 structures guide prospective ligand discovery

Lyu J, Kapolka N, Gumpper R, Alon A, Wang L, Jain MK, Barros-Álvarez X, Sakamoto K, Kim Y, DiBerto J, Kim K, Glenn IS, Tummino TA, Huang S, Irwin JJ, Tarkhanova OO, Moroz Y, Skiniotis G, Kruse AC, Shoichet BK, Roth BL

2022

Genes Dev

The SpoVA membrane complex is required for dipicolinic acid import during sporulation and export during germination

Gao Y, Barajas-Ornelas RDC, Amon JD, Ramírez-Guadiana FH, Alon A, Brock KP, Marks DS, Kruse AC, Rudner DZ

36(9-10): 634–646

2021

Nature ★ Featured

Structures of the σ₂ receptor enable docking for bioactive ligand discovery

Alon A†, Lyu J†, Braz JM†, Tummino TA, Craik V, O'Meara MJ, Webb CM, Radchenko DS, Moroz YS, Huang XP, Liu Y, Roth BL, Irwin JJ, Basbaum AI‡, Shoichet BK‡, Kruse AC‡

600(7890): 759–764

mBio

The Spliced Leader RNA Silencing (SLS) Pathway in Trypanosoma brucei Is Induced by Perturbations of Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Complex, or Mitochondrial Protein Factors: Functional Analysis of SLS-Inducing Kinase PK3

Okalang U, Mualem Bar-Ner B, Rajan KS, Friedman N, Aryal S, Egarmina K, Hope R, Khazanov N, Senderowitz H, Alon A, Fass D, Michaeli S

12(6): e0260221

Nat Commun

Dormant spores sense amino acids through the B subunits of their germination receptors

Artzi L, Alon A, Brock KP, Green AG, Tam A, Ramírez-Guadiana FH, Marks D, Kruse A, Rudner DZ

12(1): 6842

Science

Drug-induced phospholipidosis confounds drug repurposing for SARS-CoV-2

Tummino TA†, Rezelj VV†, Fischer B†, Fischer A†, O'Meara MJ, Monel B, Vallet T, White KM, Zhang Z, Alon A, Schadt H, et al.

373(6554): 541–547

Front Pharmacol

COVID-19: Famotidine, Histamine, Mast Cells, and Mechanisms

Malone RW, Tisdall P, Fremont-Smith P, Liu Y, Huang XP, White KM, Miorin L, Moreno E, Alon A, Delaforge E, et al.

12: 633680

2019

Protein Sci

cis-Proline mutants of quiescin sulfhydryl oxidase 1 with altered redox properties undermine extracellular matrix integrity and cell adhesion in fibroblast cultures

Javitt G†, Grossman-Haham I†, Alon A, Resnick E, Mutsafi Y, Ilani T, Fass D

28(1): 228–238

2017

PNAS ★ Featured

Identification of the gene that codes for the σ₂ receptor

Alon A†, Schmidt HR†, Wood MD†, Sahn JJ, Martin SF, Kruse AC

114(27): 7160–7165

Adv Exp Med Biol

Structural Perspectives on Sigma-1 Receptor Function

Alon A, Schmidt H, Zheng S, Kruse AC

964: 5–13

2015

Proteins

AbDesign: An algorithm for combinatorial backbone design guided by natural conformations and sequences

Lapidoth GD, Baran D, Pszolla GM, Norn C, Alon A, Tyka MD, Fleishman SJ

83(8): 1385–406

2013

J Mol Biol

An inhibitory antibody blocks the first step in the dithiol/disulfide relay mechanism of the enzyme QSOX1

Grossman I, Alon A, Ilani T, Fass D

425(22): 4366–78

Science ★ Featured

A secreted disulfide catalyst controls extracellular matrix composition and function

Ilani T, Alon A, Grossman I, Horowitz B, Kartvelishvily E, Cohen SR, Fass D

341(6141): 74–76

2012

FEBS Lett

Phylogenetics and enzymology of plant quiescin sulfhydryl oxidase

Limor-Waisberg K, Alon A, Mehlman T, Fass D

586(23): 4119–25

PLoS One

Exploring ORFan domains in giant viruses: structure of mimivirus sulfhydryl oxidase R596

Hakim M, Ezerina D, Alon A, Vonshak O, Fass D

7(11): e50649

Nature ★ Featured

The dynamic disulphide relay of quiescin sulphydryl oxidase

Alon A, Grossman I, Gat Y, Kodali VK, DiMaio F, Mehlman T, Haran G, Baker D, Thorpe C, Fass D

488(7411): 414–418

2011

Nature ★ Featured

Improved molecular replacement by density- and energy-guided protein structure optimization

DiMaio F, Terwilliger TC, Read RJ, Wlodawer A, Oberdorfer G, Wagner U, Valkov E, Alon A, Fass D, Axelrod HL, et al.

473(7348): 540–543

2010

FEBS Lett

QSOX contains a pseudo-dimer of functional and degenerate sulfhydryl oxidase domains

Alon A, Heckler EJ, Thorpe C, Fass D

584(8): 1521–1525

2008

Biochemistry

Human quiescin-sulfhydryl oxidase, QSOX1: probing internal redox steps by mutagenesis

Heckler EJ, Alon A, Fass D, Thorpe C

47(17): 4955–4963