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Overview

Douglas M. Cyr is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research is situated primarily within the domain of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, contributing significantly to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Epidemiology, Physiology, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a concentration on protein biology, cellular stress responses, and molecular chaperones. Notable papers include:

  • "J-domain protein chaperone circuits in proteostasis and disease" (2022) published in Trends in Cell Biology
  • "CHIP Is a U-box-dependent E3 Ubiquitin Ligase: IDENTIFICATION OF Hsc70 AS A TARGET FOR UBIQUITYLATION" (2021) published in UNC Libraries
  • "Specification of Hsp70 Function by Hsp40 Co-chaperones" (2022) published in Sub-cellular biochemistry/Subcellular biochemistry
  • "J-domain proteins: From molecular mechanisms to diseases" (2024) published in Cell Stress and Chaperones
  • "CHIP-mediated stress recovery by sequential ubiquitination of substrates and Hsp70" (2020) published in UNC Libraries

The main research topics evident from their body of work include:

  • Heat shock proteins research
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Frequent collaborators in their research encompass a group of coauthors with whom Cyr has published multiple times. These include:

  • Hong Yu Ren
  • Cam Patterson
  • Daniel W. Summers
  • Carlos H.I. Ramos
  • Scott A. Houck

Douglas M. Cyr has contributed extensively to UNC Libraries, which is the primary venue for their research publications. Additional venues include Trends in Cell Biology, Sub-cellular biochemistry/Subcellular biochemistry, and Cell Stress and Chaperones, indicating active engagement with diverse scientific outlets related to cell biology and molecular chaperones.

Best Publications

  • The Hsc70 co-chaperone CHIP targets immature CFTR for proteasomal degradation

    G C Meacham;C Patterson;W Zhang;J M Younger

  • CHIP is a U-box-dependent E3 ubiquitin ligase: identification of Hsc70 as a target for ubiquitylation.

    Jihong Jiang;Jihong Jiang;Carol A. Ballinger;Yaxu Wu;Qian Dai

  • DnaJ-like proteins: molecular chaperones and specific regulators of Hsp70

    Douglas M. Cyr;Thomas Langer;Michael G. Douglas

  • The J‐protein family: modulating protein assembly, disassembly and translocation

    Peter Walsh;Dejan Bursac;Yin Chern Law;Douglas Cyr

  • From CFTR biology toward combinatorial pharmacotherapy: expanded classification of cystic fibrosis mutations.

    Gudio Veit;Radu G. Avramescu;Annette N. Chiang;Scott A. Houck

  • Sequential quality-control checkpoints triage misfolded cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator.

    J. Michael Younger;Liling Chen;Hong Yu Ren;Meredith F.N. Rosser

  • Protein quality control: U-box-containing E3 ubiquitin ligases join the fold

    Douglas M Cyr;Jörg Höhfeld;Cam Patterson

  • From the cradle to the grave: molecular chaperones that may choose between folding and degradation.

    Jörg Höhfeld;Douglas M. Cyr;Cam Patterson

  • Mechanisms for regulation of Hsp70 function by Hsp40.

    Chun Yang Fan;Soojin Lee;Douglas M. Cyr

  • THE HDJ-2/HSC70 CHAPERONE PAIR FACILITATES EARLY STEPS IN CFTR BIOGENESIS

    Geoffrey C. Meacham;Zhen Lu;Scott King;Eric Sorscher

  • CHIP-mediated stress recovery by sequential ubiquitination of substrates and Hsp70

    Shu Bing Qian;Holly McDonough;Frank Boellmann;Douglas M. Cyr

  • YDJ1p facilitates polypeptide translocation across different intracellular membranes by a conserved mechanism.

    Avrom J. Caplan;Douglas M. Cyr;Michael G. Douglas

  • CHIP activates HSF1 and confers protection against apoptosis and cellular stress

    Qian Dai;Chunlian Zhang;Yaxu Wu;Holly McDonough

  • The role of Hsp70 in conferring unidirectionality on protein translocation into mitochondria.

    Christian Ungermann;Walter Neupert;Douglas M. Cyr

  • Regulation of Hsp70 function by a eukaryotic DnaJ homolog.

    Douglas M. Cyr;Xiangyang Lu;Michael G. Douglas

  • VX-809 corrects folding defects in cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein through action on membrane-spanning domain 1.

    Hong Yu Ren;Diane E. Grove;Oxana De La Rosa;Scott A. Houck

  • Eukaryotic homologues of Escherichia coli dnaJ: a diverse protein family that functions with hsp70 stress proteins.

    Avrom J. Caplan;Douglas M. Cyr;Michael G. Douglas

  • Protein Folding Activity of Hsp70 Is Modified Differentially by the Hsp40 Co-chaperones Sis1 and Ydj1

    Zhen Lu;Douglas M. Cyr

  • Gp78 Cooperates with RMA1 in Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated Degradation of CFTRΔF508

    Daisuke Morito;Kazuyoshi Hirao;Yukako Oda;Nobuko Hosokawa

  • A foldable CFTRΔF508 biogenic intermediate accumulates upon inhibition of the Hsc70–CHIP E3 ubiquitin ligase

    J. Michael Younger;Hong Yu Ren;Liling Chen;Chun Yang Fan

Frequent Co-Authors

Cam Patterson
Cam Patterson University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Walter Neupert
Walter Neupert Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Elizabeth A. Craig
Elizabeth A. Craig University of Wisconsin–Madison
Christian Ungermann
Christian Ungermann Osnabrück University
Scott H. Randell
Scott H. Randell University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kazuhiro Nagata
Kazuhiro Nagata Kyoto Sangyo University
Nikolay V. Dokholyan
Nikolay V. Dokholyan Pennsylvania State University
Matt Kaeberlein
Matt Kaeberlein University of Washington
Jeffrey N. Strathern
Jeffrey N. Strathern National Institutes of Health

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