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  • 1980 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

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Florante A. Quiocho is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their professional work is connected to this institution, contributing to its academic and research activities.

Quiocho was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1980. This fellowship is granted to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship in their respective fields.

Best Publications

  • Target enzyme recognition by calmodulin: 2.4 A structure of a calmodulin-peptide complex

    William E. Meador;Anthony R. Means;Florante A. Quiocho

  • Calmodulin structure refined at 1.7 Å resolution

    Rajagopal Chattopadhyaya;William E. Meador;Anthony R. Means;Florante A. Quiocho

  • Modulation of calmodulin plasticity in molecular recognition on the basis of x-ray structures.

    William E. Meador;Anthony R. Means;Florante A. Quiocho

  • A tweezers-like motion of the ATP-binding cassette dimer in an ABC transport cycle.

    Jue Chen;Gang Lu;Jeffrey Lin;Amy L Davidson

  • Crystal structure of a catalytic intermediate of the maltose transporter

    Michael L. Oldham;Dheeraj Khare;Florante A. Quiocho;Amy L. Davidson

  • Mutation of TDP1, encoding a topoisomerase I-dependent DNA damage repair enzyme, in spinocerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy.

    Hiroshi Takashima;Cornelius F. Boerkoel;Joy John;Gulam Mustafa Saifi

  • An unlikely sugar substrate site in the 1.65 Å structure of the human aldose reductase holoenzyme implicated in diabetic complications

    David K. Wilson;Kurt M. Bohren;Kenneth H. Gabbay;Florante A. Quiocho

  • Sec15 interacts with Rab11 via a novel domain and affects Rab11 localization in vivo

    Shuya Wu;Sunil Q Mehta;Franck Pichaud;Hugo J Bellen

  • Periplasmic binding protein structure and function: refined X-ray structures of the leucine/isoleucine/valine-binding protein and its complex with leucine

    John S. Sack;Mark A. Saper;Florante A. Quiocho

  • The Enzymic Behavior of Carboxypeptidase-A in the Solid State*

    Florante A. Quiocho;Frederic M. Richards

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis 16-kDa Antigen (Hsp16.3) Functions as an Oligomeric Structure in Vitro to Suppress Thermal Aggregation

    Zengyi Chang;Todd P. Primm;Joanita Jakana;Irwin H. Lee

  • Trapping the transition state of an ATP-binding cassette transporter: Evidence for a concerted mechanism of maltose transport

    Jue Chen;Susan Sharma;Florante A. Quiocho;Amy L. Davidson

  • Refined 1.8-A structure reveals the mode of binding of beta-cyclodextrin to the maltodextrin binding protein.

    Andrew J. Sharff;Lynn E. Rodseth;Florante A. Quiocho

  • Human fatty acid synthase: structure and substrate selectivity of the thioesterase domain.

    Bornali Chakravarty;Ziwei Gu;Subrahmanyam S. Chirala;Salih J. Wakil

  • Refined 1.8 A structure of human aldose reductase complexed with the potent inhibitor zopolrestat.

    D K Wilson;I Tarle;J M Petrash;F A Quiocho

  • Dipoles localized at helix termini of proteins stabilize charges.

    Johan Aqvist;Hartmut Luecke;Florante A. Quiocho;Arieh Warshel

  • A nonconservative serine to cysteine mutation in the sulfate-binding protein, a transport receptor.

    Jing J. He;Florante A. Quiocho;Florante A. Quiocho

  • A closed compact structure of native ca(2+)-calmodulin.

    Jennifer L Fallon;Florante A Quiocho

  • Structural insights into the protein splicing mechanism of PI-SceI.

    Bradley W. Poland;Ming-Qun Xu;Florante A. Quiocho

  • Structure of calmodulin bound to the hydrophobic IQ domain of the cardiac Ca(v)1.2 calcium channel.

    Jennifer L. Fallon;D. Brent Halling;Susan L. Hamilton;Florante A. Quiocho

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Andrew McCammon
J. Andrew McCammon University of California, San Diego
William N. Lipscomb
William N. Lipscomb Harvard University
Jianpeng Ma
Jianpeng Ma Baylor College of Medicine
Wah Chiu
Wah Chiu Stanford University
Susan L. Hamilton
Susan L. Hamilton Baylor College of Medicine
John J. G. Tesmer
John J. G. Tesmer Purdue University West Lafayette
Erin K. O'Shea
Erin K. O'Shea Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Rodney E. Kellems
Rodney E. Kellems The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
David R. Bundle
David R. Bundle University of Alberta
Hugo J. Bellen
Hugo J. Bellen Baylor College of Medicine

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