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Overview

Robert T. Clubb is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in medicine. Within these broad fields, their work addresses specialized areas including molecular biology, cell biology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, and biotechnology.

Clubb's research covers a variety of scientific topics, including:

  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Botanical Research and Chemistry
  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry

The scientist has published in several frequent venues, such as:

  • Biophysical Journal
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Designed Protein Cages as Scaffolds for Building Multienzyme Materials, 2020, ACS Synthetic Biology
  • A Cell-based Screen in Actinomyces oris to Identify Sortase Inhibitors, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • NEAr Transporter (NEAT) Domains: Unique Surface Displayed Heme Chaperones That Enable Gram-Positive Bacteria to Capture Heme-Iron From Hemoglobin, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Methods for the Extraction of Heme Prosthetic Groups from Hemoproteins, 2021, BIO-PROTOCOL
  • Kinetics and Optimization of the Lysine-Isopeptide Bond Forming Sortase Enzyme from Corynebacterium diphtheriae, 2020, Bioconjugate Chemistry

Frequent co-authors associated with Clubb's work include:

  • Brendan J. Mahoney
  • Joseph A. Loo
  • Andrew K. Goring
  • Christopher K. Sue
  • Hung Ton-That

Best Publications

  • A constant-time three-dimensional triple-resonance pulse scheme to correlate intraresidue 1HN, 15N, and 13C′ chemical shifts in 15N13C-labelled proteins

    Robert T. Clubb;Robert T. Clubb;Venkataraman Thanabal;Gerhard Wagner

  • Structure of sortase, the transpeptidase that anchors proteins to the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus

    Udayar Ilangovan;Hung Ton-That;Junji Iwahara;Olaf Schneewind

  • Sortase enzymes in Gram‐positive bacteria

    Thomas Spirig;Ethan M. Weiner;Robert T. Clubb

  • Demonstration of positionally disordered water within a protein hydrophobic cavity by NMR.

    J. A. Ernst;R. T. Clubb;Huan-Xiang Zhou;A. M. Gronenborn

  • A comparative genome analysis identifies distinct sorting pathways in gram-positive bacteria.

    David Comfort;Robert T. Clubb

  • Refined solution structure of the oligomerization domain of the tumour suppressor p53.

    G M Clore;J Ernst;R Clubb;J G Omichinski

  • The structure of the Staphylococcus aureus sortase-substrate complex reveals how the universally conserved LPXTG sorting signal is recognized.

    Nuttee Suree;Chu Kong Liew;Valerie A. Villareal;William Thieu

  • Trichomonas vaginalis homolog of macrophage migration inhibitory factor induces prostate cell growth, invasiveness, and inflammatory responses.

    Olivia Twu;Daniele Dessí;Anh Vu;Frances Mercer

  • Staphylococcus aureus Sortase A Transpeptidase CALCIUM PROMOTES SORTING SIGNAL BINDING BY ALTERING THE MOBILITY AND STRUCTURE OF AN ACTIVE SITE LOOP

    Mandar T. Naik;Nuttee Suree;Udayar Ilangovan;Chu Kong Liew

  • Sortase Transpeptidases: Structural Biology and Catalytic Mechanism.

    Alex W Jacobitz;Michele D Kattke;Jeff Wereszczynski;Robert T Clubb

  • Discovery and structure–activity relationship analysis of Staphylococcus aureus sortase A inhibitors

    Nuttee Suree;Sung Wook Yi;William Thieu;Melanie Marohn

  • Mapping the binding surface of interleukin-8 complexed with an N-terminal fragment of the Type 1 human interleukin-8 receptor

    Robert T. Clubb;James G. Omichinski;G.Marius Clore;Angela M. Gronenborn

  • Functionally Distinct NEAT (NEAr Transporter) Domains within the Staphylococcus aureus IsdH/HarA Protein Extract Heme from Methemoglobin

    Rosemarie M. Pilpa;Scott A. Robson;Valerie A. Villareal;Melissa L. Wong

  • Three-dimensional solution structure of Escherichia coli periplasmic cyclophilin.

    Robert T. Clubb;Stephen B. Ferguson;Christopher T. Walsh;Gerhard Wagner

  • Solution structure of the NEAT (NEAr Transporter) domain from IsdH/HarA: the human hemoglobin receptor in Staphylococcus aureus.

    Rosemarie M. Pilpa;Evgeny A. Fadeev;Valerie A. Villareal;Melissa L. Wong

  • Sortase from Staphylococcus aureus does not contain a thiolate-imidazolium ion pair in its active site.

    Kevin M. Connolly;Kevin M. Connolly;Brenton T. Smith;Rosemarie Pilpa;Rosemarie Pilpa;Udayar Ilangovan;Udayar Ilangovan

  • A novel class of winged helix–turn–helix protein: the DNA–binding domain of Mu transposase

    Robert T Clubb;James G Omichinski;Harri Savilahti;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi

  • A new 3D HN(CA)HA experiment for obtaining fingerprint HN-Halpha peaks in 15N- and 13C-labeled proteins.

    Robert T. Clubb;Venkataraman Thanabal;Gerhard Wagner

  • Recent advances towards new anti-infective agents that inhibit cell surface protein anchoring in Staphylococcus aureus and other gram-positive pathogens.

    Nuttee Suree;M E Jung;Robert T Clubb

  • Identifying and Characterizing a Functional HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase-binding Site on Integrase

    Thomas A. Wilkinson;Kurt Januszyk;Martin L. Phillips;Shewit S. Tekeste

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Jung
Michael E. Jung University of California, Los Angeles
Michael R. Sawaya
Michael R. Sawaya University of California, Los Angeles
Duilio Cascio
Duilio Cascio University of California, Los Angeles
Hung Ton-That
Hung Ton-That University of California, Los Angeles
Angela M. Gronenborn
Angela M. Gronenborn University of Pittsburgh
Joseph A. Loo
Joseph A. Loo University of California, Los Angeles
Gerhard Wagner
Gerhard Wagner Harvard University
Reid C. Johnson
Reid C. Johnson University of California, Los Angeles
Kiyoshi Mizuuchi
Kiyoshi Mizuuchi National Institutes of Health
J. Andrew McCammon
J. Andrew McCammon University of California, San Diego

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