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The EuroScholars Program A European Academic Research Experience www.euroscholars.eu Protein Structure in Disease and Therapy Nicole Dickson Michigan State University, Karolinska Institutet EuroScholars Midstay Program

Protein Structure in Disease and Therapy · FGDF binding motif of SFV/CHIKV. The EuroScholars Program A European Academic Research Experience Acknowledgements Dr. Tim Schulte Karolinska

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Page 1: Protein Structure in Disease and Therapy · FGDF binding motif of SFV/CHIKV. The EuroScholars Program A European Academic Research Experience Acknowledgements Dr. Tim Schulte Karolinska

The EuroScholars Program

A European Academic Research Experience

www.euroscholars.eu

Protein Structure in Disease

and Therapy

Nicole Dickson

Michigan State University, Karolinska Institutet

EuroScholars Midstay Program

Page 2: Protein Structure in Disease and Therapy · FGDF binding motif of SFV/CHIKV. The EuroScholars Program A European Academic Research Experience Acknowledgements Dr. Tim Schulte Karolinska

The EuroScholars Program

A European Academic Research Experience

www.euroscholars.eu

Page 3: Protein Structure in Disease and Therapy · FGDF binding motif of SFV/CHIKV. The EuroScholars Program A European Academic Research Experience Acknowledgements Dr. Tim Schulte Karolinska

The EuroScholars Program

A European Academic Research Experience

www.euroscholars.eu

Protein Structure in Disease

and Therapy

Nicole Dickson

Michigan State University, Karolinska Institutet

EuroScholars Midstay Program

Page 4: Protein Structure in Disease and Therapy · FGDF binding motif of SFV/CHIKV. The EuroScholars Program A European Academic Research Experience Acknowledgements Dr. Tim Schulte Karolinska

The EuroScholars Program

A European Academic Research Experience

www.euroscholars.eu

The Role of G3BP

Page 5: Protein Structure in Disease and Therapy · FGDF binding motif of SFV/CHIKV. The EuroScholars Program A European Academic Research Experience Acknowledgements Dr. Tim Schulte Karolinska

The EuroScholars Program

A European Academic Research Experience

www.euroscholars.eu

Semliki Forest Virus (SFV) –

rmcvirology.blogspot.com

Chikungunya Virus (CHIKV) –

http://emdatabank.org/

Unfortunately…

Page 6: Protein Structure in Disease and Therapy · FGDF binding motif of SFV/CHIKV. The EuroScholars Program A European Academic Research Experience Acknowledgements Dr. Tim Schulte Karolinska

The EuroScholars Program

A European Academic Research Experience

www.euroscholars.eu

The Problem…

http://www.natureworldnews.com/

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The EuroScholars Program

A European Academic Research Experience

www.euroscholars.eu

Fortunately…

Purified

proteinCrystallization

X-Ray Diffraction (old and new)

Electron Density MapFilling/FittingProtein Structure

Page 8: Protein Structure in Disease and Therapy · FGDF binding motif of SFV/CHIKV. The EuroScholars Program A European Academic Research Experience Acknowledgements Dr. Tim Schulte Karolinska

The EuroScholars Program

A European Academic Research Experience

www.euroscholars.eu

Published Results

Panas, M. D. (2014). Dissection

of virus-host cell interactions in

the early response to infection.

Page 9: Protein Structure in Disease and Therapy · FGDF binding motif of SFV/CHIKV. The EuroScholars Program A European Academic Research Experience Acknowledgements Dr. Tim Schulte Karolinska

The EuroScholars Program

A European Academic Research Experience

www.euroscholars.eu

What we’re working on…

• Examination of both viral termini in binding G3BP

• Crystallization of CHIKV complexes

• Examination of binding mechanism of G3BP to the motifs

• Creating a clearer, more accurate model of G3BP binding to the

FGDF binding motif of SFV/CHIKV

Page 10: Protein Structure in Disease and Therapy · FGDF binding motif of SFV/CHIKV. The EuroScholars Program A European Academic Research Experience Acknowledgements Dr. Tim Schulte Karolinska

The EuroScholars Program

A European Academic Research Experience

www.euroscholars.eu

Acknowledgements

Dr. Tim Schulte

Karolinska Institutet

Department of Medicine

Solna, Sweden

Dr. Adnane Achour

Karolinska Institutet

Department of Medicine

Solna, Sweden