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Kristy Rochon

Purdue University West LafayetteORCID 0000-0001-5692-6046Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Biophysics· 2 Biochemistry· 1

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Assay:cryo-EM· 3 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1

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BiophysicsbioRxivPreprintApr 14, 2026

Using Cryogenic Electron Tomography (cryoET) to Determine Rubisco Polymerization Constants in α-Carboxysomes

Wenxiang Cao, Kristy Rochon, Ryan H. Gray…·Lauren Ann Metskas

This paper uses cryoET to determine Rubisco polymerization constants in α-carboxysomes by converting tomography data into binding curves.

DOI 10.64898/2026.03.20.713215

bacteria (other)cryo-EM

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BiophysicsbioRxivPreprintApr 22, 2025

A toolkit to characterize protein polymerization from cryo-electron tomography data

Forrest Lee, Victor Manuel Fenton Aguilar, Tripp Lawrence…·Lauren Ann Metskas

The paper introduces a MATLAB script package for unbiased analysis of protein polymerization from cryo-ET data, demonstrating its application to Rubisco in -carboxysomes.

DOI 10.1101/2025.04.22.650024

cryo-EMexperimental assay

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BiochemistryJournal of Molecular BiologyPeer-reviewedApr 3, 2025

The Structure of the Drp1 Lattice on Membrane

Ruizhi Peng, Kristy Rochon, Anelise N Hutson…·Jason A. Mears

This study determines the structure of Drp1 on lipid membranes, revealing a locally ordered lattice and conformational changes that suggest a ratchet mechanism for mitochondrial constriction.

16 citations

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