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Ziran Jiang

University of California San DiegoORCID 0000-0002-0086-4947Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Organism:E. coli· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:structural biology· 1

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A Hidden Binding Pocket in the β- ketoacyl-ACP Synthase FabB

Ziran Jiang, Anika J. Friedman, Annette Thompson, Samuel J Andrzejewski, Kathryn M. Mains, Banumathi Sankaran, Michael D. Burkart, Michael R. Shirts, Jerome M. Fox

The paper identifies a hidden binding pocket in FabB that allows alternative acyl chain binding, contrasting with FabF's loss of long-chain binding upon mutation.

bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry