Aiping Dong

High-throughput protein target mapping enables accelerated bioactivity discovery for ToxCast and PFAS compounds

The paper uses high-throughput affinity-selection mass spectrometry to identify protein targets of ToxCast and PFAS compounds, discovering novel interactions and revealing distinct binding patterns of legacy and replacement PFAS.

Enantioselective Protein Affinity Selection Mass Spectrometry (E-ASMS)

This study introduces E-ASMS, a method to detect weak binders and assess enantioselectivity, identifying 16 binders across 12 human protein targets with confirmed binding mechanisms.

Structural basis of TMPRSS11D specificity and autocleavage activation

The paper determines the structural basis of TMPRSS11D autocleavage activation and shows that nafamostat mesylate is cleaved by TMPRSS11D, reducing its efficacy as a protease inhibitor.

CACHE Challenge #1: targeting the WDR domain of LRRK2, a Parkinson's Disease associated protein.

The paper evaluates computational hit-finding methods for targeting the WDR domain of LRRK2, a Parkinson's disease protein, finding that diverse strategies yielded weakly potent compounds.

A chemical probe to modulate human GID4 Pro/N-degron interactions

The paper introduces PFI-7, a chemical probe that inhibits GID4 Pro/N-degron interactions, revealing non-degradative roles of the CTLH complex in human cells.

Early Embryonic Establishment of Constitutive Heterochromatin Involves H3K14ac-mediated Recruitment of Eggless/SetDB1

This study identifies H3K14ac as a maternal factor that recruits Eggless/SetDB1 to establish constitutive heterochromatin during early Drosophila embryogenesis.

Discovery of a first-in-class small molecule ligand for WDR91 using DNA-encoded chemical library selection followed by machine learning

The paper identifies a first-in-class small molecule ligand for WDR91 using DNA-encoded chemical library selection and machine learning, leading to the discovery of covalent analogs and structural insights.

Structural basis for histone variant H3tK27me3 recognition by PHF1 and PHF19

This study shows PHF1 and PHF19 Tudor domains preferentially bind H3tK27me3 over canonical H3K27me3, revealing structural basis for their recognition.