Melissa D. Marquez

The paper reports structures of folding intermediates of beta-barrel proteins assembled by BAM, showing a uniform folding mechanism across diverse substrates.

This study identifies the molecular mechanism by which Nar1 binds the CTC through two distinct interfaces, facilitating Fe-S cluster transfer during protein maturation.

This study identifies the Cia1-Cia2 interface as critical for recognizing TCR motifs on client proteins, revealing a broader role for CIAO2A in iron-sulfur protein maturation.

The paper uses a disulfide crosslinking method to identify shared intermediates in the folding of diverse β-barrel substrates by the BAM complex in E. coli.