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Erich G. Walkenhauer

Western Washington UniversityORCID 0009-0002-1129-1862Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Assay:protein structure· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Jeanine F. AmacheriD· 3 shared John M. AntosiD· 3 shared Adam WachsmaniD· 2 shared Noah Cox-TigreiD· 2 shared Benjamin C Richardson· 1 shared Claire E Bloom· 1 shared Cooper S Wilce· 1 shared George P. LisiiD· 1 shared

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BiochemistrybioRxivPreprintAug 24, 2026

Mutation-induced heterogeneity of the β7-β8 loop of the Staphylococcus aureus class A sortase leading to enhanced catalytic efficiency characterized by NMR and enzyme kinetics

Erich G. Walkenhauer, Noah Cox-Tigre, Manish Chaubey…·Jeanine F. Amacher

This paper investigates how mutations in the β7-β8 loop of Staphylococcus aureus sortase affect catalytic efficiency using NMR and enzyme kinetics.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.21.746310

bacteria (other)protein structure

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BiochemistrybioRxivPreprintAug 24, 2026

A FRET Ligation Assay using Fluorescent Proteins for Bacterial Sortase Enzymes

Adam Wachsman, Erich G. Walkenhauer, Kaia Stover…·Jeanine F. Amacher

The paper presents an optimized FRET-based assay using mTurquoise2 and SYFP2 to monitor sortase-mediated ligation products, enabling screening of substrates and sortase variants.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.21.746329

bacteria (other)proteomics

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BiochemistryBiochemistryPeer-reviewedApr 2, 2026

Amino acid variants at the P94 position in Staphylococcus aureus class A sortase modulate substrate binding and enzyme activity

Noah Cox-Tigre, Mia E Stewart, Jackson Tucker…·Jeanine F. Amacher

This paper investigates how amino acid variants at position P94 in Staphylococcus aureus sortase A affect substrate binding and enzyme activity, identifying several variants with improved performance.

DOI 10.1021/acs.biochem.6c00099

experimental assayprotein folding & dynamics

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