Publications

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Structures of brain-derived 42-residue amyloid-β fibril polymorphs with unusual molecular conformations and intermolecular interactions.

Lee M, Yau WM, Louis JM, Tycko R.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2023 Mar 14) 120:e2218831120. Abstract/Full Text

Millisecond Time-Resolved Solid-State NMR Initiated by Rapid Inverse Temperature Jumps.

Wilson CB, Tycko R.

J Am Chem Soc (2022 Jun 8) 144:9920-9925. Abstract/Full Text

Enhanced spatial resolution in magnetic resonance imaging by dynamic nuclear polarization at 5 K.

Chen HY, Wilson CB, Tycko R.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2022 May 31) 119:e2201644119. Abstract/Full Text

Millisecond Time-Resolved Solid-State NMR Reveals a Two-Stage Molecular Mechanism for Formation of Complexes between Calmodulin and a Target Peptide from Myosin Light Chain Kinase.

Jeon J, Yau WM, Tycko R.

J Am Chem Soc (2020 Dec 16) 142:21220-21232. Abstract/Full Text

Molecular structure and interactions within amyloid-like fibrils formed by a low-complexity protein sequence from FUS.

Lee M, Ghosh U, Thurber KR, Kato M, Tycko R.

Nat Commun (2020 Nov 12) 11:5735. Abstract/Full Text

Additional Publications

Automated picking of amyloid fibrils from cryo-EM images for helical reconstruction with RELION.

Thurber KR, Yin Y, Tycko R.

J Struct Biol (2021 Jun) 213:107736. Abstract/Full Text

Transiently structured head domains control intermediate filament assembly.

Zhou X, Lin Y, Kato M, Mori E, Liszczak G, Sutherland L, Sysoev VO, Murray DT, Tycko R, McKnight SL.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2021 Feb 23) 118. Abstract/Full Text

Molecular structure of a prevalent amyloid-β fibril polymorph from Alzheimer's disease brain tissue.

Ghosh U, Thurber KR, Yau WM, Tycko R.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2021 Jan 26) 118. Abstract/Full Text

Effects of an HIV-1 maturation inhibitor on the structure and dynamics of CA-SP1 junction helices in virus-like particles.

Gupta S, Louis JM, Tycko R.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2020 May 12) 117:10286-10293. Abstract/Full Text

Slice selection in low-temperature, DNP-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging by Lee-Goldburg spin-locking and phase modulation.

Chen HY, Tycko R.

J Magn Reson (2020 Apr) 313:106715. Abstract/Full Text

Side Chain Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions within Amyloid-like Fibrils Formed by the Low-Complexity Domain of FUS: Evidence from Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.

Murray DT, Tycko R.

Biochemistry (2020 Feb 4) 59:364-378. Abstract/Full Text

Succinyl-DOTOPA: An effective triradical dopant for low-temperature dynamic nuclear polarization with high solubility in aqueous solvent mixtures at neutral pH.

Yau WM, Jeon J, Tycko R.

J Magn Reson (2020 Feb) 311:106672. Abstract/Full Text

Application of millisecond time-resolved solid state NMR to the kinetics and mechanism of melittin self-assembly.

Jeon J, Thurber KR, Ghirlando R, Yau WM, Tycko R.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2019 Aug 20) 116:16717-16722. Abstract/Full Text

Optimization of band-selective homonuclear dipolar recoupling in solid-state NMR by a numerical phase search.

Zhang Z, Liu H, Deng J, Tycko R, Yang J.

J Chem Phys (2019 Apr 21) 150:154201. Abstract/Full Text

Temperature-Dependent Nuclear Spin Relaxation Due to Paramagnetic Dopants Below 30 K: Relevance to DNP-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Chen HY, Tycko R.

J Phys Chem B (2018 Dec 13) 122:11731-11742. Abstract/Full Text

Structural characterization of the D290V mutation site in hnRNPA2 low-complexity-domain polymers.

Murray DT, Zhou X, Kato M, Xiang S, Tycko R, McKnight SL.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2018 Oct 16) 115:E9782-E9791. Abstract/Full Text

Depletion of amyloid-β peptides from solution by sequestration within fibril-seeded hydrogels.

Yau WM, Tycko R.

Protein Sci (2018 Jul) 27:1218-1230. Abstract/Full Text

Coexisting order and disorder within a common 40-residue amyloid-β fibril structure in Alzheimer's disease brain tissue.

Ghosh U , Yau WM , Tycko R .

Chem Commun (Camb) (2018 May 15) 54:5070-5073. Abstract/Full Text

Verdazyl-ribose: A new radical for solid-state dynamic nuclear polarization at high magnetic field.

Thurber KR, Le TN, Changcoco V, Brook DJR.

J Magn Reson (2018 Apr) 289:122-131. Abstract/Full Text

Segmental isotopic labeling of HIV-1 capsid protein assemblies for solid state NMR.

Gupta S, Tycko R.

J Biomol NMR (2018 Feb) 70:103-114. Abstract/Full Text

Structure of FUS Protein Fibrils and Its Relevance to Self-Assembly and Phase Separation of Low-Complexity Domains.

Murray DT, Kato M, Lin Y, Thurber KR, Hung I, McKnight SL, Tycko R.

Cell (2017 Oct 19) 171:615-627.e16. Abstract/Full Text

Molecular, Local, and Network-Level Basis for the Enhanced Stiffness of Hydrogel Networks Formed from Coassembled Racemic Peptides: Predictions from Pauling and Corey.

Nagy-Smith K, Beltramo PJ, Moore E, Tycko R, Furst EM, Schneider JP.

ACS Cent Sci (2017 Jun 28) 3:586-597. Abstract/Full Text

Structural variation in amyloid-β fibrils from Alzheimer's disease clinical subtypes.

Qiang W, Yau WM, Lu JX, Collinge J, Tycko R.

Nature (2017 Jan 12) 541:217-221. Abstract/Full Text

Helical Conformation in the CA-SP1 Junction of the Immature HIV-1 Lattice Determined from Solid-State NMR of Virus-like Particles.

Bayro MJ, Ganser-Pornillos BK, Zadrozny KK, Yeager M, Tycko R.

J Am Chem Soc (2016 Sep 21) 138:12029-32. Abstract/Full Text

Molecular Structure of Aggregated Amyloid-β: Insights from Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.

Tycko R.

Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med (2016 Aug 1) 6. Abstract/Full Text

Structure of the Dimerization Interface in the Mature HIV-1 Capsid Protein Lattice from Solid State NMR of Tubular Assemblies.

Bayro MJ, Tycko R.

J Am Chem Soc (2016 Jul 13) 138:8538-46. Abstract/Full Text

Major Variations in HIV-1 Capsid Assembly Morphologies Involve Minor Variations in Molecular Structures of Structurally Ordered Protein Segments.

Lu JX, Bayro MJ, Tycko R.

J Biol Chem (2016 Jun 17) 291:13098-112. Abstract/Full Text

Low-temperature dynamic nuclear polarization with helium-cooled samples and nitrogen-driven magic-angle spinning.

Thurber K, Tycko R.

J Magn Reson (2016 Mar) 264:99-106. Abstract/Full Text

Preparation of Amyloid Fibrils Seeded from Brain and Meninges.

Scherpelz KP, Lu JX, Tycko R, Meredith SC.

Methods Mol Biol (2016) 1345:299-312. Abstract/Full Text

Micron-scale magnetic resonance imaging of both liquids and solids.

Moore E, Tycko R.

J Magn Reson (2015 Nov) 260:1-9. Abstract/Full Text

Molecular structure of monomorphic peptide fibrils within a kinetically trapped hydrogel network.

Nagy-Smith K, Moore E, Schneider J, Tycko R.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2015 Aug 11) 112:9816-21. Abstract/Full Text

Successive Stages of Amyloid-β Self-Assembly Characterized by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance with Dynamic Nuclear Polarization.

Potapov A, Yau WM, Ghirlando R, Thurber KR, Tycko R.

J Am Chem Soc (2015 Jul 1) 137:8294-307. Abstract/Full Text

Amyloid polymorphism: structural basis and neurobiological relevance.

Tycko R.

Neuron (2015 May 6) 86:632-45. Abstract/Full Text

On the problem of resonance assignments in solid state NMR of uniformly ¹⁵N,¹³C-labeled proteins.

Tycko R.

J Magn Reson (2015 Apr) 253:166-72. Abstract/Full Text

Physical and structural basis for polymorphism in amyloid fibrils.

Tycko R.

Protein Sci (2014 Nov) 23:1528-39. Abstract/Full Text

Locating folds of the in-register parallel β-sheet of the Sup35p prion domain infectious amyloid.

Gorkovskiy A, Thurber KR, Tycko R, Wickner RB.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2014 Oct 28) 111:E4615-22. Abstract/Full Text

Remote sensing of sample temperatures in nuclear magnetic resonance using photoluminescence of semiconductor quantum dots.

Tycko R.

J Magn Reson (2014 Jul) 244:64-7. Abstract/Full Text

Synthesis and evaluation of nitroxide-based oligoradicals for low-temperature dynamic nuclear polarization in solid state NMR.

Yau WM, Thurber KR, Tycko R.

J Magn Reson (2014 Jul) 244:98-106. Abstract/Full Text

Perturbation of nuclear spin polarizations in solid state NMR of nitroxide-doped samples by magic-angle spinning without microwaves.

Thurber KR, Tycko R.

J Chem Phys (2014 May 14) 140:184201. Abstract/Full Text

Site-specific structural variations accompanying tubular assembly of the HIV-1 capsid protein.

Bayro MJ, Chen B, Yau WM, Tycko R.

J Mol Biol (2014 Mar 6) 426:1109-27. Abstract/Full Text

NMR at low and ultralow temperatures.

Tycko R.

Acc Chem Res (2013 Sep 17) 46:1923-32. Abstract/Full Text

Molecular structure of β-amyloid fibrils in Alzheimer's disease brain tissue.

Lu JX, Qiang W, Yau WM, Schwieters CD, Meredith SC, Tycko R.

Cell (2013 Sep 12) 154:1257-68. Abstract/Full Text

Molecular structures of amyloid and prion fibrils: consensus versus controversy.

Tycko R, Wickner RB.

Acc Chem Res (2013 Jul 16) 46:1487-96. Abstract/Full Text

Dynamic nuclear polarization-enhanced 13C NMR spectroscopy of static biological solids.

Potapov A, Yau WM, Tycko R.

J Magn Reson (2013 Jun) 231:5-14. Abstract/Full Text

Polymorph-specific kinetics and thermodynamics of β-amyloid fibril growth.

Qiang W, Kelley K, Tycko R.

J Am Chem Soc (2013 May 8) 135:6860-71. Abstract/Full Text

Solid state nuclear magnetic resonance with magic-angle spinning and dynamic nuclear polarization below 25 K.

Thurber KR, Potapov A, Yau WM, Tycko R.

J Magn Reson (2013 Jan) 226:100-6. Abstract/Full Text

Fiber diffraction data indicate a hollow core for the Alzheimer's aβ 3-fold symmetric fibril.

McDonald M, Box H, Bian W, Kendall A, Tycko R, Stubbs G.

J Mol Biol (2012 Oct 26) 423:454-61. Abstract/Full Text

Zero-quantum stochastic dipolar recoupling in solid state nuclear magnetic resonance.

Qiang W, Tycko R.

J Chem Phys (2012 Sep 14) 137:104201. Abstract/Full Text

Theory for cross effect dynamic nuclear polarization under magic-angle spinning in solid state nuclear magnetic resonance: the importance of level crossings.

Thurber KR, Tycko R.

J Chem Phys (2012 Aug 28) 137:084508. Abstract/Full Text

Dynamic nuclear polarization-enhanced ¹H-¹³C double resonance NMR in static samples below 20 K.

Potapov A, Thurber KR, Yau WM, Tycko R.

J Magn Reson (2012 Aug) 221:32-40. Abstract/Full Text