Research
Interests:
Our lab studies the coordination
of protein synthesis and phospholipid metabolism during
seed maturation with particular focus on common signaling
pathways between molecular chaperones and phospholipid
biosynthetic enzymes. We also work with maize ribosome-inactivating
proteins to characterize their fungicidal and insecticidal
properties. Current projects are directed at determining
both the means by which cytosolic RIPs from maize gain
access to fungal ribosomes and the form (proenzyme or
active enzyme) that enters the fungal cell.
Selected
Publications:
Kirst, ME, Meyer, DJ, Gibbon, BC, Jung, R and Boston, RS
(2005) Identification and characterization of ER associated
degradation proteins differentially affected by ER stress.
Plant Physiology 138:218-231.
Houston, NL, Fan, C, Xiang, Q-Y, Jung, R, and Boston, RS
(2005) Phylogenetic analyses identify ten classes of the
protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) family in plants including
single-domain PDI related proteins. Plant Physiology, 137:762-778
Bass H.W., Krawetz, J.E., O'Brian, G.R., Zinselmeier, C.,
Habben, J., and Boston, R.S. (2004) Maize riBOsome-inactivating
proteins (RIPs) with distinct expression patterns have similar
requirements for proenzyme activation. J. Exp. Plant Biology,
55:2219-2233.
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