Publications
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Mickolajczyk, K. J., Olinares, P. D. B., Chait, B. T., Liu, S. and Kapoor, T. M. (2022). The MIDAS domain of AAA mechanoenzyme Mdn1 forms catch bonds with two different substrates. Elife, 11, e73534.
Santarossa, C. C., Mickolajczyk, K. J., Steinman. J. B., Urnavicius, L., Chen, N., Hirata, Y., Fukase, Y., Coudray, N., Ekiert, D. C., Bhabha, G., and Kapoor, T. M. (2021). Targeting allostery in the Dynein motor domain with small molecule inhibitors. Cell Chemical Biology, 28(10), 1460-1473.
Mickolajczyk, K. J., Shelton, P. M. M., Grasso, M., Cao, X., Warrington, S. E., Aher, A., Liu, S. and Kapoor, T. M. (2021). Force-dependent stimulation of RNA unwinding by SARS-CoV-2 nsp13 helicase. Biophysical Journal, 120(6), 1020-1030.
Mickolajczyk, K. J., Olinares, P. D. B., Niu, Y., Chen, N., Warrington, S. E., Sasaki, Y., Walz, T., Chait, B. T., and Kapoor, T. M. (2020). Long-range intramolecular allostery and regulation in the dynein-like AAA protein Mdn1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(31), 18459-18469.
Mickolajczyk, K. J., Cook, A. S., Jevtha, J. P., Fricks, J., and Hancock, W. O. (2019). Insights into kinesin-1 stepping from simulations and tracking of gold nanoparticle-labeled motors. Biophysical Journal, 117(2), 331-345.
Mickolajczyk, K. J., Geyer, E. A., Kim, T., Rice, L. M., and Hancock, W. O. (2019). Direct observation of individual tubulin dimers binding to growing microtubules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(15), 7314-7322.
Mickolajczyk, K. J., and Hancock, W. O. (2017). Kinesin processivity is determined by a kinetic race from a vulnerable one-head-bound state. Biophysical Journal, 112(12), 2615-2623.
Mickolajczyk, K. J., Yan, Y., Gong, Y., Li, H., Giebink, N., Jackson, T., and Hancock, W. (2017). Waveguides for enhanced total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. U.S. Patent 9,733,465.
Mickolajczyk, K. J., Deffenbaugh, N. C., Arroyo, J. O., Andrecka, J., Kukura, P., and Hancock, W. O. (2015). Kinetics of nucleotide-dependent structural transitions in the kinesin-1 hydrolysis cycle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(52), E7186-E7193.