Experimentally Based Model of a Complex between a Snake Toxin and the α7 Nicotinic Receptor

Authors: Fruchart-Gaillard, Carole, Gilquin, Bernard, Antil-Delbeke, Stéphanie, Le Novère, Nicolas, Tamiya, Toru, Corringer, Pierre-Jean, Changeux, Jean-Pierre, Ménez, André, Servent, Denis

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2002 Mar 01. 99(5), 3216-3221.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3058100

Rational Engineering of a Miniprotein That Reproduces the Core of the CD4 Site Interacting with HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein

Authors: Vita, Claudio, Drakopoulou, Eugenia, Vizzavona, Jean, Rochette, Sandrine, Martin, Loïc, Ménez, André, Roumestand, Christian, Yang, Yin-Shan, Ylisastigui, Loyda, Benjouad, Abdelaziz, Gluckman, Jean Claude

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1999 Nov 01. 96(23), 13091-13096.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/49123

Structural Model of Ligand-G Protein-coupled Receptor (GPCR) Complex Based on Experimental Double Mutant Cycle Data: MT7 SNAKE TOXIN BOUND TO DIMERIC hM1 MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR

Authors: Marquer, Catherine, Fruchart-Gaillard, Carole, Letellier, Guillaume, Marcon, Elodie, Mourier, Gilles, Zinn-Justin, Sophie, Ménez, André, Servent, Denis, Gilquin, Bernard

Source: In Journal of Biological Chemistry 9 September 2011 286(36):31661-31675

External release of entropy by synchronized movements of local secondary structures drives folding of a small, disulfide-bonded protein.

Authors: Sato, Atsushi¹ asato@mail.tohoku-gakuin.ac.jp, Menez, Andre²

Source: PLoS ONE. 6/12/2018, Vol. 13 Issue 6, p1-22. 22p.

Subject Terms: *PROTEIN structure, *DISULFIDES, *ENTROPY, *AMINO acids, *PROTEIN folding, *POST-translational modification

Allosteric Transitions of the Acetylcholine Receptor Probed at the Amino Acid Level with a Photolabile Cholinergic Ligand

Authors: Galzi, Jean-Luc, Revah, Frederic, Bouet, Francoise, Menez, Andre, Goeldner, Maurice, Hirth, Christian, Changeux, Jean-Pierre

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1991 Jun 01. 88(11), 5051-5055.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2357192

Increasing the humoral immunogenic properties of the HIV-1 Tat protein using a ligand-stabilizing strategy

Authors: Lecoq, Alain, Moine, Gervaise, Bellanger, Laurent, Drevet, Pascal, Thai, Robert, Lajeunesse, Evelyne, Ménez, André, Léonetti, Michel

Source: In Vaccine 2008 26(21):2615-2626

Concerted Protonation of Key Histidines Triggers Membrane Interaction of the Diphtheria Toxin T Domain

Authors: Perier, Aurélie, Chassaing, Anne, Raffestin, Stéphanie, Pichard, Sylvain, Masella, Michel, Ménez, André, Forge, Vincent, Chenal, Alexandre, Gillet, Daniel

Source: In Journal of Biological Chemistry 17 August 2007 282(33):24239-24245

Denmotoxin, a Three-finger Toxin from the Colubrid Snake Boiga dendrophila (Mangrove Catsnake) with Bird-specific Activity

Authors: Pawlak, Joanna, Mackessy, Stephen P., Fry, Bryan G., Bhatia, Madhav, Mourier, Gilles, Fruchart-Gaillard, Carole, Servent, Denis, Ménez, Renée, Stura, Enrico, Ménez, André, Kini, R. Manjunatha ^**

Source: In Journal of Biological Chemistry 29 September 2006 281(39):29030-29041

Characterization of the Functional Epitope on the Urokinase Receptor: COMPLETE ALANINE SCANNING MUTAGENESIS SUPPLEMENTED BY CHEMICAL CROSS-LINKING

Authors: Gårdsvoll, Henrik, Gilquin, Bernard, Le Du, Marie Hélène, Ménèz, Andre, Jørgensen, Thomas J.D., Ploug, Michael

Source: In Journal of Biological Chemistry 14 July 2006 281(28):19260-19272

Identification of Various Allosteric Interaction Sites on M1 Muscarinic Receptor Using 125I-Met35-Oxidized Muscarinic Toxin 7

Authors: Fruchart-Gaillard, Carole, Mourier, Gilles, Marquer, Catherine, Ménez, André, Servent, Denis ^*

Source: In Molecular Pharmacology May 2006 69(5):1641-1651

HIV-1 Tat Raises an Adjuvant-free Humoral Immune Response Controlled by Its Core Region and Its Ability to Form Cysteine-mediated Oligomers

Authors: Kittiworakarn, Jongrak, Lecoq, Alain, Moine, Gervaise, Thai, Robert, Lajeunesse, Evelyne, Drevet, Pascal, Vidaud, Claude, Ménez, André, Léonetti, Michel

Source: In Journal of Biological Chemistry 10 February 2006 281(6):3105-3115

Prediction of CD4+ T cell epitopes restricted to HLA-DP4 molecules

Authors: Busson, Marc, Castelli, Florence A., Wang, Xiao-Fei, Cohen, William M., Charron, Dominique, Ménez, André, Maillère, B.

Source: In Journal of Immunological Methods 2006 317(1):144-151

Method of screening groups of radioactive molecules and applications thereof

A Variable Residue in the Pore of Kv1 Channels Is Critical for the High Affinity of Blockers from Sea Anemones and Scorpions

Authors: Gilquin, Bernard ^‡, Braud, Sandrine ^‡, Eriksson, Mats A.L. ^§, Roux, Benoît ^§, Bailey, Timothy D. ^¶, Priest, Birgit T. ^¶, Garcia, Maria L. ^¶, Ménez, André ^‡, Gasparini, Sylvaine

Source: In Journal of Biological Chemistry 22 July 2005 280(29):27093-27102

Fine Tuning of the Specificity of an Anti-progesterone Antibody by First and Second Sphere Residue Engineering

Authors: Dubreuil, Olivier ^{‡, ¶}, Bossus, Marc ^{‡, ¶}, Graille, Marc ^§, Bilous, Maëlle ^§, Savatier, Alexandra ^{‡, ¶}, Jolivet, Michel ^¶, Ménez, André ^§, Stura, Enrico ^§, Ducancel, Frédéric ^{‡, §, ∥}

Source: In Journal of Biological Chemistry 1 July 2005 280(26):24880-24887

Toxin Action: Molecular Mechanisms

Authors: Cassel, Dan, Menez, Andre, Gordon, Dalia

Source: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. 2005, v. 18, p345-351.

Subject Terms: Molecular mechanics, G proteins, Sodium channels, Exocytosis, Protein synthesis, Neurotransmitters, Molecular biology, Neurotoxic agents, Cellular proteins, Cell receptors, Ion channels

Structural features common to intracellularly acting toxins from bacteria

Authors: Ménétrey, Julie ^*, Gillet, Daniel, Ménez, André ^*

Source: In Toxicon 2005 45(2):129-137

Structural Studies of Human Placental Alkaline Phosphatase in Complex with Functional Ligands

Authors: Llinas, Paola, Stura, Enrico A., Ménez, André, Kiss, Zoltan, Stigbrand, Torgny, Millán, José Luis, Le Du, Marie Hélène

Source: In Journal of Molecular Biology 2005 350(3):441-451

Antigen Stability Controls Antigen Presentation

Authors: Thai, Robert ^‡, Moine, Gervaise ^‡, Desmadril, Michel ^§, Servent, Denis ^‡, Tarride, Jean-Luc ^‡, Ménez, André ^‡, Léonetti, Michel ^{‡, ¶}

Source: In Journal of Biological Chemistry 26 November 2004 279(48):50257-50266

Scanning Mutagenesis of ω-Atracotoxin-Hv1a Reveals a Spatially Restricted Epitope That Confers Selective Activity against Insect Calcium Channels

Authors: Tedford, Hugo W. ^‡, Gilles, Nicolas ^§, Ménez, André ^§, Doering, Clinton J. ^{¶, ∥}, Zamponi, Gerald W. ^{¶, ∥}, King, Glenn F. ^{‡, **}

Source: In Journal of Biological Chemistry 15 October 2004 279(42):44133-44140