[HTML][HTML] A catalytic domain variant of mitofusin requiring a wildtype paralog for function uncouples mitochondrial outer-membrane tethering and fusion

EA Engelhart, S Hoppins - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
Mitofusins (Mfns) are dynamin-related GTPases that mediate mitochondrial outer-membrane
fusion, a process that is required for mitochondrial and cellular health. In Mfn1 and Mfn2 …

Defective nucleotide-dependent assembly and membrane fusion in Mfn2 CMT2A variants improved by Bax

NB Samanas, EA Engelhart… - Life Science …, 2020 - life-science-alliance.org
Mitofusins are members of the dynamin-related protein family of large GTPases that harness
the energy from nucleotide hydrolysis to remodel membranes. Mitofusins possess four …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning optimization of candidate antibody yields highly diverse sub-nanomolar affinity antibody libraries

…, J Spaeth, L Shing, R Jaimes, E Engelhart… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Therapeutic antibodies are an important and rapidly growing drug modality. However, the
design and discovery of early-stage antibody therapeutics remain a time and cost-intensive …

Insights into the molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial outer membrane tethering and fusion

EA Engelhart - 2019 - digital.lib.washington.edu
Mitochondrial dynamics are crucial for cellular health as perturbations in these processes
which include mitochondrial fusion, division, transport and mitophagy are associated with …

Massively multiplexed affinity characterization of therapeutic antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants

E Engelhart, R Lopez, R Emerson, C Lin… - Antibody …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Antibody therapies represent a valuable tool to reduce COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations.
Multiple antibody candidates have been granted emergency use authorization by the …

[HTML][HTML] A dataset comprised of binding interactions for 104,972 antibodies against a SARS-CoV-2 peptide

E Engelhart, R Emerson, L Shing, C Lennartz, D Guion… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
The dataset presented here contains quantitative binding scores of scFv-format antibodies
against a SARS-CoV-2 target peptide collected via an AlphaSeq assay that can be used in …

High-throughput ML-guided design of diverse single-domain antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

C Angermueller, Z Mariet, B Jester, E Engelhart… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Treating rapidly evolving pathogenic diseases such as COVID-19 requires a therapeutic
approach that accommodates the emergence of viral variants over time. Our machine learning (…

Massively Multiplexed Affinity Characterization of Therapeutic Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants (preprint)

E Engelhart, R Lopez, R Emerson, C Lin, C Shikany… - 2021 - pesquisa.bvsalud.org
Antibody therapies represent a valuable tool to reduce COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations.
Multiple antibody candidates have been granted emergency use authorization by the FDA …

1198 Cytokine affinity tuning and antibody discovery/optimization using the AlphaSeq and AlphaBind platforms to generate targeted immuno-oncology therapeutics

…, K Wellman, J Marken, J Adamo, E Engelhart… - J …, 2023 - scholar.archive.org
Background Although cytokine therapies have demonstrated curative effects in some cancer
patients, clinical use remains limited due to inflammatory toxicity profiles accompanying …

Abstract LB333: Cytokine affinity tuning using the AlphaSeq platform to generate targeted immuno-oncology therapeutics

…, D Goodnight, J Adamo, K Minch, E Engelhart… - Cancer Research, 2023 - AACR
Here, we demonstrate a novel approach for generating affinity detuned cytokines that can
be fused to antibodies for selective immune cell activation to improve anti-tumor responses …