Detail Information for Stewart, Phoebe L., Ph.D.

Stewart, Phoebe L., Ph.D.

Position: Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Department: Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Lab Url: N/A

Phone Number: 615-322-7908

Email Address: phoebe.stewart@vanderbilt.edu

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Office Address   Mailing Address

710 Light Hall

710 Light Hall 0615


Research Keywords
Cryo-Electron Microscopy,Cryo-EM,Protein Structure,Structural Biology,Virus

Research Specialty
Structure of macromolecular assemblies by cryo-electron microscopy and three-dimensional image processing

Research Description
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) combined with computer image reconstruction is a powerful way to visualize the structure of large macromolecular assemblies. The technique involves freezing a droplet of sample in a cryogen, which preserves the sample in an amorphous ice layer on an EM sample grid. The grid is kept frozen (at liquid nitrogen or helium temperatures) while it is imaged in an electron microscope and digital images are collected. Image analysis software is then used to synthesize images of thousands of particles into a detailed three-dimensional structure. Atomic resolution structures of component molecules or domains can often be mapped into the cryo-EM density. This approach has been successfully applied to icosahedral viruses as well as symmetric and asymmetric protein assemblies (>200 kDa). Recent advances in liquid helium cryo-microscopy, automation of data acquisition, and image processing on multi-processor computers, offer the potential of reaching near atomic resolution (3-5 Angstroms) by cryo-EM methods.

Ongoing and new projects include:
1. Adenovirus, adenovirus-receptor and antibody complexes, engineered adenovirus vectors
2. The DNA-dependent protein kinase, DNA-PK, an enzyme involved in DNA double-strand break repair and immunoglobulin gene rearrangement
3. The vault particle, a ubiquitous cytoplasmic RNA-protein complex implicated in cancer cell multi-drug resistance
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Publications


Kendall, A, McDonald, M, Bian, W, Bowles, T, Baumgarten, SC, Shi, J, Stewart, PL, Bullitt, E, Gore, D, Irving, TC, Havens, WM, Ghabrial, SA, Wall, JS, Stubbs, G. Structure of Flexible Filamentous Plant Viruses. J Virol, , , 2008

Pattanayek, R, Williams, DR, Pattanayek, S, Mori, T, Johnson, CH, Stewart, PL, Egli, M. Structural model of the circadian clock KaiB-KaiC complex and mechanism for modulation of KaiC phosphorylation. EMBO J, 27(12), 1767-78, 2008

Shi, J, Williams, DR, Stewart, PL. A Script-Assisted Microscopy (SAM) package to improve data acquisition rates on FEI Tecnai electron microscopes equipped with Gatan CCD cameras. J Struct Biol, , , 2008

Williams, DR, Lee, KJ, Shi, J, Chen, DJ, Stewart, PL. Cryo-EM structure of the DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit at subnanometer resolution reveals alpha helices and insight into DNA binding. Structure, 16(3), 468-77, 2008

Mori, T, Williams, DR, Byrne, MO, Qin, X, Egli, M, Mchaourab, HS, Stewart, PL, Johnson, CH. Elucidating the ticking of an in vitro circadian clockwork. PLoS Biol, 5(4), e93, 2007

Stewart, PL, Nemerow, GR. Cell integrins: commonly used receptors for diverse viral pathogens. Trends Microbiol, 15(11), 500-7, 2007

Mathis JM, Stewart PL, Zhu ZB, Curiel DT. The Biology Behind: Advanced Generation Adenoviral Virotherapy Agents Embody Enhanced Potency Based Upon CAR-Independent Tropism. Clinical Cancer Research, 12, 2651-2656, 2006

Pattanayek, R, Williams, DR, Pattanayek, S, Xu, Y, Mori, T, Johnson, CH, Stewart, PL, Egli, M. Analysis of KaiA-KaiC protein interactions in the cyano-bacterial circadian clock using hybrid structural methods. EMBO J, 25(9), 2017-28, 2006

Saban, SD, Silvestry, M, Nemerow, GR, Stewart, PL. Visualization of alpha-helices in a 6-angstrom resolution cryoelectron microscopy structure of adenovirus allows refinement of capsid protein assignments. J Virol, 80(24), 12049-59, 2006

Shi, J, Koteiche, HA, McHaourab, HS, Stewart, PL. Cryoelectron microscopy and EPR analysis of engineered symmetric and polydisperse Hsp16.5 assemblies reveals determinants of polydispersity and substrate binding. J Biol Chem, 281(52), 40420-8, 2006

Kickhoefer VA, Garcia Y, Mikyas Y, Johansson E, Zhou JC, Raval-Fernandes S, Minoofar P, Zink JI, Dunn B, Stewart PL, Rome LH. Engineering of Vault Nanocapsules with Enzymatic and Fluorescent Properties. PNAS, 102, 4348-4352, 2005

Koteiche, HA, Chiu, S, Majdoch, RL, Stewart, PL, Mchaourab, HS. Atomic models by cryo-EM and site-directed spin labeling: application to the N-terminal region of Hsp16.5. Structure, 13(8), 1165-71, 2005

Saban, SD, Nepomuceno, RR, Gritton, LD, Nemerow, GR, Stewart, PL. CryoEM structure at 9A resolution of an adenovirus vector targeted to hematopoietic cells. J Mol Biol, 349(3), 526-37, 2005

Stewart, PL, Makabi, M, Lang, J, Dickey-Sims, C, Robertson, AJ, Coffman, JA, Suprenant, KA. Sea urchin vault structure, composition, and differential localization during development. BMC Dev Biol, 5(1), 3, 2005

Mikyas Y, Makabi M, Raval-Fernandes S, Harrington L, Kickhoefer VA, Rome LH, Stewart, PL. Cryoelectron microscopy imaging of recombinant and tissue derived vaults: localization of the MVP N termini and VPARP. J Mol Biol, 344(1), 91-105, 2004

Varghese R, Mikyas Y, Stewart PL, Ralston R. Postentry neutralization of adenovirus type 5 by an antihexon antibody. J Virol, 78(22), 12320-32, 2004

Stewart PL, Dermody TS, Nemerow GR. Structural basis of nonenveloped virus cell entry. Adv Protein Chem, 64, 455-91, 2003

Wu E, Pache L, Von Seggern DJ, Mullen T-M, Mikyas Y, Stewart PL, Nemerow GR. Flexibility of the adenovirus fiber is required for efficient receptor interaction. J Virol, 77, 7225-35, 2003

Chiu, C Y, Wu, E, Brown, S L, Von Seggern, D J, Nemerow, G R, Stewart, P L. Structural analysis of a fiber-pseudotyped adenovirus with ocular tropism suggests differential modes of cell receptor interactions. J Virol, 75(11), 5375-80, 2001

Kickhoefer, V A, Liu, Y, Kong, L B, Snow, B E, Stewart, P L, Harrington, L, Rome, L H. The Telomerase/vault-associated protein TEP1 is required for vault RNA stability and its association with the vault particle. J Cell Biol, 152(1), 157-64, 2001

Miyoshi, E K, Stewart, P L, Kincade, P W, Lee, M B, Thompson, A A, Wall, R. Aberrant expression and localization of the cytoskeleton-binding pp52 (LSP1) protein in hairy cell leukemia. Leuk Res, 25(1), 57-67, 2001

Montesano-Roditis, L, Glitz, D G, Traut, R R, Stewart, P L. Cryo-electron microscopic localization of protein L7/L12 within the Escherichia coli 70 S ribosome by difference mapping and Nanogold labeling. J Biol Chem, 276(17), 14117-23, 2001

Nemerow, G R, Stewart, P L. Antibody neutralization epitopes and integrin binding sites on nonenveloped viruses. Virology, 288, 189-91, 2001

Haley, D A, Bova, M P, Huang, Q L, Mchaourab, H S, Stewart, P L. Small heat-shock protein structures reveal a continuum from symmetric to variable assemblies. J Mol Biol, 298(2), 261-72, 2000

Kong, L B, Siva, A C, Kickhoefer, V A, Rome, L H, Stewart, P L. RNA location and modeling of a WD40 repeat domain within the vault. RNA, 6(6), 890-900, 2000

Stewart, P L, Cary, R B, Peterson, S R, Chiu, C Y. Digitally collected cryo-electron micrographs for single particle reconstruction. Microsc Res Tech, 49(3), 224-32, 2000

Bova, M P, Yaron, O, Huang, Q, Ding, L, Haley, D A, Stewart, P L, Horwitz, J. Mutation R120G in alphaB-crystallin, which is linked to a desmin-related myopathy, results in an irregular structure and defective chaperone-like function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 96(11), 6137-42, 1999

Chiu, C Y, Mathias, P, Nemerow, G R, Stewart, P L. Structure of adenovirus complexed with its internalization receptor, alphavbeta5 integrin. J Virol, 73(8), 6759-68, 1999

Haley, D A, Horwitz, J, Stewart, P L. Image restrained modeling of alphaB-crystallin. Exp Eye Res, 68(1), 133-6, 1999

Horwitz, J, Bova, M P, Ding, L L, Haley, D A, Stewart, P L. Lens alpha-crystallin: function and structure. Eye, 13 ( Pt 3b), 403-8, 1999

Kong, L B, Siva, A C, Rome, L H, Stewart, P L. Structure of the vault, a ubiquitous celular component. Structure Fold Des, 7(4), 371-9, 1999

Nemerow, G R, Stewart, P L. Role of alpha(v) integrins in adenovirus cell entry and gene delivery. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev, 63(3), 725-34, 1999

Pace, K E, Lee, C, Stewart, P L, Baum, L G. Restricted receptor segregation into membrane microdomains occurs on human T cells during apoptosis induced by galectin-1. J Immunol, 163(7), 3801-11, 1999

Stewart, P L, Chiu, C Y, Haley, D A, Kong, L B, Schlessman, J L. Review: resolution issues in single-particle reconstruction. J Struct Biol, 128(1), 58-64, 1999

Von Seggern, D J, Chiu, C Y, Fleck, S K, Stewart, P L, Nemerow, G R. A helper-independent adenovirus vector with E1, E3, and fiber deleted: structure and infectivity of fiberless particles. J Virol, 73(2), 1601-8, 1999

Chiu, C Y, Cary, R B, Chen, D J, Peterson, S R, Stewart, P L. Cryo-EM imaging of the catalytic subunit of the DNA-dependent protein kinase. J Mol Biol, 284(4), 1075-81, 1998

Haley, D A, Horwitz, J, Stewart, P L. The small heat-shock protein, alphaB-crystallin, has a variable quaternary structure. J Mol Biol, 277(1), 27-35, 1998

Keith, D E, Anton, B, Murray, S R, Zaki, P A, Chu, P C, Lissin, D V, Monteillet-Agius, G, Stewart, P L, Evans, C J, von Zastrow, M. mu-Opioid receptor internalization: opiate drugs have differential effects on a conserved endocytic mechanism in vitro and in the mammalian brain. Mol Pharmacol, 53(3), 377-84, 1998

Kong, L B, An, D, Ackerson, B, Canon, J, Rey, O, Chen, I S, Krogstad, P, Stewart, P L. Cryoelectron microscopic examination of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 virions with mutations in the cyclophilin A binding loop. J Virol, 72(5), 4403-7, 1998

Shah, A K, Stewart, P L. QVIEW: software for rapid selection of particles from digital electron micrographs. J Struct Biol, 123(1), 17-21, 1998

Prigozy, T I, Sieling, P A, Clemens, D, Stewart, P L, Behar, S M, Porcelli, S A, Brenner, M B, Modlin, R L, Kronenberg, M. The mannose receptor delivers lipoglycan antigens to endosomes for presentation to T cells by CD1b molecules. Immunity, 6(2), 187-97, 1997

Stewart, P L, Chiu, C Y, Huang, S, Muir, T, Zhao, Y, Chait, B, Mathias, P, Nemerow, G R. Cryo-EM visualization of an exposed RGD epitope on adenovirus that escapes antibody neutralization. EMBO J, 16(6), 1189-98, 1997

Stewart, P L, Nemerow, G R. Recent structural solutions for antibody neutralization of viruses. Trends Microbiol, 5(6), 229-33, 1997

Stewart, P L, Burnett, R M. Adenovirus structure by X-ray crystallography and electron microscopy. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol, 199 ( Pt 1), 25-38, 1995

Stewart, P L. Integrating cryo-electron microscopy into drug-design strategies. Trends Biotechnol, 12(11), 429-31, 1994

Stewart, P L, Fuller, S D, Burnett, R M. Difference imaging of adenovirus: bridging the resolution gap between X-ray crystallography and electron microscopy. EMBO J, 12(7), 2589-99, 1993

Stewart, P L, Ghosh, S, Bamford, D H, Burnett, R M. Crystallization of the major coat protein of PRD1, a bacteriophage with an internal membrane. J Mol Biol, 230(1), 349-52, 1993

Stewart, P L, Burnett, R M, Cyrklaff, M, Fuller, S D. Image reconstruction reveals the complex molecular organization of adenovirus. Cell, 67(1), 145-54, 1991

Opella, S J, Stewart, P L. Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance structural studies of proteins. Methods Enzymol, 176, 242-75, 1989

Opella, S J, Stewart, P L, Valentine, K G. Protein structure by solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Q Rev Biophys, 19(1-2), 7-49, 1987


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Updated Date
08/11/2008