Tarjani M. Thaker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
Background
B.S. University of Delaware
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University
Postdoc, University of California San Francisco
Publications from the lab
The rhodopsin-arrestin-1 interaction in bicelles. Methods Mol Biol. 2015;1271:77-95. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2330-4_6.PMID: 25697518
A transient interaction between the phosphate binding loop and switch I contributes to the allosteric network between receptor and nucleotide in Gαi1. J Biol Chem. 2014 Apr 18;289(16):11331-11341. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.539064. Epub 2014 Mar 4.PMID: 24596087
Crystal structures of acetate kinases from the eukaryotic pathogens Entamoeba histolytica and Cryptococcus neoformans. J Struct Biol. 2013 Feb;181(2):185-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.11.001. Epub 2012 Nov 16.PMID: 23159802
Allosteric mechanisms of G protein-Coupled Receptor signaling: a structural perspective. Methods Mol Biol. 2012;796:133-74. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-334-9_8.PMID: 22052489
Coupling efficiency of rhodopsin and transducin in bicelles. Biochemistry. 2011 Apr 19;50(15):3193-203. doi: 10.1021/bi200037j. Epub 2011 Mar 25.PMID: 21375271