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Aaron L. Lucius

University of Alabama at Birmingham · US
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Genetics
Research interest
Research interests include Protein Structure and Dynamics, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, and Heat shock proteins research.
h-index
23
citations
1,634
works
114
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Quantitative insights into processivity of an Hsp100 protein disaggregase on folded proteins
Biophysical Journal 2025cited by 5position: lastdoi
Single turnover transient state kinetics reveals processive protein unfolding catalyzed by Escherichia coli ClpB
eLife 2024cited by 6position: lastdoi
The cofactor-dependent folding mechanism of Drosophila cryptochrome revealed by single-molecule pulling experiments
Nature Communications 2023cited by 11position: middledoi
The A12.2 Subunit Plays an Integral Role in Pyrophosphate Release of RNA Polymerase I
Journal of Molecular Biology 2023cited by 7position: lastdoi
AAA+ proteins: one motor, multiple ways to work
Biochemical Society Transactions 2022cited by 46position: lastdoi
RNA Polymerase I Is Uniquely Vulnerable to the Small-Molecule Inhibitor BMH-21
Cancers 2022cited by 23position: middledoi
Uncovering the mechanisms of transcription elongation by eukaryotic RNA polymerases I, II, and III
iScience 2022cited by 18position: middledoi
Transient-State Kinetic Analysis of the RNA Polymerase II Nucleotide Incorporation Mechanism
Biochemistry 2022cited by 14position: lastdoi
Multi-start Evolutionary Nonlinear OpTimizeR (MENOTR): A hybrid parameter optimization toolbox
Biophysical Chemistry 2021cited by 36position: lastdoi
The N-terminal domain of the A12.2 subunit stimulates RNA polymerase I transcription elongation
Biophysical Journal 2021cited by 24position: middledoi
Transient-state kinetic analysis of multi-nucleotide addition catalyzed by RNA polymerase I
Biophysical Journal 2021cited by 12position: lastdoi
Conformational plasticity of the ClpAP AAA+ protease couples protein unfolding and proteolysis
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2020cited by 71position: middledoi
Defining the divergent enzymatic properties of RNA polymerases I and II
Journal of Biological Chemistry 2020cited by 25position: middledoi
Downstream sequence-dependent RNA cleavage and pausing by RNA polymerase I
Journal of Biological Chemistry 2020cited by 23position: middledoi
Hsp104 and Potentiated Variants Can Operate as Distinct Nonprocessive Translocases
Biophysical Journal 2019cited by 31position: lastdoi
Downstream sequence-dependent RNA cleavage and pausing by RNA polymerase I
Journal of Biological Chemistry 2019cited by 27position: middledoi
A Novel Assay for RNA Polymerase I Transcription Elongation Sheds Light on the Evolutionary Divergence of Eukaryotic RNA Polymerases
Biochemistry 2019cited by 25position: middledoi
The A12.2 Subunit Is an Intrinsic Destabilizer of the RNA Polymerase I Elongation Complex
Biophysical Journal 2018cited by 31position: middledoi
ATP hydrolysis inactivating Walker B mutation perturbs E. coli ClpA self-assembly energetics in the absence of nucleotide
Biophysical Chemistry 2018cited by 14position: lastdoi
Comparative Analysis of the Structure and Function of AAA+ Motors ClpA, ClpB, and Hsp104: Common Threads and Disparate Functions
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 2017cited by 45position: lastdoi
Multisubunit RNA Polymerase Cleavage Factors Modulate the Kinetics and Energetics of Nucleotide Incorporation: An RNA Polymerase I Case Study
Biochemistry 2017cited by 27position: lastdoi
Avidity for Polypeptide Binding by Nucleotide-Bound Hsp104 Structures
Biochemistry 2017cited by 20position: lastdoi
Examination of ClpB Quaternary Structure and Linkage to Nucleotide Binding
Biochemistry 2016cited by 18position: lastdoi
<i>Escherichia coli</i> ClpB is a non-processive polypeptide translocase
Biochemical Journal 2015cited by 45position: lastdoi
Transient-State Kinetic Analysis of the RNA Polymerase I Nucleotide Incorporation Mechanism
Biophysical Journal 2015cited by 34position: middledoi
Examination of the dynamic assembly equilibrium for <scp><i>E</i></scp><i>. coli</i> ClpB
Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics 2015cited by 22position: lastdoi
Examination of polypeptide substrate specificity for <scp><i>E</i></scp><i>scherichia coli</i><scp>C</scp>lp<scp>B</scp>
Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics 2014cited by 20position: lastdoi
E. coli ClpA Catalyzed Polypeptide Translocation Is Allosterically Controlled by the Protease ClpP
Journal of Molecular Biology 2013cited by 50position: lastdoi

Grants

Mechanisms of Fidelity in Eukaryotic RNA Polymerases
NSF2346165$930,0002024–2027PIRePORTER
Understanding Architecture Hierarchy of Polymer Networks to Control Mechanical Responses
NSF2419386$500,0002024–2027PIRePORTER
Reprogramming redox-controlled innate and adaptive immune responses by antioxidant polymer microvesicles
NSF2208831$623,7002022–2026PIRePORTER
RAPID: Mechanisms of Polymerization Catalyzed by the SARS-CoV-2 RNA Dependent RNA Polymerase
NSF2035558$200,0002020–2022PIRePORTER
Molecular mechanisms of RNA Polymerase I Transcription Elongation
NSF1817749$800,0002018–2023PIRePORTER
Mechanisms of Polypeptide Translocation Catalyzed by Class 1 HSP100/Clp Enzymes
NSF1412624$1,000,0002014–2019PIRePORTER
Kinetic Mechanisms of ClpA Catalyzed Polypeptide Translocation
NSF0843746$545,9972009–2012PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

David A. Schneider · University of Alabama at Birmingham14 papers (2015–2023)JiaBei Lin · University of Alabama at Birmingham9 papers (2013–2022)Catherine E. Scull · University of Alabama at Birmingham5 papers (2018–2021)Ruth Q. Jacobs · University of Alabama at Birmingham5 papers (2020–2023)Zachariah I. Carter · University of Alabama at Birmingham4 papers (2022–2023)Elizabeth C. Duran · University of Alabama at Birmingham4 papers (2015–2018)James Shorter · University of Bonn4 papers (2017–2022)Zachariah M. Ingram · University of Alabama at Birmingham4 papers (2019–2021)Francis D. Appling · University of Alabama at Birmingham3 papers (2015–2018)Nathaniel W. Scull · University of Alabama at Birmingham3 papers (2019–2021)Clarissa L. Weaver · University of Alabama at Birmingham3 papers (2015–2017)Kaila B. Fuller · University of Alabama at Birmingham2 papers (2022–2023)Elizabeth A. Sweeny · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2017–2019) · 2 papers (2017–2019)Justin M. Miller · University of Alabama at Birmingham2 papers (2013–2015) · 2 papers (2017–2019)Jaskamaljot Kaur Banwait · University of Alabama at Birmingham2 papers (2024–2025)Andrew M. Clarke · University of Alabama at Birmingham2 papers (2019–2020)Sahar Foroutannejad · Georgetown University1 papers (2023–2023)Changfan Lin · California Institute of Technology1 papers (2023–2023)