Chemical staples and chemical probes to dissect dynamins cellular roles. Modulation of protein structure drives cellular function. Dynamin GTPase forms at least two macromolecular structures with diff

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Chemical staples and chemical probes to dissect dynamins cellular roles. Modulation of protein structure drives cellular function. Dynamin GTPase forms at least two macromolecular structures with different cellular functions. The drivers behind these different structures is unknown. In this project we will leverage our discoveries, and planned enhancements, of chemical biology probes that will modulate dynamin activity by inhibiting at three distinct sites, and one site that stimulates dynamin activity. It is known that Dynamin helices and rings are believed responsible for at least three in cell biological functions: in hormone, neutral and receptor internalisation; cellular mitosis and in actin dynamics. Prior to this work we have lacked the tools to understand the role of shape modulation of protein function.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 3101 - Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Lead: Prof Adam McCluskey