Immunology Structure and Evolution

Human cGAS and animal cGLRs (cGAS-like receptors)

cGAS–DNA PDB: 6CT9, 6CTA

Apo cGAS PDB: 4KM5

Human MB21D2 (C3orf59) PDB: 7LT1

T. castaneum cGLR PDB: 7LT2

S. pistillata cGLR1 PDB: 8GJY

C. virginica cGLR1 PDB: 8GJW

STING signaling

Human STING PDB: 8GJX

Mouse STING PDB: 11GN, 11GL, 11GM

Bacterial STING PDB: 6WT4, 6WT5

Bacterial TIR-STING Filament PDB: 7UN8, 7UN9, 7UNA

Drosophila STING PDB: 7MWY, 7MWZ

Oyster TIR-STING PDB: 6WT6, 6WT7

Zebrafish STING–TRAF6 PDB: 6MYD

Anemone STING PDB: 5CFL, 5CFM, 5CFN, 5CFO, 5CFP, 5CFQ, 5CFR

S. pistillata STING PDB: 8EFM, 8EFN, 8GJZ

Animal innate immunity

RECON–cAAG PDB: 6M7K

hTREX1–DNA PDB: 7TQN, 7TQO, 7TQP, 7TQQ

mTREX1 E198K PDB: 6W10

mDecr-1–2′–5′ OA PDB: 7UCW

Viral immune evasion proteins

VACV Poxin PDB: 6EA6, 6EA8, 6EA9

Baculovirus Poxin PDB: 6XB3, 6XB4

Insect Poxin PDB: 6XB5, 6XB6

Poxvirus cGAMP PDE PDB: 9BKQ, 9CIW

Poxvirus A47L PDB: 8GBE

Bacteria anti-phage defense signaling enzymes

CBASS CD-NTase enzymes 
PDB: 4TXY, 4TXZ, 4TY0, 6E0K, 6E0L,
6E0M, 6E0N, 6E0O, 6WT8, 6WT9, 7LJL,
7LJM, 7LJN, 7LJO

Pycsar PycC PDB: 7R65

Hailong HalB PDB: 9DBH, 9DBI, 9DBJ

Protein deazaguanylation PDB: 9NTN, 9NTO

CBASS/Pycsar AGS-C domain PDB: 9ARD

Bacteria anti-phage defense signaling receptors

CBASS Cap4 PDB: 6VM5, 6VM6, 6WAM, 6WAN

CBASS Cap15 PDB: 7N34, 7N35

Hailong HalA PDB: 9NYI

Bacterial anti-phage defense systems

Gabija PDB: 8SM3

Bacterial gasdermin PDB: 7N50, 7N51, 7N52, 8SL0 (PDBDev)

Bacterial CARD proteins PDB: 9CS7, 9CS8

RADAR PDB: 8FNT, 8FNU, 8FNV, 8FNW

Clover PDB: 9P8S, 9P8T, 9P8U, 9P8V, 9P8W

Phage immune evasion proteins

Anti-CBASS Acb1 PDB: 7T26, 7T27

Anti-CBASS Acb2 PDB: 9PTQ

Anti-CBASS Acb4 PDB: 9E4W

Anti-Pycsar Apyc1 PDB: 7T28, 7U2R, 7U2S

Anti-Thoeris Tad1 PDB: 7UAV, 7UAW, 8SMD

Anti-Thoeris Tad2 PDB: 8SME, 8SMF, 8SMG, 8V3E, 9EIB

Anti-Gabija Gad1 PDB: 8U7I (PDBDev)

Anti-Hachiman Had1 PDB: 8TTO

Research Collaborations

With Amy Lee, Jaime Cate 
Lee Lab – Harvard Medical School

Protein Translation
eIF3d and vIF4E Cap-Recognition

PDB: 5K4B, 5K4C, 5K4D, 9E5A, 9E5B

With James Nuñez
Doudna Lab – UC-Berkeley

CRISPR Bacterial Immunity
E. coli Cas1–Cas2 Complex

PDB: 4P6I

With James Nuñez, Lucas Harrington
Doudna Lab – UC-Berkeley

CRISPR Bacterial Immunity
E. coli Cas1–Cas2–dsDNA Complex

PDB: 5DS4, 5DS5, 5DS6

With Kevin Doxzen, Emine Kaya
Doudna Lab – UC-Berkeley

Atypical Argonaute Complex
M. piezophila Argonaute–ssRNA

PDB: 5I4A

With Lucas Harrington, Kevin Doxzen 
Doudna Lab – UC-Berkeley

CRISPR Bacterial Immunity  
NmeCas9–AcrIIC1 Inhibitory Complex

PDB: 5VGB

With Katjuša Brejc 
Meyer Lab – UC-Berkeley

Chromatin H4K20 Modification
C. elegans DPY-21 Demethylase

PDB: 5UQD

With Zach Hallberg, Kevin Doxzen
Hammond Lab – University of Utah

Geobacter Hypr GGDEF
cGAMP Synthase

PDB: 6D9M

w/ Anna Seminara, Daniel Dumitrescu 
Hatzios Lab – Yale University

Helicobacter EgtU
ergothioneine receptor

PDB: 8DP6, 8DP7

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