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Barbara Lelj-Garolla

UBC Faculty of Medicine & Vancouver Prostate Centre
Verified email at alumni.ubc.ca
Cited by 775

Nanodiscs unravel the interaction between the SecYEG channel and its cytosolic partner SecA

M Alami, K Dalal, B Lelj‐Garolla, SG Sligar… - The EMBO …, 2007 - embopress.org
The translocon is a membrane‐embedded protein assembly that catalyzes protein
movement across membranes. The core translocon, the SecYEG complex, forms oligomers …

[HTML][HTML] Self-association and chaperone activity of Hsp27 are thermally activated

B Lelj-Garolla, AG Mauk - Journal of biological chemistry, 2006 - ASBMB
The small heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) is an oligomeric, molecular chaperone in vitro. This
chaperone activity and other physiological roles attributed to Hsp27 have been reported to …

Self-association of a small heat shock protein

B Lelj-Garolla, AG Mauk - Journal of molecular biology, 2005 - Elsevier
Human Hsp27 oligomerizes in vivo in a phosphorylation-dependent manner that regulates
the functional activity of the protein. We have studied the self-association of wild-type Hsp27 …

[HTML][HTML] Ivermectin inhibits HSP27 and potentiates efficacy of oncogene targeting in tumor models

L Nappi, AH Aguda, N Al Nakouzi… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
HSP27 is highly expressed in, and supports oncogene addiction of, many cancers. HSP27
phosphorylation is a limiting step for activation of this protein and a target for inhibition, but …

Hsp27 inhibition with OGX-427 sensitizes non–small cell lung cancer cells to erlotinib and chemotherapy

B Lelj-Garolla, M Kumano, E Beraldi, L Nappi… - Molecular cancer …, 2015 - AACR
Non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most frequent cause of death from cancer
worldwide. Despite the availability of active chemotherapy regimens and EGFR tyrosine …

Roles of the N‐and C‐terminal sequences in Hsp27 self‐association and chaperone activity

B Lelj‐Garolla, AG Mauk - Protein Science, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The small heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27 or HSPB1) is an oligomeric molecular chaperone in
vitro that is associated with several neuromuscular, neurological, and neoplastic diseases …

Cofacial heme binding is linked to dimerization by a bacterial heme transport protein

ACK Chan, B Lelj-Garolla, FI Rosell… - Journal of molecular …, 2006 - Elsevier
Campylobacter jejuni is a leading bacterial cause of food-borne illness in the developed
world. Like most pathogens, C. jejuni requires iron that must be acquired from the host …

Metal ion binding to human hemopexin

MR Mauk, FI Rosell, B Lelj-Garolla, GR Moore… - Biochemistry, 2005 - ACS Publications
Binding of divalent metal ions to human hemopexin (Hx) purified by a new protocol has
been characterized by metal ion affinity chromatography and potentiometric titration in the …

Functional characterization of the dimerization domain of the ferric uptake regulator (Fur) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

E Bai, FI Rosell, B Lige, MR Mauk… - Biochemical …, 2006 - portlandpress.com
The functional properties of the recombinant C-terminal dimerization domain of the
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Fur (ferric uptake regulator) protein expressed in and purified …

Peptide binding by a fragment of calmodulin composed of EF-hands 2 and 3

TM Lakowski, GM Lee, B Lelj-Garolla, M Okon… - Biochemistry, 2007 - ACS Publications
Calmodulin (CaM) is composed of two EF-hand domains tethered by a flexible linker. Upon
Ca2+-binding, a fragment of CaM encompassing EF-hands 2 and 3 (CaM2/3; residues 46 …