Laboratory of Thomas Hollis

Recent Publications

Pryor EE Jr, Wozniak DJ, Hollis T. Crystallization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa AmrZ protein: development of a comprehensive method for obtaining and optimization of protein-DNA crystals. Acta Cryst F., 2012, 68, 985-993.

Pryor EE Jr, Waligora EA, Xu B, Dellos-Nolan S, Wozniak DJ, Hollis T. The transcription factor AmrZ utilizes multiple DNA binding modes to recognize activator and repressor sequences of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence genes. PLoS Pathogens, 2012, e1002648.

Bailey SL, Harvey S, Perrino FW, Hollis T. Defects in DNA degradation revealed in crystal structures of TREX1 exonuclease mutations linked to autoimmune disease. DNA Repair, 2012, 11, 65-73.

Powell RD, Holland PJ, Hollis T, Perrino FW. Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome gene and HIV-1 restriction factor SAMHD1 is a dGTP-regulated deoxynucleotide triphosphohydrolase.J Biol Chem., 2011, 286, 43596-600.

Hollis T, Shaban NM. Structure and Function of RNase H Enzymes. Ribonucleases (ed: Nicholson, AW) Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2011, pp. 299-318.

Orebaugh CD, Fye JM, Harvey S, Hollis T, Perrino FW. The TREX1 exonuclease R114H mutation in Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome and lupus reveals dimeric structure requirements for DNA degradation activity.J Biol Chem., 2011, 286, 40246-54.

Fye JM, Orebaugh CD, Coffin SR, Hollis T, Perrino FW. Dominant mutation of the TREX1 exonuclease gene in lupus and Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome. J Biol Chem., 2011, 286, 32373-82.

Coffin SR, Hollis T, Perrino FW. Functional consequences of the RNase H2A subunit mutations that cause Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome. J Biol Chem., 2011, 286, 16984-91.

Waligora EA, Ramsey DM, Pryor EE Jr, Lu H, Hollis T, Sloan GP, Deora R, Wozniak DJ. AmrZ beta-sheet residues are essential for DNA binding and transcriptional control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence genes. J Bacteriol. 2010, 192(20):5390-401.

Holland PJ, Hollis T. Structural and mutational analysis of Escherichia coli AlkB provides insight into substrate specificity and DNA damage searching. PLoS ONE. 2010; 5(1):e8680.

Shaban NM, Harvey S, Perrino FW, Hollis T. The structure of the mammalian RNase H2 complex provides insight into RNA.NA hybrid processing to prevent immune dysfunction. J Biol Chem. 2010; 285(6):3617-3624.

Vasilyeva A, Clodfelter JE, Rector B, Hollis T, Scarpinato KD, Salsbury FR Jr. Small molecule induction of MSH2-dependent cell death suggests a vital role of mismatch repair proteins in cell death. DNA Repair. 2009; 8(1):103-113.

de Silva U, Perrino FW, Hollis T. DNA binding induces active site conformational change in the human TREX2 3'-exonuclease. Nucleic Acids Res. 2009; 37(7):2411-2417.

Pence MG, Blans P, Zink CN, Hollis T, Fishbein JC, Perrino FW. Lesion bypass of N2-ethylguanine by human DNA polymerase Iota. J Biol Chem. 2009; 284(3):1732-1740.

Perrino FW, Harvey S, Shaban NM, Hollis T. RNaseH2 mutants that cause Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome are active nucleases. J Mol Med. 2009; 87(1):25-30.

Lee-Kirsch M, Gong M, Chowdhury D, Senenko L, Engel K, De Silva U, Bailey SL, Harvey S, Hollis T, Perrino FW, et al. Mutations in the 3 '-5 ' DNA exonuclease TREX1 cause monogenic and complex forms of lupus erythematosus [abstract]. Eur J Pediatr. 2008; 167(3):365.

Lehtinen DA, Harvey S, Mulcahy MJ, Hollis T, Perrino FW. The TREX1 double-stranded DNA degradation activity is defective in dominant mutations associated with autoimmune disease. J Biol Chem. 2008; 283(46):31649-56.

Perrino FW, de Silva U, Harvey S, Pryor EE Jr, Cole DW, Hollis T. Cooperative DNA binding and communication across the dimer interface in the TREX2 3 '--> 5 '-exonuclease. J Biol Chem. 2008; 283(31):21441-52.

Hollis T. Crystallization of protein-DNA complexes. In Methods Mol Biol. (ed. Doublie) 2007; 363():225-237.

Rice G, Newman WG, Dean J, Patrick T, Parmar R, Flintoff K, Robins P, Harvey S, Hollis T, Perrino FW, et al. Heterozygous mutations in TREX1 cause familial chilblain lupus and dominant Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome. Am J Hum Genet. 2007; 80(4):811-815.

de Silva U, Choudhury S, Bailey SL, Harvey S, Perrino FW, Hollis T. The crystal structure of TREX1 explains the 3' nucleotide specificity and reveals a polyproline II helix for protein partnering. J Biol Chem. 2007; 282(14):10537-43.

Lee-Kirsch MA, Chowdhury D, Harvey S, Gong M, Senenko L, Engel K, Pfeiffer C, Hollis T, Gahr M, Perrino FW, et al. A mutation in TREX1 that impairs susceptibility to granzyme A-mediated cell death underlies familial chilblain lupus. J Mol Med. 2007; 85(5):531-537.

Metz AH, Hollis T, Eichman BF. DNA damage recognition and repair by 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase I (TAG). EMBO J. 2007; 26(9):2411-2420.

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Thomas Hollis, PhD, Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Center for Structural Biology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Medical Center Blvd
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
Tel (336) 716.0768
Fax (336) 777.3242
Email: thollis@wfubmc.edu,