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William R Kobertz PhD

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentBiochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology
AddressUMass Chan Medical School
364 Plantation Street LRB
Worcester MA 01605
Phone508-856-8861
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    University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United StatesB SChemistry
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United StatesPH DOrganic Chemistry

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    Structure, Function and Modulation of Ion Channels.



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    1. Kobertz WR. Want to hear ClC-6?sing? Push your amp to eleven. J Physiol. 2022 05; 600(9):2019-2020. PMID: 35286714.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    
    2. Zhang L, Zhang M, Bellve K, Fogarty KE, Castro MA, Brauchi S, Kobertz WR. Wheat germ agglutinin-conjugated fluorescent pH sensors for visualizing proton fluxes. J Gen Physiol. 2020 06 01; 152(6). PMID: 31978216.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    3. Kobertz WR. Oddballs in the Shaker family: Kv2-related regulatory subunits. J Gen Physiol. 2018 12 03; 150(12):1599-1601. PMID: 30446508.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    
    4. Velentzas PD, Zhang L, Das G, Chang TK, Nelson C, Kobertz WR, Baehrecke EH. The Proton-Coupled Monocarboxylate Transporter Hermes Is Necessary for Autophagy during Cell Death. Dev Cell. 2018 11 05; 47(3):281-293.e4. PMID: 30318245.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    5. Bandara HMD, Hua Z, Zhang M, Pauff SM, Miller SC, Davie EAC, Kobertz WR. Palladium-Mediated Synthesis of a Near-Infrared Fluorescent K+ Sensor. J Org Chem. 2017 08 04; 82(15):8199-8205. PMID: 28664732.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    6. Zhang L, Bellve K, Fogarty K, Kobertz WR. Fluorescent Visualization of Cellular Proton Fluxes. Cell Chem Biol. 2016 Dec 22; 23(12):1449-1457. PMID: 27916567.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    
    7. Kubat ?ktem E, Mruk K, Chang J, Akin A, Kobertz WR, Brown RH. Erratum to: Mutant SOD1 protein increases Nav1.3 channel excitability. J Biol Phys. 2016 06; 42(3):371. PMID: 27270492.
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    8. Kubat ?ktem E, Mruk K, Chang J, Akin A, Kobertz WR, Brown RH. Mutant SOD1 protein increases Nav1.3 channel excitability. J Biol Phys. 2016 06; 42(3):351-70. PMID: 27072680.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    9. Mruk K, Kobertz WR. Bioreactive Tethers. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2015; 869:77-100. PMID: 26381941.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    10. Aromolaran AS, Subramanyam P, Chang DD, Kobertz WR, Colecraft HM. LQT1 mutations in KCNQ1 C-terminus assembly domain suppress IKs using different mechanisms. Cardiovasc Res. 2014 Dec 01; 104(3):501-11. PMID: 25344363.
      Citations: 28     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    11. Malaby HL, Kobertz WR. The middle X residue influences cotranslational N-glycosylation consensus site skipping. Biochemistry. 2014 Aug 05; 53(30):4884-93. PMID: 25029371.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    12. Mruk K, Farley BM, Ritacco AW, Kobertz WR. Calmodulation meta-analysis: predicting calmodulin binding via canonical motif clustering. J Gen Physiol. 2014 Jul; 144(1):105-14. PMID: 24935744.
      Citations: 39     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    13. Kobertz WR. Stoichiometry of the cardiac IKs complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Apr 08; 111(14):5065-6. PMID: 24706929.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    14. Malaby HL, Kobertz WR. Molecular determinants of co- and post-translational N-glycosylation of type?I transmembrane peptides. Biochem J. 2013 Aug 01; 453(3):427-34. PMID: 23718681.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    15. Hua Z, Kobertz WR. Chemical derivatization and purification of peptide-toxins for probing ion channel complexes. Methods Mol Biol. 2013; 995:19-30. PMID: 23494369.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    16. Mruk K, Shandilya SM, Blaustein RO, Schiffer CA, Kobertz WR. Structural insights into neuronal K+ channel-calmodulin complexes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Aug 21; 109(34):13579-83. PMID: 22869708.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    17. Gabriel L, Lvov A, Orthodoxou D, Rittenhouse AR, Kobertz WR, Melikian HE. The acid-sensitive, anesthetic-activated potassium leak channel, KCNK3, is regulated by 14-3-3?-dependent, protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated endocytic trafficking. J Biol Chem. 2012 Sep 21; 287(39):32354-66. PMID: 22846993.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    18. O'Connell D, Mruk K, Rocheleau JM, Kobertz WR. Xenopus laevis oocytes infected with multi-drug-resistant bacteria: implications for electrical recordings. J Gen Physiol. 2011 Aug; 138(2):271-7. PMID: 21788613.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    19. Bas T, Gao GY, Lvov A, Chandrasekhar KD, Gilmore R, Kobertz WR. Post-translational N-glycosylation of type I transmembrane KCNE1 peptides: implications for membrane protein biogenesis and disease. J Biol Chem. 2011 Aug 12; 286(32):28150-9. PMID: 21676880.
      Citations: 21     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    20. Chandrasekhar KD, Lvov A, Terrenoire C, Gao GY, Kass RS, Kobertz WR. O-glycosylation of the cardiac I(Ks) complex. J Physiol. 2011 Aug 01; 589(Pt 15):3721-30. PMID: 21669976.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    21. Hua Z, Lvov A, Morin TJ, Kobertz WR. Chemical control of metabolically-engineered voltage-gated K+ channels. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2011 Sep 01; 21(17):5021-4. PMID: 21576020.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    22. Lvov A, Gage SD, Berrios VM, Kobertz WR. Identification of a protein-protein interaction between KCNE1 and the activation gate machinery of KCNQ1. J Gen Physiol. 2010 Jun; 135(6):607-18. PMID: 20479109.
      Citations: 28     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    23. Ahern CA, Kobertz WR. Chemical tools for K(+) channel biology. Biochemistry. 2009 Jan 27; 48(3):517-26. PMID: 19113860.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Mruk K, Kobertz WR. Discovery of a novel activator of KCNQ1-KCNE1 K channel complexes. PLoS One. 2009; 4(1):e4236. PMID: 19156197.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    25. Morin TJ, Kobertz WR. Tethering chemistry and K+ channels. J Biol Chem. 2008 Sep 12; 283(37):25105-25109. PMID: 18541528.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    26. Morin TJ, Kobertz WR. Counting membrane-embedded KCNE beta-subunits in functioning K+ channel complexes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Feb 05; 105(5):1478-82. PMID: 18223154.
      Citations: 66     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    27. Rocheleau JM, Kobertz WR. KCNE peptides differently affect voltage sensor equilibrium and equilibration rates in KCNQ1 K+ channels. J Gen Physiol. 2008 Jan; 131(1):59-68. PMID: 18079560.
      Citations: 45     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    28. Morin TJ, Kobertz WR. A derivatized scorpion toxin reveals the functional output of heteromeric KCNQ1-KCNE K+ channel complexes. ACS Chem Biol. 2007 Jul 20; 2(7):469-73. PMID: 17602620.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    29. Rocheleau JM, Gage SD, Kobertz WR. Secondary structure of a KCNE cytoplasmic domain. J Gen Physiol. 2006 Dec; 128(6):721-9. PMID: 17130521.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    30. Chandrasekhar KD, Bas T, Kobertz WR. KCNE1 subunits require co-assembly with K+ channels for efficient trafficking and cell surface expression. J Biol Chem. 2006 Dec 29; 281(52):40015-23. PMID: 17065152.
      Citations: 39     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    31. Gage SD, Kobertz WR. KCNE3 truncation mutants reveal a bipartite modulation of KCNQ1 K+ channels. J Gen Physiol. 2004 Dec; 124(6):759-71. PMID: 15572349.
      Citations: 28     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    32. Kobertz WR, Essigmann JM. An Efficient Synthesis of a Furan-Side Furocoumarin Thymidine Monoadduct. J Org Chem. 1997 Apr 18; 62(8):2630-2632. PMID: 11671608.
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    33. Kobertz WR, Bertozzi CR, Bednarski MD. C-Glycosyl Aldehydes: Synthons for C-Linked Disaccharides. J Org Chem. 1996 Mar 08; 61(5):1894-1897. PMID: 11667074.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    
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