Manuel Maestre-Reyna Lab

Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University

Journal Publications

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[19] T. Imura, Y. Hosokawa, K. C. Yang, Y. Ban, H. Y. Shih, J. Yamamoto, M. Maestre-Reyna, "Revisiting the co-crystal structure of a DNA glycosylase with photocaged substrate: a suitable time-resolved crystallography target?"
IUCrJ 2025, 12 (5), 515–522.
[18] M. Maestre-Reyna, Y. Hosokawa, P. H. Wang, M. Saft, N. Caramello, et al., "Capturing structural intermediates in an animal-like cryptochrome photoreceptor by time-resolved crystallography"
Sci. Adv. 2025, 11 (20), eadu7247.
[17] P. H. Wang, Y. Hosokawa, J. C. Soares, H. J. Emmerich, V. Fuchs, N. Caramello, M. Maestre-Reyna, et al., "Redox-State-Dependent Structural Changes within a Prokaryotic 6–4 Photolyase"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147 (19), 16084–16098.
[16] Y. Hosokawa, M. Maestre-Reyna, "Light-driven DNA repair at atomic and picosecond resolution revealed via time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography"
Clin. Transl. Med. 2024, 14 (1), e1566.
[15] M. Maestre-Reyna, P. H. Wang, E. Nango, Y. Hosokawa, M. Saft, A. Furrer, et al., "Visualizing the DNA repair process by a photolyase at atomic resolution"
Science 2023, 382 (6674), eadd7795.
[14] M. Maestre-Reyna, C. H. Yang, E. Nango, W. C. Huang, E. P. G. Ngurah Putu, W. J. Wu, et al., "Serial crystallography captures dynamic control of sequential electron and proton transfer events in a flavoenzyme"
Nat. Chem. 2022, 14 (6), 677–685.
[13] M. Maestre-Reyna, W. C. Huang, W. J. Wu, P. K. Singh, R. Hartmann, P. H. Wang, et al., "Vibrio cholerae biofilm scaffolding protein RbmA shows an intrinsic, phosphate-dependent autoproteolysis activity"
IUBMB Life 2021, 73 (2), 418–431.
[12] S. W. LinWu, Y. H. Tu, T. Y. Tsai, M. Maestre-Reyna, M. S. Liu, W. J. Wu, J. Y. Huang, et al., "Thermococcus sp. 9°N DNA polymerase exhibits 3′-esterase activity that can be harnessed for DNA sequencing"
Commun. Biol. 2019, 2, 224.
[11] Y.-K. Chang, Y.-P. Huang, X.-X. Liu, T.-P. Ko, Y. Bessho, Y. Kawano, M. Maestre-Reyna, W.-J. Wu, M.-D. Tsai, "Human DNA Polymerase μ Can Use a Noncanonical Mechanism for Multiple Mn²⁺-Mediated Functions"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (21), 8489–8502.
[10] W.-C. Huang, J.-H. Liao, T.-C. Hsiao, T.-Y. W. Wei, M. Maestre-Reyna, Y. Bessho, M.-D. Tsai, "Binding and Enhanced Binding between Key Immunity Proteins TRAF6 and TIFA"
ChemBioChem 2019, 20 (2), 140–146.
[9] M. Kock, S. Brückner, N. Wozniak, M. Maestre-Reyna, M. Veelders, J. Schlereth, H.-U. Mösch, L.-O. Essen, "Structural and Functional Characterization of PA14/Flo5-Like Adhesins From Komagataella pastoris"
Front. Microbiol. 2018, 9, 2581.
[8] S. Franz, E. Ignatz, S. Wenzel, H. Zielosko, E. P. G. N. Putu, M. Maestre-Reyna, et al., "Structure of the bifunctional cryptochrome aCRY from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii"
Nucleic Acids Res. 2018, 46 (15), 8010–8022.
[7] M. Maestre-Reyna, J. Yamamoto, W. C. Huang, M. D. Tsai, L. O. Essen, et al., "Twist and turn: a revised structural view on the unpaired bubble of class II CPD photolyase in complex with damaged DNA"
IUCrJ 2018, 5 (5), 608–618.
[6] M. Maestre-Reyna, S.-M. Wu, Y.-C. Chang, C.-C. Chen, A. Maestre-Reyna, A. H.-J. Wang, H.-Y. Chang, "In search of tail-anchored protein machinery in plants: reevaluating the role of arsenite transporters"
Sci. Rep. 2017, 7, 46022.
[5] A. Banerjee, E. Herman, M. Serif, M. Maestre-Reyna, S. Hepp, R. Pokorny, P. G. Kroth, L.-O. Essen, T. Kottke, "Allosteric communication between DNA-binding and light-responsive domains of diatom class I aureochromes"
Nucleic Acids Res. 2016, 44 (12), 5957–5970.
[4] F.-C. Lo, C.-C. Hsieh, M. Maestre-Reyna, C.-Y. Chen, T.-P. Ko, Y.-C. Horng, et al., "Crystal Structure Analysis of the Repair of Iron Centers Protein YtfE and Its Interaction with NO"
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22 (28), 9768–9776.
[3] D. R. Smith, M. Maestre-Reyna, G. Lee, H. Gerard, A. H. J. Wang, P. I. Watnick, "In situ proteolysis of the Vibrio cholerae matrix protein RbmA promotes biofilm recruitment"
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2015, 112 (33), 10491–10496.
[2] R. Diderrich, M. Kock, M. Maestre-Reyna, P. Keller, H. Steuber, S. Rupp, et al., "Structural hot spots determine functional diversity of the Candida glabrata epithelial adhesin family"
J. Biol. Chem. 2015, 290 (32), 19597–19613.
[1] M. Maestre-Reyna, W.-C. Liu, W.-Y. Jeng, C.-C. Lee, C.-A. Hsu, T.-N. Wen, A. H.-J. Wang, L.-F. Shyur, "Structural and functional roles of glycosylation in fungal laccase from Lentinus sp."
PLoS One 2015, 10 (4), e0120601.