Rami N. Hannoush, Ph.D.

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Journal Cover Pages :
Volume 32, 2004
Volume 4, 2009

Research Focus: Chemical Biology of the Cell

Research Interests:
- Pharmacological inhibition of protein-protein interactions with peptides and small molecule ligands
- Development and validation of proof-of-concept strategies for novel therapeutic targeting of    proteins involved in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, Drug Discovery
- Development of chemical tools and reporters for imaging protein behavior, activation and dynamics in human cells
- Mechanism of action of small molecule and antibody modulators of cancer signaling pathways, Chemical  Genetics and Biochemical Pharmacology
- High-content Screening, Synthetic Lethality, RNAi Genetic Screens
- Membrane trafficking
 



Publications:

24. X. Gao, N. Arenas-Ramirez, S.J. Scales & R.N. Hannoush*. Membrane targeting of palmitoylated Wnt and Hedgehog revealed by chemical probes. FEBS Letters 2011, in press, PDF 

23. R.N. Hannoush. Profiling myristoylated and palmityolated proteins using w-alkynyl fatty acids. In Chemical genomics and proteomics, Methods Mol. Biol. 2011, in press, PDF  

22. R.N. Hannoush. Development of chemical probes for biochemical detection and cellular imaging of myristoylated and palmitoylated proteins. Curr. Protoc. Chemical Biology 2011, 3, 15-26. PDF   

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Y. Gong, E. Bourhis, C. Chiu, S. Stawicki, V.I. DeAlmeida, B.Y. Liu, K. Phamluong, T.C. Cao, R. Carano, J.A. Ernst, M. Solloway, B. Rubinfeld, R.N. Hannoush, Y. Wu, P. Polakis & M. Costa*. Wnt Isoform-specific Interactions with Co-receptor Specify Inhibition or Potentiation of Signaling by LRP6 Antibodies PLoS One 2010, 5(9): e12682 PDF.

20. R.N. Hannoush* and JingLucy Sun. The chemical toolbox for monitoring protein fatty acylation and prenylation. Nature Chemical Biology 2010, 6, 498 - 506. PDF 

19. E. Bourhis, C. Tam, Y. Frank, J. Bazan, J. Ernst, J. Huang, M. Costa, A. Cochran & R.N. Hannoush*. Reconstitution of a Frizzled8-Wnt3a-LR6 complex reveals multiple Wnt and Dkk1 binding sites on LRP6. J. Biol. Chem. 2010, 285, 9172-9.
abstract, PDF 

18. N. Burns, I. Krylova, R.N. Hannoush & P.S. Baran*. Scalable Total Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Haouamine A and Its Atropisomer. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 9172-3. 
PDF 

17. R.N. Hannoush* & N. Arenas-Ramirez. Imaging the lipidome: w-alkynyl fatty acids for detection and cellular visualization of lipid-modified proteins. ACS Chem. Biol. 2009, 4, 581-587.
 PDF
          Highlighted in J. Proteome Res. 2009. link
          Featured on journal coverpage. link

16. Y. Zhang, B.A. Appleton, C. Wiesmann, T. Lau, M. Costa, R.N. Hannoush* & S.S. Sidhu*. Inhibition of Wnt signaling by Dishevelled PDZ peptides. Nature Chemical Biology 2009, 5, 217-9 (PDF)
          Highlighted in C&E News 2009, 87, 29.

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5. R.N. Hannoush. Kinetics of Wnt-Driven β-Catenin Stabilization Revealed by Quantitative and Temporal Imaging. PLoS One 2008, 3(10), e3498. PDF

14. R.N. Hannoush. Probing Cellular Systems with Chemistry. Nature Chemical Biology 2007, 3, 131-134.
PDF
 
graduate and postdoctoral:
13. R.N. Hannoush, B.C. Goess, M.D. Shair, T. Kirchhausen. Reversible Small Molecule-Induced Separation of Mammalian Golgi Cisternae. (2010) in preparation
 

12. B. C. Goess, R. N. Hannoush, L. K. Chan, T. Kirchhausen, M. D. Shair. Synthesis of a 10,000-membered Library of Molecules Resembling Carpanone and Discovery of Vesicular Traffic Inhibitors. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2006), 128, 5391-5403. PDF

11. R.N. Hannoush, M.J. Damha. Preference for Ribose over Deoxyribose in Loop-Closing Base Pairs of Extra Stable Nucleic Acid Hairpins. Nucleosides & Nucleotides (2005), 24, 1519-1530. PDF

10. C. G. Peng,  R. N. Hannoush, M. J. Damha. Synthesis of a “taller” 2',5'-Linked Ribonucleic Acid: 2'-α-C-hydroxymethyl 2',5'-linked RNA. J. Biomol.  Struct.  Dyn. 2005, 22, 856-857.     

9. R.N. Hannoush, K.-L Min, M.J. Damha. Diversity-Oriented Solid-Phase Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Oligonucleotide Hairpins as HIV-1 RT RNase H Inhibitors. Nucleic Acids Res. (2004), 32. 6164-6175. (Featured on the cover page) PDF 

8. B. Lamontagne, R.N. Hannoush, M.J. Damha, S.A. Elela. Molecular Requirements for Duplex Recognition and Cleavage by RNase III:  Discovery of an RNA-dependent DNA Cleavage Activity by Yeast Rnt1p. J. Mol. Biol. (2004), 338, 401-418. PDF 

7. R.N. Hannoush, S. Carriero, K.-L. Min, M.J. Damha. Selective Inhibition of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase (HIV-1 RT) RNase H by Small RNA Hairpins and Dumbbells. ChemBioChem. (2004), 5, 527-533. PDF

6. R.N. Hannoush, A. Y. Denisov, K. Gehring, M.J. Damha. Structure of 2',5'-Linked Tetraribonucleotide Loops: A Novel RNA Motif.  Nucleosides & Nucleotides (2003), 22, 1687-1690. PDF

5. R.N. Hannoush, A-Y. Denisov, K. Gehring, M.J. Damha. A New RNA Fold:  RNA Hairpins Containing Unusually Stable 2',5'-Linked r(UUCG) Loops. J. Biomol.  Struct.  Dyn.  (2003), 20 (6), 836-837.

4. A.-Y. Denisov, R.N. Hannoush, K. Gehring, M.J. Damha. A Novel RNA Motif Based on the Structure of Unusually Stable 2',5'-r(UUCG) Loops. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2003), 125, 11525-11531. PDF

3. R.N. Hannoush, M.J. Damha. Remarkable Stability of Hairpins Containing 2',5'-Linked RNA Loops. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2001), 123, 12368 –12374. PDF

2. R.N. Hannoush, M.J. Damha. Extra Stable 2',5'-Linked RNA Loops. Nucleosides & Nucleotides (2001), 20, 1201-1204.

1. R.N. Hannoush, M.J. Damha. Structure and Thermodynamics of Hairpins containing 2',5'-Linked RNA Loops. J. Biomol.  Struct. Dyn. (2001), 18 (6), 906.

Patents:

M.J. Damha, R. N. Hannoush, K.-L. Min, S. Carriero. Compositions and methods for the preparation of oligodeoxyribonucleotides and inhibiting RNase H activity of retroid reverse transcriptase.  U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. 2004 / US  2004138166.


 

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