1: Whorton MR, Jastrzebska B, Park PS, Fotiadis D, Engel A, Palczewski K, Sunahara RK. Efficient coupling of transducin to monomeric rhodopsin in a phospholipid bilayer. J Biol Chem. 2007 Nov 22; [Epub ahead of print]

2: Cunliffe JM, Sunahara RK, Kennedy RT. Detection of G protein coupled receptor mediated adenylyl cyclase activity by capillary electrophoresis using fluorescently labeled ATP. Anal Chem. 2007 Oct 1;79(19):7534-9.

3: Vadakkadathmeethal K, Cunliffe JM, Swift J, Kennedy RT, Neubig RR, Sunahara RK. Fluorescence-based adenylyl cyclase assay adaptable to high throughput screening. Comb Chem High Throughput Screen. 2007 May;10(4):289-98.

4: Cunliffe JM, Whorton MR, Sunahara RK, Kennedy RT. A CE assay for the detection of agonist-stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity. Electrophoresis. 2007 Jun;28(12):1913-20.

5: Whorton MR, Bokoch MP, Rasmussen SG, Huang B, Zare RN, Kobilka B, Sunahara RK. A monomeric G protein-coupled receptor isolated in a high-density lipoprotein particle efficiently activates its G protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 May 1;104(18):7682-7. Epub 2007 Apr 23.

6: Benson MD, Li QJ, Kieckhafer K, Dudek D, Whorton MR, Sunahara RK, Iñiguez-Lluhí JA, Martens JR. SUMO modification regulates inactivation of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.5. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Feb 6;104(6):1805-10. Epub 2007 Jan 29.

7: Bodenstein J, Sunahara RK, Neubig RR. N-terminal residues control proteasomal degradation of RGS2, RGS4, and RGS5 in human embryonic kidney 293 cells. Mol Pharmacol. 2007 Apr;71(4):1040-50. Epub 2007 Jan 12.

8: Ko MC, Bowen LD, Narasimhan D, Berlin AA, Lukacs NW, Sunahara RK, Cooper ZD, Woods JH. Cocaine esterase: interactions with cocaine and immune responses in mice. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2007 Feb;320(2):926-33. Epub 2006 Nov 17.

9: Walter NG, Meiners JC, Meyhofer E, Neubig RR, Sunahara RK, Perkins NC, Steel DG, Swanson JA. Under the microscope: single molecule symposium at the University of Michigan, 2006. Biopolymers. 2007 Feb 5;85(2):106-14.

10: Roman DL, Talbot JN, Roof RA, Sunahara RK, Traynor JR, Neubig RR. Identification of small-molecule inhibitors of RGS4 using a high-throughput flow cytometry protein interaction assay. Mol Pharmacol. 2007 Jan;71(1):169-75. Epub 2006 Sep 29.

11: Cooper ZD, Narasimhan D, Sunahara RK, Mierzejewski P, Jutkiewicz EM, Larsen NA, Wilson IA, Landry DW, Woods JH. Rapid and robust protection against cocaine-induced lethality in rats by the bacterial cocaine esterase. Mol Pharmacol. 2006 Dec;70(6):1885-91. Epub 2006 Sep 12.

12: Giguère P, Rochdi MD, Laroche G, Dupré E, Whorton MR, Sunahara RK, Claing A, Dupuis G, Parent JL. ARF6 activation by Galpha q signaling: Galpha q forms molecular complexes with ARNO and ARF6. Cell Signal. 2006 Nov;18(11):1988-94. Epub 2006 Mar 14.

3: Roof RA, Jin Y, Roman DL, Sunahara RK, Ishii M, Mosberg HI, Neubig RR. Mechanism of action and structural requirements of constrained peptide inhibitors of RGS proteins. Chem Biol Drug Des. 2006 Apr;67(4):266-74.

14: Cunliffe JM, Sunahara RK, Kennedy RT. Detection of adenylyl cyclase activity using a fluorescent ATP substrate and capillary electrophoresis. Anal Chem. 2006 Mar 15;78(6):1731-8.

15: Morishima Y, Peng HM, Lin HL, Hollenberg PF, Sunahara RK, Osawa Y, Pratt WB. Regulation of cytochrome P450 2E1 by heat shock protein 90-dependent stabilization and CHIP-dependent proteasomal degradation. Biochemistry. 2005 Dec 13;44(49):16333-40.

16: Draganov DI, Teiber JF, Speelman A, Osawa Y, Sunahara R, La Du BN. Human paraoxonases (PON1, PON2, and PON3) are lactonases with overlapping and distinct substrate specificities. J Lipid Res. 2005 Jun;46(6):1239-47. Epub 2005 Mar 16.

17: Vadakkadathmeethal K, Felczak A, Davignon I, Collins J, Sunahara RK. Cloning and characterization of the G protein betagamma subunits from Trichoplusia ni (High Five cells). Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2005 Apr;35(4):333-45.

18: Chang FJ, Lemme S, Sun Q, Sunahara RK, Beuve A. Nitric oxide-dependent allosteric inhibitory role of a second nucleotide binding site in soluble guanylyl cyclase. J Biol Chem. 2005 Mar 25;280(12):11513-9. Epub 2005 Jan 12.

19: Jameson EE, Roof RA, Whorton MR, Mosberg HI, Sunahara RK, Neubig RR, Kennedy RT. Real-time detection of basal and stimulated G protein GTPase activity using fluorescent GTP analogues. J Biol Chem. 2005 Mar 4;280(9):7712-9. Epub 2004 Dec 21.

20: Whelan RJ, Sunahara RK, Neubig RR, Kennedy RT. Affinity assays using fluorescence anisotropy with capillary electrophoresis separation. Anal Chem. 2004 Dec 15;76(24):7380-6.

21: Klein C, Heyduk T, Sunahara RK. Zinc inhibition of adenylyl cyclase correlates with conformational changes in the enzyme. Cell Signal. 2004 Oct;16(10):1177-85.

22: Sunahara RK, Taussig R. Isoforms of mammalian adenylyl cyclase: multiplicities of signaling. Mol Interv. 2002 Jun;2(3):168-84. Review. No abstract available.

23: Jameson EE, Cunliffe JM, Neubig RR, Sunahara RK, Kennedy RT. Detection of G proteins by affinity probe capillary electrophoresis using a fluorescently labeled GTP analogue. Anal Chem. 2003 Aug 15;75(16):4297-304.

24: Krumins AM, Barker SA, Huang C, Sunahara RK, Yu K, Wilkie TM, Gold SJ, Mumby SM. Differentially regulated expression of endogenous RGS4 and RGS7. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jan 23;279(4):2593-9. Epub 2003 Nov 6.

25: Morishima Y, Kanelakis KC, Murphy PJ, Lowe ER, Jenkins GJ, Osawa Y, Sunahara RK, Pratt WB. The hsp90 cochaperone p23 is the limiting component of the multiprotein hsp90/hsp70-based chaperone system in vivo where it acts to stabilize the client protein: hsp90 complex. J Biol Chem. 2003 Dec 5;278(49):48754-63. Epub 2003 Sep 24.

 26: Klein C, Sunahara RK, Hudson TY, Heyduk T, Howlett AC. Zinc inhibition of cAMP signaling. J Biol Chem. 2002 Apr 5;277(14):11859-65. Epub 2002 Jan 22.

27: Tesmer JJ, Sunahara RK, Fancy DA, Gilman AG, Sprang SR. Crystallization of complex between soluble domains of adenylyl cyclase and activated Gs alpha. Methods Enzymol. 2002;345:198-206. No abstract available. 

28: Hatley ME, Gilman AG, Sunahara RK. Expression, purification, and assay of cytosolic (catalytic) domains of membrane-bound mammalian adenylyl cyclases. Methods Enzymol. 2002;345:127-40.

29: Wang L, Sunahara RK, Krumins A, Perkins G, Crochiere ML, Mackey M, Bell S, Ellisman MH, Taylor SS. Cloning and mitochondrial localization of full-length D-AKAP2, a protein kinase A anchoring protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Mar 13;98(6):3220-5.

30: Tesmer JJ, Dessauer CW, Sunahara RK, Murray LD, Johnson RA, Gilman AG, Sprang SR. Molecular basis for P-site inhibition of adenylyl cyclase. Biochemistry. 2000 Nov 28;39(47):14464-71.

31: Hatley ME, Benton BK, Xu J, Manfredi JP, Gilman AG, Sunahara RK. Isolation and characterization of constitutively active mutants of mammalian adenylyl cyclase. J Biol Chem. 2000 Dec 8;275(49):38626-32. 

32: Ciliax BJ, Nash N, Heilman C, Sunahara R, Hartney A, Tiberi M, Rye DB, Caron MG, Niznik HB, Levey AI. Dopamine D(5) receptor immunolocalization in rat and monkey brain. Synapse. 2000 Aug;37(2):125-45. 

33: Tesmer JJ, Sunahara RK, Johnson RA, Gosselin G, Gilman AG, Sprang SR. Two-metal-Ion catalysis in adenylyl cyclase. Science. 1999 Jul 30;285(5428):756-60.

34: Sunahara RK, Beuve A, Tesmer JJ, Sprang SR, Garbers DL, Gilman AG. Exchange of substrate and inhibitor specificities between adenylyl and guanylyl cyclases. J Biol Chem. 1998 Jun 26;273(26):16332-8.

35: Tesmer JJ, Sunahara RK, Gilman AG, Sprang SR. Crystal structure of the catalytic domains of adenylyl cyclase in a complex with Gsalpha.GTPgammaS. Science. 1997 Dec 12;278(5345):1907-16.

36: Sunahara RK, Tesmer JJ, Gilman AG, Sprang SR. Crystal structure of the adenylyl cyclase activator Gsalpha.  Science. 1997 Dec 12;278(5345):1943-7.

37: Svenningsson P, Le Moine C, Kull B, Sunahara R, Bloch B, Fredholm BB. Cellular expression of adenosine A2A receptor messenger RNA in the rat central nervous system with special reference to dopamine innervated areas. Neuroscience. 1997 Oct;80(4):1171-85.

38: Sunahara RK, Dessauer CW, Whisnant RE, Kleuss C, Gilman AG. Interaction of Gsalpha with the cytosolic domains of mammalian adenylyl cyclase. J Biol Chem. 1997 Aug 29;272(35):22265-71.

39: Durante W, Christodoulides N, Cheng K, Peyton KJ, Sunahara RK, Schafer AI. cAMP induces heme oxygenase-1 gene expression and carbon monoxide production in vascular smooth muscle. Am J Physiol. 1997 Jul;273(1 Pt 2):H317-23.

40: Sunahara RK, Dessauer CW, Gilman AG. Complexity and diversity of mammalian adenylyl cyclases. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 1996;36:461-80. Review.