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Publications


At UCLA

SP3-FAIMS Chemoproteomics for High Coverage Profiling of the Human Cysteinome
Yan T, Desai HS, Boatner LM, Yen SL, Cao J, Palafox MF, Jami-Alahmadi Y, Backus K. (2021) ChemBioChem. doi:10.1101/2020.07.03.186007; ChemRxiv doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.13487364.v1  (link)
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From Chemoproteomic-Detected Amino Acids to Genomic Coordinates: Insights into Precise Multi-omic Data Integration
Palafox MF, Arboleda VA#, Backus KM# (2020) bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2020.07.03.186007; #co-corresponding author (link)
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Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling for chemoproteomic applications
Cao J, Armenta A, Boatner LM, Desai HS, Chan NJ, Castellón JO, Backus KM (2021) Analytical Chemistry doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04726; ChemRxiv.  doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.12055218.v1; (link)
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Integrative x-ray structure and molecular modeling for the rationalization of procaspase-8 inhibitor potency and selectivity
Xu JH, Eberhardt, J, Hill-Payne B, Eberhardt J, González-Páez GE, Castellón JO, Cravatt, BF, Forli S#, Wolan DW#, Backus KM#. (2020) ACS Chem Biol.  doi: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00019.  bioRxiv 721951 doi: 10.1101/721951; #co-corresponding author.(link)
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Opportunities and challenges for the development of covalent chemical immunomodulators 
Backus KM, Jian Cao, Sean Maddox, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry. (2019) pii: S0968-0896(19)30222-6 (link)
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Applications of Reactive Cysteine Profiling
Backus KM, (2018) In: . Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (link)


Before UCLA

Chemical Proteomics Identifies Druggable Vulnerabilities in a Genetically Defined Cancer
Bar-Peled L., Kemper EK, Suciu RM, Vinogradova EV, Backus KM, Horning BD, Paul TA, Ichu TA, Svensson RU, Olucha J, Chang MW, Kok BP, Zhu Z, Ihle NT, Dix MM, Jiang P, Hayward MM, Saez E, Shaw RJ, Cravatt BF, Cell. 171(3):696-709 (2017)  doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.08.051 (link)

Proteome-wide assessment of lysine reactivity and ligandability
Hacker, SM*#, Backus, KM*#, Lazear, MR, Forli, S, Correia, B, Cravatt, BF#, Nature Chemistry (2017) *co-first authorship; #co-corresponding author (link)
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Discovery of Reactive Microbiota-Derived Metabolites that Inhibit Host Proteases
Guo, CJ, Chang, F-Y, Wyche, TP, Backus, KM, Acker, TM, Funabashi, M,  Taketani, M, Donia, MS, Nayfach, S, Pollard, KS., Cravatt, BF, Craik, CS, Clardy, J, Voigt, CA, Fischbach, MA, Cell 168(3): 517-526 (2017) doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.12.021(link)

A Screen for Protein-Protein Interactions in Live Mycobacteria Reveals a Functional Link between the Virulence-Associated Lipid Transporter LprG and the Mycolyltransferase Antigen 85A
Touchette, MH, Bai, L, Van Vlack, ER, Cognetta, AB, Previti, ML, Backus, KM, Martin, DW, Cravatt, BF, Seeliger, JC ACS. Infec. Dis. 3(5):336-348 (2017) doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.6b00179 (link)

​Covalent Modifiers of the Vacuolar ATPase
Chen YC, Backus KM, Merkulova M, Yang C, Brown D, Cravatt BF, Zhang C., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139(2):639–642 (2017) doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b12511 (link)
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Chemical proteomic profiling of human methyltransferases
Horning, B, Suciu, M, Ghadiri, D, Ulanovskaya, O, Lum, K, Backus, K, Brown, S, Rosen, H, Cravatt, B, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138(40):13335-13343 (2016) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b07830 (link)
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Chemical proteomic map of dimethylfumarate-sensitive cysteines in primary human T cells
Blewett, M, Xie, J, Zaro, B, Backus, KM, Altman, A, Teijaro, J, Cravatt, BF Science Signaling, 9(445):rs10 (2016) doi: 10.1126/scisignal.aaf7694 (link)
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Paracrine Induction of HIF by Glutamate in Breast Cancer: EglN1 Senses Cysteine
Briggs, KJ, Koivunen, P, Cao, S, Backus, KM, Olenchock, BA, Patel H, Zhang, Q, Signoretti, S., Gerfen, GJ, Richardson, AL, Witkiewicz, AK, Cravatt, BF, Clardy, J, Kaelin, Jr, WG Cell 166(1):126-39 (2016) doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.05.042 (link)
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Proteome-wide covalent ligand discovery in native biological systems
Backus, KM*#, Correia, B*, Lum, K., Forli, S, Horning, B, González-Páez, GE,  Chatterjee, S,  Lanning, BR,  Teijaro, JR, Olson, AJ, Wolan, DW, Cravatt, BF, Nature 534(7608):570-4 (2016) *co-first authorship; #co-corresponding author doi: 10.1038/nature18002 (link)
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The Three Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigen 85 Isoforms have Unique Substrates and Activities Determined by Non-active Site Regions
Backus, KM, Dolan, M, Barry,  Barry, CS, Joe, M, McPhie, P, Boshoff, HM, Lowary, TL, Davis, BG#, Barry, CE III#, J. Biol. Chem. 289(36):25041-53 (2014) #co-corresponding author  doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.581579 (link)

ESI-MS Assay of M. tuberculosis Cell Wall Antigen 85 Enzymes Permits Substrate Profiling and Design of a Mechanism-Based Inhibitor
Barry, CS, Backus, KM, Barry, CS III, Davis, BG, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133(34):13232-5 (2011) doi: 10.1021/ja204249p (link)

Uptake of unnatural trehalose analogs as a reporter for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Backus, K.M.,  Boshoff, H., Barry, C.T., Boutureira, O., Patel, M., D’Hooge, F., Lee, S., Kapil, T., Via, LE, Barry, CE III#, Davis, BG#, Nat. Chem. Biol. 7(4): 228-235 (2011) #co-corresponding author doi: 10.1038/nchembio.539 (link)
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Book Chapters

Mycolic Acid/Cyclopropane Fatty Acid/Fatty Acid Biosynthesis and Health Relations
Kastrinsky, D.B., McBride, N.S., Backus, K.M., Leblanc, J.J., Barry, C.E.III In:Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry II, Mander L, Liu H-w, editors.  Vol. 1. Elsevier; Oxford. pp. 65–146 (2010) (link)
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Patents

Cysteine Reactive Probes and Uses Thereof
Backus K.M., Correia, B., Blewett, M.M., Cravatt, B.F., U.S. Patent US2017070611A1  Filed Oct. 21, 2016 and published Apr. 27, 2017
Cysteine-Reactive Ligand Discovery in Proteomes
Wang, C., Backus K.M., Cravatt, B.F. U.S. Patent EP3033625A1  Filed Aug. 13, 2013 and published Oct. 18, 2015
Detection of Mycobacteria
Backus, K. M., Boshoff, H., Davis, B.G., Barry, C.E. U.S. Patent 20120263649A1 Filed Sept. 11, 2009 and published Oct. 18, 2012



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