Tania A. Baker
E.C. Whitehead Professor of Biology, M.I.T.
Investigator, H.H.M.I.
Ph.D. 1988, Stanford University
Phone: (617) 253-3594
Email: tabaker@mit.edu

Tania Baker's research focuses on the mechanism and regulation of two families of protein machines: the Clp/Hsp100 ATPases that catalyze protein unfolding and the disassembly of protein complexes, and the transposase/integrase family of recombinases.

CURRICULUM VITAE
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EDUCATION :

Undergraduate:  

University of Wisconsin, Madison  9/79 to 5/83
B.S. Biochemistry, with distinction, May 1983
Advisor: Professor Carol A. Gross

Graduate:                         

Stanford University Medical School
9/83 to 6/88
Ph.D. Biochemistry, June 1988
Advisor: Professor Arthur Kornberg                                       

POSITIONS HELD :                           
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University Medical School, Advisor: Arthur Kornberg
Department of Biochemistry
6/88 to 12/89       

Postdoctoral Fellow
National Institutes of Health, Advisor: Kiyoshi Mizuuchi
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease
12/89 to 10/92       

Assistant Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Biology
10/92 to 6/97

Assistant Investigator
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
5/94 to 6/97

Associate Professor -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Associate Investigator -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
7/97 to 6/02

Head, Department of Biology -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Investigator -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
4/12 to 4/2014

Whitehead Professor of Biology -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Investigator -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
7/02 to present

AWARDS :                     

2008 Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow

2007 Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences

2005 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

2004 Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2002 Whitehead Professor of Biology

2002 Elected Fellow of the American Society for Microbiology

2001 Eli Lilly and Company Research Award from the American Society for Microbiology

2000 MIT School of Science Teaching Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Education

1999 Harold E. Edgerton Award for distinction in teaching, research, and service to MIT

1998 ASBMB Schering-Plough Research Institute Award       

1993 NSF Young Investigator Award

Robert A. Swanson Career Development Professorship in the Life Sciences for 1992 to 1994

Surdna Foundation Research Award for 1992 to 1993 for support of research of junior faculty in the life sciences

Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research 1989 to 1992

Mary Shine Peterson Fellowship for Undergraduate Research academic year 1982-1983

Undergraduate Research Fellowship to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Summer 1982

PUBLICATIONS:

Ahn BE, Baker TA (2015) Oxidization without substrate unfolding triggers proteolysis of the peroxide-sensor, PerR. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.[Epub ahead of print] [Pubmed Citation]

Olivares AO, Baker TA, Sauer RT (2015) Mechanistic insights into bacterial AAA+proteases and protein-remodelling machines. Nat Rev Microbiol. 14(1):33-44 [Pubmed Citation]

Iosefson O, Olivares AO, Baker TA, Sauer RT (2015) Dissection of Axial-Pore Loop Function during Unfolding and Translocation by a AAA+ Proteolytic Machine. Cell Rep.12(6):1032-41 [Pubmed Citation]

Kardon JR, Yien YY, Huston NC, Branco DS, Hildick-Smith GJ, Rhee KY, Paw BH, Baker TA (2015) Mitochondrial ClpX Activates a Key Enzyme for Heme Biosynthesis and Erythropoiesis. Cell 161(4):858-867 [Pubmed Citation]

Baytshtok V, Baker TA, Sauer RT(2015) Assaying the kinetics of protein denaturation catalyzed by AAA+ unfolding machines and proteases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. [Epub ahead of print] [Pubmed Citation]

Stinson BM, Baytshtok V, Schmitz KR, Baker TA, Sauer RT(2015) Subunit asymmetry and roles of conformational switching in the hexameric AAA+ ring of ClpX. Nat Struct Mol Biol. [Epub ahead of print] [Pubmed Citation]

Ling L, Montano SP, Sauer RT, Rice PA, Baker TA(2015) Deciphering the roles of multi-component recognition signals by the AAA+ unfoldase, ClpX. J Mol Biol. [Epub ahead of print] [Pubmed Citation]

de Regt AK, Baker TA, Sauer RT (2015) Steric clashes with bound OMP peptides activate the DegS stress-response protease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. [Epub ahead of print] [Pubmed Citation]

de Regt AK, Kim S, Sohn J, Grant RA, Baker TA, Sauer RT (2015) A Conserved Activation Cluster Is Required for Allosteric Communication in HtrA-Family Proteases. Structure. S0969-2126(15)00036-2 [Pubmed Citation]

Iosefson O, Nager AR, Baker TA, Sauer RT (2015) Coordinated gripping of substrate by subunits of a AAA+ proteolytic machine. Nat Chem Biol. 11(3):201-6 [Pubmed Citation]

Olivares AO, Nager AR, Iosefson O, Sauer RT, Baker TA (2014) Mechanochemical basis of protein degradation by a double-ring AAA+ machine. Nat Struct Mol Biol. [Epub ahead of print] [Pubmed Citation]

Rivera-Rivera I, Roman-Hernandez G, Sauer RT, Baker TA (2014) Remodeling of a delivery complex allows ClpS-mediated degradation of N-degron substrates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. [Epub ahead of print] [Pubmed Citation]

Cordova JC, Olivares AO, Shin Y, Stinson BM, Calmat S, Schmitz KR, Aubin-Tam ME, Baker TA, Lang MJ, Sauer RT (2014) Stochastic but Highly Coordinated Protein Unfolding and Translocation by the ClpXP Proteolytic Machine. Cell. 158(3):647-58. [Pubmed Citation]

Al-Furoukh N, Kardon JR, Kruger M, Szibor M, Baker TA, Braun T (2014) NOA1, a Novel ClpXP Substrate, Takes an Unexpected Nuclear Detour Prior to Mitochondrial Import. PLoS One. 9(7):e103141. [Pubmed Citation]

de Regt AK, Yin Y, Withers TR, Wang X, Baker TA, Sauer RT, Yu HD (2014) Overexpression of CupB5 activates alginate overproduction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by a novel AlgW-dependent mechanism. Mol Microbiol. 93(3):415-25. [Pubmed Citation]

Barthelme D, Chen JZ, Grabenstatter J, Baker TA, Sauer RT (2014) Architecture and assembly of the archaeal Cdc48*20S proteasome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111(17):E1687-94. [Pubmed Citation]

Wohlever ML, Baker TA, Sauer RT (2014) Roles of the N domain of the AAA+ Lon protease in substrate recognition, allosteric regulation and chaperone activity. Mol Microbiol.91(1):66-78. [Pubmed Citation]

Vieux EF, Wohlever ML, Chen JZ, Sauer RT, Baker TA (2013) Distinct quaternary structures of the AAA+ Lon protease control substrate degradation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.[Epub ahead of print] [Pubmed Citation]

Stinson BM, Nager AR, Glynn SE, Schmitz KR, Baker TA, Sauer RT (2013) Nucleotide binding and conformational switching in the hexameric ring of a AAA+ machine. Cell 153(3):628-39. [Pubmed Citation]

Wohlever ML, Nager AR, Baker TA, Sauer RT (2013) Protein Eng Des Sel.26(4):299-305 [Pubmed Citation]

Peterson CN, Levchenko I, Rabinowitz JD, Baker TA, Silhavy TJ (2012) RpoS proteolysis is controlled directly by ATP levels in Escherichia coli. Genes Dev.26(6):548-53 [Pubmed Citation]

Landgraf D, Okumus B, Chien P, Baker TA, Paulsson J (2012) Segregation of molecules at cell division reveals native protein localization. Nat Methods.[Epub ahead of print] [Pubmed Citation]

Glynn SE, Nager AR, Baker TA, Sauer RT (2012) Dynamic and static components power unfolding in topologically closed rings of a AAA+ proteolytic machine. Nat Struct Mol Biol.19(6):616-22 [Pubmed Citation]

Sundar S, Baker TA, Sauer RT (2011) The I domain of the AAA+ HslUV protease coordinates substrate binding, ATP hydrolysis, and protein degradation. Protein Sci.[Epub ahead of print][Pubmed Citation]

Davis JH, Baker TA, Sauer RT (2011) Small-Molecule Control of Protein Degradation Using Split Adaptors. ACS Chem Biol.[Epub ahead of print][ Pubmed Citation]

Abel S, Chien P, Wassmann P, Schirmer T, Kaever V, Laub MT, Baker TA, Jenal U (2011) Regulatory Cohesion of Cell Cycle and Cell Differentiation through Interlinked Phosphorylation and Second Messenger Networks. Mol Cell.[Epub ahead of print][ Pubmed Citation]

Nager AR, Baker TA, Sauer RT (2011) Stepwise Unfolding of a β Barrel Protein by the AAA+ ClpXP Protease. J Mol Biol.[Epub ahead of print][ Pubmed Citation]

Roman-Hernandez G, Hou JY, Grant RA, Sauer RT, Baker TA. (2011) The ClpS Adaptor Mediates Staged Delivery of N-End Rule Substrates to the AAA+ ClpAP Protease. Mol Cell. 43(2):217-28[ Pubmed Citation]

Baker Ta, Sauer RT. (2011) ClpXP, an ATP-powered unfolding and protein-degradation machine. Biochim Biophys Acta. [Epub ahead of print][ Pubmed Citation]

Aubin-Tam ME, Olivares AO, Sauer RT, Baker TA, Lang MJ. (2011) Single-molecule protein unfolding and translocation by an ATP-fueled proteolytic machine. Cell. 145(2):257-67[ Pubmed Citation]

Sauer RT, Baker TA. (2011) AAA+ Proteases: ATP-Fueled Machines of Protein Destruction. Annu Rev Biochem. [Epub ahead of print][ Pubmed Citation]

Meyer AS, Baker TA (2011) Proteolysis in the Escherichia coli heat shock response: a player at many levels. Curr Opin Microbiol. 14(2):194-9[ Pubmed Citation]

Sundar S, McGinness KE, Baker TA, Sauer RT (2010) Multiple sequence signals direct recognition and degradation of protein substrates by the AAA+ protease HslUV. J Mol Biol. [Epub ahead of print] [ Pubmed Citation]

Lee ME, Baker TA, Sauer RT(2010) Control of Substrate Gating and Translocation into ClpP by Channel Residues and ClpX Binding. J Mol Biol. [Epub ahead of print] [ Pubmed Citation]

Bissonnette SA, Rivera-Rivera I, Sauer RT, Baker TA (2010) The IbpA and IbpB small heat-shock proteins are substrates of the AAA+ Lon protease. Mol Microbiol. [Epub ahead of print] [ Pubmed Citation]

Abdelhakim AH, Sauer RT, and Baker TA (2010) The AAA+ ClpX machine unfolds a keystone subunit to remodel the Mu transpososome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 219(2):242-54. [ Pubmed Citation]

Chowdhury T, Ebrahim S, Chien P, Sauer RT, and Baker TA (2010) Versatile modes of peptide recognition by the ClpX N domain mediate alternative adaptor-binding specificities in different bacterial species. Protein Sci. 219(2):242-54. [ Pubmed Citation]

Glynn SE, Baker TA, and Sauer RT (2009) Crystal structures of asymmetric ClpX hexamers reveal nucleotide-dependent motions in a AAA+ protein-unfolding machine. Cell 139(4):744-56. [ Pubmed Citation]

Shin Y, Davis JH, Brau RR, Martin A, Kenniston JA, Baker TA, Sauer RT, Lang MJ. (2010) Single-molecule denaturation and degradation of proteins by the AAA+ ClpXP protease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106(46):19340-5.[ Pubmed Citation]

Pruteanu M, Baker TA (2009). Proteolysis in the SOS response and metal homeostasis in Escherichia coli. Res Microbiol. 160(9):677-83.[ Pubmed Citation]

Davis JH, Baker TA, and Sauer RT (2009). Engineering synthetic adaptors and substrates for controlled ClpXP degradation. J Biol Chem. 284(33):21848-55. [ Pubmed Citation]

Barkow SR, Levchenko I, Baker TA, and Sauer RT (2009). Polypeptide translocation by the AAA+ ClpXP protease machine. Chem Biol. 16(6):605-12.[ Pubmed Citation]

Roman-Hernandez G, Grant RA, Sauer RT, and Baker TA (2009) Molecular basis of substrate selection by the N-end rule adaptor protein ClpS. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106(22):8888-93.[ Pubmed Citation]

Pruteanu M and Baker TA (2009) Controlled degradation by ClpXP protease tunes the levels of the excision repair protein UvrA to the extent of DNA damage. Mol Microbiol. 71(4): 912-924.[ Pubmed Citation]

Wang KH, Roman-Hernandez G, Grant RA, Sauer RT, and Baker TA (2008) The molecular basis of N-end rule recognition. Mol Cell. 32(3):406-14.[ Pubmed Citation]

Martin A, Baker TA, and Sauer RT (2008) Pore loops of the AAA+ ClpX machine grip substrates to drive translocation and unfolding. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 15(11):1147-51 [ Pubmed Citation]

Schweidenback CT and Baker TA (2008) Inaugural Article: Dissecting the roles of MuB in Mu transposition: ATP regulation of DNA binding is not essential for target delivery. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(34):12101-7 [ Pubmed Citation]

Moore SD , Baker TA, and Sauer RT (2008) Forced extraction of targeted components from complex macromolecular assemblies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(33):11685-90. [ Pubmed Citation]

Yakamavich JA, Baker TA, and Sauer RT (2008) Asymmetric Nucleotide Transactions of the HslUV Protease. J Biol Chem. 380(5):946-57. [ Pubmed Citation]

Wang KH, Oakes ES, Sauer RT, and Baker TA (2008) Tuning the strength of a bacterial N-end rule degradation signal. J Biol Chem. 283(36):24600-7 [ Pubmed Citation]

Martin A, Baker TA, and Sauer RT (2008) Diverse Pore Loops of the AAA+ ClpX Machine Mediate Unassisted and Adaptor-Dependent Recognition of ssrA-Tagged Substrates. Mol Cell. 29(4):441-50 [ PubMed Citation ]

Hou JY, Sauer RT and Baker TA (2008) Distinct structural elements of the adaptor ClpS are required for regulating degradation by ClpAP. Nature Structural & Mol. Biol. 15(3):288-94 [ PubMed Citation ]

Martin A, Baker TA, and Sauer RT (2008) Protein unfolding by AAA+ protease: critical dependence on ATP-hydrolysis rates, energy landscapes, and substrate engagement. Nature Structural & Mol. Biol. 15(2): 139 - 145 [ PubMed Citation ]

Lemberg KM, Schweidenback CTH and Baker TA (2007) The dynamic Mu transpososome: MuB activation prevents dIsintegration. J Mol. Biol. 374: 1158-1171[ PubMed Citation ]

Chien P, Grant RA, Sauer RT, and Baker TA (2007)Structure and substrate specificity of a SspB ortholog: design implications for AAA+ adaptors. Structure 15: 1296-1305 [ PubMed Citation ]

Martin A, Baker TA and Sauer RT (2007) Distinct static and dynamic interactions control ATPase-peptidase communication in a AAA+ protease. Mol Cell 27:41-52. [PubMed Citation]

Chien P, Perchuk BS, Laub MT, Sauer RT and Baker TA (2007) Direct and adaptor-mediated substrate recognition by an essential AAA+ protease. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 104:6590-5. [PubMed Citation]

McGinness KE, Bolon DN, Kaganovich M, Baker TA and Sauer RT (2007)  Altered tethering of the SspB adaptor to the ClpXP protease causes changes in substrate delivery. J Biol Chem. 282:11465-73. [PubMed Citation]

Pruteanu M, Neher SB and Baker TA  (2007)  Ligand-controlled proteolysis of the Escherichia coli transcriptional regulator ZntR. J Bacteriol. 189:3017-25. [PubMed Citation]

Wang KH, Sauer RT and Baker TA  (2007)  ClpS modulates but is not essential for bacterial N-end rule degradation. Genes Dev.21:403-408. [PubMed Citation]

Farrell CM, Baker TA and Sauer RT†(2007) Altered specificity of a AAA+ protease. Mol Cell. 25:161-6. [PubMed Citation]

Chaba R, Grigorova IL, Flynn JM, Baker TA and Gross CA†(2007)†Design principles of the proteolytic cascade governing the sigmaE-mediated envelope stress response in Escherichia coli: keys to graded, buffered, and rapid signal transduction. Genes Dev.21:124-36. [PubMed Citation]

Baker TA and Sauer RT  (2006) ATP-dependent proteases of bacteria: recognition logic and operating principles. Trends Biochem Sci. 31:647-653. [PubMed Citation]

McGinness KE, Baker TA and Sauer RT (2006) Engineering Controllable Protein Degradation. Mol Cell 22:701-707. [PubMed Citation]

Neher SB, VillÈn J, Oakes EC, Bakalarski CE, Sauer RT, Gygi SP and Baker TA (2006) Proteomic profiling of ClpXP substrates after DNA damage reveals extensive instability within SOS regulon. Mol Cell 22:193ñ204. [PubMed Citation]

Martin A, Baker TA and Sauer RT   (2005) Rebuilt AAA + motors reveal operating principles for ATP-fuelled machines. Nature 437:1115-20. [PubMed Citation]

Bolon DN, Grant RA, Baker TA and Sauer RT (2005) Specificity versus stability in computational protein design. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102:12724-9. [PubMed Citation]

Burton BM and Baker TA (2005) Remodeling protein complexes: insights from the AAA+ unfoldase ClpX and Mu transposase. Protein Sci. 14:1945-54. [PubMed Citation]

Hersch GL, Burton RE, Bolon DN, Baker TA and Sauer RT (2005) Asymmetric interactions of ATP with the AAA+ ClpX6 unfoldase: allosteric control of a protein machine. Cell 121:1017-1027. [PubMed Citation]

Levchenko I, Grant RA, Flynn JM, Sauer RT and Baker TA   (2005)   Versatile modes of peptide recognition by the AAA+ adaptor protein SspB. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 12:520-525. [PubMed Citation]

Kenniston JA, Baker TA, and Sauer RT   (2005)   Partitioning between unfolding and release of native domains during ClpXP degradation determines substrate selectivity and partial processing. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102:1390-5. [PubMed Citation]

Burton RE, Baker TA and Sauer RT   (2005) Nucleotide-dependent substrate recognition by the AAA+ HslUV protease. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 12:245-51. [PubMed Citation]

Bolon DN, Grant RA, Baker TA and Sauer RT   (2004)   Nucleotide-dependent substrate handoff from the SspB adaptor to the AAA+ ClpXP protease. Mol Cell 16:343-50. [PubMed Citation]

Sauer RT, Bolon DN, Burton BM, Burton RE, Flynn JM, Grant RA, Hersch GL, Joshi SA, Kenniston JA, Levchenko I, Neher SB, Oakes ES, Siddiqui SM, Wah DA, and Baker TA   (2004) Sculpting the proteome with AAA(+) proteases and disassembly machines. Cell 119:9-18. [PubMed Citation]

Flynn JM, Levchenko I, Sauer RT and Baker TA   (2004)   Modulating substrate choice: the SspB adaptor delivers a regulator of the extracytoplasmic-stress response to the AAA+ protease ClpXP for degradation. Genes Dev. 18:2292-2301. [PubMed Citation]

Hersch GL, Baker TA and Sauer RT   (2004)   SspB delivery of substrates for ClpXP proteolysis probed by the design of improved degradation tags. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101:12136-12141. [PubMed Citation]

Siddiqui SM, Sauer RT and Baker TA   (2004)   Role of the protein-processing pore of ClpX, an AAA+ ATPase, in recognition and engagement of specific protein substrates. Genes Dev . 18:369-74. [PubMed Citation]

Joshi SA, Hersch GL, Baker TA and Sauer RT   (2004)   Communication between ClpX and ClpP during substrate processing and degradation. Nat Struct Mol Biol . 11:404-11. [PubMed Citation]

Kenniston JA, Burton RE, Siddiqui SM, Baker TA and Sauer RT   (2004)   Effects of local protein stability and the geometric position of the substrate degradation tag on the efficiency of ClpXP denaturation and degradation. J Struct Biol. 146:130-40. [PubMed Citation]

Bolon DN, Wah DA, Hersch GL, Baker TA and Sauer RT   (2004)   Bivalent tethering of SspB to ClpXP is required for efficient substrate delivery: a protein-design study. Mol Cell. 13:443-9. [PubMed Citation]

Williams,TL and Baker TA   (2004)   Reorganization of the Mu transpososome active sites during a cooperative transition between DNA cleavage and joining. J Biol Chem. 279:5135-45. [PubMed Citation]

Spector S, Flynn JM, Tidor B, Baker TA and Sauer RT   (2003)   Expression of N-formylated proteins in Escherichia coli . Protein Expr. Purif. 32: 317-322. [PubMed Citation]

Goldhaber-Gordon I, Early MH and Baker TA.   (2003)   MuA transposase separates DNA sequence recognition from catalysis.   Biochem. 42: 14633-42. [PubMed Citation]

Neher SB, Sauer RT and Baker TA   (2003) Distinct peptide signals in the UmuD and UmuD´ subunits of the UmuD/D´ heterodimer mediate tethering and substrate-processing by the ClpXP protease. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100: 13219-24. [PubMed Citation]

Wah DA, Levchenko I, Rieckhof GE, Bolon DN, Baker TA and Sauer RT   (2003)   Flexible linkers leash the substrate binding domain of SspB to a peptide module that stabilizes delivery complexes with the AAA+ ClpXP protease. Mol. Cell 12: 355-363. [PubMed Citation]

Levchenko I, Grant RA, Wah DA, Sauer RT and Baker TA   (2003)   Structure of a delivery protein for an AAA+ protease in complex with a peptide degradation tag. Mol. Cell 12: 365-372. [PubMed Citation]

Coros CJ, Sekino Y, Baker TA and Chaconas G   (2003)   Effect of mutations in the C-terminal domain of Mu B on DNA binding and interactions with Mu A transposase. J Biol Chem. 278: 31210-7. [PubMed Citation]

Kenniston JA, Baker TA, Fernandez JM and Sauer RT   (2003)   Linkage between ATP consumption and mechanical unfolding during the protein processing reactions of an AAA+ degradation machine. Cell 114: 511-20. [PubMed Citation]

Goldhaber-Gordon I, Early MH and Baker TA   (2003) The terminal nucleotide of the Mu genome controls catalysis of DNA strand transfer. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA . 100:7509-14. [PubMed Citation]

Burton RE, Baker TA and Sauer RT   (2003)   Energy-dependent degradation: linkage between ClpX-catalyzed nucleotide hydrolysis and protein-substrate processing. Protein Science 12: 893 - 902. [PubMed Citation]

Burton BM and Baker TA   (2003)   Mu transpososome architecture ensures that unfolding by ClpX or proteolysis by ClpXP remodels but does not destroy the complex. Chem Biol. 10:463-72. [PubMed Citation]

Joshi SA, Baker TA and Sauer RT.   (2003)   C-terminal domain mutations in ClpX uncouple substrate binding from an engagement step required for unfolding. Mol Microbiol. 48: 67-76. [PubMed Citation]

Neher SB, Flynn JM, Sauer RT and Baker TA   (2003)   Latent ClpX-recognition signals ensure LexA destruction after DNA damage. Genes and Development 17: 1084-1089. [PubMed Citation]

Sokolsky TD and Baker TA (2003) DNA gyrase requirements distinguish the alternate pathways of Mu transposition. Mol Microbiol. 47:397-409 [PubMed Citation]

Flynn JM, Neher SB, Kim YI, Sauer RT and Baker TA   (2003)   Proteomic discovery of cellular substrates of the ClpXP protease reveals five classes of ClpX-recognition signals. Mol Cell. 11: 671-83. [PubMed Citation]

Wah DA, Levchenko I, Baker TA and Sauer RT   (2002)   Characterization of a specificity factor for an AAA+ ATPase: Assembly of SspB Dimers with ssrA-Tagged Proteins and the ClpX Hexamer.   Chem Biol 9: 1237-1245. [PubMed Citation]

Goldhaber-Gordon I, Early MH, Gray MK, and Baker TA   (2002)   Sequence and positional requirements for DNA sites in a Mu transpososome.   J. Biol. Chem. 277:7703-7712 [PubMed Citation].

Goldhaber-Gordon I, Williams TL, and Baker TA   (2002)   DNA recognition sites activate MuA transposase to perform transposition of non-Mu DNA.   J. Biol. Chem . 277: 7694-7702. [PubMed Citation]

Kim Y-I, Levchenko I, Fraczkowska K, Woodruff RV, Sauer RT, and Baker TA   (2001)   Molecular determinants of complex formation between Clp/Hsp100 ATPases and the ClpP peptidase.   Nature Structural Biology 8: 230-233. [PubMed Citation]

Lo JH, Baker TA, and Sauer RT   (2001)   Characterization of the N-terminal repeat domain of Escherichia coli ClpA-A class I Clp/HSP100 ATPase.   Protein Science 10: 551-559. [PubMed Citation]

Roldan LAS, and Baker TA   (2001)   Differential role of the Mu B protein in phage Mu integration versus replication: mechanistic insights into two transposition pathways.   Mol Microbiol 40: 141-55. [PubMed Citation]

Burton BM, Williams TL, and Baker TA   (2001)   ClpX-mediated remodeling of Mu transpososomes: selective unfolding of subunits destabilizes the entire complex.   Mol Cell. 8: 449-54. [PubMed Citation]

Flynn JM, Levchenko I, Seidel M, Wickner SH, Sauer RT, and Baker TA   (2001)   Overlapping recognition determinants within the ssrA degradation tag allow modulation of proteolysis.   Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 11: 10584-9. [PubMed Citation]

Burton RE, Siddiqui SM, Kim Y-I, Baker TA, and Sauer RT   (2001)   Effects of protein stability and structure on substrate processing by the ClpXP unfolding and degradation machine.   EMBO J . 20: 3092-100. [PubMed Citation]

Rice PA, and Baker TA   (2001)   Comparative architecture of transposase and integrase complexes.   Nat Struct Biol. 8: 302-307. [PubMed Citation]

Mizuuchi K, and Baker TA   (2001)   Chemical mechanisms for mobilizing DNA.   In Mobile DNA II (NL Craig et al., ed.), American Society of Microbiology, Washington, D.C., pp. 12-23.

Kim Y-I, Burton RE, Burton BM, Sauer RT, and Baker TA   (2000)   Dynamics of substrate denaturation and translocation by the ClpXP degradation machine.   Molecular Cell 5: 639-648. [PubMed Citation]

Levchenko I, Seidel M, Sauer RT, and Baker TA   (2000)   A specificity-enhancing factor for the ClpXP degradation machine.   Science 289: 2354-6. [PubMed Citation]

Williams TL, and Baker TA   (2000)   Transposase team puts a headlock on DNA.   Science 289: 73-4. [PubMed Citation]

Goldhaber-Gordon IM, and Baker TA   (2000)   Non-homologous recombination: simplicity in complexity.   Keystone Symposium on Transposition and Other Genome Rearrangements, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 27 January - 2 February.   Trends in Genetics 16:201-202

Smith CK, Baker TA, and Sauer RT   (1999)   Lon and Clp family proteases and chaperones share homologous substrate-recognition domains .   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96: 6678-6682. [PubMed Citation]

Williams TL, Jackson EL, Carritte A, and Baker TA   (1999)   Organization and dynamics of the Mu transpososome: recombination by communication between two active sites.   Genes Dev 13: 2725-2737. [PubMed Citation]

Baker TA   (1999)   Protein unfolding. Trapped in the act   Nature 401: 29-30. [PubMed Citation]

Levchenko I, Smith CK, Walsh NP, Sauer RT, and Baker TA   (1998)   PDZ-like domains mediate binding specificity in the Clp/Hsp100 family of chaperones and protease regulatory subunits.   Cell 91: 939-947 . [PubMed Citation]

Krementsova E, Giffin MJ, Pincus D, and Baker TA   (1998)   Mutational analysis of the Mu transposase.   J. Biol. Chem. 273: 31358-31365. [PubMed Citation]

Yamauchi M, and Baker TA   (1998)   An ATP-ADP switch in MuB controls progression of the Mu transposition pathway.   EMBO J 17: 5509-5518. [PubMed Citation]

Baker TA, and Bell SP   (1998)   Polymerases and the replisome: machines within machines.   Cell 92: 295-305. [PubMed Citation]

Levchenko I, Yamauchi M, and Baker TA   (1997)   ClpX and MuB interact with overlapping regions of Mu transposase: implications for control of the transposition pathway.   Genes and Development 11 : 1561-1572. [PubMed Citation]

Aldaz H, Schuster E, and Baker TA   (1996)   The interwoven architecture of the Mu transposase couples DNA synapsis to catalysis.   Cell 85: 257-269.

Levchenko I, Luo L, and Baker TA   (1995)   Disassembly of the Mu transposase tetramer by the ClpX chaperone.   Genes and Development 9: 2399-2408 .

Mizuuchi M, Baker TA, and Mizuuchi K   (1995)   Assembly of Phage Mu transpososomes: cooperative transitions assisted by protein and DNA sequence cofactors as scaffolds. Cell 83: 375-385.

Baker TA   (1995)   Replication arrest.   Cell 80: 521-524 .

Baker TA   (1995)   Bacteriophage Mu: a transposing phage that integrates like retroviruses.   Seminars in Virology 6: 53-63.

Baker TA, and Luo L   (1994)   Identification of residues in the Mu transposase essential for catalysis.   Proc. Natl. Acad Sci USA 91: 6654-6658.

Baker TA, Krementsova E, and Luo L   (1994)   Complete transposition requires four active monomers in the Mu transposase tetramer.   Genes and Development 8: 2416-2428.

Baker TA   (1994)   Replication initiation: a new controller in Escherichia coli.   Current Biology 4: 945-946.

Baker TA, Mizuuchi M, Savilahti H, and Mizuuchi K   (1993)   Division of labor among monomers within the Mu transposase tetramer.   Cell 74: 723-733.

Baker TA   (1993)   Untangling the steps in chromosome segregation.   Current Biology 3: 94-96.

Baker TA   (1993)   Protein-DNA assemblies controlling lytic development of bacteriophage Mu.   Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 3.

Mizuuchi M, Baker TA, and Mizuuchi K   (1992)   Assembly of the active form of the transposase-Mu DNA complex: a critical control point in Mu transposition.   Cell 70: 303-311.

Baker TA, and Mizuuchi K   (1992)   DNA-promoted assembly of the active tetramer of the Mu transposase.   Genes and Development 6: 2221-2232.

Baker TA, and Funnell BE   (1992)   Replication, recombination, and red chili amidst the pueblos.   New Biologist 4: 482-487.

Baker TA, and Wickner SH   (1992)   Genetics and enzymology of DNA replication in E. coli.   Ann. Rev. Genetics 24: 447-477.

Baker TA, Mizuuchi M, and Mizuuchi K   (1991)   MuB protein allosterically activates strand transfer by the transposase of phage Mu. Cell 65: 1003-1013.

Mizuuchi M, Baker TA, and Mizuuchi K   (1991)   DNase footprint analysis of the stable synaptic complexes involved in Mu transposition. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88 , 9031-9035.

Baker TA, and Kornberg A   (1991)   Initiation of chromosomal replication.   In: Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology, vol 5   (DMJ Lilly ed.) Springer-Verlag.

Baker TA   (1991)   "...and then there were two".   Nature 353: 794-795.

Skarstad K, Baker TA, and Kornberg A   (1990)   Strand separation required for initiation of replication at the chromosomal origin of E. coli is facilitated by a distant RNA-DNA hybrid.   EMBO J. 9: 2341-2348.

Kornberg A, Baker TA, Yung BY-M, and Skarstad K   (1990)   Early events in the enzymatic replication of plasmids containing the origin of the E.coli chromosome. In: Molecular Mechanisms in DNA Replication and Recombination , (IR Lehman and CC Richardson, eds.)   Alan R. Liss, Inc. pp. 227-236.

Singer M, Baker TA, Schnitzler G, Deischel SM, Goel M, Dove W, Jaacks KJ, Grossman AD, Erickson JW, and Gross CA   (1989)   A collection of strains containing genetically linked alternating antibiotic resistance elements for genetic mapping of Escherichia coli .   Microbiol. Rev. 53: 1.

Baker TA, and Kornberg A   (1988)   Transcriptional activation of initiation of replication from the E. coli chromosomal origin: An RNA-DNA hybrid near oriC .   Cell 55: 113-123.

Baker TA, Bertsch LL, Bramhill D, Sekimizu K, Wahle E, Yung B, and Kornberg A   (1988) Enzymatic replication of plasmids from the origin of the E. coli chromosome.   In Cancer Cells, Vol. 6, Eukaryotic DNA Replication (TJ Kelly and B Stillman, eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.

Baker TA, Funnell BE, and Kornberg A   (1987)   Helicase action of dnaB protein during replication from the Escherichia coli chromosomal origin in vitro.   J. Biol. Chem. 262: 6877-6885.

Funnell BE, Baker TA, and Kornberg A   (1987)   In vitro assembly of a prepriming complex at the origin of the Escherichia coli chromosome.   J. Biol. Chem. 262: 10327-10334.

Kornberg A, Baker TA, Bertsch LL, Bramhill D, Funnell BE, Lasken RS, Maki H, Maki S, Sekimizu K, and Wahle E   (1987)   Enzymatic studies of replication of oriC plasmids.   In DNA   Replication and Recombination (T Kelly and R McMacken eds.), Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York., pp. 137-149.

Baker TA, Sekimizu K, Funnell BE, and Kornberg A   (1986)   Extensive unwinding of the plasmid template during staged enzymatic initiation of DNA replication from the origin of the Escherichia coli chromosome.   Cell 45: 53-64.

Funnell BE, Baker TA, and Kornberg A   (1986)   Complete enzymatic replication of plasmids containing the origin of the Escherichia coli chromosome.   J. Biol. Chem. 261: 5616-5624.

Ogawa T, Baker TA, van der Ende A, and Kornberg A   (1985)   Initiation of enzymatic replication at the origin of the Escherichia coli chromosome: contributions of RNA polymerase and primase.   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82: 3562-3566.

van der Ende A, Baker TA, Ogawa T, and Kornberg A   (1985)   Initiation of enzymatic replication at the origin of the Escherichia coli chromosome: primase as the sole priming enzyme.   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82: 3954-3958.

Smith DW, Garland AM, Herman G, Enns RE, Baker TA, and Zyskind JW   (1985)   Importance of state of methylation of oriC GATC sites in initiation of DNA replication in Escherichia coli .   EMBO J. 4: 1319-1326.

Grossman AD, Cowing D, Erickson J, Baker T, Zhow YN, and Gross C   (1985)   Analysis of the Escherichia coli heat shock response.   In Microbiology 1985 (L Leive, ed.), American Society of Microbiology, Washington, D.C., pp. 327-331.

Baker TA, Grossman AD, and Gross CA   (1984)   A gene regulating the heat shock response in E.coli also causes a defect in proteolysis.   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81: 6779-6783.

Baker TA, Howe MM, and Gross CA (1983)   MudX, a derivative of Mud1 ( lac Ap r ) which makes stable lacZ fusions at high temperature.   J. Bacteriol . 156: 970-974.

Books:

Watson JD, Baker TA, Bell SP, Gann A, Levine M, Losick R   (2007)   Molecular Biology of the Gene, 6th Edition   CSHL Press & Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco, CA.

Watson JD, Baker TA, Bell SP, Gann A, Levine M, Losick R   (2003)   Molecular Biology of the Gene, 5th Edition   Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco, CA.

Kornberg A, and Baker TA   (1992)   DNA Replication, 2nd Edition   WH Freeman and Company, New York, New York.