Postdoctoral Researcher
with

Dates: August 2010- March 2013
Current Position: Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry, Cardiff University
Publications Generated While in the Lab:
1. The CUL3-KLHL3 E3 ligase complex mutated in Gordon's hypertension syndrome interacts with and ubiquitylates WNK isoforms: disease-causing mutations in KLHL3 and WNK4 disrupt interaction.
Ohta A, Schumacher FR, Mehellou Y, Johnson C, Knebel A, Macartney TJ, Wood NT, Alessi DR, Kurz T.
Biochem J. 2013 Apr 1;451(1):111-22.
2. Structural insights into the activation of MST3 by MO25.
Mehellou Y, Alessi DR, Macartney TJ, Szklarz M, Knapp S, Elkins JM.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2013 Feb 15;431(3):604-9.
3. SPAK/OSR1 regulate NKCC1 and WNK activity: analysis of WNK isoform interactions and activation by T-loop trans-autophosphorylation.
Thastrup JO, Rafiqi FH, Vitari AC, Pozo-Guisado E, Deak M, Mehellou Y, Alessi DR.
Biochem J. 2012 Jan 1;441(1):325-37.
4. MO25 is a master regulator of SPAK/OSR1 and MST3/MST4/YSK1 protein kinases.
Filippi BM, de los Heros P, Mehellou Y, Navratilova I, Gourlay R, Deak M, Plater L, Toth R, Zeqiraj E, Alessi DR.
EMBO J. 2011 May 4;30(9):1730-41.
