By Dr Chai Ann Ng

Journal articles

Lau CHY; Flood E; Hunter MJ; Williams-Noonan BJ; Corbett KM; Ng CA; Bouwer JC; Stewart AG; Perozo E; Allen TW; Vandenberg JI, 2024, 'Potassium dependent structural changes in the selectivity filter of HERG potassium channels', Nature Communications, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51208-w

O'Neill MJ; Ng C-A; Aizawa T; Sala L; Bains S; Winbo A; Ullah R; Shen Q; Tan C-Y; Kozek K; Vanags LR; Mitchell DW; Shen A; Wada Y; Kashiwa A; Crotti L; Dagradi F; Musu G; Spazzolini C; Neves R; Bos JM; Giudicessi JR; Bledsoe X; Gamazon ER; Lancaster MC; Glazer AM; Knollmann BC; Roden DM; Weile J; Roth F; Salem J-E; Earle N; Stiles R; Agee T; Johnson CN; Horie M; Skinner J; Ackerman MJ; Schwartz PJ; Ohno S; Vandenberg JI; Kroncke BM, 2024, 'Assays of Variant Effect and Automated Patch Clamping Improve KCNH2-LQTS Variant Classification and Cardiac Event Risk Stratification.', Circulation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069828

Ma JG; O’Neill MJ; Richardson E; Thomson KL; Ingles J; Muhammad A; Solus JF; Davogustto G; Anderson KC; Shoemaker MB; Stergachis AB; Floyd BJ; Dunn K; Parikh VN; Chubb H; Perrin MJ; Roden DM; Vandenberg JI; Ng CA; Glazer AM, 2024, 'Multisite Validation of a Functional Assay to Adjudicate SCN5A Brugada Syndrome–Associated Variants', Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, 17, pp. e004569, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCGEN.124.004569

Thomson KL; Jiang C; Richardson E; Westphal DS; Burkard T; Wolf CM; Vatta M; Harrison SM; Ingles J; Bezzina CR; Kroncke BM; Vandenberg JI; Ng CA, 2024, 'Clinical interpretation of KCNH2 variants using a robust PS3/BS3 functional patch-clamp assay', Human Genetics and Genomics Advances, 5, pp. 100270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xhgg.2024.100270

Austin R; Brown JS; Casauria S; Madelli EO; Mattiske T; Boughtwood T; Metke A; Davis A; Horton AE; Winlaw D; Das D; Soka M; Giannoulatou E; Rath EM; Haan E; Blue GM; Vohra J; Atherton JJ; van Spaendonck-Zwarts K; Cox K; Burnett L; Wallis M; Haas M; Quinn MCJ; Pachter N; Poplawski NK; Stark Z; Bagnall RD; Weintraub RG; Pantaleo SJ; Lunke S; De Fazio P; Thompson T; James P; Chang Y; Fatkin D; Macciocca I; Ingles J; Dunwoodie SL; Semsarian C; McGaughran J; Ades L; Enriquez A; McLean A; Smyth R; Alankarage D; McNamara J; Morgan almog ; Fear V; Medi C; Al-Shinnag M; Fine M; Sy R; Finlay K; Milnes D; Tang D; Garza D; Milward M; Taylor J; Morrish A; Taylor S; Barnett C; Gongolidis L; Morwood J; Tchan M; Gray B; Mountain H; Bodek S; Greer C; Mowat D; Thorpe J; Boggs K; Ng CA; Trainer A; Bogwitz M; Haas M; Nowak N; Trivedi G; Hanna B; Martinez NN; Valente G; Bray A; Harvey R; Ohanian M; Brion MJ; Hayward J; O'Sullivan S; Vandenberg J; Brown J; Herrera C; Overkov A; Verma K; Richardson RB; Hill A; Vidgen M; Hollingsworth G; Patel C; Burns C; Hollway G; Perrin M, 2024, 'A multitiered analysis platform for genome sequencing: Design and initial findings of the Australian Genomics Cardiovascular Disorders Flagship', Genetics in Medicine Open, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gimo.2024.101842

Aljassar RW; Shen Q; Albash B; Vandenberg JI; Ebrahim MA; Ng CA, 2024, 'Integration of validated functional evidence to support the pathogenicity of KCNH2 variants', Genetics in Medicine Open, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gimo.2024.101868

Kaizer AM; Winbo A; Clur SAB; Etheridge SP; Ackerman MJ; Horigome H; Herberg U; Dagradi F; Spazzolini C; Killen SAS; Wacker-Gussmann A; Wilde AAM; Sinkovskaya E; Abuhamad A; Torchio M; Ng CA; Rydberg A; Schwartz PJ; Cuneo BF, 2023, 'Effects of cohort, genotype, variant, and maternal β-blocker treatment on foetal heart rate predictors of inherited long QT syndrome', Europace, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/europace/euad319

Copier JS; Bootsma M; Ng CA; Wilde AAM; Bertels RA; Bikker H; Christiaans I; van der Crabben SN; Hol JA; Koopmann TT; Knijnenburg J; Lommerse AAJ; van der Smagt JJ; Bezzina CR; Vandenberg JI; Verkerk AO; Barge-Schaapveld DQCM; Lodder EM, 2023, 'Reclassification of a likely pathogenic Dutch founder variant in KCNH2; implications of reduced penetrance', Human Molecular Genetics, 32, pp. 1072 - 1082, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddac261

G J; Vandenberg JI; Ng C-A, 2023, 'Development of automated patch clamp assays to overcome the burden of variants of uncertain significance in inheritable arrhythmia syndromes', Frontiers in Physiology, 14, pp. 1294741, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1294741

Jiang C; Richardson E; Farr J; Hill AP; Ullah R; Kroncke BM; Harrison SM; Thomson KL; Ingles J; Vandenberg JI; Ng CA, 2022, 'A calibrated functional patch-clamp assay to enhance clinical variant interpretation in KCNH2-related long QT syndrome', American Journal of Human Genetics, 109, pp. 1199 - 1207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.05.002

Ng CA; Ullah R; Farr J; Hill AP; Kozek KA; Vanags LR; Mitchell DW; Kroncke BM; Vandenberg JI, 2022, 'A massively parallel assay accurately discriminates between functionally normal and abnormal variants in a hotspot domain of KCNH2', American Journal of Human Genetics, 109, pp. 1208 - 1216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.05.003

Ng CA; Vandenberg JI, 2022, 'When it takes two to get one into trouble', Heart Rhythm, 19, pp. 293 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.10.017

Li JV; Ng CA; Cheng D; Zhou Z; Yao M; Guo Y; Yu ZY; Ramaswamy Y; Ju LA; Kuchel PW; Feneley MP; Fatkin D; Cox CD, 2021, 'Modified N-linked glycosylation status predicts trafficking defective human Piezo1 channel mutations', Communications Biology, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02528-w

Ng CA; Farr J; Young P; Windley MJ; Perry MD; Hill AP; Vandenberg JI, 2021, 'Heterozygous KCNH2 variant phenotyping using Flp-In HEK293 and high-Throughput automated patch clamp electrophysiology', Biology Methods and Protocols, 6, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biomethods/bpab003

Kozek KA; Glazer AM; Ng CA; Blackwell D; Egly CL; Vanags LR; Blair M; Mitchell D; Matreyek KA; Fowler DM; Knollmann BC; Vandenberg JI; Roden DM; Kroncke BM, 2020, 'High-throughput discovery of trafficking-deficient variants in the cardiac potassium channel KV11.1', Heart Rhythm, 17, pp. 2180 - 2189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.05.041

Perry MD; Ng CA; Mangala MM; Ng TYM; Hines AD; Liang W; Xu MJO; Hill AP; Vandenberg JI, 2020, 'Pharmacological activation of IKrin models of long QT Type 2 risks overcorrection of repolarization', Cardiovascular Research, 116, pp. 1434 - 1445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvz247

Ng CA; Perry MD; Liang W; Smith NJ; Foo B; Shrier A; Lukacs GL; Hill AP; Vandenberg JI, 2020, 'High-throughput phenotyping of heteromeric human ether-à-go-go-related gene potassium channel variants can discriminate pathogenic from rare benign variants', Heart Rhythm, 17, pp. 492 - 500, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2019.09.020

Phan K; Ng CA; David E; Shishmarev D; Kuchel PW; Vandenberg JI; Perry MD, 2017, 'The S1 helix critically regulates the finely tuned gating of Kv11.1 channels', Journal of Biological Chemistry, 292, pp. 7688 - 7705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M117.779298

Ng CA; Gravel AE; Perry MD; Arnold AA; Marcotte I; Vandenberg JI, 2016, 'Tyrosine residues from the s4-s5 linker of kv11.1 channels are critical for slow deactivation', Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291, pp. 17293 - 17302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M116.729392

Perry MD; Ng CA; Phan K; David E; Steer K; Hunter MJ; Mann SA; Imtiaz M; Hill AP; Ke Y; Vandenberg JI, 2016, 'Rescue of protein expression defects may not be enough to abolish the pro-arrhythmic phenotype of long QT type 2 mutations', Journal of Physiology, 594, pp. 4031 - 4049, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP271805

Cox CD; Bae C; Ziegler L; Hartley S; Nikolova-Krstevski V; Rohde PR; Ng CA; Sachs F; Gottlieb PA; Martinac B, 2016, 'Removal of the mechanoprotective influence of the cytoskeleton reveals PIEZO1 is gated by bilayer tension', Nature Communications, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10366

Perry MD; Ng CA; Mann SA; Sadrieh A; Imtiaz M; Hill AP; Vandenberg JI, 2015, 'Getting to the heart of hERG K⁺ channel gating', Journal of Physiology, 593, pp. 2575 - 2585, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP270095

Ng CA; Phan K; Hill AP; Vandenberg JI; Perry MD, 2014, 'Multiple interactions between cytoplasmic domains regulate slow deactivation of Kv11.1 channels', Journal of Biological Chemistry, 289, pp. 25822 - 25832, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M114.558379

Ke Y; Hunter MJ; Ng CA; Perry MD; Vandenberg JI, 2014, 'Role of the cytoplasmic N-terminal cap and Per-Arnt-Sim (PAS) domain in trafficking and stabilization of Kv11.1 channels', Journal of Biological Chemistry, 289, pp. 13782 - 13791, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M113.531277

Sadrieh A; Domanski L; Pitt-Francis J; Mann SA; Hodkinson EC; Ng CA; Perry MD; Taylor JA; Gavaghan D; Subbiah RN; Vandenberg JI; Hill AP, 2014, 'Multiscale cardiac modelling reveals the origins of notched T waves in long QT syndrome type 2', Nature Communications, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6069

Ng CA; Ke Y; Perry MD; Tan PS; Hill AP; Vandenberg JI, 2013, 'C-Terminal β9-Strand of the Cyclic Nucleotide-Binding Homology Domain Stabilizes Activated States of Kv11.1 Channels', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e77032, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077032

Perry MD; Wong S; Ng CA; Vandenberg JI, 2013, 'Hydrophobic interactions between the voltage sensor and pore mediate inactivation in Kv11.1 channels', Journal of General Physiology, 142, pp. 275 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.201310975

Ke Y; Ng CA; Hunter MJ; Mann SA; Heide J; Hill AP; Vandenberg JI, 2013, 'Trafficking defects in PAS domain mutant Kv11.1 channels: Roles of reduced domain stability and altered domain-domain interactions', Biochemical Journal, 454, pp. 69 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BJ20130328

Perry MD; Ng CA; Vandenberg JI, 2013, 'Pore helices play a dynamic role as integrators of domain motion during Kv11.1 channel inactivation gating', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288, pp. 11482 - 11491, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M113.461442

Vandenberg JI; Ng CA, 2012, 'Insights into hERG K+ channel structure and function from NMR studies', European Biophysics Journal With Biophysics Letters, 42, pp. 71 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00249-012-0808-6

Ng CA; Perry M; Tan P; Hill A; Kuchel PW; Vandenberg JI, 2012, 'The S4-S5 linker acts as a signal integrator for HERG K+ channel activation and deactivation gating', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. e31640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031640

Tan PS; Perry MD; Ng C; Vandenberg JI; Hill A, 2012, 'Voltage-sensing domain mode shift is coupled to the activation gate by the N-terminal tail of hERG channels', Journal of General Physiology, 140, pp. 293 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.201110761

Ng C; Hunter M; Perry M; Mobli M; Ke Y; Kuchel PW; King GF; Stock D; Vandenberg JI; Hunter M, 2011, 'The N-terminal tail of hERG contains an amphipathic alpha-helix that regulates channel deactivation', PLoS One, 6, pp. e16191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016191

Ng CA; Oehme DP; Kato Y; Tanokura M; Brownlee RTC, 2009, 'Binding of an RNA pol II ligand to the ww domain of Pin1 using molecular dynamics docking simulations', Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 5, pp. 2886 - 2897, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ct900190n

Ng CA; Kato Y; Tanokura M; Brownlee RTC, 2008, 'Structural characterisation of PinA WW domain and a comparison with other Group IV WW domains, Pin1 and Ess1', Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, 1784, pp. 1208 - 1214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.04.026

Kato Y; Ng CA; Brownlee RTC; Tanokura M, 2007, 'PinA from Aspergillus nidulans binds to pS/pT-P motifs using the same Loop I and XP groove as mammalian Pin1', Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, 1774, pp. 1208 - 1212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2007.06.006

Ng CA; Zhao W; Dang J; Bergdahl M; Separovic F; Brownlee RTC; Metzger RP, 2007, 'The conformation of acetylated virginiamycin M1 and virginiamycin M1 in explicit solvents', Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, 1774, pp. 610 - 618, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2007.03.002

Dang J; Metzger RP; Brownlee RTC; Ng CA; Bergdahl M; Separovic F, 2005, 'The conformational flexibility of the antibiotic virginiamycin M 1', European Biophysics Journal, 34, pp. 383 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00249-005-0464-1

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