Research

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Song, G., Cheng, C., Li, Y., Shaw, N., Xiao, Z.-C., and Liu, Z.-J. (2014). Crystal structure of the N-terminal methyltransferase-like domain of anamorsin. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 82, 1066-1071.

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Meng, B., Wu, D., Gu, J., Ouyang, S., Ding, W., and Liu, Z.-J. (2014). Structural and functional analyses of human tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 82, 3210-3216.

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Natashin, P.V., Ding, W., Eremeeva, E.V., Markova, S.V., Lee, J., Vysotski, E.S., and Liu, Z.-J. (2014). Structures of the Ca2+-regulated photoprotein obelin Y138F mutant before and after bioluminescence support the catalytic function of a water molecule in the reaction. Acta Crystallographica Section D 70, 720-732.

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Natashin, P.V., Markova, S.V., Lee, J., Vysotski, E.S., and Liu, Z.-J. (2014). Crystal structures of the F88Y obelin mutant before and after bioluminescence provide molecular insight into spectral tuning among hydromedusan photoproteins. The FEBS Journal 281, 1432-1445.

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Sun, B., Bao, W., Tian, X., Li, M., Liu, H., Dong, J., and Huang, W. (2014). A simplified procedure for gram-scale production of sialylglycopeptide (SGP) from egg yolks and subsequent semi-synthesis of Man3GlcNAc oxazoline. Carbohydrate Research 396, 62-69.

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Jiao, L., Ouyang, S., Shaw, N., Song, G., Feng, Y., Niu, F., Qiu, W., Zhu, H., Hung, L.-W., Zuo, X., Eleonora Shtykova, V., Zhu, P., Dong, Y.-H., Xu, R., and Liu, Z.-J. (2014). Mechanism of the Rpn13-induced activation of Uch37. Protein & Cell 5, 616-630.

7.     Guo, P., Zhao, Z., Haak, J., Wang, S., Wu, D., Meng, B., and Weitao, T. (2014). Common mechanisms of DNA translocation motors in bacteria and viruses using one-way revolution mechanism without rotation. Biotechnology Advances 32, 853-872.
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Zhao, L., Hua, T., Crowley, C., Ru, H., Ni, X., Shaw, N., Jiao, L., Ding, W., Qu, L., Hung, L.-W., Huang, W., Liu, L., Ye, K., Ouyang, S., Cheng, G., and Liu, Z.-J. (2014). Structural analysis of asparaginyl endopeptidase reveals the activation mechanism and a reversible intermediate maturation stage. Cell Research 24, 344-358.

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Zhang, L., Mo, J., Swanson, Karen V., Wen, H., Petrucelli, A., Gregory, Sean M., Zhang, Z., Schneider, M., Jiang, Y., Fitzgerald, Katherine A., Ouyang, S., Liu, Z.-J., Damania, B., Shu, H.-B., Duncan, Joseph A., and Ting, Jenny P.Y. (2014). NLRC3, a Member of the NLR Family of Proteins, Is a Negative Regulator of Innate Immune Signaling Induced by the DNA Sensor STING. Immunity 40, 329-341.

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Zhang, K., Zhang, J., Gao, Z.-G., Zhang, D., Zhu, L., Han, G.W., Moss, S.M., Paoletta, S., Kiselev, E., Lu, W., Fenalti, G., Zhang, W., Müller, C.E., Yang, H., Jiang, H., Cherezov, V., Katritch, V., Jacobson, K.A., Stevens, R.C., Wu, B., and Zhao, Q. (2014). Structure of the human P2Y12 receptor in complex with an antithrombotic drug. Nature 509, 115-118.

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Zhang, J., Zhang, K., Gao, Z.-G., Paoletta, S., Zhang, D., Han, G.W., Li, T., Ma, L., Zhang, W., Müller, C.E., Yang, H., Jiang, H., Cherezov, V., Katritch, V., Jacobson, K.A., Stevens, R.C., Wu, B., and Zhao, Q. (2014). Agonist-bound structure of the human P2Y12 receptor. Nature 509, 119-122.