supported by Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University(Research Development Fund RDF-23-01-026 to F.Z);FOCEM(MERCOSUR Structural Convergence Fund-COF 03/11)to S.P.
Interactions between macromolecules orchestrate many mechanobiology processes.However,progress in the field has often been hindered by the monetary and time costs of obtaining reliable experimental structures.In recen...
supported by Startup fund program at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine(BUCM)(90011451310011,China)to Wenfu Ma;the emergency fund against COVID-19 program at BUCM(1000061223476,China)to Wenfu Ma;the innovation team and talents cultivation program of national administration of traditional Chinese medicine(ZYYCXTD-C202006,China)to Wenfu Ma。
Via an insufficient coat protein complex I(COPI)retrieval signal,the majority of SARSCo V-2 spike(S)is resident in host early secretory organelles and a tiny amount is leaked out in cell surface.Only surface-exposed S...
supported by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) [3-PAR-2016-241-I-X, US]。
Unfolded protein response(UPR) is a stress response that is specific to the endoplasmic reticulum(ER).UPR is activated upon accumulation of unfolded(or misfolded) proteins in the ER's lumen to restore protein folding ...
This work was supported by Health and Medical Research Fund[Grant numbers 05162906 and 05161746];Early Career Scheme[Grant number 24122318];the National Natural Science Foundation of China[Grant numbers 91739103 and 91939302];Hong Kong Research Grants Council[Grant numbers 14112919 and C4024-16W].
Hyperhomocysteinemia(HHcy)is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and increases mortality in type 2 diabetic patients.HHcy induces endoplasmic reticulum(ER)stress and oxidative stress to impair endot...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11874309 and 11474237);the 111 Project(Grant No.B16029)。
Src SH3 protein domain is a typical two-state protein which has been confirmed by research of denaturant-induced unfolding dynamics.Force spectroscopy experiments by optical tweezers and atomic force microscopy have m...
This work was partially supported by the National Institutes of Health(NCI grant number R01CA222596);Department of Defense(grant number W81XWH-16-1-0203);American Cancer Society(grant number RSG-16-213-01-TBE);Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Program(KLCRP2016).
Correct folding of nascent peptides occurs in the endoplasmic reticulum(ER).It is a complicate process primarily accomplished by the coordination of multiple redox proteins including members of the protein disulfide i...
The author would like to acknowledge the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(21425624);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21476026,21376028).
Small non-coding RNAs(sRNAs)have received much attention in recent years due to their unique biological properties,which can efficiently and specifically tune target gene expressions in bacteria.Inspired by natural sR...
Efficient and precise assembly of polypeptides into native functional states is critical for normal cellular processes. Understanding how a specific structure is encoded in the polypeptide sequence and what drives the...
It has been well accepted that the folding energy landscape may resemble a funnel according to the theory of protein folding. This theory of "folding funnel" has been extensively studied and thought to play an impor...
Proteins fold into their functional 3-dimensional structures from a linear amino acid sequence. In vitro this process is spontaneous; while in vivo it is orchestrated by a specialized set of proteins, called chaperone...