Publications

  • Structure Basis for Directional R-loop Formation and Substrate Handover Mechanisms in Type I CRISPR-Cas System.
    Yibei Xiao*, Min Luo*, Robert P. Hayes, Jonathan Kim, Sherwin Ng, Fang Ding, Maofu Liao# and Ailong Ke#.
    Cell. 2017 Jun 29;170(1):48-60.
     
    PMID: 28666122   DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.06.012
    EMDB: 8478 | 8477  PDB: 5U0A | 5U07

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  • Molecular mechanism of V(D)J recombination from synaptic RAG1-RAG2 complex structures.
    Heng Ru, Melissa G. Chambers, Tian-Min Fu, Alexander B. Tong, Maofu Liao#, Hao Wu#.
    Cell. 2015 Nov 19;163(5):1138-52.
     
    PMID: 26548953  PMCID: PMC4690471 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.10.055
    EMDB: 6487 | 6488 | 6489 | 6490 | 6491     PDB: 3JBW | 3JBX | 3JBY     EM Data: EMPIAR-10049

  • Publications at UCSF (Molecular Electron Microscopy)

    Gira Bhabha, Hui-Chun Cheng, Nan Zhang, Arne Moeller, Maofu Liao, Jeffrey A. Speir, Yifan Cheng, Ronald D. Vale. (2014) Allosteric communication in the dynein motor domain. Cell 159:857-68. PMID: 25417161

    Maofu Liao, Erhu Cao, David Julius and Yifan Cheng. (2014) Single particle electron cryo-microscopy of a mammalian ion channel. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 27: 1–7. PMID: 24681231

    Maofu Liao*, Erhu Cao*, David Julius and Yifan Cheng. (2013) Structure of the TRPV1 ion channel determined by electron cryo-microscopy. Nature 504, 107–112. (* equal contribution) PMID: 24305160
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    Erhu Cao*, Maofu Liao*, Yifan Cheng and David Julius. (2013) TRPV1 structures in distinct conformations reveal activation mechanisms. Nature 504, 113–118. (* equal contribution) PMID: 24305161

    Daniele Canzio, Maofu Liao, Nariman Naber, Ed Pate, Adam Larson, Shenping Wu, Diana Marina, Jennifer Garcia, Hiten Madhani, Roger Cooke, Peter Schuck, Yifan Cheng, Geeta J. Narlikar. (2013) A conformational switch in HP1 releases auto-inhibition to drive heterochromatin assembly. Nature 496: 377–381. PMID: 23485968

    Dina Schneidman-Duhovny, Andrea Rossi, Agustin Avila-Sakar, Seung Joong Kim, Javier Velázquez-Muriel, Pavel Strop, Hong Liang, Kristin A. Krukenberg, Maofu Liao, Ho Min Kim, Solmaz Sobhanifar, Volker Dötsch, Arvind Rajpal, Jaume Pons, David A. Agard, Yifan Cheng and Andrej Sali. (2012) A method for integrative structure determination of protein-protein complexes. Bioinformatics 28(24): 3282-3289. PMID: 23093611

    Shenping Wu, Agustin Avila-Sakar, JungMin Kim, David S. Booth, Charles H. Greenberg, Andrea Rossi, Maofu Liao, Xueming Li, Akram Alian, Sarah L. Griner, Narinobu Juge, Yadong Yu, Claudia M. Mergel, Javier Chaparro-Riggers, Pavel Strop, Robert Tampé, Robert H. Edwards, Robert M. Stroud, Charles S. Craik, Yifan Cheng. (2012) Fabs enable single particle cryoEM studies of small proteins. Structure 20(4): 582-92. PMID: 22483106

    Metka Lenassi, Gerard Cagney, Maofu Liao, Tomaž Vaupotič, Koen Bartholomeeusen, Yifan Cheng, Nevan J. Krogan, Ana Plemenitaš, B. Matija Peterlin. (2010) HIV Nef is secreted in exosomes and triggers apoptosis in bystander CD4+ T cells. Traffic 11: 110-122. PMID: 19912576

  • Publications at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Protein Biochemistry and Virus Membrane Fusion)

     
    Margaret Kielian, Chantal Chanel-Vos and Maofu Liao. (2010) Alphavirus entry and membrane fusion. Viruses 2010, 2(4): 796-825. PMID: 21546978

    Maofu Liao, Claudia Sánchez-San Martín, Aihua Zheng and Margaret Kielian. (2010) In vitro reconstitution reveals key intermediate states of trimer formation by the dengue virus membrane fusion protein. Journal of Virology 84(11): 5730-40. PMID: 20335260

    M. Umashankar, Claudia Sánchez-San Martín, Maofu Liao, Brigid Reilly, Alice Guo, Gwen Taylor, and Margaret Kielian. (2008) Differential cholesterol binding by class II fusion proteins determines membrane fusion properties. Journal of Virology 82(18): 9245-53. PMID: 18632857

    Maofu Liao and Margaret Kielian. (2006) Functions of the stem region of the Semliki Forest virus fusion protein during virus fusion and assembly. Journal of Virology 80(22): 11362-11369. PMID: 16971447

    Maofu Liao and Margaret Kielian. (2006). Site-directed antibodies against the stem region reveal low pH-induced conformational changes of the Semliki Forest virus fusion protein. Journal of Virology 80(19): 9599-9607. PMID: 16973563

    Maofu Liao and Margaret Kielian. (2005). Domain III from class II fusion proteins functions as a dominant-negative inhibitor of virus membrane fusion. Journal of Cell Biology 171(1): 111-120. PMID: 16216925

    Maofu Liao and Margaret Kielian. (2005). The conserved glycine residues in the transmembrane domain of the Semliki Forest virus fusion protein are not required for assembly and fusion. Virology 332(1): 430-437. PMID: 15661173

    Don L. Gibbons, Anna Ahn, Maofu Liao, Lena Hammar, R. Holland Cheng, and Margaret Kielian. (2004) Multistep regulation of membrane insertion of the fusion peptide of Semliki Forest virus. Journal of Virology 78(7): 3312-3318. PMID: 15016852

  • Publications at Tsinghua University (HIV vaccine design)

     
    Maofu Liao, Yun Lu, Yi Xiao, Manfred P. Dierich, Ying-Hua Chen. (2000) Induction of high level of specific antibody response to the neutralizing epitope ELDKWA on HIV-1 gp41 by peptide-vaccine. Peptides. 21(4): 463-468. PMID: 10822100

    Yi Xiao, Maofu Liao, Yun Lu, Manfred P. Dierich, Ying-Hua Chen. (2000) Epitope-vaccines: a new strategy to induce high levels of neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1. Immunobiology 201(3-4): 323-331. PMID: 10776789