Structure and mechanism of the cation-chloride cotransporter NKCC1.
Chew TA*, Orlando BJ*, Zhang J*, Latorraca NR, Wang A, Hollingsworth SA, Chen DH, Dror RO, Liao M#, Feng L#.
Nature. 2019 Aug;572(7770):488-492. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1438-2.
PMID: 31367042
EMDB (PDB): 0470 (6NPH), 0471 (6NPJ), 0472 (6NPK), 0473 (6NPL), 0474, 0475
Large protein organelles form a new iron sequestration system with high storage capacity.
Giessen TW#, Orlando BJ, Verdegaal AA, Chambers MG, Gardener J, Bell DC, Birrane G, Liao M#, Silver PA#.
Elife. 2019 Jul 8;8. pii: e46070. doi: 10.7554/eLife.46070.
PMID: 31282860; PMCID: PMC6668986
EMDB (PDB): 9383 (6NJ8)
PDB: 6N63
Structural basis of lipopolysaccharide extraction by the LptB2FGC complex.
Li Y*, Orlando BJ*, Liao M.
Nature. 2019 Mar;567(7749):486-490. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1025-6.
PMID: 30894744; PMCID: PMC6532066
EMDB: 9118 (LptB2FG), 9125 (LptB2FGC, final map), 9128 (LptB2FGC, map with clear LPS density), 9129 (LptB2FGC, βJRlong map), 9130 (LptB2FGC, βJRshort map), 9124 (vanadate-trapped LptB2FG) and 9126 (vanadate-trapped LptB2FGC).
PDB: 6MHU (LptB2FG), 6MI7 (LptB2FGC), 6MHZ (vanadate-trapped LptB2FG) and 6MI8 (vanadate-trapped LptB2FGC)
Structural basis of coreceptor recognition by HIV-1 envelope spike.
Shaik MM, Peng H, Lu J, Rits-Volloch S, Xu C, Liao M, Chen B.
Nature. 2019 Jan;565(7739):318-323. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0804-9.
PMID: 30542158; PMCID: PMC6391877.
DNA melting initiates the RAG catalytic pathway.
Ru H, Mi W, Zhang P, Alt FW, Schatz DG, Liao M#, Wu H#.
Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2018 Aug;25(8):732-742. doi:10.1038/s41594-018-0098-5.
PMID: 30061602; PMCID: PMC6080600
Cryo-electron microscopy structure of the lipid droplet-formation protein seipin.
Sui X, Arlt H, Brock KP, Lai ZW, DiMaio F, Marks DS, Liao M#, Farese RV Jr#,
Walther TC#.
J Cell Biol. 2018 Oct 16. pii: jcb.201809067. doi:10.1083/jcb.201809067.
PMID: 30327422
EMDB: 9146
PDB: 6MLU
X-ray and cryo-EM structures of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter.
Fan C*, Fan M*, Orlando BJ*, Fastman NM*, Zhang J, Xu Y, Chambers MG, Xu X, Perry
K, Liao M#, Feng L#.
Nature. 2018 Jul 11. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0330-9.
View full article: https://rdcu.be/2QLu
PMID: 29995856
EMDB: 7800(Ma in A8–35) | 7801(Fg in PMAL-C8) | 7802,7803,7804(Fg in nanodiscs: all,type1,type2)
PDB: 6C5W | 6C5R
Structure basis for RNA-guided DNA degradation by Cascade and Cas3.
Xiao Y*, Luo M*, Dolan AE, Liao M# , Ke A#.
Science. 2018 Jul 6;361(6397). pii: eaat0839. doi: 10.1126/science.aat0839.
PMID: 29880725
EMDB: 7347 (prenicking state) | 7346 (postnicking state)
PDB: 6C66 (prenicking state)
High-resolution cryo-EM analysis of the yeast ATP synthase in a lipid membrane.
Srivastava AP*, Luo M*, Zhou W, Symersky J, Bai D, Chambers MG, Faraldo-Gómez JD, Liao M#, Mueller DM#.
Science. 2018 Apr 12. pii: eaas9699. doi:10.1126/science.aas9699
Abstract | Reprint | Full text
PMID: 29650704
EMDB: 7548(F1Fo) | 7549(Fo) | 7546(F1Fo-oligomycin) | 7547(Fo-oligomycin)
PDB: 6CP6(F1Fo) | 6CP7(Fo) | 6CP3(F1Fo-oligomycin) | 6CP5(Fo-oligomycin)
Structural basis of MsbA-mediated lipopolysaccharide transport.
Wei Mi, Yanyan Li, Sung Hwan Yoon, Robert K. Ernst, Thomas Walz, Maofu Liao.
Nature. 2017 Sep 6. doi: 10.1038/nature23649.
View full article: http://rdcu.be/vCR7
PMID: 28869968
EMDB: 8469 | 8467 | 8465 | 8669 | 8670 | 8671 PDB: 5TV4 | 5TTP
Cryo-EM structure of the protein-conducting ERAD channel Hrd1 in complex with Hrd3.
Stefan Schoebel*, Wei Mi*, Alexander Stein, Sergey Ovchinnikov, Ryan Pavlovicz, Frank DiMaio, David Baker, Melissa G. Chambers, Huayou Su, Dongsheng Li, Tom A. Rapoport#, Maofu Liao#.
Nature. 2017 Aug 17;548(7667):352-355. doi: 10.1038/nature23314.
PMID: 28682307
EMDB: 8637 | 8642 | 8639 | 8638 PDB: 5V6P | 5V7V EM Data: EMPIAR-10099
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#, Ailong Ke#.
Cell. 2017 Jun 29;170(1):48-60.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.06.012..
PMID: 28666122
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. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.10.055.
PMID: 26548953 PMCID: PMC4690471
EMDB: 6487 | 6488 | 6489 | 6490 | 6491 PDB: 3JBW | 3JBX | 3JBY EM Data: EMPIAR-10049
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
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
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
