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Gao, Shuai, Xia Yao, and Nieng Yan. 2021. “Structure of Human Cav2. 2 Channel Blocked by the Painkiller Ziconotide”. Nature 596 (7870). Nature Publishing Group: 143–147.

Yan, Renhong, Pingping Cao, Wenqi Song, Yaning Li, Tongtong Wang, Hongwu Qian, Chuangye Yan, and Nieng Yan. 2021. “Structural Basis for Sterol Sensing by Scap and Insig”. Cell Reports 35 (13). Elsevier: 109299.

Li, Zhangqiang, Xueqin Jin, Tong Wu, Gaoxingyu Huang, Kun Wu, Jianlin Lei, Xiaojing Pan, and Nieng Yan. 2021. “Structural Basis for Pore Blockade of the Human Cardiac Sodium Channel Nav1. 5 by the Antiarrhythmic Drug Quinidine”. Angewandte Chemie 133 (20). Wiley Online Library: 11575–11581.

Li, Zhangqiang, Xueqin Jin, Tong Wu, Xin Zhao, Weipeng Wang, Jianlin Lei, Xiaojing Pan, and Nieng Yan. 2021. “Structure of Human Nav1. 5 Reveals the Fast Inactivation-Related Segments As a Mutational Hotspot for the Long QT Syndrome”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (11). National Acad Sciences.

Gao, Shuai, and Nieng Yan. 2021. “Structural Basis of the Modulation of the Voltage-Gated Calcium Ion Channel Cav1. 1 by Dihydropyridine Compounds”. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60 (6). Wiley Online Library: 3131–3137.

Yao, Xia, Xiao Fan, and Nieng Yan. 2020. “Cryo-EM Analysis of a Membrane Protein Embedded in the Liposome”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.2009385117.

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Yu, Xinzhe, Guanghui Yang, Chuangye Yan, Javier Baylon, Jing Jiang, He Fan, Guifeng Lu, et al. (2017) 2017. “Dimeric Structure of the uracil:Proton Symporter UraA Provides Mechanistic Insights into the SLC4 23 26 Transporters”. Cell Res 27 (8): 1020-33. doi:10.1038/cr.2017.83.

Ke, Meng, Yafei Yuan, Xin Jiang, Nieng Yan, and Haipeng Gong. (2017) 2017. “Molecular Determinants for the Thermodynamic and Functional Divergence of Uniporter GLUT1 and Proton Symporter XylE”. PLoS Comput Biol 13 (6): e1005603. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005603.

Li, Wenqi, Li Wang, Xinlei Sheng, Chuangye Yan, Rui Zhou, Jing Hang, Ping Yin, and Nieng Yan. (2013) 2013. “Molecular Basis for the Selective and ABA-Independent Inhibition of PP2CA by PYL13”. Cell Res 23 (12): 1369-79. doi:10.1038/cr.2013.143.

Feng, Liang, David Gell, Suiping Zhou, Lichuan Gu, Yi Kong, Jianqing Li, Min Hu, et al. (2004) 2004. “Molecular Mechanism of AHSP-Mediated Stabilization of Alpha-Hemoglobin”. Cell 119 (5): 629-40. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2004.11.025.

Gong, Deshun, Ximin Chi, Jinhong Wei, Gewei Zhou, Gaoxingyu Huang, Lin Zhang, Ruiwu Wang, Jianlin Lei, Wayne Chen, and Nieng Yan. (2019) 2019. “Modulation of Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor 2 by Calmodulin”. Nature 572 (7769): 347-51. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1377-y.

Gong, Xin, Hongwu Qian, Pingping Cao, Xin Zhao, Qiang Zhou, Jianlin Lei, and Nieng Yan. (2018) 2018. “Structural Basis for the Recognition of Sonic Hedgehog by Human Patched1”. Science 361 (6402). doi:10.1126/science.aas8935.

Yin, Ping, Quanxiu Li, Chuangye Yan, Ying Liu, Junjie Liu, Feng Yu, Zheng Wang, et al. (2013) 2013. “Structural Basis for the Modular Recognition of Single-Stranded RNA by PPR Proteins”. Nature 504 (7478): 168-71. doi:10.1038/nature12651.

Deng, Dong, Ping Yin, Chuangye Yan, Xiaojing Pan, Xinqi Gong, Shiqian Qi, Tian Xie, et al. (2012) 2012. “Recognition of Methylated DNA by TAL Effectors”. Cell Res 22 (10): 1502-4. doi:10.1038/cr.2012.127.

Dang, Shangyu, Linfeng Sun, Yongjian Huang, Feiran Lu, Yufeng Liu, Haipeng Gong, Jiawei Wang, and Nieng Yan. (2010) 2010. “Structure of a Fucose Transporter in an Outward-Open Conformation”. Nature 467 (7316): 734-8. doi:10.1038/nature09406.

Yan, Nieng, Jun Huh, Virgil Schirf, Borries Demeler, Bruce Hay, and Yigong Shi. (2006) 2006. “Structure and Activation Mechanism of the Drosophila Initiator Caspase Dronc”. J Biol Chem 281 (13): 8667-74. doi:10.1074/jbc.M513232200.

Deng, Dong, Chao Xu, Pengcheng Sun, Jianping Wu, Chuangye Yan, Mingxu Hu, and Nieng Yan. (2014) 2014. “Crystal Structure of the Human Glucose Transporter GLUT1”. Nature 510 (7503): 121-5. doi:10.1038/nature13306.

Huang, Weiyun, Minhao Liu, Frank Yan, and Nieng Yan. (2017) 2017. “Structure-Based Assessment of Disease-Related Mutations in Human Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels”. Protein Cell 8 (6): 401-38. doi:10.1007/s13238-017-0372-z.

Zhang, Juanrong, Wenzhi Mao, Yanhui Ren, Rui-Ning Sun, Nieng Yan, and Haipeng Gong. (2018) 2018. “Simulating the Ion Permeation and Ion Selection for a Eukaryotic Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel NaPaS”. Protein Cell 9 (6): 580-85. doi:10.1007/s13238-018-0522-y.

Gong, Xin, Hongwu Qian, Wei Shao, Jingxian Li, Jianping Wu, Jun-Jie Liu, Wenqi Li, Hong-Wei Wang, Peter Espenshade, and Nieng Yan. (2016) 2016. “Complex Structure of the Fission Yeast SREBP-SCAP Binding Domains Reveals an Oligomeric Organization”. Cell Res 26 (11): 1197-1211. doi:10.1038/cr.2016.123.

Xia, Mengdie, Huihui Liu, Yang Li, Nieng Yan, and Haipeng Gong. (2013) 2013. “The Mechanism of Na⁺ K⁺ Selectivity in Mammalian Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels Based on Molecular Dynamics Simulation”. Biophys J 104 (11): 2401-9. doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2013.04.035.

Chai, Jijie, Nieng Yan, Jun Huh, Jia-Wei Wu, Wenyu Li, Bruce Hay, and Yigong Shi. (2003) 2003. “Molecular Mechanism of Reaper-Grim-Hid-Mediated Suppression of DIAP1-Dependent Dronc Ubiquitination”. Nat Struct Biol 10 (11): 892-8. doi:10.1038/nsb989.

Deng, Dong, and Nieng Yan. (2016) 2016. “GLUT, SGLT, and SWEET: Structural and Mechanistic Investigations of the Glucose Transporters”. Protein Sci 25 (3): 546-58. doi:10.1002/pro.2858.

Deng, Dong, Pengcheng Sun, Chuangye Yan, Meng Ke, Xin Jiang, Lei Xiong, Wenlin Ren, et al. (2015) 2015. “Molecular Basis of Ligand Recognition and Transport by Glucose Transporters”. Nature 526 (7573): 391-6. doi:10.1038/nature14655.

Han, Yimo, Xiao Fan, Haozhe Wang, Fang Zhao, Christopher Tully, Jing Kong, Nan Yao, and Nieng Yan. (2020) 2020. “High-Yield Monolayer Graphene Grids for Near-Atomic Resolution Cryoelectron Microscopy”. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 117 (2): 1009-14. doi:10.1073/pnas.1919114117.

Madej, Gregor, Shangyu Dang, Nieng Yan, and Ronald Kaback. (2013) 2013. “Evolutionary Mix-and-Match With MFS Transporters”. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110 (15): 5870-4. doi:10.1073/pnas.1303538110.

Hao, Qi, Ping Yin, Wenqi Li, Li Wang, Chuangye Yan, Zhaohu Lin, Jim Zhen Wu, Jiawei Wang, Frank Yan, and Nieng Yan. (2011) 2011. “The Molecular Basis of ABA-Independent Inhibition of PP2Cs by a Subclass of PYL Proteins”. Mol Cell 42 (5): 662-72. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2011.05.011.

Gao, Shuai, William Valinsky, Nguyen Cam On, Patrick Houlihan, Qian Qu, Lei Liu, Xiaojing Pan, David Clapham, and Nieng Yan. (2020) 2020. “Employing NaChBac for Cryo-EM Analysis of Toxin Action on Voltage-Gated Na Channels in Nanodisc”. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. doi:10.1073/pnas.1922903117.

Yan, Zhen, Qiang Zhou, Lin Wang, Jianping Wu, Yanyu Zhao, Gaoxingyu Huang, Wei Peng, Huaizong Shen, Jianlin Lei, and Nieng Yan. (2017) 2017. “Structure of the Na1.4-β1 Complex from Electric Eel”. Cell 170 (3): 470-482.e11. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2017.06.039.

Qian, Hongwu, Pingping Cao, Miaohui Hu, Shuai Gao, Nieng Yan, and Xin Gong. (2019) 2019. “Inhibition of Tetrameric Patched1 by Sonic Hedgehog through an Asymmetric Paradigm”. Nat Commun 10 (1): 2320. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10234-9.

Wang, Lie, Hongwu Qian, Yin Nian, Yimo Han, Zhenning Ren, Hanzhi Zhang, Liya Hu, et al. (2020) 2020. “Structure and Mechanism of Human Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1”. Nature 581 (7808): 329-32. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2280-2.

Bai, Xiao-Chen, Zhen Yan, Jianping Wu, Zhangqiang Li, and Nieng Yan. (2016) 2016. “The Central Domain of RyR1 Is the Transducer for Long-Range Allosteric Gating of Channel Opening”. Cell Res 26 (9): 995-1006. doi:10.1038/cr.2016.89.

Zhang, Xu, Wenlin Ren, Paul DeCaen, Chuangye Yan, Xiao Tao, Lin Tang, Jingjing Wang, et al. (2012) 2012. “Crystal Structure of an Orthologue of the NaChBac Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel”. Nature 486 (7401): 130-4. doi:10.1038/nature11054.

Yan, Nieng, Lichuan Gu, David Kokel, Jijie Chai, Wenyu Li, Aidong Han, Lin Chen, Ding Xue, and Yigong Shi. (2004) 2004. “Structural, Biochemical, and Functional Analyses of CED-9 Recognition by the Proapoptotic Proteins EGL-1 and CED-4”. Mol Cell 15 (6): 999-1006. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2004.08.022.

Shen, Huaizong, Dongliang Liu, Kun Wu, Jianlin Lei, and Nieng Yan. (2019) 2019. “Structures of Human Na1.7 Channel in Complex With Auxiliary Subunits and Animal Toxins”. Science 363 (6433): 1303-8. doi:10.1126/science.aaw2493.

Wu, Jianping, Zhen Yan, Zhangqiang Li, Chuangye Yan, Shan Lu, Mengqiu Dong, and Nieng Yan. (2015) 2015. “Structure of the Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Cav1.1 Complex”. Science 350 (6267): aad2395. doi:10.1126/science.aad2395.

He, Yuan, Kan Wang, and Nieng Yan. (2014) 2014. “The Recombinant Expression Systems for Structure Determination of Eukaryotic Membrane Proteins”. Protein Cell 5 (9): 658-72. doi:10.1007/s13238-014-0086-4.

He, Yuan, Qi Hao, Wenqi Li, Chuangye Yan, Nieng Yan, and Ping Yin. 2014. “Identification and Characterization of ABA Receptors in Oryza Sativa”. PLoS One 9 (4): e95246. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095246.

Qi, Shiqian, Yuxuan Pang, Qi Hu, Qun Liu, Hua Li, Yulian Zhou, Tianxi He, et al. (2010) 2010. “Crystal Structure of the Caenorhabditis Elegans Apoptosome Reveals an Octameric Assembly of CED-4”. Cell 141 (3): 446-57. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2010.03.017.

Huh, Jun, Stephanie Vernooy, Hong Yu, Nieng Yan, Yigong Shi, Ming Guo, and Bruce Hay. (2004) 2004. “Multiple Apoptotic Caspase Cascades Are Required in Nonapoptotic Roles for Drosophila Spermatid Individualization”. PLoS Biol 2 (1): E15. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0020015.

Zhao, Yanyu, Gaoxingyu Huang, Jianping Wu, Qiurong Wu, Shuai Gao, Zhen Yan, Jianlin Lei, and Nieng Yan. (2019) 2019. “Molecular Basis for Ligand Modulation of a Mammalian Voltage-Gated Ca Channel”. Cell 177 (6): 1495-1506.e12. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2019.04.043.

Sun, Linfeng, Xin Zeng, Chuangye Yan, Xiuyun Sun, Xinqi Gong, Yu Rao, and Nieng Yan. (2012) 2012. “Crystal Structure of a Bacterial Homologue of Glucose Transporters GLUT1-4”. Nature 490 (7420): 361-6. doi:10.1038/nature11524.

Fernández-Capetillo, Óscar, Nieng Yan, Jen Dionne, Danielle Bassett, Suchitra Sebastian, Christine Hendon, Hilke Schlichting, and Monya Baker. (2015) 2015. “Hopes for the Year Ahead”. Nature 517 (7532): 111-3. doi:10.1038/nj7532-111a.

Zhang, Xu, and Nieng Yan. (2013) 2013. “The Conformational Shifts of the Voltage Sensing Domains Between Na(v)Rh and Na(v)Ab”. Cell Res 23 (3): 444-7. doi:10.1038/cr.2012.158.

Wang, Yi, Yongjian Huang, Jiawei Wang, Chao Cheng, Weijiao Huang, Peilong Lu, Ya-Nan Xu, Pengye Wang, Nieng Yan, and Yigong Shi. (2009) 2009. “Structure of the Formate Transporter FocA Reveals a Pentameric Aquaporin-Like Channel”. Nature 462 (7272): 467-72. doi:10.1038/nature08610.

Chai, Jijie, Jia-Wei Wu, Nieng Yan, Joan Massagué, Nikola Pavletich, and Yigong Shi. (2003) 2003. “Features of a Smad3 MH1-DNA Complex. Roles of Water and Zinc in DNA Binding”. J Biol Chem 278 (22): 20327-31. doi:10.1074/jbc.C300134200.

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