Wu, Xuelan, Renhong Yan, Pingping Cao, Hongwu Qian, and Nieng Yan. 2022. “Structural Advances in Sterol-Sensing Domain-Containing Proteins”. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. Elsevier.

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.

Yan, Nieng. 2015. “Structural Biology of the Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporters”. Annu Rev Biophys 44: 257-83. doi:10.1146/annurev-biophys-060414-033901.

Gong, Deshun, Ximin Chi, Kang Ren, Gaoxingyu Huang, Gewei Zhou, Nieng Yan, Jianlin Lei, and Qiang Zhou. (2018) 2018. “Structure of the Human Plasma Membrane Ca-ATPase 1 in Complex With Its Obligatory Subunit Neuroplastin”. Nat Commun 9 (1): 3623. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06075-7.

Yan, Nieng. (2013) 2013. “Structural Investigation of the Proton-Coupled Secondary Transporters”. Curr Opin Struct Biol 23 (4): 483-91. doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2013.04.011.

Yin, Ping, Dong Deng, Chuangye Yan, Xiaojing Pan, Jianzhong Jeff Xi, Nieng Yan, and Yigong Shi. (2012) 2012. “Specific DNA-RNA Hybrid Recognition by TAL Effectors”. Cell Rep 2 (4): 707-13. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2012.09.001.

Yin, Ping, He Fan, Qi Hao, Xiaoqiu Yuan, Di Wu, Yuxuan Pang, Chuangye Yan, Wenqi Li, Jiawei Wang, and Nieng Yan. (2009) 2009. “Structural Insights into the Mechanism of Abscisic Acid Signaling by PYL Proteins”. Nat Struct Mol Biol 16 (12): 1230-6. doi:10.1038/nsmb.1730.

Yan, Nieng, Jijie Chai, Eui Seung Lee, Lichuan Gu, Qun Liu, Jiaqing He, Jia-Wei Wu, et al. (2005) 2005. “Structure of the CED-4-CED-9 Complex Provides Insights into Programmed Cell Death in Caenorhabditis Elegans”. Nature 437 (7060): 831-7. doi:10.1038/nature04002.

Shen, Huaizong, Qiang Zhou, Xiaojing Pan, Zhangqiang Li, Jianping Wu, and Nieng Yan. (2017) 2017. “Structure of a Eukaryotic Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel at Near-Atomic Resolution”. Science 355 (6328). doi:10.1126/science.aal4326.

Peng, Wei, Huaizong Shen, Jianping Wu, Wenting Guo, Xiaojing Pan, Ruiwu Wang, Wayne Chen, and Nieng Yan. (2016) 2016. “Structural Basis for the Gating Mechanism of the Type 2 Ryanodine Receptor RyR2”. Science 354 (6310). doi:10.1126/science.aah5324.

Yan, Nieng. (2013) 2013. “Structural Advances for the Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) Transporters”. Trends Biochem Sci 38 (3): 151-9. doi:10.1016/j.tibs.2013.01.003.

Yan, Nieng, Yanhui Xu, and Yigong Shi. (2006) 2006. “2:1 Stoichiometry of the CED-4-CED-9 Complex and the Tetrameric CED-4: Insights into the Regulation of CED-3 Activation”. Cell Cycle 5 (1): 31-4. doi:10.4161/cc.5.1.2263.

Yan, Nieng, and Yigong Shi. (2003) 2003. “Histone H1.2 As a Trigger for Apoptosis”. Nat Struct Biol 10 (12): 983-5. doi:10.1038/nsb1203-983.

Yang, Chonglin, Nieng Yan, Jay Parish, Xiaochen Wang, Yigong Shi, and Ding Xue. (2006) 2006. “RNA Aptamers Targeting the Cell Death Inhibitor CED-9 Induce Cell Killing in Caenorhabditis Elegans”. J Biol Chem 281 (14): 9137-44. doi:10.1074/jbc.M511742200.

Qian, Hongwu, Xin Zhao, Pingping Cao, Jianlin Lei, Nieng Yan, and Xin Gong. (2017) 2017. “Structure of the Human Lipid Exporter ABCA1”. Cell 169 (7): 1228-1239.e10. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2017.05.020.

Yan, Zhen, Xiaochen Bai, Chuangye Yan, Jianping Wu, Zhangqiang Li, Tian Xie, Wei Peng, et al. (2015) 2015. “Structure of the Rabbit Ryanodine Receptor RyR1 at Near-Atomic Resolution”. Nature 517 (7532): 50-55. doi:10.1038/nature14063.

Deng, Dong, Chuangye Yan, Jianping Wu, Xiaojing Pan, and Nieng Yan. (2014) 2014. “Revisiting the TALE Repeat”. Protein Cell 5 (4): 297-306. doi:10.1007/s13238-014-0035-2.

Gong, Xin, Jingxian Li, Wei Shao, Jianping Wu, Hongwu Qian, Ruobing Ren, Peter Espenshade, and Nieng Yan. (2015) 2015. “Structure of the WD40 Domain of SCAP from Fission Yeast Reveals the Molecular Basis for SREBP Recognition”. Cell Res 25 (4): 401-11. doi:10.1038/cr.2015.32.

Xie, Tian, Ruobing Ren, Yuan-yuan Zhang, Yuxuan Pang, Chuangye Yan, Xinqi Gong, Yuan He, et al. (2012) 2012. “Molecular Mechanism for Inhibition of a Critical Component in the Arabidopsis Thaliana Abscisic Acid Signal Transduction Pathways, SnRK2.6, by Protein Phosphatase ABI1”. J Biol Chem 287 (1): 794-802. doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.313106.

Shiozaki, Eric, Lichuan Gu, Nieng Yan, and Yigong Shi. (2004) 2004. “Structure of the BRCT Repeats of BRCA1 Bound to a BACH1 Phosphopeptide: Implications for Signaling”. Mol Cell 14 (3): 405-12. doi:10.1016/s1097-2765(04)00238-2.

Yan, Renhong, Hongwu Qian, Ivan Lukmantara, Mingming Gao, Ximing Du, Nieng Yan, and Hongyuan Yang. (2018) 2018. “Human SEIPIN Binds Anionic Phospholipids”. Dev Cell 47 (2): 248-256.e4. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2018.09.010.

Wu, Jianping, Nieng Yan, and Zhen Yan. 2017. “Structure-Function Relationship of the Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Ca1.1 Complex”. Adv Exp Med Biol 981: 23-39. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55858-5_2.

Qian, Hongwu, Xin Zhao, Renhong Yan, Xia Yao, Shuai Gao, Xue Sun, Ximing Du, Hongyuan Yang, Catherine CL Wong, and Nieng Yan. (2020) 2020. “Structural Basis for Catalysis and Substrate Specificity of Human ACAT1”. Nature 581 (7808): 333-38. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2290-0.

Lu, Feiran, Shuo Li, Yang Jiang, Jing Jiang, He Fan, Guifeng Lu, Dong Deng, et al. (2011) 2011. “Structure and Mechanism of the Uracil Transporter UraA”. Nature 472 (7342): 243-6. doi:10.1038/nature09885.

He, Wenrong, Javier Brumos, Hongjiang Li, Yusi Ji, Meng Ke, Xinqi Gong, Qinglong Zeng, et al. (2011) 2011. “A Small-Molecule Screen Identifies L-Kynurenine As a Competitive Inhibitor of TAA1 TAR Activity in Ethylene-Directed Auxin Biosynthesis and Root Growth in Arabidopsis”. Plant Cell 23 (11): 3944-60. doi:10.1105/tpc.111.089029.

Yan, Nieng, Jia-Wei Wu, Jijie Chai, Wenyu Li, and Yigong Shi. (2004) 2004. “Molecular Mechanisms of DrICE Inhibition by DIAP1 and Removal of Inhibition by Reaper, Hid and Grim”. Nat Struct Mol Biol 11 (5): 420-8. doi:10.1038/nsmb764.

Wu, Jianping, Zhen Yan, Zhangqiang Li, Xingyang Qian, Shan Lu, Mengqiu Dong, Qiang Zhou, and Nieng Yan. (2016) 2016. “Structure of the Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Ca(v)1.1 at 3.6 Å Resolution”. Nature 537 (7619): 191-96. doi:10.1038/nature19321.

Deng, Dong, and Nieng Yan. 2018. “Crystallization and Structural Determination of the Human Glucose Transporters GLUT1 and GLUT3”. Methods Mol Biol 1713: 15-29. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7507-5_2.

Shen, Cuicui, Xiang Wang, Yexing Liu, Quanxiu Li, Zhao Yang, Nieng Yan, Tingting Zou, and Ping Yin. (2015) 2015. “Specific RNA Recognition by Designer Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein”. Mol Plant 8 (4): 667-70. doi:10.1016/j.molp.2015.01.001.

Sugihara, Junichi, Linfeng Sun, Nieng Yan, and Ronald Kaback. (2012) 2012. “Dynamics of the L-Fucose H+ Symporter Revealed by Fluorescence Spectroscopy”. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109 (37): 14847-51. doi:10.1073/pnas.1213445109.

Yuan, Xiaoqiu, Ping Yin, Qi Hao, Chuangye Yan, Jiawei Wang, and Nieng Yan. (2010) 2010. “Single Amino Acid Alteration Between Valine and Isoleucine Determines the Distinct Pyrabactin Selectivity by PYL1 and PYL2”. J Biol Chem 285 (37): 28953-8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.160192.

Wu, Zhuoru, Nieng Yan, Liang Feng, Adam Oberstein, Hanchi Yan, Rosanna Baker, Lichuan Gu, Philip Jeffrey, Sinisa Urban, and Yigong Shi. (2006) 2006. “Structural Analysis of a Rhomboid Family Intramembrane Protease Reveals a Gating Mechanism for Substrate Entry”. Nat Struct Mol Biol 13 (12): 1084-91. doi:10.1038/nsmb1179.

Brown, Andrew, Ngee Kiat Chua, and Nieng Yan. (2019) 2019. “The Shape of Human Squalene Epoxidase Expands the Arsenal Against Cancer”. Nat Commun 10 (1): 888. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08866-y.

Liu, Ying, Huifang Hu, Jia Wang, Qiang Zhou, Peng Wu, Nieng Yan, Hong-Wei Wang, Jia-Wei Wu, and Linfeng Sun. (2019) 2019. “Cryo-EM Structure of L-Fucokinase GDP-Fucose Pyrophosphorylase (FKP) in Bacteroides Fragilis”. Protein Cell 10 (5): 365-69. doi:10.1007/s13238-018-0576-x.

Yan, Nieng, and Yigong Shi. 2005. “Mechanisms of Apoptosis through Structural Biology”. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 21: 35-56. doi:10.1146/annurev.cellbio.21.012704.131040.

Zhang, Xu, Mengdie Xia, Yang Li, Huihui Liu, Xin Jiang, Wenlin Ren, Jianping Wu, et al. (2013) 2013. “Analysis of the Selectivity Filter of the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Na(v)Rh”. Cell Res 23 (3): 409-22. doi:10.1038/cr.2012.173.

Yan, Nieng, and Yigong Shi. (2007) 2007. “Allosteric Activation of a Bacterial Stress Sensor”. Cell 131 (3): 441-3. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.10.021.

Gong, Xin, Hongwu Qian, Xinhui Zhou, Jianping Wu, Tao Wan, Pingping Cao, Weiyun Huang, et al. (2016) 2016. “Structural Insights into the Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1)-Mediated Cholesterol Transfer and Ebola Infection”. Cell 165 (6): 1467-78. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2016.05.022.

Chi, Ximin, Deshun Gong, Kang Ren, Gewei Zhou, Gaoxingyu Huang, Jianlin Lei, Qiang Zhou, and Nieng Yan. (2019) 2019. “Molecular Basis for Allosteric Regulation of the Type 2 Ryanodine Receptor Channel Gating by Key Modulators”. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 116 (51): 25575-82. doi:10.1073/pnas.1914451116.

Jiang, Xin, Irina Smirnova, Vladimir Kasho, Jianping Wu, Kunio Hirata, Meng Ke, Els Pardon, Jan Steyaert, Nieng Yan, and Ronald Kaback. (2016) 2016. “Crystal Structure of a LacY-Nanobody Complex in a Periplasmic-Open Conformation”. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 113 (44): 12420-25. doi:10.1073/pnas.1615414113.

Hao, Qi, Ping Yin, Chuangye Yan, Xiaoqiu Yuan, Wenqi Li, Zhiping Zhang, Lei Liu, Jiawei Wang, and Nieng Yan. (2010) 2010. “Functional Mechanism of the Abscisic Acid Agonist Pyrabactin”. J Biol Chem 285 (37): 28946-52. doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.149005.

Feng, Liang, Hanchi Yan, Zhuoru Wu, Nieng Yan, Zhe Wang, Philip Jeffrey, and Yigong Shi. (2007) 2007. “Structure of a Site-2 Protease Family Intramembrane Metalloprotease”. Science 318 (5856): 1608-12. doi:10.1126/science.1150755.

Pan, Xiaojing, Zhangqiang Li, Xiaoshuang Huang, Gaoxingyu Huang, Shuai Gao, Huaizong Shen, Lei Liu, Jianlin Lei, and Nieng Yan. (2019) 2019. “Molecular Basis for Pore Blockade of Human Na Channel Na1.2 by the μ-Conotoxin KIIIA”. Science 363 (6433): 1309-13. doi:10.1126/science.aaw2999.

Deng, Dong, Chuangye Yan, Xiaojing Pan, Magdy Mahfouz, Jiawei Wang, Jian-Kang Zhu, Yigong Shi, and Nieng Yan. (2012) 2012. “Structural Basis for Sequence-Specific Recognition of DNA by TAL Effectors”. Science 335 (6069): 720-3. doi:10.1126/science.1215670.

Wang, Jing, Chuangye Yan, Yini Li, Kunio Hirata, Masaki Yamamoto, Nieng Yan, and Qi Hu. (2014) 2014. “Crystal Structure of a Bacterial Homologue of SWEET Transporters”. Cell Res 24 (12): 1486-9. doi:10.1038/cr.2014.144.