Publications

  1. Chen Zhao. 2024. Limitations in membrane protein structure determination by lipid nanodiscs. Trends. Biochem. Sci. 120(18):e2302325120

  2. Xiao Tao*, Chen Zhao* and Roderick MacKinnon. 2023. Membrane protein structure determination from cell-derived membrane vesicles. PNAS 120(18):e2302325120 *co-first author

  3. Chen Zhao and Roderick MacKinnon. 2022. Structural and Functional Analysis of a GPCR-Inhibited Ion Channel TRPM3. Neuron 111, 1-11

  4. Chen Zhao and Roderick MacKinnon. 2021. Molecular structure of an open human KATP channel. PNAS 48, e2112267118

  5. Chen Zhao, Fei Liu and Anna Marie Pyle. 2018. An ultra-processive, accurate reverse transcriptase encoded by a metazoan group II intron. RNA 24, 183-195

  6. Chen Zhao and Anna Marie Pyle. 2017. Structural Insights into the Mechanism of Group II Intron Splicing. Trends. Biochem. Sci. 42, 470-482

  7. Chen Zhao and Anna Marie Pyle. 2017. The group II intron maturase: a reverse transcriptase and splicing factor go hand in hand. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 47, 30-39

  8. Chen Zhao and Anna Marie Pyle. 2016. Crystal structures of a group II intron maturase reveal a missing link in spliceosome evolution. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 23, 558–565

  9. Chen Zhao, K.R. Rajashankar, Marco Marcia and Anna Marie Pyle. 2015. Crystal structure of group II intron domain 1 reveals a template for RNA assembly. Nat. Chem. Biol. 11, 967–972

  10. Chao He, Xianyu Huang, Yanhong Liu, Fudong Li, Yang Yang, Hongru Tao, Chuanchun Han, Chen Zhao, Yazhong Xiao and Yunyu Shi. 2015. Structural insights on mouse l-threonine dehydrogenase: A regulatory role of Arg180 in catalysis. J. Struct. Biol. 192, 210-518

  11. Yu Qiu, Lei Liu, Chen Zhao, Chuanchun Han, Fudong Li, Jiahai Zhang, Yan Wang, Guohong Li, Yide Mei, Mian Wu, Jihui Wu and Yunyu Shi. 2012. Combinatorial readout of unmodified H3R2 and acetylated H3K14 by the tandem PHD finger of MOZ reveals a regulatory mechanism for OXA9 transcription. Genes & Dev. 26, 1376-1391

  12. Yu Qiu, Wen Zhang, Chen Zhao, Yan Wang, Weiwei Wang, Jiahai Zhang, Zhiyong Zhang, Guohong Li, Yunyu Shi, Xiaoming Tu and Jihui Wu. 2012. Solution structure of the Pdp1 PWWP domain reveals its unique binding sites for methylated H4K20 and DNA. Biochem. J. 44, 527-538