Publications
2011
1. Wang X, Peng W, Ren J, Hu Z, Xu Ji, Lou Z, Li X, Yin W, Shen X, Porta C, Walter T, Rowlands D, Wang J*, Stuart D*, Fry E*, and Rao Z*. A sensor/adaptor mechanism for enterovirus uncoating from structures of EV71. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (in press)
2. Zheng B, Yang W, Zhao X, Wang Y, Lou Z, Rao Z, Feng Y.Crystal structure of hyperthermophilic Endo-β-1,4-glucanase: Implications for catalytic mechanism and thermostability. J Biol Chem. 2011 Nov 29.
3. Yan L, Ma Y, Sun Y, Gao J, Chen X, Liu J, Wang C, Lou Z, Rao Z. Structural basis for mechanochemical role of Arabidopsis thaliana dynamin-related protein in membrane fission. J Mol Cell Biol. 2011 Nov 22.
4. Zhang W, Fu S, Liu X, Zhao X, Zhang W, Peng W, Wu C, Li Y, Li X, Bartlam M, Zeng ZH, Zhan Q, Rao Z. Crystal structure of human Gadd45 reveals an active dimer. Protein Cell. 2011 Oct;2(10):814-26.
5. Yang W, Chen WY, Wang H, Ho JW, Huang JD, Woo PC, Lau SK, Yuen KY, Zhang Q, Zhou W, Bartlam M, Watt RM, Rao Z. Structural and functional insight into the mechanism of an alkaline exonuclease from Laribacter hongkongensis. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Dec 1;39(22):9803-9819.
6. Chen Y, Tan M, Xia M, Hao N, Zhang XC, Huang P, Jiang X, Li X, Rao Z. Crystallography of a Lewis-binding norovirus, elucidation of strain-specificity to the polymorphic human histo-blood group antigens. PLoS Pathog. 2011 Jul;7(7):e1002152.
7. Guo Y, Wang J, Niu G, Shui W, Sun Y, Zhou H, Zhang Y, Yang C, Lou Z, Rao Z. A structural view of the antibiotic degradation enzyme NDM-1 from a superbug. Protein Cell. 2011 May;2(5):384-94.
8. Yu J, Li X, Wang Y, Li B, Li H, Li Y, Zhou W, Zhang C, Wang Y, Rao Z, Bartlam M, Cao Y. PDlim2 selectively interacts with the PDZ binding motif of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza A virus NS1. PLoS One. 2011;6(5):e19511.
9. Whitehouse CJ, Yang W, Yorke JA, Tufton HG, Ogilvie LC, Bell SG, Zhou W, Bartlam M, Rao Z, Wong LL. Structure, electronic properties and catalytic behaviour of an activity-enhancing CYP102A1 (P450(BM3)) variant. Dalton Trans. 2011 May 20.
10. Peng W, Xu J, Guan X, Sun Y, Zhang XC, Li X, Rao Z.Structural study of the Cdc25 domain from Ral-specific guanine-nucleotide exchange factor RalGPS1a. Protein Cell. 2011 Apr;2(4):308-19.
11. Lu K, Li P, Zhang M, Xing G, Li X, Zhou W, Bartlam M, Zhang L, Rao Z, He F. Pivotal role of the c2 domain of the smurf1 ubiquitin ligase in substrate selection. J Biol Chem. 2011 May 13;286(19):16861-70.
12. Rao Z. A strong start, a promising future. Protein Cell. 2011 Jan;2(1):1.
13. Shan S, Chen X, Liu T, Zhao H, Rao Z, Lou Z. Crystal structure of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol kinase (IspE) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. FASEB J. 2011 May;25(5):1577-84.
14. Hou H, Wang F, Zhang W, Wang D, Li X, Bartlam M, Shen Y, Yao X, Rao Z* (2011). Structure-functional analyses of CRHSP-24 plasticity and dynamics in oxidative stress response. J Biol Chem. 2011 Mar 18;286(11):9623-35.
15. Ma M, Bell SG, Yang W, Hao Y, Rees NH, Bartlam M, Zhou W, Wong LL, Rao Z* (2011). Structural Analysis of CYP101C1 from Novosphingobium aromaticivorans DSM12444. Chembiochem. 2011 Jan 3;12(1):88-99.
2010
16. Whitehouse CJ, Yang W, Yorke JA, Rowlatt BC, Strong AJ, Blanford CF, Bell SG, Bartlam M, Wong LL, Rao Z (2010). Structural Basis for the Properties of Two Single-Site Proline Mutants of CYP102A1 (P450(BM3)). Chembiochem. 11(18):2549-56.
17. Yang W, Bell SG, Wang H, Zhou W, Bartlam M, Wong LL, Rao Z (2010). The structure of CYP101D2 unveils a potential path for substrate entry into the active site. Biochem J. 433(1):85-93
18. Rao Z (2010). Opening up the group II chaperonins. Structure. 18(10):1221-2.
19. Yang J, Gan Z, Lou Z, Tao N, Mi Q, Liang L, Sun Y, Guo Y, Huang X, Zou C, Rao Z, Meng Z, Zhang K (2010).Crystal structure and mutagenesis analysis of a chitinase CrChi1 from the nematophagous fungus Clonostachys rosea in complex with caffeine. Microbiology. 156(Pt 12):3566-74
20. Wang H, Morita M, Yang X, Suzuki T, Yang W, Wang J, Ito K, Wang Q, Zhao C, Bartlam M, Yamamoto T, Rao Z* (2010). Crystal structure of the human CNOT6L nuclease domain reveals strict poly(A) substrate specificity. EMBO J. 29(15):2566-76
21. Fu S, Tong X, Cai C, Zhao Y, Wu Y, Li Y, Xu J, Zhang XC, Xu L, Chen W & Rao Z* (2010) The structure of tumor endothelial marker 8 (TEM8) extracellular domain and implications for its receptor function for recognizing anthrax toxin. PLoS ONE 5(6):e11203
22. Yang W, Bell SG, Wang H, Zhou W, Hoskins N, Dale A, Bartlam, M*, Wong, LL* & Rao Z (2010). Molecular characterization of a class I P450 electron transfer system from Novosphingobium aromaticivorans DSM12. J Biol Chem 285(35):27372-84
23. Xue F, Sun Y, Yan L, Zhao C, Chen J, Bartlam M, Li X, Lou Z* & Rao Z (2010) The Crystal Structure of the PRRSV Nonstructural Protein Nsp1{beta} Reveals a Novel Metal-dependent Nuclease. J Virol 84(13):6461-71
24. Huang B, Wu H, Hao N, Blombach F, van der Oost J, Li X, Zhang XC* & Rao Z (2010) Functional study on GTP hydrolysis by the GTP binding protein from Sulfolobus solfataricus, a member of the HflX family. J Biochem 148(1):103-13.
25. Lou Z, Li M, Sun YN, Liu Y, Liu Z, Wu W, Rao Z*(2010).Crystal Structure of a secreted lipase from Gibberella zeae reveals a novel “double-lock” mechanism. Protein & Cell 8:760-770.
26. MaY, Tong X, Xu X, Li X, Lou Z, Rao Z*(2010). Structures of the N- and C-terminal domains of MHV-A59 nucleocapsid protein corroborate a conserved RNA-protein binding mechanism in coronavirus. Protein & Cell 7:688-697.
27. Wu Y, Lou Z, Miao Y, Yu Y, Dong H, Peng W, Bartlam M, Li X & Rao Z* (2010) Structures of EV71 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in complex with substrate and analogue provide a drug target against the hand-foot-and-mouth pandemic in China. Protein & Cell 5:491-500.
28. Wang L, Zhang W, Lu W, Zhang XC, Li X & Rao Z* (2010) Crystal structures of NAC domains of human nascent polypeptide-associated complex (NAC) and its NAC subunit. Protein & Cell 4:406-416.
29. Li S, Zhao Q, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Bartlam M, Li X & Rao Z* (2010). New nsp8 isoform suggests mechanism for tuning viral RNA synthesis. Protein & Cell 2:198-204.
30. Xu L, Huang B, Du H, Zhang XC, Xu J, Li X & Rao Z* (2010). Crystal structure of cytotoxin protein suilysin from Streptococcus suis. Protein & Cell 1:96-105.
31. Rao Z (2010).Protein & Cell: a new scientific journal for the 21st century global life sciences community. Protein & Cell 1:1
32. Liao S, Tung ET, Zheng W, Chong K, Xu Y, Dai P, Guo Y, Bartlam M, Yuen KY & Rao Z.* (2010) Crystal structure of the Mp1p ligand binding domain 2 reveals its function as a fatty acid binding protein. J Biol Chem 285(12):9211-20.
33. Liang L, Meng Z, Ye F, Yang J, Liu S, Sun Y, Guo Y, Mi Q, Huang X, Zou C, Rao Z, Lou Z. & Zhang KQ (2010) The crystal structures of two cuticle-degrading proteases from nematophagous fungi and their contribution to infection against nematodes. FASEB J 24:1391-400
34. Bell SG, Xu F, Johnson EO, Forward IM, Bartlam M, Rao Z. & Wong, L. L. (2010). Protein recognition in ferredoxin-P450 electron transfer in the class I CYP199A2 system from Rhosopseudomonas palustris. J Biol Inorg Chem 15(3):315-28
35. Wu X, Ye S, Guo S, Yan W, Bartlam M. & Rao Z.* (2010). Structural basis for a reciprocating mechanism of negative cooperativity in dimeric phospagen kinase activity. FASEB J 24(1):242-52.
36. Wu H, Sun L, Blombach F, Brouns SJ, Snijders AP, Lorenzen K, van der Heuvel RH, Heck AJ, Fu S, Li X, Zhang XC, Rao Z. & van der Oost J. (2010) Structure of the ribosome associating GTPase HflX. Proteins 15:705-13.
37. Zhou X, Lou Z, Fu S, Yang A, Shen H, Li Z, Feng Y, Bartlam M, Wang H & Rao Z* (2010). Crystal structure of ArgP from Mycobacterium tuberculosis confirms two distinct conformations of full-length LysR transcriptional regulators and reveals its function in DNA binding and transcriptional regulation. J. Mol. Biol. 396:1012-24.
2009
38. Sun Y, Xue F, Guo Y, Ma M, Hao N, Zhang XC, Lou Z*, Li X* & Rao Z. (2009) Crystal Structure of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) Leader Protease Nsp1{alpha} J Virol. 83:10931-40.
39. Xu F, Bell SG, Peng Y, Johnson EO, Bartlam M, Rao Z & Wong LL. 2009. Crystal structure of a ferredoxin reductase for the CYP199A2 system from Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Proteins. 77(4):867-80
40. Xu X, Lou Z, Ma Y, Chen X, Yang Z, Tong X, Zhao Q, Xu Y, Deng H, Bartlam M & Rao Z*. 2009. Crystal structure of the C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of non-structural protein 4 from mouse hepatitis virus A59. PLoS One. 2009 4(7):e6217
41. Guo S, Ye S, Liu Y, Wei L, Xue J, Wu H, Song F, Zhang J, Wu X, Huang D* & Rao Z*. 2009. Crystal structure of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry8Ea1: An insecticidal toxin toxic to underground pests, the larvae of Holotrichia parallela. J Struct Biol.168(2):259-66
42. Zhao C, Lou Z, Guo Y, Ma M, Chen Y, Liang S, Zhang L, Chen S, Li X, Liu Y*, Bartlam M & Rao Z*. 2009. Nucleoside monophosphate complex structures of the endonuclease domain from the influenza virus polymerase PA subunit reveal the substrate binding site inside the catalytic center. J Virol. 83(18):9024-30
43. Zhang W, Wang L, Liu Y, Xu J, Zhu G, Cang H, Li X, Bartlam M, Hensley K, Li G, Rao Z* & Zhang XC. 2009. Structure of human lanthionine synthetase C-like protein 1 and its interaction with Eps8 and glutathione. Genes Dev. 23(12):1387-92
44. Wang X, Lou Z, Dong X, Yang W, Peng Y, Yin B, Gong Y, Yuan J, Zhou W, Bartlam M*, Peng X* & Rao Z. 2009. Crystal structure of the C-terminal domain of human DPY-30-like protein: A component of the histone methyltransferase complex. J Mol Biol. 390(3):530-7
45. Liu Y, Lou Z, Bartlam M & Rao Z. 2009. Structure-function studies of the influenza virus RNA polymerase PA subunit. Sci China C Life Sci. 52(5):450-8
46. Zhong N, Zhang S, Xue F, Kang X, Zou P, Chen J, Liang C, Rao Z, Jin C, Lou Z* & Xia B*. 2009. C-terminal domain of SARS-CoV main protease can form a 3D domain-swapped dimer. Protein Sci, 18(4):839-44.
47. Yuan P, Bartlam M, Lou Z, Chen S, Zhou J, He X, Lv Z, Ge R, Li X, Deng T, Fodor E, Rao Z* & Liu Y*. 2009. Crystal structure of an avian influenza polymerase PA(N) reveals an endonuclease active site. Nature, 458(7240):909-13
48. Meng Z*, Liu Z, Lou Z, Gong X, Cao Y, Bartlam M, Zhang K & Rao Z. 2009. Purification, Characterization and Crystallization of Pyrroline-5-carboxylate Reductase From the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus Solfataricus. Prot. Exp. Purif., 64(2):125-130
49. Xu Y, Cong L, Chen C, Wei L, Zhao Q, Xu X, Ma Y, Bartlam M & Rao Z*. 2009. Crystal structures of two coronavirus ADP-ribose-1"-monophosphatases and their complexes with ADP-ribose: a systematic structural analysis of the viral ADRP domain. J. Virol., 83(2):1083-1092
50. Liu X, Xu L, Liu Y, Tong X, Zhu G, Zhang XC*, Li X* & Rao Z. 2009. Crystal structure of the hexamer of human heat shock factor binding protein 1. Proteins, 75(1):1-11
51. Lü Y, Yang H, Hu H, Wang Y, Rao Z & Jin C. 2009. Mutation of Trp137 to glutamate completely removes transglycosyl activity associated with the Aspergillus fumigatus AfChiB1. Glycoconj. J, 26(5):525-34
52. Kondo N, Ebihara A, Ru H, Kuramitsu S, Iwamoto A, Rao Z & Matsuda Z. 2009. Thermus thermophilus-derived protein tags that aid in preparation of insoluble viral proteins. Anal Biochem, 385(2):278-285
2008
53. He X, Zhou J, Bartlam M, Zhang R, Ma J, Lou Z, Li X, Li J, Joachimiak A., Zeng Z, Ge R, Rao Z* & Liu YF*. 2008. Crystal structure of the polymerase PA(C)-PB1(N) complex from an avian influenza H5N1 virus Nature, 454(7208):1123-6.
54. Yang X, Morita M, Wang H, Suzuki T, Yang W, Lou Y, Zhao C, Yu Y, Bartlam M*, Yamamoto T* & Rao Z. 2008. Crystal structures of human BTG2 and mouse TIS21 involved in suppression of CAF1 deadenylase activity. Nucleic Acids Research,36(21):6872-6881
55. Yang Y, Wu F, Ward T, Yan F, Wu Q, Wang Z, McGlothen T, Peng W, You T, Sun M, Cui T, Hu R, Dou Z, Zhu J, Xie W, Rao Z, Ding X & Yao X. 2008. Phosphorylation of HsMis13 by aurora B is essential for assembly of functional kinetochore. J. Biol. Chem. 283(39):26726-26736
56. Li X, Lou Z, Li X, Zhou W, Ma M, Cao Y*, Geng Y, Bartlam M, Zhang XC* & Rao Z. 2008. Structure of human cytosolic X-prolyl aminopeptidase: a double Mn(II) dependent dimeric enzyme with a novel three-domain subunit. J Biol Chem, 283(33):22858-22866
57. Zhang R, Zhu G, Zhang W, Cao S, Ou X, Li X, Bartlam M, Xu Y*, Zhang XC* & Rao Z. 2008. Crystal structure of a carbonyl reductase from Candida Parapsilosis with anti-prelog stereo specificity. Protein Science. 17: 1412-1423
58. Chen J, Li W, Wang M, Zhu G, Liu D, Sun F, Hao N, Li XM, Rao Z & Zhang XC*. 2008. Crystal Structure and Mutagenic Analysis of GDOsp, a Gentisate 1,2- Dioxygenase from Silicibacter Pomeroyi. Protein Science. 17: 1362-1373
59. Gräslund S, Nordlund P, Weigelt J, Bray J, Gileadi O, Knapp S, Oppermann U, Arrowsmith C, Hui R, Ming J, dhe-Paganon S, Park HW, Savchenko A, Yee A, Edwards A, Vincentelli R, Cambillau C, Kim R, Kim SH, Rao Z, Shi Y, Terwilliger TC, Kim CY, Hung LW, Waldo GS, Peleg Y, Albeck S, Unger T, Dym O, Prilusky J, Sussman JL, Stevens RC, Lesley SA, Wilson IA, Joachimiak A, Collart F, Dementieva I, Donnelly MI, Eschenfeldt WH, Kim Y, Stols L, Wu R, Zhou M, Burley SK, Emtage JS, Sauder JM, Thompson D, Bain K, Luz J, Gheyi T, Zhang F, Atwell S, Almo SC, Bonanno JB, Fiser A, Swaminathan S, Studier FW, Chance MR, Sali A, Acton TB, Xiao R, Zhao L, Ma LC, Hunt JF, Tong L, Cunningham K, Inouye M, Anderson S, Janjua H, Shastry R, Ho CK, Wang D, Wang H, Jiang M, Montelione GT, Stuart DI, Owens RJ, Daenke S, Schütz A, Heinemann U, Yokoyama S, Büssow K, Gunsalus KC. 2008. Structural Genomics Consortium; China Structural Genomics Consortium; Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Protein production and purification. Nat Methods 5(2):135-146
60. Li L, Liu X, Yang W, Xu F, Feng L, Bartlam M*, Wang L*& Rao Z. 2008. Crystal structure of long-chain alkane monooxygenase (LadA) in complex with coenzyme FMN: unveiling the long-chain alkane hydroxylase. J Mol Biol., 376(2): 453-465
61. Dong H, Li X, Lou Z, Xu X, Su D, Zhou X, Zhou W, Bartlam M* & Rao Z. 2008. Crystal structure and biochemical characterization of recombinant human calcyphosine delineates a novel EF-hand-containing protein family. J Mol Biol 383(3):455-464
62. Bell SG, Xu F, Forward I, Bartlam M, Rao Z & Wong LL*. 2008. Crystal Structure of CYP199A2, a Para-Substituted Benzoic Acid Oxidizing Cytochrome P450 from Rhodopseudomonas palustris. J Mol Biol 383:561–574
63. Zhao Q, Li S, Xue F, Zou Y, Chen C, Bartlam M & Rao Z*. 2008. Structure of the main protease from a global infectious coronavirus, HCoV-HKU1. J Virol 82: 8647-8655
64. Xue X, Yu H, Yang H, Xue F, Wu Z, Shen W, Li J, Zhou Z, Ding Y, Zhao Q, Zhang XC, Liao M, Bartlam M & Rao Z*. 2008. Structures of Two Coronavirus Main Proteases: Implications for Substrate Binding and Anti-viral Drug Design. J Virol, 82(5):2515-2527
65. Tan M, Xia M, Cao S, Huang P, Farkas T, Meller J, Hegde RS, Li X, Rao Z & Jiang X*. 2008. Elucidation of strain-specific interaction of a GII-4 norovirus with HBGA receptors by site-directed mutagenesis study. Virology, 379(2):324-334
66. Li M, Li S, Lou Z, Liao X, Zhao X, Meng Z, Bartlam M & Rao Z*. 2008. Crystal structure of human transgelin. J Struct Biol, 162: 229-236
67. Bartlam M, Xue X & Rao Z*. 2008. The search for a structural basis for therapeutic intervention against the SARS coronavirus. Acta Crystallogr A., 64(Pt 1): 204-213
68. Zhang R, Xu Y, Sun Y, Nie Y, Mu X, Li X, Zhang XC & Rao Z*. 2008. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of a carbonyl reductase from Candida parapsilosis. Acta Crystallogr Sect F, 64(4): 252-254
69. Wei L, Chen C, Zhao Q, Li C, Cong L, Xu X, Ma Y, Liao M, Xu Y & Rao Z*. 2008. Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of avian infectious bronchitis virus nsp3 ADRP domain. Acta Crystallogr Sect F, 64( 9):802-804
70. Zhang W, Zhao M, Li J, Li X, Zeng Z, Rao Z. 2008. Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of human Gadd45gamma. Acta Crystallogr F, 64(Pt 11):1070-1073
2007
71. Shaw N, Zhao M, Cheng C, Xu H, Saarikettu J, Li Y, Da Y, Yao Z, Silvennoinen O, Yang J*, Liu ZJ*, Wang BC & Rao Z. 2007. The multifunctional human p100 protein 'hooks' methylated ligands. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 14(8):779-784
72. Zhao Q, Qin L, Jiang F, Wu B, Yue W, Xu F, Rong Z, Yuan H, Xie X, Gao Y, Bai C, Bartlam M, Pei X* & Rao Z*. 2007. Structure of human spindlin1: tandem tudor-like domains for cell cycle regulation. J Biol Chem, 282(1):647-656
73. Ye S, Wu X, Wei L, Tang D, Sun P, Bartlam M & Rao Z*. 2007. An insight into the mechanism of human cysteine dioxygenase: Key roles of the thioether-bonded tyrosine-cysteine cofactor. J Biol Chem., 282(5):3391-3402
74. Yang X, Zhou J, Sun L, Wei Z, Gao J, Gong W, Xu RM, Rao Z & Liu Y*. 2007. Structural basis for the function of DCN-1 in protein Neddylation. J Biol Chem, 282(34): 24490-24494
75. Xue X, Yang H, Shen W, Zhao Q, Li J, Yang K, Chen C, Jin Y, Bartlam M & Rao Z*. 2007. Production of Authentic SARS-CoV Mpro with Enhanced Activity: Application as a Novel Tag-cleavage Endopeptidase for Protein Overproduction. J Mol Biol 366(3):965-975
76. Zheng W, Sun F, Bartlam M, Li XM, Li R & Rao Z*. 2007. The crystal structure of human isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase at 1.7 E resolution reveals its catalytic mechanism in isoprenoid biosynthesis. J Mol Biol 366(5):1447-1458
77. Wu B, Liu Y, Zhao Q, Liao S, Zhang J, Bartlam M, Chen W & Rao Z*. 2007. Crystal Structure of RS21-C6, Involved in Nucleoside Triphosphate Pyrophosphohydrolysis. J Mol Biol. 367(5):1405-1412
78. Li Z, Huang Y, Ge J, Fan H, Zhou X, Li S, Bartlam M, Wang H & Rao Z*. 2007. The Crystal Structure of MCAT from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Reveals Three New Catalytic Models. J Mol Biol. 371(4): 1075-1083
79. Cao S, Lou Z, Tan M, Chen Y, Liu Y, Zhang Z, Zhang XC, Jiang X, Li X & Rao Z*. 2007. Structural Basis for the Recognition of Blood Group Trisaccharides by Norovirus. J Virol. 81(11):5949-5957
80. Rao Z. 2007. History of protein crystallography in China. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 362(1482):1035-1042 (Review)
81. Bartlam M, Xu YY & Rao Z*. 2007. Structural proteomics of the SARS coronavirus: a model response to emerging infectious diseases. J Struct Funct Genomics. 8(2-3): 85-97 (Review)
82. Huo X, Su D, Wang AJ, Zhai YJ, Xu JX, Li X, Bartlam M*, Sun F* & Rao Z. 2007. Preliminary molecular characteristic and crystallization of mitochondrial respiratory Complex II from porcine heart. FEBS Journal, 274(6):1524-1529
83. Pang X, Xu F*, Bell SG, Guo D, Wong LL* & Rao Z. 2007. Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of cytochrome P450 203A1 from Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Acta Cryst. Sect F 63(4):342-345
84. Peng Y, Xu F*, Bell SG, Wong LL* & Rao Z. 2007. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of a ferredoxin reductase from Rhodopseudomonas palustris CGA009. Acta Crys. Sect F, 63(5): 422-425
85. Shaw N, Cheng C, Tempel W, Chang J, Ng J, Wang XY, Perrett S, Rose J, Rao Z, Wang BC & Liu ZJ*. 2007. (NZ)CH...O Contacts Assist Crystallization of a ParB-like Nuclease. BMC Struct Biol. 7: 46
86. Chu FL, Lou Z, Chen YW, Liu YW, Gao B, Zong LL, Khan A.H., Bell J.I., Rao Z & Gao F*. 2007. First glimpse of the peptide presentation by rhesus macaque MHC class I: crystal structures of Mamu-A*01 complexed with two immunogenic SIV epitopes and insights into CTL escape. J Immunol., 178(2): 944-952
87. Xu F, Bell SG, Rao Z* & Wong LL*. 2007. Structure-activity correlations in pentachlorobenzene oxidation by engineered cytochrome P450cam. Protein Eng Des Sel., 20(10): 473-80
88. Shaw N, Tempel W, Chang J, Yang H, Cheng C, Ng J, Rose J, Rao Z, Wang BC & Liu ZJ*. 2007. Crystal structure solution of a ParB-like nuclease at atomic resolution. Proteins. 70(1): 263-267
89. Zhu G, Chen J, Liu J, Brunzelle JS, Huang B, Wakeham N, Terzyan S, Li X, Rao Z, Li G, Zhang XC*. 2007. Structure of the APPL1 BAR-PH domain and characterization of its interaction with Rab5. EMBO J. 26(14): 3484-3493
2006
90. Liu Z, Lin H, Ye S, Liu Q, Meng Z, Zhang C, Xia Y, Margoliash E* & Rao Z* & Liu X*. 2006. Remarkably high activities of testicular cytochrome c in destroying reactive oxygen species and in triggering apoptosis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA,103(24): 8965-8970
91. Dong X, Xu F, Gong Y, Gao J, Lin P, Chen T, Pen Y, Qiang B, Yuan J, Peng X & Rao Z*. 2006. Crystal structure of the V domain of human Nectin-like molecule-1/SynCAM3/TSLL1/IGSF4B, a neural tissue-specific immunoglobulin-like cell-cell adhesion molecule. J Biol Chem., 281(15):10610-10617
92. Li X, Chen Y, Liu Y, Gao J, Gao F, Bartlam M, Wu JY & Rao Z*. 2006. Structural basis of Robo proline-rich motif recognition by the srGAP1 Src homology 3 domain in the Slit-Robo signaling pathway. J Biol Chem. 281(38): 28430-28437
93. Meng Z, Lou Z, Liu Z, Li M, Zhao X, Bartlam M & Rao Z*. 2006. Crystal Structure of Human Pyrroline-5-carboxylate Reductase. J Mol Biol 359(5):1364-1377
94. Ou X, Ji C, Han X, Zhao X, Li X, Mao Y, Wong LL, Bartlam M & Rao Z*. 2006. Crystal Structures of Human Glycerol 3-phosphate Dehydrogenase 1 (GPD1). J Mol Biol., 357(3):858-869
95. Su, D, Lou Z, Sun F, Zhai Y, Yang H, Zhang R, Joachimiak A, Zhang XC, Bartlam M & Rao Z*. 2006. The dodecamer structure of the SARS coronavirus non-structural protein nsp10. J. Virol., 80(16):7902-7908
96. Xu, X, Zhai Y, Sun F, Lou Z, Su D, Xu Y, Zhang R, Joachimiak A, Zhang XC, Bartlam M & Rao Z*. 2006. A new anti-viral target revealed by the hexameric structure of the MHV coronavirus non-structural protein nsp15. J Virol, 80(16): 7909-7917
97. Yang H, Bartlam, M & Rao Z*. 2006. Drug Design Targeting the Main Protease, the Achilles’ Heel of Coronaviruses. Curr. Pharm. Design. 12(35):4573-4590 (Review)
98. Rao Z. Combating SARS in China: Experiences and Efforts to Coordinate Future Prevention. In: Anna Lindh Programme on Conflict Prevention: Health and Conflict Prevention (Mellbourn A., ed.) Gidlunds Hedemora/Sweden, 105-118
99. Meng Z, Lou Z, Liu Z, Dong H, Bartlam M & Rao Z*. 2006. Purification, characterization and crystallization of human pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase. Protein Expr Purif. 49(1): 83-87
100. Li X, Liu X, Sun F, Gao J, Zhou H, Gao GF, Bartlam M & Rao Z*. 2006. Crystal structure of the N-terminal SH3 domain of mouse betaPIX, p21-activated kinase-interacting exchange factor. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 339(1):407-414
101. Lou Z, Xu Y, Xiang K, Su N, Qin L, Li X, Gao GF, Bartlam M, & Rao Z*. 2006. Crystal structures of Nipah and Hendra virus fusion core proteins. FEBS J., 273(19):4538-4547
102. Jiang F, Zhao Q, Qin L, Pang H, Pei X & Rao Z*. 2006. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of human spindlin1, an ovarian cancer-related protein. Protein & Peptide Letters, 13: 203-205
103. Chu LH, Choy WY, Tsai SN, Rao Z & Ngai SM*. 2006. Rapid peptide-based screening on the substrate specificity of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus 3C-like protease by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Protein Science, 15(4):699-709
104. Liu Y, Xu Y, Lou Z, Zhu J, Hu X, Gao GF, Qiu B, Rao Z & Tien P*. 2006. Structural characterization of mumps virus fusion protein core. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 348(3): 916-922
105. Bell SG, Hoskins N, Xu F, Caprotti D, Rao Z & Wong LL*. 2006. Cytochrome P450 enzymes from the metabolically diverse bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 342(1): 191-196
106. Hilgenfeld R, Anand K, Mesters JR, Rao Z, Shen X, Jiang H, Tan J & Verschueren KH. 2006. Structure and dynamics of SARS coronavirus main proteinase (Mpro). Adv Exp Med Biol., 581: 585-591
107. Kannan S, Pang H, Foster DC, Rao Z & Wu M*. 2006. Human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase increases resistance to hyperoxic cytotoxicity in lung epithelial cells and involvement with altered MAPK activity. Cell Death Differ,13(2):311-323
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221. Li X, DingY, Too H, Wang Z, Liu Y, Dong Y, Shaw P & Rao Z*. 2002. Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray crystallographic Studies of Trichosanthin Delta C7. Protein and Peptide Letters, 9(3): 269-273
222. Lin W, Sun F & Rao Z*. 2002. Tri-residue contact potential: a new knowledge-based energetic method*. Progress in Natural Science, 11(12): 826-840
2001
223. Wang ZL, Zhang HM, Ding Y, Wang GZ, Wang XD, Ye S, Bartlam M, Tang H, Liu YW, Jiang F, Barraclough R, Rudland PS & Rao Z*. 2001. Preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of a Ca2+-binding protein human S100A1. Acta Cryst., D57: 882-883
224. Jiang F & Rao Z*. 2001. A new implementation of the molecular replacement method using a six-dimensional Patterson vector search. J. Synch. Rad., 8: 1051-1053
225. Chen XH, Jin J, Guo Y, Sun YX, Tang H, Yuan JG, Qiang BQ & Rao Z*. 2001. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a Trx domain of human thioredoxin-like protein. Acta Cryst.,D57: 1712-1714
226. He H, Ding Y, Cao Z, Bartlam M, Tang H, Jiang F, Liu Y, Liu JY, Zhao NM & Rao Z*. 2001. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of native and selenomethionyl recombinant tabtoxin-resistance protein complexed with acetyl-Coenzyme A. Acta Cryst., D57: 1729-1731
227. Chen Y, An J, Song G, Feng L, Ding Y, Chang Y, Chen F, Liu B, He H, Tang H, Song H & Rao Z*. 2001. Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Crystallographic Studies of Staphylokinase Variant S41G. Protein and Peptide Letters, 8(6): 503-507
228. Chen Y, An J, Ding Y, Dai H, Mao Q, Feng L, Liu B, Chang Y, Chen F, He H, Tang H, Chang Z & Rao Z*. 2001. Preliminary X-ray Crystallographic Studies of the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Hsp16.3 Molecular Chaperone. Protein and Peptide Letters, 8 (6): 499-502
229. Wang LW, Zhu L, Zhou JM & Rao Z*. 2001. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of yeast prion protein Ure2q with shorted N-terminal. Chinese Science Bulletin, 46(12): 1012-1014
230. He HZ, Shao Y, Chen YH, Liu BB, Cao ZB, Jiang F, Liu YW, Tang H, Liu JY, Zhao NM & Rao Z*. 2001. Preparation of the selenomethionine derivative of tabtoxin resistance protein. Chinese Science Bulletin, 46(15): 1304-1307
231. Li YM,Rao Z & Tian P. 2001. Conformational change of glutatione S transferase by its co-expression with prion domain of yeast Ure2p. Progress in Natural Science, 11(10): 754-759
232. 陈微涛,王大伟,饶子和,田波. 2001. 二价铜离子对牛正常朊蛋白二级结构的影响. 自然科学进展,11(11): 1165-1169
233. Wang Y, Ye S, Ruan G, Bartlam M, Jiang F & Rao Z*. 2001. Computational Biology Study of S100 Family with suggestions for Crystallization. Tsinghua Science and Technology, 6(3): 248-252
2000 and earlier
234. 林巍,饶子和,梁国栋. 2000. 辛德毕斯病毒蛋白质结构与功能的研究进展. 病毒学报,4(16): 383-385
235. Wang DW, Yang HY,Rao Z & Tien P. 2000. High-level expression and secondary structure analysis of the bovine mature prion protein. Chinese Science Bulletin, 45(14): 1312-1315
236. 王大伟,王学,韩生成,田波,饶子和. 1998. 中国牛朊病毒基因的克隆和序列分析. 微生物学报, 38(6): 417-421
237. Nicolson D, Wong L & Rao Z. 1997. An Improved Procedure for the Preparation of X-ray diffraction Quality Crystals of Cytochrome P450(cam). Acta Cryst., D54: 470-472
238. Sharma A, Rao, Z, Fry E, Rowlands D & Stuart D. 1997. Specific Interactions Between Human Integrin аvβ3 and Chimerical Hepatitis B Virus Core Particles Bearing the Receptor-Binding Epitope of Foot-and Mouth Disease Virus. Virology, 239(1): 150-157
239. Rao Z, Handford P, Mayhew M, Knott V, Brownlee G & Stuart D. 1996. SIV matrix antigen, G2A mutant. Macromolecular Structures,published by Current Biology Ltd. Part 1: 252
240. Rao Z, Handford P, Mayhew M, Knott V, Brownlee G & Stuart D, 1996. Factor IX, Ca2+-binding EGF-like domain. Macromolecular Structures, published by Current Biology Ltd. Part 2: 366
241. Karlsen S, Hough E, Rao Z & Isaacs N. 1996. Structure of a Bulgecin-Inhibited g-Type Lysozyme from the Egg White of the Australian Black Swan. A Comparison of the binding of Bulgecin to Three Muramidases. Acta Cryst., D52: 105-114
242. Rao Z, Belyaev A, Fry E, Jones I, Roy P & Stuart D. 1995. Crystal Structure of SIV Matrix Antigen and its Implications for Virus Assembly. Nature,378(6558): 743-747
243. Rao Z, Handford P, Mayhew M, Knott V, Brownlee G & Stuart D. 1995. The Structure of a Calcium Binding Epidermal Growth Factor-like Domain - its Role in Protein-Protein Interactions. Cell, 82(1): 131-141
244. Rao Z, Handford P, Mayhew M, Knott V, Brownlee G & Stuart D. 1995. Crystallization of a Calcium Binding EGF-like Domain. Acta Cryst, D51: 402-403
245. Handford P, Downing A, Rao Z, Hewett D, Sykes B & Kielty C. 1995. The Calcium Binding Properties and Molecular Organization of Epidermal Growth Factor-like Domains in Human Fibrillin-1. J. Biol Chem.,270(12): 6751-6756
246. Rao Z, Esnouf R., Isaacs N & Stuart D. 1995. A Strategy for Rapid and Effective Refinement Applied to Black Swan Lysozyme. Acta Cryst, D51: 331-336
247. Rees DJG, Grant RP, Rao Z & Stuart DI.. 1994. The N-Terminal Domain of Talin-initial Structural and Functional-studies. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 18: 262-262
248. Rao Z.“Structure of Black Swan Goose-type Lysozyme”,Ph.D. Thesis,University of Melbourne, 1989
249. 梁栋材,戴金璧,常文瑞, D. Stuart R. Todd, 万柱礼,饶子和,楼美珍,游俊明, 张季平,谢殿霖. 1987. 胰岛素及其类似物的晶体学研究. 生物化学与生物物理学报,19 (1) : 83-92
250. Wei H, Rao Z, Dai J & Liang D. 1986. Crystal growth and preliminary crystallographic observation of (Leu)B1 insulin, Kexue Tongbao, 22(31): 1574-1576
251. 滕脉坤、饶子和、孔德云、刘星堦. 1985. 丹参缩酮内酯(丹参晶IX)的具体及分子结构研究. 中国科学技术大学学报 1 (15): 92-99
252. 饶子和,戴金璧,梁栋材.1985. 旋转函数在B0-(L-Met)-胰岛素晶体结构分析中的应用.生物化学与生物物理学报,3(17):373-381
253. 饶子和,戴金璧,梁栋材. 1984. 两种新晶型的去五肽(B26-30)胰岛素晶体学研究.科学通报,23:1454-1457
254. 孔德云、刘星堦、滕脉坤*、饶子和*. 1985. 丹参中丹参螺旋缩酮内酯的结构. 药学学报. 20(10): 747-751
255. Dai J, Wan Z, Rao Z, Liang D, Fang Z, Luo Y & Long K. 1985. Molecular structure and absolute configuration of the diterpene lactone praelolide, Scientia Sinica, 11(28B): 1132-1142
256. Rao Z, Dai J, Wan Z, Liang D & Wang D. 1983. Crystal and molecular structure of dehydrocrydaline chloride. Scientia Sinica, 11(26B): 1155-1165
257. 万柱礼,乔国正,饶子和,梁栋材. 1983. 延胡索乙素的晶体及分子结构. 结构化学,2(2):95-100
258. 饶子和,万柱礼,梁栋材. 1982. 钩吻素溴氢酸盐的晶体结构及其分子的绝对构型.物理学报,31 (4): 547-553
259. 万柱礼,饶子和,梁栋材,姚心侃,阎世平,王耕霖. 1982. 硝酸镧与大环聚醚1,8-萘并-16-冠-5络合物的分子和晶体的结构.化学学报, 40 (12):1087-1093
260. Rao Z, M.Sc. Thesis: “An Application of Molecular Replacement to the Determination of the Crystal Structure of (L-met) - Insulin” USTC, (1982)
261. Wang G, Yan S, Li X, Yao X, Wan Z, Rao Z & Liang D. 1982. Syntheses and properties of eleven-coordinated complexes formed from lanthanide nitrates and 1,8-naphtho-16-crown-5.Scientia Sinica, 9(25B): 916-923
262. 李家瑶,宋时英,李军,王家槐,饶子和. 1980. 用单对同晶加常反射法测定去B链羧端五肽(B26-B30)胰岛素晶体结构4Å分辨率的初步结果. 科学通报, 4: 43-45
263. 王家槐,李家瑶,饶子和,桂璐璐,柚美珍,游俊民,宋时英. 1980. 去B链羧端五肽(B26-B30)胰岛素晶体结构的原子衍生物分析. 科学通报, 8: 369-371
264. Rao Z.“Studies of the heavy atom derivatives of despentapeptide (B26-0)-Insulin” Thesis: University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) (1977)
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