[HTML][HTML] Structure of the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain bound to the ACE2 receptor

J Lan, J Ge, J Yu, S Shan, H Zhou, S Fan, Q Zhang… - nature, 2020 - nature.com
A new and highly pathogenic coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2,
SARS-CoV-2) caused an outbreak in Wuhan city, Hubei province, China, starting from …

DWARF14 is a non-canonical hormone receptor for strigolactone

…, D Miao, Z Sun, J Yan, Y Sun, L Wang, J Chu, S Fan… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Classical hormone receptors reversibly and non-covalently bind active hormone molecules,
which are generated by biosynthetic enzymes, to trigger signal transduction. The α/β …

The crystal structure of Cpf1 in complex with CRISPR RNA

…, B Zhang, D Yang, C Ma, S Wang, D Wu, Y Ma, S Fan… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
The CRISPR–Cas systems, as exemplified by CRISPR–Cas9, are RNA-guided adaptive
immune systems used by bacteria and archaea to defend against viral infection 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , …

Molecular basis of ligand recognition and transport by glucose transporters

…, L Xiong, W Ren, K Hirata, M Yamamoto, S Fan… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The major facilitator superfamily glucose transporters, exemplified by human GLUT1–4, have
been central to the study of solute transport. Using lipidic cubic phase crystallization and …

Structural and biochemical basis for induced self-propagation of NLRC4

Z Hu, Q Zhou, C Zhang, S Fan, W Cheng, Y Zhao… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Responding to stimuli, nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat–containing
proteins (NLRs) oligomerize into multiprotein complexes, termed inflammasomes, mediating …

Crystal structure of the 2019-nCoV spike receptor-binding domain bound with the ACE2 receptor

J Lan, J Ge, J Yu, S Shan, H Zhou, S Fan, Q Zhang… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
A novel and highly pathogenic coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has caused an outbreak in Wuhan
city, Hubei province of China since December 2019, and soon spread nationwide and …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis for specific single-stranded RNA recognition by designer pentatricopeptide repeat proteins

…, Y Yang, X Wang, Q Wang, QX Zhang, S Fan… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
As a large family of RNA-binding proteins, pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins mediate
multiple aspects of RNA metabolism in eukaryotes. Binding to their target single-stranded …

[HTML][HTML] Structural insights into the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron RBD-ACE2 interaction

J Lan, X He, Y Ren, Z Wang, H Zhou, S Fan, C Zhu… - Cell research, 2022 - nature.com
Dear Editor, The global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic is still in great uncertainty due
to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants, especially the variants of concern (VOCs) with …

[HTML][HTML] Mutation Y453F in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 enhances interaction with the mink ACE2 receptor for host adaption

…, Z Zhu, Y Yu, J Wu, J Zhong, R Zhang, S Fan… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
COVID-19 patients transmitted SARS-CoV-2 to minks in the Netherlands in April 2020.
Subsequently, the mink-associated virus (miSARS-CoV-2) spilled back over into humans. Genetic …

Structural basis of ubiquitin modification by the Legionella effector SdeA

…, M Wu, H Wang, M Pan, N Xu, CQ Xu, M Yang, S Fan… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Protein ubiquitination is a multifaceted post-translational modification that controls almost
every process in eukaryotic cells. Recently, the Legionella effector SdeA was reported to …