Hongjin Zheng, PhD

Publications

• J Biol Chem. 2018 Aug 17;293(33):12681-12689. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.002713. Epub 2018 Jun 20. Mitochondrial accumulation of amyloid ß (Aß) peptides requires TOMM22 as a main Aß receptor in yeast.
• Wang Z, Rahkola J, Redzic JS, Chi YC, Tran N, Holyoak T, Zheng H, Janoff E, Eisenmesser E. Mechanism and inhibition of Streptococcus pneumoniae IgA1 protease. Nat Commun. 2020 Nov 27;11(1):6063. PubMed PMID: 33247098
• Thomas C, Aller SG, Beis K, Carpenter EP, Chang G, Chen L, Dassa E, Dean M, Duong Van Hoa F, Ekiert D, Ford R, Gaudet R, Gong X, Holland IB, Huang Y, Kahne DK, Kato H, Koronakis V, Koth CM, Lee Y, Lewinson O, Lill R, Martinoia E, Murakami S, Pinkett HW, Poolman B, Rosenbaum D, Sarkadi B, Schmitt L, Schneider E, Shi Y, Shyng SL, Slotboom DJ, Tajkhorshid E, Tieleman DP, Ueda K, Váradi A, Wen PC, Yan N, Zhang P, Zheng H, Zimmer J, Tampé R. Structural and functional diversity calls for a new classification of ABC transporters. FEBS Lett. 2020 Sep 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32978974
• Wang Z, Hu W, Zheng H. Pathogenic siderophore ABC importer YbtPQ adopts a surprising fold of exporter. Sci Adv. 2020 Feb;6(6):eaay7997. PubMed PMID: 32076651
• Hu W, Zheng H. Cryo-EM reveals unique structural features of the FhuCDB Escherichia coli ferrichrome importer. Commun Biol. 2021 Dec 9;4(1):1383. PubMed PMID: 34887516
• Hu W, Wang Z, Zheng H. Mechanosensitive channel YnaI has lipid-bound extended sensor paddles. Commun Biol. 2021 May 20;4(1):602. PubMed PMID: 34017046
• Hu W, Chi C, Song K, Zheng H. The molecular mechanism of sialic acid transport mediated by Sialin. Sci Adv. 2023 Jan 20;9(3):eade8346. PubMed PMID: 36662855
• Hu W, Zheng H. Author Correction: Cryo-EM reveals unique structural features of the FhuCDB Escherichia coli ferrichrome importer. Commun Biol. 2022 Jan 4;5(1):8. PubMed PMID: 34987152
• Redzic JS, Rahkola J, Tran N, Holyoak T, Lee E, Martín-Galiano AJ, Meyer N, Zheng H, Eisenmesser E. A substrate-induced gating mechanism is conserved among Gram-positive IgA1 metalloproteases. Commun Biol. 2022 Nov 7;5(1):1190. PubMed PMID: 36336763