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Mar
13

K2-capsular Klebsiella pneumoniae is a hypervirulent pathogen that causes fatal infections. Here, we describe a phage tailspike

 
Mar 13 2024
Mar
07

Pseudaminic acid (Pse) on pathogenic bacteria exopolysaccharide engages with the sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectin

 
Mar 07 2024
Mar
06

Viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), a highly conserved molecule in RNA viruses, has recently emerged as a promising drug

 
Mar 06 2024
Feb
29

Most membrane proteins are modified by covalent addition of complex sugars through N- and O-glycosylation. Unlike proteins, glyc

 
Feb 29 2024
Feb
28
A unified view on enzyme catalysis by cryo-EM study of a DNA topoisomerase
Commun Chem. 2024 Feb 28; 7(1):45.
蔡明道、吳文晉

The theories for substrate recognition in enzyme catalysis have evolved from lock-key to induced fit, then conformational select

 
Feb 28 2024
Feb
28

Deinagkistrodon acutus is a medically important pitviper inhabiting mainly South China and Taiwan. The hemorrhagic effects of it

 
Feb 28 2024
Feb
23

The use of pharmacological chaperones (PCs) to stabilize specific enzymes and impart a therapeutic benefit is an emerging strate

 
Feb 23 2024
Feb
23
Sulfated disaccharide protects membrane and DNA damages from arginine-rich dipeptide repeats in ALS
Sci Adv. 2024 Feb 23; 10(8):eadj0347. Epub 2024 Feb 23.
姚季光

Hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 (C9) is the most prevalent mutation among amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patient

 
Feb 23 2024
Feb
15

A mutant of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1) detected in early-onset neurodegenerative patients, UCHL1R178Q, showed hig

 
Feb 15 2024
Feb
14

The type VI secretion system (T6SS) assembles into a contractile nanomachine to inject effectors across bacterial membranes for

 
Feb 14 2024
Feb
12
Tying a true topological protein knot by cyclization
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2024 Feb 12; 696:149470. Epub 2024 Jan 12.
徐尚德

Knotted proteins are fascinating to biophysicists because of their robust ability to fold into intricately defined three-dimensi

 
Feb 12 2024
Feb
09

Campylobacters are important causes of gastrointestinal illness and the capsular polysaccharides (CPS) they produce are key viru

 
Feb 09 2024
Feb
03

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) plays important roles in multiple cellular events, including growth, differentiation

 
Feb 03 2024
Feb
01

Hirudins, natural sulfo(glyco)proteins, are clinical anticoagulants that directly inhibit thrombin, a key coagulation factor. Th

 
Feb 01 2024
Feb
01

The canine anti-TNF-α monoclonal antibody is a potential therapeutic option for treating canine arthritis. The current treatment

 
Feb 01 2024
Jan
27

Genome integrity is threatened by solar ultraviolet (UV) light, which reacts with adjacent DNA pyrimidine bases to produce undes

 
Jan 27 2024
Jan
01

Background: Increasing evidence supports that antibodies can protect against active tuberculosis (TB) but knowledge of potential

 
Jan 01 2024
Jan
01
Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B is a regulator of alpha-actinin4 in the glomerular podocyte
Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res. 2024 Jan; 1871(1):119590. Epub 2023 Sep 18.
孟子青

Glomerular podocytes are instrumental for the barrier function of the kidney, and podocyte injury contributes to proteinuria and

 
Jan 01 2024
Jan
01
Structure, dynamics and stability of the smallest and most complex 71 protein knot
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2024 Jan; 300(1):105553.
徐尚德、黃開發

Proteins can spontaneously tie a variety of intricate topological knots through twisting and threading of the polypeptide chains

 
Jan 01 2024

2023

Dec
21

The cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)/stimulator of interferon gene (STING) signaling pathway plays a critical protective role agai

 
Dec 21 2023
Dec
15
What strengthens Protein-Protein Interactions: Analysis and Applications of Residue Correlation Networks
J Mol Biol. 2023 Dec 15; 435(24):168337. Epub 2023 Oct 31.
吳昆峯

Identifying residues critical to protein-protein binding and efficient design of stable and specific protein binders are challen

 
Dec 15 2023
Dec
14

Hybrid natural products are compounds that originate from diverse biosynthetic pathways and undergo a conjugation process, which

 
Dec 14 2023
Dec
11

The T5 family of viruses are tailed bacteriophages characterized by a long non-contractile tail. The bacteriophage DT57C is clos

 
Dec 11 2023
Dec
07
An integrative approach unveils a distal encounter site for rPTPε and phospho-Src complex formation
Structure. 2023 Dec 7; 31(12):1567-1577.e5. Epub 2023 Oct 3.
何孟樵、陳光超

The structure determination of protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP): phospho-protein complexes, which is essential to understand h

 
Dec 07 2023
Dec
04
A structure of the relict phycobilisome from a thylakoid-free cyanobacterium
Nature Communications. 2023 Dec 4; 14(1):8009.
何孟樵、蔡明道

Phycobilisomes (PBS) are antenna megacomplexes that transfer energy to photosystems II and I in thylakoids. PBS likely evolved f

 
Dec 04 2023
Dec
01
Visualizing the DNA repair process by a photolyase at atomic resolution
Science. 2023 Dec; 382(6674):eadd7795. Epub 2023 Dec 1.
蔡明道、馬左仲、吳文晉、黃開發

Photolyases, a ubiquitous class of flavoproteins, use blue light to repair DNA photolesions. In this work, we determined the str

 
Dec 01 2023
Dec
01

Background/aim: PHD and RING finger domain-containing protein 1 (PHRF1) ubiquitinates TGIP (TG-interacting protein) and redistri

 
Dec 01 2023
Dec
01

Eukaryotic dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthases (DHDDSs), cis-prenyltransferases (cis-PTs) synthesizing precursors of dolichols

 
Dec 01 2023
Nov
30

Keeping replication fork stable is essential for safeguarding genome integrity; hence, its protection is highly regulated. The C

 
Nov 30 2023
Nov
27
RAD51 paralogs synergize with RAD51 to protect reversed forks from cellular nucleases
Nucleic Acids Res. 2023 Nov 27; 51(21):11717-11731.
冀宏源、嚴欣勇

Fork reversal is a conserved mechanism to prevent stalled replication forks from collapsing. Formation and protection of reverse

 
Nov 27 2023
Nov
21

Homologous recombination (HR)-mediated DNA repair is a prerequisite for maintaining genome stability. Cancer cells displaying HR

 
Nov 21 2023
Nov
16
PAICS ubiquitination recruits UBAP2 to trigger phase separation for purinosome assembly
Mol Cell. 2023 Nov 16; 83(22):4123-4140.e12. Epub 2023 Oct 16.
陳瑞華、何孟樵、吳昆峯

Purinosomes serve as metabolons to enhance de novo purine synthesis (DNPS) efficiency through compartmentalizing DNPS enzymes du

 
Nov 16 2023
Nov
16

Drimane-type sesquiterpenes (DTSs) are significant terpenoid natural products characterized by their unique C15 bicyclic skeleto

 
Nov 16 2023
Nov
13
A 5+1 assemble-to-activate mechanism of the Lon proteolytic machine
Nat Commun. 2023 Nov 13;14(1):7340.
張崇毅、何孟儒

Many AAA+ (ATPases associated with diverse cellular activities) proteins function as protein or DNA remodelers by threading the

 
Nov 13 2023
Nov
01

A class of 1-(4-(arylethylenylcarbonyl)phenyl)-4-carboxy-2-pyrrolidinones were designed and synthesized via Michael addition, cy

 
Nov 01 2023
Nov
01
Development of AAV-delivered broadly neutralizing anti-human ACE2 antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants
Mol Ther. 2023 Nov 1; 31(11):3322-3336. Epub 2023 Sep 9.
徐尚德、張淵智

The ongoing evolution of SARS-CoV-2, resulting in the emergence of new variants that are resistant to existing vaccines and ther

 
Nov 01 2023
Oct
31

The peptidoglycan layer is a defining characteristic of bacterial cells, providing them with structural support and osmotic prot

 
Oct 31 2023
Oct
27

Translational readthrough of UGA stop codons by selenocysteine-specific tRNA (tRNASec) enables the synthesis of selenoproteins.

 
Oct 27 2023
Oct
23

A better understanding of the epitopes most relevant for antibody-mediated protection against tuberculosis (TB) remains a major

 
Oct 23 2023
Oct
15

Complete coverage of all N-glycosylation sites on the SARS-CoV2 spike protein would require the use of multiple proteases in add

 
Oct 15 2023
Oct
13
Rational design of the genetic code expansion toolkit for in vivo encoding of D-amino acids
Frontiers in Genetics. 2023 Oct 13; 14:1277489.
王彥士、蔡明道

Once thought to be non-naturally occurring, D-amino acids (DAAs) have in recent years been revealed to play a wide range of phys

 
Oct 13 2023
Oct
13
Structural basis of transcriptional activation by the OmpR/PhoB-family response regulator PmrA
Nucleic Acids Research. 2023 Oct 13; 51(18):10049-10058.
吳昆峯

PmrA, an OmpR/PhoB-family response regulator, triggers gene transcription responsible for polymyxin resistance in bacteria by re

 
Oct 13 2023
Oct
11
PTPN23 ubiquitination by WDR4 suppresses EGFR and c-MET degradation to define a lung cancer therapeutic target
Cell Death Dis. 2023 Oct 11; 14(10):671.
陳瑞華、吳昆峯、林淑妤

Aberrant overexpression or activation of EGFR drives the development of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and acquired resistan

 
Oct 11 2023
Sep
23

Vibrio α-hemolysins (αHLs) are β-pore-forming toxins secreted by Vibrio pathogens, crucial for the facilitation of bacterial inf

 
Sep 23 2023
Sep
19
Nanoscale details of mitochondrial constriction revealed by cryo-electron tomography
Biophys J. 2023 Sep 19; 122(18):3768-3782. Epub 2023 Aug 1.
楊維元

Mitochondria adapt to changing cellular environments, stress stimuli, and metabolic demands through dramatic morphological remod

 
Sep 19 2023
Sep
10
Elucidation of the folding pathway of a circular permutant of topologically knotted YbeA by tryptophan substitutions
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2023 Sep 10; 672:81-88. Epub 2023 Jun 14.
徐尚德

CP74 is an engineered circular permutant of a deep trefoil knotted SpoU-TrmD (SPOUT) RNA methyl transferase protein YbeA from E.

 
Sep 10 2023
Sep
06
Visualizing the membrane disruption action of antimicrobial peptides by cryo-electron tomography
Nature Communications. 2023 Sep 6; 14:5464.
陳佩燁、何孟樵

The abuse of antibiotics has led to the emergence of multidrug-resistant microbial pathogens, presenting a pressing challenge in

 
Sep 06 2023
Sep
04

Membrane proteins are challenging to analyze by native mass spectrometry (MS) as their hydrophobic nature typically requires sta

 
Sep 04 2023
Aug
28

Cellular glycosylation is characterized by chemical complexity and heterogeneity, which is challenging to reproduce syntheticall

 
Aug 28 2023
Aug
22

Accumulating evidence has shown that the quality of proteins must be tightly monitored and controlled to maintain cellular prote

 
Aug 22 2023
Aug
18
Robust Design of Effective Allosteric Activators for Rsp5 E3 Ligase Using the Machine Learning Tool ProteinMPNN
ACS Synthetic Biology. 2023 Aug 18; 12(8):2310-2319. Epub 2023 Aug 9.
吳昆峯、徐尚德、何孟儒

We used the deep learning tool ProteinMPNN to redesign ubiquitin (Ub) as a specific and functionally stimulating/enhancing binde

 
Aug 18 2023
Aug
17

ATP-dependent RAD51 recombinases play an essential role in eukaryotic homologous recombination by catalyzing a four-step process

 
Aug 17 2023
Aug
04
PHRF1 promotes the class switch recombination of IgA in CH12F3-2A cells
PLoS One. 2023 Aug 4; 18(8):e0285159. eCollection 2023.
張茂山

PHRF1 is an E3 ligase that promotes TGF-β signaling by ubiquitinating a homeodomain repressor TG-interacting factor (TGIF). The

 
Aug 04 2023
Aug
01

The Gram-negative anaerobe, Porphyromonas gingivalis, is known to be a pathogen associated with chronic periodontitis. P. gingiv

 
Aug 01 2023
Jul
24

The intracellular phosphatase domain of the receptor-type protein tyrosine phosphatase alpha (PTPRA) is known to regulate variou

 
Jul 24 2023
Jul
20
An ATP-sensitive phosphoketolase regulates carbon fixation in cyanobacteria
Nat Metab. 2023 Jul; 5(7):1111-1126. Epub 2023 Jun 22.
廖俊智、蔡明道、何孟樵、吳文晉

Regulation of CO2 fixation in cyanobacteria is important both for the organism and global carbon balance. Here we show that phos

 
Jul 20 2023
Jul
18
Identification of a second glycoform of the clinically prevalent O1 antigen from Klebsiella pneumoniae
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Jul 18; 120(29):e2301302120. Epub 2023 Jul 10.
呂桐睿

Carbapenemase and extended β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates represent a major health threat, stimulating inc

 
Jul 18 2023
Jul
13
Expression of low-sulfated keratan sulfate in non-mucinous ovarian carcinoma
Glycobiology. 2023 Jul 13; cwad056. Online ahead of print.
邱繼輝

Keratan sulfate glycosaminoglycan is composed of repeating N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc) disaccharide units consisting of galacto

 
Jul 13 2023
Jul
11

Most rice (Oryza sativa) cultivars cannot survive under prolonged submergence. However, some O. sativa ssp. indica cultivars, su

 
Jul 11 2023
Jul
07
Interrogation of human microglial phagocytosis by CRISPR genome editing
Front Immunol. 2023 Jul 7; 14:1169725.
凌嘉鴻

Background: Microglia are an integral part of central nervous system, but our understanding of microglial biology is limited due

 
Jul 07 2023
Jul
07

Great effort has been devoted to discovering the basis of A3G-Vif interaction, the key event of HIV's counteraction mechanism to

 
Jul 07 2023
Jul
01

The TFIIF-like Rpc53/Rpc37 heterodimer of RNA polymerase (pol) III is involved in various stages of transcription. The C-termina

 
Jul 01 2023
Jun
22

Trimeresurus gracilis is an endemic alpine pitviper in Taiwan with controversial phylogeny, and its venom proteome remains unkno

 
Jun 22 2023
Jun
06
Acetylation-Mimic Mutation of TRIM28-Lys304 to Gln Attenuates the Interaction with KRAB-Zinc-Finger Proteins and Affects Gene Expression in Leukemic K562 Cells
International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023 Jun 6; 24(12):9830.
張瀞仁、凌嘉鴻、林淑妤、林聖偉

TRIM28/KAP1/TIF1β is a crucial epigenetic modifier. Genetic ablation of trim28 is embryonic lethal, although RNAi-mediated knock

 
Jun 06 2023
Jun
02

Noroviruses, the major cause of acute viral gastroenteritis, are known to bind to histo-blood group antigens (HBGAs), including

 
Jun 02 2023
Jun
01
Cryo-EM reveals the structure and dynamics of a 723-residue malate synthase G
Journal of Structural Biology. 2023 Jun; 215(2):107958. Epub 2023 Mar 28.
吳昆峯、何孟儒

Determination of sub-100 kilodalton (kDa) structures by cryo-electron microscopy (EM) is a longstanding but not straightforward

 
Jun 01 2023
May
26

Activation of tumor-intrinsic innate immunity has been a major strategy for improving immunotherapy. Previously, we reported an

 
May 26 2023
May
25
A phosphate-sensing organelle regulates phosphate and tissue homeostasis
Nature. 2023 May; 617(7962):798-806. Epub 2023 May 3.
翁瑞霞

Inorganic phosphate (Pi) is one of the essential molecules for life. However, little is known about intracellular Pi metabolism

 
May 25 2023
May
22

Human mitochondrial NAD(P)+-dependent malic enzyme (ME2) is well-known for its role in cell metabolism, which may be involved in

 
May 22 2023
May
22

The long non-coding telomeric RNA transcript TERRA, in the form of an RNA-DNA duplex, regulates telomere recombination. In a scr

 
May 22 2023
May
17
Cholesterol twists the transmembrane Di-Gly region of amyloid-precursor protein
PNAS Nexus. 2023 May 17; 2(5):pgad162. eCollection 2023 May.
陳佩燁

Nearly 95% of Alzheimer's disease (AD) occurs sporadically without genetic linkage. Aging, hypertension, high cholesterol conten

 
May 17 2023
May
12
Monitoring Stub1-Mediated Pexophagy
J Vis Exp. 2023 May 12; (195):e65010.
楊維元

Mammalian cells can turn over peroxisomes through Stub1-mediated pexophagy. The pathway potentially permits cellular control of

 
May 12 2023
May
01

KpsC is a dual-module glycosyltransferase (GT) essential for "group 2" capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

 
May 01 2023
Apr
22

Immunomodulatory Siglecs are controlled by their glycoprotein and glycolipid ligands. Siglec-glycolipid interactions are often s

 
Apr 22 2023
Apr
19

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is a very large dsDNA virus. The accepted shape of the WSSV virion has been as ellipsoidal, wit

 
Apr 19 2023
Apr
05

The synthesis of the cell-wall peptidoglycan during bacterial cell division is mediated by a multiprotein machine, called the di

 
Apr 05 2023
Apr
01

Enterocloster bolteae (formerly known as Clostridium bolteae) is a gastro-intestinal pathogenic bacterium often detected in the

 
Apr 01 2023
Mar
29

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are released by cells to mediate intercellular communication under pathological and physiological c

 
Mar 29 2023
Mar
20

Since the discovery of protein tyrosine phosphorylation as one of the critical post-translational modifications, it has been wel

 
Mar 20 2023
Mar
15

The cDNAs encoding the Zn+2-metalloproteases (SVMPs) of Trimeresurus gracilis (abbreviated as Tgc), a pitviper endemic to Taiwan

 
Mar 15 2023
Feb
27
Genome mining of cryptic bisabolenes that were biosynthesized by intramembrane terpene synthases from Antrodia cinnamomea
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2023 Feb 27; 378(1871):20220033. Epub 2023 Jan 11.
林曉青

Terpenoids represent the largest structural family of natural products (NPs) and have various applications in the pharmaceutical

 
Feb 27 2023
Feb
21
Split aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases for proximity-induced stop codon suppression
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Feb 21; 120(8):e2219758120. Epub 2023 Feb 14.
王彥士

Synthetic biology tools for regulating gene expression have many useful biotechnology and therapeutic applications. Most tools d

 
Feb 21 2023
Feb
20

(-)-Antrocin (1), produced by the medicinal mushroom, Antrodia cinnamomea, is a potent anti-proliferative compound. The biosynth

 
Feb 20 2023
Feb
17
SARS-CoV-2 N protein mediates intercellular nucleic acid dispersion, a feature reduced in Omicron
iScience. 2023 Feb 17; 26(2):105995. Epub 2023 Jan 16.
廖俊智

The coronavirus nucleocapsid (N) protein is known to bind to nucleic acids and facilitate viral genome encapsulation. Here we re

 
Feb 17 2023
Feb
16

Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen that can be resistant to antibiotics by rapidly modulating its anti-drug mechan

 
Feb 16 2023
Feb
01

Understanding the structural diversity of honeybee-infecting viruses is critical to maintain pollinator health and manage the sp

 
Feb 01 2023
Jan
31
Cytosolic galectin-4 enchains bacteria, restricts their motility, and promotes inflammasome activation in intestinal epithelial cells
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Jan 31; 120(5):e2207091120. Epub 2023 Jan 23.
林俊宏

Galectin-4, a member of the galectin family of animal glycan-binding proteins (GBPs), is specifically expressed in gastrointesti

 
Jan 31 2023
Jan
21

Patients with mutations of WDR4, a substrate adaptor of the CUL4 E3 ligase complex, develop cerebellar atrophy and gait phenotyp

 
Jan 21 2023
Jan
03
Temporal dynamics of charge buildup in cryo-electron microscopy
J Struct Biol X . 2023; 7:100081.
Matthias Wolf

It is well known that insulating samples can accumulate electric charges from exposure to an electron beam. How the accumulation

 
Jan 03 2023
Jan
02
Climate change challenges, plant science solutions
Plant Cell. 2023 Jan 2; 35(1):24-66.
廖俊智

Climate change is a defining challenge of the 21st century, and this decade is a critical time for action to mitigate the worst

 
Jan 02 2023
Jan
02

We developed a versatile asymmetric strategy to synthesize different classes of sulfoglycolipids (SGLs) from Mycobacterium tuber

 
Jan 02 2023
Jan
01

Reactive oxygen species (ROS), released as byproducts of mitochondrial metabolism or as products of NADPH oxidases and other pro

 
Jan 01 2023
Jan
01

Amyloidogenesis, self-propagation of protein or peptide monomers to amyloid fibrils, has been linked to incurable pathogenesis o

 
Jan 01 2023

2022

Dec
13

Replication fork reversal which restrains DNA replication progression is an important protective mechanism in response to replic

 
Dec 13 2022
Dec
06
Expeditious and Stereoselective Synthesis of (1S)-Spiro[pyran-4-quinolines]
European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2022 Dec 6; 2022(45):e202201116.
林俊宏

Spiro[pyran-4-quinolines] were synthesized in two steps from exo-glycals. The first step involved the double additions of anilin

 
Dec 06 2022
Dec
06
Mass spectrometry captures biased signalling and allosteric modulation of a G-protein-coupled receptor
Nat Chem. 2022 Dec; 14(12):1375-1382. Epub 2022 Nov 10.
嚴欣勇

G-protein-coupled receptors signal through cognate G proteins. Despite the widespread importance of these receptors, their regul

 
Dec 06 2022
Dec
06
Parkin coordinates mitochondrial lipid remodeling to execute mitophagy
EMBO Rep. 2022 Dec 6; 23(12):e55191. Epub 2022 Oct 18.
楊維元

Autophagy has emerged as the prime machinery for implementing organelle quality control. In the context of mitophagy, the ubiqui

 
Dec 06 2022
Nov
05

Three new 2-guanidinoethanesulfonyl sesquiterpene analogues of (−)-agelasidine A, agelasidines G–I (13), were isolated from a m

 
Nov 05 2022
Nov
01

Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is a ubiquitous chaperone to interact with numerous proteins to regulate multiple cellular process

 
Nov 01 2022
Nov
01
Ancestral Archaea Expanded the Genetic Code with Pyrrolysine
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2022 Nov; 298(11):102521. Epub 2022 Sep 22.
王彥士

The pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase (PylRS) facilitates the co-translational installation of the 22nd amino acid pyrrolysine. Owing t

 
Nov 01 2022
Nov
01

Tissue (re)vascularization strategies face various challenges, as therapeutic cells do not survive long enough in situ, while th

 
Nov 01 2022
Oct
21

WbbB, a lipopolysaccharide O-antigen synthesis enzyme from Raoultella terrigena, contains an N-terminal glycosyltransferase doma

 
Oct 21 2022
Oct
10

Human cervicovaginal fluid (CVF) is a complex, functionally important and glycan rich biological fluid, fundamental in mediating

 
Oct 10 2022
Oct
07
Helicobacter pylori employs a general protein glycosylation system for the modification of outer membrane adhesins
Gut Microbes. 2022 Jan-Dec; 14(1):2130650. Published online: 07 Oct 2022.
林俊宏

Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with the development of several gastric diseases including gastric cancer. To reach

 
Oct 07 2022
Oct
03
Vav independently regulates synaptic growth and plasticity through distinct actin-based processes
J Cell Biol. 2022 Oct 3; 221(10):e202203048. Epub 2022 Aug 17.
姚季光

Modulation of presynaptic actin dynamics is fundamental to synaptic growth and functional plasticity; yet the underlying molecul

 
Oct 03 2022
Sep
15
AMPK promotes Arf6 activation in a kinase-independent manner upon glucose starvation
J Cell Sci. 2022 Sep 15; 135(18):jcs259609.
許家維

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a crucial cellular nutrient and energy sensor that maintains energy homeostasis. AMPK als

 
Sep 15 2022
Sep
15
Comparison of ATP-binding pockets and discovery of homologous recombination inhibitors
Bioorg Med Chem. 2022 Sep 15; 70:116923. Epub 2022 Jul 9.
冀宏源

The ATP binding sites of many enzymes are structurally related, which complicates their development as therapeutic targets. In t

 
Sep 15 2022
Sep
11
Ligand-assisted imprinting-probe-labeling strategy reveals Siglec-7 – glycoprotein interactions
Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, 2022 Sep 11; 69(8):1326-1337.
安形高志

The development of a ligand-assisted imprinting probe (i.e., LIP 1) for the site-specific labeling of recombinant Siglec-7 prote

 
Sep 11 2022
Sep
09
Synthesis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Canetti Lipooligosaccharide II Nonasaccharide
Org Lett. 2022 Sep 9; 24(35):6428-6432. Epub 2022 Aug 25.
呂桐睿

A route for preparing lipooligosaccharide (LOS) glycans from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Canetti was developed and applied to the

 
Sep 09 2022
Sep
08

The edible fungus Tremella fuciformis was shown to have a high molecular weight (1.87 × 103 kDa) bioactive polysaccharide, denot

 
Sep 08 2022
Sep
01

Galectin-3 (GAL3) is a β-galactoside-binding lectin expressed in CD4 T cells infected with human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1

 
Sep 01 2022
Sep
01
Subtyping of major SARS-CoV-2 variants reveals different transmission dynamics based on 10 million genomes
PNAS Nexus. 2022 Sep 1; 1(4):pgac181. eCollection 2022 Sep.
廖俊智

SARS-CoV-2 continues to evolve, causing waves of the pandemic. Up to May 2022, 10 million genome sequences have accumulated, whi

 
Sep 01 2022
Aug
29

Eggshell membrane (ESM), a plentiful biological waste, consists of collagen-like proteins and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) such as

 
Aug 29 2022
Aug
19
In situ structure and dynamics of an alphacoronavirus spike protein by cryo-ET and cryo-EM
Nat Commun. 2022 Aug 19; 13(1):4877.
徐尚德、邱繼輝、張淵智

Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) is a highly contagious swine disease caused by porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV). PED cause

 
Aug 19 2022
Aug
17

To transform cellulose from biomass into fermentable sugars for biofuel production requires efficient enzymatic degradation of c

 
Aug 17 2022
Aug
05
A De Novo Route to 3,6-Dideoxy Sugars
Org Lett. 2022 Aug 5; 24(30):5614-5618. Epub 2022 Jul 26.
呂桐睿

We report the de novo asymmetric synthesis of the 3,6-dideoxy sugars abequose, paratose, and tyvelose from 2-acetylfuran. C

 
Aug 05 2022
Aug
05

Application of B-cell receptor (BCR) pathway inhibitor ibrutinib for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a major breakthrough,

 
Aug 05 2022
Aug
03
2-Guanidinoethanesulfonyl sesquiterpenes from the marine sponge Agelas nakamurai
Tetrahedron Letters. 2022 Aug 3; 103, 153964.
吳世雄

A new 2-guanidinoethanesulfonyl sesquiterpene, cyclohexylagelasidine A (1), and a known compound (–)-agelasidine A (2), were iso

 
Aug 03 2022
Aug
03
2.2 Å Cryo-EM Tetra-Protofilament Structure of the Hamster Prion 108-144 Fibril Reveals an Ordered Water Channel in the Center
J Am Chem Soc. 2022 Aug 3; 44(30):13888-13894. Epub 2022 Jul 20.
陳佩燁、吳昆峯

Fibrils of the hamster prion peptide (sHaPrP, sequence 108-144) were prepared in an acidic solution, and their structure was sol

 
Aug 03 2022
Aug
01
Nickel superoxide dismutase protects nitrogen fixation in Trichodesmium
Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 2022 Aug 1; 7(4):363-371. Epub 2022 Jun 20.
徐尚德

Trichodesmium, a major diazotroph in tropical and subtropical oceans, provides a significant amount of bioavailable nitrogen in

 
Aug 01 2022
Aug
01

Naturally occurring N-glycans display much diversity in modifications, linkages, and peripheral presentation of the oligosacchar

 
Aug 01 2022
Aug
01
Condition-dependent structural collapse in the intrinsically disordered N-terminal domain of prion protein
IUBMB Life. 2022 Aug; 74(8):780-793. Epub 2021 Jul 20.
陳佩燁、何孟儒

Prion protein is composed of a structure-unsolved N-terminal domain and a globular C-terminal domain. Under limited trypsin dige

 
Aug 01 2022
Aug
01
Regulation of oxidative stress-induced autophagy by ATG9A ubiquitination
Autophagy. 2022 Aug; 18(8):2008-2010. Epub 2022 Apr 12.
陳光超

High levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) result in oxidative stress, which damages cells and leads to the development of man

 
Aug 01 2022
Jul
22

We report the isolation and stereochemical determination of the predominant native cholesteryl 6-O-phosphatidyl α-glucoside (CPG

 
Jul 22 2022
Jul
13

N-glycans are diversified by a panel of glycosyltransferases in the Golgi, which are supposed to modify various glycoproteins in

 
Jul 13 2022
Jul
07

Background: With the continuous emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants that feature increased transmission and immune escape, ther

 
Jul 07 2022
Jul
06

Background: Metastasis and chemoresistance are major culprits of cancer mortality, but factors contributing to these processes a

 
Jul 06 2022
Jul
01
Biodistribution analysis of an intranasal-delivered peptide by the nanoSPECT/CT imaging
Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 2022 July; 73, 103454.
陳佩燁

Protein/peptide aggregation-induced cell death is the culprit of many neurodegenerative diseases. Many peptide drugs were design

 
Jul 01 2022
Jun
20

TRIM28 is a scaffold protein that interacts with DNA-binding proteins and recruits corepressor complexes to cause gene silencing

 
Jun 20 2022
Jun
15

The dystrophin-glycoprotein complex connects the cytoskeleton with base membrane components such as laminin through unique O-gly

 
Jun 15 2022
Jun
10

Piperazine-derived diazabicycles are privileged structures found in natural products and synthetic chemical entities, including

 
Jun 10 2022
Jun
06
Serial crystallography captures dynamic control of sequential electron and proton transfer events in a flavoenzyme
Nat Chem. 2022 Jun; 14(6):677-685. Epub 2022 Apr 7.
蔡明道、馬左仲、別所義隆、吳文晉、黃開發

Flavin coenzymes are universally found in biological redox reactions. DNA photolyases, with their flavin chromophore (FAD), util

 
Jun 06 2022
Jun
06
Tumor suppressor BAP1 nuclear import is governed by transportin-1
J Cell Biol. 2022 Jun 6;221(6):e202201094. Epub 2022 Apr 21.
徐尚德、凌嘉鴻、吳昆峯、林淑妤

Subcellular localization of the deubiquitinating enzyme BAP1 is deterministic for its tumor suppressor activity. While the monou

 
Jun 06 2022
Jun
01

Prion diseases are transmissible fatal neurodegenerative disorders spreading between humans and other mammals. The pathogenic ag

 
Jun 01 2022
May
31
Molecular Basis and Role of Siglec-7 Ligand Expression on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia B Cells
Front Immunol. 2022 May 31; 13:840388. eCollection 2022.
安形高志, 邱繼輝

Siglec-7 (sialic acid–binding immunoglobulin-like lectin 7) is an immune checkpoint-like glycan recognition protein on natural k

 
May 31 2022
May
31
Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Asymmetrically Branched Human Milk Oligosaccharide Lacto-N-Hexaose
Front Chem. 2022 May 31; 10:905105. eCollection 2022.
游景晴

We herein reported the first chemoenzymatic synthesis of lacto-N-hexaose (LNH) by combining chemical carbohydrate synthesis with

 
May 31 2022
May
20
Preparation of Cas9 Ribonucleoproteins for Genome Editing
Bio-protocol. 2022 May 20;12(10): e4420.
凌嘉鴻、林聖偉

Genome editing by the delivery of pre-assembled Cas9 ribonucleoproteins (Cas9 RNP) is an increasingly popular approach for cell

 
May 20 2022
May
18

Data from the World Health Organisation show that the global incidence of dengue infection has risen drastically, with an estima

 
May 18 2022
May
16

The coronavirus (CoV) disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has bec

 
May 16 2022
May
15
Impacts of cancer-associated mutations on the structure-activity relationship of BAP1
Journal of Molecular Biology. 2022 May 15; 434(9):167553. Epub 2022 Mar 19.
徐尚德

BRAC1 associated protein-1 (BAP1) is a major tumor suppressor involved in many cancers. The deubiquitinase (DUB) activity of BAP

 
May 15 2022
May
12

Bacterial polyynes are highly active natural products with a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activities. However, their detailed

 
May 12 2022
May
10

Background: Autophagy plays important roles in cell homeostasis and protein quality control. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have

 
May 10 2022
May
01
Synergic action of an inserted carbohydrate-binding module in a glycoside hydrolase family 5 endoglucanase
Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 2022 May 1; 78(Pt 5):633-646. Epub 2022 Apr 20.
吳世雄、黃開發

Most known cellulase-associated carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs) are attached to the N- or C-terminus of the enzyme or are ex

 
May 01 2022
May
01
The biosynthetic origin of ribofuranose in bacterial polysaccharides
Nat Chem Biol. 2022 May; 18(5):530-537. Epub 2022 Apr 7.
呂桐睿

Bacterial surface polysaccharides are assembled by glycosyltransferase enzymes that typically use sugar nucleotide or polyprenyl

 
May 01 2022
May
01
Structural basis for the helical filament formation of Escherichia coli glutamine synthetase
Protein Science. 2022 May; 31(5):e4304. Epub 2022 April 11.
吳昆峯、何孟儒

Escherichia coli glutamine synthetase (EcGS) spontaneously forms a dodecamer that catalytically converts glutamate to glutamine.

 
May 01 2022
May
01
BARD1 is an ATPase activating protein for OLA1
Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj. 2022 May; 1866(5):130099. Epub 2022 Feb 5.
徐尚德

OLA1 is a P-loop ATPase, implicated in centrosome duplication through the interactions with tumor suppressors BRCA1 and BARD1. D

 
May 01 2022
Apr
09
Oxidation of catalytic cysteine of human deubiquitinase BAP1 triggers misfolding and aggregation in addition to functional loss
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2022 April 9; 599, 57-62. Epub 2022 February 10.
徐尚德

Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) form a large protease family involved in a myriad of biological and pathological processes, incl

 
Apr 09 2022
Apr
04
Zebrafish Establish Female Germ Cell Identity by Advancing Cell Proliferation and Meiosis
Front Cell Dev Biol. 2022 Apr 4; 10:866267. eCollection 2022.
翁瑞霞

Zebrafish is a popular research model; but its mechanism of sex determination is unclear and the sex of juvenile fish cannot be

 
Apr 04 2022
Apr
01
Electrospray ionization of native membrane proteins proceeds via a charge equilibration step
RSC Adv. 2022 Apr 1; 12(16):9671-9680. eCollection 2022 Mar 25.
嚴欣勇

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry is increasingly applied to study the structures and interactions of membrane protein c

 
Apr 01 2022
Apr
01
One-Pot Regioselective Diacylation of Pyranoside 1,2-cis Diols
J Org Chem. 2022 Apr 1 ;87(7):4894-4907.
呂桐睿

A one-pot strategy for functionalizing pyranoside 1,2-cis-diols with two different ester protecting groups is reported. The appr

 
Apr 01 2022
Apr
01

Wild tomatoes (Solanum peruvianum) are important genomic resources for tomato research and breeding. Development of a foreign DN

 
Apr 01 2022
Apr
01

Recent developments in the instrumentation and data analysis of synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) on biomolecules

 
Apr 01 2022
Mar
31
Assembly mechanism of the pleomorphic immature poxvirus scaffold
Nat Commun. 2022 Mar 31; 13(1):1704.
Matthias Wolf

In Vaccinia virus (VACV), the prototype poxvirus, scaffold protein D13 forms a honeycomb-like lattice on the viral membrane that

 
Mar 31 2022
Mar
25

Nature Communications Editors’ Highlights - “Microbiology and infectious diseases”

The combination of EGF, CHIR99021, A83-01, SB4

 
Mar 25 2022
Mar
22

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a worldwide cancer with rising annual incidence. New medications for patients with CRC ar

 
Mar 22 2022
Mar
21

Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important pathogen associated with nosocomial infection and has developed increasing resistance to a

 
Mar 21 2022
Mar
15

Enzymatic synthesis that is commenced by the sugar nucleotide regeneration system (SNRS) protocol can minimize 1) the consumptio

 
Mar 15 2022
Feb
24
A cell-free self-replenishing CO2-fixing system
Nature Catalysis. 2022 February 24; 5(2);154-162.
廖俊智

Biological CO2 fixation is so far the most effective means for CO2 reduction at scale and accounts for most of the CO2 fixed on

 
Feb 24 2022
Feb
22
K48/K63-linked polyubiquitination of ATG9A by TRAF6 E3 ligase regulates oxidative stress-induced autophagy
Cell Reports. 2022 February 22; 38(8):110354.
陳光超、林淑妤、洪金俊

Excessive generation and accumulation of highly reactive oxidizing molecules causes oxidative stress and oxidative damage to cel

 
Feb 22 2022
Feb
15
Structural Basis for the Peptidoglycan-Editing Activity of YfiH
mBio. 2022 Feb 15; 13(1),e03646-21.
張崇毅

Bacterial cells are encased in peptidoglycan (PG), a polymer of disaccharide N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and N-acetyl-muramic a

 
Feb 15 2022
Feb
15

Klebsiella pneumoniae serotype KN2 is a carbapenem-resistant strain and leads to the health care-associated infections, such as

 
Feb 15 2022
Feb
07

Background: K1 capsular polysaccharide (CPS)-associated Klebsiella pneumoniae is the primary cause of pyogenic liver abscesses (

 
Feb 07 2022
Feb
06
Carbohydrate Ligands for COVID-19 Spike Proteins
Viruses. 2022 Feb 6; 14(2):330.
林俊宏、凃智傑

An outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) first detected in Wuhan, China, has created a public health emergency all over

 
Feb 06 2022
Feb
01

Specific antibody interactions with short peptides have made epitope tagging systems a vital tool employed in virtually all fiel

 
Feb 01 2022
Jan
31

Extensive glycosylation of the spike protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus not only shields the major

 
Jan 31 2022
Jan
30

Trimeresurus gracilis (Tgc) is endemic to Taiwan and shown to be closely related with Ovophis okinavensis by previous phylogenet

 
Jan 30 2022
Jan
12

Since 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been rapidly spreading worldwide, causing hundreds

 
Jan 12 2022
Jan
10

Single-cell proteomics can reveal cellular phenotypic heterogeneity and cell-specific functional networks underlying biological

 
Jan 10 2022
Jan
10

T-Cell Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase (TCPTP, PTPN2) is a non-receptor type protein tyrosine phosphatase that is ubiquitously expr

 
Jan 10 2022
Jan
03
Sialic acid-containing glycolipids mediate binding and viral entry of SARS-CoV-2
Nat Chem Biol. 2022 Jan; 18(1):81-90. Epub 2021 Nov 9.
呂桐睿、徐尚德

Emerging evidence suggests that host glycans influence severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. H

 
Jan 03 2022

2021

Dec
28

The T-cell protein tyrosine phosphatase (TCPTP/PTPN2) targets a broad variety of substrates across different subcellular compart

 
Dec 28 2021
Dec
20

Mass spectrometry-based high-sensitivity mapping of terminal glycotopes relies on diagnostic MS2 and/or MS3 ions that can differ

 
Dec 20 2021
Dec
10
Harnessing fluorescent moenomycin A antibiotics for bacterial cell wall imaging studies
Chembiochem. 2021 Dec 10; 22(24):3462-3468. Epub 2021 Oct 4. doi: 10.1002/cbic.202100433
史有伶

The imaging of peptidoglycan (PGN) dynamics in living bacteria facilitates the understanding of PGN biosynthesis and wall-target

 
Dec 10 2021
Dec
08
Evidence for an Enzyme-Catalyzed Rauhut–Currier Reaction during the Biosynthesis of Spinosyn A
J Am Chem Soc. 2021 Dec 8; 143(48):20291-20295. Epub 2021 Nov 23. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c09482
蔡明道

The catalog of enzymes known to catalyze the nucleophile-assisted formation of C-C bonds is extremely small, and there is presen

 
Dec 08 2021
Dec
07
ZIC-cHILIC-Based StageTip for Simultaneous Glycopeptide Enrichment and Fractionation toward Large-Scale N-Sialoglycoproteomics
Anal Chem. 2021 Dec 7; 93(48):15931-15940. Epub 2021 Nov 15. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c03224
邱繼輝

Alterations of protein glycosylation are closely related with pathophysiological regulation. Due to the structural macro- and mi

 
Dec 07 2021
Nov
25

This study reports the application of expanding genetic codes in developing protein cage-based delivery systems. The evolved Met

 
Nov 25 2021
Nov
24

Background: RAD51-dependent homologous recombination (HR) is one of the most important pathways for repairing DNA double-strand

 
Nov 24 2021
Nov
23

The mechanisms that underlie the extensive phenotypic diversity in genetic disorders are poorly understood. Here, we develop a l

 
Nov 23 2021
Nov
19
Carbohydrate Sulfation As a Mechanism for Fine-Tuning Siglec Ligands
ACS Chem Biol. 2021 Nov 19; 16(11):2673-2689. Epub 2021 Oct 18.
邱繼輝

The immunomodulatory family of Siglecs recognizes sialic acid-containing glycans as “self”, which is exploited in cancer for imm

 
Nov 19 2021
Nov
19
Establishment of a novel monoclonal antibody against truncated glycoforms of α-dystroglycan lacking matriglycans
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2021 Nov 19; 579:8-14. Epub 2021 Sep 21.
邱繼輝

α-Dystroglycan (α-DG) is a glycoprotein specifically modified with O-mannosyl glycans bearing long polysaccharides, termed matri

 
Nov 19 2021
Nov
15
Synthesis of a Tridecasaccharide Lipooligosaccharide Antigen from the Opportunistic Pathogen Mycobacterium kansasii
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2021 Nov 15; 60(47):24859-24863. Epub 2021 Oct 21.
呂桐睿

The outer surfaces of mycobacteria, including the organism that causes tuberculosis, are decorated with an array of immunomodula

 
Nov 15 2021
Nov
10
Processive cleavage of substrate at individual proteolytic active sites of the Lon protease complex
Science Advances. 2021 Nov 10; 7(46), eabj9537. Epub 2021 Nov 10.
張崇毅、黃開發

The Lon protease is the prototype of a family of proteolytic machines with adenosine triphosphatase modules built into a substra

 
Nov 10 2021
Nov
05

Replication stress causes replication fork stalling, resulting in an accumulation of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). Replication pr

 
Nov 05 2021
Nov
01

Glycoproteomics is a powerful yet analytically challenging research tool. Software packages aiding the interpretation of complex

 
Nov 01 2021
Oct
27

Background: During autophagy defense against invading microbes, certain lipid types are indispensable for generating specialized

 
Oct 27 2021
Oct
21
Structure-guided antibody cocktail for prevention and treatment of COVID-19
PLOS PATHOGENS. 2021 Oct 21; 17(10), e1009704.
徐尚德、張淵智

Development of effective therapeutics for mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic is a pressing global need. Neutralizing antibodies ar

 
Oct 21 2021
Oct
20

Histone arginine methylation is a key post-translational modification that mediates epigenetic events that activate or repress g

 
Oct 20 2021
Oct
16
D614G mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein enhances viral fitness by desensitizing it to temperature-dependent denaturation
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2021 Oct 16; 297(4):101238.
徐尚德、張淵智

The D614G mutation in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 alters the fitness of the virus, leading to the dominant form observed in

 
Oct 16 2021
Oct
15
Efficient and Economical Targeted Insertion in Plant Genomes via Protoplast Regeneration
CRISPR J. 2021 Oct 15; 4(5):752-760. Epub 2021 Sep 27.
凌嘉鴻

Versatile genome editing can be facilitated by the insertion of DNA sequences into specific locations. Current protocols involvi

 
Oct 15 2021
Oct
15
Molecular ruler mechanism and interfacial catalysis of the integral membrane acyltransferase PatA
Sci Adv . 2021 Oct 15;7(42):eabj4565. Epub 2021 Oct 15.
呂桐睿

Glycolipids are prominent components of bacterial membranes that play critical roles not only in maintaining the structural inte

 
Oct 15 2021
Oct
15
Complete three-dimensional structures of the Lon protease translocating a protein substrate
Science Advances. 2021 Oct 15; 7(42):eabj7835. Epub 2021 Oct 15.
張崇毅

Lon is an evolutionarily conserved proteolytic machine carrying out a wide spectrum of biological activities by degrading misfol

 
Oct 15 2021
Oct
13
PTPN9-mediated dephosphorylation of VTI1B promotes ATG16L1 precursor fusion and autophagosome formation
Autophagy. 2021 Oct; 17(10):2750-2765. Epub 2020 Oct 28.
陳光超、洪金俊、林淑妤

Macroautophagy/autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved intracellular pathway for the degradation of cytoplasmic materials. Unde

 
Oct 13 2021
Oct
12

The surface polysacharide arabinomannan (AM) and related glycolipid lipoarabinomannan (LAM) play critical roles in tuberculosis

 
Oct 12 2021
Oct
11
Molecular basis for ATPase-powered substrate translocation by the Lon AAA+ protease
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2021 Oct; 297(4), 101239.
張崇毅

The Lon AAA+ (adenosine triphosphatases associated with diverse cellular activities) protease (LonA) converts ATP-fuelled confor

 
Oct 11 2021
Sep
30

Plant diseases are important issues in agriculture, and the development of effective and environment-friendly means of disease c

 
Sep 30 2021
Sep
28

The biosynthesis of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a key immunomodulatory molecule produced by gram-negative bacteria, has been a top

 
Sep 28 2021
Sep
16

Natural killer (NK) cells are potent innate immune cells that provide the surveillance and elimination of infected, stressed, an

 
Sep 16 2021
Sep
15

Background: Plectranthus amboinicus (Spreng.) is an herb commonly used in folk medicine and food by several Asian countries. The

 
Sep 15 2021
Sep
01
Effect of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 mutations on spike protein structure and function
Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2021 Sep; 28(9):731-739. Epub 2021 Aug 12.
徐尚德、張淵智、何孟儒

The B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 first detected in the UK harbors amino-acid substitutions and deletions in the spike protein t

 
Sep 01 2021
Aug
18

Human PUF-A/PUM3 is a RNA and DNA binding protein participating in the nucleolar processing of 7S to 5.8S rRNA. The nucleolar lo

 
Aug 18 2021
Aug
17

Meiotic recombination plays dual roles in the evolution and stable inheritance of genomes: Recombination promotes genetic divers

 
Aug 17 2021
Aug
03

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) involves impairment of Aβ clearance. Neprilysin (NEP) is the most efficient Aβ peptidase. E

 
Aug 03 2021
Jul
30

The semi-fossil and pit-less Azemiops feae is possibly the most primitive crotalid species. Here, we have cloned and sequenced c

 
Jul 30 2021
Jul
29

The emergence of the genotype (G) 2 and re-emergence of the G1 porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has caused severe economic

 
Jul 29 2021
Jul
27

Cytosolic lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) bind directly to caspase-4/5/11 through their lipid A moiety, inducing inflammatory caspase

 
Jul 27 2021
Jul
26
Preparation of High-Temperature Sample Grids for Cryo-EM
Jove - Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2021 Jul 26; 173, e62772.
蔡明道、張淵智

The sample grids for cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) experiments are usually prepared at a temperature optimal for the storag

 
Jul 26 2021
Jul
21
Structure-activity relationship of avocadyne
Food Funct. 2021 Jul 21; 12(14):6323-6333. Epub 2021 Jun 6.
呂桐睿

Avocado consumption is associated with numerous health benefits. Avocadyne is a terminally unsaturated, 17-carbon long acetogeni

 
Jul 21 2021
Jul
08

Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor-interacting protein with a forkhead-associated domain (TIFA), a key regulator o

 
Jul 08 2021
Jul
01
Genetically encoded multivalent liquid glycan array displayed on M13 bacteriophage
Nat Chem Biol. 2021 Jul; 17(7):806-816. Epub 2021 May 6.
呂桐睿

The central dogma of biology does not allow for the study of glycans using DNA sequencing. We report a liquid glycan array (LiGA

 
Jul 01 2021
Jun
25

Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) recognizes various protein ligands; however, the protein-TLR4 binding model is unclear. Here we demo

 
Jun 25 2021
Jun
25
A unique carboxylic-acid hydrogen-bond network (CAHBN) confers glutaminyl cyclase activity on M28 family enzymes
J Mol Biol. 2021 Jun 25; 433(13):166960. Epub 2021 Mar 25.
黃開發、王惠鈞

Proteins with sequence or structure similar to those of di-Zn exopeptidases are usually classified as the M28-family enzymes, in

 
Jun 25 2021
Jun
18

Searching for new antimicrobials is a pressing issue to conquer the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria and fungi. A

 
Jun 18 2021
Jun
15

The outbreak of coronavirus (CoV) disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has

 
Jun 15 2021
Jun
14

d-glycero-d-manno-Heptose-1β,7-bisphosphate (HBP) is a bacterial metabolite that can induce a TIFA-dependent innate immune respo

 
Jun 14 2021
Jun
11

Enterococcus faecalis, a member of the commensal flora in the human gastrointestinal tract, has become a threatening nosocomial

 
Jun 11 2021
Jun
07

Background: Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) first appeared in the city of Wuhan, in the Hubei province of China. Since its eme

 
Jun 07 2021
Jun
05
The functional characterization of phosphorylation of tristetraprolin at C-terminal NOT1-binding domain
J Inflamm (Lond). 2021 Jun 5; 18(1):22.
張瀞仁、凌嘉鴻、林聖偉

Background: Tristetraprolin (TTP) family proteins contain conserved tandem CCCH zinc-finger binding to AU-rich elements and C-te

 
Jun 05 2021
Jun
04
Structural polymorphism and substrate promiscuity of a ribosome-associated molecular chaperone
Magnetic Resonance. 2021 Jun 4; 2(1), 375-386.
徐尚德、何孟儒

Trigger factor (TF) is a highly conserved multi-domain molecular chaperone that exerts its chaperone activity at the ribosomal t

 
Jun 04 2021
Jun
01

Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) seeds are rich in proteins and are considered to be a beneficial source of plant proteins. In t

 
Jun 01 2021
Jun
01
Converging experimental and computational views of the knotting mechanism of a small knotted protein
Biophys J. 2021 Jun 1; 120(11), 2276-2286. Epub 2021 Apr 1.
徐尚德

MJ0366 from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii is the smallest topologically knotted protein known to date. 92 residues in length, MJ

 
Jun 01 2021
Jun
01

The conserved bilateral habenular nuclei (HA) in vertebrate diencephalon develop into compartmentalized structures containing ne

 
Jun 01 2021
May
26
Simeprevir Potently Suppresses SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Synergizes with Remdesivir
ACS Cent Sci. 2021 May 26; 7(5):792-802. Epub 2021 Apr 15.
梁博煌、吳昆峯

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),

 
May 26 2021
May
24
Tying up the Loose Ends: A Mathematically Knotted Protein
Frontiers in Chemistry. 2021 May 24. 9, 663241.
徐尚德

Knots have attracted scientists in mathematics, physics, biology, and engineering. Long flexible thin strings easily knot and ta

 
May 24 2021
May
04
COVID-19 serological survey using micro blood sampling
Sci Rep. 2021 May 4; 11(1):9475.
Matthias Wolf

During August 2020, we carried out a serological survey among students and employees at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Tec

 
May 04 2021
May
01

Sialic acid (SA) on the surface of cells is indispensable in numerous physiological and pathological processes, and sensitive an

 
May 01 2021
May
01

Primary metabolism in cyanobacteria is built on the Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle, oxidative pentose phosphate (OPP) pathway

 
May 01 2021
Apr
30

The Lon AAA+ protease (LonA) is a ubiquitous ATP-dependent proteolytic machine, which selectively degrades damaged proteins or n

 
Apr 30 2021
Apr
28

Seneca Valley virus (SVV) is a picornavirus with potency in selectively infecting and lysing cancerous cells. The cellular recep

 
Apr 28 2021
Apr
27

Mitochondria are dynamic organelles as they continuously undergo fission and fusion. These dynamic processes conduct not only mi

 
Apr 27 2021
Apr
16

Redox-dependent inactivation of deubiquitinases (DUBs) is a critical factor for attenuating their DUB activity in response to ce

 
Apr 16 2021
Apr
13
Direct Visualization of a 26 kDa Protein by Cryo-Electron Microscopy Aided by a Small Scaffold Protein
Biochemistry. 2021 Apr 13; 60(14):1075-1079. Epub 2021 Mar 15.
徐尚德、吳昆峯、何孟儒

Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM)-based structure determination of small proteins is hindered by the technical challenges assoc

 
Apr 13 2021
Apr
12

The dynamic assembly of the cell wall is key to the maintenance of cell shape during bacterial growth. Here, we present a method

 
Apr 12 2021
Mar
26
A cryo-electron tomography workflow reveals protrusion-mediated shedding on injured plasma membrane
Sci Adv. 2021 Mar 26; 7(13):eabc6345. Print 2021 Mar.
楊維元

Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) provides structural context to molecular mechanisms underlying biological processes. Although

 
Mar 26 2021
Mar
24

Partially acetylated chito-oligosaccharides (paCOSs) are bioactive compounds with potential medical applications. Their biologic

 
Mar 24 2021
Mar
18
Kinetic characterization and inhibitor screening for the proteases leading to identification of drugs against SARS-CoV-2
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2021 Mar 18; 65(4):e02577-20. Print 2021 Mar 18.
梁博煌

Coronavirus (CoV) disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has claim

 
Mar 18 2021
Mar
08
ALS2 regulates endosomal trafficking, postsynaptic development, and neuronal survival
J Cell Biol . 2021 May 8; 220(5):e202007112.
姚季光

Mutations in the human ALS2 gene cause recessive juvenile-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and related motor neuron diseases.

 
Mar 08 2021
Mar
05
An Enzyme-Mediated Aza-Michael Addition Is Involved in the Biosynthesis of an Imidazoyl Hybrid Product of Conidiogenone B
Org Lett. 2021 Mar 5; 23(5):1904-1909. Epub 2021 Feb 11.
吳世雄、林曉青

Meleagrin B is a terpene-alkaloid hybrid natural product that contains both the conidiogenone and meleagrin scaffold. Their deri

 
Mar 05 2021
Mar
04

Irinotecan inhibits cell proliferation and thus is used for the primary treatment of colorectal cancer. Metabolism of irinotecan

 
Mar 04 2021
Mar
01

Genome editing is a powerful technique for delineating complex signaling circuitry and enhancing the functionality of immune cel

 
Mar 01 2021
Feb
28

Collagen is a major structural component of the extracellular matrix and connective tissue. The key structural feature of collag

 
Feb 28 2021
Feb
26
VPS34 K29/K48 branched ubiquitination governed by UBE3C and TRABID regulates autophagy, proteostasis and liver metabolism
Nat Commun. 2021 Feb 26; 12(1):1322.
陳瑞華、陳光超、吳昆峯、林淑妤

The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) and autophagy are two major quality control processes whose impairment is linked to a wide

 
Feb 26 2021
Feb
26
Identification and functional characterization of a Siglec-7 counter-receptor on K562 cells
J Biol Chem. Jan-Jun 2021; 296:100477. Epub 2021 Feb 26.
安形高志

Sialic acid (Sia)-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin 7 (Siglec-7) is an inhibitory receptor primarily expressed on natural kille

 
Feb 26 2021
Feb
23

The formation of succinimide in proteins has attracted considerable attention in protein aging and biopharmaceutical research. T

 
Feb 23 2021
Feb
23
Trichoderma reesei Rad51 tolerates mismatches in hybrid meiosis with diverse genome sequences
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2021 Feb 23;118(8):e2007192118.
冀宏源

Most eukaryotes possess two RecA-like recombinases (ubiquitous Rad51 and meiosis-specific Dmc1) to promote interhomolog recombin

 
Feb 23 2021
Feb
19
Single nucleotide variants lead to dysregulation of the human mitochondrial NAD(P)+-dependent malic enzyme
iScience. 2021 Jan 13; 24(2):102034. eCollection 2021 Feb 19.
何孟樵

Human mitochondrial NAD(P)+-dependent malic enzyme (ME2) is well recognized to associate with cancer cell metabolism, and the si

 
Feb 19 2021
Feb
19

Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is a potent pleiotropic cytokine playing a central role in protecting cells from microbial pathogen infec

 
Feb 19 2021
Feb
12
Usp11 controls cortical neurogenesis and neuronal migration through Sox11 stabilization
Sci Adv. 2021 Feb 12; 7(7):eabc6093. Print 2021 Feb.
陳瑞華、林淑妤

The role of protein stabilization in cortical development remains poorly understood. A recessive mutation in the USP11 gene is f

 
Feb 12 2021
Feb
01
Acetyltransferase Enok regulates transposon silencing and piRNA cluster transcription
PLoS Genet . 2021 Feb 1; 17(2):e1009349. eCollection 2021 Feb.
黃馥

The piRNA pathway is a highly conserved mechanism to repress transposon activation in the germline in Drosophila and mammals. Th

 
Feb 01 2021
Feb
01
Vibrio cholerae biofilm scaffolding protein RbmA shows an intrinsic, phosphate‐dependent autoproteolysis activity
IUBMB Life. 2021 Feb; 73(2):418-431. Epub 2020 Dec 28.
王惠鈞、馬左仲、蔡明道、吳文晉、別所義隆

Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of the diarrheal disease cholera, for which biofilm communities are considered to be envi

 
Feb 01 2021
Feb
01
Zebrafish Cdx1b modulates epithalamic asymmetry by regulating ndr2 and lft1 expression
Dev Biol. 2021 Feb; 470:21-36. Epub 2020 Nov 13.
黃銓珍

Nodal signaling is essential for mesoderm and endoderm formation, as well as neural plate induction and establishment of left-ri

 
Feb 01 2021
Jan
26

The infectious SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19, which is now a global pandemic. Aiming for effective treatments, we focused on the ke

 
Jan 26 2021
Jan
15

Degradation and collapse of stalled replication forks are main sources of genomic instability, yet the molecular mechanisms for

 
Jan 15 2021
Jan
15

The arabinogalactan of Corynebacterianeae is a critical heteropolysaccharide that tethers outer membrane mycolic acids to peptid

 
Jan 15 2021
Jan
15
Crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of TagH reveals a potential drug targeting site
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2021 Jan 15; 536:1-6. Epub 2020 Dec 22.
王惠鈞

Bacterial wall teichoic acids (WTAs) are synthesized intracellularly and exported by a two-component transporter, TagGH, compris

 
Jan 15 2021
Jan
14
Identification of fidelity-governing factors in human recombinases DMC1 and RAD51 from cryo-EM structures
Nat Commun. 2021 Jan 14; 12(1):115.
蔡明道、冀宏源、何孟樵、吳文晉

Both high-fidelity and mismatch-tolerant recombination, catalyzed by RAD51 and DMC1 recombinases, respectively, are indispensabl

 
Jan 14 2021
Jan
11

To circumvent the devastating pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, a human

 
Jan 11 2021
Jan
05

Background: The accumulation of lipid-laden macrophages, foam cells, within sub-endothelial intima is a key feature of early ath

 
Jan 05 2021
Jan
02

Chemical investigation of the marine soft coral Sarcophyton tenuispiculatum resulted in the isolation of a 1,4-dihydrobenzoquino

 
Jan 02 2021
Jan
02
Structure, catalysis, and inhibition mechanism of prenyltransferase
IUBMB Life. 2021 Jan. 73(1):40-63, First published: 27 November 2020.
王惠鈞

Isoprenoids, also known as terpenes or terpenoids, represent a large family of natural products composed of five-carbon isopente

 
Jan 02 2021
Jan
02
Sialylation of CD55 by ST3GAL1 facilitates immune evasion in cancer
Cancer Immunol Res. 2021 Jan; 9(1):113-122, Published first November 11, 2020.
邱繼輝

Altered glycosylations, which are associated with expression and activities of glycosyltransferases, can dramatically affect the

 
Jan 02 2021
Jan
01

Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) are essential epigenetic and post-translational regulators in eukaryotic organisms.

 
Jan 01 2021
Jan
01
A Guillain-Barré syndrome-associated SIGLEC10 rare variant impairs its recognition of gangliosides
J Autoimmun. 2021 Jan; 116:102571. Epub 2020 Nov 19.
安形高志

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), including its variant Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS), is an acute peripheral neuropathy that involv

 
Jan 01 2021
Jan
01

Synthesis of type I LacNAc (Galβ1 → 3GlcNAc) oligosaccharides usually suffers from low yields. We herein report the efficient sy

 
Jan 01 2021
Jan
01

Reactivation of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) expression by therapeutic agents has been suggested as an alternative treatment to modula

 
Jan 01 2021

2020

Dec
27
Multimeric TAT peptides are effective in vitro inhibitors of Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Chem Biol Drug Des. 2020 Dec; 96(6):1348-1354. Epub 2020 Jun 20.
吳世雄

TAT (48–60) is a tridecapeptide from the envelope protein of HIV that was previously shown to possess cell-penetrating propertie

 
Dec 27 2020
Dec
21

Chaperonin-containing TCP-1 (CCT) is a chaperonin composed of eight subunits that participates in intracellular protein folding.

 
Dec 21 2020
Dec
16

Uropathogenic E scherichia coli (UPEC) is the most common pathogen of urinary tract infections (UTIs). Antibiotic therapy is the

 
Dec 16 2020
Dec
15

Glucuronoxylomannan (AAPS) from the edible wood ear mushroom Auricularia auricula-judae has been demonstrated to exhibit immunos

 
Dec 15 2020
Dec
15

Ligand 1 was the first reported example of monomeric high-affinity synthetic CD22 ligand that regulated B cell activation in vit

 
Dec 15 2020
Dec
10

Synaptic vesicle (SV) endocytosis is coupled to exocytosis to maintain SV pool size and thus neurotransmitter release. Intense s

 
Dec 10 2020
Dec
01
Analysis of genomic distributions of SARS-CoV-2 reveals a dominant strain type with strong allelic associations
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Dec 1; 117(48):30679-30686. Epub 2020 Nov 12.
廖俊智

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causal agent of COVID 19, continues to evolve since its first

 
Dec 01 2020
Nov
24

Acinetobacter baumannii is a prevalent pathogen that can rapidly acquire resistance to antibiotics. Indeed, multidrug-resistant

 
Nov 24 2020
Nov
18

Pseudaminic acid (Pse), a unique carbohydrate in surface-associated glycans of pathogenic bacteria, has pivotal roles in virulen

 
Nov 18 2020
Nov
17
Chlorovirus PBCV-1 protein A064R has three of the transferase activities necessary to synthesize its capsid protein N-linked glycans
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Nov 17; 117(46):28735-28742. Epub 2020 Nov 2.
呂桐睿

Paramecium bursaria chlorella virus-1 (PBCV-1) is a large double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) virus that infects the unicellular green a

 
Nov 17 2020
Nov
09
Branched Ubiquitination: Detection Methods, Biological Functions and Chemical Synthesis
Molecules. 2020 Nov 9; 25(21):5200.
陳瑞華、王彥士、吳昆峯

Ubiquitination is a versatile posttranslational modification that elicits signaling roles to impact on various cellular processe

 
Nov 09 2020
Nov
02

BACKGROUND. Inadequate tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics are a major hurdle in the reduction of disease burden, and accurate point-o

 
Nov 02 2020
Nov
01

Borneol is a bicyclic plant monoterpene. It can be degraded by soil microorganisms through the conversion of borneol dehydrogena

 
Nov 01 2020
Oct
27

Neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) govern efficient neuronal communication with muscle cells, relying on proper architecture of spec

 
Oct 27 2020
Oct
19
Hsc70/Stub1 promotes the removal of individual oxidatively stressed peroxisomes
Nat Commun. 2020 Oct 19; 11(1):5267.
楊維元、凌嘉鴻

Peroxisomes perform beta-oxidation of branched and very-long chain fatty acids, which leads to the formation of reactive oxygen

 
Oct 19 2020
Oct
15
Nonhydrolyzable Heptose Bis- and Monophosphate Analogues Modulate Pro-inflammatory TIFA-NF-κB Signaling
Chembiochem. 2020 Oct 15; 21(20):2982-2990. Epub 2020 Jul 2.
蔡明道

D-Glycero-D-manno-heptose-1β,7-bisphosphate (HBP) and D-glycero-D-manno-heptose-1β-phosphate (H1P) are bacterial metabolites tha

 
Oct 15 2020
Oct
13
Revealing USP7 Deubiquitinase Substrate Specificity by Unbiased Synthesis of Ubiquitin Tagged SUMO2
Biochemistry. 2020 Oct 13; 59(40):3796-3801. Epub 2020 Oct 2.
王彥士、林淑妤

Ubiquitination and SUMOylation of protein are crucial for various biological responses. The recent unraveling of cross-talk betw

 
Oct 13 2020
Oct
08

Prion protein amyloid aggregates are associated with infectious neurodegenerative diseases, known as transmissible spongiform en

 
Oct 08 2020
Oct
07

Extracellular particles (EPs) including extracellular vesicles (EVs) and exomeres play significant roles in diseases and therape

 
Oct 07 2020
Oct
02

Protein phosphorylation can induce signal transduction to change sperm motility patterns during sperm capacitation. However, cha

 
Oct 02 2020
Oct
02

Chloroviruses produce a capsid protein containing N-linked glycans differing in structure from those found in all other organism

 
Oct 02 2020
Oct
01

Objectives: Diets may alter an individual's metabolism and inflammation, collectively leading to the modulation of cardiovascula

 
Oct 01 2020
Sep
30
TRIM28 Regulates Dlk1 Expression in Adipogenesis
Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Sep 30; 21(19):7245.
張瀞仁、林聖偉

The tripartite motif-containing protein 28 (TRIM28) is a transcription corepressor, interacting with histone deacetylase and met

 
Sep 30 2020
Sep
28
Preparation and characterization of antibody-drug conjugates acting on HER2-positive cancer cells
PLoS One. 2020 Sep 28; 15(9):e0239813. eCollection 2020.
王惠鈞

Two systems of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), noncleavable H32-DM1 and cleavable H32-VCMMAE, were developed by using different

 
Sep 28 2020
Sep
25

In protein engineering and synthetic biology, Methanosarcina mazei pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase (MmPy

 
Sep 25 2020
Sep
25

Tracking DNA double strand break (DSB) repair is paramount for the understanding and therapeutic development of various diseases

 
Sep 25 2020
Sep
21

Overcoming resistance to bioactive small molecules is a significant challenge for health care and agriculture. As a result, effo

 
Sep 21 2020
Sep
18
Microcephaly family protein MCPH1 stabilizes RAD51 filaments
Nucleic Acids Res. 2020 Sep 18; 48(16):9135-9146.
冀宏源

Microcephalin 1 (MCPH1) was identified from genetic mutations in patients with primary autosomal recessive microcephaly. In resp

 
Sep 18 2020
Sep
01
The study of isotopic enrichment of water in human plasma and erythrocyte
FASEB J. 2020 Sep; 34(9):13049-13062. Epub 2020 Aug 10.
蕭超隆

Life does not sustain without water. For water, there is a natural abundance of stable isotope hydrogen and oxygen. Water molecu

 
Sep 01 2020
Sep
01

The undecaprenyl pyrophosphate phosphatase (UppP) is an integral membrane pyrophosphatase. In bacteria, UppP catalyzes the depho

 
Sep 01 2020
Aug
29

Chemical examination from the cultured soft coral Sarcophyton digitatum resulted in the isolation and structural identification

 
Aug 29 2020
Aug
21

We developed micro-liquid enclosure arrays (MLEAs) for holding solution samples in coherent diffractive imaging (CDI) using x-ra

 
Aug 21 2020
Aug
20
Converting Escherichia coli to a Synthetic Methylotroph Growing Solely on Methanol
Cell. 2020 Aug 20; 182(4):933-946.e14. Epub 2020 Aug 10.
廖俊智

Methanol, being electron rich and derivable from methane or CO2, is a potentially renewable one-carbon (C1) feedstock for microo

 
Aug 20 2020
Aug
18
Aging shifts mitochondrial dynamics toward fission to promote germline stem cell loss
Aging Cell. 2020 Aug; 19(8):e13191. Epub 2020 Jul 14.
姚季光、陳光超

Changes in mitochondrial dynamics (fusion and fission) are known to occur during stem cell differentiation; however, the role of

 
Aug 18 2020
Aug
11

The influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) and coronavirus spike (S) protein mediate virus entry. HA and S proteins are heavily glyc

 
Aug 11 2020
Aug
04

Covid-19 is caused by a novel form of coronavirus for which there are currently no vaccines or anti-viral drugs. This virus, ter

 
Aug 04 2020
Aug
03
Discovery of a Dual Function Cytochrome P450 that Catalyzes Enyne Formation in Cyclohexanoid Terpenoid Biosynthesis
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2020 Aug 3; 59(32):13537-13541. Epub 2020 Jun 2.
林曉青、林俊宏

The 1,3-enyne moiety is commonly found in cyclohexanoid natural products produced by endophytic and plant pathogenic fungi. Aspe

 
Aug 03 2020
Aug
01
Mycobacterium bovis BCG infection alters the macrophage N-glycome
Mol Omics. 2020 Aug 1; 16(4):345-354. Epub 2020 Apr 9.
邱繼輝

Macrophage glycosylation is essential to initiate the host-immune defense but may also be targeted by pathogens to promote infec

 
Aug 01 2020
Jul
30
PHRF1 promotes migration and invasion by modulating ZEB1 expression
PLoS One. 2020 Jul 30; 15(7):e0236876. eCollection 2020.
張茂山

PHRF1 (PHD and RING finger domain-containing protein 1) suppresses acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) by promoting TGIF (TG-inte

 
Jul 30 2020
Jul
15
Development of a Versatile and Modular Linker for Antibody-Drug Conjugates Based on Oligonucleotide Strand Pairing
Bioconjug Chem. 2020 Jul 15; 31(7):1804-1811. Epub 2020 Jun 25.
王惠鈞

Linker design is crucial to the success of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). In this work, we developed a modular linker format f

 
Jul 15 2020
Jul
07

Arabinosyltransferase B (EmbB) belongs to a family of membrane-bound glycosyltransferases that build the lipidated polysaccharid

 
Jul 07 2020
Jul
03
Fucosyltransferase 4 shapes oncogenic glycoproteome to drive metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma
EBioMedicine. 2020 Jul; 57:102846. Epub 2020 Jul 3.
邱繼輝

Background: Aberrant fucosylation plays a critical role in lung cancer progression. Nevertheless, the key fucosyltransferase wit

 
Jul 03 2020
Jul
02

PHRF1 is involved in transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) signaling to constrain the formation of acute promyelocytic leukemia (

 
Jul 02 2020
Jul
01
Structural characterization of borneol dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas sp. TCU-HL1
Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2020 Jul 1; 76(Pt 7):309-313.
黃開發、柯子平

During the microbial degradation of borneol, a bicyclic plant monoterpene, it is first converted into camphor by borneol dehydro

 
Jul 01 2020
Jun
23
Probing the Active Site of Deubiquitinase USP30 with Noncanonical Tryptophan Analogues
Biochemistry. 2020 Jun 23; 59(24):2205-2209. Epub 2020 Jun 8.
王彥士、蔡明道

Methanosarcina mazei pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase (PylRS) and its cognate tRNA have been evolved to generate genetically encoded n

 
Jun 23 2020
Jun
02

Although recent advances in mass spectrometry (MS) have enabled meaningful glycoproteomic undertakings, many technical limitatio

 
Jun 02 2020
Jun
01
Targeting Glycosylated PD-1 Induces Potent Antitumor Immunity
Cancer Res. 2020 Jun 1; 80(11):2298-2310. Epub 2020 Mar 10.
邱繼輝

Immunotherapies targeting programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) immune checkpoints

 
Jun 01 2020
May
31

Metastasis, the movement of cancer cells from one site to another, is responsible for the highest number of cancer deaths, espec

 
May 31 2020
May
26
Rad51 facilitates filament assembly of meiosis-specific Dmc1 recombinase
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 May 26; 117(21):11257-11264. Epub 2020 May 13.
冀宏源

Dmc1 recombinases are essential to homologous recombination in meiosis. Here, we studied the kinetics of the nucleoprotein filam

 
May 26 2020
May
22

Mitochondrial aging, which results in mitochondrial dysfunction, is strongly linked to many age-related diseases. Aging is assoc

 
May 22 2020
May
22
Enhanced NK-92 Cytotoxicity by CRISPR Genome Engineering Using Cas9 Ribonucleoproteins
Front Immunol. 2020 May 22; 11:1008. eCollection 2020.
凌嘉鴻

Natural killer (NK) cells are an attractive cell-type for adoptive immunotherapy, but challenges in preparation of therapeutic p

 
May 22 2020
May
21
Cryo-EM Structures and Regulation of Arabinofuranosyltransferase AftD from Mycobacteria
Mol Cell. 2020 May 21; 78(4):683-699.e11. Epub 2020 May 7.
呂桐睿

Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis, a disease that kills over 1 million people each year. Its cell envelope is a com

 
May 21 2020
May
20

We have developed enabling techniques for sulfoglycomics based on MALDI-MS mapping and MS/MS sequencing of permethylated sulfate

 
May 20 2020
May
20
Permethylation and Microfractionation of Sulfated Glycans for MS Analysis
Bio Protoc. 2020 May 20; 10(10):e3617.
邱繼輝

Sulfated glycans are barely detectable in routine mass spectrometry (MS)-based glycomic analysis due to ion suppression by the s

 
May 20 2020
May
14

Selective inhibitors of gut bacterial β-glucuronidases (GUSs) are of particular interest in the prevention of xenobiotic-induced

 
May 14 2020
May
04

Death-associated protein kinase 1 (DAPK1, DAPk, DAPK) is known for its involvement in apoptosis and autophagy-associated cell de

 
May 04 2020
Apr
30
Cyanine dye mediated mitochondrial targeting enhances the anti-cancer activity of small-molecule cargoes
Chem Commun. 2020 Apr 30; 56(34):4672-4675. Epub 2020 Mar 25.
吳世雄

Organelle-specific delivery systems are of significant clinical interest. We demonstrate the use of common cyanine dyes Cy3 and

 
Apr 30 2020
Apr
19
Preparation of Recombinant Siglecs and Identification of Their Ligands
Methods Mol Biol. 2020; 2132:85-98.
安形高志

Siglecs are transmembrane receptor-like vertebrate lectins that recognize glycans containing sialic acid. Most Siglecs also inte

 
Apr 19 2020
Apr
17
Enzyme-Catalyzed Azepinoindole Formation in Clavine Alkaloid Biosynthesis
Org Lett. 2020 Apr 17; 22(8):3302-3306. Epub 2020 Apr 3.
林曉青

(-)-Aurantioclavine (1), which contains a characteristic seven-membered ring fused to an indole ring, belongs to the azepinoindo

 
Apr 17 2020
Apr
07

The Methanosarcina mazei pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase (PylRS)⋅tRNAPyl pair can be used to incorporate non-canonical amino acids (n

 
Apr 07 2020
Apr
03

The synthesis of a library of bacterial phosphoglycolipid, PGL-1, is described. Key features of the synthesis include regioselec

 
Apr 03 2020
Apr
01

Aims: The myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is almost inevitable since reperfusion is the only established treatment

 
Apr 01 2020
Mar
13

Helicobacter pylori, the most common etiologic agent of gastric diseases including gastric cancer, is auxotrophic for cholestero

 
Mar 13 2020
Mar
10
Siglecs that Associate with DAP12
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2020; 1204:215-230.
安形高志

Siglecs are a family of transmembrane receptor-like glycan-recognition proteins expressed primarily on leukocytes. Majority of S

 
Mar 10 2020
Feb
20

Precise noncoding RNA (ncRNA)-based network prediction is necessary to reveal ncRNA functions and pathological mechanisms. Here,

 
Feb 20 2020
Feb
07

X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) opened up a possibility for molecular-scale single particle imaging (SPI) without the need fo

 
Feb 07 2020
Feb
05

The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is an effector delivery system used by Gram-negative bacteria to kill other bacteria or euka

 
Feb 05 2020
Feb
04
Constructing a yeast to express the largest cellulosome complex on the cell surface
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Feb 4; 117(5):2385-2394. Epub 2020 Jan 17.
何孟樵

Cellulosomes, which are multienzyme complexes from anaerobic bacteria, are considered nature's finest cellulolytic machinery. Th

 
Feb 04 2020
Feb
01
Protein knots provide mechano-resilience to an AAA+ protease-mediated proteolysis with profound ATP energy expenses
Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom. 2020 Feb; 1868(2):140330. Epub 2019 Nov 20.
徐尚德

Knotted proteins are some of the most fascinating examples of how linear polypeptide chains can achieve intricate topological ar

 
Feb 01 2020
Jan
28
The nutrient sensor OGT regulates Hipk stability and tumorigenic-like activities in Drosophila
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Jan 28; 117(4):2004-2013. Epub 2020 Jan 13.
邱繼輝

Environmental cues such as nutrients alter cellular behaviors by acting on a wide array of molecular sensors inside cells. Of em

 
Jan 28 2020
Jan
21
Cryo-EM analysis of a feline coronavirus spike protein reveals a unique structure and camouflaging glycans
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Jan 21; 117(3):1438-1446. Epub 2020 Jan 3.
徐尚德、邱繼輝、吳昆峯

Feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) is an alphacoronavirus that causes a nearly 100% mortality rate without effective tre

 
Jan 21 2020
Jan
15

WD40 proteins control many cellular processes via protein interactions. Drosophila Wuho (Wh, a WD40 protein) controls fertility,

 
Jan 15 2020
Jan
09
Disrupting the Conserved Salt Bridge in the Trimerization of Influenza A Nucleoprotein
J Med Chem. 2020 Jan 9; 63(1):205-215. Epub 2019 Dec 17.
蔡明道

Antiviral drug resistance in influenza infections has been a major threat to public health. To develop a broad-spectrum inhibito

 
Jan 09 2020
Jan
07
Structural basis of polyethylene glycol recognition by antibody
J Biomed Sci. 2020 Jan 7; 27(1):12.
王惠鈞

Background: Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is widely used in industry and medicine. Anti-PEG antibodies have been developed for chara

 
Jan 07 2020
Jan
07
Effector loading onto the VgrG carrier activates type VI secretion system assembly
EMBO Rep. 2020 Jan 7; 21(1):e47961. Epub 2019 Dec 5.
史有伶

The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is used by many bacteria to engage in social behavior and can affect the health of its host

 
Jan 07 2020
Jan
03

Siglec-15 is a member of the Siglec family of glycan-recognition proteins, primarily expressed on a subset of myeloid cells. Sig

 
Jan 03 2020
Jan
03
Cullin 3 and Its Role in Tumorigenesis
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2020; 1217:187-210.
陳瑞華

Cullin 3 (Cul3) family of ubiquitin ligases comprises three components, the RING finger protein RBX1, the Cul3 scaffold, and a B

 
Jan 03 2020
Jan
01

Galectins are β-galactoside-binding animal lectins primarily found in the cytosol, while their carbohydrate ligands are mainly d

 
Jan 01 2020

2019

Dec
26
Temperature-Resolved Cryo-EM Uncovers Structural Bases of Temperature-Dependent Enzyme Functions
J Am Chem Soc. 2019 Dec 26; 141(51):19983-19987. Epub 2019 Dec 16.
蔡明道

Protein functions are temperature-dependent, but protein structures are usually solved at a single (often low) temperature becau

 
Dec 26 2019
Dec
16

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most lethal cancers worldwide due to metastasis. Paraspeckle component 1 (PSPC1) up

 
Dec 16 2019
Dec
16
The Biosynthesis of Norsesquiterpene Aculenes Requires Three Cytochrome P450 Enzymes to Catalyze a Stepwise Demethylation Process
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2019 Dec 16; 58(51):18414-18418. Epub 2019 Nov 4.
林曉青

Aculenes are a unique class of norsequiterpenes (C14 ) that are produced by Aspergillus aculeatus. The nordaucane skeleton in ac

 
Dec 16 2019
Dec
02

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of axial inflammation. Over time, some patients develop spinal ankylosis and permanent dis

 
Dec 02 2019
Nov
02

Background: To produce second-generation biofuels, enzymatic catalysis is required to convert cellulose from lignocellulosic bio

 
Nov 02 2019
Nov
02

Macroautophagy/autophagy is a cellular process in which cytosolic contents are degraded by lysosome in response to various stres

 
Nov 02 2019
Oct
31

Cancer cell migration plays a crucial role during the metastatic process. Reversible tyrosine phosphorylation by protein tyrosin

 
Oct 31 2019
Oct
22
Sugar starvation-regulated MYBS2 and 14-3-3 protein interactions enhance plant growth, stress tolerance, and grain weight in rice
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Oct 22; 116(43):21925-21935. Epub 2019 Oct 8.
林淑妤

Autotrophic plants have evolved distinctive mechanisms for maintaining a range of homeostatic states for sugars. The on/off swit

 
Oct 22 2019
Oct
21
Ubiquitin-mediated regulation of autophagy
J Biomed Sci. 2019 Oct 21; 26(1):80.
陳瑞華

Autophagy is a major degradation pathway that utilizes lysosome hydrolases to degrade cellular constituents and is often induced

 
Oct 21 2019
Oct
15

Sialosides containing (oligo-)N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc, Galβ(1,4)GlcNAc) as core structure are known to serve as ligands for

 
Oct 15 2019
Oct
07

The utilization of immuno-magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) for the selective capture, enrichment, and separation of specific glycop

 
Oct 07 2019
Oct
03
Autophagy, Inflammation, and Metabolism (AIM) Center in its second year
Autophagy. 2019 Oct; 15(10):1829-1833. Epub 2019 Jul 15.
陳光超

The NIH-funded center for autophagy research named Autophagy, Inflammation, and Metabolism (AIM) Center of Biomedical Research E

 
Oct 03 2019
Sep
26
Development of Novel Irreversible Pyruvate Kinase M2 Inhibitors
J Med Chem. 2019 Sep 26; 62(18):8497-8510. Epub 2019 Sep 16.
吳文晉

As cancer cells undergo metabolic reprogramming in the course of tumorigenesis, targeting energy metabolism represents a promisi

 
Sep 26 2019
Sep
02
BIK ubiquitination by the E3 ligase Cul5-ASB11 determines cell fate during cellular stress
J Cell Biol. 2019 Sep 2; 218(9):3002-3018. Epub 2019 Aug 6.
陳瑞華、林淑妤

The BH3-only pro-apoptotic protein BIK is regulated by the ubiquitin-proteasome system. However, the mechanism of this regulatio

 
Sep 02 2019
Aug
31
Medicinal Mushroom Taiwanofungus camphoratus: A potential cure for cancer
Functional Foods in Health and Disease, 2019 Aug 31, 9(8), 508-520
陳水田

Background: Based on traditional and folk medicine, mushrooms have been developed into anti-cancer therapeutics. In this ar

 
Aug 31 2019
Aug
27

Sialic acids are typically added to the end of glycoconjugates by sialyltransferases. Among the six ST8 α-N-acetyl-neuraminide α

 
Aug 27 2019
Aug
12
Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of DSGb5 and Sialylated Globo-series Glycans
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2019 Aug 12; 58(33):11273-11278. Epub 2019 Jul 4.
安形高志

Sialic-acid-binding, immunoglobulin-type lectin-7 (Siglec-7) is present on the surface of natural killer cells. Siglec-7 shows p

 
Aug 12 2019
Aug
06

Carboxyl (C)-terminal processing proteases (CTPs) participate in protective and regulatory proteolysis in bacteria. The PDZ doma

 
Aug 06 2019
Aug
06
Untying a Knotted SPOUT RNA Methyltransferase by Circular Permutation Results in a Domain-Swapped Dimer
Structure. 2019 Aug 6; 27(8):1224-1233.e4. Epub 2019 May 16.
徐尚德、黃開發

YbeA from E. coli is a trefoil-knotted SpoU-TrmD (SPOUT) RNA methyltransferase. While its knotted motif plays a key functional r

 
Aug 06 2019
Aug
02

Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that manifests with movement dysfunction. The expression of mutant Hun

 
Aug 02 2019
Aug
01
Protein arginine methyltransferases: insights into the enzyme structure and mechanism at the atomic level
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2019 Aug; 76(15):2917-2932. Epub 2019 May 23.
何孟樵

Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) catalyze the methyl transfer to the arginine residues of protein substrates and are

 
Aug 01 2019
Jul
26

A group of prenyltransferases catalyze chain elongation of farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) to designated lengths via consecutive cond

 
Jul 26 2019
Jul
18

Overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is known to mediate glutamate excitotoxicity in neurological diseases. However,

 
Jul 18 2019
Jul
11

Metastasis is responsible for most cancer mortality, but its molecular mechanism has not been completely understood. In addition

 
Jul 11 2019
Jul
10
Nitrite Protects Neurons Against Hypoxic Damage Through S-nitrosylation of Caspase-6
Antioxid Redox Signal. 2019 Jul 10; 31(2):109-126. Epub 2018 Dec 28.
孟子青

Aims: The coordination of neurons to execute brain functions requires plenty of oxygen. Thus, it is not surprising that the chro

 
Jul 10 2019
Jul
05

Laccases that are tolerant to organic solvents are powerful bio-catalysts with broad applications in biotechnology. Most of thes

 
Jul 05 2019
Jul
04

Cancer stemness drives tumor initiation, progression, metastasis, recurrence, and therapy resistance. However, mechanisms that p

 
Jul 04 2019
Jun
24

Background: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) represent the majority of cellular transcripts and play pivotal roles in hematopoiesi

 
Jun 24 2019
Jun
20
Thermococcus sp. 9°N DNA polymerase exhibits 3'-esterase activity that can be harnessed for DNA sequencing
Commun Biol. 2019 Jun 20; 2:224. eCollection 2019.
蔡明道、王惠鈞、吳文晉、馬左仲

It was reported in 1995 that T7 and Taq DNA polymerases possess 3'-esterase activity, but without follow-up studies. Here we rep

 
Jun 20 2019
Jun
05
Bioorthogonal Fluorescent Nanodiamonds for Continuous Long-Term Imaging and Tracking of Membrane Proteins
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2019 Jun 5; 11(22):19774-19781. Epub 2019 May 24.
林俊宏

Real-time tracking of membrane proteins is essential to gain an in-depth understanding of their dynamics on the cell surface. Ho

 
Jun 05 2019
Jun
02
Segments in the Amyloid Core that Distinguish Hamster from Mouse Prion Fibrils
Neurochem Res. 2019 Jun; 44(6):1399-1409. Epub 2019 Jan 2.
陳佩燁

Prion diseases are transmissible fatal neurodegenerative disorders affecting humans and other mammals. The disease transmission

 
Jun 02 2019
Jun
01

Chromoproteins are a good source of engineered biological tools. We previously reported the development of a blue fluorescent pr

 
Jun 01 2019
Jun
01

Recent advances in mass spectrometry has empowered unbiased global analysis of site-specific O-GalNAc glycosylation. Despite tho

 
Jun 01 2019
May
29
Human DNA Polymerase μ Can Use a Noncanonical Mechanism for Multiple Mn2+-Mediated Functions
J Am Chem Soc. 2019 May 29; 141(21):8489-8502. Epub 2019 May 17.
蔡明道、吳文晉、馬左仲、別所義隆

Recent research on the structure and mechanism of DNA polymerases has continued to generate fundamentally important features, in

 
May 29 2019
May
17

Activation of tumor suppressors for the treatment of human cancer has been a long sought, yet elusive, strategy. PTEN is a criti

 
May 17 2019
May
16

The purpose of study was to explore the role of glutamine-dependent anaplerosis in cell fate determination (proliferation and se

 
May 16 2019
May
06

Quantifying the density and locating the position of antigens on cell surface has been a challenge in molecular biology research

 
May 06 2019
May
02
PTPN14 phosphatase and YAP promote TGFβ signalling in rheumatoid synoviocytes
Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 May; 78(5):600-609. Epub 2019 Feb 26.
孟子青

Objective: We aimed to understand the role of the tyrosine phosphatase PTPN14-which in cancer cells modulates the Hippo pathway

 
May 02 2019
May
01
Reduction in MnSOD promotes the migration and invasion of squamous carcinoma cells
Int J Oncol. 2019 May; 54(5):1639-1650. Epub 2019 Mar 14.
李明亭

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) homeostasis is maintained at a higher level in cancer cells, which promotes tumorigenesis. Oxidati

 
May 01 2019
May
01
New paradigm of functional regulation by DNA mimic proteins: Recent updates
IUBMB Life. 2019 May; 71(5):539-548. Epub 2018 Dec 22.
王惠鈞

For many, "DNA mimic protein" (DMP) remains an unfamiliar term. The key feature of these proteins is their DNA-like shape and ch

 
May 01 2019
Apr
23
Active Transport of Membrane Components by Self-Organization of the Min Proteins
Biophys J. 2019 Apr 23; 116(8):1469-1482. Epub 2019 Mar 23.
史有伶

Heterogeneous distribution of components in the biological membrane is critical in the process of cell polarization. However, li

 
Apr 23 2019
Apr
17
Use of Cryo-EM To Uncover Structural Bases of pH Effect and Cofactor Bispecificity of Ketol-Acid Reductoisomerase
J Am Chem Soc. 2019 Apr 17; 141(15):6136-6140. Epub 2019 Apr 2.
蔡明道

While cryo-EM is revolutionizing structural biology, its impact on enzymology is yet to be fully demonstrated. The ketol-acid re

 
Apr 17 2019
Apr
15

Our capability to visualize protein complexes such as RNA polymerase II (pol II) by single-molecule imaging techniques has large

 
Apr 15 2019
Apr
01
Detecting and prioritizing biosynthetic gene clusters for bioactive compounds in bacteria and fungi
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2019 Apr; 103(8):3277-3287. Epub 2019 Mar 12.
林曉青

Secondary metabolites (SM) produced by fungi and bacteria have long been of exceptional interest owing to their unique biomedica

 
Apr 01 2019
Mar
19
TIM-mediated inhibition of HIV-1 release is antagonized by Nef but potentiated by SERINC proteins
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Mar 19; 116(12):5705-5714. Epub 2019 Mar 6.
凌嘉鴻

The T cell Ig and mucin domain (TIM) proteins inhibit release of HIV-1 and other enveloped viruses by interacting with cell- and

 
Mar 19 2019
Mar
14

Influenza is a contagious acute respiratory disease caused by the influenza virus infection. Hemagglutinin (HA) is an important

 
Mar 14 2019
Feb
27

Cells govern their homeostasis through autophagy by sequestering substrates, ranging from proteins to aggregates and organelles,

 
Feb 27 2019
Feb
19
Regulatory cascade involving transcriptional and N-end rule pathways in rice under submergence
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Feb 19; 116(8):3300-3309. Epub 2019 Feb 5.
何孟樵、吳文晉

The rice SUB1A-1 gene, which encodes a group VII ethylene response factor (ERFVII), plays a pivotal role in rice survival under

 
Feb 19 2019
Feb
18
One-Pot Bioconversion of l-Arabinose to l-Ribulose in an Enzymatic Cascade
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2019 Feb 18; 58(8):2428-2432. Epub 2019 Jan 29.
林俊宏

This work reports the one-pot enzymatic cascade that completely converts l-arabinose to l-ribulose using four reactions catalyze

 
Feb 18 2019
Feb
15
Untying a Protein Knot by Circular Permutation
J Mol Biol. 2019 Feb 15; 431(4):857-863. Epub 2019 Jan 9.
徐尚德

Topologically knotted proteins are tantalizing examples of how polypeptide chains can explore complex free energy landscapes to

 
Feb 15 2019
Feb
01

Plant lignocellulosic biomass can be enzymatically degraded and converted into biofuel. We have studied a bifunctional cellulase

 
Feb 01 2019
Feb
01

Galectin-8, a beta-galactoside-binding lectin, is upregulated in the gastric tissues of rhesus macaques infected with Helicobact

 
Feb 01 2019
Feb
01
Catalytic mechanism of DNA polymerases-Two metal ions or three?
Protein Sci. 2019 Feb; 28(2):288-291. Epub 2018 Dec 20.
蔡明道

The catalysis by DNA polymerases has been thought for decades to go through a two-metal-ion mechanism [Fig. 1(a)], involving Met

 
Feb 01 2019
Jan
31

The mammalian mono-α2,8-sialyltransferase ST8Sia VI has been shown to catalyze the transfer of a unique sialic acid residues ont

 
Jan 31 2019
Jan
31
Biosynthesis of bioactive natural products from Basidiomycota
Org Biomol Chem. 2019 Jan 31; 17(5):1027-1036.
林曉青

The Basidiomycota, also called club fungi, comprise a diverse group of fungi. Basidiomycota are strongly related to ecosystem fu

 
Jan 31 2019
Jan
25

Dynamic processes such as fusion, fission, and trafficking are important in the regulation of cellular organelles, with an abund

 
Jan 25 2019
Jan
18
Diverse Synthesis of Natural Trehalosamines and Synthetic 1,1'-Disaccharide Aminoglycosides
Chembiochem. 2019 Jan 18; 20(2):287-294. Epub 2018 Dec 20.
林俊宏

A general strategy for the diverse synthesis of ten disaccharide aminoglycosides, including natural 2-trehalosamine (1), 3-treha

 
Jan 18 2019
Jan
18
Binding and Enhanced Binding between Key Immunity Proteins TRAF6 and TIFA
Chembiochem. 2019 Jan 18; 20(2):140-146. Epub 2018 Dec 13.
蔡明道、馬左仲、別所義隆

Human tumor necrosis factor receptor associated factor (TRAF)-interacting protein, with a forkhead-associated domain (TIFA), is

 
Jan 18 2019
Jan
18

Endoglucanase CtCel9Q is one of the enzyme components of the cellulosome, which is an active cellulase system in the thermophile

 
Jan 18 2019
Jan
18
Crystal Structure of PigA: A Prolyl Thioester-Oxidizing Enzyme in Prodigiosin Biosynthesis
Chembiochem. 2019 Jan 18; 20(2):193-202. Epub 2018 Oct 11.
王惠鈞

Prodigiosin is an intensely red pigment comprising three pyrroles. The biosynthetic pathway includes a two-step proline oxidatio

 
Jan 18 2019
Jan
17

The incidences of primary, pyrogenic liver abscess complicated by meningitis and septic endophthalmitis caused by Klebsiella pne

 
Jan 17 2019
Jan
08
Promotion of homology-directed DNA repair by polyamines
Nat Commun. 2019 Jan 8; 10(1):65.
冀宏源

Polyamines, often elevated in cancer cells, have been shown to promote cell growth and proliferation. Whether polyamines regulat

 
Jan 08 2019
Jan
07

Genomes are constantly in flux, undergoing changes due to recombination, repair and mutagenesis. In vivo, many of such changes a

 
Jan 07 2019
Jan
05
Triggering Mitophagy with Photosensitizers
Methods Mol Biol. 2019; 1880:611-619.
楊維元

One can utilize light illumination to stimulate mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production through the use of mitochondria

 
Jan 05 2019
Jan
03

HER2-ECD (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 - extracellular domain) is a prominent therapeutic target validated for treat

 
Jan 03 2019
Jan
01

Migration of placental extravillous trophoblast (EVT) cells into uterine decidua facilitates the establishment of blood circulat

 
Jan 01 2019

2018

Dec
21

Human sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin 14 (Siglec-14) is a glycan-recognition protein that is expressed on myeloid

 
Dec 21 2018
Dec
14
The C-terminal D/E-rich domain of MBD3 is a putative Z-DNA mimic that competes for Zα DNA-binding activity
Nucleic Acids Res. 2018 Dec 14; 46(22):11806-11821.
王惠鈞、何孟儒

The Z-DNA binding domain (Zα), derived from the human RNA editing enzyme ADAR1, can induce and stabilize the Z-DNA conformation.

 
Dec 14 2018