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Liu Zhu
Life Science
Huazhong Agricultural University
Hubei
Language: Chinese, English
Protein Structure
Crystallography
Cryo-Em
Nmr
Smfret
Flim-Fret
Saxs
Cxms
Molecular Dynamics
Biophysics
Areas of Focus
- Structural basis of protein function
- Development and application of protein dynamics research methods
- Dynamics and kinetics of protein function activation and regulation
Work Experience
- 2018-present: Professor at College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University
- 2014-2017: Postdoctoral Researcher at School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2009-2014: PhD in Radio Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
Publications
- The cytoplasmic synthesis and coupled membrane translocation of eukaryotic polyphosphate by signal-activated VTC complex, Guan, Z., Chen, J., Liu, R., Chen, Y., Xing, Q., Du, Z., Cheng, M., Hu, J., Zhang, W., Mei, W., Wan, B., Wang, Q., Zhang, J., Cheng, P., Cai, H., Cao, J., Zhang, D., Yan, J., Yin, P., Hothorn, M. & Liu, Z., 2023
- Insights into the mechanism of phospholipid hydrolysis by plant non-specific phospholipase C, Fan, R., Zhao, F., Gong, Z., Chen, Y., Yang, B., Zhou, C., Zhang, J., Du, Z., Wang, X., Yin, P., Guo, L. & Liu, Z., 2023
- Parkin-mediated ubiquitination inhibits BAK apoptotic activity by blocking its canonical hydrophobic groove, Cheng, P., Hou, Y. Z., Bian, M. X., Fang, X. R., Liu, Y., Rao, Y. F., Cao, S., Liu, Y. J., Zhang, S., Chen, Y. K., Dong, X. & Liu, Z., 2023
- Mechanistic insights into the regulation of plant phosphate homeostasis by the rice SPX2 - PHR2 complex, Guan, ZY, Zhang, QX, Zhang, ZF, Zuo, JQ, Chen, J, Liu, R, Savarin, J., Broger, L., Cheng, P, Wang, Q, Pei, K, Zhang, DL, Zou, TT, Yan, JJ, Yin, P, Hothorn, M. & Liu, Z., 2022
- AimR Adopts Preexisting Dimer Conformations for Specific Target Recognition in Lysis-Lysogeny Decisions of Bacillus Phage phi3T, Pei, K, Zhang, J, Zou, TT & Liu, Z., 2021
- BMPQ-1 binds selectively to (3+1) hybrid topologies in human telomeric G-quadruplex multimers, Gao C, Liu Z, Hou HT, Ding JQ, Chen X, Xie CB, Song ZB, Hu Z, Feng MQ, Mohamed Hany I., Xu SZ, Parkinson Gary N., Haider Shozeb, Wei DG., 2020
- Structural basis of tubulin detyrosination by VASH2/SVBP heterodimer, Zhou C, Yan L, Zhang WH, Liu Z., 2019
- Structural basis for the recognition of K48-linked Ub chain by proteasomal receptor Rpn13, Liu Z, Dong X, Yi HW, Yang J, Gong Z, Wang Y, Liu K, Zhang WP, Tang C., 2019
- Characterizing Protein Dynamics with Integrative Use of Bulk and Single-Molecule Techniques, Liu Z, Gong Z, Cao Y, Ding YH, Dong MQ, Lu YB, Zhang WP, Tang C., 2018
- Ubiquitin S65 phosphorylation engenders a pH-sensitive conformational switch, Dong X, Gong Z, Lu YB, Liu K, Qing LY, Ran ML, Zhang CL, Liu Z, Zhang WP, Tang C., 2017
- Transient protein-protein interactions visualized by solution NMR, Liu Z, Gong Z, Dong X and Tang C., 2016
- Lys63-linked ubiquitin chain adopts multiple conformational states for specific target recognition, Liu Z, Gong Z, Jiang WX, Yang J, Zhu WK, Guo DC, Zhang WP, Liu ML and Tang C., 2015
- Subtle dynamics of holo glutamine binding protein revealed with a rigid paramagnetic probe, Liu Z, Gong Z, Guo DC, Zhang WP and Tang C., 2014
- Noncovalent dimerization of ubiquitin, Liu Z, Zhang WP, Xing Q, Ren XF, Liu ML and Tang C., 2012
