Peer Reviewed Publications
[30]Fu, W.Q., Liu, N., Qiao, Q., Wang, M.Z., Min, J.R., Zhu, B.*, Xu, R.M.* and Yang, N.* (2016) Structural Basis for Substrate Preference of SMYD3, A SET Domain-containing Protein Lysine Methyltransferase. J. Biol. Chem., published online March, 2016 [29]Fang, Q.L., Chen, P., Wang, M.Z., Fang, J.N., Yang, N., Li, G.H.* and Xu, R. M.* (2016) Human cytomegalovirus IE1 protein alters the higher order chromatin structure by targeting the acidic patch of the nucleosome. eLife 5, e11911. [28] Yang, N.*, Yu, Z., Hu, M., Wang, M., Lehmann, R.*, and Xu, R.M.* (2015) Structure of Drosophila Oskar reveals a novel RNA binding protein. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.USA 112, 11541-11546. [27] Cao, D., Wang, M., Qiu, X., Liu, D., Jiang, H., Yang, N.*, and Xu R.M.* (2015) Structural basis for allosteric, substrate-dependent stimulation of SIRT1 activity by resveratrol. Genes & Dev. 29, 1316-1325. [26] Cao, D. and Yang, N.* (2015) Structure and catalytic mechanisms of histone deacetylases. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vol. 42, 1-16. [25] Wang, H., Wang, M., Yang, N.*, and Xu, R.M.* (2015) Structure of the quaternary complex of histone H3-H4 heterodimer with chaperone ASF1 and the replicative helicase subunit MCM2. Protein & Cell 6, 693-697. [24] Gao, G., Wang, M., Yang, N., Huang, Y., and Xu R.M.* (2015) Structure of Zeste-DNA complex reveals a new modality of DNA recognition by homeodomain-like proteins. J. Mol. Biol. 427, 3824-3833. [23] Yu, Z ., Zhou, X., Wang, W., Deng, W., Fang, J., Hu, H., Wang, Z., Li, S., Cui, L., Shen, J., Zhai, L., Peng, S., Wong, J., Dong, S., Yuan, Z., Ou, G., Zhang, X., Xu, P., Lou, J., Yang, N., Chen, P., Xu, R.M., and Li, G. * (2015) Dynamic phosphorylation of CENP-A at Ser68 orchestrates its cell cycle-dependent deposition at centromeres. Dev. Cell, 32, 68-81. [22] Yang, N., and Xu, R.M.* (2014) Structural Basis for Methyl DNA Readout by MBD and SRA Domains. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics 41, 1063-1074. [21] Zhou, T., Xiong, J., Wang, M., Yang, N., Wong, J., Zhu, B., and Xu, R.M.* (2014) Structural basis for hydroxymethylcytosine recognition by the SRA domain of UHRF2. Mol. Cell 54, 879-886. [20] Ren, R., Liu, H., Wang, W., Wang, M., Yang, N., Dong, Y.H., Gong, W., Lehmann, R., and Xu, R.M.*(2014)Structure and domain organization of Drosophila Tudor. Cell Res. 24, 1146-1149. [19] Yang, D. X., Fang, Q. L., Wang, M. Z., Ren, R., Wang, H., He, M., Sun, Y. W., Yang, N.*, and Xu, R. M.* (2013) Nα-acetylated Sir3 stabilizes the conformation of a nucleosome-binding loop in the BAH domain. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., Vol. 20, 1116-1118. [18] Yang, N.*, Wang, W., Wang, Y., Wang, M., Zhao, Q., Rao, Z., Zhu, B.* and Xu, R. M.* (2012) Distinct mode of methyl-H3K4 recognition by tandem tudor-like domains of Spindlin1. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci .USA, Vol. 109, 17954-17959. [17] Yang, N. and Xu, R. M.* (2013) Structure and function of the BAH domain in chromatin biology. Crit. Rev. Biochem. Mol. Biol., Vol. 48, 211-221. [16] Hsu, H. C., Wang, C. L., Wang, M., Yang, N., Chen, Z., Sternglanz, R.*, and Xu, R. M.* (2013) Structural basis for allosteric stimulation of Sir2 activity by Sir4 binding. Genes & Dev.,Vol. 27, 64-73. [15] Liu, C. P., Xiong, C., Wang, M., Yu, Z., Yang, N., Chen, P., Zhang, Z., Li, G.*, and Xu, R. M.* (2012) Structure of the variant histone H3.3-H4 heterodimer in complex with its chaperone DAXX. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., Vol. 19, 1287-1292. [14] Sun, L. T., Wang, M. Z., Lv, Z. Y., Yang, N., Liu, Y., Bao, S. L., Gong, W. M.* and Xu, R. M.* (2011) Structural Insights into Protein Arginine Symmetric Dimethylation by PRMT5. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci .USA, Vol. 108, 20538-20543. [13] Hu, H., Liu, Y., Wang, M. Z., Fang, J. N., Huang, H. D., Yang, N., Li, Y. B., Wang, J. Y., Yao, X. B., Shi, Y. Y., Li, G. H. and Xu, R. M.* (2011) Structure of a CENP-A-Histone H4 heterodimer in complex with chaperone HJURP. Genes & Dev., Vol. 25, 901-906. [12] Yang, N., Li, D. F., Feng, L., Xiang, Y., Liu, W., Sun, H. and Wang, D. C.* (2009) Structural Basis for the Tumor Cell Apoptosis-Inducing Activity of an Antitumor Lectin from the Edible Mushroom Agrocybe aegerita. J. Mol. Biol., Vol. 387(3), 694-705. [11] Hou, Q. M., Yang, N., Liu, X., Wang, H. F., Li, L. F. and Su, X. D.* (2011) Structural Insight into the Binding of Hypoxanthine with Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase from Streptococcus mutants. Chinese J. Struct. Chem., Vol. 30, 43-50. [10] Yang, N., Nan, J., N., Brostromer, E., Hatti-Kaul, R., and Su, X. D.* (2008) Crystal structure of an alkaline serine protease from Nesterenkonia sp. defines a novel family of secreted bacterial proteases. Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, Vol. 73(4), 1072-1075. [09] Yang, N., Hou Q. M., Nan J., and Su, X. D.* (2008) Progress in Structural and Functional Study of Ubiquitin Ligases. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vol. 35(1), 14-20. (Chinese) [08] Liu, W.1, Yang, N.1, Ding, J. J., Huang R. H., Hu, Z. and Wang, D. C.* (2005) Structural mechanism governing the quaternary organization of monocot mannose-binding lectin revealed by a novel monomeric structure. J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 280, 14865-14876. (1co-first authors) [07] Yang, N., Tong X., Xiang, Y., Sun, H. and Wang, D. C.* (2005) Molecular character of an antitumour lectin from the edible mushroom Agrocybe aegerita. The Journal of Biochemistry, Vol. 138, 145-150. [06] Yang, N., Xiang, Y., Zhang, Y. and Wang, D. C.* (2005) Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of the recombinant antitumour lectin from the edible mushroom Agrocybe aegerita. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Proteins and Proteomics, Vol. 1751, 209-212. [05] Yang, N., Liang, Y., Xiang, Y., Sun, H. and Wang, D. C.* (2005) Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of an antitumour lectin from the edible mushroom Agrocybe aegerita. Protein and Peptide Letters, Vol. 12, 705-707. [04] Zhu, D. Y., Zhu, Y. Q., Huang, R. H., Xiang, Y., Yang, N., Hu, Z., Li, G. P., Jin, Q. and Wang, D. C.* (2005) Crystal Structure of the Copper Homeostasis Protein (CutCm) from Shigella flexneri at 1.7 Å Resolution: the first structure of a new sequence family of TIM barrels. Proteins, Vol. 58, 764-768. [03] Yin, L., Xiang, Y., Zhu, D. Y., Yang, N., Huang, Q. H., and Wang, D. C.* (2005) Crystal strucure of human SH3BGRL protein: the first structure of the human SH3BGR family repersenting a novel class of thioredoxin fold proteins. Proteins, Vol. 61, 213-216. [02] Yin, L., Zhu, D. Y., Yang, N., Huang, Q. H., and Wang, D. C.* (2005) Expression, purification, and crystallization of a human protein SH3BGRL with atomic resolution. Acta Cryst. F61, 384-386. [01] Zhu, Y. Q., Zhu, D. Y., Lu, H. X., Yang, N., Li, G. P. and Wang, D. C.* (2005) Purification and preliminary crystallographic studies of the Copper Homeostasis Protein (CutCm) from Shigella flexneri. Protein and Peptide Letters, Vol. 12, 823-826.
Book Chapters
[2] Yang, N. and Su, X. D. (2013) A novel alkaline serine protease isolated from Nesterenkonia abyssinica sp. nov. Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes,3rd Edition, ISBN 9780123822192. [1] 苏晓东, 曾宗浩, 杨娜. (2011)《现代蛋白质工程实验指南》译, 科学出版社, ISBN 978-7-03-030122-2. |