Selected Publications

• Structural insight into substrate selection and catalysis of lipid phosphate phosphatase PgpB in the cell membrane.
  Tong S, Lin Y, Lu S, Wang M, Bogdanov M, Zheng L.
  J Biol Chem. 2016 Jul 12. pii: jbc.M116.737874. [Epub ahead of print]
  PMID:27405756
• Substrate selectivity of lysophospholipid transporter LplT involved in membrane phospholipid remodeling in Escherichia coli
  Lin Y, Bogdanov M, Tong S, Guan Z, Zheng L.
  J Biol Chem. 2016 Jan 29;291(5):2136-49. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.700419. Epub 2015 Nov 26.
  PMID: 26613781
• Crystal structure of Ca2+/H+ antiporter protein YfkE reveals the mechanisms of Ca2+ efflux and its pH regulation.
  Wu M, Tong S, Waltersperger S, Diederichs K, Wang M, Zheng L.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jul 9;110(28):11367-72. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1302515110. Epub 2013 Jun 24.
  PMID: 23798403
• Structural basis of the Ca2+ inhibitory mechanism of Drosophila Na+/Ca2+ exchanger CALX and its modification by alternative splicing.
  Wu M, Tong S, Gonzalez J, Jayaraman V, Spudich JL, Zheng L.
  Structure. 2011 Oct 12;19(10):1509-17. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2011.07.008.
  PMID: 22000518
• The mechanism of ammonia transport based on the crystal structure of AmtB of Escherichia coli.
  Zheng L, Kostrewa D, Bernèche S, Winkler FK, Li XD.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Dec 7;101(49):17090-5. Epub 2004 Nov 24.
  PMID: 15563598