Selected Publications

• Structural insight into substrate selection and catalysis of lipid phosphate phosphatase PgpB in the cell membrane. (external link)
  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 (external link)
  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. (external link)
  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. (external link)
  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. (external link)
  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