Structural basis and functional analysis of the SARS coronavirus nsp14–nsp10 complex

Y Ma, L Wu, N Shaw, Y Gao, J Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Nonstructural protein 14 (nsp14) of coronaviruses (CoV) is important for viral replication and
transcription. The N-terminal exoribonuclease (ExoN) domain plays a proofreading role for …

Rational design of true monomeric and bright photoactivatable fluorescent proteins

M Zhang, H Chang, Y Zhang, J Yu, L Wu, W Ji… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Monomeric (m)Eos2 is an engineered photoactivatable fluorescent protein widely used for
super-resolution microscopy. We show that mEos2 forms oligomers at high concentrations …

[PDF][PDF] Crystal structure of the human cannabinoid receptor CB2

X Li, T Hua, K Vemuri, JH Ho, Y Wu, L Wu, P Popov… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
The cannabinoid receptor CB2 is predominately expressed in the immune system, and
selective modulation of CB2 without the psychoactivity of CB1 has therapeutic potential in …

Delicate structural coordination of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus Nsp13 upon ATP hydrolysis

Z Jia, L Yan, Z Ren, L Wu, J Wang, J Guo… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
To date, an effective therapeutic treatment that confers strong attenuation toward
coronaviruses (CoVs) remains elusive. Of all the potential drug targets, the helicase of CoVs is …

Structural basis for replicase polyprotein cleavage and substrate specificity of main protease from SARS-CoV-2

…, X Liu, Z Jin, Y Duan, Q Zhang, C Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The main protease (M pro ) of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
is a key enzyme, which extensively digests CoV replicase polyproteins essential for viral …

Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in China: a nationwide multi-center population-based study among children aged 6 to 12 years

H Zhou, X Xu, W Yan, X Zou, L Wu, X Luo, T Li… - Neuroscience …, 2020 - Springer
This study aimed to obtain the first national estimate of the prevalence of autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) in Chinese children. We targeted the population of 6 to 12-year-old children for …

[PDF][PDF] Activation and signaling mechanism revealed by cannabinoid receptor-Gi complex structures

…, X Li, L Wu, C Iliopoulos-Tsoutsouvas, Y Wang, M Wu… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Human endocannabinoid systems modulate multiple physiological processes mainly through
the activation of cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2. Their high sequence similarity, low …

Structural basis of CXC chemokine receptor 2 activation and signalling

K Liu, L Wu, S Yuan, M Wu, Y Xu, Q Sun, S Li, S Zhao… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Chemokines and their receptors mediate cell migration, which influences multiple
fundamental biological processes and disease conditions such as inflammation and cancer 1 . …

Structures of CRISPR Cas3 offer mechanistic insights into Cascade-activated DNA unwinding and degradation

Y Huo, KH Nam, F Ding, H Lee, L Wu, Y Xiao… - Nature structural & …, 2014 - nature.com
CRISPR drives prokaryotic adaptation to invasive nucleic acids such as phages and
plasmids, using an RNA-mediated interference mechanism. Interference in type I CRISPR-Cas …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis of selective cannabinoid CB2 receptor activation

…, M Mustafa, C van der Horst, SS Kumar, L Wu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cannabinoid CB 2 receptor (CB 2 R) agonists are investigated as therapeutic agents in the
clinic. However, their molecular mode-of-action is not fully understood. Here, we report the …