Publications

  1. Shehrazade Jekhmane, João Medeiros-Silva, Jing Li, Felix Kümmerer, Christoph Müller-Hermes, Marc Baldus, Benoit Roux, Markus Weingarth. Shifts in the selectivity filter dynamics cause modal gating in K+ channels. Nature Communication. 10:123. (2019)
  2. Jing Li, Jared Ostmeyer, Luis Cuello, Eduardo Perozo, Benoît Roux. Rapid constriction of the selectivity filter underlies C-type inactivation in the KcsA potassium channel. Journal of General Physiology (cover article with commentary). 150(10): 1408-1420. (2018).
  3. Samantha Barrick, Jing Li, Xinyu Kong, Alokananda Ray, Emad Tajkhorshid, Deborah Leckband. Salt bridges gate alpha-Catenin activation at intercellular junctions. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 29(2): 111-122. (2018).
  4. Jing Li, Jared Ostmeyer, Eliot Boulanger, Huan Rui, Eduardo Perozo, Benoît Roux. Chemical substitutions in the selectivity filter of potassium channels do not rule out constricted-like conformations for C-type inactivation. PNAS. 114(42):11145-11150. (2017)
  5. Ruiwen Song, Jing Li*, Jin Zhang, Lu Wang, Li Tong, Ping Wang, Huan Yang, Qun Wei, Huaibin Cai and Jing Luo. Peptides derived from transcription factor EB bind to calcineurin at a similar region as the NFAT-type motif. Biochimie, 142:158-167. (2017).
  6. John Lueck, Adam Mackey, Daniel Infield, Jason Galpin, Jing Li, Benoît Roux, Christopher Ahern. Atomic mutagenesis in ion channels with engineered stoichiometry. eLife, 5:e18976. (2016).
  7. Yane Zhao*, Jin Zhang*, Xiaoyu Shi*, Jing Li*, Rui Wang, Ruiwen Song, Qun Wei, Huaibin Cai, Jing Luo. Quercetin targets the interaction of calcineurin with LxVP-type motifs in immunosuppression. Biochimie, 127:50-58. (2016).
  8. Jing Li, Po-Chao Wen, Mahmoud Moradi, and Emad Tajkhorshid. Mechanistic view of membrane transporters through computational nanoscopy of molecular dynamics. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 31:96-105. (2015).
  9. Jing Li, Jillian Chekan, Noboru Ishiyama, Cara Gottardi, Mistu Ikura, Deborah Leckband, and Emad Tajkhorshid. Structural determinants of the mechanical stability of alpha-Catenin. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290: 18890–18903. (2015).
  10. Giray Enkavi, Jing Li, Po-Chao Wen, Sundar Thangapandian, Mahmoud Moradi, Tao Jiang, Wei Han, and Emad Tajkhorshid. A microscopic view of the mechanisms of active transport across the cellular membrane. Annual Reports in Computational Chemistry. 10:77-125. (2014).
  11. Jing Li, Saher A. Shaikh, Giray Enkavi, Po-Chao Wen, Zhijian Huang, and Emad Tajkhorshid. Transient formation of water-conducting state in membrane transporters. PNAS. 110: 7696-7701. (2013).
  12. Saher A. Shaikh, Jing Li, Giray Enkavi, Po-Chao Wen, Zhijian Huang, and Emad Tajkhorshid. Visualizing functional motions of membrane transporters with molecular dynamics simulations. Biochemistry (Current Topic), 52: 569-587. (2013).
  13. Giray Enkavi, Jing Li, Paween Mahinthichaichan, Po-Chao Wen, Zhijian Huang, Saher A. Shaikh, and Emad Tajkhorshid. Simulation studies of the mechanism of membrane transporters. Methods in Molecular Biology, 924: 361-405. (2013).
  14. Jing Li, Emad Tajkhorshid. A gate-free pathway for substrate release from the inward-facing state of the Na+-Galactose transporter. BBA – Biomembranes, 1818: 263-271. (2012).
  15. Ye-dan Feng*, Jing Li*, WenChang Zhou, ZhiGuang Jia and Qun Wei. Indentification of the critical structural determinants of the EF-hand domain arrangements in calcium binding proteins. BBA – Protein and Proteomics, 1824: 608-619. (2012).
  16. Zhijian Huang, Saher A. Shaikh, Po-Chao Wen, Giray Enkavi, Jing Li, and Emad Tajkhorshid. Membrane transporters – molecular machines coupling cellular energy to vectorial transport across the membrane. “Molecular Machines” World Scientific, Chapter 9:151–182. (2011).
  17. Qing Chen, Wu Wu, Jing Li, and Qun Wei. The Polarity of the Amino Acid Residue 118 of Calcineurin B is closely linked to calcineurin enzyme activity. IUBMB Life, 62: 561-567. (2010).
  18. Jing Li, Emad Tajkhorshid. Ion-releasing state of a secondary membrane transporter. Biophysical Journal, 97: L29-L31. (2009).
  19. Jing Li, ZhiGuang Jia, WenChang Zhou, and Qun Wei. Calcineurin Regulatory Subunit B is a unique calcium sensor that regulates calcineurin in both calcium-dependent and calcium-independent manner. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 77: 612-623. (2009).
  20. Guowei Yin, Yanjie Li, Juan Li, Jing Li, Weihong Du, Qun Wei, and Weihai Fang. Solution 1H NMR study of the active site structure for the double mutant H64Q/V68F cyanide complex from mouse neuroglobin. Biophysical Chemistry, 136: 115-123. (2008).

* equal contribution authorship