2025
Crystal structure of Isthmin-1 and reassessment of its functional role in pre-adipocyte signaling
Li T, Stayrook S, Li W, Wang Y, Li H, Zhang J, Liu Y, Klein D. Crystal structure of Isthmin-1 and reassessment of its functional role in pre-adipocyte signaling. Nature Communications 2025, 16: 3580. PMID: 40234450, PMCID: PMC12000326, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58828-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThrombospondin type I repeatsIsthmin-1Pre-adipocytesType I repeatsBacterial streptavidinSurface helicesI repeatsMolecular detailsDiverse functionsFunctional studiesAkt phosphorylationFunctional roleStructural plasticityInsulin-like propertiesCrystal structureAMOPGrowth factorDomainPhosphorylationApoptosisLiver steatosisProteinHelixAktStreptavidin
2022
Proteotype coevolution and quantitative diversity across 11 mammalian species
Ba Q, Hei Y, Dighe A, Li W, Maziarz J, Pak I, Wang S, Wagner GP, Liu Y. Proteotype coevolution and quantitative diversity across 11 mammalian species. Science Advances 2022, 8: eabn0756. PMID: 36083897, PMCID: PMC9462687, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn0756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMammalian speciesRNA metabolic processesCommon mammalian speciesUbiquitin-proteasome systemEvolutionary profilingMammalian lineagesProteomic methodsProtein degradationProtein abundanceGene expressionProtein expression levelsHigh interspeciesMetabolic processesCovariation analysisFunctional roleNucleotide levelExpression levelsQuantitative diversityCoevolutionMammalsSpeciesRemarkable variationExpressionTranscriptomeBiological variability
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