2023
LRRC23 truncation impairs radial spoke 3 head assembly and sperm motility underlying male infertility
Hwang J, Chai P, Nawaz S, Choi J, Lopez-Giraldez F, Hussain S, Bilguvar K, Mane S, Lifton R, Ahmad W, Zhang K, Chung J. LRRC23 truncation impairs radial spoke 3 head assembly and sperm motility underlying male infertility. ELife 2023, 12: rp90095. PMID: 38091523, PMCID: PMC10721216, DOI: 10.7554/elife.90095.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Cryo-EM structure of an active central apparatus
Han L, Rao Q, Yang R, Wang Y, Chai P, Xiong Y, Zhang K. Cryo-EM structure of an active central apparatus. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2022, 29: 472-482. PMID: 35578022, PMCID: PMC9113940, DOI: 10.1038/s41594-022-00769-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral apparatusDiverse cellular activitiesKinesin-like proteinCryo-EM structureArmadillo repeat proteinsCryo-electron microscopyHigh-resolution structuresEukaryotic speciesProtein subunitsMotile ciliaBridge proteinsPair of microtubulesRegulatory roleCellular activitiesProteinDynamic conformational behaviorCiliary motilityCiliaCiliary beatingStructural frameworkConformational behaviorSubunitsMicrotubulesRegulatorSpecies
2018
A brief introduction of cryo-EM revolution—the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017
Zhang K, Liu Z. A brief introduction of cryo-EM revolution—the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017. Science China Life Sciences 2018, 61: 368-370. PMID: 29318502, DOI: 10.1007/s11427-017-9215-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research