2024
The CUL5 E3 ligase complex negatively regulates central signaling pathways in CD8+ T cells
Liao X, Li W, Zhou H, Rajendran B, Li A, Ren J, Luan Y, Calderwood D, Turk B, Tang W, Liu Y, Wu D. The CUL5 E3 ligase complex negatively regulates central signaling pathways in CD8+ T cells. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 603. PMID: 38242867, PMCID: PMC10798966, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44885-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD8+ T cellsT cellsCancer immunotherapyMouse CD8+ T cellsAnti-tumor immunityTumor growth inhibition abilityAnti-tumor effectsInhibition of neddylationCD8Effector functionsTCR stimulationIL2 signalingCentral signaling pathwaysCore signaling pathwaysEffector activityNegative regulatory mechanismsTranslational implicationsImmunotherapyGrowth inhibition abilityCytokine signalingTCRProteomic alterationsSignaling pathwayCancerCRISPR-based screens
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
2019
motifeR: An Integrated Web Software for Identification and Visualization of Protein Posttranslational Modification Motifs
Wang S, Cai Y, Cheng J, Li W, Liu Y, Yang H. motifeR: An Integrated Web Software for Identification and Visualization of Protein Posttranslational Modification Motifs. Proteomics 2019, 19: e1900245. PMID: 31622013, DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201900245.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUser-friendly web toolWeb softwarePublic datasetsBioinformatics backgroundLarge datasetsWeb toolMotif discoveryOptional featuresDatasetPresentation of motivesExponential growthLocation probabilitySoftwareKinase-substrate relationsModification sitesProtein post-translational modificationsPost-translational modificationsUsabilityUsersToolToolkitNetworkModification motifsPhosphoproteomic datasetsSite enrichment