2023
Cryo-EM reveals how the mastigoneme assembles and responds to environmental signal changes
Wang Y, Yang J, Hu F, Yang Y, Huang K, Zhang K. Cryo-EM reveals how the mastigoneme assembles and responds to environmental signal changes. Journal Of Cell Biology 2023, 222: e202301066. PMID: 37882754, PMCID: PMC10602792, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202301066.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-particle cryo-electron microscopy structureCryo-electron microscopy structureNon-polar filamentsImmunoglobulin-like domainsDistal regionPolyproline II helixMicroscopy structureChlamydomonas reinhardtiiFlagellar motilityVaried environmental conditionsCryo-EMCell swimmingMotility controlEnvironmental responsesDisulfide bondsEnvironmental conditionsSushi domainMastigonemesThread-like structuresRedox shiftSignal sensingPotential roleProtistsReinhardtiiMST1
2018
Towards dynamic structure of biological complexes at atomic resolution by cryo-EM
Zhang K. Towards dynamic structure of biological complexes at atomic resolution by cryo-EM. Chinese Physics B 2018, 27: 066801. DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/6/066801.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Cryo-EM Reveals How Human Cytoplasmic Dynein Is Auto-inhibited and Activated
Zhang K, Foster HE, Rondelet A, Lacey SE, Bahi-Buisson N, Bird AW, Carter AP. Cryo-EM Reveals How Human Cytoplasmic Dynein Is Auto-inhibited and Activated. Cell 2017, 169: 1303-1314.e18. PMID: 28602352, PMCID: PMC5473941, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.05.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructure-based mutagenesisCryoelectron microscopy structureCargo adaptor proteinsMicroscopy structureAdaptor proteinCytoplasmic dyneinMicrotubule affinityCryo-EMDynein 1DynactinOpen formDynein tailInhibited stateProcessive movementMotor domainMicrotubulesMotor dimerizationTransport machinesHigh affinityMutagenesisDyneinTailAffinityProteinDimerization