2022
Mapping subcellular localizations of unannotated microproteins and alternative proteins with MicroID
Na Z, Dai X, Zheng SJ, Bryant CJ, Loh KH, Su H, Luo Y, Buhagiar AF, Cao X, Baserga SJ, Chen S, Slavoff SA. Mapping subcellular localizations of unannotated microproteins and alternative proteins with MicroID. Molecular Cell 2022, 82: 2900-2911.e7. PMID: 35905735, PMCID: PMC9662605, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.06.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubcellular localizationProximity biotinylationSmall open reading framesAlternative proteinsOpen reading frameHigh-throughput technologiesSubnuclear organellesCanonical proteinsRRNA transcriptionSubcellular compartmentsReading frameProteogenomic identificationProtein compositionAmino acidsMicroproteinsProteinBiotinylationLocalizationTurboIDTranscriptionOrganellesMouse modelPolypeptideNucleoliExpression
2021
Metaviromic identification of discriminative genomic features in SARS-CoV-2 using machine learning
Park JJ, Chen S. Metaviromic identification of discriminative genomic features in SARS-CoV-2 using machine learning. Patterns 2021, 3: 100407. PMID: 34812427, PMCID: PMC8598947, DOI: 10.1016/j.patter.2021.100407.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmino acid resolutionSARS-CoV-2 genomeGenomic featuresGenetic elementsCoronavirus genomeGenomeFunctional studiesSequence targetsGenomic profilesUnbiased collectionMajor threatPathogenic virusesUnappreciated featureAnimal originInterpretable signaturesRapid characterizationPathogenic regionsSARS-CoVB cellsSystematic mapRdRpNucleotidesEpitope predictionProteinPathogenicity
2017
Diverse Class 2 CRISPR-Cas Effector Proteins for Genome Engineering Applications
Pyzocha NK, Chen S. Diverse Class 2 CRISPR-Cas Effector Proteins for Genome Engineering Applications. ACS Chemical Biology 2017, 13: 347-356. PMID: 29121460, PMCID: PMC6768076, DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.7b00800.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome engineering applicationsCRISPR-Cas genome editing technologiesMicrobial adaptive immune systemGenome editing technologyEffector enzymeNucleic acid cleavageEditing technologyUnique propertiesModern molecular biologyEngineering applicationsEffector proteinsMammalian cellsMolecular biologyAdaptive immune systemWide diversityTechnologyEnzymeApplicationsFunctionalityAcid cleavageImmune systemBiologyProteinDNADiversity