Selected Publications
Liu H, Sun D, Myasnikov A, Damian M, Baneres J, Sun J*, Zhang C*. Structural basis of human ghrelin receptor signaling by ghrelin and the synthetic agonist ibutamoren. Nature Communications 12:6410, 2021. (*corresponding author)
Myasnikov A, Zhu H, Hixson, P, Xie B, Yu K, Pitre A, Peng J, Sun J. Structural analysis of the full-length human LRRK2. Cell 184:3519–3527, 2021.
Sun J. Structures of mouse DUOX1–DUOXA1 provide mechanistic insights into enzyme activation and regulation. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 27:1086–1093, 2020
Sun J and MacKinnon R. Structural Basis of Human KCNQ1 Modulation and Gating. Cell 180:1-8, 2020.
Sun J and MacKinnon R. Cryo-EM Structure of a KCNQ1/CaM Complex Reveals Insights into Congenital Long QT Syndrome. Cell 169(6): 1042-1050, 2017.
Li H, Lim KS, Kim H, Hinds TR, Jo U, Mao H, Weller CE, Sun J, Chatterjee C, D’Andrea AD, Zheng N. Allosteric Activation of Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases by β-Propeller Proteins UAF1 and WDR20. Molecular Cell 63:1-12, 2016.
Sun J* and Zheng N*. Molecular Mechanism Underlying the Plant NRT1.1 Dual-Affinity Nitrate Transporter. Frontiers in Physiology 6(386) 2015 (*Co-corresponding author).
Sun J, Bankston JR, Hinds TR, Payandeh J, Zagotta WN, and Zheng N. Crystal Structure of the Plant Dual-affinity Transporter NRT1.1. Nature 507(7490): 73-77, 2014 (Highlighted by News and Views in Nature and recommended by F1000).
Zhou Q, Sun J, Zhai Y, and Sun F. Prokaryotic Expression of Active Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein 1. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics 37(1): 56-62. 2010.
Last update: November 2021