Publications

  1. Yang, X.Y., Shen, Z., Xie, J., Greenwald, J., Marathe, I., Wysocki, V.H.,  Fu, T.M. 2024. Molecular basis of Gabija anti-phage supramolecular assemblies. Nat. Struc. Mol. Biol., online.
  2. Li, Y., Shen, Z., Zhang, M., Yang, X.Y., Cleary, S.P., Xie, J., Marathe, I., Kostelic, M., Greenwald, J., Rish, A.D., Wysocki, V.H., Chen, C., Chen, Q.#, Fu, T.M.#, Yu, Y.# 2024. PtuA and PtuB assemble into an inflammasome-like oligomer for anti-phage defense. Nat. Struc. Mol. Biol., 1-11.(#Co-corresponding author).
  3. Shen, Z., Lin, Q., Yang, X.Y., Fosuah, E., Fu, T.M. 2023. Assembly-mediated activation of the SIR2-HerA supramolecular complex for anti-phage defense. Mol. Cell, 83: 4586-99.
  4. Solebo, O., Lin, L., Nwankwo, I., Zhou, J., Fu, T.M., Ke, H. 2023. Plasmodium falciparum utilizes pyrophosphate to fuel an essential proton pump in the ring stage and the transition to trophozoite stage. Plos. Pathogens, 19: e1011818.
  5. Shen, Z., Yang, X.Y., Xia, S., Huang, W., Taylor, D., Nakanishi, K., Fu, T.M. 2023. Oligomerization-mediated activation of a short prokaryotic Argonaute. Nature, 621: 154-161.
  6. Zheng, W., Rawson, S., Shen, Z., Smith, H., Halford, J., Shen, C., Murthy, S., Ulbrich, M., Sotomayor, M., Fu, T.M.#, Holt, J.R.# 2023. TMEM63 proteins function as monomeric mechanosensitive ion channels. Neuron, 111:3195-3210. (#Co-corresponding author).
  7. Rish, A.D., Shen, Z., Chen, Z., Zhang, N., Zheng, Q., Fu, T.M. 2023. Molecular mechanisms of Holliday junction branch migration catalyzed by an asymmetric RuvB hexamer. Nat. Commun., 14: 3549.
  8. Cheng, J., Yu, Y., Wang, X., Zheng, X., Liu, T., Hu, D., Jin, Y., Lai, Y., Fu, T.M., Chen, Q. 2023. Structural basis for the self-recognition of sDSCAM in Chelicerata. Nat. Commun., 14: 2522.
  9. Rish, A.D., Fu, T.M., 2023. CRISPR–Cas has a new juggling act: interplay between nuclease and protease. Nat. Struc. Mol. Biol., 30:126-128.
  10. Udinn, N., Binzel, D., Shu, D., Fu, T.M., Guo, P., 2023. Targeted delivery of RNAi to cancer cells using RNA-ligand displaying exosome. Acta. Pharm. Sin. B, 13 (4):1383-99.
  11. Jiang, C., Dai, X., He, S., Zhou, H., Fang, L., Guo, J., Liu, S., Zhang, T., Pan, W., Yu, H., Fu, T.M., Li, D., Inuzuka, H., Wang, P., Xiao, J., Wei, W. 2023. Ring domains are essential for GATOR2-dependent mTORC1 activation. Mol. Cell, 83: 74-89.
  12. Wang, L., Wu, D. Robinson, C., Fu, T.M. 2022. Identification of mEAK-7 as a human V-ATPase regulator via cryo-EM data mining. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA,119:e2203742119
  13. Fontana, P., Dong, Y., Pi, X., Tong, A.B., Hecksi, C.W., Wang, L., Fu, T.M., Bustamante, C., Wu, H. 2022. Structure of cytoplasmic ring of nuclear pore complex by integrative cryo-EM and AlphaFold. Science, 376:abm9326.
  14. Zheng, W., Shen, C., Wang, L., Rawson, S., Xie, W.J., Nist-Lund, C., Wu, J., Shen, Z., Xia, S., Holt, J.R., Wu, H., Fu, T.M. 2022. pH regulates potassium conductance and drives a constitute proton current in human TMEM175. Sci. Adv., 8 (12): abm1568.
  15. Zhao, J.S., Shi, S., Qu, H.Y., Keckesova, Z., Cao, Z J., Yang, L.X., Yu, X., Feng, L., Shi, Z., Krakowiak, J., Mao, R.Y., Shen, Y.T., Fan, Y.M., Fu, T.M., Ye, C., Xu, D., Gao, X., You, J., Li, W., Liang, T., Lu, Z., Feng, Y.X. 2022. Glutamine synthese licenses APC/C-mediated mitotic progression to drive cell growth. Nat. Met. 4: 239-53.
  16. Vora, S.M., Fontana, P., Mao, T., Leger, V., Zhang, Y., Fu, T.M., Lieberman, J., Gehrke, L., Shi, M., Wang, L., Iwasaki, A., Wu, H. 2022. Targeting stem-loop 1 of the SARS-CoV-2 5′ UTR to suppress viral translation and Nsp1 evasion. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 119 (9): e2117198119.
  17. Rish, A., Shen, Z., Fu, T.M. 2022. It takes two to tango: two gates orchestrate the opening of human TRPM2. Cell Calcium, 101:102523.
  18. Shen, C., Li, R., Negro, R., Cheng,  J., Vora,  S., Fu, T.M., Wang, A., He, K.,  Andreeva, L.,  Gao, P., Tian, Z., Flavell, R.A., Zhu, S., Wu, H. 2021. Phase separation drives RNA virus-induced activation of the NLRP6 inflammasome. Cell, 184:5759-74.
  19. Xia, S., Zhang, Z., Magupauli, V.G., Pablo, J.L., Dong, Y., Vora, S.M., Wang, L., Fu, T.M., Jacobson, M.P., Greka, A., Lieberman, J., Ruan, J., Wu, H. 2021. Gasdermin D Pore structure reveals preferential release of mature interleukine-1. Nature, 593:607-611.
  20. Xia, S., Chen, Z., Shen, C., Fu, T.M. 2021. Higher-order assemblies in immune signaling: supramolecular complexes and phase separation. Protein & Cell, 12: 680-694
  21. Wu, C., Tang, D., Cheng, J., Hu, D., Yang, Z., Ma, X., He, H., Yao, S., Fu, T.M.#, Yu, Y.#, Chen, Q.# 2021. Mechanisms of spacer acquisition by sequential assembly of the adaptation module in Synechocystis. Nucleic Acid Res., 49 (5): 2973-84 (#Co-corresponding author)
  22. Wang, L., Chen, Z., Wu, H., Fu, T.M. 2021. Purification and cryoelectron microscopy structure determination of human V-ATPase. STAR Protoc., 2 (1):100350
  23. Hollingsworth, L.R., David, L., Li, Y., Griswold, A.R., Ruan, J., Sharif, H., Fontana, P., Orth-He, E.L.,  Fu, T.M., Bachovchin, D.A., Wu, H. 2021. Mechanism of filament formation in UPA-promoted CARD8 and NLRP1 inflammasomes. Nat. Commu., 12 (1): 1-13.
  24. Wang, L., Wu, D., Robinson, C., Wu, H., Fu, T.M. 2020. Structures of a complete human V-ATPase reveal mechanisms of its assembly. Mol. Cell, 80: 1-11.

    Prior to the OSU

  25. Yin, L., Masuyer, G., Zhang, S., Zhang, J.,  Miyashita, S.I., Burgin, D.,  Lovelock, L., Coker, S.F., Fu, T.M., Stenmark, P., Dong, M. 2020. Characterization of a membrane binding loop leads to engineering botulinum neurotoxin B with improved therapeutic efficacy. PLoS Biol., 3:e3000618
  26. Xia, S., Wang, L., Fu, T.M.#, Wu, H.#, 2019, Mechanism of TRPM2 channel gating revealed by cryo-EM. FEBS J., 288 (17):3333-39 (#Co-corresponding author)
  27. Pan, L.*, Fu, T.M.*, Zhao, W.*, Zhao, L.*, Chen, W., Qiu, C., Liu, W., Liu, Z., Piai, A., Fu, Q., Chen, S., Wu, H., Zhou, J. 2019, Higher-order clustering of the transmembrane anchor of DR5 drives signaling. Cell, 176 (6): 1477-89 (*Co-first author)
  28. Wang, L.*, Fu, T.M.*#, Zhou, Y., Xia, S., Greka, A., Wu, H.#  Structures and gating of human TRPM2. Science, 362, eaav4809 (*Co-first author; #Co-corresponding author)
  29. Li, Y.R., Chen, M., Lee, D.J., Zhang, J., Lin, S.Y., Fu, T.M., Ishikawa, T., Monteleone, E., Papa, A., Chiang, S.Y., Chen, H., Hsu, C.H., Katon, J., Menon, A.V., Fung, J., Berry, K., Wan, L., Shen, C., Teruya-Feldstein, J., Wu, H., Shi, Y., Matesic, L., Chen, R., Wei, W., Pandolfi, P.P. Reactivation of the PTEN tumor suppressor for cancer prevention and treatment. Science, 364, eaau0159.
  30. Shen, C., Lu, A., Xie, W., Ruan, J., Negro, R., Fu, T.M. #, Wu, H. # Molecular mechanism of NLRP6 inflammasome assembly and activation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 116 (6): 2052-57 (#Co-corresponding author)
  31. Li, Y.*, Fu, T.M.*#, Lu, A., Witt, K., Ruan, J., Shen, C., Wu, H.# Cryo-EM structures of ASC and NLRC4 CARD filaments reveal a unified mechanism of nucleation and activation of caspase-1. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 115 (43):10845-52 (*Co-first author; #Co-corresponding author)
  32. Luong, P., Hedl, M., Yan, J., Zuo, T., Fu, T.M., Jiang, X., Thiagarajah, J., Hansen, S.H., Lesser, C.F., Wu, H., Abraham, C., Lencer, W.T. INAVA-ARNO complexes bridge mucosal barrier function with inflammatory signaling. eLife, 7: e38539
  33. Xia, S., Fu, T.M., Wu, H. Inflammation NODs to Antagonists of RIP2-XIAP interaction. Mol. Cell, 69(4):535-36.
  34. Liu, P., Gan, W., Su, S., Hauenstein AV., Fu, T.M., Brasher, B., Schwerdtfefer C., Liang, A.C., Xu, M., Wei, W. K63-linked polyubiquitin chains bind to DNA to facilitate DNA damage repair. Sci. Signal., 11(533): 1-12
  35. Fu, T.M., Shen, C., Li, Q., Zhang, P., Wu, H. Mechanism of ubiquitin transfer promoted by the TRAF6 RING Dimer. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 115(8): 1783-88.
  36. Fu, T.M., Wang, L., Wu, H. Higher-order assemblies: Structure, Assembly, and Mechanism. Protein Folding: Principles, Disease, and Medicine. Book chapter In Press
  37. Fu, T.M., Li, Y., Lu, A., Li, Z., Vajjhala, P.R., Cruz, A.C., Srivastava, D.B., DiMiao, F., Penczek, P.A., Siegel, R.M., Stacey, K.J., Egelman, E.H., Wu, H. Cryo-EM structure of Caspase-8 tandem DED filament reveals assembly and regulation mechanisms of the death-inducing signaling complex. Mol. Cell, 64: 236-50. (Feature Article of the Issue)
  38. Fu, Q.*, Fu, T.M.*, Cruze, A., Richardson, T., Wu, H., Zhou, J. 2016. Structural basis and functional role of intramembrane trimerization of the Fas/CD95 death receptor.  Mol. Cell, 61: 602-613 (*co-first author)
  39. Lu, A., Li, Y., Schmidt, F., Yin, Q., Chen, S., Fu, T.M., Tong, A.B., Ploegh, HL., Mao, Y., Wu, H. Molecular basis of Caspase-1 polymerization and its inhibition by a new capping mechanism. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., 23: 416-423.
  40. Ru, H., Chambers, M.G., Fu, T.M., Tong, A.B., Liao, M., Wu, H. Molecular mechanism of V(D)J recombination from synaptic RAG1-RAG2 complex structures. Cell, 163: 1138-1152
  41. Yin, Q. *, Fu, T.M. *, Li, J., Wu, H. Structural biology of innate immunity. Annual. Rev. Immunol.,33:393-416. (*co-first author)
  42. Lu, A., Kabaleeswaran, V., Fu, T.M., Magupalli, VG, Wu, H. Crystal structure of the F27G AIM2 PYD mutant and similarities of its self-association to DED/DED interactions. J. Mol. Biol., 426: 1420-7
  43. Li, D. *, Fu, T.M. *, Nan, J., Liu, C., Li, L.F., Su, X.D. Structural basis for the autoinhibition of the C-terminal kinase domain of human RSK1. Acta Crystallogr. Sec. D Biol Cryst., 68:680-5 (*co-first author)
  44. Fu, T.M., Almqvist, J., Liang, Y.H., Li, L., Huang, Y., Su, X.D. Crystal structures of cobalamin-independent methionine synthase (MetE) from Streptococcus mutans : a dynamic zinc-inversion model. J. Mol. Biol., 412: 688-697.
  45. Feng, MJ, Fu, T.M., Liu, X., Li, L. Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of SMU.1108c protein from Streptococcus mutans. Acta Crystallogr. Sec. F Struct Biol Cryst Commun, 67:76-78.
  46. Fu, T.M., Liu, X., Li, L., Su, X.D. The structure of the hypothetical protein smu.1377c from Streptococcus mutans suggests a role in tRNA modification. Acta Crystallogr. Sec. F Struct Biol Cryst Commun, 66:771-775.
  47. Fu, T.M., Li, D., Nan, J., Li, L., Xue, Y., Su, X.D. Protein preparation, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the C-terminal kinase domain of human Rsk1 serine/threonine protein kinase. Acta Crystallogr. Sec. F Struct Biol Cryst Commun, 63:1026-1028.
  48. Fu, T.M., Zhang, X.Y., Li, L., Liang, Y.H., Su, X.D. Preparation, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of methionine synthase (MetE) from Streptococcus mutans. Acta Crystallogr. Sec. F Struct Biol Cryst Commun, 62:984-985.