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    A Tau PET tracer PBB3 binds to TMEM106B amyloid fibril in brain

    Qinyue Zhao, Yun Fan, Wanbing Zhao, You Ni, Youqi Tao, Jiang Bian in Cell Discovery (2024)

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    Phosphorylation and O-GlcNAcylation at the same α-synuclein site generate distinct fibril structures

    α-Synuclein forms amyloid fibrils that are critical in the progression of Parkinson’s disease and serves as the pathological hallmark of this condition. Different posttranslational modifications have been iden...

    **jian Hu, Wencheng **a, Shuyi Zeng, Yeh-Jun Lim, Youqi Tao in Nature Communications (2024)

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    Cryo-EM structures reveal variant Tau amyloid fibrils between the rTg4510 mouse model and sporadic human tauopathies

    Wanbing Zhao, Kaien Liu, Yun Fan, Qinyue Zhao, Youqi Tao, Mengwei Zhang in Cell Discovery (2024)

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    Structural mechanism for specific binding of chemical compounds to amyloid fibrils

    Amyloid fibril is an important pharmaceutical target for diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. However, rational design of chemical compounds that interact with amyloid fibrils is...

    Youqi Tao, Wencheng **a, Qinyue Zhao, Huaijiang **ang, Chao Han in Nature Chemical Biology (2023)

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    Influence of Free Ammonia Concentration on Heterotrophic Nitrification—Aerobic Denitrification Process by Strain Pseudomonas otitidis YM-01

    Pseudomonas otitidis YM-01, which was isolated from swine wastewater, showed efficient simultaneous nitrification and denitrification ability by effectively using a single nitrogen source and a mixed nitrogen so...

    Maoyuan Yang, Youqi Tao, Die Liang, Liurui Peng in Water, Air, & Soil Pollution (2023)

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    Heparin induces α-synuclein to form new fibril polymorphs with attenuated neuropathology

    α-Synuclein (α-syn), as a primary pathogenic protein in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and other synucleinopathies, exhibits a high potential to form polymorphic fibrils. Chemical ligands have been found to involve ...

    Youqi Tao, Yunpeng Sun, Shiran Lv, Wencheng **a, Kun Zhao in Nature Communications (2022)

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    Generic amyloid fibrillation of TMEM106B in patient with Parkinson’s disease dementia and normal elders

    Yun Fan, Qinyue Zhao, Wencheng **a, Youqi Tao, Wenbo Yu, Mingjia Chen in Cell Research (2022)

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    Parkinson’s disease associated mutation E46K of α-synuclein triggers the formation of a distinct fibril structure

    Amyloid aggregation of α-synuclein (α-syn) is closely associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and other synucleinopathies. Several single amino-acid mutations (e.g. E46K) of α-syn have been identified causati...

    Kun Zhao, Yaowang Li, Zhenying Liu, Houfang Long, Chunyu Zhao in Nature Communications (2020)

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    Dinitroimidazoles as bifunctional bioconjugation reagents for protein functionalization and peptide macrocyclization

    Efficient and site-specific chemical modification of proteins under physiological conditions remains a challenge. Here we report that 1,4-dinitroimidazoles are highly efficient bifunctional bioconjugation reag...

    Qunfeng Luo, Youqi Tao, Wangjian Sheng, **gxia Lu, Huan Wang in Nature Communications (2019)