教育和工作经历:
2018-至今:华中农业大学,生命科学技术学院,教授
2014-2017:浙江大学,基础医学院,博士后
2009-2014:中国科学院武汉物理与数学研究所,博士
2005-2009:武汉大学,化学与分子科学学院,本科
研究兴趣:
“生命在于运动”,蛋白质通过结构的动态变化执行特定功能。实验室致力于从动态学的角度理解蛋白质的功能、生命的规律。通过开发与应用多种交叉互补的生物物理技术,包括单分子荧光(smFRET,FLIM-FRET)、核磁共振(NMR)、晶体学(X-ray)、冷冻电镜(Cryo-EM)、小角X光散射(SAXS)、化学交联质谱(CXMS)等技术,采用整合结构生物学策略在体外和细胞水平研究蛋白质的动态结构、动态互作、及其执行功能时结构动态变化的生物物理过程。
实验室围绕神经退行性疾病、营养物质代谢等,开展以下3方面研究:
1)蛋白质功能的结构基础(晶体学和冷冻电镜方向);
2)蛋白质动态学研究方法的开发与应用(核磁共振,单分子荧光,小角散射,化学交联质谱,分子动力学模拟等技术);
3)蛋白质功能激活与调控的动态学和动力学过程(基于结构基础的生物物理研究)。
以第一和通讯作者(含共)在Nature Communications(2019,2022,2023a,2023b),Cell Discovery(2019),PNAS(2017)等高水平期刊发表多篇研究论文。
主持国家自然科学基金优秀青年科学基金项目、面上项目,参与科技部重点研发等项目。
代表性论文:
1. Guan, Z.#, Chen, J.#, Liu, R.#, Chen, Y.#, Xing, Q.#, Du, Z., Cheng, M., Hu, J., Zhang, W., Mei, W., Wan, B., Wang, Q., Zhang, J., Cheng, P., Cai, H., Cao, J., Zhang, D., Yan, J., Yin, P., Hothorn, M. & Liu, Z*. The cytoplasmic synthesis and coupled membrane translocation of eukaryotic polyphosphate by signal-activated VTC complex. Nature communications 14, 718 (2023).
2. Fan, R.#, Zhao, F.#, Gong, Z.#, Chen, Y., Yang, B., Zhou, C., Zhang, J., Du, Z., Wang, X., Yin, P., Guo, L.* & Liu, Z*. Insights into the mechanism of phospholipid hydrolysis by plant non-specific phospholipase C. Nature communications 14, 194 (2023).
3. Cheng, P.#, Hou, Y. Z #, Bian, M. X.#, Fang, X. R., Liu, Y., Rao, Y. F., Cao, S., Liu, Y. J., Zhang, S., Chen, Y. K.*, Dong, X.* & Liu, Z.* Parkin-mediated ubiquitination inhibits BAK apoptotic activity by blocking its canonical hydrophobic groove. Communications Biology 6 (2023).
4. Guan, ZY#, Zhang, QX#, Zhang, ZF#, Zuo, JQ, Chen, J, Liu, R, Savarin, J., Broger, L., Cheng, P, Wang, Q, Pei, K, Zhang, DL, Zou, TT, Yan, JJ, Yin, P, Hothorn, M. & Liu, Z*. Mechanistic insights into the regulation of plant phosphate homeostasis by the rice SPX2 - PHR2 complex. Nature communications. 2022, 13(1):1581.
5. Pei, K#, Zhang, J#, Zou, TT & Liu, Z*. AimR Adopts Preexisting Dimer Conformations for Specific Target Recognition in Lysis-Lysogeny Decisions of Bacillus Phage phi3T. Biomolecules. 2021, 11(9):1321.
6. Gao C#, Liu Z#, Hou HT#, Ding JQ, Chen X, Xie CB, Song ZB, Hu Z, Feng MQ, Mohamed Hany I., Xu SZ*, Parkinson Gary N., Haider Shozeb*, Wei DG*. BMPQ-1 binds selectively to (3+1) hybrid topologies in human telomeric G-quadruplex multimers. Nucleic Acids Research. 2020, 48(20):11259-11269.
7. Zhou C#, Yan L#, Zhang WH, Liu Z*. Structural basis of tubulin detyrosination by VASH2/SVBP heterodimer. Nature Communications. 2019, 10(1):3212.
8. Liu Z#, Dong X#, Yi HW, Yang J, Gong Z, Wang Y, Liu K, Zhang WP*, Tang C*. Structural basis for the recognition of K48-linked Ub chain by proteasomal receptor Rpn13. Cell Discovery. 2019, 5:9.
Before 2018:
9. Liu Z, Gong Z, Cao Y, Ding YH, Dong MQ, Lu YB, Zhang WP, Tang C*. Characterizing Protein Dynamics with Integrative Use of Bulk and Single-Molecule Techniques. Biochemistry. 2018, 57:305-313.
10. Dong X#, Gong Z#, Lu YB, Liu K, Qing LY, Ran ML, Zhang CL, Liu Z*, Zhang WP*, Tang C*. Ubiquitin S65 phosphorylation engenders a pH-sensitive conformational switch. Proc Natl Acad Sci, USA. 2017, 114:6770-6775.
11. Liu Z, Gong Z, Dong X and Tang C*. Transient protein-protein interactions visualized by solution NMR. BBA Proteins and Proteomics. 2016, 1864:115-122.(综述)
12. Liu Z, Gong Z, Jiang WX, Yang J, Zhu WK, Guo DC, Zhang WP, Liu ML* and Tang C*. Lys63-linked ubiquitin chain adopts multiple conformational states for specific target recognition. 2015, Elife,4:e05767.
13. Liu Z, Gong Z, Guo DC, Zhang WP* and Tang C*. Subtle dynamics of holo glutamine binding protein revealed with a rigid paramagnetic probe. Biochemistry. 2014, 53, 1403-1409.
14. Liu Z, Zhang WP, Xing Q, Ren XF, Liu ML* and Tang C*. Noncovalent dimerization of ubiquitin. 2012, Angew Chem Int Ed, 51, 469-472. (hot paper).
主讲课程:
本科生:生物化学,生物化学实验,生物化学技术
研究生:蛋白质科学前沿进展,蛋白结构和功能
招生专业:
招生生物、化学、物理、数学、计算机等背景的硕士研究生。同时招收生物物理、生物化学和化学生物学等专业的博士后2-3名,详情请见网站:
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电子邮箱:liuzhu@mail.hzau.edu.cn
办公地点:作物遗传改良国家重点实验室A110