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  1. Recurrent evolution of selfishness from an essential tRNA synthetase in Caenorhabditis tropicalis

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gang Dong

  2. Protein Target Highlights in CASP16: Insights From the Structure Providers

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, October 2025, Wiley

    Professor Gang Dong

  3. Visualization of Trypanosoma brucei flagellar pocket collar biogenesis identifies two new cytoskeletal structures

    Article • PLoS Biology, October 2025, PLOS

    Professor Gang Dong

  4. A specialized TFIIB is required for transcription of transposon-targeting noncoding RNAs

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, May 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Gang Dong

  5. Protein target highlights in CASP16: insights from the structure providers

    Article • May 2025, Wiley

    Professor Gang Dong

  6. Crystal structures of the mycolic acid methyl transferase 1 (MmaA1) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the apo-form and in complex with different cofactors reveal unique features for substrate binding

    Article • Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, April 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Gang Dong

  7. Flagellar pocket collar biogenesis: Cytoskeletal organization and novel structures in a unicellular parasite

    Article • March 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Gang Dong

  8. CFAP410 has a bimodular architecture with a conserved surface patch on its N-terminal leucine-rich repeat motif for binding interaction partners

    Article • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, February 2025, Frontiers

    Professor Gang Dong

  9. A regulatory module driving the recurrent evolution of irreducible molecular complexes.

    Article • September 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Gang Dong

  10. The C-terminus of CFAP410 forms a tetrameric helical bundle that is essential for its localization to the basal body

    Article • Open Biology, September 2024, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Gang Dong

  11. The C-terminus of CFAP410 forms a tetrameric helical bundle that is essential for its localization to the basal body

    Article • November 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Gang Dong

  12. Characterisation of TbSmee1 suggests endocytosis allows surface-bound cargo to enter the trypanosome flagellar pocket

    Article • Journal of Cell Science, October 2023, The Company of Biologists

    Professor Gang Dong

  13. Sec8 specifically interacts with the PDZ2 domain of synapse associated protein 102 (SAP102)

    Article • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, October 2023, Frontiers

    Professor Gang Dong

  14. Two cold shock domain containing proteins trigger the development of infectious Trypanosoma brucei

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, June 2023, PLOS

    Professor Gang Dong

  15. Two heads are better than one: Cooperation of two CAPS domains in membrane binding

    Article • Structure, April 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Gang Dong

  16. CFAP410 has a bimodular architecture with a conserved surface patch on its N-terminal LRR motif for binding interaction partners

    Article • September 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Gang Dong

  17. Double NPY motifs at the N-terminus of the yeast t-SNARE Sso2 synergistically bind Sec3 to promote membrane fusion

    Article • eLife, August 2022, eLife

    Professor Gang Dong

  18. Double NPY motifs at the N-terminus of Sso2 synergistically bind Sec3 to promote membrane fusion

    Article • March 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Gang Dong

  19. Structural and functional studies of the first tripartite protein complex at the Trypanosoma brucei flagellar pocket collar

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, August 2021, PLOS

    Professor Gang Dong

  20. Structural studies of the shortest extended synaptotagmin with only two C2 domains from Trypanosoma brucei

    Article • iScience, May 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Gang Dong

  21. The dimeric Golgi protein Gorab binds to Sas6 as a monomer to mediate centriole duplication

    Article • eLife, March 2021, eLife

    Professor Gang Dong

  22. Structural and functional studies of the first tripartite protein complex at theTrypanosoma bruceiflagellar pocket collar

    Article • January 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Gang Dong

  23. Crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of the trypanosome flagellar protein BILBO1 reveals a ubiquitin fold with a long structured loop for protein binding

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Gang Dong

  24. Structure of a Novel Dimeric SET Domain Methyltransferase that Regulates Cell Motility

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, October 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Gang Dong

  25. Flagellum inheritance in Trypanosoma brucei requires a kinetoplastid-specific protein phosphatase

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, June 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Gang Dong

  26. Plasmodium falciparum Falcipain-2a Polymorphisms in Southeast Asia and Their Association With Artemisinin Resistance

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Gang Dong

  27. Puf3 participates in ribosomal biogenesis in malaria parasites

    Article • Journal of Cell Science, March 2018, The Company of Biologists

    Professor Gang Dong

  28. Structure of a novel dimeric SET domain methyltransferase that regulates cell motility

    Article • February 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Gang Dong

  29. Functional analyses of the CIF1–CIF2 complex in trypanosomes identify the structural motifs required for cytokinesis

    Article • Journal of Cell Science, December 2017, The Company of Biologists

    Professor Gang Dong

  30. Interaction between the flagellar pocket collar and the hook complex via a novel microtubule-binding protein in Trypanosoma brucei

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, November 2017, PLOS

    Ph.D. Keni Vidilaseris, Professor Gang Dong

  31. Functional analyses of the CIF1-CIF2 complex inTrypanosoma bruceiidentify the structural motifs required for complex formation and cytokinesis

    Article • September 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Gang Dong

  32. Sec3 promotes the initial binary t-SNARE complex assembly and membrane fusion

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gang Dong

  33. Analysis of Three-Dimensional Structures of Exocyst Components

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gang Dong

  34. High-resolution view of centriole biogenesis

    Article • Open Biology, August 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Gang Dong

  35. Correction: BILBO1 Is a Scaffold Protein of the Flagellar Pocket Collar in the Pathogen Trypanosoma brucei

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, April 2015, PLOS

    Ph.D. Keni Vidilaseris, Professor Gang Dong

  36. BILBO1 Is a Scaffold Protein of the Flagellar Pocket Collar in the Pathogen Trypanosoma brucei

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, March 2015, PLOS

    Professor Gang Dong, Ph.D. Keni Vidilaseris

  37. Assembly mechanism ofTrypanosoma bruceiBILBO1 at the flagellar pocket collar

    Article • Communicative & Integrative Biology, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Ph.D. Keni Vidilaseris, Professor Gang Dong

  38. Integrative approaches to investigate the structure and assembly of Trypanosoma brucei BILBO1, a multidomain cytoskeletal protein at the flagellar pocket collar

    Article • Cilia, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ph.D. Keni Vidilaseris, Professor Gang Dong

  39. Preliminary crystallographic analysis of ZYG-1

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications, September 2014, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Gang Dong

  40. Structure of the C. elegans ZYG-1 Cryptic Polo Box Suggests a Conserved Mechanism for Centriolar Docking of Plk4 Kinases

    Article • Structure, August 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Gang Dong

  41. Assembly Mechanism of Trypanosoma brucei BILBO1, a Multidomain Cytoskeletal Protein

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2014, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Gang Dong, Ph.D. Keni Vidilaseris

  42. Preliminary crystallographic analysis of BILBO1-NTD

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications, April 2014, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Gang Dong, Ph.D. Keni Vidilaseris

  43. Sec16 Determines the Size and Functioning of the Golgi in the Protist Parasite,Trypanosoma brucei

    Article • Traffic, April 2014, Wiley

    Professor Gang Dong

  44. Structure of the TbBILBO1 Protein N-terminal Domain from Trypanosoma brucei Reveals an Essential Requirement for a Conserved Surface Patch

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 2013, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Gang Dong, Ph.D. Keni Vidilaseris

  45. The SAS-5 N-terminal domain is a tetramer, with implications for centriole assembly inC. elegans

    Article • Worm, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Gang Dong

  46. SAS-6 coiled-coil structure and interaction with SAS-5 suggest a regulatory mechanism inC. eleganscentriole assembly

    Article • The EMBO Journal, October 2012, Wiley

    Professor Gang Dong

  47. Morphology of the Trypanosome Bilobe, a Novel Cytoskeletal Structure

    Article • Eukaryotic Cell, February 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Gang Dong, Ph.D. Keni Vidilaseris

  48. Insights into MHC Class I Peptide Loading from the Structure of the Tapasin-ERp57 Thiol Oxidoreductase Heterodimer

    Article • Immunity, January 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Gang Dong

  49. A Catalytic Coiled Coil: Structural Insights into the Activation of the Rab GTPase Sec4p by Sec2p

    Article • Molecular Cell, February 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Gang Dong

  50. mBET3 is required for the organization of the TRAPP complexes

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, November 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Gang Dong

  51. Interactions between Rabs, tethers, SNAREs and their regulators in exocytosis

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, October 2006, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Gang Dong

  52. The structures of exocyst subunit Exo70p and the Exo84p C-terminal domains reveal a common motif

    Article • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, October 2005, Nature

    Professor Gang Dong

  53. Structure of the La motif: a winged helix domain mediates RNA binding via a conserved aromatic patch

    Article • The EMBO Journal, February 2004, Wiley

    Professor Gang Dong

  54. Structure of small protein B: the protein component of the tmRNA-SmpB system for ribosome rescue

    Article • The EMBO Journal, April 2002, Wiley

    Professor Gang Dong

  55. Article • Nature Structural Biology, October 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gang Dong