2001.09 - 2006.06 Ph.D. University of Science and Technology of China
1997.09 - 2001.06 B.Sc. University of Science and Technology of China

2010.08 - present Professor, Institute of Botany, CAS
2006.08 - 2010.08 Postdoctoral Fellow, NIDDK/NIH

1. Niu G, Zhao S, Wang L, Dong W, Liu L*, He Y*. (2017) Structure of the Arabidopsis thaliana NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase 2 (ATR2) provides insight into its function. FEBS J 284:754-65.

2. Dong W, Wang J, Niu G, Zhao S, Liu L*. (2016) Crystal structure of the zinc-bound HhoA protease from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. FEBS Lett 590:3435-42.

3. Zhao S, Wang X, Niu G, Dong W, Wang J, Fang Y, Lin Y, Liu L*. (2016) Structural basis for copper/silver binding by the Synechocystis metallochaperone CopM. Acta Cryst D Struct Biol 72:997-1005.

4. Wang X, Liu L*. (2016) Crystal structure and catalytic mechanism of 7-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll a reductase. J Biol Chem 291:13349-59.

5. Fang Y, Zhao S, Zhang F, Zhao A, Zhang W, Zhang M, Liu L*. (2016) The Arabidopsis glutamyl-tRNA reductase (GluTR) forms a ternary complex with FLU and GluTR-binding protein. Sci Rep 6:19756.

6. Chen X, Pu H, Fang Y, Wang X, Zhao S, Lin Y, Zhang M, Dai H, Gong W*, Liu L*. (2015) Crystal structure of the catalytic subunit of magnesium chelatase. Nat Plants 1:15125.

7. Zhang M, Zhang F, Fang Y, Chen X, Chen Y, Zhang W, Dai H, Lin R, Liu L*. (2015) The non-canonical tetratricopeptide-repeat (TPR) domain of Fluorescent (FLU) mediates complex formation with glutamyl-tRNA reductase. J Biol Chem 290:17559-65.

8. Chen X, Pu H, Wang X, Long W, Lin R, Liu L*. (2015) Crystal structures of GUN4 in complex with porphyrins. Mol Plant 8:1125-7. (cover)

9. Feng J, Zhao S, Chen X, Wang W, Dong W, Chen J, Shen JR, Liu L*, Kuang T*. (2015) Biochemical and structural study of Arabidopsis hexokinase 1. Acta Cryst D Biol Crystallogr 71:367-75.

10. Chen X, Wang X, Feng J, Chen Y, Fang Y, Zhao S, Zhao A, Zhang M, Liu L*. (2014) Structural insights into the catalytic mechanism of Synechocystis magnesium protoporphyrin IX O-methyltransferase (ChlM). J Biol Chem 289:25690-8.

11. Zhao A, Fang Y, Chen X, Zhao S, Dong W, Lin Y, Gong W, Liu L*. (2014) Crystal structure of Arabidopsis glutamyl-tRNA reductase in complex with its stimulator protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 111:6630-5.

12. Sun W, Gao F, Fan H, Shan X, Sun R, Liu L*, Gong W*. (2013) The structures of Arabidopsis Deg5 and Deg8 reveal new insights into HtrA proteases. Acta Cryst D Biol Crystallogr 69:830-7.

13. Sun R, Fan H, Gao F, Lin Y, Zhang L, Gong W*, Liu L*. (2012) Crystal structure of Arabidopsis Deg2 protein reveals an internal PDZ ligand locking the hexameric resting state. J Biol Chem 287:37564-9.

*-corresponding author

The laboratory is currently studying the mechanisms underlying assembly and repair of the photosynthetic apparatus using x-ray crystallography.