General

Prof. Dr. Kun Zang     Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

E-mail: zangkun@ihb.ac.cn

Address: 7 Donghu South Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

Post code: 430000


Research Areas

Mechnisms and applications of algal carbon fixation; Synthetic biology; Protein structure and function

Education

2014-09--2018-06   Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences   Ph.D

2011-08--2014-06   Shanghai Ocean University   Master

2007-09--2011-07   China Agriculture University   Bachelor

Research Areas

Mechnisms and applications of algal carbon fixation; Synthetic biology; Protein structure and function

Experience

   
Work Experience

2026-03~ current, Institute of Hydrobiology, Principal Investigator

2019-02~2026-01,Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany, Postdoc

Experience

   
Work Experience

2026-03~ current, Institute of Hydrobiology, Principal Investigator

2019-02~2026-01,Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany, Postdoc

Publications

   
Papers

(1) Stages of biomolecular condensate formation in pro-β-carboxysome assembly, NATURE PLANTS, 2026, First author

(2) Structural insight into ligand interactions of thymidylate synthase from white spot syndrome virus, BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 2025, Co-first author

(3) The challenge of engineering Rubisco for improving photosynthesis, FEBS LETTERS, 2023, Second author

(4) Scaffolding protein CcmM directs multiprotein phase separation in β-carboxysome biogenesis, NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021, First author

(5) Structural basis of staphylococcal Stl inhibition on a eukaryotic dUTPase, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, 2021, Fifth author

(6) Structural analysis of a shrimp thymidylate synthase reveals species-specific interactions with dUMP and raltitrexed, JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY, 2020,  Co-first author

(7) Structural basis for specific calcium binding by the polycystic-kidney-disease domain of Vibrio anguillarum protease Epp, BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 2018, Second author

(8) The putative siderophore-interacting protein from Vibrio anguillarum : protein production, analysis, crystallization and X-ray crystallographic studies, ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION F-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS, 2018, Second author

(9) The dUTPase of white spot syndrome virus assembles its active sites in a noncanonical manner, JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 2018, First author

(10) Insulin-like growth factors I and II in starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus): molecular cloning and differential expression during embryonic development, FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 2015, Co-first author

Publications

   
Papers

(1) Stages of biomolecular condensate formation in pro-β-carboxysome assembly, NATURE PLANTS, 2026, First author

(2) Structural insight into ligand interactions of thymidylate synthase from white spot syndrome virus, BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 2025, Co-first author

(3) The challenge of engineering Rubisco for improving photosynthesis, FEBS LETTERS, 2023, Second author

(4) Scaffolding protein CcmM directs multiprotein phase separation in β-carboxysome biogenesis, NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2021, First author

(5) Structural basis of staphylococcal Stl inhibition on a eukaryotic dUTPase, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, 2021, Fifth author

(6) Structural analysis of a shrimp thymidylate synthase reveals species-specific interactions with dUMP and raltitrexed, JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY, 2020,  Co-first author

(7) Structural basis for specific calcium binding by the polycystic-kidney-disease domain of Vibrio anguillarum protease Epp, BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 2018, Second author

(8) The putative siderophore-interacting protein from Vibrio anguillarum : protein production, analysis, crystallization and X-ray crystallographic studies, ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION F-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS, 2018, Second author

(9) The dUTPase of white spot syndrome virus assembles its active sites in a noncanonical manner, JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 2018, First author

(10) Insulin-like growth factors I and II in starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus): molecular cloning and differential expression during embryonic development, FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 2015, Co-first author