Selected Publications:
- C. Prince and Z. Jia. (2015) An unexpected duo: Rubredoxin binds nine TPR motifs to form LapB, an essential regulator of lipopolysaccharide synthesis. Structure, 23, 1500-1506.
- W. Wu, M.N. Rahman, J. Guo, N. Roy, L. Xue, C.M. Cahill, S. Zhang and Z. Jia. (2015) Otoferlin-GAD65 coupling and its effects on GABAergic activity. J. Mol. Cell Biol. 7, 168-179.
- L.M. van Staalduinen, F.R. McSorley, K. Schiessl, J. Séguin, P.B. Wyatt, F. Hammerschmidt, D.L. Zechel and Z. Jia. (2014) The crystal structure of PhnZ in complex with substrate reveals a new di-iron oxygenase mechanism for catabolism of organophosphonates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 111, 5171-5176.
- J. Zheng and Z. Jia. (2013) Tiny enzyme uses context to succeed. Nature, 497, 445-446.
- C. Prince and Z. Jia. (2012) Measurement of detergent concentration using 2,6-dimethylphenol in membrane-protein crystallization. Acta Cryst. D68, 1694-1696.
- J. Zheng and Z. Jia. (2010) Structure of the bifunctional isocitrate dehydrogenase kinase/phosphatase. Nature, 465, 961-965.
- B. Wathen and Z. Jia. (2010) Protein beta-sheet nucleation is driven by local modular formation. J. Biol. Chem. 285, 18376-18384.
- Q. Ye, S.W. Crawley, Y. Yang, G.P. Côté and Z. Jia. (2010) Crystal structure of the alpha-kinase domain of Dictyostelium myosin heavy chain kinase A. Sci. Signal. 3, ra17.
- D. Lee and Z. Jia. (2009) Emerging structural insights into bacterial tyrosine kinases. Trends Biochem. Sci. 34, 351-357.
- D. Lee, J. Zheng, Y.-M. She and Z. Jia. (2008) Structure of Escherichia coli tyrosine kinase Etk reveals novel activation mechanism. EMBO J. 27, 1758-1766.