Zheyun Liu
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Li X, Liu Z, Ren H, Kundu M, Zhong F, Wang L, et al.
Nat Commun
. 2022 Jan;
13(1):93.
PMID: 35013256
Photoreceptors are a class of light-sensing proteins with critical biological functions. UVR8 is the only identified UV photoreceptor in plants and its dimer dissociation upon UV sensing activates UV-protective processes....
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Li X, Liu Z, Ren H, Kundu M, Wang L, Gao J, et al.
Chem Sci
. 2021 Jun;
11(46):12553-12569.
PMID: 34094455
Photosynthetic pigments form light-harvesting networks to enable nearly perfect quantum efficiency in photosynthesis excitation energy transfer. However, similar light-harvesting mechanisms have not been reported in light sensing processes in other...
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Li X, Ren H, Kundu M, Liu Z, Zhong F, Wang L, et al.
Nat Commun
. 2020 Aug;
11(1):4316.
PMID: 32859932
Plants utilize a UV-B (280 to 315 nm) photoreceptor UVR8 (UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8) to sense environmental UV levels and regulate gene expression to avoid harmful UV effects. Uniquely, UVR8...
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Tan C, Liu Z, Li J, Guo X, Wang L, Sancar A, et al.
Nat Commun
. 2015 Jun;
6:7302.
PMID: 26065359
The primary dynamics in photomachinery such as charge separation in photosynthesis and bond isomerization in sensory photoreceptor are typically ultrafast to accelerate functional dynamics and avoid energy dissipation. The same...
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Liu Z, Wang L, Zhong D
Phys Chem Chem Phys
. 2015 Apr;
17(18):11933-49.
PMID: 25870862
Photolyases, a class of flavoproteins, use blue light to repair two types of ultraviolet-induced DNA damage, a cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) and a pyrimidine-pyrimidone (6-4) photoproduct (6-4PP). In this perspective,...
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Guo X, Liu Z, Song Q, Wang L, Zhong D
J Phys Chem B
. 2015 Jan;
119(8):3446-55.
PMID: 25635531
Many biomimetic chemical systems for repair of UV-damaged DNA showed very low repair efficiency, and the molecular origin is still unknown. Here, we report our systematic characterization of the repair...
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Liu Z, Tan C, Guo X, Li J, Wang L, Zhong D
J Phys Chem Lett
. 2014 May;
5(5):820-825.
PMID: 24803991
Photolyase contains a flavin cofactor in a fully reduced form as its functional state to repair ultraviolet-damaged DNA upon blue light absorption. However, after purification, the cofactor exists in its...
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Liu Z, Li X, Zhong F, Li J, Wang L, Shi Y, et al.
J Phys Chem Lett
. 2014 Feb;
5(1):69-72.
PMID: 24490003
UVR8 is a recently discovered UV-B photoreceptor with a homodimer as the active state. UV-B perception of an interfacial tryptophan (W285) causes dissociation of the dimer into two functional monomers....
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Liu Z, Tan C, Guo X, Li J, Wang L, Sancar A, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2013 Jul;
110(32):12966-71.
PMID: 23882080
The flavin cofactor in photoenzyme photolyase and photoreceptor cryptochrome may exist in an oxidized state and should be converted into reduced state(s) for biological functions. Such redox changes can be...
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Liu Z, Zhang M, Guo X, Tan C, Li J, Wang L, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2013 Jul;
110(32):12972-7.
PMID: 23882072
The flavin adenine dinucleotide cofactor has an unusual bent configuration in photolyase and cryptochrome, and such a folded structure may have a functional role in initial photochemistry. Using femtosecond spectroscopy,...