Dr Hui Lu

Publications

2012
Romina Durigon, Qi Wang, Efrain Ceh Pavia, Chris M Grant & Hui Lu. (In-press). Cytosolic thioredoxin system facilitates the import of mitochondrial small Tim proteins. EMBO reports, eScholarID:167853 | DOI:10.1038/embor.2012.116
2011
Ivanova E, Pang J, Jowitt TA, Yan G, Warwicker J, Sutcliffe MJ, Lu H. (In-press). Temperature-dependent study reveals that dynamics of hydrophobic residues plays an important functional role in the mitochondrial Tim9-Tim10 complex. Proteins, eScholarID:142140
2009
Ang, S. & Lu, H (2009). Deciphering structural and functional roles of individual disulfide bonds of the mitochondrial sulfhydryl oxidase Erv1p. J Biol Chem, 284(42), 28754-61. eScholarID:75556 | PMID:19679655 | DOI:10.1074/jbc.M109.021113
Morgan, B., Ang, S., Yan, G. & Lu, H (2009). Zinc can play chaperone-like and inhibitor roles during import of mitochondrial small Tim proteins. J Biol Chem, 284(11), 6818-25. eScholarID:75557 | PMID:19117943 | DOI:10.1074/jbc.M808691200
2008
Morgan B, Ang SK, Yan G, Lu H. (2008). Zinc can play chaperone-like and inhibitor roles during import of mitochondrial small Tim proteins. The Journal of biological chemistry, eScholarID:1c8108 | PMID:19117943 | DOI:10.1074/jbc.M808691200
Baker KM, Chakravarthi S, Langton KP, Sheppard AM, Lu H, Bulleid NJ. (2008). Low reduction potential of Ero1alpha regulatory disulphides ensures tight control of substrate oxidation. The EMBO journal, 27(22), 2988-97. eScholarID:1c8109 | PMID:18971943 | DOI:10.1038/emboj.2008.230
Ivanova E, Lu H. (2008). Allosteric and electrostatic protein-protein interactions regulate the assembly of the heterohexameric Tim9-Tim10 complex. Journal of molecular biology, 379(3), 609-16. eScholarID:1c8110 | PMID:18462749 | DOI:10.1016/j.jmb.2008.04.029
Morgan B, Lu H. (2008). Oxidative folding competes with mitochondrial import of the small Tim proteins. The Biochemical journal, 411(1), 115-22. (Evaluated by Faculty of 1000 Biology). eScholarID:1c8111 | PMID:18076384 | DOI:10.1042/BJ20071476
Ivanova E, Ball M, Lu H. (2008). Zinc binding of Tim10: evidence for existence of an unstructured binding intermediate for a zinc finger protein. Proteins, 71(1), 467-75. eScholarID:1c8113 | PMID:17963238 | DOI:10.1002/prot.21713
Ivanova E, Jowitt TA, Lu H. (2008). Assembly of the mitochondrial Tim9-Tim10 complex: a multi-step reaction with novel intermediates. Journal of molecular biology, 375(1), 229-39. eScholarID:1c8112 | PMID:18022191 | DOI:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.037
2005
Lu H, Woodburn J. (2005). Zinc binding stabilizes mitochondrial Tim10 in a reduced and import-competent state kinetically. Journal of molecular biology, 353(4), 897-910. eScholarID:1c4486 | PMID:16199054 | DOI:10.1016/j.jmb.2005.09.002
2004
Lu H, Golovanov AP, Alcock F, Grossmann JG, Allen S, Lian LY, Tokatlidis K, Grossmann JG. (2004). The structrural basis of the TIM10 chaperone assembly. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279, 18959-66. eScholarID:1c827 | PMID:14973126 | DOI:10.1074/jbc.M313046200
Lu H, Allen S, Wardleworth L, Savory P, Tokatlidis K. (2004). Functional TIM10 chaperone assembly is redox-regulated in vivo. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279, 18952-8. eScholarID:1c2202 | PMID:14973127 | DOI:10.1074/jbc.M313045200
2003
Allen S, Lu H, Thornton D, Tokatlidis K. (2003). Juxtaposition of the two distal CX3C motifs via intrachain disulfide bonding is essential for the folding of Tim10. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278(40), 38505-13. eScholarID:1c2203 | PMID:12882976 | DOI:10.1074/jbc.M306027200
2002
Vial S, Lu H, Allen S, Savory P, Thornton D, Sheehan J, Tokatlidis K. (2002). Assembly of Tim9 and Tim10 into a functional chaperone. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277(39), 36100-8. eScholarID:1c2204 | PMID:12138093 | DOI:10.1074/jbc.M202310200
Reeves EP, Lu H, Jacobs HL, Messina CG, Bolsover S, Gabella G, Potma EO, Warley A, Roes J, Segal AW. (2002). Killing activity of neutrophils is mediated through activation of proteases by K+ flux. Nature, 416(6878), 291-7. eScholarID:1c2207 | PMID:11907569 | DOI:10.1038/416291a
2001
Booth PJ, Curran AR, Templer RH, Lu H, Meijberg W. (2001). Manipulating the folding of membrane proteins: using the bilayer to our advantage. Biochemical Society symposium, (68), 27-33. eScholarID:1c2280 | PMID:11573345
Lu H, Marti T, Booth PJ. (2001). Proline residues in transmembrane alpha helices affect the folding of bacteriorhodopsin. Journal of molecular biology, 308(2), 437-46. eScholarID:1c2281 | PMID:11327778 | DOI:10.1006/jmbi.2001.4605
Allen SJ, Kim JM, Khorana HG, Lu H, Booth PJ. (2001). Structure and function in bacteriorhodopsin: the effect of the interhelical loops on the protein folding kinetics. Journal of molecular biology, 308(2), 423-35. eScholarID:1c2282 | PMID:11327777 | DOI:10.1006/jmbi.2001.4604
2000
Lu H, Booth PJ. (2000). The final stages of folding of the membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin occur by kinetically indistinguishable parallel folding paths that are mediated by pH. Journal of molecular biology, 299(1), 233-43. eScholarID:1c2283 | PMID:10860735 | DOI:10.1006/jmbi.2000.3735
1997
Lu H, Buck M, Radford SE, Dobson CM. (1997). Acceleration of the folding of hen lysozyme by trifluoroethanol. Journal of molecular biology, 265(2), 112-7. eScholarID:1c2284 | PMID:9020975