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Publications

2026

2025

Xie Y, Ren Y, Assembly mechanism of the snRNA nuclear export complex Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. 2025 Jul 3;
Clarke BP, Gao S, Mei M, Xie D, Angelos AE, Vazhavilla A, Hill PS, Cagatay T, Batten K, Shay JW, Xie Y, Fontoura BMA, Ren Y, Structural mechanism of DDX39B regulation by human TREX-2 and a related complex in mRNP remodeling Nature Communications. 2025 Jul 1;
Xie Y, Clarke BP, Xie D, Mei M, Bhat P, Hill PS, Angelos AE, Cagatay T, Haider M, Collier SE, Chambers MG, Aksenova V, Dasso M, Fontoura BMA, Ren Y, Structures and mRNP remodeling mechanism of the TREX-2 complex Structure. 2025 Mar

2024

Zhang, Cagatay T, Xie D, Angelos AE, Cornelius S, Aksenova V, Aslam S, He Z, Esparza M, Vazhavilla A, Dasso M, Garcia-Sastre A, Ren Y, Fontoura BMA, Cellular NS1-BP Protein Interacts with the mRNA Export Receptor NXF1 to Mediate Nuclear Export of Influenza Virus M mRNAs Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2024 Oct
Clarke BP, Angelos AE, Mei M, Hill PS, Xie Y, Ren Y, Cryo-EM structure of the CBC-ALYREF complex eLife. 2024 Sep 16;
Mei M, Cupic A, Miorin L, Ye C, Cagatay T, Zhang K, Patel K, Wilson N, McDonald WH, Crossland N, Lo M, Rutkowska M, Aslam S, Mena I, Martinez-Sobrido L, Ren Y, Garcia-Sastre A, Fontoura BMA, Inhibition of mRNA nuclear export promotes SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis PNAS. 2024 May 20; (121(22))

2023

Clarke BP, Angelos AE, Mei M, Hill PS, Xie Y, Ren Y, Cryo-EM structure of the CBC-ALYREF complex bioRxiv. 2023 Oct 26; (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.01.559959v1)
Xie Yihu, Gao Shengyan, Zhang Ke, Bhat Prasanna, Clarke Bradley, Batten Kimberly, Mei Menghan, Gazzara Matthew, Shay Jerry, Lynch Kristen, Angelos Alexia, Hill Pate, Ivey Austin, Fontoura Beatriz, Ren Yi, Structural basis for high-order complex of SARNP and DDX39B to facilitate mRNP assembly Cell Reports. 2023 42 (8)

2021

Zhang K, Garcia-Sastre A, Ren Y, Wozniak RW, Fontoura BMA, Nsp1 protein of SARS-CoV-2 disrupts the mRNA export machinery to inhibit host gene expression Science Advances. 2021 Feb 5; 7 (6)
Xie Y, Clarke BP, Kim Y, Ivey AL, Hill PS, Shi Y, Ren Y, Cryo-EM structure of the yeast TREX complex and coordination with the SR-like protein Gbp2 eLife. 2021 Mar 31; 10
Xie Y, Lord CL, Clarke BP, Ivey AL, Hill PS, McDonald WH, Wente SR, Ren Y, Structure and activation mechanism of the yeast RNA Pol II CTD kinase CTDK-1 complex Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of U.S.A. . 2021 Jan 19;

2020

Dollins DE, Xiong J, Endo-Streeter S, Anderson D, Bansal V, Ponder J, Ren Y, York JD, A Structural Basis for Lithium and Substrate Binding of an Inositide Phosphatase Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2020 Nov 10;
Miorin L, Kehrer T, Sanchez-Aparicio M, Zhang K, Cohen P, Patel R, Cupic A, Makio T, Mei M, Wozniak R, Ren Y, Rosenberg B, Fontoura BM, Garcia-Sastre A, SARS-CoV-2 Orf6 hijacks Nup98 to block STAT nuclear import and antagonize interferon signaling Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of U.S.A.. 2020 Oct 23;
Morris A, Wang Z, Ivey AL, Xie Y, Hill PS, Schey K, Ren Y, Cellular mRNA export factor UAP56 recognizes nucleic acid binding site of influenza virus NP protein. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2020 Feb 19;

2019

Xie Y, Ren Y, Mechanisms of nuclear mRNA export: A structural perspective Traffic. 2019 Sep 12; 11 (20) 829-840
Zhang K, Xie Y, Muñoz-Moreno R, Wang J, Zhang L, Esparza M, García-Sastre A, Fontoura BM, Ren Y, Structural basis for influenza virus NS1 protein block of mRNA nuclear export Nature Microbiology . 2019 Jul 1;

2018

Ren Y, Wente SR, Günter Blobel (1936–2018) Developmental Cell. 2018 2 (45) p151-152

2017

2014

Quan B, Seo HS, Blobel G, Ren Y, Vesiculoviral matrix (M) protein occupies nucleic acid binding site at nucleoporin pair (Rae1 • Nup98). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014 Jun 24; 111 (25) 9127-32

2013

Xu Kai, Rockx Barry, Xie Yihu, DeBuysscher Blair, Fusco Deborah, Zhu Zhongyu, Chan Yee-Peng, Xu Yan, Luu Truong, Cer Regina, Feldmann Heinz, Mokashi Vishwesh, Dimitrov Dimiter, Bishop-Lilly Kimberly, Broder Christopher, Nikolov Dimitar, Crystal structure of the Hendra virus attachment G glycoprotein bound to a potent cross-reactive neutralizing human monoclonal antibody PLoS Pathogens. 2013 10 (9)

2010

Takai Kiroyuki, Xie Yihu, de Lange Titia, Pavletich Nikola, Tel2 structure and function in the Hsp90-dependent maturation of mTOR and ATR complexes. Genes & Development. 2010 18 (24)
Ren Q, Wimmer C, Chicka MC, Ye S, Ren Y, Hughson FM, Whiteheart SW, Munc13-4 is a limiting factor in the pathway required for platelet granule release and hemostasis. Blood. 2010 Aug 12; 116 (6) 869-77
Ren Y, Seo HS, Blobel G, Hoelz A, Structural and functional analysis of the interaction between the nucleoporin Nup98 and the mRNA export factor Rae1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2010 Jun 8; 107 (23) 10406-11

2009

Tripathi A, Ren Y, Jeffrey PD, Hughson FM, Structural characterization of Tip20p and Dsl1p, subunits of the Dsl1p vesicle tethering complex. Nature structural & molecular biology. 2009 Feb 16 (2) 114-23
Ren Y, Yip CK, Tripathi A, Huie D, Jeffrey PD, Walz T, Hughson FM, A structure-based mechanism for vesicle capture by the multisubunit tethering complex Dsl1. Cell. 2009 Dec 11; 139 (6) 1119-29

2004

Ren Y, Wang WH, Wang YH, Case M, Qian W, McLendon G, Huang ZX, Mapping the electron transfer interface between cytochrome b5 and cytochrome c. Biochemistry. 2004 Mar 30; 43 (12) 3527-36

2001

Wang YH, Ren Y, Wang WH, Xie Y, Huang ZX, The regulation of surface charged residues on the properties of cytochrome b5. Journal of protein chemistry. 2001 Aug 20 (6) 487-93