Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1990 Ph.D., Parasitology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Publications (Selected)

1. Roobsoong W., Roytrakul S., Sattabongkot J.,Li J.,Udomsangpetch R. Cui L* (2011) Determination of thePlasmodium vivaxschizont stage proteome.Journal of Proteomics(in press) PMID: 21515433.
2. Yokoi F., Dang M.T.,Li J., Standaert D.G., and Li Y*. (2011) Motor deficits and decreased striatal dopamine receptor 2 binding activity in the striatum-specificDyt1conditional knockout mice. PloS One (in press).
3. Mehere P., Han Q., Christensen B.M. andLi J*.(2011) Identification and characterization of two arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase in the yellow fever mosquito,Aedes aegypti.Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology41:707-714. PMID:21645618
4. Kajla M.K. Shi L., Li B. Luckhart S.Li J.and Paskewitz S.M*. (2011) A new role for an old antimicrobial: Lysozyme c-1 can function to protect malarial parasites inAnopheles mosquitoes. PloS One6;6(5): e19649. PMID: 21573077
5. Vavricka C, Han Q, Huang Y, Erickson SM, Harich K, Christensen BM,Li J*.(2011) From L-dopa to 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde: a toxic biochemical pathway plays a vital physiological function.PloS One24;6:e16124. PMID: 21283636
6. Han Q., Robinson H., Cai T., Tagle D.A. andLi J*.(2011) Biochemical and structural characterization of mouse mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase, a newly identified kynurenine aminotransferase-IV.Bioscience Report31:323-332.
7. Mehere P., Han Q., Lemkul J.A., Robinson H., Bevan D.R. andLi J*.(2010) Tyrosine aminotransferase: Biochemical and structural properties and molecular dynamics simulations.Protein & Cell1: 1023-1032. PMID: 21153519
8. Zhan S., Guo Q., Li M., Li M.,Li J., Miao X. and Huang Y*. (2010) Disruption of an Nacetyltransferase gene in the silkworm reveals a novel role in animal pigmentation.Development137:4083-4090. PMID: 21062865
9. Han Q., Ding H., Robinson H., Christensen B.M. andLi J*.(2010) Crystal structure and chemical properties ofDrosophila3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine decarboxylase.PloS One5:e8826. PMID: 20098687
10. Han Q., Cai T., Tagle D.A. and Li J*. (2010) Thermal stability, pH dependence and inhibition of four murine kynurenine aminotransferases.BMC Biochemistry11: 19. PMID: 20482848
11. Vavricka C*, Christensen BM and Li J. (2010) Melanization in living organisms: a perspective of species evolution.Protein & Cell1: 830-841. PMID: 21203925
12. Vavricka C*, Ray K.W., Christensen B.M. and Li J. (2010) Purification &NGlycosylation Analysis of Melanoma Antigen Dopachrome Tautomerase.Protein Journal29: 204-212. PMID: 20386969
13. Richardson G., Ding H., Rocheleau T., Mayhew G., Reddy E., Han Q., Christensen B.M. and Li J*. (2010) An examination of aspartate decarboxylase and glutamate decarboxylase activity in mosquitoes.Molecular Biology Report37: 3199-3205. PMID: 19842059
14. Amenya D.A., Chou W., Li J., Yan G., Gershon P. James A.A. and Marinotti O*. (2010) Proteomics reveals novel components of theAnopheles gambiaeeggshell.J. Insect Physiol.56: 1414-1419. PMID: 20433845
15. Han Q., Cai T., Tagle D.A. and Li J*. (2009) Structure, expression and function of kynurenine aminotransferases in human and rodents brains.Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences67: 353-368. PMID: 19826765
16. Han Q., Robinson H., Cai T., Tagle D.A. and Li J*. (2009) Structural insight into the inhibition of human kynurenine aminotransferase I/glutamine transaminase K.Journal of Medicinal Chemistry52: 2786 – 2793. PMID: 19338303
17. Han Q., Robinson H., Cai T., Tagle D.A. and Li J*. (2009) Biochemical and structural properties of mouse KAT III.Molecular and Cellular Biology29: 784-793. PMID: 19029248
18. Han Q., Cai T., Tagle D.A., Robinson H. and Li J*. (2008) Substrate specificity and structure of human aminotransferase II.Biosci Rep.28: 205-215. PMID: 18620547
19. Han Q., Robinson H. and Li J*. (2008) Crystal Structure of Human kynurenine aminotransferase II.Journal of Biological Chemistry283: 3567-3573. PMID: 18056995
20. Han Q., Gao Y.G., Robinson H. and Li J*. (2008) Structural insight into the mechanism of substrate specificity ofAedeskynurenine aminotransferase.Biochemistry47: 1622-1630. PMID: 18186649
21. Yokoi F., Dang M., Mitsui S., Li J. and Li Y*. (2008) Motor deficits and hyperactivity in cerebral cortex-specificDyt1conditional knockout mice.Journal of Biochemistry143: 39-47. PMID: 17956903
22. Li J.S., Vavricka C., Christensen B.M. and Li J*. (2007) Proteomic analysis of Nglycosylation in mosquito dopachrome conversion enzyme.Proteomics7: 2557-2569. PMID: 17623277
23. Cui, L*., Cheng, X., Li, L., and Li, J. (2007) Identification ofTrichoplusia niascovirus 2c virion structural proteins.J. Gen. Virol.88: 2194-2197. PMID: 1762262224. Han Q., Beerntsen B.T. and Li J*. (2007) The tryptophan oxidation pathway in mosquitoes with emphasis on xanthurenic acid biosynthesis.J. Insect Physiol.53: 254-263. PMID: 17070835
24. Waterhouse R.M*., Kriventseva E.V., Meister S., Xi Z., Alvarez K.S., Bartholomay L.C., Barillas-Mur C., Bain G., Blandin S., Christensen B.M., Dong Y., Jiang H., Kanost M.R., Koutson A.C., Levashina EA.,Li J.et al (2007) Evolutionary dynamics of immunerelated genes and pathways in disease-vector mosquitoes.Science316:1738-1743. PMID: 17588928
25. Han Q., Fang J., Rizzi M., James A.A. andLi J*.(2007) Biochemical mechanisms leading to tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase activation.Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol.64:74-87. PMID: 17212352
26. Han Q., Robinson H., Gao Y.G., Vogelaar N., Wilson S.R. Rizzi M. andLi J*.(2006) Crystal structures ofAedes aegyptialanine glyoxylate aminotransferase.Journal of Biological Chemistry281: 37175-37182. PMID: 16990263
27. Li J.S. andLi J*.(2006) Major chorion protein and their crosslinking during chorion hardening inAedes aegyptimosquitoes.Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology36:954-964. PMID: 17098170
28. Han Q., Kim S.R. andLi J*.(2006) Evolution of two alanine glyoxylate aminotransferases in mosquito.Biochemical Journal397:473-481. PMID: 16681462
29. Yokoi F., Dang M.,Li J.and Li Y. (2006) Myoclonus, Motor Deficits, Alterations in Emotional Responses and Monoamine Metabolism in {varepsilon}-Sarcoglycan Deficient Mice.J. Biochem.140:141-146. PMID: 16815860
30. Beerntsen B.T*. andLi J.(2006)PlasmodiumDevelopment in White-eye (khw) and Transformed Strains (kh43) ofAedes aegypti(Diptera: Culicidae).Journal of Medical Entomology43:318-322. PMID: 16619617
31. Franca R., Garavaglia S., Giovenzana G.B., Arcà B.,Li J.and Rizzi M*. (2006) Crystal structure of theAnopheles gambiae3-hydroxykynurenine transaminase.Proceeding of National Academy of Sciences USA103:5711-5716. PMID: 16585514
32. Miao J., Fan Q., Li J.S.,Li J.and Cui, L*. (2006) The Malaria ParasitePlasmodium falciparumHistones: Organization, Expression, and Acetylation.Gene369:53-69. PMID: 16410041

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