Wenrui Chang
Professor
Institute of Biophysics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Biography
1960-1964 Nankai University, China, B.Sc. in Chemistry 1990- Investigator, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2005- Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research Interest
Prof. Chang is working on the structural and functional analysis of biomacromolecules (including Insulin, Earthworm FibrinolyticEnzymes, Metalloproteins, Phycobiliproteins and etc.) for many years. For the past decade, the main research focus of our group is on structural studies of photosynthesis related proteins. Photosynthesis, which is one of the most important chemical reactions in the world, occurs in two stages: light reactions and dark reactions.Investigation on the two themes are as following: I. Structural and functional analysis of photosynthesis membrane proteins related to the light reactions, mainly the protein from higher plant photosystem II (PSII)
Publications
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3. Fan M, Li M*, Liu Z, Cao P, Pan X, Zhang H, Zhao X, Zhang J, Chang W*. Crystal structures of the PsbS protein essential for photoprotection in plants. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 2015, 22(9):729-735.
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2. Fan M1, Xiao Y1, Li M*, Chang W*. Crystal Structures of Arabidopsis thaliana Oxalyl-CoA Synthetase Essential for Oxalate Degradation. Mol Plant. 2016 9(9):1349-52
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1. Wei X1, Su X1, Cao P, Liu X, Chang W, Li M*, Zhang X*, Liu Z*. Structure of spinach photosystem II-LHCII supercomplex at 3.2 Å resolution. Nature. 2016, 534(7605):69-74.