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Jiafan Wang

City University of Hong KongORCID 0000-0002-2955-1469Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:C. elegans· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:protein design· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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NeuroscienceProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewedJun 18, 2026

Evolutionarily Conserved and Divergent Mechanisms of Dual Ca2+ Sensors in Synaptic Vesicle Exocytosis

Lei Li, Jiafan Wang, Jingyao Xia…·Zhitao Hu

This study investigates how SNT-1 and SNT-3 mediate fast and slow neurotransmitter release in C. elegans by analyzing their interactions with SNARE complexes and polybasic motifs.

DOI 10.1073/pnas.2532992123

C. elegansproteomics

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NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewedApr 11, 2025

Mechanisms that regulate the C1-C2B mutual inhibition controls functional switch of UNC-13

Haowen Liu, Lei Li, Jiafan Wang…·Zhitao Hu

This study identifies a mechanism by which UNC-13 in C. elegans regulates synaptic vesicle exocytosis through domain interactions and functional switches.

DOI 10.7554/elife.105199

C. elegansexperimental assay

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NeurosciencePLoS GeneticsPeer-reviewedOct 24, 2022

CASK and FARP localize two classes of post-synaptic ACh receptors thereby promoting cholinergic transmission

Lei Li, Haowen Liu, Kang‐Ying Qian…·Zhitao Hu

This study identifies CASK and FARP as scaffolding proteins that localize post-synaptic ACh receptors, enhancing cholinergic transmission in C. elegans.

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