Zhiheng Deng

This study identifies a hierarchical anchoring-gating mechanism in the MSL complex that ensures specific H4K16 acetylation and reveals its role in chromatin accessibility and transcription.

DrugCLIP, a contrastive dense-retrieval model for pockets and molecules, beats docking on DUD-E and LIT-PCBA and screened about 10,000 human AlphaFold2 proteins in 24 hours.

The paper determines cryo-EM structures of IMiDs in full CRL4CRBN complexes, revealing a cryptic interfacial pocket that enhances IMiD efficacy and neosubstrate specificity.

The paper identifies a unique mechanism by which ASXL1 K351 monoubiquitination enhances PR-DUB activity through structural stabilization, enabling efficient H2AK119Ub deubiquitination.

This study develops a chemical synthesis method to create polyubiquitylated linker histone H1.0, revealing its role in enhancing RNF168-mediated H2A ubiquitylation through structural and biochemical analysis.

This study identifies a unique mechanism by which SSX1 recognizes H2AK119Ub nucleosomes through a cryptic groove, enabling specific hijacking of the BAF complex in synovial sarcoma.

This study determines the cryo-EM structures of RNF168/UbcH5c-Ub/nucleosome complexes to elucidate the mechanism of H2A K13/K15 site-specific ubiquitination.