Education

Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada, 2010

Current position

Postdoc Associate, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, USA

Publications (selected)

1. Li, X.*, Li, Y.*, Arendt, C. S. and Hochstrasser, M. (2016). Distinct elements in the proteasomal β5 subunit propeptide required for autocatalytic processing and poteasome assembly. J Biol Chem 291(4): 1991-2003. (*Equal contribution)
   
2. Li, Y., Tomko, R. J. Jr. and Hochstrasser, M. (2015). Proteasomes: Isolation and activity assays. Curr Protoc Cell Biol 67: 3 43 41-20.
   
3. Wang, S. C., Li, Y., Ho, M., Bernal, M. E., Sydor, A. M., Kagzi, W. R. and Zamble, D. B. (2010). The response of Escherichia coli NikR to nickel: a second nickel-binding site. Biochemistry 49(31): 6635-6645.
   
4. Wang, S. C., Li, Y., Robinson, C. V. and Zamble, D. B. (2010). Potassium is critical for the Ni(II)-responsive DNA-binding activity of Escherichia coli NikR. J Am Chem Soc 132(5): 1506-1507.
   
5. Li, Y. and Zamble, D. B. (2009). Nickel homeostasis and nickel regulation: an overview. Chem Rev 109(10): 4617-4643.
   
6. Li, Y. and Zamble, D. B. (2009). pH-responsive DNA-binding activity of Helicobacter pylori NikR. Biochemistry 48(11): 2486-2496.