Research Articles
1. Hu Q, Zhao Y, Wang Z, Hou Y, Bi D, Sun J, Peng X. Chicken gga-miR-19a Targets ZMYND11 and Plays an Important Role in Host Defense against Mycoplasma gallisepticum (HS Strain) Infection.Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2016 Sep 14; 6:102.
2. Zhang Q, Wang D, Jiang G, Liu W, Deng Q, Li X, Qian W, Ouellet H, Sun J*. EsxA membrane-permeabilizing activity plays a key role in mycobacterial cytosolic translocation and virulence: effects of single-residue mutations at glutamine 5.Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 7; 6:32618.
3. Sanjay ST, Dou M, Sun J, Li X. A paper/polymer hybrid microfluidic microplate for rapid quantitative detection of multiple disease biomarkers.Sci Rep. 2016 Jul 26; 6:30474.
4. Tian W, Zhao C, Hu Q, Sun J*, Peng X*. Roles of Toll-like receptors 2 and 6 in the inflammatory response to Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection in DF-1 cells and in chicken embryos.Dev Comp Immunol. 2016 Jun; 59:39-47.
5. Hu F, Zhao C, Bi D, Tian W, Chen J, Sun J*, Peng X*. Mycoplasma gallisepticum (HS strain) surface lipoprotein pMGA interacts with host apolipoprotein A-I during infection in chicken.Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2016 Feb; 100(3):1343-54.
6. Peng X, Jiang G, Liu W, Zhang Q, Qian W, Sun J*. Characterization of differential pore-forming activities of ESAT-6 proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis.FEBS Lett. 2016 Feb; 590(4):509-19.
7. Chen J, Wang Z, Bi D, Hou Y, Zhao Y, Sun J*, Peng X*. Gga-miR-101-3p Plays a Key Role in Mycoplasma gallisepticum (HS Strain) Infection of Chicken.Int J Mol Sci. 2015 Dec 2; 16(12):28669-82.
8. Ma Y, Keil V, Sun J*. Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis EsxA membrane insertion: Roles of N- and C-terminal flexible arms and central helix-turn-helix motif. Journal of Biological Chemistry (2015) 290: 7314-7322.
9. Jacquez P, Avelia G, Boone K, Puschhof J, Sauter R, Altlyev A, Arigi E, Almeida I, Sherman M, Xiao C, Sun J*. The disulfide bond Cys255-Cys279 in the immunoglobulin-like domain of anthrax toxin receptor 2 is required for membrane insertion of anthrax protective antigen pore. PLoS ONE 2015 vol. 10 (6) p. e0130832
10.Avila, G. A., Ramirez, D. H., Hildenbrand, Z. L., Jacquez, P., Chiocca, S., Sun, J., Rosas-Acosta, G., and Xiao, C. (2015) Protein Expression and Purification. Protein Expr Purif 105, 47–53
11.Acosta, Y., Zhang, Q., Rahaman, A., Ouellet, H., Xiao, C., Sun, J*., and Li, C*. (2014) Imaging cytosolic translocation of Mycobacteria with two-photon fluorescence resonance energy transfer microscopy. Biomed. Opt. Express 5, 3990.
12.Jacquez P, Lei N, Weigt D, Xiao C, Sun J*. (2013) Expression and purification of the functional ectodomain of human anthrax toxin receptor 2 in E. coli Origami B cells with assistance of bacterial Trigger Factor. Protein Expression and Purification 2014 vol. 95 pp. 149-155. 10.1016/j.pep.2013.12.010 (*: Corresponding author)
13.Mendez T, Chatterjee A, Duarte T, Gazos-Lopes F, Robles-Martinez F, Roy D, Sun J, Maldonado R, Roychowdhury S, Almeida I, and Das S. (2013)Glucosylceramide Transferase Activity Is Critical for Encystation and Viable Cyst Production by an Intestinal Protozoan, Giardia lamblia J. Biol. Chem. 2013 288: 16747-16760. First Published on April 14, 2013, doi:10.1074/jbc.M112.438416
14.De Leon J, Jiang G, Ma Y, Rubin E, Fortune S, and Sun J* (2012) Mycobacterium tuberculosis ESAT-6 exhibits a unique membrane-interacting activity that is not found in its ortholog from non-pathogenic Mycobacterium smegmatis J. Biol. Chem. jbc.M112.420869. First Published on November 13, 2012, doi:10.1074/jbc.M112.42086
15.Wimalasena DS, Janowiak BE, Lovell S, Miyagi M, Sun J, Zhou H, Hajduch J, Pooput C, Kirk KL, Battaile KP, Bann JG (2010) Evidence that histidine protonation of receptor-bound anthrax protective antigen is a trigger for pore formation. Biochemistry. 2010 Aug 24;49(33):6973-83
16.Sun J*,Collier RJ (2010) Disulfide Bonds in the Ectodomain of Anthrax Toxin Receptor 2 Are Required for the Receptor-Bound Protective-Antigen Pore to Function. PLoS ONE. 2010 May; 5(5): e10553.
17.Vernier G, Wang J, Jennings LD, Sun J, Fischer A, Song L, Collier RJ. Solubilization and characterization of the anthrax toxin pore in detergent micelles. Protein Sci. 2009 Sep; 18(9):1882-95.
18.Lang AE, Neumeyer T, Sun J, Collier RJ, Benz R, and Aktories K. Amino acid residues involved in membrane insertion and pore formation of Clostridium botulinum C2 toxin. Biochemistry. 2008 Aug 12;47(32):8406-13. Epub 2008 Jul 18.
19.Sun J, Lang AE, Aktories K, Collier RJ; Phenylalanine 427 of anthrax protective antigen functions in both pore formation and protein translocation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2008 Mar 18; 105(11): 4346-51. Epub 2008 Mar 11.
20.Sun J, Vernier G, Wigelsworth DJ and Collier RJ; Insertion of anthrax protective antigen into liposomal membranes: effect of a receptor. J Biol Chem. 2007 Jan 12; 90(1): 165-83. Epub 2006 Nov 14
21.Deng Q, Sun J, Barbieri JT; Uncoupling Crk signal transduction by Pseudomonas exoenzyme T. J Biol Chem. 2005 Oct 28; 280(43):35953-60. Epub 2005 Aug 25.
22.Sun J and Barbieri JT; ExoS Rho GTPase-activating protein activity stimulates reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton through Rho GTPase guanine nucleotide disassociation inhibitor. J Biol Chem. 2004 Oct 8; 279(41):42936-44. Epub 2004 Aug 2.
23.Sun J, Maresso AW, Kim JJ and Barbieri JT; How bacterial ADP-ribosylating toxins recognize substrates. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2004 Sep; 11(9): 868-76. Epub 2004 Aug 15. (This paper was evaluated and recommended by Faculty of 1000 – Biology, a post-publication peer review.)
24.Papacs LA, Sun Y, Anderson EL, Sun J, Holmes SG; REP3-mediated silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics. 2004 Jan; 166(1): 79-87.
25.Sun Jand Barbieri JT; Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoT ADP-ribosylates CT10 regulator of kinase (Crk) proteins. J Biol Chem. 2003 Aug 29; 278(35):32794-800.Epub 2003 Jun 13. (This paper was evaluated and recommended by Faculty of 1000 – Biology, a Post-publication peer review.)
26.Krall R*, Sun J*, Pederson KJ and Barbieri JT; In vivo rho GTPase-activating protein activity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytotoxin ExoS. Infect Immun. 2002 Jan; 70(1):360-7.(*equal contribution authors)
Books, chapters & reviews
1. Sun J*, Jacquez P. Roles of Anthrax Toxin Receptor 2 in Anthrax Toxin Membrane Insertion and Pore Formation.Toxins (Basel). 2016 Jan 22;8(2):34. doi: 10.3390/toxins8020034. Review.
2. Peng X, Sun J*. Mechanism of ESAT-6 membrane interaction and its roles in pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.Toxicon. 2016 Jun 15;116:29-34
3. Sun J*(2012). Roles of Cellular Redox Factors in Pathogen and Toxin Entry in the Endocytic Pathways, Molecular Regulation of Endocytosis, Brian Ceresa (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0662-3, InTech.
4. Barbieri JT and Sun J; Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoS and ExoT. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol. 2004; 152:79-92. Epub 2004 Aug 24. Review.
5. Sun J, Aktories K. Barbieri JT; Bacterial toxins that modify the actin cytoskeleton. Microbial Toxins: Molecular and Cellular Biology. Book. Horizon Scientific Press & Caister Academic Press (2005).