MRC Genome Damage and Stability Centre

Dr Lihong Zhou

Post: Research Laboratory Manager (Genome Damage and Stability)
Location:Genome Centre G2.07
Email:Lihong.Zhou@sussex.ac.uk

Telephone numbers
Internal:7503 or 4801
UK:(01273) 877503 or (01273) 606755 ext. 4801
International:+44 1273 877503 or +44 1273 606755 ext. 4801
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Biography

2008 – 2011 Research Fellow, Wohl Virion Centre, Division of Immunity & Infection, University College London

2006 – 2008  Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University College London

2005 – 2006  Postdoctoral Research Assistant,  Institute of Structure Biology, Edinburgh University

2002 – 2004  Research Fellow, Genome Centre, Sussex University

2001 – 2002  Postdoctoral Research Assistant, The Biological NMR Centre, Leicester University

Selected Publication

1. Morgan RML , Herna´ndez-Ram´rez LC, Trivellin G, Zhou L, Roe SM, Korbonits M, Prodromou C  Structure of the TPR domain of AIP: lack of client protein interaction with the C-terminal α-7 helix of the TPR domain of AIP is sufficient for pituitary adenoma predisposition  PLos One  2012 Dec. 7(12): e53339

2. Zhou L, Sokolskaja E, Jolly C, James W, Cowley SA, Fassati A.   Transportin 3 promotes a nuclear maturation step required for efficient HIV-1 integration.  PLoS Pathog. 2011 Aug; 7(8): e1002194. Epub 2011 Aug.25.

3. Vozzolo L, Loh B, Gane PJ, Tribak M, Zhou L, Anderson I, Nyakatura E, Jenner RG, Selwood D, Fassati A. Gyrase B inhibitor impairs HIV-1 replication by targeting Hsp90 and the capsid protein. J Biol Chem. 2010 Dec 10; 285(50): 39314-28. Epub 2010 Oct 11

4.  Zhou L, Li J, George R, Ruchaud S, Zhou HG, Ladbury JE, Earnshaw WC, Yuan X. Effects of full-length borealin on the composition and protein-protein interaction activity of a binary chromosomal passenger complex. Biochemistry. 2009 Feb 17; 48(6):1156-61.

5. Zhou L, Poh RP, Marks TS, Chowdhry BZ, Smith AR. Structure and denaturation of 4-chlorobenzoyl coenzyme A dehalogenase from Arthrobacter sp. strain TM-1. Biodegradation. 2008 Feb;19(1):65-75. Epub 2007 Apr 13.

6. Zhou L, Watts FZ. Nep1, a Schizosaccharomyces pombe deneddylating enzyme. Biochem J. 2005 Jul 15; 389(Pt 2):307-14.

7. Zhou L, Marks TS, Poh RP, Smith RJ, Chowdhry BZ, Smith AR. The purification and characterisation of 4-chlorobenzoate:CoA ligase and 4-chlorobenzoyl CoA dehalogenase from Arthrobacter sp. strain TM-1. Biodegradation. 2004 Apr; 15(2):97-109.

8. Petkovic H, Thamchaipenet A, Zhou L, Hranueli D, Raspor P, Waterman PG & Hunter IS  (1999) Disruption of an aromatase/cyclase from the oxytetracycline gene cluster of Streptomyces rimosus results in production of novel polyketides with shorter chain lengths. Journal of Biological Chemistry  274, 32829-32834.