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Overview

Zhao-Qing Luo is primarily affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research work spans several fields within the broader area of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with additional focus on Medicine. This multidisciplinary approach integrates various subfields such as Endocrinology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Immunology, and Molecular Medicine.

The scientist's major topics of study center around bacterial research, infectious diseases, and cellular mechanisms. Key research topics include:

  • Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies

The scientist has published extensively, contributing a significant number of articles to prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • eLife
  • Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • Coxiella burnetii inhibits host immunity by a protein phosphatase adapted from glycolysis, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Sensing of autoinducer-2 by functionally distinct receptors in prokaryotes, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The E3 ligase RNF5 restricts SARS-CoV-2 replication by targeting its envelope protein for degradation, 2023, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Interplay between bacterial deubiquitinase and ubiquitin E3 ligase regulates ubiquitin dynamics on Legionella phagosomes, 2020, eLife
  • The Legionella Effector SdjA Is a Bifunctional Enzyme That Distinctly Regulates Phosphoribosyl Ubiquitination, 2021, mBio

Collaborative work forms an important part of their research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jiaqi Fu
  • Lei Song
  • Jiazhang Qiu
  • Songying Ouyang
  • Qingtian Guan

Best Publications

  • Multiple substrates of the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm system identified by interbacterial protein transfer

    Zhao-Qing Luo;Ralph R. Isberg

  • Ubiquitination independent of E1 and E2 enzymes by bacterial effectors

    Jiazhang Qiu;Michael J. Sheedlo;Kaiwen Yu;Yunhao Tan

  • Comprehensive Identification of Protein Substrates of the Dot/Icm Type IV Transporter of Legionella pneumophila

    Wenhan Zhu;Simran Banga;Yunhao Tan;Cheng Zheng

  • A Pseudomonas T6SS effector recruits PQS-containing outer membrane vesicles for iron acquisition

    Jinshui Lin;Weipeng Zhang;Weipeng Zhang;Juanli Cheng;Xu Yang

  • Post-translational regulation of ubiquitin signaling.

    Lei Song;Zhao-Qing Luo;Zhao-Qing Luo

  • Legionella pneumophila inhibits macrophage apoptosis by targeting pro-death members of the Bcl2 protein family

    Simran Banga;Ping Gao;Xihui Shen;Valena Fiscus

  • Legionella and Coxiella effectors: strength in diversity and activity.

    Jiazhang Qiu;Jiazhang Qiu;Zhao-Qing Luo;Zhao-Qing Luo

  • Inhibition of host vacuolar H+-ATPase activity by a Legionella pneumophila effector.

    Li Xu;Xihui Shen;Andrew Bryan;Simran Banga

  • Legionella pneumophila SidD is a deAMPylase that modifies Rab1

    Yunhao Tan;Zhao-Qing Luo

  • Secreted Bacterial Effectors That Inhibit Host Protein Synthesis Are Critical for Induction of the Innate Immune Response to Virulent Legionella pneumophila

    Mary F. Fontana;Simran Banga;Kevin C. Barry;Xihui Shen

  • Legionella pneumophila regulates the small GTPase Rab1 activity by reversible phosphorylcholination.

    Yunhao Tan;Randy J. Arnold;Zhao-Qing Luo

  • The E Block motif is associated with Legionella pneumophila translocated substrates

    Li-Li Huang;Dana H Boyd;Whitney M Amyot;Andrew D Hempstead

  • Quorum-sensing signal binding results in dimerization of TraR and its release from membranes into the cytoplasm.

    Yinping Qin;Zhao‐Qing Luo;Audra J. Smyth;Ping Gao

  • Type VI Secretion System Transports Zn2+ to Combat Multiple Stresses and Host Immunity.

    Tietao Wang;Meiru Si;Yunhong Song;Wenhan Zhu

  • Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA) engages the mitochondrial fission machinery to induce host cell death

    Prashant Jain;Zhao Qing Luo;Steven R. Blanke

  • Targeting eEF1A by a Legionella pneumophila effector leads to inhibition of protein synthesis and induction of host stress response.

    Xihui Shen;Simran Banga;Yancheng Liu;Li Xu

  • The Legionella pneumophila effector SidJ is required for efficient recruitment of endoplasmic reticulum proteins to the bacterial phagosome.

    Yancheng Liu;Zhao-Qing Luo

  • AidH, an alpha/beta-hydrolase fold family member from an Ochrobactrum sp. strain, is a novel N-acylhomoserine lactonase.

    Gui-Ying Mei;Xiao-Xue Yan;Ali Turak;Zhao-Qing Luo

  • Construction of a derivative of Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 that does not mutate to tetracycline resistance

    Zhao-Qing Luo;Thomas E. Clemente;Stephen K. Farrand

  • Members of a Legionella pneumophila Family of Proteins with ExoU (Phospholipase A) Active Sites Are Translocated to Target Cells

    Susan M. Vanrheenen;Zhao Qing Luo;Tamara O'Connor;Ralph R. Isberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernesto S. Nakayasu
Ernesto S. Nakayasu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Stephen K. Farrand
Stephen K. Farrand University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ralph R. Isberg
Ralph R. Isberg Tufts University
Li Xu
Li Xu Tsinghua University
James E. Samuel
James E. Samuel Texas A&M University
Xuming Deng
Xuming Deng Jilin University
Ivan Dikic
Ivan Dikic Goethe University Frankfurt
Rachel E. Klevit
Rachel E. Klevit University of Washington
Russell E. Vance
Russell E. Vance University of California, Berkeley
Rong Zeng
Rong Zeng Chinese Academy of Sciences

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