Selected Publications

• Owji AP, Yu K, Kittredge A, Wang J, Zhang Y, Yang T. Bestrophin-2 and glutamine synthetase form a complex for glutamate release. Nature, 2022; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05373-x
• Owji AP, Wang J, Kittredge A, Clark Z, Zhang Y, Hendrickson WA, Yang T. Structures and gating mechanisms of human bestrophin anion channels. Nat Commun, 2022 Jul 4;13(1):3836
• Zhao Q, Kong Y, Kittredge A, Li Y, Shen Y, Zhang Y, Tsang SH, Yang T. Distinct expression requirements and rescue strategies for BEST1 loss- and Gain-of-function mutations. eLife, 2021; 10: e67622
• Owji AP, Zhao Q, Ji C, Kittredge A, Hopiavuori A, Fu Z, Ward N, Clarke OB, Shen Y, Zhang Y, Hendrickson WA, Yang T. Structural and functional characterization of the bestrophin-2 anion channel. Nat Struct Mol Biol, 2020; 27(4): 382-391
• Zhang Y, Kittredge A, Ward N, Ji C, Chen S, Yang T. ATP activates bestrophin ion channels through direct interaction. Nat Commun, 2018; 9(1): 3126
• Li Y, Zhang Y, Xu Y, Kittredge A, Ward N, Chen S, Tsang SH, Yang T. Patient-specific mutations impair BESTROPHIN1’s essential role in mediating Ca2+-dependent Cl- currents in human RPE. eLife, 2017; 6: e29914
• Yang T, Hendrickson WA, Colecraft HM. Preassociated apocalmodulin mediates Ca2+-dependent sensitization of activation and inactivation of TMEM16A/16B Ca2+-gated Cl- channels. PNAS, 2014; 111(51): 18213-8
• Yang T, Liu Q, Kloss B, Bruni R, Kalathur RC, Guo Y, Kloppmann E, Rost B, Colecraft HM, Hendrickson WA. Structure and selectivity in bestrophin ion channels. Science, 2014; 346(6207): 355-9
• Yang T, He LL, Chen M, Fang K, Colecraft HM. Bio-inspired voltage-dependent calcium channel blockers. Nat Commun, 2013; 4: 2540
• Yang T, Suhail Y, Dalton S, Kernan T, Colecraft HM. Genetically encoded molecules for inducibly inactivating CaV channels. Nat Chem Biol, 2007; 3(12):795-804

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