Publications
Peer-reviewed publications
- Investigation of photosynthetic membrane structure using atomic force microscopy.
*L.N. Liu, S. Scheuring.
Trends Plant Sci, 2013, 18 (5): 277-286. (*Correspondence, featured article) - Control of electron transport routes through redox-regulated redistribution of respiratory complexes.
*L.N. Liu, S.J. Bryan, F. Huang, J.F. Yu, P.J. Nixon, P.R. Rich, C.W. Mullineaux.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2012, 109 (28): 11431-11436. (*correspondence) [PDF]
Featured in media: ScienceDaily and ScienceNewsline, 25 June 2012: Biological Switch Paves Way for Improved Biofuel Production. - Forces guiding assembly of light-harvesting complex 2 in native membranes.
L.N. Liu, K. Duquesne, F. Oesterhelt, J.N. Sturgis, S. Scheuring.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2011, 108 (23): 9455-9459. [PDF]
- Native architecture of the photosynthetic membrane from Rhodobacter veldkampii.
L.N. Liu, J.N. Sturgis, S. Scheuring.
J Struct Biol, 2011, 173 (1): 138-145. [PDF]
- Quinone pathways in entire photosynthetic chromatophores of Rhodospirillum photometricum.
L.N. Liu, K. Duquesne, J.N. Sturgis, S. Scheuring.
J Mol Biol, 2009, 393 (1): 27-35. [PDF]
- FRAP analysis on red alga reveals the fluorescence recovery is ascribed to intrinsic photoprocesses of phycobilisomes than large-scale diffusion.
L.N. Liu, T.J. Aartsma, J.C. Thomas, B.C. Zhou, Y.Z. Zhang.
PLoS ONE, 2009, 4(4): e5295. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005295. [PDF]
- Probing the pH sensitivity of R-phycoerythrin: Investigations of active conformational and functional variation.
L.N. Liu, H.N. Su, S.G. Yan, S.M Shao, B.B. Xie, X.L. Chen, X.Y. Zhang, B.C. Zhou, Y.Z. Zhang.
Biochim Biophys Acta - Bioenergetics, 2009, 1787 (7): 939–946. [PDF]
- Watching the native supramolecular architecture of photosynthetic membrane in red algae: Topography of phycobilisomes, and their crowding, diverse distribution patterns.
L.N. Liu, T.J. Aartsma, J.C. Thomas, G.E.B. Lamers, B.C. Zhou, Y.Z. Zhang.
J Biol Chem, 2008, 283 (50): 34946-34953. (cover article) [PDF]
- Dimers of light-harvesting complex 2 from Rhodobacter sphaeroides characterized in reconstituted 2D crystals with atomic force microscopy.
L.N. Liu, T.J. Aartsma, R.N. Frese.
FEBS J, 2008, 275 (12): 3157-3166. (cover article) [PDF]
- Light-induced energetic decoupling as a mechanism for phycobilisome-related energy dissipation in red algae: a single molecule study.
L.N. Liu, A.T. Elmalk, T.J. Aartsma, J.C. Thomas, G.E.B. Lamers, B.C. Zhou, Y.Z. Zhang.
PLoS ONE, 2008, 3(9): e3134. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003134. [PDF]
- Structure and organization of phycobilisomes on membranes of the red alga Porphyridium cruentum.
*A.A. Arteni, *L.N. Liu, G. Ajlani, T.J. Aartsma, Y.Z. Zhang, B.C. Zhou, E.J. Boekema.
Photosynth Res, 2008, 95 (2-3): 169-174. (*co-first author) [PDF]
- Characterization, structure and function of linker polypeptides in phycobilisome of cyanobacteria and red algae: an overview.
L.N. Liu, X.L. Chen, Y.Z. Zhang, B.C. Zhou.
Biochim Biophys Acta - Bioenergetics, 2005, 1708 (2): 133-142. [PDF]
- One-step chromatography method for efficient separation and purification of R-phycoerythrin from Polysiphonia urceolata.
L.N. Liu, X.L. Chen, X.Y. Zhang, Y.Z. Zhang, B.C. Zhou.
J Biotechnol, 2005, 116 (1): 91-100. [PDF]
- Factors that effect antioxidant activity of C-phycocyanins from Spirulina platensis.
Z.P. Zhou, L.N. Liu, X.L. Chen, Y.Z. Zhang, B.C. Zhou.
J Food Biochem, 2005, 29: 313–322. [PDF]
- Effects of light, denaturants and pH on antioxidant activity of allophycocyanin in Spirulina platensis.
Z.P. Zhou, L.N. Liu, X.L. Chen, X.Y. Zhang, Y.Z. Zhang, B.C. Zhou.
Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica, 2005, 36 (2): 179-185. [PDF]
- Effect of CHAPS on the Spirulina platensis phycobilisomes.
X.Y. Zhang, L.N. Liu, X.L. Chen, Y.Z. Zhang, B.C. Zhou.
Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2004, 24: 1224-1226. [PDF] - The study of the stability of phycobilisomes in algae, Spirulina platensis.
X.Y. Zhang, L.N. Liu, X.L. Chen, Y.Z. Zhang, B.C. Zhou.
Marine Science, 2004, 28: 38-42. [PDF]
Book chapters
- High-resolution AFM imaging of native biological membranes.
L.N. Liu, S. Scheuring.
Nanoscale Liquid Interfaces: Wetting, Patterning and Force Microscopy at Molecular Scale.
Pan Stanford Publishing, Singapore, edited by T. Ondarçuhu and J.-P. Aimé. 2012, in press.
- High resolution imaging and manipulation of membrane proteins.
N. Buzhynskyy, L.N. Liu, I. Casuso, S. Scheuring.
Life at the Nanoscale: Atomic Force Microscopy of Live Cells.
Pan Stanford Publishing, Singapore, edited by Y.F. Dufrene. 2011, 21-44.
Invited talks
- Control of electron transfer routes through redistribution of respiratory complexes.
Biochemical Society Christmas Bioenergetics Meeting, Imperial College London, UK, 16th December 2011.
- Supramolecular architecture, assembly and dynamics of native photosynthetic membranes.
School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, November 2011.
- High-resolution microscopic imaging technology on native biological membranes.
Singapore University of Technology and Design, October, 2011.
- The in vivo localisation of NDH-1 complexes in cyanobacteria.
Molecular Bioenergetics of Cyanobacteria: From Cell to Community, Spain, April 2011.
- High-resolution AFM of the bacterial photosynthetic apparatus.
The 12th International Scanning Probe Microscopy Conference, Sapporo, Japan, May 2010.
- The architecture and organization of phycobilisomes on the photosynthetic membrane in red algae using atomic force microscopy.
Gordon Research Conference on Photosynthesis, Smithfield, US, August 2009.
- The supramolecular architecture and dynamics of the native photosynthetic apparatus.
Department of Bionanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands, 2009.
Conference Abstracts and Posters
- Native architecture, assembly and interactions of photosynthetic membrane.
L.N. Liu.
17th International Biophysics Congress, Beijing, 2011.
- Membrane proteins in native membranes studied by atomic force microscopy: Watching biological nano-machines at work.
I Casuso, N. Buzhynskyy, L.N. Liu, F. Rico, S. Scheuring.
European Cells and Materials, 2010, 20(3): 226. [PDF]
- Electron pathway in native photosynthetic membrane using AFM.
L.N. Liu, K. Duquesne, J.N. Sturgis, S. Scheuring.
The third ASICEF (Association des Scientifiques et des Ingénieurs Chinois en France) workshop on interdisciplinary research topics, Paris, France, October 24, 2009.
- Supramolecular architecture of hemiellipsoidal phycobilisome and thylakoid membrane in Porphyridium cruentum.
L.N. Liu, Y.Z. Zhang, B.C. Zhou, T.J. Aartsma.
Photosynth Res, 2007, 91: 168-168.
- Supramolecular architecture of phycobilisomes on the photosynthetic membrane of red alga Porphyridium cruentum.
L.N. Liu, A.A. Arteni, Y.Z. Zhang, B.C. Zhou, E.J. Boekema, T.J. Aartsma.
Dutch Scanning Probe Microscopy Symposium, Leiden, The Netherlands, November 16, 2007.
- Supramolecular architecture of hemiellipsoidal phycobilisome and thylakoid membrane in Porphyridium cruentum.
L.N. Liu, Y.Z. Zhang, B.C. Zhou, T.J. Aartsma.
14th International Congress of Photosynthesis, Glasgow, United Kindom, July 22-27, 2007.
- Investigations of supramolecular structure of phycobilisomes from Porphyridium cruentum.
L.N. Liu, A.A. Arteni, Y.Z. Zhang, B.C. Zhou, T.J. Aartsma, E.J. Boekema.
Annual Dutch meeting on Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, Lunteren, The Netherlands, October 9-10, 2006.
- Phycobilisomes of Porphyridium cruentum studied by electron microscopy.
A.A. Arteni, L.N. Liu, T.J. Aartsma, E.J. Boekema.
Annual Dutch meeting on Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, Lunteren, The Netherlands, October 9-10, 2006.
- Efficient purification, in vitro self-assembly and application of R-phycoerythrins from Polysiphonia urceolata.
L.N. Liu, X.L. Chen, X.Y. Zhang, S.G. Yan, Y.Z. Zhang, B.C. Zhou, T.J. Aartsma.
Annual Dutch meeting on Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, Lunteren, The Netherlands, October 10-11, 2005.
Patent
- A quick methology to separate pure R-phycoerythrins. China Patent 200510042028
Y.Z. Zhang, L.N. Liu, X.L. Chen, B.C. Zhou.