2024

26) Yalin Zhou#, Xiu-Wen Kang#, Zhongneng Zhou, Zijing Chen, Shuhua Zou, Siwei Tang, Bingyao Wang, Kailin Wang, Dongping Zhong*, Bei Ding*.

Unified Mechanism of Light-State BLUF Domain Photocycles by Capturing Proton Relay Intermediates. Ultrafast Sci. 2024;4:0072. DOI: 10.34133/ultrafastscience.0072( #co-first author, *corresponding authors)

25) Weihua Xu*^#, Kaihao Mou^#, Zhenyu Lu^#, Xiuwen Kang, Yue Guo, Bei Ding, Zhirong Chen, Zhiguo Wang*, and Qi Wu*, Catalytic Promiscuity of Fatty Acid Photodecarboxylase Enables Stereoselective Synthesis of Chiral α-Tetralones, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202412862. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202412862( #co-first author, *corresponding authors)

24)Xiu-Wen Kang, Kailin Wang, Xiaofan Zhang, Dongping Zhong*, and Bei Ding*, Elementary Reactions in the Functional Triads of the Blue-Light Photoreceptor BLUF Domain. J. Phys. Chem. B 2024, 128, 9, 2065–2075. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07988 (*corresponding authors)

23) Yalin Zhou#, Siwei Tang#, Zijing Chen, Zhongneng Zhou, Jiulong Huang, Xiu-Wen Kang, Shuhua Zou, Bingyao Wang, Tianyi Zhang, Bei Ding* and Dongping Zhong*, Origin of the multi-phasic quenching dynamics in the BLUF domains across the species. Nature Communications, 2024, 15: 623.   https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44565-5.( #co-first author, *corresponding authors)

22) Qinglong Shi, Xiu-Wen Kang, Zhiyong Liu, Pandaram Sakthivel, Hasil Aman, Rui Chang, Xiaoyu Yan, Yubing Pang, Shaobo Dai*, Bei Ding*, and Juntao Ye*, Single-Electron Oxidation-Initiated Enantioselective Hydrosulfonylation of Olefins Enabled by Photoenzymatic Catalysis, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024 146 (4), 2748-2756. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.3c12513 (*corresponding authors)

2023

21）Wang, B.#, Zhou, Z.#, Zhang, Q., Deng, B., Kang, X.-W., Ding, B.*, Elucidating State-Specific Dynamics of 1La and 1Lb in Cyanoindole Derivatives Using UV/Vis Pump IR Detection. Chemical Physics, 2024, 576, 112095. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030101042300277X?via%3Dihub (#co-first author, *corresponding authors)

20）Hu, R., Zhou, Y., Lin, L., Ding, B.*, Lu, Q.*, Structure of the BLUF Protein TePixD Y8F Mutant. 

Biophysics, 2024, 51(2):459-467. https://www.pibb.ac.cn/pibben/article/abstract/20230095 (*corresponding authors)

19）Zhang, Q., Zhou, Z., Deng, B., Wang, B., Kang, X.-W., Chen, J., Ding, B.*, Zhong, D.*, An Ultrafast Phototrigger of the Trp5CN–Trp Motif in a β-Hairpin Peptide. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023, 158, 201102. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0143384 (*corresponding authors)

18）Chen, Z.#, Kang, X.-W.#, Zhou, Z., Zhou, Y., Tang, S., Zou, S., Wang, K., Huang, J., Ding, B.*, Zhong, D.*, Dissecting the Ultrafast Stepwise Bidirectional Proton Relay in a Blue-Light Photoreceptor. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145, 3394–3400. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.2c10206?ref=pdf (#co-first author, *corresponding authors)

2022

17）Zhou, Z.#, Chen, Z.#, Kang, X.-W., Zhou, Y., Wang, B., Tang, S., Zou, S., Zhang, Y., Hu, Q., Bai, F., Ding, B.* and Zhong, D.*, The Nature of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in a Blue Light Using Flavin Domain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119, e2203996119. https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2203996119 (#co-first author, *corresponding authors)

16) Kang, X.-W.#, Chen, Z.#, Zhou, Z., Zhou, Y., Tang, S., Zhang, Y., Zhang, T., Ding, B.* and Zhong, D.*, Direct Observation of Ultrafast Proton Rocking in the BLUF Domain. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2022, 61, e202114423. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202114423 (#co-first author, *corresponding authors)

15) Yang, J., Zhang, Y., He, T.-F., Lu, Y., Wang, L., Ding, B.* and Zhong, D.*, Ultrafast Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Short-Range Protein Electron Transfer in Flavodoxin. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2022, 24, 382-391. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP04445A (*corresponding authors)

14) Wang, S., Zhou, Q., Li, Y., Wei, B., Liu, X., Zhao, J., Ye, F., Zhou, Z., Ding, B. and Wang, P.*, Quinoline-Based Photolabile Protection Strategy Facilitates Efficient Protein Assembly. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2022, 144, 3, 1232–1242. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.1c10324 (*corresponding authors)

2021

13) Zhang, Q., Wang, B., Zhang, Y., Yang, J., Deng, B., Ding, B.* and Zhong, D.*, 2021. Probing Intermolecular Interactions of Amyloidogenic Fragments of SOD1 by Site-Specific Tryptophan and Its Noncanonical Derivative. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2021, 125, 48, 13088–13098. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c07175 (*corresponding authors)

Before Joining Shanghai Jiao Tong University

12) Patel, H.#, Ding, B.#, Ernst, K., Shen, L., Yuan, W., Tang, J., Drake, L.R., Kang, J., Li, Y., Chen, Z. and Schwendeman, A. Characterization of apolipoprotein AI peptide phospholipid interaction and its effect on HDL nanodisc assembly. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2019, 14, 3069. (#co-first author)

11) Ding, B., Yang, L., Mukherjee, D., Chen, J., Gao, Y., Gai, F. Microscopic Insight into the Protein Denaturation Action of Urea and Its Methyl Derivatives. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9, 1–12. 

10) Hilaire, M. R.#, Ding, B. #, Mukherjee, D. #, Chen, J., Gai, F. Possible Existence of α-Sheets in the Amyloid Fibrils Formed by a TTR 105–115 Mutant. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (2), 629–635. (#co-first author)

9) Ding, B., Mukherjee, D., Chen, J., Gai, F. Do Guanidinium and Tetrapropylammonium Ions Specifically Interact with Aromatic Amino Acid Sidechains?  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.  2017, 114, 1003-1008

8) Ding, B., Hilaire, M. R., Gai, F. Infrared and Fluorescence Assessment of Protein Folding and Functional Dynamics. J. Phys. Chem. B (Feature Article), 2016, 120, 5103-5113

7) Ding, B., Jasensky, J., Li, Y., Chen, Z. Engineering and Characterization of Peptides and Proteins at Surfaces and Interfaces: A Case Study in Surface-Sensitive Vibrational Spectroscopy. Acc. Chem. Res. 2016, 49, 1149-1157

6) Ding, B., Panahi, A., Ho, J. J., Laaser, J. E., Brooks, C. L., Zanni, M. T., Chen, Z. Probing Site-Specific Structural Information of Peptides at Model Membrane Interface in Situ. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 10190-10198

5) Ding, B., Tesmer, J., Chen, Z. Unveiling the Membrane-Binding Properties of N-terminal and C-terminal Regions of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 5 by Combined Optical Spectroscopies. Langmuir 2013, 30, 823-831

4) Ding, B., Laaser J. E., Liu Y., Wang P., Zanni M. T., Chen, Z. Site-specific Orientation Determination of an α-helical Peptide Ovispirin-1 from Isotope labeled Sum Frequency Generation. J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117, 14625-14634

3) Ding, B., Soblosky L., Nuygen, K., Geng J., Yu X., Ramamoorthy A., Chen, Z. Physiologically-Relevant Modes of Membrane Interactions by the Human Antimicrobial Peptide, LL-37, Revealed by SFG Experiments. Sci. Rep. 2013, 3, 1854

2) Ding, B., Chen, Z. Molecular Interactions between a Cell Penetrating Peptide Pep-1 and Model Cell Membranes. J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 2545-2552

1) Ding, B., Washington, V., Dunietz, B. D. On the Conditions for Enhanced Transport Through Molecular Junctions Based on Metal Centers Ligated by Pyridazino-derived Ligands. Mol. Phys. 2010, 108, 2591-2599