1. Huasong Ai#, Zebin Tong#, Zhiheng Deng#, Qiang Shi, Shixian Tao, Gaoge Sun, Jiawei Liang, Maoshen Sun, Xiangwei Wu, Qingyun Zheng, Lujun Liang, Hang Yin, Jia-Bin Li, Shuai Gao, Changlin Tian*, Lei Liu*, Man Pan*. Mechanism of Nucleosomal H2A K13/K15 Mono- and Adjacent Dual- Ubiquitination by RNF168. Nature Chemical Biology, 2024, In Press. (bioRxiv, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.02.573964)
2. Huasong Ai#, Zaozhen He#, Zhiheng Deng#, Guo-Chao Chu, Qiang Shi, Zebin Tong, Jia-Bin Li, Man Pan* & Lei Liu*. Structural and mechanistic basis for nucleosomal H2AK119 deubiquitination by single-subunit deubiquitinase USP16. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 2024, doi: 10.1038/s41594-024-01342-2.
3. Huasong Ai#, Maoshen Sun#, Aijun Liu#, Zixian Sun#, Tingting Liu#, Lin Cao, Lujun Liang, Qian Qu, Zichen Li, Zhiheng Deng, Zebin Tong, Guochao Chu, Xiaolin Tian, Haiteng Deng, Suwen Zhao, Jiabin Li, Zhiyong Lou, Lei Liu. H2B Lys34 ubiquitination induces nucleosome distortion to stimulate Dot1L activity. Nature Chemical Biology, 2022, 18, 972-980.
4. Huasong Ai#, Guochoa Chu#, Qingyue Gong#, Zhiheng Deng, Zebin Tong, Xin Liu, Fan Yan, Jiabin Li*, Changlin Titan*, Lei Liu*. Chemical synthesis of ubiquitinated and/or phosphorylated H2AX reveals combinational outcome of histone modifications in 53BP1 binding. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 18329-18337.
5. Huasong Ai#, Zebin Tong#, Zhiheng Deng, Jiakun Tian, Liying Zhang, Maoshen Sun, Yunxiang Du, Ziyu Xu, Qiang Shi, Lujun Liang, Qingyun Zheng, Jiabin Li, Man Pan*, Lei Liu*. Synthetic E2-Ub-nucleosome conjugates for studying nucleosome ubiquitination. Chem, 2023, 9, 1221-1240.
6. Huasong Ai, Lei Liu*. Paralog-specific recognition. Nature Chemical Biology, 2023, 5, 542-543.
7. Huasong Ai, Man Pan, Lei Liu*. Chemical synthesis of human proteoforms. ACS Central Science, 2024, 10, 1442-1459.
8. Huasong Ai, Yu Guo, Demeng Sun, Sanling Liu, Yunkun Qi, Jing Guo, Qian Qu, Qingyue Gong, Suwen Zhao,* Jiabin Li,* and Lei Liu*. Examination of the Deubiquitylation Site Selectivity of USP51 by Using Chemically Synthesized Ubiquitylated Histones. ChemBioChem, 2019, 20, 221-229.
9. Huasong Ai, Shuai Peng, Jia-Bin Li. Chemical methods for studying the crosstalk between histone H2B ubiquitylation and H3 methylation. Journal of Peptide Science, 2021, e3381.
10. Zebin Tong#, Huasong Ai#, *(共一/共通讯), Ziyu Xu#, Kezhang He#, Guo-Chao Chu, Qiang Shi, Zhiheng Deng, Qiaomei Xue, Maoshen Sun, Yunxiang Du, Lujun Liang, Jia-Bin Li, Man Pan* & Lei Liu*. Synovial Sarcoma X Breakpoint 1 Protein uses a cryptic groove to selectively recognize H2AK119Ub Nucleosomes. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 2024, 31, 300–310.
11. Zhiheng Deng#, Huasong Ai# (共一), Maoshen Sun#, Zebin Tong#, Yunxiang Du#, Qian Qu, Liying Zhang, Ziyu Xu, Shixian Tao, Qiang Shi, Jia-Bin Li, Man Pan, and Lei Liu*. Mechanistic insights into nucleosomal H2B monoubiquitylation mediated by yeast Bre1-Rad6 and its human homolog RNF20/RNF40-hRAD6A. Molecular Cell, 2023, 83, 3080-3094.E14.
12. Qiang Shi#, Zhiheng Deng#, Liying Zhang#, Zebin Tong, Jia-Bin Li, Guo-Chao Chu*, Huasong Ai* (共通讯), and Lei Liu*. Promotion of RNF168-Mediated Nucleosomal H2A Ubiquitylation by Structurally-defined K63-Polyubiquitylated Linker Histone H1. (bioRxiv, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.22.604500)
13. Zichen Li#, Zebin Tong#, Qingyue Gong#, Huasong Ai* (共通讯), Shuai Peng, Cong Chen, Guo-Chao Chu, Jia-Bin Li*. The expedient, CAET-assisted synthesis of dual-monoubiquitinated histone H3 enables evaluation of its interaction with DNMT1. Chemical Science, 2023,14, 5681-5688.
14. Yunkun Qi#, Huasong Ai# (共一), Yiming Li, Binghui Yan. Total Chemical Synthesis of Modified Histones. Frontiers in Chemistry, 2018, 6, 19.