Ms Weixi Gu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Journal Articles
McGuinness, Helen Y., Gu, Weixi, Shi, Yun, Kobe, Bostjan and Ve, Thomas (2023). SARM1-dependent axon degeneration: nucleotide signaling, neurodegenerative disorders, toxicity, and therapeutic opportunities. The Neuroscientist, 107385842311625. doi: 10.1177/10738584231162508
Manik, Mohammad K., Shi, Yun, Li, Sulin, Zaydman, Mark A., Damaraju, Neha, Eastman, Samuel, Smith, Thomas G., Gu, Weixi, Masic, Veronika, Mosaiab, Tamim, Weagley, James S., Hancock, Steven J., Vasquez, Eduardo, Hartley-Tassell, Lauren, Kargios, Nestoras, Maruta, Natsumi, Lim, Bryan Y. J., Burdett, Hayden, Landsberg, Michael J., Schembri, Mark A., Prokes, Ivan, Song, Lijiang, Grant, Murray, DiAntonio, Aaron, Nanson, Jeffrey D., Guo, Ming, Milbrandt, Jeffrey, Ve, Thomas and Kobe, Bostjan (2022). Cyclic ADP ribose isomers: Production, chemical structures, and immune signaling. Science, 377 (6614) eadc8969, 1-11. doi: 10.1126/science.adc8969
Shi, Yun, Kerry, Philip S., Nanson, Jeffrey D., Bosanac, Todd, Sasaki, Yo, Krauss, Raul, Saikot, Forhad K., Adams, Sarah E., Mosaiab, Tamim, Masic, Veronika, Mao, Xianrong, Rose, Faith, Vasquez, Eduardo, Furrer, Marieke, Cunnea, Katie, Brearley, Andrew, Gu, Weixi, Luo, Zhenyao, Brillault, Lou, Landsberg, Michael J., DiAntonio, Aaron, Kobe, Bostjan, Milbrandt, Jeffrey, Hughes, Robert O. and Ve, Thomas (2022). Structural basis of SARM1 activation, substrate recognition, and inhibition by small molecules. Molecular Cell, 82 (9), 1643-1659.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.03.007
Nimma, Surekha, Gu, Weixi, Manik, Mohammad K., Ve, Thomas, Nanson, Jeffrey D. and Kobe, Bostjan (2022). Crystal structure of the Toll/interleukin‐1 receptor (TIR) domain of IL‐1R10 provides structural insights into TIR domain signaling. FEBS Letters, 596 (7), 886-897. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.14288
Loreto, Andrea, Angeletti, Carlo, Gu, Weixi, Osborne, Andrew, Nieuwenhuis, Bart, Gilley, Jonathan, Arthur-Farraj, Peter, Merlini, Elisa, Amici, Adolfo, Luo, Zhenyao, Hartley-Tassell, Lauren, Ve, Thomas, Desrochers, Laura M, Wang, Qi, Kobe, Bostjan, Orsomando, Giuseppe and Coleman, Michael P (2021). Neurotoxin-mediated potent activation of the axon degeneration regulator SARM1. eLife, 10 e72823. doi: 10.7554/elife.72823
Nimma, Surekha, Gu, Weixi, Maruta, Natsumi, Li, Yan, Pan, Mengqi, Saikot, Forhad Karim, Lim, Bryan Y. J., McGuinness, Helen Ying, Zaoti, Zannati Ferdous, Li, Sulin, Desa, Sneha, Manik, Mohammad Kawsar, Nanson, Jeffrey D. and Kobe, Bostjan (2021). Structural evolution of TIR-domain signalosomes. Frontiers in Immunology, 12 784484, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.784484
Sasaki, Yo, Zhu, Jian, Shi, Yun, Gu, Weixi, Kobe, Bostjan, Ve, Thomas, DiAntonio, Aaron and Milbrandt, Jeffrey (2021). Nicotinic acid mononucleotide is an allosteric SARM1 inhibitor promoting axonal protection. Experimental Neurology, 345 113842, 113842. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113842
Gu, Weixi, Luo, Zhenyao, Vonrhein, Clemens, Jia, Xinying, Ve, Thomas, Nanson, Jeffrey D. and Kobe, Bostjan (2021). Crystal structure determination of the armadillo repeat domain of Drosophila SARM1 using MIRAS phasing. Acta Crystallographica. Section F: Structural Biology Communications, 77 (10), 364-373. doi: 10.1107/s2053230x21006786
Hopkins, Eleanor L., Gu, Weixi, Kobe, Bostjan and Coleman, Michael P. (2021). A novel NAD signaling mechanism in axon degeneration and its relationship to innate immunity. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 8 703532, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.703532
Figley, Matthew D., Gu, Weixi, Nanson, Jeffrey D., Shi, Yun, Sasaki, Yo, Cunnea, Katie, Malde, Alpeshkumar K., Jia, Xinying, Luo, Zhenyao, Saikot, Forhad K., Mosaiab, Tamim, Masic, Veronika, Holt, Stephanie, Hartley-Tassell, Lauren, McGuinness, Helen Y., Manik, Mohammad K., Bosanac, Todd, Landsberg, Michael J., Kerry, Philip S., Mobli, Mehdi, Hughes, Robert O., Milbrandt, Jeffrey, Kobe, Bostjan, DiAntonio, Aaron and Ve, Thomas (2021). SARM1 is a metabolic sensor activated by an increased NMN/NAD+ ratio to trigger axon degeneration. Neuron, 109 (7), 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.02.009
Horsefield, Shane, Burdett, Hayden, Zhang, Xiaoxiao, Manik, Mohammad K., Shi, Yun, Chen, Jian, Qi, Tiancong, Gilley, Jonathan, Lai, Jhih-Siang, Rank, Maxwell X., Casey, Lachlan W., Gu, Weixi, Ericsson, Daniel J., Foley, Gabriel, Hughes, Robert O., Bosanac, Todd, von Itzstein, Mark, Rathjen, John P., Nanson, Jeffrey D., Boden, Mikael, Dry, Ian B., Williams, Simon J., Staskawicz, Brian J., Coleman, Michael P., Ve, Thomas, Dodds, Peter N. and Kobe, Bostjan (2019). NAD+ cleavage activity by animal and plant TIR domains in cell death pathways. Science, 365 (6455), 793-799. doi: 10.1126/science.aax1911
Thesis
Gu, Weixi (2020). Structural basis of SARM1 regulation. PhD Thesis, School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/2fa70d0