Dr Yanni Chin

Walker, Andrew A., Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Guo, Shaodong, Jin, Jiayi, Wilbrink, Evienne, Goudarzi, Mohaddeseh Hedayati, Wirth, Hayden, Gordon, Eric, Weirauch, Christiane and King, Glenn F. (2024). Structure and bioactivity of an insecticidal trans-defensin from assassin bug venom. Structure, 32 (9), 1348-1357.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2024.05.016

Jia, Xinying, Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Zhang, Alan H., Crawford, Theo, Zhu, Yifei, Fletcher, Nicholas L., Zhou, Zihan, Hamilton, Brett R., Stroet, Martin, Thurecht, Kristofer J. and Mobli, Mehdi (2023). Self-cyclisation as a general and efficient platform for peptide and protein macrocyclisation. Communications Chemistry, 6 (1) 48, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s42004-023-00841-5

Jami, Sina, Deuis, Jennifer R., Klasfauseweh, Tabea, Cheng, Xiaoyang, Kurdyukov, Sergey, Chung, Felicity, Okorokov, Andrei L., Li, Shengnan, Zhang, Jiangtao, Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Israel, Mathilde R., Ju, Robert J., Robinson, Samuel D., Zhao, Peng, Ragnarsson, Lotten, Andersson, Åsa, Tran, Poanna, Schendel, Vanessa, McMahon, Kirsten L., Tran, Hue N. T., Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Zhu, Yifei, Liu, Junyu, Crawford, Theo, Purushothamvasan, Saipriyaa, Habib, Abdella M., Andersson, David A., Rash, Lachlan D., Wood, John N. ... Vetter, Irina (2023). Pain-causing stinging nettle toxins target TMEM233 to modulate NaV1.7 function. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 2442. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37963-2

Kuschert, Sarah, Stroet, Martin, Chin, Yanni Ka-Yan, Conibear, Anne Claire, Jia, Xinying, Lee, Thomas, Bartling, Christian Reinhard Otto, Strømgaard, Kristian, Güntert, Peter, Rosengren, Karl Johan, Mark, Alan Edward and Mobli, Mehdi (2023). Facilitating the structural characterisation of non-canonical amino acids in biomolecular NMR. Magnetic Resonance, 4 (1), 57-72. doi: 10.5194/mr-4-57-2023

Maxwell, Michael J., Thekkedam, Chris, Lamboley, Cedric, Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Crawford, Theo, Smith, Jennifer J., Liu, Junyu, Jia, Xinying, Vetter, Irina, Laver, Derek R., Launikonis, Bradley S., Dulhunty, Angela, Undheim, Eivind A. B. and Mobli, Mehdi (2023). A bivalent remipede toxin promotes calcium release via ryanodine receptor activation. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 1036, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36579-w

Bartling, Christian R. O., Alexopoulou, Flora, Kuschert, Sarah, Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Jia, Xinying, Sereikaite, Vita, Özcelik, Dennis, Jensen, Thomas M., Jain, Palash, Nygaard, Mads M., Harpsøe, Kasper, Gloriam, David E., Mobli, Mehdi and Strømgaard, Kristian (2023). Comprehensive peptide cyclization examination yields optimized APP scaffolds with improved affinity toward Mint2. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 66 (4), 3045-3057. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c02017

Herzig, Volker, Chen, Yong-Cyuan, Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Dekan, Zoltan, Chang, Yu-Wang, Yu, Hui-Ming, Alewood, Paul F., Chen, Chien-Chang and King, Glenn F. (2022). The tarantula toxin ω-Avsp1a specifically inhibits human CaV3.1 and CaV3.3 via the extracellular S3-S4 loop of the domain 1 voltage-sensor. Biomedicines, 10 (5) 1066, 1066. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10051066

Wilhelm, Patrick, Luna-Ramirez, Karen, Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Dekan, Zoltan, Abraham, Nikita, Tae, Han-Shen, Chow, Chun Yuen, Eagles, David A., King, Glenn F., Lewis, Richard J., Adams, David J. and Alewood, Paul F. (2022). Cysteine-rich α-conotoxin SII displays novel interactions at the muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 13 (8), 1245-1250. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00857

Eagles, David A., Saez, Natalie J., Krishnarjuna, Bankala, Bradford, Julia J., Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Starobova, Hana, Mueller, Alexander, Reichelt, Melissa E., Undheim, Eivind A. B., Norton, Raymond S., Thomas, Walter G., Vetter, Irina, King, Glenn F. and Robinson, Samuel D. (2022). A peptide toxin in ant venom mimics vertebrate EGF-like hormones to cause long-lasting hypersensitivity in mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (7) e2112630119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2112630119

Finol-Urdaneta, Rocio K., Ziegman, Rebekah, Dekan, Zoltan, McArthur, Jeffrey R., Heitmann, Stewart, Luna-Ramirez, Karen, Tae, Han-Shen, Mueller, Alexander, Starobova, Hana, Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Wingerd, Joshua S., Undheim, Eivind A. B., Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Hill, Adam P., Herzig, Volker, King, Glenn F., Vetter, Irina, Rash, Lachlan D., Adams, David J. and Alewood, Paul F. (2022). Multitarget nociceptor sensitization by a promiscuous peptide from the venom of the King Baboon spider. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (5) e2110932119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2110932119

Wang, Geqing, Mohanty, Biswaranjan, Williams, Martin L., Doak, Bradley C., Dhouib, Rabeb, Totsika, Makrina, McMahon, Róisín M., Sharma, Gaurav, Zheng, Dan, Bentley, Matthew R., Ka-Yan Chin, Yanni, Horne, James, Chalmers, David K., Heras, Begoña and Scanlon, Martin J. (2022). Selective binding of small molecules to Vibrio cholerae DsbA offers a starting point for the design of novel antibacterials. ChemMedChem, 17 (6) e202100673, e202100673. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.202100673

Pinto, Ciro P.G., Walker, Andrew A., Robinson, Samuel D., Chin, Yanni K.-Y, King, Glenn F. and Rossi, Guilherme D. (2021). Venom composition of the endoparasitoid wasp Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and functional characterization of a major venom peptide. Toxicon, 202, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.09.002

Pineda, Sandy S., Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Undheim, Eivind A. B., Senff, Sebastian, Mobli, Mehdi, Dauly, Claire, Escoubas, Pierre, Nicholson, Graham M., Kaas, Quentin, Guo, Shaodong, Herzig, Volker, Mattick, John S. and King, Glenn F. (2020). Structural venomics reveals evolution of a complex venom by duplication and diversification of an ancient peptide-encoding gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (21) A41, 201914536-11408. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1914536117

Chow, Chun Yuen, Chin, Yanni K.Y., Ma, Linlin, Undheim, Eivind A.B., Herzig, Volker and King, Glenn F. (2020). A selective naV1.1 activator with potential for treatment of dravet syndrome epilepsy. Biochemical Pharmacology, 181 113991, 113991. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.113991

Luna-Ramirez, Karen, Csoti, Agota, McArthur, Jeffrey R., Chin, Yanni K.Y., Anangi, Raveendra, Najera, Rosby del Carmen, Possani, Lourival D., King, Glenn F., Panyi, Gyorgy, Yu, Haibo, Adams, David J. and Finol-Urdaneta, Rocio K. (2020). Structural basis of the potency and selectivity of Urotoxin, a potent Kv1 blocker from scorpion venom. Biochemical Pharmacology, 174 113782, 113782. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2019.113782

Chow, Chun Yuen, Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Walker, Andrew A., Guo, Shaodong, Blomster, Linda V., Ward, Micaiah J., Herzig, Volker, Rokyta, Darin R. and King, Glenn F. (2019). Venom peptides with dual modulatory activity on the voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1.1 provide novel leads for development of antiepileptic drugs. ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, 3 (1) acsptsci.9b00079, 119-134. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.9b00079

Deplazes, Evelyne, Chin, Yanni K.‐Y., King, Glenn F. and Mancera, Ricardo L. (2019). The unusual conformation of cross‐strand disulfide bonds is critical to the stability of β‐hairpin peptides. Proteins, 88 (3) prot.25828, 485-502. doi: 10.1002/prot.25828

Chandra, Mintu, Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Mas, Caroline, Feathers, J. Ryan, Paul, Blessy, Datta, Sanchari, Chen, Kai-En, Jia, Xinying, Yang, Zhe, Norwood, Suzanne J., Mohanty, Biswaranjan, Bugarcic, Andrea, Teasdale, Rohan D., Henne, W. Mike, Mobli, Mehdi and Collins, Brett M. (2019). Classification of the human phox homology (PX) domains based on their phosphoinositide binding specificities. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 1528, 1528. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09355-y

Ma, Linlin, Chin, Yanni K.Y., Dekan, Zoltan, Herzig, Volker, Chow, Chun Yuen, Heighway, Jacqueline, Lam, Sau Wing, Guillemin, Gilles J., Alewood, Paul F. and King, Glenn F. (2018). Novel venom-derived inhibitors of the human EAG channel, a putative antiepileptic drug target. Biochemical Pharmacology, 158, 60-72. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2018.08.038

Herzig, Volker, de Araujo, Aline, Greenwood, Kathryn, Chin, Yanni, Windley, Monique, Chong, Youmie, Muttenthaler, Markus, Mobli, Mehdi, Audsley, Neil, Nicholson, Graham, Alewood, Paul and King, Glenn (2018). Evaluation of Chemical Strategies for Improving the Stability and Oral Toxicity of Insecticidal Peptides. Biomedicines, 6 (3) 90, 90. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines6030090

Madio, Bruno, Peigneur, Steve, Chin, Yanni K. Y., Hamilton, Brett R., Henriques, Sónia Troeira, Smith, Jennifer J., Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Dekan, Zoltan, Boughton, Berin A., Alewood, Paul F., Tytgat, Jan, King, Glenn F. and Undheim, Eivind A. B. (2018). PHAB toxins: a unique family of predatory sea anemone toxins evolving via intra-gene concerted evolution defines a new peptide fold. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 75 (24), 4511-4524. doi: 10.1007/s00018-018-2897-6

Shen, Huaizong, Li, Zhangqiang, Jiang, Yan, Pan, Xiaojing, Wu, Jianping, Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Smith, Jennifer J., Chin, Yanni K. Y., Lei, Jianlin, Zhou, Qiang, King, Glenn F. and Yan, Nieng (2018). Structural basis for the modulation of voltage-gated sodium channels by animal toxins. Science, 362 (6412) eaau2596, eaau2596-+. doi: 10.1126/science.aau2596

Wingerd, Joshua S., Mozar, Christine A., Ussing, Christine A., Murali, Swetha S., Chin, Yanni K. -Y., Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Durek, Thomas, Gilchrist, John, Vaughan, Christopher W., Bosmans, Frank, Adams, David J., Lewis, Richard J., Alewood, Paul F., Mobli, Mehdi, Christie, Macdonald J. and Rash, Lachlan D. (2017). The tarantula toxin β/δ-TRTX-Pre1a highlights the importance of the S1-S2 voltage-sensor region for sodium channel subtype selectivity.. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 974, 974. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01129-0

Chassagnon, Irene R., McCarthy, Claudia A., Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Pineda, Sandy S., Keramidas, Angelo, Mobli, Mehdi, Pham, Vi, De Silva, T. Michael, Lynch, Joseph W., Widdop, Robert E., Rash, Lachlan D. and King, Glenn F. (2017). Potent neuroprotection after stroke afforded by a double-knot spider-venom peptide that inhibits acid-sensing ion channel 1a. Proceedings from the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (14), 3750-3755. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1614728114

Touchard, Axel, Brust, Andreas, Cardoso, Fernanda C., Chin, K.-Y., Herzig, Volker, Jin, Ai-Hua, Dejean, Alain, Alewood, Paul F., King, Glenn F., Orivel, Jérôme and Escoubas, Pierre (2016). Isolation and characterization of a structurally unique β-hairpin venom peptide from the predatory ant Anochetus emarginatus. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1860 (11 Part A), 2553-2562. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.07.027

Klint, Julie K., Chin, Yanni K. -Y. and Mobli, Mehdi (2015). Rational engineering defines a molecular switch that is essential for activity of spider-venom peptides against the analgesics target na(v)1.7. Molecular Pharmacology, 88 (6), 1002-1010. doi: 10.1124/mol.115.100784

Nogueira, Maria Luiza C., Sforca, Mauricio Luis, Chin, Yanni K. -Y., Mobli, Mehdi, Handler, Aaron, Gorbatyuk, Vitaliy Y., Robson, Scott A., King, Glenn F., Gueiros-Filho, Frederico J. and de Mattos Zeri, Ana Carolina (2015). Backbone and side chain NMR assignments of Geobacillus stearothermophilus ZapA allow identification of residues that mediate the interaction of ZapA with FtsZ. Biomolecular NMR Assignments, 9 (2), 387-391. doi: 10.1007/s12104-015-9615-1

Chin, Yanni K. -Y., Headey, Stephen, Mohanty, Biswaranjan, Emsley, Jonas, Simpson, Jamie S. and Scanlon, Martin J. (2014). Assignments of human integrin α1I domain in the apo and Mg 2+ bound states. Biomolecular NMR Assignments, 8 (1), 117-121. doi: 10.1007/s12104-013-9465-7

Chin, Yanni K. -Y., Headey, Stephen J., Mohanty, Biswaranjan, Patil, Rahul, McEwan, Paul A., Swarbrick, James D., Mulhern, Terrence D., Emsley, Jonas, Simpson, Jamie S. and Scanlon, Martin J. (2013). The structure of integrin α1I domain in complex with a collagen-mimetic peptide. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288 (52), 36796-36809. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.480251

Paxman, Jason J., Borg, Natalie A., Horne, James, Thompson, Philip E., Chin, Yanni, Sharma, Pooja, Simpson, Jamie S., Wielens, Jerome, Piek, Susannah, Kahler, Charlene M., Sakellaris, Harry, Pearce, Mary, Bottomley, Stephen P., Rossjohn, Jamie and Scanlon, Martin J. (2009). The structure of the bacterial oxidoreductase enzyme DsbA in complex with a peptide reveals a basis for substrate specificity in the catalytic cycle of DsbA enzymes. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284 (26), 17835-17845. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.011502

Vivian, Julian P., Scoullar, Jessica, Robertson, Amy L., Bottomley, Stephen P., Horne, James, Chin, Yanni, Wielens, Jerome, Thompson, Philip E., Velkov, Tony, Piek, Susannah, Byres, Emma, Beddoe, Travis, Wilce, Matthew C. J., Kahler, Charlene M., Rossjohn, Jamie and Scanlon, Martin J. (2008). Structural and biochemical characterization of the oxidoreductase NmDsbA3 from neisseria meningitidis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283 (47), 32452-32461. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M803990200

Horne, James, d'Auvergne, Edward J., Coles, Murray, Velkov, Tony, Chin, Yanni, Charman, William N., Prankerd, Richard, Gooley, Paul R. and Scanlon, Martin J. (2007). Probing the flexibility of the DsbA oxidoreductase from Vibrio cholerae—a 15N - 1H heteronuclear NMR relaxation analysis of oxidized and reduced forms of DsbA. Journal of Molecular Biology, 371 (3), 703-716. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.067

Goudarzi, Mohaddeseh H., Robinson, Samuel D., Cardoso, Fernanda C., Lawrence, Nicole, Chin, Yanni, King, Glenn F. and Walker, Andrew A. (2022). Structure, function, and evolution of nettle caterpillar venom toxins. Pathogens and Natural Toxins e-Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 1 July - 31 August 2022.

Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel A., Brust, Andreas, Potriquet, Jeremy, Daley, Joshua, Ragnarsson, Lotten, Andersson, Asa, Mukhopadhyay, Pamela, Wilhelm, Patrick, Chin, Yanni, Smallwood, Taylor, Clark, Richard, King, Glenn, Ramm, Grant, Waddell, Nic, Lewis, Richard, Boyle, Glen, Fry, Bryan, Alewood, Paul, Mulvenna, Jason, Miles, John and Ikonomopoulou, Maria P. (2020). The antiproliferative profile of a linear octopus-derived peptide in melanoma of BRAF-mutation. 20th World Congress of the International Society on Toxinology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8-13 September 2019. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2019.10.014

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