Recent Publications
2024
Jianjun Xia; Jielin Chen; Jiahang Zhou; Mingpan Cheng; Xinzhe Zhuang; Chengfeng Cai; Huangxian Ju; Jean-Louis Mergny; Jun Zhou*.
Antiparallel G-Quadruplex Formation Hinders Conversion to a Parallel Topology.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B2024, 128, 45, 11077–11087.|DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c04570
2023
Dehui Qiu#; Mingpan Cheng#; Petr Stadlbauer*; Jielin Chen; Michal Langer; Xiaobo Zhang; Qiang Gao; Huangxian Ju; Jiří Šponer; Jean-Louis Mergny; David Monchaud*; Jun Zhou*.
Topology of DNA G-Quadruplexes Can Be Harnessed in Holliday Junction-Based DNA Suprastructures to Control and Optimize Their Biocatalytic Properties.
ACS Catalysis2023, 13, 16, 10722–10733.|DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c02818
Jean-Louis Mergny; Mingpan Cheng; Jun Zhou.
Quadruplexes Are Everywhere…On the Other Strand Too: The i-Motif.
Handbook of Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids. Springer, Singapore2023|DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9776-1_5
Xiaobo Zhang; Dehui Qiu; Jielin Chen; Yue Zhang; Jiawei Wang; Desheng Chen; Yuan Liu; Mingpan Cheng; David Monchaud; Jean-Louis Mergny; Huangxian Ju; Jun Zhou*.
Chimeric Biocatalyst Combining Peptidic and Nucleic Acid Components Overcomes the Performance and Limitations of the Native Horseradish Peroxidase.
Journal of the American Chemical Society2023, 145, 8, 4517–4526.|DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11318
2022
Yun Chen; Dehui Qiu; Xiaobo Zhang*; Yuan Liu; Mingpan Cheng; Jianping Lei; Jean-Louis Mergny; Huangxian Ju; Jun Zhou*.
Highly Sensitive Biosensing Applications of a Magnetically Immobilizable Covalent G-Quadruplex-Hemin DNAzyme Catalytic System.
Analytical Chemistry2022, 94, 4, 2212–2219.|DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04842
2021
Mingpan Cheng*; Jielin Chen; Huangxian Ju; Jun Zhou*; Jean-Louis Mergny*.
Drivers of i-DNA Formation in a Variety of Environments Revealed by Four-Dimensional UV Melting and Annealing.
Journal of the American Chemical Society2021, 143, 20, 7792–7807.|DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c02209
Mingpan Cheng; Dehui Qiu; Liezel Tamon; Eva Ištvánková; Pavlína Víšková; Samir Amrane; Aurore Guédin; Jielin Chen; Laurent Lacroix; Huangxian Ju; Lukáš Trantírek; Aleksandr B. Sahakyan; Jun Zhou*; Jean-Louis Mergny.
Thermal and pH Stabilities of i-DNA: Confronting In Vitro Experiments with Models and In-Cell NMR Data.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition2021, 60, 10286–10294.|DOI: 10.1002/anie.202016801
Nunzia Iaccarino#; Mingpan Cheng#; Dehui Qiu; Bruno Pagano; Jussara Amato; Anna Di Porzio; Jun Zhou; Antonio Randazzo*; Jean-Louis Mergny.
Effects of Sequence and Base Composition on the CD and TDS Profiles of i-DNA.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition2021, 60, 10295–10303.|DOI: 10.1002/anie.202016822
Jielin Chen#; Mingpan Cheng#; Gilmar F. Salgado#; Petr Stadlbauer; Xiaobo Zhang; Samir Amrane; Aurore Guédin; Fangni He; Jiří Šponer; Huangxian Ju*; Jean-Louis Mergny*; Jun Zhou*.
The Beginning and the End: Flanking Nucleotides Induce a Parallel G-Quadruplex Topology.
Nucleic Acids Research2021, 49, 9548–9559.|DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab681
Yu Cheng; Mingpan Cheng; Jingya Hao; Wenhui Miao; Wenqin Zhou; Guoqing Jia; Can Li*.
Highly Selective Detection of K+ Based on a Dimerized G-Quadruplex DNAzyme.
Analytical Chemistry2021, 93, 18, 6907–6912.|DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00872
2020
Jielin Chen#; Jiawei Wang#; Stephanie C. C. van der Lubbe#; Mingpan Cheng#; Dehui Qiu; David Monchaud; Jean-Louis Mergny; Célia Fonseca Guerra*; Huangxian Ju*; Jun Zhou*.
A Push–Pull Mechanism Helps Design Highly Competent G-Quadruplex-DNA Catalysts.
CCS Chemistry2021, 3, 2183–2193.|DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.020.202000473
Yu Cheng#; Mingpan Cheng#; Jingya Hao; Guoqing Jia; David Monchaud; Can Li*.
The Noncovalent Dimerization of a G-Quadruplex/Hemin DNAzyme Improves Its Biocatalytic Properties.
Chemical Science2020, 11, 8846–8853.|DOI: 10.1039/d0sc02907f
Elodie Gazanion*; Laurent Lacroix; Patrizia Alberti; Pratima Gurung; Sharon Wein; Mingpan Cheng; Jean-Louis Mergny; Ana Rita Gomes*; Jose-Juan Lopez-Rubio*.
Genome-Wide Distribution of G-Quadruplexes and Their Impact on Gene Expression in Malaria Parasites.
PLOS Genetics2020, 16, e1008917.|DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008917
Jiawei Wang#; Mingpan Cheng#; Jielin Chen; Huangxian Ju; David Monchaud; Jean-Louis Mergny; Jun Zhou*.
An Oxidatively Damaged G-Quadruplex/Hemin DNAzyme.
Chemical Communications2020, 56, 1839–1842.|DOI: 10.1039/c9cc09237d
2019
Jielin Chen; Yingying Zhang; Mingpan Cheng; Jean-Louis Mergny; Qianmei Lin; Jun Zhou*; Huangxian Ju*.
Highly Active G-Quadruplex/Hemin DNAzyme for Sensitive Colorimetric Determination of Lead(II).
Microchimica Acta2019, 186, 786.|DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-3950-3
2018
Yu Cheng#; Mingpan Cheng#; Jingya Hao; Guoqing Jia; Can Li*.
Fluorescence Spectroscopic Insight into the Supramolecular Interactions in DNA-Based Enantioselective Sulfoxidation.
Chemistry – A European Journal2018, 19, 2233–2240.|DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800393
Mingpan Cheng; Yu Cheng; Jingya Hao; Guoqing Jia; Jun Zhou; Jean-Louis Mergny; Can Li*.
Loop Permutation Affects the Topology and Stability of G-Quadruplexes.
Nucleic Acids Research2018, 46, 9264–9275.|DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky757
Jielin Chen; Yingying Zhang; Mingpan Cheng; Yuehua Guo; Jiri Šponer; David Monchaud; Jean-Louis Mergny; Huangxian Ju*; Jun Zhou*.
How Proximal Nucleobases Regulate the Catalytic Activity of G-Quadruplex/Hemin DNAzymes.
ACS Catalysis2018, 8, 11352–11361.|DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b03811
2017
Yuehua Guo; Jielin Chen; Mingpan Cheng; David Monchaud; Jun Zhou*; Huangxian Ju*.
A Thermophilic Tetramolecular G-Quadruplex/Hemin DNAzyme.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition2017, 56, 16636–16640.|DOI: 10.1002/anie.201708964
Mingpan Cheng; Jingya Hao; Yinghao Li; Yu Cheng; Guoqing Jia; Jun Zhou; Can Li*.
Probing the Interaction of Copper Cofactor and Azachalcone Substrate with G-Quadruplex of DNA-Based Diels-Alderase by Site-Specific Fluorescence Quenching Titration.
Biochimie2017, 146, 20–27.|DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.biochi.2017.11.001
Mingpan Cheng; Jun Zhou; Guoqing Jia; Xuanjun Ai; Jean-Louis Mergny; Can Li.
Relations between the Loop Transposition of DNA G-Quadruplex and the Catalytic Function of DNAzyme.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – General Subjects2017, 1861, 1913–1920.|DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2017.05.016
2016
Mingpan Cheng; Yinghao Li; Jun Zhou; Guoqing Jia; Sheng-Mei Lu; Yan Yang; Can Li*.
Enantioselective Sulfoxidation Reaction Catalyzed by a G-Quadruplex DNA Metalloenzyme.
Chemical Communications2016, 52, 9644–9647.|DOI: 10.1039/c6cc03016e
Jun Zhou*; Hisae Tateishi-Karimata; Jean-Louis Mergny; Mingpan Cheng; Zhaochi Feng; Daisuke Miyoshi; Naoki Sugimoto; Can Li*.
Reevaluation of the Stability of G-Quadruplex Structures under Crowding Conditions.
Biochimie2016, 121, 204–208.|DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.12.012
2015
Yinghao Li; Guoqing Jia; Changhao Wang; Mingpan Cheng; Can Li*.
Higher-Order Human Telomeric G-Quadruplex DNA Metalloenzymes Enhance Enantioselectivity in the Diels–Alder Reaction.
ChemBioChem2015, 16, 618–624.|DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402692
Yinghao Li; Mingpan Cheng; Jingya Hao; Changhao Wang; Guoqing Jia*; Can Li*.
Terpyridine–Cu(II) Targeting Human Telomeric DNA to Produce Highly Stereospecific G-Quadruplex DNA Metalloenzyme.
Chemical Science2015, 6, 5578–5585.|DOI: 10.1039/C5SC01381J
Yinghao Li; Changhao Wang; Jingya Hao; Mingpan Cheng; Guoqing Jia*; Can Li*.
Higher-Order Human Telomeric G-Quadruplex DNA Metalloenzyme Catalyzed Diels–Alder Reaction An Unexpected Inversion of Enantioselectivity Modulated by K+ and NH4+ Ions.
Chemical Communications2015, 51, 13174–13177.|DOI: 10.1039/C5CC05215G