Zhefeng Guo
Professor-in-residence, Neurology, University of California Los Angeles
zhefeng@ucla.edu
310-206-8773
Education and Training
University of California, Los Angeles | Ph.D. | 12/2003 | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Publications
- Jang C, Portugal Barron D, Duo L, Ma C, Seabaugh H, Guo Z. EPR Studies of Aβ42 Oligomers Indicate a Parallel In-Register β-Sheet Structure.. ACS chemical neuroscience, 2023.
- Portugal Barron D, Guo Z. The supersaturation perspective on the amyloid hypothesis.. Chemical science, 2023.
- Zhang A, Portugal Barron D, Chen EW, Guo Z. A protein aggregation platform that distinguishes oligomers from amyloid fibrils.. The Analyst, 2023.
- Chen EW, Guo Z. Preparation and Fractionation of Heterogeneous Aβ42 Oligomers with Different Aggregation Properties.. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2023.
- Xiao H, Duo L, Zhen J, Wang H, Guo Z. Static and dynamic disorder in Aβ40 fibrils.. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2022.
- Guo Z. Amyloid hypothesis through the lens of Aβ supersaturation.. Neural regeneration research, 2021.
- Gu L, Guo Z. Lipid membranes induce structural conversion from amyloid oligomers to fibrils.. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2021.
- Liu EN, Park G, Nohara J, Guo Z. Effect of spin labelling on the aggregation kinetics of yeast prion protein Ure2.. Royal Society open science, 2021.
- Yoon A, Zhen J, Guo Z. Segmental structural dynamics in Aβ42 globulomers.. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2021.
- Gu L, Guo Z. Alzheimer's Aβ42 and Aβ40 form mixed oligomers with direct molecular interactions.. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2020.
- Park G, Xue C, Wang H, Guo Z. Distinguishing the Effect on the Rate and Yield of Aβ42 Aggregation by Green Tea Polyphenol EGCG.. ACS omega, 2020.
- Wang H, Duo L, Hsu F, Xue C, Lee YK, Guo Z. Polymorphic Aβ42 fibrils adopt similar secondary structure but differ in cross-strand side chain stacking interactions within the same β-sheet.. Scientific reports, 2020.
- Wang J, Park G, Lee YK, Nguyen M, San Fung T, Lin TY, Hsu F, Guo Z. Spin Label Scanning Reveals Likely Locations of β-Strands in the Amyloid Fibrils of the Ure2 Prion Domain.. ACS omega, 2020.
- Xue C, Tran J, Wang H, Park G, Hsu F, Guo Z. Aβ42 fibril formation from predominantly oligomeric samples suggests a link between oligomer heterogeneity and fibril polymorphism.. Royal Society open science, 2019.
- Hsu F, Park G, Guo Z. Key Residues for the Formation of Aβ42 Amyloid Fibrils.. ACS omega, 2018.
- Wang H, Lee YK, Xue C, Guo Z. Site-specific structural order in Alzheimer's Aβ42 fibrils.. Royal Society open science, 2018.
- Xue C, Lee YK, Tran J, Chang D, Guo Z. A mix-and-click method to measure amyloid-β concentration with sub-micromolar sensitivity.. Royal Society open science, 2017.
- Xue C, Lin TY, Chang D, Guo Z. Thioflavin T as an amyloid dye: fibril quantification, optimal concentration and effect on aggregation.. Royal Society open science, 2017.
- Tran J, Chang D, Hsu F, Wang H, Guo Z. Cross-seeding between Aβ40 and Aβ42 in Alzheimer's disease.. FEBS letters, 2016.
- Gu L, Tran J, Jiang L, Guo Z. A new structural model of Alzheimer's Aβ42 fibrils based on electron paramagnetic resonance data and Rosetta modeling.. Journal of structural biology, 2016.
- Gu L, Liu C, Stroud JC, Ngo S, Jiang L, Guo Z. Antiparallel triple-strand architecture for prefibrillar Aβ42 oligomers.. The Journal of biological chemistry, 2014.
- Gu L, Liu C, Guo Z. Structural insights into Aβ42 oligomers using site-directed spin labeling.. The Journal of biological chemistry, 2013.
- Gu L, Guo Z. Alzheimer's Aβ42 and Aβ40 peptides form interlaced amyloid fibrils.. Journal of neurochemistry, 2013.
- Ngo S, Chiang V, Ho E, Le L, Guo Z. Prion domain of yeast Ure2 protein adopts a completely disordered structure: a solid-support EPR study.. PloS one, 2012.
- Agopian A, Guo Z. Structural origin of polymorphism of Alzheimer's amyloid β-fibrils.. The Biochemical journal, 2012.
- Ngo S, Chiang V, Guo Z. Quantitative analysis of spin exchange interactions to identify β strand and turn regions in Ure2 prion domain fibrils with site-directed spin labeling.. Journal of structural biology, 2012.
- Gu L, Ngo S, Guo Z. Solid-support electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) studies of Aβ40 monomers reveal a structured state with three ordered segments.. The Journal of biological chemistry, 2012.
- Ngo S, Guo Z. Key residues for the oligomerization of Aβ42 protein in Alzheimer's disease.. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2011.
- Ngo S, Gu L, Guo Z. Hierarchical organization in the amyloid core of yeast prion protein Ure2.. The Journal of biological chemistry, 2011.
- López CJ, Fleissner MR, Guo Z, Kusnetzow AK, Hubbell WL. Osmolyte perturbation reveals conformational equilibria in spin-labeled proteins.. Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2009.
- Guo Z, Eisenberg D. The structure of a fibril-forming sequence, NNQQNY, in the context of a globular fold.. Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2008.
- Guo Z, Cascio D, Hideg K, Hubbell WL. Structural determinants of nitroxide motion in spin-labeled proteins: solvent-exposed sites in helix B of T4 lysozyme.. Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2007.
- Guo Z, Cascio D, Hideg K, Kálái T, Hubbell WL. Structural determinants of nitroxide motion in spin-labeled proteins: tertiary contact and solvent-inaccessible sites in helix G of T4 lysozyme.. Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2007.
- Guo Z, Eisenberg D. The mechanism of the amyloidogenic conversion of T7 endonuclease I.. The Journal of biological chemistry, 2007.
- Guo Z, Eisenberg D. Runaway domain swapping in amyloid-like fibrils of T7 endonuclease I.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2006.