Xi’ s postdoc work 

1. Yang X., Arines, F. M., Zhang, W. & Li, M. (2018). Sorting of a multi-subunit ubiquitin ligase complex in the endolysosome system. eLife. 7:e33116.

2.   Yang X.*, Zhang, W.*, Wen, X., Bulinski, P. J., Chomchai, D. A., Arines, F. M., Liu, Y. Y., Sprenger, S., Teis, D., Klionsky, D. J., and Li, M. (2020) TORC1 regulates vacuole membrane composition through ubiquitin- and ESCRT-dependent microautophagy. Journal of Cell Biology 219. (*co-first author). Recommended by Faculty Opinions.

3.   Yang X, Reist L, Chomchai DA, Chen L, Arines FM, Li M.(2021) ESCRT, not intralumenal fragments, sorts ubiquitinated vacuole membrane proteins for degradation. Journal of Cell Biology 220(8). Highlighted by a JCB spotlight.

4.    Zhang W.*, Yang X.*, Li Y., Yu L., Zhang B., Zhang J., Cho W., Venkatarangan V., Chen L., Burugula B., Bui S., Wang Y., Duan C, Kitzman J, Li M. (2022) GCAF(TMEM251) regulates lysosome biogenesis by activating the mannose-6-phosphate pathway. Nature Communications (2022)13:5351. (*co-first author) Featured by “Editors’ Highlights.”

5.    Zhang W, Yang X, Chen L, Liu YY, Venkatarangan V, Reist L, Hanson P, Xu H, Wang Y, Li M (2021) A conserved ubiquitin- and ESCRT-dependent pathway internalizes human lysosomal membrane proteins for degradation. PLoS Biol 19:e3001361

6.    Arines FM, Hamlin AJ, Yang X, Liu YJ, Li M. A selective transmembrane recognition mechanism by a membrane-anchored ubiquitin ligase adaptor. J Cell Biol. 2021; 220(1). Highlighted by a spotlight.

7.   Zhang B, Yang X, and Li M (2023) LYSET/TMEM251/GCAF is critical for autophagy and lysosomal function by regulating the mannose-6-phosphate (M6P) pathway. Autophagy, DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2023.2167375.

8.   Venkatarangan V., Zhang W., Yang X., Thoene J., Hahn S., Li M.^(2023) ER-associated degradation in cystinosis pathogenesis and the prospects of precision medicine. J Clin. Invest.

Xi’ s graduate work 

1.    Yang, X*., Dong, W*., Ren, W*., Zhao, Q., Wu, F., and He, Y. (2021). Cytoplasmic HYL1 modulates miRNA-mediated translational repression. The Plant Cell. 2021:33, 1980-1996. (*co-first author) Highlighted by The Plant Cell In Brief.

2.   Yang, X., Ren, WQ., Zhao, QX., Zhang, P., Wu, FJ., He YK. (2014) Homodimerization of HYL1 ensures the correct selection of cleavage sites in primary miRNA. Nucleic Acids Res.42 (19):12224-36

3.    Li,S., Yang,X., Wu.F., and He,YK. (2012). HYL1 controls the miR156-mediated juvenile phase of vegetative growth. J. Exp. Bot., 63, 2787–2798.

4.    Ren,WQ., Wu,F., Bai,JJ., Li,X., Yang,X., Xue,W., Liu, H., and He,YK (2020). BcpLH organizes a specific subset of microRNAs to form a leafy head in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis). Horticulture Research 7 (1), 1-13