• Co-author of 6 publications with the Minor Lab [show]
    • 124 citations in Web of Science
    • 191 citations in Google Scholar
  • Co-author of 34 structures with the Minor Lab [show]
  • Relative Citation Ratio (RCR): 3.67
  • Training Period: 2010-18
  • Prior Institution: Sichuan University, China; Sun Yat-Sen University,China
  • Prior Degree: PhD (2006)
  • Project Title: Structural and functional studies of fatty acid synthesis enzymes from pathogenic bacteria
  • Current Position: Research Scientist at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

Publications with the Minor Lab

  1. Shabalin IG, Gritsunov A, Hou J, Miks CD, Cooper DR, Minor W, Christendat D, Sławek J (2019)
    Structural and biochemical analysis of Bacillus anthracis prephenate dehydrogenase reveals an unusual mode of inhibition by tyrosine via the ACT domain.
    FEBS J 287(11): 2235-2255. [DOI:10.1111/febs.15150] [Pub Med ID: 31750992] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC7239764]
    WoS Times Cited: 3 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 4
  2. Hou J, Zheng H, Tzou WS, Cooper DR, Chruszcz M, Chordia MD, Kwon K, Grabowski M, Minor W (2018)
    Differences in substrate specificity of V. cholerae FabH enzymes suggest new approaches for the development of novel antibiotics and biofuels.
    FEBS J 285(15): 2900-2921. [DOI:10.1111/febs.14588] [Pub Med ID: 29917313] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC6105497]
    WoS Times Cited: 3 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 2
  3. Zheng H, Langner KM, Shields GP, Hou J, Kowiel M, Allen FH, Murshudov G, Minor W (2017)
    Data mining of iron(II) and iron(III) bond-valence parameters, and their relevance for macromolecular crystallography.
    Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 73(Pt 4): 316-325. [DOI:10.1107/S2059798317000584] [Pub Med ID: 28375143] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC5503122]
    WoS Times Cited: 29 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 36
  4. Hou J, Zheng H, Zimmerman MD, Shumilin IA, Osinski T, Demas M, Minor W, Grimshaw S, Chruszcz M (2015)
    Dissecting the Structural Elements for the Activation of β-Ketoacyl-(Acyl Carrier Protein) Reductase from Vibrio cholerae.
    J. Bacteriol. 198(3): 463-76. [DOI:10.1128/JB.00360-15] [Pub Med ID: 26553852] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC4719456]
    WoS Times Cited: 16 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 21
  5. Zheng H, Hou J, Zimmerman MD, Minor W, Wlodawer A (2014)
    The future of crystallography in drug discovery.
    Expert Opin Drug Discov 9(2): 125-37. [DOI:10.1517/17460441.2014.872623] [Pub Med ID: 24372145] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC4106240]
    WoS Times Cited: 68 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 121
  6. Hou J, Wojciechowska K, Zheng H, Chruszcz M, Cooper DR, Cymborowski M, Luo H, Minor W, Savchenko A, Gordon E, Skarina T (2012)
    Structure of a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase from Bacillus anthracis.
    Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 68(Pt 6): 632-7. [DOI:10.1107/S1744309112017939] [Pub Med ID: 22684058] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC3370898]
    WoS Times Cited: 5 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 7