Yilun Qi
Postdoctoral Scholar

I am fascinated by the relationship between protein structure and function. I hope to leverage protein design technologies to sample a variety of protein structures and functions.

Education​

• Bachelor of Science, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University
• Ph.D., Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University

Publications

1. Chen X, Liu M, Tian Y, Li J, Qi Y, Zhao D, et al.Xu Y. Cryo-EM structure of human mTOR complex 2. Cell Res 2018;28(5):518-28. doi: 10.1038/s41422-018-0029-3.
2. Chen X, Qi Y, Wu Z, Wang X, Li J, Zhao D, et al.Xu Y. Structural insights into preinitiation complex assembly on core promoters. Science 2021;372(6541) doi: 10.1126/science.aba8490.
3. Chen X, Yin X, Li J, Wu Z, Qi Y, Wang X, et al.Xu Y. Structures of the human Mediator and Mediator-bound preinitiation complex. Science 2021;372(6546) doi: 10.1126/science.abg0635.
4. Wang X, Qi Y, Wang Z, Wang L, Song A, Tao B, et al.Chen X. RPAP2 regulates a transcription initiation checkpoint by inhibiting assembly of pre-initiation complex. Cell Rep 2022;39(4):110732. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110732.
5. Xiao J, Liu M, Qi Y, Chaban Y, Gao C, Pan B, et al.Xu Y. Structural insights into the activation of ATM kinase. Cell Res 2019;29(8):683-85. doi: 10.1038/s41422-019-0205-0.
6. Zheng H, Qi Y, Hu S, Cao X, Xu C, Yin Z, et al.Xu Y. Identification of Integrator-PP2A complex (INTAC), an RNA polymerase II phosphatase. Science 2020;370(6520) doi: 10.1126/science.abb5872.
7. Zhu L, Li L, Qi Y, Yu Z, Xu Y. Cryo-EM structure of SMG1-SMG8-SMG9 complex. Cell Res 2019;29(12):1027-34. doi: 10.1038/s41422-019-0255-3.