Selected Publications at Yale

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Y. Chen*, H. Su*, J. Zhao, Z. Na, K. Jiang, A. Bacchiocchi, K. H. Loh, R. Halaban, Z. Wang, X. Cao, S. A. Slavoff. “Unannotated microprotein EMBOW regulates the interactome and the chromatin and mitotic functions of WDR5.” Cell Reports, 2023, 42(9):113145. Open access.

X. Dai, J. J. Park, Y. Du, Z. Na, S. Z. Lam, R. D. Chow, P. A. Renauer, J. Gu, S. Xin, Z. Chu, C. Liao, P. Clark, H. Zhao, S. Slavoff, S. Chen. “Massively parallel knock-in engineering of human T cells.” Nature Biotechnology, 2023, 41(9):1239-1255. 

Z. Na*, X. Dai*, S. J. Zheng, C. J. Bryant, K. H. Loh, H. Su, Y. Luo, A. F. Buhagiar, X. Cao, S. J. Baserga, S. Chen, S. A. Slavoff. “Mapping subcellular localizations of unannotated microproteins and alternative proteins with MicroID.” Molecular Cell, 2022, 82(15), 2900-2911.e7. PMC

X. Cao, A. Khitun, C. M. Harold, C. J. Bryant, S. J. Zheng, S. J. Baserga, S. A. Slavoff. “Nascent alt-protein chemoproteomics reveals a pre-60S assembly checkpoint inhibitor.” Nature Chemical Biology, 2022, 18(6), 643-651. PMC

Z. Na*, Y. Luo*, D. Cui, A. Khitun, S. Smelyansky, J. P. Loria, S. A. Slavoff. “Phosphorylation of a human microprotein promotes dissociation of biomolecular condensates.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143(32), 12675-12687. PMC

X. Cao*, A. Khitun*, Y. Luo, Z. Na, T. Phoodokmai, K. Sappakhaw, E. Olatunji, C. Uttamapinant, S. A. Slavoff. “Alt-RPL36 downregulates the PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling pathway by interacting with TMEM24.” Nature Communications, 2021, 12(508). Open access

Y. Luo, J. Schofield, Z. Na, T. Hann, M. D. Simon, S. A. Slavoff. “Discovery of cellular substrates of human RNA decapping enzyme Dcp2 using a stapled bicyclic peptide inhibitor.” Cell Chemical Biology, 2021, 28(4):463-474.e7. PMC

Y. Luo*, J. Schofield*, M. D. Simon, S. A. Slavoff. “Global profiling of cellular substrates of human Dcp2.” Biochemistry, 2020, 59(43), 4176-4188. PMC

Z. Na*, Y. Luo*, J. A. Schofield, S. Smelyansky, A. Khitun, S. Muthukumar, E. Valkov, M. D. Simon, S. A. Slavoff. “The NBDY microprotein regulates cellular RNA decapping.” Biochemistry, 2020, 59(42), 4131-4142. PMC

X. Cao*, A. Khitun*, Z. Na, D. Dumitrescu, M. Kubica, E. Olatunji, S. A. Slavoff. “Comparative proteomic profiling of unannotated microproteins and alternative proteins in human cell lines.” Journal of Proteome Research, 2020, 19(8), 3418-3426. PMC

R. Jackson, L. Kroehling, A. Khitun, W. Bailis, A. Jarret, A. G. York, O. M. Khan, J. R. Brewer, M. H. Skadow, C. Duizer, C. C. D. Harman, L. Chang, P. Bielecki, A. G. Solis, H. R. Steach, S. Slavoff, R. A. Flavell. “The translation of non-canonical open reading frames controls mucosal immunity.” Nature, 2018, 564(7736):434-438. PMC

P. Yuan, N. G. D’Lima, S. A. Slavoff. “Comparative membrane proteomics reveals a nonannotated E. coli heat shock protein.” Biochemistry, 2018, 57, 56-69. PMC

N. G. D’Lima*, A. Khitun*, A. D. Rosenbloom, P. Yuan, B. M. Gassaway, K. W. Barber, J. Rinehart, S. A. Slavoff. “Comparative proteomics enables identification of nonannotated cold shock proteins in E. coli.” Journal of Proteome Research, 2017, 13, 3722-3731. PMC

N. G. D’Lima, J. Ma, L. Winkler, Q. Chu, K. H. Loh, E. O. Corpuz, B. A. Budnik, J. Lykke-Andersen, A. Saghatelian, S. A. Slavoff. “A human microprotein that interacts with the mRNA decapping complex.” Nature Chemical Biology, 2017, 13, 174–180. PMC