Lan Wang

Lan Wang

Alumni Postdoctoral Fellow

Lan@walterlab.ucsf.edu

Scientific Interest

Mechanism of protein trafficking and folding, structural basis of signaling pathways, protein-DNA interactions

Current Research Interests

Mechanism of activation of the ER stress sensors

Former Lab Affiliations

2008-2009 Dr. Chan-Juan xi, Tsinghua University, China
2009-2011 Dr. Yan-Mei Li, Tsinghua University, China
2010 Dr. Erin Carlson, Indiana University Bloomington
2012-2015 Dr. Gregory Verdine, Harvard University

Education

2007-2011 BS Chemistry – Tsinghua University, China
2011-2016 Ph.D Harvard University

Selected Publications

Boone M, Wang L, Lawrence R, Frost A, Walter P, Schoof MA point mutation in the nucleotide exchange factor eIF2B constitutively activates the integrated stress response by allosteric modulation. eLife 11:e76171, 2022
(PMID: 35416150) (PDF)

Le Thomas A, Ferri E, Marsters S, Harnoss JM, Lawrence DA, Zuazo-Gaztelu I, Modrusan Z, Chan S, Solon M, Chalouni C, Li W, Koeppen H, Rudolph J, Wang W, Wu TD, Walter P, Ashkenazi A. Decoding non-canonical mRNA decay by the endoplasmic-reticulum stress sensor IRE1α. Nat Comms DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27597-7, 2021
(PMID: not available) (PDF)

Schoof M, Wang L, Cogan JZ, Lawrence RE, Boone M, Wuerth JD, Frost A, Walter PViral evasion of the integrated stress response through antagonism of eIF2-P binding to eIF2B. Nat Comms (2021) 12:7103, 2021
(PMID: not available) (PDF)

Wang L, Toutkoushian H, Belyy V, Kokontis C, Walter PConserved structural elements specialize ATAD1 as a membrane protein extraction machine. bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2021.09.24.461712, 2021
(PMID: not available) (PDF)

Schoof M, Wang L, Cogan JZ, Lawrence R, Boone M, Wuerth JD, Frost A, Walter PViral Evasion of the Integrated Stress Response Through Antagonistic eIF2-P Mimicry. bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.07.447473, 2021
(PMID: not available) (PDF)

Schoof M, Boone M, Wang L, Lawrence R, Frost A, Walter PeIF2B conformation and assembly state regulate the integrated stress response. eLife 10:e65703, 2021
(PMID: 33688831) (PDF)

Wang L, Walter PMsp1/ATAD1 in Protein Quality Control and Regulation of Synaptic Activities. Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. 36:141–64, 2020
(PMID: 32886535) (PDF)

Wang L, Myasnikov A, Pan X, Walter PStructure of the AAA protein Msp1 reveals mechanism of mislocalized membrane protein extraction. eLife 9:e54031, 2020
(PMID: 31999255) (PDF)

Harnoss JM, Le Thomas A, Shemorry A, Marsters SA, Lawrence DA, Lu M, Chen Y-C A, Qing J, Totpal K, Kan D, Segal E, Merchant M, Reichelt M, Ackerly Wallweber H, Wang W, Clark K, Kaufman S, Beresini MH, Laing ST, Sandoval W, Lorenzo M, Wu J, Ly J, De Bruyn T, Heidersbach A, Haley B, Gogineni A, Weimer RM, Lee D, Braun M-G, Rudolph J, VanWyngarden MJ, Sherbenou DW, Gomez-Bougie P, Amiot M, Acosta-Alvear D, Walter P, Ashkenazi A. Disruption of IRE1α through its kinase domain attenuates multiple myeloma. Proc Natl Acad Sci 116:16420-16429, 2019
(PMID: 31371506) (PDF)

Starck SR, Tsai JC, Chen K, Shodiya M, Wang L, Yahiro K, Martins-Green M, Shastri N, Walter PTranslation from the 5’ untranslated region shapes the integrated stress response. Science 351:6272, 2016
(PMID: 26823435) (PDF)