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Ken C. Dong

Howard Hughes Medical Institute · US
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Epidemiology
Research interest
Research interests include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, Protein Degradation and Inhibitors, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research.
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21
citations
3,573
works
50
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Recent publications

NUB1 traps unfolded FAT10 for ubiquitin-independent degradation by the 26S proteasome
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2025cited by 11position: middledoi
The deubiquitinase Rpn11 functions as an allosteric ubiquitin sensor to promote substrate engagement by the 26S proteasome
Cell Reports 2025cited by 8position: middledoi
Structural landscape of the degrading 26S proteasome reveals conformation-specific binding of TXNL1
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2025cited by 4position: middledoi
Mechanisms and regulation of substrate degradation by the 26S proteasome
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2024cited by 64position: middledoi
The Ufd1 cofactor determines the linkage specificity of polyubiquitin chain engagement by the AAA+ ATPase Cdc48
Molecular Cell 2023cited by 36position: middledoi
Preparation of site-specifically fluorophore-labeled polyubiquitin chains for FRET studies of Cdc48 substrate processing
STAR Protocols 2023cited by 1position: middledoi
Ubiquitin modulates 26 <i>S</i> proteasome conformational dynamics and promotes substrate degradation
Science Advances 2022cited by 28position: middledoi
High-Throughput Assay for Characterizing Rpn11 Deubiquitinase Activity
Methods in molecular biology 2022cited by 4position: middledoi
The 26S Proteasome Utilizes a Kinetic Gateway to Prioritize Substrate Degradation
Cell 2019cited by 151position: middledoi
The Cdc48 unfoldase prepares well-folded protein substrates for degradation by the 26S proteasome
Communications Biology 2019cited by 139position: middledoi
Understanding the 26S proteasome molecular machine from a structural and conformational dynamics perspective
Current Opinion in Structural Biology 2019cited by 53position: middledoi
Structure and Function of the 26S Proteasome
Annual Review of Biochemistry 2018cited by 830position: middledoi
An AAA Motor-Driven Mechanical Switch in Rpn11 Controls Deubiquitination at the 26S Proteasome
Molecular Cell 2017cited by 114position: middledoi
Structures of Neutrophil Serine Protease 4 Reveal an Unusual Mechanism of Substrate Recognition by a Trypsin-Fold Protease
Structure 2014cited by 23position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Andreas Martin · QB313 papers (2017–2025)Connor Arkinson · Howard Hughes Medical Institute5 papers (2023–2025)Cameron Williams · Franklin & Marshall College3 papers (2019–2023)Christine L. Gee · QB33 papers (2024–2025)Jared A.M. Bard · Texas A&M University3 papers (2018–2022)Eric R. Greene · San Francisco State University2 papers (2018–2019)Erik Jönsson · Howard Hughes Medical Institute2 papers (2018–2022)Zaw Min Htet · QB32 papers (2022–2025)Evan J. Worden · University of California, Berkeley2 papers (2017–2022)Zeyuan Zhang · Innovative Genomics Institute1 papers (2025–2025)Michal M. Olszewski · University of California, Berkeley1 papers (2019–2019)Shawn M. Costello · University of California, Berkeley1 papers (2025–2025)Ellen A. Goodall · University of California, Berkeley1 papers (2018–2018)Greg L. Hura · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory1 papers (2025–2025)Susan Marqusee · University of California, Berkeley1 papers (2025–2025)Charlene Bashore · University of California, Berkeley1 papers (2019–2019) · 1 papers (2014–2014)Daniel Kirchhofer · Gene Therapy Laboratory1 papers (2014–2014) · 1 papers (2014–2014)Aimee Chi Soe · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory1 papers (2025–2025)