Xiaoqin Zou

Assistant Professor
Office : 222D Dalton
Phone : 573-882-6045
Email : zoux@missouri.edu

Home Department

Physics

Concentration

Bioinformatics

Education

BS Wuhan University China Physics
PhD University of California San Diego, Calif. Physics and Biophysics

Lab URL:

http://zoulab.dalton.missouri.edu/

Overview

Research focus

Protein-ligand interactions, Protein-protein interactions, Virtual database screening, Computer-aided drug design, Modeling of quantitative structure-function relationships of membrane proteins

Instruction focus

Honors, Awards, and Appointments

• FASEB MARC Program Travel Award for Poster/Oral Presenters (2002)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship of American Heart Association (1994-95)
• Tuition and Fee Scholarship, University of California, San Diego (1988)
• Scholarship of China-US Physics Examination Application Program (CUSPEA) (1987)
• First Prize Scholarship at Wuhan University, China (1983-87)

Selected Publications

1. Sheng-You Huang, and Xiaoqin Zou. An iterative knowledge-based scoring function for protein-protein recognition, in press 2008
2. Sheng-You Huang, and Xiaoqin Zou. Ensemble docking of multiple protein structures: Considering protein structure variations in molecular docking, in Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, Vol. 66 2007; 399-421
3. Sheng-You Huang, and Xiaoqin Zou. Efficient molecular docking of NMR structures: Application to HIV-1 protease, in Protein Science, Vol. 16 2007; 43-51
4. Sheng-You Huang, and Xiaoqin Zou. An iterative knowledge-based scoring function to predict protein-ligand interactions: I. Derivation of the interaction potentials, in Journal of Computational Chemistry, Vol. 27 2006; 1866-75
5. Sheng-You Huang, and Xiaoqin Zou. An iterative knowledge-based scoring function to predict protein-ligand interactions: II. Validation of the scoring function, in Journal of Computational Chemistry, Vol. 27 2006; 1876-82
6. Hao-Yang Liu, and Xiaoqin Zou. Electrostatics of ligand binding: Parameterization of the generalized Born model and comparison with Poisson-Boltzmann approaches, in Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 110 2006; 9304-13
7. Zhen Zhou, Xiaohui Wang, Hao-Yang Liu, Xiaoqin Zou, Min Li, and Tzyh-Chang Hwang. The two ATP binding sites of CFTR play distinct roles in gating kinetics and energetics, in Journal of General Physiology, Vol. 128 2006; 413-22
8. Craig Gatto, Jeff B. Helms, Megan C. Prasse, Sheng-You Huang, Xiaoqin Zou, Krista L. Arnett, and Mark A. Milanick. Similarities and differences between organic cation inhibition of the Na,K-ATPase and PMCA, in Biochemistry, Vol. 45 2006; 13331-45