Current Position
Assistant Professor, Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHAM Co-Director, New York Center for Rare Diseases
Peng XP, Zhao X. The multi-functional Smc5/6 complex in genome protection and disease. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2023 Jun;30(6):724-734. doi: 10.1038/s41594-023-01015-6. Epub 2023 Jun 19. PMID: 37336994; PMCID: PMC10372777.
Meng X, Wei L, Peng XP, Zhao X. Sumoylation of the DNA polymerase ε by the Smc5/6 complex contributes to DNA replication. PLoS Genet. 2019 Nov 25;15(11):e1008426. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008426. eCollection 2019 Nov. PMID:31765372
Peng XP, Lim S, Li S, Marjavaara L, Chabes A, Zhao X. Acute Smc5/6 depletion reveals its primary role in rDNA replication by restraining recombination at fork pausing sites.PLoS Genet. 2018 Jan;14(1):e1007129. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007129. eCollection 2018 Jan. PubMed PMID: 29360860; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5779651.