Tu,S.-L. and Li,H.-m*. (2000) Insertion of OEP14 into the outer envelope membrane is mediated by proteinaceous components of chloroplasts. Plant Cell 12: 1951-1959.
Sun,C.-W., Chen,L.-J., Lin,L.-C. and Li,H.-m*.(2001) Leaf-specific up-regulation of chloroplast translocon genes by a CCT-motif containing protein, CIA2. Plant Cell 13: 2053-2061.
Yu,T.-S. and Li,H.-m*. (2001) Chloroplast protein translocon components atToc159 and atToc33 are not essential for chloroplast biogenesis in guard cells and root cells. Plant Physiol. 127: 90-96.
Sun,Y.-J., Forouhar,F., Li, H.-m., Tu,S.-L., Yeh,Y.-H., Kao,S., Shr,H.-L., Chou,C.-C., Chen, C. and Hsiao, C.D.* (2002) Crystal structure of pea Toc34 - a novel GTPase of the chloroplast protein translocon. Nature Structure Biology 9, 95-100.
Chou,M.-L., Fitzpatrick,L.M., Tu,S.-L., Budziszewski,G., Potter-Lewis,S., Akita,M. Levin,J.Z., Keegstra,K. and Li,H.-m.* (2003) Tic40, a membrane-anchored co-chaperone homologue in the chloroplast protein translocon. EMBO J. 22, 2970-2980.
Chen,M.-H. Huang,L.F., Li,H.-m., Chen,Y.R. and Yu,S.M.* (2004) Signal peptide-dependent targeting of a rice alpha-amylase and cargo proteins to plastids and extracellular compartments of plant cells. Plant Physiol. 135, 1367-1377.
Hung,W.-F., Chen,L.-J., Boldt,R., Sun,C.-w., and Li,H.-m.* (2004) Characterization of Arabidopsis glutamine PRPP amidotranferase-deficient mutants. Plant Physiol. 135, 1314-1323.
Tu, S.-L., Chen, L.-J., Smith, M.D., Su, Y.-s., Schnell, D.J. and Li, H.-m.* (2004) Import pathways of chloroplast interior proteins and the outer-membrane protein OEP14 converge at Toc75. Plant Cell 16, 2078-2088.
Chu, C.-C., Lee, W.-C., Guo, W.-Y., Pan, S.-M., Chen, L.-J., Li, H.-m. and Jinn, T.-L.* (2005) A copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase that confers three types of copper/zinc superoxide dismutase activity in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 139, 425-436.
Teng, Y.-S., Su, Y.-s., Chen, L.-J., Lee, Y.-J., Hwang, I. and Li, H.-m.* (2006) Tic21 is an essential translocon component for protein translocation across the chloroplast inner envelope membrane. Plant Cell 18, 2247-2257.
Chou,M.-L., Chu,C.-C., Chen,L.-J., Akita,M. and Li,H.-m.* (2006) Stimulation of transit peptide release and ATP hydrolysis by a cochaperone during protein import into chloroplasts. J. Cell Biol. 175, 893-900.
Chen, K.-Y. and Li, H.-m.* (2007) Precursor binding to an 880-kDa Toc complex as an early step during active import of protein into chloroplasts. Plant J. 49, 149-158.
Yeh, Y.-H., Kesavulu, M. M., Li, H.-m., Wu, S.-Z., Sun, Y.-J., Konozy, E. H. E. and Hsiao, C.-D.* (2007) Dimerization is important for the GTPase activity of chloroplast translocon components atToc33 and psToc159. J. Biol. Chem. 282: 13845-13853.
Li, H.-m.*, Kesavulu, M. M., Su, P.-H., Yeh, Y.-H. and Hsiao, C.-D.* (2007) Toc GTPases. J. Biomed. Sci. 14, 505–508
Su, P.-H. and Li, H.-m.* (2008) Arabidopsis stromal Hsp70s are essential for plant development and important for thermotolerance of germinating seeds. Plant Physiol. 146: 1231-1241.
Chiu, C.-C. and Li, H.-m.* (2008) Tic40 is important for reinsertion of proteins from the chloroplast stroma into the inner membrane. Plant J. 56: 793-801.
Huang, Y.-S. and Li, H.-m.* (2009) Arabidopsis CHLI2 can substitute for CHLI1. Plant Physiol. 150:636-645.
Li, H.-m.* and Chiu, C.-C. (2010) Protein transport into chloroplasts. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 61:157-180.
Su, P.-H. and Li, H.-m.* (2010) Stromal Hsp70 is important for protein translocation into pea and Arabidopsis chloroplasts. Plant Cell 22:1516-1531.
Chiu, C.-C., Chen, L.-J. and Li, H.-m.* (2010) Pea chloroplast DnaJ-J8 and Toc12 are encoded by the same gene and localized in the stroma. Plant Physiol. 154:1172-1182.
Chu, C.-C. and Li, H.-m.* (2011) Determining the location of an Arabidopsis chloroplast protein using in vitro import followed by fractionation and alkaline extraction. Methods Mol Biol. 774: 339-350.
Chu, C.-C. and Li, H.-m.* (2012) The N-terminal domain of chloroplast Hsp93 is important for its membrane association and functions in vivo. Plant Physiol. 158: 1656-1665.
Teng, Y.-S., Chan, P.-T. and Li, H.-m.* (2012) Differential age-dependent import regulation by signal peptides. PLoS Biology 10:e1001416.
Li, H.-m.* and Teng, Y.-S. (2013) Transit peptide design and plastid import regulation. Trends Plant Sci.18: 360-366.
Tsai, J.-Y., Chu, C.-C., Yeh, Y.-H., Chen, L,-J., Li, H.-m.* and Hsiao, C-D.* (2013) Structural characterizations of chloroplast translocon protein Tic110. Plant J. 75:847-857.
Chiu, C.-C., Chen, L.-J., Su, P.-H. and Li, H.-m.* (2013) Evolution of chloroplast J proteins. PLoS ONE 8, e70384.
Chu, C-C and Li, H-m* (2015) Protein import into isolated pea root leucoplasts. Front. Plant Sci. 6:690. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00690
Huang, P.-K., Chan, P.-T., Su, P.-H., Chen, L.-J. and and Li, H.-m.* (2016) Chloroplast Hsp93 directly binds to transit peptides at an early stage of the preprotein import process. Plant Physiol. 170: 857-866.
Lin, Y.-T., Chen, L.-J., Herrfurth, C. Ivo Feussner, I. and Li, H.-m.* (2016) Reduced biosynthesis of digalactosyldiacylglycerol, a major chloroplast membrane lipid, leads to oxylipin overproduction and phloem cap lignification in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 28:219-232.
Chen, Y.-L., Chen, L.-J. and Li, H.-m.* (2016) Polypeptide transport-associated domains of the Toc75 channel protein are located in the intermembrane space of chloroplast. Plant Physiol. 172: 235-243. DOI:10.1104/pp.16.00919.
Chang, J.-S., Chen, L.-J., Yeh, Y.-H., Hsiao, C.-D. and Li, H.-m.* (2017) Chloroplast preproteins bind to the dimer interface of the Toc159 receptor during import. Plant Physiol. 173: 2148-2162. DOI:10.1104/pp.16.01952.
Chen, L.-J. and Li, H.-m.* (2017) Stable megadalton TOC-TIC supercomplexes as major mediators of protein import into chloroplasts. Plant J. 92: 178-188.DOI:10.1111/tpj.13643.
Li, H.-m.* and Yu, C.-W. (2018) Chloroplast galactolipids: the link between photosynthesis, chloroplast shape, jasmonates, phosphate starvation and freezing tolerance. Plant Cell Physiol. 59: 1128–1134. doi:10.1093/pcp/pcy088
Chu, C.-C. and Li, H-m* (2018) Developmental regulation of protein import into plastids. Photosyn. Res. 138: 327-334. doi: 10.1007/s11120-018-0564-4
Chen, Y.-L., Chen, L.-J., Chu, C.-C., Huang, P.-K., Wen, J.-R. and Li, H.-m.* (2018) TIC236 links the outer and inner membrane translocons of the chloroplast. Nature 564: 125-129. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0713-y
Li, H.-m.*, Schnell, D.*, and Theg, M.S.* (2020) Protein Import Motors in Chloroplasts: On the Role of Chaperones. Plant Cell 32: 536-542. DOI:10.1105/tpc.19.00300 (*co-corresponding. Letter to the Editor).
Chu, C.-C., Swamy, K. and Li, H-m* (2020) Tissue-specific regulation of plastid protein import via transit-peptide motifs. Plant Cell 32: 1204-12172. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.19.00702.
Yu, C.-W., Lin, Y.-T. and Li, H-m* (2020) Increased ratio of galactolipids MGDG:DGDG induces jasmonic acid overproduction and changes chloroplast shape. New Phytologist 228: 1327-1335. doi.org/10.1111/nph.16766.
Li, H-m* (2021) A CHLORAD way to turn red. Nature Plants 7:550-551. DOI: 10.1038/s41477-021-00927-9.
Chuang, M.-R., Chen, L.-J. and Li, H-m* (2021) Chloroplast import of an intermembrane space protein is facilitated by translocon components Toc75 and Tic236. Plant Direct 5(11):e356. DOI: 10.1002/pld3.356.
Fang, J., Li, B., Chen, L.-J., Dogra, V., Luo, S., Wu, W., Wang, P., Hwang, I., Li, H.-m.,* and Kim, C.* (2022) TIC236 gain-of-function mutations unveil the link between plastid division and plastid protein import. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 119 (11) e2123353119. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2123353119.