Dirigent gene editing of gossypol enantiomers for toxicity-depleted cotton seeds

Jia‐Ling Lin, Xin Fang, Jianxu Li, +11

Nature Plants

EngineeringGeneticsCrop ProtectionBiotechnologyGenetic Engineering +6

Discovery and Biosynthesis of a Structurally Dynamic Antibacterial Diterpenoid

Chenxi Zhu, Baofu Xu, Donovon A. Adpressa, +2

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals a hierarchical transcriptional regulatory network of terpenoid biosynthesis in cotton secretory glandular cells

Jia‐Ling Lin, Longxian Chen, Wen‐Kai Wu, +11

Molecular Plant

Environmental SignalingEngineeringGeneticsTerpenoid BiosynthesisTranscriptomics Technology +17

Global transcriptome analysis of Huperzia serrata and identification of critical genes involved in the biosynthesis of huperzine A

Mengquan Yang, Wenjing You, Shiwen Wu, +5

BMC Genomics

First trans-eunicellane terpene synthase in bacteria

Zining Li, Baofu Xu, Volga Kojasoy, +8

Chem

BiosynthesisNatural Product BiosynthesisMicrobiologyMolecular MicrobiologyTrans-eunicellane Terpene Synthase +2

Mechanistic Insights into the Formation of the 6,10‐Bicyclic Eunicellane Skeleton by the Bacterial Diterpene Synthase Bnd4

Baofu Xu, Dean J. Tantillo, Jeffrey D. Rudolf

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Identification and characterization of L-lysine decarboxylase from Huperzia serrata and its role in the metabolic pathway of lycopodium alkaloid

Baofu Xu, Lei Lei, Xiaocen Zhu, +2

Phytochemistry

BiosynthesisBiochemistryBiochemical TaxonomyNatural SciencesL-lysine Decarboxylase +6

Construction of an octosyl acid backbone catalyzed by a radical S-adenosylmethionine enzyme and a phosphatase in the biosynthesis of high-carbon sugar nucleoside antibiotics

Nisha He, Pan Wu, Yongxing Lei, +9

Chemical Science

Insights into Pipecolic Acid Biosynthesis in <i>Huperzia serrata</i>

Baofu Xu, Zhen Fan, Yongxing Lei, +3

Organic Letters

Bioorganic ChemistryEngineeringEquilibrium MatterPipecolic Acid BiosynthesisHuperzia Serrata +14

Bacterial Diterpene Synthases Prenylate Small Molecules

Baofu Xu, Zining Li, Tyler A. Alsup, +2

ACS Catalysis