Dong, S.#, Chen, J.#, Zhang, X., Guo, F., Ma, L., You, C.,Wang, X., Zhang, W., Wan, X., Liu, S.-J., Yao, L.-S., Li, S., Du, L.*, and Feng, Y.* Structural basis for selective oxidation of phosphorylated ethylphenols by cytochrome P450 monooxygenase CreJ. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2021, 87: e00018-21. (IF: 4.792)
Du, L., Li, S.* Compartmentalized biosynthesis of fungal natural products. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2021, 69: 128-135. (IF: 9.74)
Ye, Y.#, Du, L.#, Zhang, X., Newmister, S.A., McCauley, M., Alegre-Requena, J.V., Zhang, W., Mu, S., Minami, A., Fraley, A.E., Adrover-Castellano, M.L., Carney, N.A., Shende, V.V., Qi, F., Oikawa, H., Kato, H., Tsukamoto, S., Paton, R.S., Williams, R.M.*, Sherman, D.H.*, and Li, S.*, Fungal-derived brevianamide assembly by a stereoselective semipinacolase. Nature Catalysis, 2020. 3(6): 497-506. (IF: 41.813)
Du, L.#, Dong, S.#, Zhang, X., Jiang, C., Chen, J., Yao, L., Wang, X., Wan, X., Liu, X., Wang, X., Huang, S., Cui, Q., Feng, Y.*, Liu, S.-J.*, and Li, S.*, Selective oxidation of aliphatic C-H bonds in alkylphenols by a chemomimetic biocatalytic system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. 114: E5129-e5137. (IF: 11.205)
Zhang, W.#, Du, L.#, Li, F., Zhang, X., Qu, Z., Han, L., Li, Z., Sun, J., Qi, F., Yao, Q., Sun, Y., Geng, C., and Li, S.*, Mechanistic Insights into Interactions between Bacterial Class I P450 Enzymes and Redox Partners. ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8: 9992-10003. (IF: 13.084)
Du, L., Ma, L., Qi, F., Zheng, X., Jiang, C., Li, A., Wan, X., Liu, S.-J.*, and Li, S.*, Characterization of a unique pathway for 4-cresol catabolism initiated by phosphorylation in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016. 291: 6583-6594. (IF: 5.157)
Du, L., Liu, R.-H., Ying, L., and Zhao, G.-R.*, An efficient intergeneric conjugation of DNA from Escherichia coli to mycelia of the lincomycin-producer Streptomyces lincolnensis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2012. 13: 4797-4806. (IF: 5.923)
Li, Z., Li, S., Du, L., Zhang, X., Jiang, Y., Liu, W., Zhang, W., and Li, S.* Engineering bafilomycin high-producers by manipulating regulatory and biosynthetic genes in the marine bacterium Streptomyces lohii. Marine Drugs, 2021, 19: 29. (IF: 5.118)
Li, S.*, Du, L., and Bernhardt, R.* Redox Partners: Function modulators of bacterial P450 enzymes. Trends in Microbiology, 2020, 28: 445-454. (IF: 17.079)
Fraley, A.E., Tran, H.T., Kelly, S.P., Newmister, S.A., Tripathi, A., Kato, H., Tsukamoto, S., Du, L., Li, S., Williams, R.M.*, and Sherman, D.H.* Flavin-dependent monooxygenases NotI and NotI’ mediate spiro-oxindole formation in biosynthesis of the notoamides. ChemBioChem, 2020, 21: 2382-2382. (IF: 3.146)
Zhang, W., Du, L., Qu, Z., Zhang, X., Li, F., Li, Z., Qi, F., Wang, X., Jiang, Y., Men, P., Sun, J., Cao, S., Geng, C., Qi, F., Wan, X., Liu, C., and Li, S.*, Compartmentalized biosynthesis of mycophenolic acid. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. 116: 13305-13310. (IF: 11.205)
Xu H., Liang W., Ning L., Jiang Y., Yang W., Wang C., Qi F., Ma L., Du L., Fourage L., Zhou Y.J., and Li S.* Directed evolution of P450 fatty acid decarboxylases via high-throughput screening towards improved catalytic activity. ChemCatChem, 2019, 6. (IF: 5.686)
Li, Z., Du, L., Zhang, W., Zhang, X., Jiang, Y., Liu, K., Men, P., Xu, H., Fortman, J. L., Sherman, D. H., Yu, B., Gao, S., and Li, S.*, Complete elucidation of the late steps of bafilomycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces lohii. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2017. 292: 7095-7104. (IF: 5.157)
Sun, Y., Ma, L., Han, D., Du, L., Qi, F., Zhang, W., Sun, J., Huang, S., Kim, E.-S., and Li, S.*, In vitro reconstitution of the cyclosporine specific P450 hydroxylases using heterologous redox partner proteins. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2017. 44: 161-166. (IF: 3.346)
Zhang, X., Li, Z., Du, L., Chlipala, G. E., Lopez, P. C., Zhang, W., Sherman, D. H.*, and Li, S.*, Identification of an unexpected shunt pathway product provides new insights into tirandamycin biosynthesis. Tetrahedron Letters, 2016. 57: 5919-5923. (IF: 2.415)
Ma, L., Du, L., Chen, H., Sun, Y., Huang, S., Zheng, X., Kim, E.-S.*, and Li, S.*, Reconstitution of the in vitro activity of the cyclosporine-specific P450 hydroxylase from Sebekia benihana and development of a heterologous whole-cell biotransformation system. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2015. 81: 6268-6275. (IF: 4.792)
Pang, A., Du, L., Lin, C., Qiao, J., and Zhao, G.-R.*, Co-overexpression of lmbW and metK led to increased lincomycin A production and decreased byproduct lincomycin B content in an industrial strain of Streptomyces lincolnensis. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2015, 119: 1064-1074. (IF: 3.772)
Yan, J.*, Zheng, X., Du, L., and Li, S.*, Integrated lipase production and in situ biodiesel synthesis in a recombinant Pichia pastoris yeast: an efficient dual biocatalytic system composed of cell free enzymes and whole cell catalysts. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2014, 7: 55. (IF: 6.04)