Associate research professor

1. Marcus Ziemann#, Viktoria Reimann#, Yajing Liang#, Yue Shi, Honglei Ma, Yuman Xie, Hui Li, Tao Zhu*, Xuefeng Lu*, Wolfgang R. Hess*. CvkR is a MerR-type transcriptional repressor of class 2 type V-K CRISPR-associated transposase systems. Nature Communications, 2023,14: 924.

2. Wei Zhang, Xuan Zhang, Dandan Feng, Yajing Liang, Zhenying Wu, Siyu Du, Yu Zhou, Ce Geng, Ping Men, Chunxiang Fu, Xuenian Huang*, Xuefeng Lu*. Discovery of a Unique Flavonoid Biosynthesis Mechanism in Fungi by Genome Mining. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202215529.

3. Yingying Xue#, Yajing Liang#, Wei Zhang, Ce Geng, Dandan Feng, Xuenian Huang, Sheng Dong, Yingfang Zhang, Jia Sun*, Feifei Qi*, Xuefeng Lu. Characterization and Structural Analysis of Emodin-O-Methyltransferase from Aspergillus terreus. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2022. 70(18):5728-5737.

4. Liang Yajing; Lu Xuefeng*; Structural insights into the catalytic mechanism of lovastatin hydrolase, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020, 295(4):1047-1055.

5. Liang Yajing#; Zhang Mingyi#; Wang Min; Zhang Wei; Qiao Cuncun; Luo Quan*; Lu Xuefeng*; Freshwater cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongates PCC 7942 adapts to salt stress environment via ion-induced enzymatic balance of compatible solute, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2020, 86(7): e02904-19.

6. HAN Li-Hui; ZHANG Wei; LUO Quan; LIANG Ya-Jing*; LU Xue-Feng; Research progresses and perspectives on regulatory mechanisms of salt stress-induced compatible solutes production in cyanobacteria, Periodical of Ocean University of China, 2021,51(1): 0-059~069.

7. Huang Xuenian; Liang Yajing; Yang Yong; Lu Xuefeng*; Single-step production of the simvastatin precursor monacolin J by engineering of an industrial strain of Aspergillus terreus, Metabolic Engineering, 2017, 42:109-114.

8. Liang Bo; Huang Xuenian; Teng Yun; Liang Yajing; Yang Yong, Zheng Linghui; Lu Xuefeng*; Enhanced single-step bioproduction of the simvastatin precursor Monacolin J in an industrial strain of Aspergillus terreus by employing the evolved lovastatin hydrolase, Biotechnology Journal, 2018, 13(6):e1800094.

9. Zhang Lei; Liang Yajing; Wu Wei; Tan Xiaoming; Lu Xuefeng*; Microbial synthesis of propane by engineering valine pathway and aldehyde-deformylating oxygenase, Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2016, 9: 80.

10. Song Kuo; Tan Xiaoming*; Liang Yajing; Lu Xuefeng*; The potential of Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973 for sugar feedstock production, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2016, 100: 7865-7875.