Publications

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2026

No. 40

A systems-level atlas of carbon-response transcriptional states in Escherichia coli

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(27), e2531884123 (2026)

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No. 39

Microbial and Enzymatic Degradation of Nylon: Mechanisms, Diversity, and Biotechnological Application

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 36, e2604057 (2026)

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No. 38

In vitro enzyme-mediated conversion of methane and methanol toward value-added chemicals

Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 99, 103508 (2026)

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No. 37

Reverse beta-oxidation for biochemical production: insights into the functional properties of key enzymes

BMB Reports, 59(4), 209–218 (2026)

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2025

No. 36

Enzymatic Depolymerization of Polyethylene Using a Small Laccase and Its Potential for Bio-Upcycling

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 495, 139021 (2025)

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No. 35

Exploring a Novel Metallophosphoesterase for Polycarbonate Degradation via Transcriptome Analysis

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 493, 138330 (2025)

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No. 34

Enzymatic Cascade Transformation of Renewable C1 and C2 Alcohols into 3-Hydroxypropionaldehyde with a High Conversion Rate

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 13(7), 2694–2705 (2025)

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No. 33

Structural Insights into Novel Thiolases for Enhancing the Production of Tailored Biochemicals

ACS Catalysis, 15(2), 895–906 (2025)

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2024

No. 32

Biodegradation of oxidized low density polyethylene by Pelosinus fermentans lipase

Bioresource Technology, 403, 130871 (2024)

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No. 31

Highly efficient site-specific protein modification using tyrosinase from Streptomyces avermitilis: Structural insight

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 255, 128313 (2024)

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No. 30

Structure-based functional analysis of a novel NADPH-producing glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Corynebacterium glutamicum

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 255, 128103 (2024)

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2023

No. 29

Structure-Guided Protein Engineering of Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase from Corynebacterium glutamicum for Dual NAD/NADP Cofactor Specificity

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 71(46), 17852–17859 (2023)

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No. 28

Hexanoic acid improves the production of lipid and oleic acid in Yarrowia lipolytica: The benefit of integrating biorefinery with organic waste management

Environmental Technology & Innovation, 31, 103168 (2023)

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2022

No. 27

Crystal structure of multi-functional enzyme FadB from Cupriavidus necator: Non-formation of FadAB complex

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 730, 109391 (2022)

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No. 26

Improving lipid production of Yarrowia lipolytica by the aldehyde dehydrogenase-mediated furfural detoxification

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(9), 4761 (2022)

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No. 25

Structure based protein engineering of aldehyde dehydrogenase from Azospirillum brasilense to enhance enzyme activity against unnatural 3-hydroxypropionaldehyde

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 32(2), 170–175 (2022)

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No. 24

Crystal Structure and Functional Characterization of the Bifunctional N-(5′-Phosphoribosyl)anthranilate Isomerase-indole-3-glycerol-phosphate Synthase from Corynebacterium glutamicum

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 69(42), 12485–12493 (2022)

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2021

No. 23

Implications for the PET decomposition mechanism through similarity and dissimilarity between PETases from Rhizobacter gummiphilus and Ideonella sakaiensis

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 416, 126075 (2021)

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2020

No. 22

Structural bioinformatics-based protein engineering of thermo-stable PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis

Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 141, 109656 (2020)

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No. 21

Decomposition of the PET film by MHETase using exo-PETase function

ACS Catalysis, 10(8), 4805–4812 (2020)

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No. 20

Structural insight into bi-functional malonyl-CoA reductase

Environmental Microbiology, 22(2), 752–765 (2020)

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2019

No. 19

Reply to ‘Conformational fitting of a flexible oligomeric substrate does not explain the enzymatic PET degradation’

Nature Communications, 10, 5582 (2019)

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No. 18

Rational Protein Engineering of Thermo-Stable PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis for Highly Efficient PET Degradation

ACS Catalysis, 9(4), 3519–3526 (2019)

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No. 17

Structural insights into the inhibition properties of archaeon citrate synthase from Metallosphaera sedula

PLOS ONE, 12(2), e0212807 (2019)

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No. 16

Production of extracellular PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis using sec-dependent signal peptides in E. coli

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 508, 250–255 (2019)

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2018

No. 15

Structural insight into D-xylose utilization by xylose reductase from Scheffersomyces stipitis

Scientific Reports, 8, 17442 (2018)

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No. 14

Structural basis for highly efficient production of catechol derivatives at acidic pH by tyrosinase from Burkholderia thailandensis

ACS Catalysis, 8(11), 10375–10382 (2018)

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No. 13

Structural insights into polyhydroxyalkanoates biosynthesis

Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 43(10), 790–805 (2018)

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No. 12

Crystal structure and biochemical characterization of xylose isomerase from Piromyces sp. E2

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 28(4), 571–578 (2018)

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No. 11

Structural insight into molecular mechanism of poly(ethylene terephthalate) degradation

Nature Communications, 9, 382 (2018)

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No. 10

Structural basis for substrate specificity of meso-diaminopimelic acid decarboxylase from Corynebacterium glutamicum

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 495(2), 1815–1821 (2018)

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2017

No. 9

Purification, crystallization and X-ray crystallographic analysis of meso-diaminopimelic acid decarboxylase from Corynebacterium glutamicum

Biodesign, 5(2), 78–81 (2017)

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No. 8

Structural insights into the production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid by aldehyde dehydrogenase from Azospirillum brasilense

Scientific Reports, 7, 46005 (2017)

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2016

No. 7

Crystal structure and pyridoxal 5-phosphate binding property of lysine decarboxylase from Selenomonas ruminantium

PLOS ONE, 11(11), e0166667 (2016)

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No. 6

Structural basis for cytokinin production by LOG from Corynebacterium glutamicum

Scientific Reports, 6, 31390 (2016)

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No. 5

Structural insights into a novel class of aspartate aminotransferase from Corynebacterium glutamicum

PLOS ONE, 11(6), e0158402 (2016)

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2015

No. 4

Small angle X-ray scattering studies of CTNNBL1 dimerization and CTNNBL1/CDC5L complex

Scientific Reports, 5, 14251 (2015)

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No. 3

Structural insights into domain movement and cofactor specificity of glutamate dehydrogenase from Corynebacterium glutamicum

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 459(3), 387–392 (2015)

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2014

No. 1

Crystal structure and biochemical characterization of beta-ketothiolase B from polyhydroxyalkanoate-producing bacterium Ralstonia eutropha H16

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 444(3), 365–369 (2014)

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2013

No. 2

Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and X-ray crystallographic analysis of β-ketothiolase B from Ralstonia eutropha H16

Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications, 70(3), 316–319 (2013)

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