以中草药和微生物来源天然产物为基础,研制和开发新药一直是国际化学界和医药界共同关注的重点领域。天然产物的生物合成是以小分子的简单化合物作为底物,经过一系列顺序催化反应,最终形成复杂化学结构的过程。本人的研究兴趣在于通过代谢工程和组合生物合成研究植物和微生物来源的复杂天然产物的生物合成,即利用基因工程技术,有目的地对细胞代谢途径进行精确的修饰或改造,以提高目的天然产物活性或产量、或合成新的代谢产物;或是通过操纵天然产物生物合成途径中的基因来产生非天然的天然产物类似物库,并从中发现和发展更具应用价值的药物。
Haigang Song, Cong Rao, Zixin Deng, Yi Yu*, James Naismith*. The biosynthetic pathway of the benzoxazole in nataxazole proceeds via an unstable ester and has synthetic utility. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl., 2020, DOI: 10.1002/ange.201915685.
Lie Ma#, Siyao Sun#, Ziyu Yuan, Zixin Deng, Yi Yu*. Three putative DNA replication/repair elements encoding genes confer self-resistance to distamycin in Streptomyces netropsis. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 2019,10.1093/abbs/gmz133.
Yating Liu#, Li Su#, Qing Fang, Jioji Tabudravu, Xiaohui Yang, Kirstie Rickaby, Laurent Trembleau, Kwaku Kyeremeh, Zixin Deng, Hai Deng*, Yi Yu*. Enzymatic reconstitution and biosynthetic investigation of the bacterial carbazole neocarazostatin A. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019, DOI: 10.1039/c9qo01248f.
Yingying Chang, Baozhong Chai, Yunkun Ding, Min He, Linghui Zheng, Yun Teng, Zixin Deng, Yi Yu*, Tiangang Liu*. Overproduction of gentamicin B in industrial strain Micromonospora echinospora CCTCC M 2018898 by cloning of the missing genes genR and genS. Metabolic Engineering Communications, 2019, 9, e00096.
Yun X, Zhang Q, Lv M, Deng H, Deng Z, Yu Y.* In vitro reconstitution of the biosynthetic pathway of 3-hydroxypicolinic acid. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2019, 17(3):454-460.
Ding W., Ji W., Wu Y., Wu R., Liu W., Ma X., Zhang W., Xu P., Deng Z., Tang B., Yu Y.*, Zhang Q*. Biosynthesis of the nosiheptide indole side ring centers on a cryptic carrier protein NosJ. Nature Communications, 2017, 8(1):437. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00439-1.
Yu Y., Zhang Q., Deng Z., Parallel pathways in the biosynthesis of aminoglycoside antibiotics. F1000Res. 2017, doi: 10.12688/ f1000research.11104.1.
Su Li, Zhang R, Kyeremeh K, Deng Z, Deng H* and Yu Y*. Dissection of the neocarazostatin A C4 alkyl side chain biosynthesis by in vitro reconstitution. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2017, 15(18): 3843-3848
Ding W, Li Y, Zhao J, Ji X, Mo T, Qianzhu H, Tu T, Deng Z, Yu Y, Chen F, Zhang Q*. The Catalytic Mechanism of the Class C Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Methyltransferase NosN. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl., 2017, 56(14):3857-3861.
Ding W, Wu Y, Ji X, Qianzhu H, Chen F, Deng Z, Yu Y, Zhang Q*. Nucleoside-linked shunt products in the reaction catalyzed by the class C radical S-adenosylmethionine methyltransferase NosN. Chem Commun (Camb)., 2017, 53(37):5235-5238.
Su Li, Lv Meinan, Kyeremeh Kwaku, Deng Zixin, Deng Hai and Yu Yi *. A ThDP-dependent enzymatic carboligation reaction involved in Neocarazostatin A tricyclic carbazole formation. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2016, 14(37): 8679-8684.
Lv M, Ji X, Zhao J, Li Y, Zhang C, Su L, Ding W, Deng Z, Yu Yi* and Zhang Q*. Characterization of a C3 Deoxygenation Pathway Reveals a Key Branch Point in Aminoglycoside Biosynthesis. J AM CHEM SOC, 2016, 138(20):6427-35.
Huang S., Elsayed S., Lv M., Tabudravu J., Rateb M., Gyampoh R., Kyeremyh K., Ebel R., Jaspars M., Deng Z., Yu Yi* and Deng H.* Biosynthesis of neocarazostatin A reveals the sequential carbazole prenylation and hydroxylation in the tailoring steps. Chemistry & Biology, 2015, 22(12):1633-42.
Lv Meinan, Zhao Junfeng, Deng Zixin and Yu Yi*. Characterization of the biosynthetic gene cluster for benzoxazole antibiotics A33853 reveals unusual assembly logic. Chemistry & Biology, 2015, 22(10):1313-1324.
Huang S, Tabudravu J, Elsayed SS, Travert J, Peace D, Tong MH, Kyeremeh K, Kelly SM, Trembleau L, Ebel R, Jaspars M, Yu Yi* and Deng H*. Discovery of a Single Monooxygenase that Catalyzes Carbamate Formation and Ring Contraction in the Biosynthesis of the Legonmycins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2015, 54(43):12697-12701.
Huang S, Tong MH, Qin Z, Deng Z, Deng H, Yu Y.*. Identification and characterization of the biosynthetic gene cluster of thiolutin, a tumor angiogenesis inhibitor, in Saccharothrix algeriensis NRRL B-24137. Anticancer Agents Med Chem, 2015, 15(3):277-84.
Liu G, Zhang M, Mo T, He L, Zhang W, Yu Y*, Zhang Q*, Ding W*. Metabolic flux analysis of the halophilic archaeon Haladaptatus paucihalophilus. Biochem Biophys Res Commun., 2015, 467(4):1058-62.
Long Ma, Axel Bartholome, Ming Him Tong, Zhiwei Qin, Yi Yu, Thomas Shepherd, Kwaku Kyeremeh, Hai Deng* and David O'Hagan*. Identification of a fluorometabolite from Streptomyces sp. MA37: (2R3S4S)-5-fluoro-2,3,4-tri-hydroxypentanoic acid. Chemical Science, 2015, 6(2):1414-1419.
Hao C.L., Huang S., Deng Z.X., Zhao C.M., Yu Y.* Mining of the pyrrolamide antibiotics analogs in Streptomyces netropsis reveals the amidohydrolase-dependent "iterative strategy" underlying the pyrrole polymerization. PLOS ONE, 2014, 9(6):e99077.
Qin Zhiwei, Wang Xiaoling, Rateb Mostafa, Ass'ad Lina, Jaspars Marcel, Deng Zixin, Yu Yi, Deng Hai*. Disruption of a Methyltransferase Gene in Actinomycin G Gene Cluster in Streptomyces iakyrus Increases the Production of Phenazinomycin. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2014, 352(1): 62-8.
Sheng Huang, Long Ma, Ming Him Tong, Yi Yu*, David O'Hagan and Hai Deng* Fluoroacetate biosynthesis from the marine-derived bacterium Streptomyces xinghaiensis NRRL B-24674. Org Biomol Chem, 2014, 12(27): 4828-4831.
Varman, A.M. #, Yu, Y. #, You L., Tang, Y.J. Photoautotrophic production of D-lactate in an engineered cyanobacterium. Microbial Cell Factories, 2013, 12: 117 (#Contributed equally).
Qin, Z., Huang, S., Yu, Y.*, Deng, H*. Dithiolopyrrolone natural products: isolation, synthesis and biosynthesis. Marine Drugs, 2013, 11(10):3970-97.
Yu, Y., You, L., Liu, D.Y., Hollinshead, W., Tang, Y.J., Zhang, F.Z. Development of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 as a Phototrophic Cell Factory. Marine Drugs, 2013, 11(8):2894-916.
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Wu XM, Yu Y., Han LB, Li CL, Wang HY, Zhong NQ, Yao Y, Xia GX*.The tobacco BLADE-ON-PETIOLE2 gene mediates differentiation of the corolla abscission zone by controlling longitudinal cell expansion. Plant Physiology, 2012, 159(2):835-50.
Zhang, Q.; Yu, Y.*, Thioether Crosslinkages Created by a Radical SAM Enzyme. ChemBioChem, 2012, 13(8), 1097-1099.
Huang, S.; Zhao, Y.D.; Qin, Z.W.; Wang, X.L.; Onega, M.; Chen, L.; He, J.; Yu, Y.*; Deng, H.*, Identification and heterologous expression of the biosynthetic gene cluster for holomycin produced by Streptomyces clavuligerus. Process Biochemistry, 2011, 46, 811-16.
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