14. Xi-Wei Chen, Zhiyong Liu, Shaobo Dai*, Yi Zou*. (2024) Discovery, Characterization and Engineering of the Free l-Histidine C4-Prenyltransferase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2024, Aug 14. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c08388.

13. Zhihong Xiao, Jinyin Zha, Xu Yang, Tingting Huang, Shuxin Huang, Qi Liu, Xiaozheng Wang, Jie Zhong, Jianting Zheng, Rubing Liang, Zixin Deng, Jian Zhang*, Shuangjun Lin*, Shaobo Dai*. (2024) A three-level regulatory mechanism of a new AKR subfamily. Nature Communications. 2024, 15(2128): 1-15

12. Qinglong Shi, Xiu-Wen Kang, Zhiyong Liu, Pandaram Sakthivel, Hasil Aman, Rui Chang, Xiaoyu Yan, Yubin Pang, Shaobo Dai*, Bei Ding*, Juntao Ye*. (2023) Single-electron oxidation-initiated enantioselective hydrosulfonylation of olefins enabled by photoenzymatic catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2024, 146(4): 2748-2756

11. Zhiyong Liu, Chengliang Xiao, Shuangjun Lin, Kai Tittmann*, Shaobo Dai*. (2023) Multifaceted Role of the Substrate Phosphate Group in Transketolase Catalysis. ACS Catalysis. 2024, 14(1): 355- 365

10. Haipei Zhao, Xuehao Xiu, Mingqiang Li, Shaobo Dai, Mingyang Gou, Leyang Tao, Xiaolei Zuo, Chunhai Fan, Zhongqun Tian, and Ping Song. (2023) Programming Super DNA-Enzyme Molecules for On-Demand Enzyme Activity Modulation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202214450

9. Zihua Zhou, Xu Yang, Tingting Huang, Jianting Zheng, Zixin Deng, Shaobo Dai^#, Shuangjun Lin^#. (2022) Bifunctional NadC Homologue PyrZ Catalyzes Nicotinic Acid Formation in Pyridomycin Biosynthesis. ACS Chem. Biol. 2022, 18, 1, 141–150

8. Shaobo Dai, Funk, L.-M., von Pappenheim, F. R., Sautner, V., Paulikat, M., Schröder, B., Uranga, J., Mata, R. A. & Tittmann, K. (2019) Low-barrier hydrogen bonds in enzyme cooperativity. Nature, 573(7775) 609-613. Recommended in F1000Prime.

7. Shaobo Dai, Horton J.R., Woodcock C.B., Wilkinson A.W., Zhang X., Gozani O., Cheng X. (2019) Structural basis for the target specificity of actin histidine methyltransferase SETD3. Nature Communications 10(1) 3541

6. Wilkinson A.W.*, Diep J.*, Shaobo Dai*, Liu S, Ooi YS, Song D, Li TM, Horton JR, Zhang X, Liu C, Trivedi DV, Ruppel KM, Vilches-Moure JG, Casey KM, Mak J, Cowan T, Elias JE, Nagamine CM, Spudich JA, Cheng X, Carette JE, Gozani O (2019) SETD3 is an actin histidine methyltransferase that prevents primary dystocia. (*co-first authors) Nature, 565(7739) 372-376. Recommended in F1000Prime.

5. Shaobo Dai, Holt MV, Horton JR, Woodcock CB, Patel A, Zhang X, Young NL, Wilkinson AW, Cheng X. Characterization of SETD3 methyltransferase mediated protein methionine methylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2020, 295, 10901-10910 (cover story).

4. Shaobo Dai, Horton JR, Wilkinson AW, Gozani O, Zhang X, Cheng X. An engineered variant of SETD3 methyltransferase alters target specificity from histidine to lysine methylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2020, 295 (9), 2582-2589.

3. Affaticati P.*, Shaobo Dai*, Payongsri P., Tittmann K., Dalby P.-A. Structural Analysis of an Evolved Transketolase Reveals Divergent Binding Modes. (2016) Scientific Reports 6 35716 (*co-first authors).

2. Shaobo Dai, Liao J., Tian J., Li H., Gao W.Y. A chemo-enzymatic cascade for the one-pot syntheses of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate and 1-deoxy-D-xylulose. (2012)  Tetrahedron Letters 53 4809-4812

1. Li H., Shaobo Dai, Gao W.Y. Preparation of isotope labeled/unlabeled key intermediates in 2-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate terpenoid biosynthetic pathway. (2012) Helvetica Chimica Acta 95 683-715