1.Qi Sheng, Meng-Yao Zhang, Si-Min Liu, Zhuo-Wei Chen, Pei-Ling Yang, Hong-Su Zhang, Meng-Yun Liu, Kang Li, Long-Sheng Zhao, Ning-Hua Liu, Lu-Ning Liu, Xiu-Lan Chen, Jamie K Hobbs, Simon J Foster*, Yu-Zhong Zhang*, Hai-Nan Su*. In situ visualization of Braun's lipoprotein on E. coli sacculi.Sci Adv.2023 Jan 20; 9(3): eadd8659.

2.Chun-Yang Li #, Michaela A Mausz #, Andrew Murphy #, Nan Zhang #, Xiu-Lan Chen, Shu-Yan Wang, Chao Gao, María M Aguilo-Ferretjans, Eleonora Silvano, Ian D E A Lidbury, Hui-Hui Fu, Jonathan D Todd, Yin Chen*, Yu-Zhong Zhang.* Ubiquitous occurrence of a dimethylsulfoniopropionate ABC transporter in abundant marine bacteria,ISME J,2023 Jan 27. doi: 10.1038/s41396-023-01375-3.

3.Yang Yu, Peng Wang, Hai-Yan Cao, Zhao-Jie Teng, Yanping Zhu, Min Wang, Andrew McMinn, Yin Chen, Hua Xiang, Yu-Zhong Zhang*, Xiu-Lan Chen*, Yu-Qiang Zhang*. Novel D-glutamate catabolic pathway in marine Proteobacteria and halophilic archaea.ISME J.2023 Jan 23. doi: 10.1038/s41396-023-01364-6.

4.Ming Peng, Chun-Yang Li, Xiu-Lan Chen, Beth T Williams, Kang Li, Ya-Nan Gao, Peng Wang, Ning Wang, Chao Gao, Shan Zhang, Marie C Schoelmerich, Jillian F Banfield, J Benjamin Miller, Nick E Le Brun, Jonathan D Todd*, Yu-Zhong Zhang*. Insights into methionine S-methylation in diverse organisms,Nat Commun. 2022, 13(1): 2947.

5.Wen-Xin Jiang, Ping-Yi Li*, Xiu-Lan Chen, Yi-Shuo Zhang, Jing-Ping Wang, Yan-Jun Wang, Qi Sheng, Zhong-Zhi Sun, Qi-Long Qin, Xue-Bing Ren, Peng Wang, Xiao-Yan Song, Yin Chen, Yu-Zhong Zhang*. A pathway for chitin oxidation in marine bacteria.Nat Commun.2022 Oct 6;13(1): 5899.

6.Yan Wang, Peng Wang, Hai-Yan Cao, Hai-Tao Ding, Hai-Nan Su, Shi-Cheng Liu, Guangfeng Liu, Xia Zhang, Chun-Yang, Ming Peng, Fuchuan Li, Shengying, Yin Chen, Xiu-Lan Chen*, Yu-Zhong Zhang*. Structure of Vibrio collagenase VhaC provides insight into the mechanism of bacterial collagenolysis.Nat Commun.2022, 13(1):566.

7.Zhao-Jie Teng, Peng Wang, Xiu-Lan Chen, Richard Guillonneau, Chun-Yang Li, Song-Bao Zou, Jun Gong, Kai-Wen Xu, Lin Han, Chao Wang, David J Scanlan, Yin Chen, Yu-Zhong Zhang*, Acrylate protects a marine bacterium from grazing by a ciliate predator,Nat Microbiol.2021, 6(11): 1351-1356.

8.Qi-Long Qin, Zhi-Bin Wang, Hai-Nan Su, Xiu-Lan Chen, Jie Miao, Xiu-Juan Wang, Chun-Yang Li, Xi-Ying Zhang, Ping-Yi Li, Min Wang, Jiasong Fang, Ian Lidbury, Weipeng Zhang, Xiao-Hua Zhang, Gui-Peng Yang, Yin Chen, Yu-Zhong Zhang*. Oxidation of trimethylamine to trimethylamine N-oxide facilitates high hydrostatic pressure tolerance in a generalist bacterial lineage.Sci Adv.2021 Mar 26; 7(13): eabf9941.

9.Chun-Yang Li, Xiu-Juan Wang, Xiu-Lan Chen, Qi Sheng, Shan Zhang, Peng Wang, Mussa Quareshy, Branko Rihtman, Xuan Shao, Chao Gao, Fuchuan Li, Shengying Li, Weipeng Zhang, Xiao-Hua Zhang, Gui-Peng Yang, Jonathan D Todd, Yin Chen, Yu-Zhong Zhang*, A novel ATP dependent dimethylsulfoniopropionate lyase in bacteria that releases dimethyl sulfide and acryloyl-CoA,Elife, 2021, 10: e64045.

10.Qingdong Zhang,Hai-Yan Cao,Lin Wei,Danrong Lu,Min Du,Min Yuan,Deling Shi,Xiangxue Chen,Peng Wang,Xiu-Lan Chen,Lianli Chi,Yu-Zhong Zhang*,Fuchuan Li*, Discovery of exolytic heparinases and their catalytic mechanism and potential application,Nat Commun.2021, 12(1): 1263.

11.Bin-Bin Xie,Jin-Cheng Rong,Bai-Lu Tang,Sishuo Wang,Guiming Liu,Qi-Long Qin,Xi-Ying Zhang1,Weipeng Zhang,Qunxin She,Yin Chen,Fuchuan Li,Shengying Li,Xiu-Lan Chen,Haiwei Luo*,Yu-Zhong Zhang*, Evolutionary Trajectory of the Replication Mode of Bacterial Replicons,mBio. 2021, 12(1): e02745-20.

12.Ning Wang,Xiu-Lan Chen,Chao Gao,Ming Peng,Peng Wang,Na Zhang,Fuchuan Li,Gui-Peng Yang,Qing-Tao Shen,Shengying Li,Yin Chen,Yu-Zhong Zhang,Chun-Yang Li*, Crystal structures of γ-glutamylmethylamide synthetase provide insight into bacterial metabolism of oceanic monomethylamine,J Biol Chem.2020, 296: 100081.

13.Fei Xu,Xiu-Lan Chen,Xiao-Hui Sun,Fang Dong,Chun-Yang Li,Ping-Yi Li,Haitao Ding,Yin Chen,Yu-Zhong Zhang,Peng Wang*, Structural and molecular basis for the substrate positioning mechanism of a new PL7 subfamily alginate lyase from the arctic,J Biol Chem. 2020, 295(48): 16380-16392.

14.Yue Wang,Ping-Yi Li,Yi Zhang,Hai-Yan Cao,Yan-Jun Wang,Chun-Yang Li,Peng Wang,Hai-Nan Su,Yin Chen,Xiu-Lan Chen*,Yu-Zhong Zhang*, 6-Anhydro-L-Galactose Dehydrogenase VvAHGD is a Member of a New Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Family and Catalyzes by a Novel Mechanism with Conformational Switch of Two Catalytic Residues Cysteine 282 and Glutamate 248,J Mol Biol.2020, 432(7): 2186-2203.

15.Bai-Lu Tang, Jie Yang, Xiu-Lan Chen, Peng Wang, Hui-Lin Zhao, Hai-Nan Su, Chun-Yang Li, Yang Yu, Shuai Zhong, Lei Wang, Ian Lidbury, Haitao Ding, Min Wang, Andrew McMinn, Xi-Ying Zhang, Yin Chen &Yu-Zhong Zhang*, A predator-prey interaction between a marinePseudoalteromonassp. and Gram-positive bacteria,Nature communications.2020, 11(1):285.

16.Long-Sheng Zhao,Tuomas Huokko,Sam Wilson,Deborah M Simpson,Qiang Wang,Alexander V Ruban,Conrad W Mullineaux,Yu-Zhong Zhang*,Lu-Ning Liu*,Structural variability, coordination and adaptation of a native photosynthetic machinery,Nature Plants.2020.6(7):869-882.

17.Yue Wang,Ping-Yi Li,Yi Zhang,Hai-Yan Cao,Yan-Jun Wang,Chun-Yang Li,Peng Wang,Hai-Nan Su,Yin Chen,Xiu-Lan Chen*,Yu-Zhong Zhang*,3,6-Anhydro-L-Galactose Dehydrogenase VvAHGD is a Member of a New Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Family and Catalyzes by a Novel Mechanism with Conformational Switch of Two Catalytic Residues Cysteine 282 and Glutamate 248,J Mol Biol.2020, 432(7):2186-2203.

18.Qi-Long Qin, Yi Li, Lin-Lin Sun, Zhi-Bin Wang, Shi Wang, Xiu-Lan Chen,Aharon Oren*, Yu-Zhong Zhang*, Trophic specialization results in genomic reduction in free-living marineIdiomarinabacteria.mBio.2019, 15,10:e02545-18.

19.Xuan Shao, Hai-Yan Cao, Fang Zhao, Peng Ming, Peng Wang, Chun-Yang Li, Wei-Ling Shi, Tian-Di Wei, Zenglin Yuan, Xiu-Lan Chen, Jonathan D. Todd andYu-Zhong Zhang*Mechanistic insight into 3-methylmercaptopropionate metabolism and kinetical regulation of demethylation pathway in marine dimethylsulfoniopropionate-catabolizing bacteria.Mol Microbiol.2019,111(4):1057–1073.

20.Fang Dong, Fei Xu, Xiu-Lan Chen, Ping-Yi Li, Chun-Yang Li, Fu-chuan Li, Yin Chen,Peng Wang*, Yu-Zhong Zhang*,Alginate lyase Aly36B is a new bacterial member of the polysaccharide lyase family 36 and catalyzes by a novel mechanism with lysine as both the catalytic base and catalytic acid.Journal of Molecular Biology.2019,431(24):4897-4909.

21.Chun-Yang Li, Xiu-Lan Chen, Dian Zhang, Peng Wang, Qi Sheng, Ming Peng, Bin-Bin Xie, Qi-Long Qin, Ping-Yi Li, Xi-Ying Zhang, Hai-Nan Su, Xiao-Yan Song, Mei Shi, Bai-Cheng Zhou, Lu-Ying Xun, Yin Chen, Yu-Zhong Zhang*, Structural mechanism for bacterial oxidation of oceanic trimethylamine into trimethylamine N-oxide.Molecular Microbiology. 2017, 103(6):992–1003.

22.Fei Xu, Fang Dong, Peng Wang, Hai-Yan Cao, Chun-Yang Li, Ping-Yi Li, Xiu-Hua Pang, Yu-Zhong Zhang, Xiu-Lan Chen*, Novel Molecular Insights into the Catalytic Mechanism of Marine Bacterial Alginate Lyase AlyGC from Polysaccharide Lyase Family 6.J Biol Chem. 2017,292:4457-4468.

23.Chun-Yang Li#, Dian Zhang#, Xiu-Lan Chen, Peng Wang, Wei-Ling Shi, Ping-Yi Li, Xi-Ying Zhang, Qi-Long Qin, Jonathan D. Todd, Yu-Zhong Zhang*, Mechanistic Insights into Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Lyase DddY, a New Member of the Cupin Superfamily.Journal of Molecular Biology.2017, 429: 3850-3862.

24.Peng Wang#, Hai-Yan Cao#, Xiu-Lan Chen, Chun-Yang Li, Ping-Yi Li, Xi-Ying Zhang, Qi-Long Qin, Jonathan D. Todd, Yu-Zhong Zhang*, Mechanistic insight into acrylate metabolism and detoxification in marine dimethylsulfoniopropionate-catabolizing bacteria.Molecular Microbiology.2017,105(5), 674–688.

25.Yu-Zhong Zhang, Yi Li, Bin-Bin Xie, Xiu-Lan Chen, Qiong-Qiong Yao, Xi-Ying Zhang, Megan L. Kempher, Jizhong Zhou, Aharon Oren, Qi-Long Qin* (2016) Nascent Genomic Evolution and Allopatric Speciation of Myroides profundi D25 in Its Transition from Land to Ocean.mBio.7(1): e01946-15.

26.Ang Liu, Yang Yu, Qi Sheng, Xiao-Yu Zheng, Jin-Yu Yang, Ping-Yi Li, Mei Shi, Bai-Cheng Zhou, Yu-Zhong Zhang, Xiu-Lan Chen*（2016）Identification of four kinds of 2′, 3′-cNMPs in Escherichia coli and a simple and efficient method for their simultaneous preparation.ACS Chemical Biology.11: 2414-2419.

27.Zi-Chao Yu, Xiu-Lan Chen, Qing-Tao Shen, Dian-Li Zhao, Bai-Lu Tang, Hai-Nan Su, Zhao-Yu Wu, Qi-Long Qin, Bin-Bin Xie, Xi-Ying Zhang, Yong Yu, Bai-Cheng Zhou, Bo Chen and Yu-Zhong Zhang*, Filamentous phages prevalent inPseudoalteromonasspp. confer properties advantageous to host survival in Arctic sea ice,ISME Journal.2015,9(4):871-81.

28.Peng Wang, Xiu-Lan Chen, Chun-Yang Li, Xiang Gao, Deyu Zhu, Bin-Bin Xie, Qi-Long Qin, Xi-Ying Zhang, Hai-Nan Su, Bai-Cheng Zhou, Luying Xun and Yu-Zhong Zhang*. Structural and molecular basis for the novel catalytic mechanism and evolution of DddP, an abundant peptidase-like bacterial Dimethylsulfoniopropionate lyase: a new enzyme from an old fold.Molecular Microbiology.2015,98(2): 289-301.

29.Ping-Yi Li, Xiu-Lan Chen, Peng Ji, Chun-Yang Li, Peng Wang, Yi Zhang, Bin-Bin Xie, Qi-Long Qin, Hai-Nan Su, Bai-Cheng Zhou, Yu-Zhong Zhang, and Xi-Ying Zhang*,Interdomain Hydrophobic Interactions Modulate the Thermostability of Microbial Esterases from the Hormone-Sensitive Lipase Family.J. Biol. Chem.2015,290:11188-11198.

30.Chun-Yang Li, Tian-Di Wei, Sheng-Hui Zhang, Xiu-Lan Chen, Xiang Gao, Peng Wang, Bin-Bin Xie, Hai-Nan Su, Qi-Long Qin, Xi-Ying Zhang, Juan Yu, Hong-Hai Zhang, Bai-Cheng Zhou, Gui-Peng Yang and Yu-Zhong Zhang*, Molecular insight into bacterial cleavage of oceanic dimethylsulfoniopropionate into dimethyl sulfide,Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.2014, 111(3):1026-1031.

31.Sheng Dong, Tian-Di Wei, Xiu-Lan Chen, Chun-Yang Li, Peng Wang, Bin-Bin Xie, Qi-Long Qin, Xi-Ying Zhang, Xiu-Hua Pang, Bai-Cheng Zhou and Yu-Zhong Zhang*, Molecular Insight into the Role of the N-terminal Extension in the Maturation, Substrate Recognition, and Catalysis of a Bacterial Alginate Lyase from Polysaccharide Lyase Family 18,J Biol Chem.2014,289(43): 29558-29569

32.Ping-Yi Li, PengJi, Chun-Yang Li, Yi Zhang, Guang-Long Wang, Xi-Ying Zhang, Bin-Bin Xie, Qi-Long Qin, Xiu-Lan Chen, Bai-Cheng Zhou and Yu-Zhong Zhang*, Structural Basis for Dimerization and Catalysis of a Novel Esterase from the GTSAG Motif Subfamily of Bacterial Hormone-Sensitive Lipase (HSL) Family,J Biol Chem.2014, 289(27):19031-19041.

33.Li-Yuan Ran, Hai-Nan Su, Ming-Yang Zhou, Lei Wang, Xiu-Lan Chen, Bin-Bin Xie, Xiao-Yan Song, Mei Shi, Qi-Long Qin, Xiuhua Pang, Bai-Cheng Zhou, Yu-Zhong Zhang* and Xi-Ying Zhang*, Characterization of a Novel Subtilisin-like Protease Myroicolsin from Deep Sea BacteriumMyroides profundiD25 and Molecular Insight into Its Collagenolytic Mechanism,J Biol Chem.2014, 289(9):6041-6053.

34.Li-Yuan Ran, Hai-Nan Su, Guo-Yan Zhao, Xiang Gao, Ming-Yang Zhou, Peng Wang, Hui-Lin Zhao, Bin-Bin Xie, Xi-Ying Zhang, Xiu-Lan Chen, Bai-Cheng Zhou andYu-Zhong Zhang*, Structural and mechanistic insights into collagen degradation by a bacterial collagenolytic serine protease in the subtilisin family,MolecularMicrobiology.2013, 90(5): 997-1010.

35.Xiang Gao, Tian-Di Wei, Nan Zhang, Bin-Bin Xie, Hai-Nan Su, Xi-Ying Zhang, Xiu-Lan Chen, Yu-Zhong Zhang*, Molecular insights into the terminal energy acceptor in cyanobacterial phycobilisome,MolMicrobiol.2012,85(5):907-15.

36.Hui-Lin Zhao,Xiu-Lan Chen,Bin-Bin Xie,Ming-Yang Zhou,Xiang Gao,Xi-Ying Zhang,Bai-Cheng Zhou,Anthony S. WeissandYu-Zhong Zhang*, Elastolytic mechanism of a novel M23 metalloprotease pseudoalterin from deep-sea Pseudoalteromonas sp. CF6-2: cleaving not only glycyl bonds in the hydrophobic regions, but also peptide bonds in the hydrophilic regions involved in crosslinking,J BiolChem.2012,287(47):39710-20.

37.Xiang Gao, Nan Zhang, Tian-Di Wei, Hai-Nan Su, Bin-Bin Xie, Chuang-Chuang Dong, Xi-Ying Zhang, Xiu-Lan Chen, Bai-Cheng Zhou Zhi-Xin Wang, Jia-Wei Wu, Yu-Zhong Zhang*, Crystal Structure of the N-terminal Domain of Linker LR and the Assembly of Cyanobacterial Phycobilisome Rods, 2011,Molecular Microbiology.2011, 82:698-705.

38.Qi-Long Qin, Yang Li, Yan-Jiao Zhang, Zhe-Min Zhou, Wei-Xin Zhang, Xiu-Lan Chen, Xi-Ying Zhang, Bai-Cheng Zhou, Lei Wang andYu-Zhong Zhang*, Comparative genomics reveals a deep-sea sediment-adapted life style ofPseudoalteromonassp. SM9913,The ISME Journal. 201, 5(2): 274-84.

39.Xiang Gao, Jue Wang, Da-Qi Yu, Fei Bian, Bin-Bin Xie, Xiu-Lan Chen Bai-Cheng Zhou, Lu-Hua Lai, Zhi-Xin Wang,Jia-Wei Wu*,Yu-Zhong Zhang*, Structural Basis for the Autoprocessing of Zinc Metalloproteases in the Thermolysin Family, 2010,Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.2010,107(41):17569-74.