研究兴趣：天然产物的生物合成途径解析与酶的结构解析

文章发表：

1. S. Yang, X.D. Hou, Z.W. Deng, L.F. Yang, Q. Ping, Z.B. Yuan, Y. Zhang, Y.J. Rao*, Improving the Thermostability of Glycosyltransferase YojK by Targeting Mutagenesis for Highly Efficient Biosynthesis of Rebaudioside D, Molecular Catalysis, 2023, online.
2. H.B. Xu#, Z.B. Yuan#, S. Yang#, Z.P. Su, X.D. Hou, Z.W. Deng, Y. Zhang, Y.J. Rao*, Discovery of a fungal P450 with an unusual two-step mechanism for constructing bicyclo[3.2.2]nonane skeleton, 2024 JACS, accepted.
3. X.D. Hou#, H.B. Xu#, Z.W. Deng, Y.J. Yan, Z.B. Yuan, X.Z. Liu, Z.P. Su, S. Yang, Y. Zhang, Y.J. Rao*, Discovery of the Biosynthetic Pathway of Beticolin 1 Reveals a Novel Non-heme Iron-dependent Oxygenase for Anthraquinone Ring Cleavage, Angew, 2022, online.
4. Q. Ping, L.F. Yang, J.J. Jiang, J.C. Yuan, S. Ai, S.Q. Sun, Z.H. Ni, S. Yang, Z.B. Yuan, Y.J. Rao, Y, Zhang*, Efficient synthesis of rebaudioside D2 through UGT91D1-catalyzed regio-selective glycosylation, 2022, Carbohydrate Research.