Liu, Hung-wen (Ben) - The University of Texas at Austin

个人简介

B.S. Tunghai University M.A. Columbia University M. Phil. Columbia University Ph.D. Columbia University NIEHS Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Camille & Henry Dreyfus Grant for Distinguished New Faculty in Chemistry (1984) American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Research Award (1985) Eli Lilly Life Science Young Investigator Award (1985) NIH Research Career Development Award (1990-5) Horace S. Isbell Award, American Chemical Society, Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry (1993) National Institute of General Medical Sciences MERIT Award (1999) Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota (1999) Honorary Professor of Chemistry, University of Hong Kong (2001-2007) American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (2005) American Academy of Microbiology Fellow (2006) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow (2006) Nakanishi Prize, American Chemical Society, Division of Organic Chemistry (2007) Repligen Award in Chemistry of Biological Processes, American Chemical Society, Division of Biological Chemistry (2008) Elected Academician of Academia Sinica (2008) Tunghai University Distinguished Alumni Award (2008), Honorary Professor (2011) Honorary Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (2011) A. I. Scott Medal for Excellence in Biological Chemistry Research (2011) American Chemical Society Fellow (2014) Arthur C. Cope Late Career Scholars Award, American Chemical Society (2014) Claude S. Hudson Award, American Chemical Society, Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry (2019) Norman R Farnsworth Research Achievement Award, The American Society of Pharmacognosy (2022) Gordon Hammes Lectureship Award, Biochemistry and American Chemical Society Biological Division (2023)

研究领域

Mechanistic Enzymology and Inhibitor Design Unusual Sugar Biosynthesis and Glycodiversification Polyketide Cross-Bridging and Natural Product Biosynthesis Function and Regulation of Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation by PARP-1

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Zheng, Z.; Choi, H.; Liu, H.-w. “In Vitro Characterizsation of the Kitasetaline Biosynthesis Reveals a Novel P450 Decarboxylase and a Vinyl β-Carboline Intermediate Susceptible to Nonenzymatic Thiol Addition.” submitted. Ren, D.; Lee, Y.-H.; Liu, H.-w. “Expression, Purification and Characterization of Non-heme Iron-dependent Monooxygenase OzmD in Oxazinomycin Biosynthesis.” Meth. Enzymol. 2024, 703, in press. Zheng, Z.; Clardy, J.; Liu, H.-w. “Biosynthesis of Unusual Epoxy Isonitrile-Containing Antibiotics Aerocyanidin and Amycomicin.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 21061-21068. Sato, S.; Fan, P.-H.; Yeh, Y.-C.; Liu, H.-w. “Complete in vitro Reconstitution of the Apramycin Biosynthetic Pathway Demonstrates the Unusual Incorporation of a β-D-Sugar Nucleotide in the Final Glycosylation Step.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 10103-10114. Zheng, Z.; Lee, Y.-H.; Ruszczycky, M. W.; Ushimaru, R.; Liu, H.-w. “Twitch Radical S-Adenosyl L-Methionine Alcohol Dehydrogenases.” Encyclopedia Inorg. Bioinorg. Chem. 2024, eibc2869. Hou, X.; Feng, J.; Franklin, J. L.; Russo, R.; Guo Z.; Gao, J.; Zhou, J.; Liu, H.-w.; Wang, B. “Mechanistic Insights from the Crystal Structure and Computational Analysis of the Radical SAM Deaminase DesII.” Adv. Sci. 2024, 2403494. DOI: 10.1002/advs.202403494 Zheng, Z.; Xiong, J.; Bu, J.; Ren, D.; Lee, Y.-H.; Yeh, Y.-C.; Lin, C.-I.; Parry, R.; Guo, Y.; Liu, H.-w. “Reconstitution of the Final Steps in the Biosynthesis of Valanimycin Reveals the Origin of its Characteristic Azoxy Moiety.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202315844. Fan, P.-H.; Sato, S.; Yeh, Y.-C.; Liu, H.-w. “Biosynthetic Origin of the Octose Core and Its Mechanism of Assembly during Apramycin Biosynthesis.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, in revision. Lee, Y.-H.; Yeh, Y.-C.; Fan, P.-H.; Zhong, A.; Ruszczycky, M. W.; Liu, H.-w. “Changing Fates of the Substrate Radicals Generated in the Active Sites of the B12-dependent Radical SAM Enzymes OxsB and AlsB.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 3656-3664. [PMC9940012] Lee, Y-H.; Re, D.; Jeon, B-s.; Liu, H.-w. “S-Adenosylmethionine: More than Just a Methyl Donor.” Nat. Prod. Rep. 2023, in press. [NIHMSID1875589] Fan, P.-H.; Geng, Y.; Romo, A. J.; Zhong, A.; Zhang, J.; Yeh, Y.-C.; Lee, Y.-H.; Liu, H.-w. “Two Radical SAM Enzymes are Necessary and Sufficient for the In Vitro Production of the Oxetane Nucleoside Antiviral Agent Albucidin.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202210362. [PMC9561071] Chen, Z.; Sato. S.; Geng. Y., Zhang, J.; Liu, H.-w. “Identification of the Early Steps in Herbicidin Biosynthesis Reveals an Atypical Mechanism of C-Glycosylation.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 15653-15661. [PMC9462585] De, B. C.; Zhang, W.; Yang, C.; Mándi, A.; Huang, C.; Zhang, L.; Liu, W.; Ruszczycky, M. W.; Zhu, Y.; Ma, M.; Bashiri, G.; Kurtán, T.; Liu, H.-w.; Changsheng Zhang, C. “Flavin-Enabled Reductive and Oxidative Epoxide Ring Opening Reactions.” Nature Commu. 2022, 11, 1-13. Ren, D.; Lee, Y.-H.; Wang, S.-A.; Liu, H.-w. “Characterization of the Oxazinomycin Biosynthetic Pathway Revealing the Key Role of a Non-heme Iron-dependent Monooxygenase.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 10968-10977. [PMC9233086] Zhang, J.; Hou, X.; Chen, Z.; Ko, Y.; Ruszczycky, M. W.; Chen, Y.; Zhou, J,; Liu, H.-w. “Dioxane Bridge Formation in the Biosynthesis of Spectinomycin Involves a Twitch Radical SAM Dehydrogenase that Appears to Have Evolved from an Epimerase.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 9910-9919. [PMC9204835] Lin, W.-L.; Chen, J.-K.; Wen, X.; He, W.; Zarceno, G. A.; Chen, Y.; Paull, T.; Liu, H.-w. ” DDX18 Prevents R-loop-Induced DNA Damage and Genome Instability via PARP-1.” Cell Reports, 2022, 40 (July), 111089. Lee, Y.-H.; Hou, X.; Chen, R.; Feng, J.; Liu, X.; Ruszczycky, M. W.; Guo, J.-M.; Wang, B.; Zhou, J.; Liu, H.-w. “Radical S-Adenosyl Methionine Enzyme BlsE Catalyzes a Radical Mediated 1,2-Diol Dehydration during the Biosynthesis of Blasticidin S.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 4478-4486.[PMC8934444] Lee, Y.-H.; Liu, H.-w. “Studies of GenK and OxsB, Two B12-Dependent Radical SAM Enzymes Involved in Natural Product Biosynthesis.” Meth. Enzymol. 2022, 677, 71-90. [NIHMSID1788471] Chen, T.-Y.; Zheng, Z.; Zhang, X.; Chen, J.; Cha, L.; Tang, Y.; Guo, Y.; Zhou, J.; Wang, B.; Liu, H.-w.; Chang, W.-c. “Decipher Reaction Pathway of Mononuclear Iron Enzymes Catalyzed N-C Triple Bond Formation in Isocyanide Lipopeptides and Polyketides Biosynthesis.” ACS Catalysis 2022, 12, 2270-2279. [NIHMS1778719] Jeon, B.-s.; Huang, T.-Y.; Ruszczycky, M. W.; Choi, S.-h.; Kim, N.; Franklin, J. L.; Hung, S.-C.; Liu, H.-w. “Byproduct Formation During the Biosynthesis of Spinosyn A and Evidence for an Enzymatic Interplay to Prevent its Formation.” Tetrahedron2022, 103, 132569. (invited article for special issue honoring Prof. Steve Martin) [PMC9175908] Joen, B.-s.; Huang, T.-Y.; Ruszczycky, M. W.; Choi, S.-h.; Kim, N.; Franklin, J. L.; Hung, S.-C.; Liu, H.-w. “Byproduct Formation During the Biosynthesis of Spinosyn A and Evidence for an Enzymatic Interplay to Prevent its Formation.” Tetrahedron 2021, in press. [NIHMSID1759956] Choi, S.-h.; Jeon, B.; Kim, N.; Wu, H.-H.; Ko, T.-P.; Ruszczycky, M. W.; Isiorho, E. A.; Liu, Y.-n.; Keatinge-Clay, A. T.; Tsai, M.-D.; Liu, H.-w. “Evidence for an Enzyme Catalyzed Rauhut-Currier Reaction during the Biosynthesis of Spinosyn A.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 20291-20295. [PMC8665079] Besandre, R.; Chen, Z.; David, I.; Zhang, J.; Ruszczycky, M. W.; Liu, A.; Liu, H.-w. “HygY is a Twitch Radical SAM Epimerase with Latent Dehydrogenase Activity Revealed upon Mutation of a Single Cysteine Residue.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 15152-15158. [PMC8611816] Ruszczycky, M. W.; Liu, H.-w. “Distinguishing Concerted versus Stepwise Mechanisms Using Isotope Effects on Isotope Effects.” Biochemistry 2021, 60, 3416-3418. [PMC8612942] Ren, D.; Kim, M.; Wang, S.-A.; Liu, H.-w. “Identification of a Pyrrole Intermediate Which Undergoes C-Glycosidation and Autoxidation to Yield the Final Product in Showdomycin Biosynthesis.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 17148-17154. [PMC8292215] Yeh, Y.-C.; Kim, H. J.; Liu, H.-w. “Mechanistic Investigation of 1,2-Diol Dehydration of Paromamine Catalyzed by the Radical S-Adenosyl-L-methionine Enzyme AprD4.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 5038-5043. [PMC8045149] Zhong, A.; Lee, Y.-H.; Liu, Y.-n.; Liu, H.-w. “Biosynthesis of Oxetanocin A Includes a B12-dependent Radical SAM Enzyme Able to Catalyze both Oxidative Ring Contraction and the Demethylation of SAM.” Biochemistry 2021, 60, 537-546. [PMC7904626] Wang, S.-A.; Lin, C.-I.; Zhang, J.; Ushimaru, R.; Sasaki, E.; Liu, H.-w. “Studies of Lincosamide Formation Complete the Biosynthetic Pathway for Lincomycin A.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2020, 117, 24794-24801. Zhang, J.; Fan, P.-H.; Lin, G.-M.; Chang, W.-C.; Liu, H.-w. “Recent Progress in the Biosynthesis of Carbohydrate-Containing Natural Products.” In Comprehensive Chemistry of Natural Product Chemistry, Liu, H-w.; Begley, T., Eds.; Elsvier: New York;. 2020, 336-392. Ren, D.; Ruszczycky, M. W.; Ko, Y.; Wang, S.-A.; Ogasawara, Y.; Kim, M.; Liu, H.-w. “Characterization of the Coformycin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster in Streptomyces kaniharaensis.” Proc. Natl. Aca. Sci. USA. 2020, 117, 10265-10270. [PMC7229688] Ushimaru, R.; Chen, Z.; Zhao, H.; Fan, P.-h.; Liu, H.-w. “Identification of the Enzymes Mediating the Maturation of the Sery-tRNA Synthetase Inhibitor SB-217452 during the Biosynthesis of Albomycins.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 59, 3558-3562. [PMC7138408] Ruszczycky, M. W.; Liu, H.-w. “Measurement of Net Rate Constants from Enzyme Progress Curves without Numerical Curve Fitting.” Biochemistry. 2019, 58, 4950-4956. [PMC6910778]. Ren, D.; Wang, S.-A.; Ko, Y.; Geng, Y.; Ogasawara, Y.; Liu, H.-w. “Identification of the C-Glycoside Synthases during Biosynthesis of the Pyrazole-C-Nucleosides Formycin and Pyrazofurin.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 16512-16516. [PMC6911263]. Romo, A.; Ikeuchi, H.; Shiraishi, T.; Lin, G.-M.; Geng, Y.; Lee, Y.-H.; Liem, P. H.; Ma, T.; Ogasawara, Y.; Shin-Ya, K.; Nishiyama, M.; Kuzuyama, T.; Liu, H.-w. “Miharamycins and Amipurimycin Biosynthetic Gene Clusters: Unravelling the Origins of 2-Aminopurinyl Peptidyl Nucleoside Antibiotics.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14152-14159. [PMC6774755]. Wang, S.-A.; Ko, Y.; Zheng, J.; Geng, Y.; Ren, D.; Ogasawara, Y.; Irani, S.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, H.-w. “Identification of the Formycin A Biosynthetic Gene Cluster from Streptomyces kaniharaensis Illustrates the Interplay Between Biological Pyrazolopyrimidine Formation and de novo Purine Biosynthesis.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 6127-6131. [NIHMSID 1021733] Pan, H.-X.; Chen, Z.; Zeng, T.; Jin, W.-B.; Geng, Y.; Lin, G.-M.; Zhao, J.; Li, W.-T.; Xiong, Z.; Huang, S.-X.; Zhai, X.; Liu, H.-w.; Tang, G.-L. “Elucidation of the Herbicidin Tailoring Pathway Offers New Insights into Its Structural Diversity.” Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 1374-1378. [NIHMSID1020766] Ushimaru, R.; Liu, H.-w. “Biosynthetic Origin of the Atypical Stereochemistry in the Thioheptose Core of Albomycin Nucleoside Antibiotics.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2211-2214. [PMC6446896] Ushimaru, R.; Ruszczycky, M. W.; Liu, H.-w. “Changes in Regiospecificity of H-atom Abstraction During the Hydroxylation and Cyclization Reactions Catalyzed by Hyoscyamine 6β-Hydroxylase.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 1062-1066. [NIHMSID 1020764] Thibodeaux, C. J.; Chang, W.-C.; Liu, H.-w. “Unraveling Flavoenzyme Reaction Mechanisms Using Flavin Analogues and Linear Free Energy Relationships.” Meth. Enzymol. 2019, submitted Ban, Y. H.; Song, M. C.; Hwang, J.-y.; Shin, H.-l.; Kim, H. J.; Hong, S. K.; Lee, N. J.; Park, J. W.; Cha, S.-S.; Liu, H.-w.; Yoon, Y. J. “Complete Reconstitution of the Diverse Pathways of Gentamicin B Biosynthesis.” Nature Chem. Biol. 2019, 15, 295-303. [NIHMSID 1512665]