Selected Publications:
- Raghavan, I. , Rosheena Juman, Wang, Z.Q.*. The Non-Mevalonate Pathway Requires a Delicate Balance of Intermediates to Maximize Terpene Production. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2024; 108:245 DOI 10.1007/s00253-024-13077-7 (Link)
- Carroll, E., Ravi, B.G., Raghavan, I, Mukherjee, M., Wang, Z.Q.* A Cytochrome P450 CYP87A4 Imparts Sterol Side-chain Cleavage in Digoxin Biosynthesis. Nature Communications, 2023; 14: 4042 DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-39719-4 (Link)
- Mukherjee, M., Blair, R.H., Wang, Z.Q.*. Machine-Learning Guided Elucidation of Contribution of Individual Steps in the Mevalonate Pathway and Construction of a Yeast Platform Strain for Terpenoid Production. Metabolic Engineering, 2022; DOI 10.1016/j.ymben.2022.10.004 (Link)
- Raghavan, I., Ravi, B.G., Carroll, E.,Wang, Z.Q.*.Cardenolide Increase in Foxglove After 2,1,3-Benzothiadiazol Treatment Reveals a Potential Link Between Cardenolide and Phytosterol Biosynthesis. Plant and Cell Physiology, 2022; DOI 10.1093/pcp/pcac144 (Link)
- Mukherjee, M., Wang, Z.Q.*. A Well-Characterized Polycistronic-Like Gene Expression System in Yeast. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2022; DOI 10.1002/bit.28247 (Link)
- Wang, Z.Q.*, Song, H., Koleski, E.J., Hara, N., Park, D.S., Kumar, G., Min, Y.J., Dauenhauer, P.J., Chang, M.C.Y.*. A Dual Cellular-Heterogeneous Catalyst Strategy for the Production of Olefins from Glucose. Nature Chemistry, 2021; 13: 1178-1185; DOI 10.1038/s41557-021-00820-0 (Link) (UB News) (Nat Chem News & Views)
- Raghavan, I., Ravi, B.G., Carroll, E.,Wang, Z.Q.*. Cardenolide increase in foxglove during stresses corresponds to cholesterol and phytosterol biosynthesis. bioRxiv, 2021 (Link)
- Crespi, E.*, Burnap, R., Chen J., Das, M., Gassman N., Rosa, E., Simmons R., Wada H., Wang Z.Q., Xiao J., Yang B., Yin, J., Goldstone, J.V.*, Resolving the Rules of Robustness and Resilience in Biology Across Scales. Integrative and Comparative Biology 2021; 61(6): 2163-2179; DOI 10.1093/icb/icab183 (Link)
- Swayambhu, G., Raghavan, R., Ravi, B.G., Pfeifer, B.A.*, Wang, Z.Q.*. Salicylate Glucoside as a Nontoxic Plant Protectant Alternative to Salicylic Acid. ACS Agriculture Science & Technology, 2021; 1(5): 515-521; DOI 10.1021/acsagscitech.1c00131 (Link)
- Mukherjee, M., Caroll, E., Wang, Z.Q.*, Rapid Assembly of Multi-gene Constructs using Modular Golden Gate Cloning. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2021; 168: e61993; DOI 10.3791/61993 (Link)
- Ravi Gopal, B., Guardian, M.G., Dickman, R., Wang, Z.Q.*, High-resolution Tandem Mass Spectrometry Dataset Reveals Fragmentation Patterns of Cardiac Glycosides in Leaves of the Foxglove Plants. Data in Brief, 2020; 30: 105464; DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105464 (Link)
- Ravi Gopal, B., Guardian, M.G., Dickman, R., Wang, Z.Q.*, Profiling and Structural Analysis of Cardiac Glycosides in Two Species of Digitalis using High-Resolution Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A, 2020; 1618: 460903; DOI 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.460903 (Link)
- Wang, Z., Benning, C. Specific Detection and Quantification of Phosphatidic Acid Using the Arabidopsis TGD4 Protein. 2014 US Patent 8,629,251 B2 (Link)
- Wang, Z., Anderson, N.S., Benning, C. The Phosphatidic Acid Binding Site of the Arabidopsis TGD4 Protein Required for Lipid Import into Chloroplasts Journal of Biological Chemistry 2013; 228(7); 4763-4771 Download
- Wang, Z., Benning, C. Chloroplast Lipid Synthesis and Lipid Trafficking Through ER-to-Plastid Membrane Contact Sites. Biochemistry Society Transactions 2012; 40(2): 457-63 Download
- Wang, Z., Xu, C., Benning, C. TGD4 Involved in ER-to-Chloroplast Lipid Trafficking is a Phosphatidic Acid Binding Protein. The Plant Journal 2012; 70(4): 614-623 Download
- Wang, Z., Benning, C. Arabidopsis thaliana Polar Glycerolipid Profiling by Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) Coupled with Gas-Liquid Chromatography (GLC) Journal of Visualized Experiments 2011; e2518 Download
- Roston, R., Moellering E.R., Gao, J, Wang, Z., Muthan, B., Benning, C. Membrane Lipid Metabolism and Trafficking during Chloroplast Development and Maintenance Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 2010; 163; S16 Download