Li Cui*, Anqi Cui, Qitong Li, Lezhou Yang, Hao Liu, Wenguang Shao, and Yan FengMolecular Evolution of an Aminotransferase Based on Substrate–Enzyme Binding Energy Analysis for Efficient Valienamine Synthesis. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 13703.

Cui L*, Wei XD, Wang XR, Bai LQ, Lin SJ, Feng Y*. A validamycin shunt pathway for valienamine synthesis in engineered Streptomyces hygroscopicus 5008. ACS Synthetic Biology, 2020, 9 (2), 294-303.

Li Cui, Ying Zhu, Xiaoqing Guan, Zixin Deng, Linquan Bai*, and Yan Feng*.  De Novo Biosynthesis of β-Valienamine in Engineered Streptomyces hygroscopicus 5008. ACS Synth Biol, 2016, 5, 15-20.

Khatun MA, Hoque MA, Zhang Y, Lu T, Cui L, Zhou NY, Feng Y*. A bacterial consortium-based sensing system for detecting organophosphorus pesticides. Anal Chem, 2018, 90(17):10577-10584.

Li Cui, Xiaoqing Guan, Zhangmin Liu, Liuyin Fan, Qian Li, and Yan Feng*. A new precolumn derivatization for valienamine and beta-valienamine using o-phthalaldehyde to determine the epimeric purity by HPLC and      application of this method to monitor enzymatic catalyzed synthesis of beta-valienamine. J Asian Nat Prod Res, 2017,19(4): 347-357.

Xiaofei Zhang, Yong Zhang, Guangyu Yang, Yuan Xie, Lishi Xu, Jiao An, Li Cui, Yan Feng*.  Modulation of the thermostability and substrate specificity of Candida rugose lipase1 by altering the acyl-binding residue Gly414 at the α-helix-connecting bend. Enzyme Microb Technol, 2016, 82:34-41

Yuan Xie, Jiao An, Guangyu Yang, Geng Wu, Yong Zhang, Li Cui, Yan Feng*. Enhanced Enzyme Kinetic Stability by Increasing Rigidity within the Active Site. J Biol Chem, 2014, 289: 7994-8006

Liu Q, Guo X, Xun GH, Li ZL, Chong YS, Yang LT, Wang HX, Zhang FC, Luo SK, Cui L, Zhao PS, Ye XY, Xu HS, Lu H, Li X, Deng ZX, Li K, Feng Y*. Argonaute integrated single-tube PCR system enables supersensitive detection of rare mutations. Nucleic Acids Research, 2021, gkab274.

Wang RX†, Qiao L†, Liu MF†, Ran YP, Wang J, Yan WP, Feng Y, Cui L*. Development of an Engineered Sugar Aminotransferase with Simultaneously Improved Stability and Non-natural Substrate Activity for Synthesizing the Glucosidase Inhibitor Valienamine. Engineering, 2024, 42:185-195.

Zhu JW, Zhang K, He YZ, Zhang Q, Ran YP, Tan ZG, Cui L*, Feng Y*. Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for chelerythrine biosynthesis. Microb Cell Fact, 2024, 23: 183.