Han, Y., Luo, Y., Ma, B.D., Li, J.^#, Xu, J.H.^# and Kong, X.D.^# Structural Insights of a cis-Epoxysuccinate Hydrolase Facilitate the Development of Robust Biocatalysts for the Production of l-(+)-Tartrate. Biochem., 2024, doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.4c00141

He, R.N., Zhang, M.J., Dai B.^# and Kong, X.D.^# Selection of Peptide−Bismuth Bicycles Using Phage Display. ACS Chem. Biol. 2024, doi: 10.1021/acschembio.4c00099

Sun, C.*, Ma, B.D.*, Li, G., Tian, W., Yang, L., Peng, H., Lin, Z., Deng, Z., Kong, X.D.^# and Qu, X.^# Engineering the substrate specificity of a P450 dimerase enables the collective biosynthesis of heterodimeric tryptophan-containing diketopiperazines. Angew Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, e202304994.

Kong, X.D., Carle, V., Díaz-Perlas, C., Butler, K., Heinis, C.^# Generation of a large peptide phage display library by self-ligation of whole-plasmid PCR product. ACS Chem. Biol., 2020, 15, 2907–2915.

Kale, S.S.*, Villequey, C.*, Kong, X.D.*, Zorzi, A., Deyle, K., Heinis, C^#. Cyclization of peptides with two chemical bridges affords large scaffold diversities. Nat. Chem., 2018, 10, 715-723.

Kong, X.D., Moriya, J., Carle, V., Pojer, F., Abriata, L.A., Deyle, K., Heinis, C. De novo development of proteolytically resistant therapeutic peptides for oral administration. Nat. Biomed. Eng., 2020, 4, 560–571.

Kong, X.D., Yuan, S.G., Li, L., Chen, S., Xu, J.H.^# and Zhou, J.^# Engineering of an epoxide hydrolase for efficient bioresolution of bulky pharmaco substrates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2014, 111, 15717-15722.

Kong, X.D., Ma, Q., Zhou, J.^#, Zeng, B.B.^# and Xu, J.H.^# A smart library of epoxide hydrolase variants and the top hits for synthesis of (S)-beta-blocker precursors. Angew Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 6641-6644.