Wang Laboratory Publications

Modolo, L. V. , Escamilla-Trevino , L. L. , Dixon, R. A., & Wang, X. (2009). Single amino acid mutations of Medicago glycosyltransferase UGT85H2 enhance activity and impart reversibility . FEBS Letters, 583 (12), 2131-2135, DOI:10.1016/j.febslet.2009.05.046.

Li, L., Chang, Z., Pan, Z., Fu, Z., & Wang, X. (2008). Modes of heme binding and substrate access for cytochrome P450 CYP74A revealed by crystal structures of allene oxide synthase. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 105, 13883-13888 DOI:10.1073.pnas.0804099105.

Chang, Z., Li, L., Pan, Z., & Wang, X. (2008). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of allene oxide synthase, cytochrome P450CYP74A2, from Parthenium argentatum. Acta Crystallographica section F-Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 64 (Part 7), 668-670.

Pan, H., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhou, T., Fang, C., Nan, P., Wang, X., Li, X., Wei, Y., & Chen, J. (2008). Phenylalanine ammonia lyase functions as a switch directly controlling the accumulation of calycosin and calycosin-7-O-beta-D-glucoside in Astragalus membranaceus var. mongholicus plants. Journal of Experimental Botany, 59 (11), 3027-3037 DOI:10.1093/jxb/ern152 .

Shao, H., Dixon, R. A., & Wang, X. (2007). Crystal structure of vestitone reductase from Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Journal of Molecular Biology, 369, 265-276.

Li, L., Modolo, L. V. , Escamilla-Trevino , L. L. , Achnine, L., Dixon, R. A., & Wang, X. (2007). Crystal structure of Medicago truncatula UGT85H2 – Insights into the structural basis of a multifunctional (iso)flavonoid glycosyltransferase. Journal of Molecular Biology, 370 (5), 951-963 DOI:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.036.

Modolo, L. V. , Blount, J. W., Achnine, L., Naoumkina, M., Wang, X., & Dixon, R. A. (2007). A functional genomics approach to (iso)flavonoid glycosylation in the model legume Medicago truncatula. Plant Molecular Biology, 64 (5), 499-518 DOI:10.1007/s11103-007-9167-6.

He, X-Z., Wang, X., & Dixon, R. A. (2006). Mutational analysis of the Medicago glycosyltransferase UGT71G1 reveals residues that control regioselectivity for (iso)flavonoid glycosylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281 (45), 34441-34447.

Wang, X., He, X-Z., Lin, J., Shao, H., Chang, Z., & Dixon, R. A. (2006). Crystal structure of isoflavone reductase from Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) . Journal of Molecular Biology, 358 (5), 1341-1352 DOI:10.1016/j.jmb.2006.03.022 .

Shao, H., He, X-Z., Achnine, L., Blount, J. W., Dixon, R. A., & Wang, X. (2005). Crystal structures of a multifunctional triterpene/flavonoid glycosyltransferase from Medicago truncatula. Plant Cell, 17, 3141-3154 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.035055.