Wang Lab: Publications

Wu, B., Wang, X., Zhang, S., & Hu, M. (2012). Accurate prediction of glucuronidation of structurally diverse phenolics by human UGT1A9 using combined experimental and In Silico approaches. Pharmaceutical Research, February, doi: 10.1007/s11095-012-0666-z.

Cheng, X., Wang, X., Wu, J. , Briddon, R. W. , & Zhou, X. (2011). ßC1 encoded by tomato yellow leaf curl China betasatellite forms multimeric complexes in vitro and in vivo. Virology, 409, 156-162 doi:10.1016/j.virol.2010.10.007.

Wang, X. (2011). Structure, function and engineering of enzymes in isoflavonoid biosynthesis. Functional & Integrative Genomics, 11, 13-22 doi:10.1007/s10142-010-0197.

Morgan, R. L., Zhou, H., Lehto, E., Nguyen, N. , Bains, A. , Wang, X., & Ma, W. (2010). Catalytic domain of the diversified Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopZ1 determines the allelic specificity in plant hosts. Molecular Microbiology, 76 (2), 437-455 DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07107.x .

Li, L., Cheng, N - H., Hirschi, K. D., & Wang, X. (2010). Structure of Arabidopsis chloroplastic monothiol glutaredoxin AtGRXcp. Acta Crystallographica section D Biological Crystallography, 66 (6), 725-732 DOI:10.1107/S0907444910013119.

Wang, X. (2009). Structure, mechanism and engineering of plant natural product glycosyltransferases. FEBS Letters, 583 (20), 3303-3309 DOI:10.1016/j.febslet.2009.09.042 .

Modolo, L. V. , Li, L., Pan, H., Blount, J. W., Dixon, R. A., & Wang, X. (2009). Crystal structures of glycosyltransferase UGT78G1 reveal the molecular basis for glycosylation and deglycosylation of (iso)flavonoids. Journal of Molecular Biology, 392 (5), 1292-1302 DOI:10.1016/j.jmb.2009.08.017.

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 DOI:10.1107/S1744309108017545.

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 (1), 265-276 DOI:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.03.040.

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.