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Zengyi Shao, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL 
Area:
Directed evolution, metabolic engineering, natural product, gene therapy, synthetic biology
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2023 Wu ZY, Sun W, Shen Y, Pratas J, Suthers PF, Hsieh PH, Dwaraknath S, Rabinowitz JD, Maranas CD, Shao Z, Yoshikuni Y. Metabolic engineering of low-pH-tolerant non-model yeast, , for production of citramalate. Metabolic Engineering Communications. 16: e00220. PMID 36860699 DOI: 10.1016/j.mec.2023.e00220  0.316
2021 Lopez C, Cao M, Yao Z, Shao Z. Revisiting the unique structure of autonomously replicating sequences in Yarrowia lipolytica and its role in pathway engineering. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. PMID 34357429 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11399-4  0.324
2020 Chen Y, Boggess EE, Ocasio ER, Warner A, Kerns L, Drapal V, Gossling C, Ross W, Gourse RL, Shao Z, Dickerson J, Mansell TJ, Jarboe LR. Reverse engineering of fatty acid-tolerant Escherichia coli identifies design strategies for robust microbial cell factories. Metabolic Engineering. PMID 32474056 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ymben.2020.05.001  0.327
2020 Zhao Y, Yao Z, Ploessl D, Ghosh S, Monti M, Schindler D, Gao M, Cai PY, Qiao M, Yang C, Cao M, Shao Z. Leveraging the Hermes transposon to accelerate the development of nonconventional yeast-based microbial cell factories. Acs Synthetic Biology. PMID 32396718 DOI: 10.1021/Acssynbio.0C00123  0.38
2020 Lopez C, Zhao Y, Masonbrink R, Shao Z. Modulating Pathway Performance by Perturbing Local Genetic Context. Acs Synthetic Biology. PMID 32207925 DOI: 10.1021/Acssynbio.9B00445  0.401
2020 Cao M, Fatma Z, Song X, Hsieh PH, Tran VG, Lyon WL, Sayadi M, Shao Z, Yoshikuni Y, Zhao H. A genetic toolbox for metabolic engineering of Issatchenkia orientalis. Metabolic Engineering. PMID 32007615 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ymben.2020.01.005  0.513
2019 Cao M, Gao M, Suastegui M, Mei Y, Shao Z. Building microbial factories for the production of aromatic amino acid pathway derivatives: From commodity chemicals to plant-sourced natural products. Metabolic Engineering. PMID 31408706 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ymben.2019.08.008  0.368
2018 Gao M, Ploessl D, Shao Z. Enhancing the Co-utilization of Biomass-Derived Mixed Sugars by Yeasts. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9: 3264. PMID 30723464 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2018.03264  0.361
2018 Cao M, Gao M, Ploessl D, Song C, Shao Z. CRISPR-mediated Genome Editing and Gene Repression in Scheffersomyces stipitis. Biotechnology Journal. e1700598. PMID 29917323 DOI: 10.1002/Biot.201700598  0.409
2017 Sun J, Zhao L, Shao Z, Shanks J, Peebles CAM. EXPRESSION OF TABERSONINE 16-HYDROXYLASE AND 16-HYDROXYTABERSONINE-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE IN CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS HAIRY ROOTS. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. PMID 29105731 DOI: 10.1002/Bit.26487  0.372
2017 Suástegui M, Yu Ng C, Chowdhury A, Sun W, Cao M, House E, Maranas CD, Shao Z. Multilevel Engineering of the Upstream Module of Aromatic Amino Acid Biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for High Production of Polymer and Drug Precursors. Metabolic Engineering. PMID 28625755 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ymben.2017.06.008  0.393
2017 Cao M, Gao M, Lopez-Garcia CL, Wu Y, Seetharam AS, Severin AJ, Shao Z. Centromeric DNA facilitates nonconventional yeast genetic engineering. Acs Synthetic Biology. PMID 28391682 DOI: 10.1021/Acssynbio.7B00046  0.424
2016 Gao M, Cao M, Suastegui M, Walker JA, Rodriguez-Quiroz N, Wu Y, Tribby D, Okerlund A, Stanley LM, Shanks JV, Shao Z. Innovating a nonconventional yeast platform for producing shikimate as the building block of high-value aromatics. Acs Synthetic Biology. PMID 27600996 DOI: 10.1021/Acssynbio.6B00132  0.413
2016 Suástegui M, Shao Z. Yeast factories for the production of aromatic compounds: from building blocks to plant secondary metabolites. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. PMID 27581441 DOI: 10.1007/S10295-016-1824-9  0.392
2016 Suástegui M, Guo W, Feng X, Shao Z. Investigating strain dependency in the production of aromatic compounds in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. PMID 27317047 DOI: 10.1002/Bit.26037  0.339
2016 Suastegui M, Matthiesen JE, Carraher JM, Hernandez N, Rodriguez Quiroz N, Okerlund A, Cochran EW, Shao Z, Tessonnier JP. Combining Metabolic Engineering and Electrocatalysis: Application to the Production of Polyamides from Sugar. Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). 55: 2368-2373. PMID 26840213 DOI: 10.1002/Anie.201509653  0.368
2016 Matthiesen JE, Suástegui M, Wu Y, Viswanathan M, Qu Y, Cao M, Rodriguez-Quiroz N, Okerlund A, Kraus G, Raman DR, Shao Z, Tessonnier J. Electrochemical Conversion of Biologically Produced Muconic Acid: Key Considerations for Scale-Up and Corresponding Technoeconomic Analysis Acs Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 4: 7098-7109. DOI: 10.1021/Acssuschemeng.6B01981  0.314
2016 Suastegui M, Matthiesen JE, Carraher JM, Hernandez N, Rodriguez Quiroz N, Okerlund A, Cochran EW, Shao Z, Tessonnier J. Cover Picture: Combining Metabolic Engineering and Electrocatalysis: Application to the Production of Polyamides from Sugar (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 7/2016) Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55: 2275-2275. DOI: 10.1002/Anie.201600369  0.369
2016 Suastegui M, Matthiesen JE, Carraher JM, Hernandez N, Rodriguez Quiroz N, Okerlund A, Cochran EW, Shao Z, Tessonnier J. Titelbild: Combining Metabolic Engineering and Electrocatalysis: Application to the Production of Polyamides from Sugar (Angew. Chem. 7/2016) Angewandte Chemie. 128: 2317-2317. DOI: 10.1002/Ange.201600369  0.378
2014 Xiao H, Shao Z, Jiang Y, Dole S, Zhao H. Exploiting Issatchenkia orientalis SD108 for succinic acid production. Microbial Cell Factories. 13: 121. PMID 25159171 DOI: 10.1186/S12934-014-0121-4  0.481
2014 Shao Z, Zhao H. Manipulating natural product biosynthetic pathways via DNA assembler. Current Protocols in Chemical Biology. 6: 65-100. PMID 24903884 DOI: 10.1002/9780470559277.Ch130191  0.525
2013 Luo Y, Huang H, Liang J, Wang M, Lu L, Shao Z, Cobb RE, Zhao H. Activation and characterization of a cryptic polycyclic tetramate macrolactam biosynthetic gene cluster. Nature Communications. 4: 2894. PMID 24305602 DOI: 10.1038/Ncomms3894  0.502
2013 Shao Z, Zhao H. Construction and engineering of large biochemical pathways via DNA assembler. Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 1073: 85-106. PMID 23996442 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-625-2_9  0.554
2013 Shao Z, Rao G, Li C, Abil Z, Luo Y, Zhao H. Refactoring the silent spectinabilin gene cluster using a plug-and-play scaffold. Acs Synthetic Biology. 2: 662-9. PMID 23968564 DOI: 10.1021/Sb400058N  0.509
2012 Shao Z, Zhao H. DNA assembler: a synthetic biology tool for characterizing and engineering natural product gene clusters. Methods in Enzymology. 517: 203-24. PMID 23084940 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-404634-4.00010-3  0.565
2012 Shao Z, Luo Y, Zhao H. DNA assembler method for construction of zeaxanthin-producing strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 898: 251-62. PMID 22711131 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-918-1_17  0.529
2012 Sun J, Shao Z, Zhao H, Nair N, Wen F, Xu JH, Zhao H. Cloning and characterization of a panel of constitutive promoters for applications in pathway engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 109: 2082-92. PMID 22383307 DOI: 10.1002/Bit.24481  0.705
2011 Du J, Shao Z, Zhao H. Engineering microbial factories for synthesis of value-added products. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 38: 873-90. PMID 21526386 DOI: 10.1007/S10295-011-0970-3  0.491
2011 Shao Z, Luo Y, Zhao H. Rapid characterization and engineering of natural product biosynthetic pathways via DNA assembler. Molecular Biosystems. 7: 1056-9. PMID 21327279 DOI: 10.1039/C0Mb00338G  0.498
2010 Choi YS, Johannes TW, Simurdiak M, Shao Z, Lu H, Zhao H. Cloning and heterologous expression of the spectinabilin biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces spectabilis. Molecular Biosystems. 6: 336-8. PMID 20094652 DOI: 10.1039/B923177C  0.687
2009 Zha W, Rubin-Pitel SB, Shao Z, Zhao H. Improving cellular malonyl-CoA level in Escherichia coli via metabolic engineering. Metabolic Engineering. 11: 192-8. PMID 19558964 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ymben.2009.01.005  0.637
2009 Shao Z, Zhao H, Zhao H. DNA assembler, an in vivo genetic method for rapid construction of biochemical pathways. Nucleic Acids Research. 37: e16. PMID 19074487 DOI: 10.1093/Nar/Gkn991  0.496
2008 Shao Z, Blodgett JA, Circello BT, Eliot AC, Woodyer R, Li G, van der Donk WA, Metcalf WW, Zhao H. Biosynthesis of 2-hydroxyethylphosphonate, an unexpected intermediate common to multiple phosphonate biosynthetic pathways. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283: 23161-8. PMID 18544530 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M801788200  0.727
2008 Nair NU, Shao Z, Zhao H, Sullivan RP, McLachlan M, Johannes TW. Biobutanol from yeast. A synergistic genome and protein engineering approach Aiche Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings.  0.663
2006 Woodyer RD, Shao Z, Thomas PM, Kelleher NL, Blodgett JA, Metcalf WW, van der Donk WA, Zhao H. Heterologous production of fosfomycin and identification of the minimal biosynthetic gene cluster. Chemistry & Biology. 13: 1171-82. PMID 17113999 DOI: 10.1016/J.Chembiol.2006.09.007  0.739
2006 Xie D, Shao Z, Achkar J, Zha W, Frost JW, Zhao H. Microbial synthesis of triacetic acid lactone. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 93: 727-36. PMID 16245348 DOI: 10.1002/Bit.20759  0.614
2004 Zha W, Shao Z, Frost JW, Zhao H. Rational pathway engineering of type I fatty acid synthase allows the biosynthesis of triacetic acid lactone from D-glucose in vivo. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126: 4534-5. PMID 15070368 DOI: 10.1021/Ja0317271  0.625
1998 Zhao H, Giver L, Shao Z, Affholter JA, Arnold FH. Molecular evolution by staggered extension process (StEP) in vitro recombination. Nature Biotechnology. 16: 258-61. PMID 9528005 DOI: 10.1038/Nbt0398-258  0.525
1998 Shao Z, Zhao H, Giver L, Arnold FH. Random-priming in vitro recombination: an effective tool for directed evolution. Nucleic Acids Research. 26: 681-3. PMID 9421535 DOI: 10.1093/Nar/26.2.681  0.55
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