Books and Book Chapters
Pattanaik, S., Werkman, JR., Kong, Q. and Ling Yuan, 2009. Site-directed Mutagenesis and Saturation Mutagenesis for the Functional Study of Transcription Factors Involved in Plant Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis. Metabolic Engineering of Plant Secondary Pathways. in Methods in Molecular Biology. (Book chapter; in press)
Refereed Journal Articles
Bai, Y.H., Pattanaik, S., Patra, B., Werkman, J.R., Xie, C.H. and Yuan, L. 2011. Flavonoid-related basic helix-loop-helix regulator, NtAn1a and NtAn1b, of tobacco have originated from two ancestors and are functionally active. Planta. (in press)
Jordan, D.B., Wagschal, K., Fan, ZM, Yuan, L., Braker, J.D. and Heng, C. 2011. Engineering lower inhibitor affinities in beta-D-xylosidase of Selenomonas ruminantium by site-directed mutagenesis of Trp145. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. (in press)
Fan, ZM and Ling Yuan. 2010. Production of Multifunctional Chimeric Enzymes in Plants: a promising Approach for Degrading Plant Cell Wall from Within. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 8:308-315
Fan, ZM., Yuan, L., Jordan, DB., Wagschal, K., Heng, C., Braker, JD. 2010. Engineering Lower Inhibitor Affinities in Beta-D-xylosidase. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 86(4):1099-1113
Pattanaik, S., Kong, Q., Zaitlin, D., Werkman, JR., Xie, CH., Patra, B., and Ling Yuan, 2010. Isolation and functional characterization of a floral tissue-specific R2R3 MYB regulator from tobacco. Planta. 231(5):1061-1076
Fan, Z.M., K. Wagschal, C.C. Lee, Q. Kong, K.A. Shen, I.B. Maiti, and L. Yuan. 2009. The construction and characterization of two xylan-degrading chimeric enzymes. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 102:684- 692.
Fan, Z.M., J.H. Werkman, and L. Yuan. 2009. Engineering a multifunctional hemicellulase. Biotechnology Letters 31:751-757.
Fan, Z.M., L. Yuan, D.B. Jordan, K. Wagschal, C. Heng, and J.D. Braker. 2009. Engineering lower inhibitor affinities in B-D-xylosidase. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Published online: doi: 10.1007/s00253-009-2335-7.
Fan, ZM, Ling Yuan, Chatterjee, R. 2009. Increased Hydrogen Production by Genetic Engineering of Escherichia coli. PLoS ONE 4(2): e4432
Fan, ZM., Wagschal, K., Chen, W., Montross, MD., Lee, CC, and Ling Yuan, 2009. Multimeric Hemicellulases Facilitate Biomass Conversion. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75: 1754-1757
Fan, ZM., Wagschal, K., Lee, C.C., Kong, Q., Shen, K.A., Maiti, I.B., and Ling Yuan, 2009. The Construction and Characterization of Two Xylan-degrading Chimeric Enzymes. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 102(3): 684-692
Fan, ZM., Werkman, J.R. and Ling Yuan, 2009. Engineering of a Multifunctional Hemicellulase. Biotechnology Letters. 31: 751-757
Pattanaik, S., C.H. Xie, and L. Yuan. 2008. The interaction domains of the plant Myc-like bHLH transcription factors can regulate the transactivation strength. Planta 227:707-715.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Ling Yuan Sitakanta Pattanaik
Pattanaik, S., C.H. Xie and L. Yuan 2008. The Interaction Domains of the Plant Myc-like bHLH Transcription Factors Can Regulate the Transcription Strength. Planta. 227(3): 707-715
Pattanaik, S., C.H. Xie, and L. Yuan. 2008. Creation of master transcription factors to regulate plant metabolic pathways. Acta Horticulturae 756:109-118.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Ling Yuan Sitakanta Pattanaik
Zeng, Q., F. Qiu, and L. Yuan. 2008. Production of artemisinin by genetically modified microbes. Biotechnology Letters 30:581-592.
Zeng, QP, F. Qiu and L. Yuan 2008. Production of Artemisinin by Genetically-modified Microbes. Biotechnol Lett 30: 581-592
Pattanaik, S., C.H. Xie and L. Yuan 2007. Creation of Master Transcription Factors to Regulate Plant Metabolic Pathways. Acta Hort. 756: 109-118
Suttipanta, N., Pattanaik, S., Gunjun, S., Xie, CH, Littleton, J. and Yuan, L. 2007. Promoter analysis of the Catharanthus roseus geraniol 10-hydroxylase gene involved in terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis. Biochim Biophys Acta, 1769:139-148
Suttipanta, N., S. Pattanaik, S. Gunjan, J. Littleton, and L. Yuan. 2007. Promoter analysis of the Catharanthus roseus geranial 10-hydroxylase gene involved in terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis. Biochemica et Biophysica Acta 1769:139-148.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Ling Yuan Sitakanta Pattanaik
Chatterjee, R., and L. Yuan. 2006. Directed evolution of metabolic pathways. Trends in Biotechnology. 24(1): 28-38
Pattanaik, S., C.H. Xie, Q. Kong, K.A. Shen, and L. Yuan 2006. Directed evolution of plant helix-loop-helix transcription factors for the improvement of transactivation properties. Biochim Biophys Acta, 1759: 308-318
Yuan, L., I. Kurek, J. English and R. Keenan. 2005. Laboratory-directed protein evolution. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 69(3): 373-392
Zheng W, Wise ML, Wyrick A, Metz JG, Yuan L, Gerwick WH. 2002. Polyenoic fatty acid isomerase from the marine alga Ptilota filicina: protein characterization and functional expression of the cloned cDNA. Arch Biochem Biophys. 401(1):11-20.
Facciotti, M., Burtain, P., and Ling Yuan 1999. Improved Stearate Phenotype in Transgenic Canola Expressing a Modified Acyl-acyl Carrier Protein Thioesterase. Nature Biotechnology. 17 (6): 593-597.
Huang YS, Chaudhary S, Thurmond JM, Bobik EG Jr, Yuan L, Chan GM, Kirchner SJ, Mukerji P, Knutzon DS. 1999. Cloning of delta12- and delta6-desaturases from Mortierella alpina and recombinant production of gamma-linolenic acid in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Lipids 34(7):649-59.
Facciotti, M. T. andLing Yuan, 1998. Molecular Dissection of the Plant ACP-thioesterases. Fett/Lipid 100 (4-5): 167-172.
Knauf, V.C and Ling Yuan, 1997. Modification of Plant Components. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 8: 227-233.
Ling Yuan, B. A. Nelson, and G. Caryl. 1996. The Catalytic Cysteine and Histidine in the Plant Acyl-ACP Thioesterases. Journal of Biological Chemistry 271: 3417-3419.
Ling Yuan, T. A. Voelker and D. J. Hawkins 1995. Modification of the Substrate Specificity of an Acyl-ACP Thioesterase by Protein Engineering. Proceeding of National Academy of Science U.S.A. 92: 10639-10643.
