Distinguished Professor
Liu WW, Pan J, Feng X, Li M, Xu Y, Wang F, Zhou NY*. 2020. Evidences of aromatic degradation dominantly via the phenylacetic acid pathway in marine benthic Thermoprofundales, Environ. Microbiol. 22(1): 329-342.
Xu Y, Zhou NY*. 2020. MhpA is a hydroxylase catalyzing the initial reaction of 3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)propionate catabolism in Escherichia coli K-12. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 86(4): e02385-19.
Gao, YZ, Liu XY, Liu H, Guo Y, Zhou NY*. 2020. A Bph-Like Nitroarene Dioxygenase Catalyzes the Conversion of 3-Nitrotoluene to 3-Methylcatechol by Rhodococcus sp. Strain ZWL3NT. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 86(4): e02517-19.
Gao YZ , Liu H, Chao HJ, and Zhou NY*, 2016. Constitutive expression of Nag-like dioxygenase gene through an internal promoter in the 2-chloronitrobenzene catabolic gene cluster of Pseudomonas stutzeri ZWLR2-1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 82:3461-3470.
Min J, Zhang JJ, Zhou NY*. 2016. A Two-Component para-nitrophenol monooxygenase initiates a novel 2-chloro-4-nitrophenol catabolism pathway in Rhodococcus imtechensis RKJ300. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 82: 714-723.
Chao HJ, Chen YF, Fang T, Xu Y, Huang WE, Zhou NY*. 2016. HipH catalyzes the hydroxylation of 4-hydroxyisophthalate to protocatechuate in 2, 4-xylenol catabolism by pseudomonas putida NCIMB 9866. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 82: 724-731.
Liu S, Su T, Zhang C, Zhang, WM, Zhu D, Su J, Wei T, Wang K, Huang Y, Guo L, Xu S, Zhou NY*, Gu L*. 2015. Crystal structure of PnpCD, a two-subunit hydroquinone 1, 2-dioxygenase, reveals a novel structural class of Fe2+-dependent dioxygenases. J Biol Chem, 290: 24547-24560.
Liu K Xu Y, Zhou NY*. 2015. Identification of a specific maleate hydratase in the direct hydrolysis route of the gentisate pathway. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 81: 5753-5760