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Xing Yan

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Discovery of a taxusin-mediated route to baccatin III enables its complete biosynthesis in engineered microbes

Chengshuai Yang, Zhenhua Li, Linjie Yu, Yan Wang, Liangzhen Zheng, Xing Yan, Wenping Wei, Bingtong Feng, Tong Zhang, Jianxu Li, Pingping Wang, Zhihua Zhou

The paper identifies a novel biosynthetic pathway for baccatin III production using engineered microbes, achieving its complete de novo synthesis through enzymatic validation and pathway engineering.

bioRxiv · Aug 3, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology

Complete elucidation and heterologous reconstruction of the biosynthetic pathway of camptothecin

Tong Zhang, Ying Xiong, Kuangqin Chen, Shiwen Wu, Xing Yan, Jie Zhou, Yan Wang, Chengshuai Yang, Pingping Wang, Zhihua Zhou

This study identifies the complete biosynthetic pathway of camptothecin, discovers missing enzymes, and validates the pathway through heterologous reconstruction in yeast.

bioRxiv · Jun 25, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology