Huadong Peng

This paper identifies DELLA proteins as co-activators that recruit the Mediator subunit MED15 to facilitate transcription in land plants, showing conservation from Arabidopsis to liverworts.

This study engineers Saccharomyces cerevisiae to produce 3-hydroxypropionic acid and succinic acid from glucose-rich lignocellulosic wood hydrolysates under low pH conditions, increasing production titers significantly.