Areas of Focus
- Natural Product Identification and Biosynthesis
- Enzyme Catalysis Mechanism
- Synthetic Biology
Work Experience
- 2019-03~2022-03 - University of Florida - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2013-09--2018-12 PhD: Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2009-09--2013-07 Bachelor: Shandong Agricultural University
Publications
- Dirigent gene editing of gossypol enantiomers for toxicity-depleted cotton seeds, Jia-Ling Lin, Xin Fang, Jian-Xu Li, Zhi-Wen Chen, Wen-Kai Wu, Xiao-Xiang Guo, Ning-Jing Liu, Jia-Fa Huang, Fang-Yan Chen, Ling-Jian Wang, Baofu Xu, Cathie Martin, Xiao-Ya Chen, Jin-Quan Huang, 2023
- Recent advances of activation techniques-based discovery of new compounds from marine fungi, Ran Zou, Bao Chen, Jie Sun, YueWei Guo, Baofu Xu, 2023
- First trans-eunicellane terpene synthase in bacteria, Zining Li, Baofu Xu, Volga Kojasoy, Teresa Ortega, Donovon A Adpressa, Wenbo Ning, Xiuting Wei, Jamin Liu, Dean J Tantillo, Sandra Loesgen, Jeffrey D Rudolf, 2023
- Unusual Secondary Metabolites from the Mangrove Ecosystems: Structures, Bioactivities, Chemical, and Bio-Syntheses, Wu, MengJun, Xu, Baofu, Guo, YueWei, 2022
- Mutation of the eunicellane synthase Bnd4 alters its product profile and expands its prenylation ability, 徐宝福, 2022
- Bioactive Cembranoids from the Coral Sarcophyton trocheliophorum of Ximao Island, Zeng, ZiRong, Chen, Jing, Wang, Hong, Zhang, HaiYan, Li, Jia, Xu, Baofu, Guo, YueWei, 2022
- Mechanistic Insights into the Formation of the 6,10-Bicyclic Eunicellane Skeleton by the Bacterial Diterpene Synthase Bnd4, Xu, Baofu, Tantillo, Dean J, Rudolf, Jeffrey D, 2021
- Bacterial Diterpene Synthases Prenylate Small Molecules, Xu, Baofu, Li, Zining, Alsup, Tyler A, Ehrenberger, Michelle A, Rudolf, Jeffrey D, 2021
- Bacterial terpenome, Rudolf, Jeffrey D, Alsup, Tyler A, Xu, Baofu, Li, Zining, 2021
- Discovery and Biosynthesis of a Structurally Dynamic Antibacterial Diterpenoid, Zhu, Chenxi, Xu, Baofu, Adpressa, Donovon A, Rudolf, Jeffrey D, Loesgen, Sandra, 2021
- Building Microbial Hosts for Heterologous Production of N-Methylpyrrolinium, Ping, Yu, Li, Xiaodong, Xu, Baofu, Wei, Wei, Wei, Wenping, Kai, Guoyin, Zhou, Zhihua, Xiao, Youli, 2019
- Insights into Pipecolic Acid Biosynthesis in Huperzia serrata, Xu, Baofu, Fan, Zhen, Lei, Yongxing, Ping, Yu, Jaisi, Amit, Xiao, Youli, 2018
- Construction of an octosyl acid backbone catalyzed by a radical S-adenosylmethionine enzyme and a phosphatase in the biosynthesis of high-carbon sugar nucleoside antibiotics, He, Nisha, Wu, Pan, Lei, Yongxing, Xu, Baofu, Zhu, Xiaochen, Xu, Gudan, Gao, Yaojie, Qi, Jianzhao, Deng, Zixin, Tang, Gongli, Chen, Wenqing, Xiao, Youli, 2017
- Identification and characterization of L-lysine decarboxylase from Huperzia serrata and its role in the metabolic pathway of lycopodium alkaloid, Xu, Baofu, Lei, Lei, Zhu, Xiaocen, Zhou, Yiqing, Xiao, Youli, 2017
- Global transcriptome analysis of Huperzia serrata and identification of critical genes involved in the biosynthesis of huperzine A, Yang, Mengquan, You, Wenjing, Wu, Shiwen, Fan, Zhen, Xu, Baofu, Zhu, Mulan, Li, Xuan, Xiao, Youli, 2017
Awards
- National Scholarship for Doctoral Students (2018): National Level
- Di'ao Scholarship (2018): Second Prize, Institute Level
