Professor | Baofu Xu | Asia Growth Partners

Name	Baofu Xu
Contact Information	bfxu@simm.ac.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Shanghai

Name

Baofu Xu

Contact Information

bfxu@simm.ac.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty	Medical School
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
Work Experience	2019-03~2022-03 - University of Florida - Postdoctoral Researcher
Awards	National Scholarship for Doctoral Students (2018): National Level Di'ao Scholarship (2018): Second Prize, Institute Level

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Faculty

Medical School

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

Work Experience

2019-03~2022-03 - University of Florida - Postdoctoral Researcher

Awards

National Scholarship for Doctoral Students (2018): National Level
Di'ao Scholarship (2018): Second Prize, Institute Level

Areas of Focus	Natural Product Identification and Biosynthesis Enzyme Catalysis Mechanism Synthetic Biology
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

Areas of Focus

Natural Product Identification and Biosynthesis
Enzyme Catalysis Mechanism
Synthetic Biology

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

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