1.Bao Chen#, Jingjing Mao#, Kangwei Xu#, Lijun Liu, Wei Lin, Yue-Wei Guo*, Ruibo Wu*, Chengyuan Wang*, Baofu Xu*. Discovery and mechanistic study of coral-derived terpene synthases reveal insights into terpene scaffolds' orthologous evolution‍. ChemRxiv. 2024; doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-9gsf6 (Lead Corresponding) Preprint

2.Jinfeng Li#, Bao Chen#, Zunyun Fu#, Jingjing Mao#, Lijun Liu, Xiaochen Chen, Mingyue Zheng, Chang-Yun Wang*, Chengyuan Wang*, Yue-Wei Guo*, Baofu Xu*. Discovery of a terpene synthase synthesizing a nearly non-flexible eunicellane reveals the basis of flexibility‍‍‍‍. Nat. Commun., 2024, 15: 5940. (Lead Corresponding)

3.Baofu Xu, Dean J. Tantillo, Jeffrey D. Rudolf*. Mechanistic Insights into the Formation of the 6,10-Bicyclic Eunicellane Skeleton by the Bacterial Diterpene Synthase Bnd4. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 23159–23163.

4.Chenxi Zhu#, Baofu Xu#, Donovon A. Adpressa#, Jeffrey D. Rudolf*, Sandra Loesgen*. Discovery and Biosynthesis of a Structurally Dynamic Antibacterial Diterpenoid. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 14163–14170. (Co-first Author)

5.Baofu Xu, Zining Li,Tyler A. Alsup, Michelle A. Ehrenberger,  Jeffrey D. Rudolf*. Bacterial diterpene synthases prenylate small molecules‍. ACS Catal., 2021, 11, 10, 5906–5915.

6.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*. First trans-eunicellane terpene synthase in bacteria. Chem, 2023, 9(3), 698-708.

7.Zining Li, Baofu Xu, Tyler Alsup, Xiuting Wei, Wenbo Ning, Daniel Icenhour, Michelle Ehrenberger, Ion Ghiviriga, Bao-Doan Giang, Jeffrey Rudolf*. Cryptic isomerization in diterpene biosynthesis and the restoration of an evolutionarily defunct P450. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 41, 22361–22365.

8.Ran Zou, Xin Li, Xiaochen Chen, Yue-Wei Guo, Baofu Xu*. Chemical and Biosynthetic Potential of Penicillium shentong XL-F41. Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 2024, 20, 597–606. (Lead Corresponding)

9.Ran Zou, Bao Chen, Jie Sun, Yue-Wei Guo, Baofu Xu*. Recent advances of activation techniques-based discovery of new compounds from marine fungi. Fitoterapia, 2023, 167:105503. (Lead Corresponding)

10.Meng-Jun Wu, Baofu Xu*, Yue-Wei Guo*. Unusual Secondary Metabolites from the Mangrove Ecosystems: Structures, Bioactivities,Chemical, and Bio-Syntheses. Mar. Drugs, 2022, 20, 535. (Co-Corresponding)

11.Zi-Rong Zeng, Jing Chen, Hong Wang, Hai-Yan Zhang, Jia Li, Baofu Xu*, Yue-Wei Guo*. Bioactive Cembranoids from the Coral Sarcophyton trocheliophorum of Ximao Island. ACS Omega, 2022, 7, 41678−41686. (Co-Corresponding)

12.Baofu Xu, Wenbo Ning, Xiuting Wei, Jeffrey D. Rudolf*. Mutation of the eunicellane synthase Bnd4 alters its product profile and expands its prenylation ability. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2022, 20, 45, 8833-8837.

13.BaoChen#, Pei Ju Qiu#, Baofu Xu#, Qingmin Zhao, Yu-Cheng Gu, Lei Fu, ShiJie Bi, Lefu Lan*, Chang-Yun Wang*, Yue-Wei Guo*. Cytotoxicand and Antibacterial Isomalabaricane Terpenoids from the Sponge Rhabdastrella globostellata. J. Nat. Prod., 2022, 85, 1799–1807. (Co-first Author)

14.Baofu Xu, Zhen Fan, Yongxing Lei, Yu Ping, Amit Jaisi, Youli Xiao*. Insights into pipecolic acid biosynthesis in Huperzia serrata. Org. Lett., 2018, 20, 8, 2195-2198.

15.Baofu Xu, Lei Lei, Xiaocen Zhu, Yiqing Zhou, Youli Xiao*. Identification and characterization of L-lysine decarboxylase from Huperzia serrata and its role in the metabolic pathway of lycopodium alkaloid‍. Phytochemistry, 2017, 136: 23–30.

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