Zhicheng Guo, Shijuan Wu, Xiaohua Wang, Gen Lu, Minghe Luo, Yulu Dong, Guo Sun, Zixin Deng,Guifa Zhai*and Yuhui Sun*. Condensation-independent intramodular translocation mechanism of thetrans-AT polyketide synthase assembly line.Nature Chemical Biology. Accepted.(*共同通讯作者)
Tao Han, Qiqi He,Guifa Zhai, Xiaofeng Cai. Antimicrobial discovery from underexplored environments: unlocking specialized metabolism.Current Opinion in Microbiology. 2026, 10.1016/j.mib.2026.102745.
Yuxing Liang,Guifa Zhai, Ruiyang Pan, Yingfan Lu, Yuhui Sun, Fuling Zhou. Disruption ofNAD⁺ and gsh/GPX4 axis via NAMPT inhibition by elaiophylin sensitizes AML to ferroptosis, Blood,2025, 146(Supplement 1).
Chenghai Sun*, Gen Lu, Baoming Chen, Guangjun Li, Ya Wu, Yannik Brack, Dong Yi, Yufei Ao, Shuke Wu, Ren Wei, Yuhui Sun,Guifa Zhai*, and Uwe T. Bornscheuer*. Direct asymmetric amination enables the synthesis of β-branched aromatic α-amino acids using engineered phenylalanine ammonia lyases.Nature communications.2023,15: 8264.(*共同通讯作者)
Guifa Zhai+,Yan Zhu+, Guo Sun, Fan Zhou,Yangning Sun,Zhou Hong, Chuan Dong, Peter F. Leadlay, Kui Hong, Zixin Deng, Fuling Zhou, Yuhui Sun*. Insights into azalomycin F assembly line contribute to evolution-guided polyketide synthase engineering and identification of intermodular recognition.Nature Communications.2023, 14: 612.(+共同第一作者)
GuifaZhai,Senhua Chen, Hongjie Shen, Heng Guo, Minghua Jiang, Lan Liu. Bioactive monoterpenes and polyketides from the ascidian-derived fungusDiaporthesp. SYSU-MS4722.Marine Drugs. 2022, 29, 20: 553.(第一作者)
Guifa Zhai+,Wenyan Wang+, Wei Xu, Guo Sun, Chaoqun Hu, Xiangmin Wu, Zisong Cong, Liang Deng, Yanrong Shi, Peter F. Leadlay, Heng Song, Kui Hong, Zixin Deng, Yuhui Sun*. Cross-module enoylreduction in the azalomycin F polyketide synthase.Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2020, 59: 22738-22742.(+共同第一作者)
Wei Xu+,Guifa Zhai+, Yuanzhen Liu, Yuan Li, Yanrong Shi, Kui Hong, Hui Hong, Peter F. Leadlay, Zixin Deng, and Yuhui Sun. An iterative module in the azalomycin F polyketide synthase contains a switchable enoylreductase domain.Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2017, 56: 5503-5506.(+共同第一作者)
Hu Zeng, Shishi Wen, Wei Xu, Zhaoren He,Guifa Zhai, Yunkun Liu, Zixin Deng, Yuhui Sun. Highly efficient editing of the actinorhodin polyketide chain length factor gene in Streptomyces coelicolor M145 using CRISPR/Cas9-CodA(sm) combined system. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2015, 99: 10575-10585.