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  1. The dual-function enzyme Pp LipO protects polar marine bacteria from phospholipid peroxidation

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  2. Mechanistic insights into the key marine dimethylsulfoniopropionate synthesis enzyme DsyB/DSYB

    Article • mLife, June 2022, Tsinghua University Press

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  3. Mechanistic insight into acrylate metabolism and detoxification in marine dimethylsulfoniopropionate-catabolizing bacteria

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2017, Wiley

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  4. Phosphorus removal by marine bacterium enhanced with iron in the presence of silicon

    Article • Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, February 2017, Wiley

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang, Prof Weizhi WZ Zhou

  5. Structural mechanism for bacterial oxidation of oceanic trimethylamine into trimethylamineN-oxide

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2017, Wiley

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  6. Nascent Genomic Evolution and Allopatric Speciation ofMyroides profundiD25 in Its Transition from Land to Ocean

    Article • mBio, January 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  7. Mechanistic Insight into TrimethylamineN-Oxide Recognition by the Marine Bacterium Ruegeria pomeroyi DSS-3

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  8. Structural and molecular basis for the novel catalytic mechanism and evolution of DddP , an abundant peptidase‐like bacterial Dimethylsulfoniopropionate lyase: a new enzyme from an old fold

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2015, Wiley

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  9. Physiological and genetic analyses reveal a mechanistic insight into the multifaceted lifestyles ofPseudoalteromonassp. SM9913 adapted to the deep-sea sediment

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, April 2015, Wiley

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  10. Mechanistic Insight into the Elastin Degradation Process by the Metalloprotease Myroilysin from the Deep-Sea Bacterium Myroides profundi D25

    Article • Marine Drugs, March 2015, MDPI AG

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang, Professor Anthony S Weiss

  11. Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals That Lactose Acts as an Inducer and Provides Proper Carbon Sources for Enhancing Exopolysaccharide Yield in the Deep-Sea Bacterium Zunongwangia profunda SM-A87

    Article • PLOS One, February 2015, PLOS

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  12. Deep RNA sequencing reveals a high frequency of alternative splicing events in the fungus Trichoderma longibrachiatum

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  13. Filamentous phages prevalent in Pseudoalteromonas spp. confer properties advantageous to host survival in Arctic sea ice

    Article • The ISME Journal, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  14. Molecular Insight into the Role of the N-terminal Extension in the Maturation, Substrate Recognition, and Catalysis of a Bacterial Alginate Lyase from Polysaccharide Lyase Family 18

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2014, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  15. A novel exopolysaccharide from deep-sea bacterium Zunongwangia profunda SM-A87: low-cost fermentation, moisture retention, and antioxidant activities

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  16. A Proposed Genus Boundary for the Prokaryotes Based on Genomic Insights

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  17. Trichokonins from Trichoderma pseudokoningii SMF2 induce resistance against Gram-negative Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp . carotovorum in Chinese cabbage

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  18. Characterization of a Novel Subtilisin-like Protease Myroicolsin from Deep Sea Bacterium Myroides profundi D25 and Molecular Insight into Its Collagenolytic Mechanism

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 2014, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  19. The ultrastructure of type I collagen at nanoscale: large or small D-spacing distribution?

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  20. Development of a genetic system for the deep-sea psychrophilic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. SM9913

    Article • Microbial Cell Factories, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  21. Comparative genomics of the marine bacterial genusGlaciecolareveals the high degree of genomic diversity and genomic characteristic for cold adaptation

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, November 2013, Wiley

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  22. Diversity of Both the Cultivable Protease-Producing Bacteria and Bacterial Extracellular Proteases in the Coastal Sediments of King George Island, Antarctica

    Article • PLOS One, November 2013, PLOS

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  23. Structural and mechanistic insights into collagen degradation by a bacterial collagenolytic serine protease in the subtilisin family

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 2013, Wiley

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  24. Gene Cloning, Expression and Characterization of a Novel Xylanase from the Marine Bacterium, Glaciecola mesophila KMM241

    Article • Marine Drugs, April 2013, MDPI AG

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  25. Calpain, Atg5 and Bak play important roles in the crosstalk between apoptosis and autophagy induced by influx of extracellular calcium

    Article • APOPTOSIS, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  26. Cultivable Alginate Lyase-Excreting Bacteria Associated with the Arctic Brown Alga Laminaria

    Article • Marine Drugs, November 2012, MDPI AG

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  27. Structure and Ecological Roles of a Novel Exopolysaccharide from the Arctic Sea Ice Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. Strain SM20310

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  28. Tenderization effect of cold-adapted collagenolytic protease MCP-01 on beef meat at low temperature and its mechanism

    Article • Food Chemistry, October 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  29. Antimicrobial Peptide Trichokonin VI-Induced Alterations in the Morphological and Nanomechanical Properties of Bacillus subtilis

    Article • PLOS One, September 2012, PLOS

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  30. Molecular insights into the terminal energy acceptor in cyanobacterial phycobilisome

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2012, Wiley

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  31. Structural and Functional Characterization of Mature Forms of Metalloprotease E495 from Arctic Sea-Ice Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. SM495

    Article • PLOS One, April 2012, PLOS

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  32. Genetic structure of three fosmid-fragments encoding 16S rRNA genes of the Miscellaneous Crenarchaeotic Group (MCG): implications for physiology and evolution of marine sedimentary archaea

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, November 2011, Wiley

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang, Dr Hongyue Dang

  33. Optimization of Fermentation Conditions and Rheological Properties of Exopolysaccharide Produced by Deep-Sea Bacterium Zunongwangia profunda SM-A87

    Article • PLOS One, November 2011, PLOS

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  34. Purification and Characterization of a Bifunctional Alginate Lyase from Pseudoalteromonas sp. SM0524

    Article • Marine Drugs, January 2011, MDPI AG

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  35. Improvement of the quality of wheat bread by addition of glycoside hydrolase family 10 xylanases

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  36. Antimicrobial peptaibols induce defense responses and systemic resistance in tobacco against tobacco mosaic virus

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, November 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  37. Comparative genomics reveals a deep-sea sediment-adapted life style of Pseudoalteromonas sp. SM9913

    Article • The ISME Journal, August 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  38. Single-step chromatography for simultaneous purification of C-phycocyanin and allophycocyanin with high purity and recovery from Spirulina (Arthrospira) platensis

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  39. Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Hydrolysates Produced on a Plant Scale Have Antitumor Activity and Immunostimulating Effects in BALB/c Mice

    Article • Marine Drugs, February 2010, MDPI AG

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  40. The complete genome of Zunongwangia profunda SM-A87 reveals its adaptation to the deep-sea environment and ecological role in sedimentary organic nitrogen degradation

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang, Dr Hongyue Dang

  41. Antimicrobial peptaibols, novel suppressors of tumor cells, targeted calcium-mediated apoptosis and autophagy in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells

    Article • Molecular Cancer, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  42. Purification and enzymatic characterization of two β-endoxylanases from Trichoderma sp. K9301 and their actions in xylooligosaccharide production

    Article • Bioresource Technology, November 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  43. Characterization and gene cloning of a novel serine protease with nematicidal activity from Trichoderma pseudokoningii  SMF2

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, October 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  44. Purification and functional characterization of endo-β-mannanase MAN5 and its application in oligosaccharide production from konjac flour

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  45. Probing the pH sensitivity of R-phycoerythrin: Investigations of active conformational and functional variation

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, July 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang, Luning Liu

  46. Molecular analysis of the gene encoding a cold-adapted halophilic subtilase from deep-sea psychrotolerant bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. SM9913: cloning, expression, characterization and function analysis of the C-terminal PPC domains

    Article • World Journal of Surgery, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  47. Gene cloning, expression and characterization of a new cold-active and salt-tolerant endo-β-1,4-xylanase from marine Glaciecola mesophila KMM 241

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  48. Diversity of Both the Cultivable Protease-Producing Bacteria and Their Extracellular Proteases in the Sediments of the South China Sea

    Article • Microbial Ecology, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang, Dr Hongyue Dang

  49. Efficient separation and purification of allophycocyanin from Spirulina (Arthrospira) platensis

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  50. Novel Use for the Osmolyte Trimethylamine N-oxide: Retaining the Psychrophilic Characters of Cold-Adapted Protease Deseasin MCP-01 and Simultaneously Improving its Thermostability

    Article • Marine Biotechnology, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  51. Myroides profundi sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment of the southern Okinawa Trough

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, October 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang, Dr Hongyue Dang

  52. Pilot and plant scaled production of ACE inhibitory hydrolysates from Acetes chinensis and its in vivo antihypertensive effect

    Article • Bioresource Technology, September 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  53. Production of novel angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory peptides by fermentation of marine shrimp Acetes chinensis with Lactobacillus fermentum SM 605

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, July 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  54. Purification and identification of novel angiotensin-I-converting enzyme inhibitory peptides from shark meat hydrolysate

    Article • Process Biochemistry, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  55. Predicting protein interaction interfaces from protein sequences: Case studies of subtilisin and phycocyanin

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, December 2007, Wiley

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  56. Solid-state fermentation for Trichokonins production from Trichoderma koningii SMF2 and preparative purification of Trichokonin VI by a simple protocol

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, August 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  57. Autolysis of a novel multidomain subtilase—cold-adapted deseasin MCP-01 is pH-dependent and the surface loops in its catalytic domain, the linker, and the P_proprotein domain are susceptible to proteolytic attack

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, July 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  58. Wangia profunda gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from southern Okinawa Trough deep-sea sediment

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, June 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang, Dr Hongyue Dang

  59. Broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity and high stability of Trichokonins from Trichoderma koningii SMF2 against plant pathogens

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, July 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  60. Analysis of novel angiotensin-I-converting enzyme inhibitory peptides from protease-hydrolyzed marine shrimpAcetes chinensis

    Article • Journal of Peptide Science, January 2006, Wiley

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  61. FACTORS THAT EFFECT ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF C-PHYCOCYANINS FROM SPIRULINA PLATENSIS

    Article • Journal of Food Biochemistry, June 2005, Wiley

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  62. Stabilization of Cold-Adapted Protease MCP-01 Promoted by Trehalose: Prevention of the Autolysis

    Article • Protein & Peptide Letters, May 2005, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  63. One-step chromatography method for efficient separation and purification of R-phycoerythrin from Polysiphonia urceolata

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, March 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang

  64. Two different proteases produced by a deep-sea psychrotrophic bacterial strain, Pseudoaltermonas sp. SM9913

    Article • Marine Biology, November 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yu-Zhong Zhang