1. Self-Resistance in the Biosynthesis of Fungal Macrolides Involving Cycles of Extracellular Oxidative Activation and Intracellular Reductive Inactivation. Yalong Zhang, Jian Bai, Le Zhang, Chen Zhang, Bingyu Liu, and Youcai Hu*. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60(12), 6639–6645.
2. Enzymatic Dimerization in the Biosynthetic Pathway of Microbial Natural Products. Jiawang Liu#, Anan Liu# and Youcai Hu*. Natural Product Reports, 2021, 38(8), 1469-1505.
3. Genome mining combined metabolic shunting and OSMAC strategy of an endophytic fungus leads to the production of diverse natural products. Qian Wei#, Jian Bai#, Daojiang Yan, Xiuqi Bao, Wenting Li, Bingyu Liu, Dan Zhang, Xiangbing Qi, Dequan Yu, Youcai Hu*. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021, 11(2), 572-587.
4. Enzymatic Intermolecular Hetero-Diels–Alder Reaction in the Biosynthesis of Tropolonic Sesquiterpenes. Qibin Chen#, Jie Gao#, Cooper Jamieson, Jiawang Liu, Masao Ohashi, Jian Bai, Daojiang Yan, Bingyu Liu, Yongsheng Che, Yanan Wang, K. N. Houk*, and Youcai Hu*. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141(36), 14052-14056.
5. Complexity and Diversity Generation in the Biosynthesis of Fumiquinazoline-Related Peptidyl Alkaloids. Daojiang Yan#, Qibin Chen#, Jie Gao#, Jian Bai, Bingyu Liu, Yalong Zhang, Le Zhang, Chen Zhang, Yi Zou, and Youcai Hu*. Organic Letters, 2019, 21 (5), 1475-1479.
6. Biosynthesis of Heptacyclic Duclauxins Requires Extensive Redox Modifications of the Phenalenone Aromatic Polyketide. Shu-Shan Gao#, Tao Zhang#, Marc Garcia-Borras, Yiu-Sun Hung, John M. Billingsley, K. N. Houk*, Youcai Hu* and Yi Tang*. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140(22), 6991-6997.
7. Epigenetic modification in histone deacetylase deletion strain of Calcarisporium arbuscula leads to diverse diterpenoids. Jian Bai, Rong Mu, Man Dou, Daojiang Yan, Bingyu Liu, Qian Wei, Jun Wan, Yi Tang, Youcai Hu*. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2018, 8(4), 687–697.
8. Activation of an Unconventional Meroterpenoid Gene Cluster in Neosartorya glabra Leads to the Production of New Berkeleyacetals. Tao Zhang#, Jun Wan#, Zhajun Zhan, Jian Bai, Bingyu Liu, Youcai Hu*. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2018, 8(3), 478–487.
9. A Cascade of Redox Reactions Generates Complexity in the Biosynthesis of the Protein Phosphatase-2 Inhibitor Rubratoxin A. Jian Bai#, Daojiang Yan#, Tao Zhang, Yongzhi Guo, Yunbao Liu, Yi Zou, Mancheng Tang, Bingyu Liu, Qiong Wu, Shishan Yu*, Yi Tang*, and Youcai Hu*. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56(17), 4782-4786.
10. Epigenetic Genome Mining of an Endophytic Fungus Leads to the Pleiotropic Biosynthesis of Natural Products. Xu-Ming Mao, Wei Xu, Dehai Li, Wen-Bing Yin, Yit-Heng Chooi, Yong-Quan Li, Yi Tang*, and Youcai Hu*. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54(26), 7592–7596.