Zhang Yan

Selected Publications

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    Yang Q, Zhang L, Liang Y, Ma H, Song L, Luo L, Tan J, Hu Y, Ma K, Chen Y, Tong Y, Zhang C, Zhao S*, Wang M*, Zhang L*, Wei Y*, Zhang Y*. Carboxymethylcytosine is a natural base modification and a handle for bacteriophage DNA hypermodification. Nat Comms. 2025. (通讯作者)

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    Li Z#, Meng W#, Gao Z#, Peng W, Hu Z, Zhang J, Wang Y, Wu X, Zhao Z, Zhang C, Tang Z, Nie Z, Wu S, Wu B, Zheng H, Luo D, Tong Y, Hu Y, Hu Z, Wei Y*, Zhang Y*. A reductive uric acid degradation pathway in anaerobic bacteria. Life Metabolism, 2025. (通讯作者)

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    Ma K, Xue B, Chu R, Zheng Y, Sharma S, Jiang L, Hu M, Xie Y, Hu Y, Tao T, Zhou Y, Liu D, Li Z, Yang Q, Chen Y, Wu S, Tong Y, Robinson RC, Yew WS, Jin X, Liu Y, Zhao H, Ang EL, Wei Y*, Zhang Y*. A widespread radical-mediated glycolysis pathway. J Am Chem Soc, 2024, 146(38): 26187-97. (通讯作者)

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    Tong Y#, Wu X#, Liu Y#, Chen H, Zhou Y, Jiang L, Li M*, Zhao S*, Zhang Y* Alternative Z-genome biosynthesis pathway shows evolutionary progression from archaea to phage. Nat Microbiol. 2023, 2023 Jul;8(7):1330-1338.(通讯作者)

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    Duan Y#, Wei Y#, Xing M, Liu J, Jiang L, Lu Q, Liu X, Ang EL, Liao RZ, Yuchi Z*, Zhao H*, Zhang Y* Anaerobic hydroxyproline degradation involving C-N cleavage by a glycyl radical enzyme. J Am Chem Soc 2022, 144, 22, 9715–9722. (通讯作者)

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    Zhou Y#, Xu X#, Wei Y#, Cheng Y, Guo Y, Khudyakov I, Liu F, He P, Song Z, Li Z, Gao Y, Ang EL, Zhao H*, Zhang Y*, Zhao S* A widespread pathway for substitution of adenine by diaminopurine in phage genomes. Science 2021, 372(6541):512-516. (通讯作者)

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    Wei Y, Zhang Y* Glycyl Radical Enzymes and Sulfonate Metabolism in the Microbiome. Annual Rev. Biochem. 2021, 90:817-846. (通讯作者)

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    Liu J#, Wei Y#, Ma K#, An J#, Liu X, Liu Y, Ang EL, Zhao H*, Zhang Y* Mechanistically diverse pathways for sulfoquinovose degradation in bacteria. ACS Catal. 2021, 11: 14740-14750. (通讯作者)

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    Liu J#, Wei Y#, Lin L, Teng L, Yin J, Lu Q, Chen J, Zheng Y, Li Y, Xu R, Zhai W, Liu Y, Liu Y, Cao P, Ang EL, Zhao H*, Yuchi Z*, Zhang Y* Two radical-dependent mechanisms for anaerobic degradation of the globally abundant organosulfur compound dihydroxypropanesulfonate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020, 117(27):15599-15608. (通讯作者)入选Faculty of 1000

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    Xing M#, Wei Y#, Zhou Y, Zhang J, Lin L, Hu Y, Hua G, Nanjaraj A.N., Liu D, Wang F, Guo C, Tong Y, Li M, Liu Y, Ang E, Zhao H*, Yuchi Z*, Zhang Y*. Radical-mediated C-S bond cleavage in C2 sulfonate degradation by anaerobic bacteria. Nat Comms. 2019, 10(1):1609. (通讯作者)