Publications at ASU:

• Martinez, R., Flores, A., Dufault, M., Wang, X. (2019) The XylR variant (R121C and P363S) releases arabinose‐induced catabolite repression on xylose fermentation and enhances coutilization of lignocellulosic sugar mixtures. Biotechnol Bioeng. doi:10.1002/bit.27144
• Kurgan, G., Sievert, C., Flores, A., Schneider, A., Billings, T., Panyon, L., Morris, C., Taylor, E., Kurgan, L., Cartwright, R., Wang, X. (2019) Parallel experimental evolution reveals a novel repressive control of GalP on xylose fermentation in Escherichia coli. Biotechnol Bioeng. doi:10.1002/bit.27004
• Flores, A., Zeynep, A., Nielsen, D., Wang, X. (2019) Engineering a synthetic, catabolically orthogonal coculture system for enhanced conversion of lignocellulose-derived sugars to ethanol. ACS Synth Biol. doi:10.1021/acssynbio.9b00007
• Flores, A., Wang, X., Nielsen, D. (2019) Recent trends in integrated bioprocesses: aiding and expanding microbial biofuel/biochemical production. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 57, 82-87
• Kurgan, G., Panyon, L., Rodriguez-Sanchez, Y., Pacheco, E., Nieves, L. M., Mann, R., Nielsen, D., Wang, X. (2019). Bioprospecting of native efflux pumps to enhance furfural tolerance in ethanologenic Escherichia coli. Appl Environ Microbiol. 85:e02985-18
• Machas, M., Kurgan, G., Flores, A., Schneider, A., Jha, A., Coyle, S., Varman, A., Wang, X., and Nielsen, D. (2018). Emerging tools, enabling technologies, and future opportunities for the bioproduction of aromatic chemicals. J Chem Technol Biotechnol. doi:10.1002/jctb.5762
• Sievert, C., Nieves, L. M., Panyon, L. A., Loeffler, T., Morris, C., Cartwright, R., Wang, X. (2017) Experimental evolution reveals a novel avenue to release catabolite repression via mutations in XylR. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 114, 7349-7354
• Flores, A., Kurgan, G., Wang, X. (2016). Engineering bacterial sugar catabolism and tolerance toward lignocellulose conversion. Chapter Six in Engineering of Microorganisms for the Production of Chemicals and Biofuels from Renewable Resources. G. Gosset ed. (Springer) ISBN 9783319517285 pp. 147-180
• Immethun, C.M., Henson, W.R., Wang, X., Nielsen, D.R. and Moon T.S. (2016). Engineering central metabolism for production of higher alcohol-based biofuels. Chapter One in Biotechnologies for Biofuel Production and Optimization. C. Eckert and C. Trinh ed. (Elsevier) ISBN 9780444634757 pp. 1-34
• Nieves, L. M., Panyon, L. A., Wang, X. (2015) Engineering sugar utilization and microbial tolerance toward lignocellulose conversion. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 3:17. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2015.00017
• Geddes, R. D., Wang, X., Yomano, L. P., Miller, E. N., Zheng, H., Shanmugam, K. T., Ingram, L. O. (2014). Polyamine transporters and polyamines increase furfural tolerance during xylose ermentation with ethanologenic Escherichia coli strain LY180. Appl Environ Microbiol. 80, 5955-5964

Representative publications prior to ASU:

• Wang, X., Yomano, L.P., Lee, J.Y., Sean, S.Y., Zheng, H., Mullinnix, M.T., Shanmugam K. T., Ingram, L.O. (2013) Engineering furfural tolerance in Escherichia coli improves the fermentation of lignocellulosic sugars into renewable chemicals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 110, 4021-4026
• Wang, X., Miller, E.N., Yomano, L.P., Shanmugam K. T., Ingram, L.O. (2012) Increased furan tolerance in Escherichia coli due to a cryptic ucpA gene. Appl Environ Microbiol. 78, 2452-2455
• Wang, X.*, Miller, E.N.*, Yomano, L.P., Zhang, X. Shanmugam K. T., Ingram, L.O. (2011) Increased furfural tolerance due to overexpression of NADH-dependent oxidoreductase FucO in Escherichia coli strains engineered for the production of ethanoland lactate. Appl Environ Microbiol. 77, 5132-5140 *Equally contributed.
• Zhang, X. *, Wang, X. *, Shanmugam K. T., Ingram, L.O. (2011).L-Malate production by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli.Appl Environ Microbiol. 77, 427-434 *Equally contributed.
• Wang, X., Zhou, Y., Ren, J., Hammer, N. D. and Chapman, M. R. (2010). Gatekeeper residues in major curlin subunit modulate bacterial amyloid fiber biogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 107, 163-168
• Wang, X. and Chapman, M. R. (2010). Functional microbial amyloids: protein misfolding done right. In Functional Amyloid Aggregation, S. Rigacci and M. Bucciantini, ed. (ISBN: 978-81-308-0425-5) pp. 21-35
• Wang, X. and Chapman, M. R. (2008). Curli provide the template for understanding controlled amyloid propagation. Prion. 2, 57-60
• Wang, X. and Chapman, M. R. (2008). Sequence determinants of bacterial amyloid formation. J Mol Biol. 380, 570-580
• Wang, X., Hammer, N. D. and Chapman, M. R. (2008). The molecular basis of bacterial amyloid polymerization and nucleation. J Biol Chem. 283, 21530-21539 *Selected by Faculty of 1000 Biology
• Wang, X., Smith, D. R., Jones, J. W., and Chapman, M. R. (2007). In vitro polymerization of a functional Escherichia coli amyloid protein. J Biol Chem. 282, 3713-3719