Publications at ASU:

• 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. PNAS.114, 7349-7354.
• Flores, A., Kurgan, G., Wang, X. (2016). Engineering bacterial sugar catabolism and tolerance toward lignocellulose conversion. Chapter Six in Engineering microorganisms for the production of chemicals and biofuels from renewable sources. 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.

Representative publications prior to ASU:

• Geddes, R. D., Wang, X., Yomano, L. P., Miller, E. N., Zheng, H., Shanmugam, K. T., Ingram, L. O. Polyamine Transporters and Polyamines Increase Furfural Tolerance During Xylose Fermentation with Ethanologenic Escherichia coli strain LY180. Appl Environ Microbiol (2014).80, 5955-5964.
• 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 thefermentation of lignocellulosic sugars into renewable chemicals. PNAS.110, 4021-4026.
• Wang, X., Miller, E.N., Yomano, L.P., Shanmugam K. T., Ingram, L.O. (2012) Cryptic ucpA gene increases furan-tolerance in Escherichia coli biocatalysts. 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 oxidoreductaseFucO 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. PNAS. 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.