Publications at ASU:

• Kurgan, G., Kurgan, L., Schneider, A., Onyeabor, M., Rodriguez-Sanchez, Y., Taylor, E., Carbonell, P., Martinez, R., Shi, X., Gu, H. and Wang, X. (2019) Identification of major malate export systems in an engineered malate producing Escherichia coli aided by substrate similarity search. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. doi: 10.1007/s00253-019-10164-y.
• 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
• 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