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Yi Tang

Brigham and Women's Hospital · US
Area of research
Pharmacology · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, Fungal Biology and Applications, and Microbial Metabolism and Applications.
h-index
85
citations
20,225
works
393
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Synthetic Biology in Natural Product Biosynthesis
Chemical Reviews 2025cited by 53position: lastdoi
Copper-dependent halogenase catalyses unactivated C−H bond functionalization
Nature 2025cited by 29position: lastdoi
Fungal RiPPs Side Chain Macrocyclization Catalyzed by Copper-Dependent DUF3328 Enzyme
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025cited by 22position: lastdoi
Copper-Dependent Oxidase Catalyzes Aryl Cross-Coupling in the Biosynthesis of a Minimal Ribosomally Derived Natural Product
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025cited by 4position: lastdoi
Tunable regiodivergent C–H alkenylation of 2-arylthiazoles <i>via</i> catalyst control
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Structural Bases of Dihydroxy Acid Dehydratase Inhibition and Biodesign for Self-Resistance
BioDesign Research 2024cited by 3position: middledoi
Genome mining for unknown–unknown natural products
Nature Chemical Biology 2023cited by 102position: lastdoi
High-Throughput Identification of Crystalline Natural Products from Crude Extracts Enabled by Microarray Technology and microED
ACS Central Science 2023cited by 23position: middledoi
Biosynthesis of Polycyclic Natural Products from Conjugated Polyenes via Tandem Isomerization and Pericyclic Reactions
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023cited by 17position: lastdoi
Assessing the Biosynthetic Inventory of the Biocontrol Fungus <i>Trichoderma afroharzianum</i> T22
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2023cited by 16position: lastdoi
Genome Mining from Agriculturally Relevant Fungi Led to a <scp>d</scp>-Glucose Esterified Polyketide with a Terpene-like Core Structure
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023cited by 11position: lastdoi
Natural Product Biosynthesis
2022cited by 40position: lastdoi
Engineered Production of Strictosidine and Analogues in Yeast
ACS Synthetic Biology 2022cited by 30position: lastdoi
Discovery and characterization of a terpene biosynthetic pathway featuring a norbornene-forming Diels-Alderase
Nature Communications 2022cited by 29position: lastdoi
Biosynthesis of Terpenoid–Pyrrolobenzoxazine Hybrid Natural Product CJ‐12662
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022cited by 28position: lastdoi
Structural basis for the biosynthesis of lovastatin
Nature Communications 2021cited by 89position: middledoi
Harzianic Acid from <i>Trichoderma afroharzianum</i> Is a Natural Product Inhibitor of Acetohydroxyacid Synthase
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021cited by 67position: lastdoi
Prospecting for natural products by genome mining and microcrystal electron diffraction
Nature Chemical Biology 2021cited by 65position: middledoi
Targeted Genome Mining Reveals the Biosynthetic Gene Clusters of Natural Product CYP51 Inhibitors
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021cited by 45position: lastdoi
Cell-Free Total Biosynthesis of Plant Terpene Natural Products Using an Orthogonal Cofactor Regeneration System
ACS Catalysis 2021cited by 38position: lastdoi
High-Titer Production of Olivetolic Acid and Analogs in Engineered Fungal Host Using a Nonplant Biosynthetic Pathway
ACS Synthetic Biology 2021cited by 34position: lastdoi
Recent developments in self-resistance gene directed natural product discovery
Natural Product Reports 2020cited by 117position: lastdoi
An enzymatic Alder-ene reaction
Nature 2020cited by 74position: lastdoi
Biosynthesis of Mycotoxin Fusaric Acid and Application of a PLP-Dependent Enzyme for Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Substituted <scp>l</scp> -Pipecolic Acids
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020cited by 69position: lastdoi
Discovery and Biocatalytic Application of a PLP-Dependent Amino Acid γ-Substitution Enzyme That Catalyzes C–C Bond Formation
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020cited by 64position: lastdoi
Iterative Catalysis in the Biosynthesis of Mitochondrial Complex II Inhibitors Harzianopyridone and Atpenin B
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020cited by 45position: lastdoi
Fungal siderophore biosynthesis catalysed by an iterative nonribosomal peptide synthetase
Chemical Science 2020cited by 35position: lastdoi
Engineered mitochondrial production of monoterpenes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Metabolic Engineering 2019cited by 154position: lastdoi
Enzyme-Catalyzed Inverse-Electron Demand Diels–Alder Reaction in the Biosynthesis of Antifungal Ilicicolin H
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019cited by 121position: lastdoi
Genome-Mined Diels–Alderase Catalyzes Formation of the <i>cis</i>-Octahydrodecalins of Varicidin A and B
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019cited by 76position: lastdoi

Grants

Uncovering Small Molecules that Mediate Plant-Fungi Interactions
NSF2545921$1,000,0002025–2028PIRePORTER
Uncovering Small Molecules that Mediate Plant-Fungi Interactions
NSF2434499$02025–2028PIRePORTER
Discovery and Characterization of SAM-Dependent Pericyclases
NSF1806581$525,0002018–2021PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: SusChEM: A Robust Yeast Platform for the Synthesis and Engineering of Polyketide-Based Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals
NSF1605877$300,0002016–2019PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Metabolite-responsive regulators for polyketide pathway engineering
NSF1159759$300,0002012–2016PIRePORTER
Biosynthetic Engineering Approaches towards Generating New Tetracycline Antibiotics
NSF1033070$321,8482010–2014PIRePORTER
PECASE: Bioengineering of Secondary Metabolic Pathways
NSF0545860$400,0002006–2011PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

K. N. Houk · University of California, Los Angeles17 papers (2014–2025)Masao Ōhashi · University of California, Los Angeles15 papers (2017–2025)Yit‐Heng Chooi · The University of Western Australia14 papers (2012–2017)Wei Xu · Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine12 papers (2012–2015)Man‐Cheng Tang · Shanghai Jiao Tong University11 papers (2015–2020)Mengbin Chen · Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)9 papers (2017–2023)Kenji Watanabe · Gene Therapy Laboratory9 papers (2012–2023)Hsiao‐Ching Lin · Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica7 papers (2013–2018)Cooper S. Jamieson · Gilead Sciences (United States)7 papers (2018–2023)Neil K. Garg · University of California, Los Angeles6 papers (2012–2021)Michio Sato · University of Shizuoka6 papers (2012–2023)John C. Vederas · University of Warwick6 papers (2012–2015)Ralph A. Cacho · University of Washington6 papers (2012–2016)Nicholas Liu · Menlo School5 papers (2016–2021)Zhuan Zhang · Chinese Academy of Sciences5 papers (2019–2021)Undramaa Bat-Erdene · University of California, Los Angeles5 papers (2018–2025)Steven E. Jacobsen · Broad Center5 papers (2018–2023)Yang Hai · University of California, Santa Barbara5 papers (2017–2020)Kanji Niwa · University of California System5 papers (2022–2023)Jiahai Zhou · Shenzhen University5 papers (2016–2021)