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Overview

Shu-Ming Li is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on subfields such as Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their work concentrates on several main topics including:

  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Plant Biochemistry and Biosynthesis
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Microbial Metabolism and Applications
  • Natural Product Bioactivities and Synthesis
  • Phytochemical Compounds Biological Activities
  • Alkaloids: Synthesis and Pharmacology

Shu-Ming Li has authored numerous papers, among which notable recent publications include:

  • "Synergistic effect of UV/chlorine in bacterial inactivation, resistance gene removal, and gene conjugative transfer blocking" (2020), published in Water Research
  • "Efficient persulfate activation by carbon defects g-C3N4 containing electron traps for the removal of antibiotics, resistant bacteria and genes" (2021), published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Naturally occurring prenylated chalcones from plants: structural diversity, distribution, activities and biosynthesis" (2021), published in Natural Product Reports
  • "Self-cleaning, antimicrobial, and antifouling membrane via integrating mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride into polyvinylidene fluoride" (2020), published in Journal of Membrane Science
  • "Effective treatment of levofloxacin wastewater by an electro-Fenton process with hydrothermal-activated graphite felt as cathode" (2020), published in Environmental Pollution

Frequent coauthors of Shu-Ming Li include:

  • Wen-Bing Yin
  • Jie Fan
  • Huomiao Ran
  • Xiulan Xie
  • Lauritz Harken

Shu-Ming Li has published extensively in several academic venues, with a significant number of publications appearing in:

  • Organic Letters
  • Journal of Natural Products
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Prenylated indole derivatives from fungi: structure diversity, biological activities, biosynthesis and chemoenzymatic synthesis

    Shu-Ming Li

  • Ergot alkaloids: structure diversity, biosynthetic gene clusters and functional proof of biosynthetic genes

    Christiane Wallwey;Shu-Ming Li

  • Identification of the Novobiocin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster of Streptomyces spheroides NCIB 11891

    Marion Steffensky;Agnes Mühlenweg;Zhao-Xin Wang;Shu-Ming Li

  • The Fumitremorgin Gene Cluster of Aspergillus fumigatus: Identification of a Gene Encoding Brevianamide F Synthetase

    Shubha Maiya;Alexander Grundmann;Shu‐Ming Li;Geoffrey Turner

  • Acetylaszonalenin biosynthesis in Neosartorya fischeri. Identification of the biosynthetic gene cluster by genomic mining and functional proof of the genes by biochemical investigation.

    Wen-Bing Yin;Alexander Grundmann;Jun Cheng;Shu-Ming Li

  • Overproduction, purification and characterization of FgaPT2, a dimethylallyltryptophan synthase from Aspergillus fumigatus.

    Inge A. Unsöld;Shu-Ming Li

  • Pharmacokinetic study of artemisinin after oral intake of a traditional preparation of Artemisia annua L. (annual wormwood).

    Karin Räth;Katja Taxis;Gitta Walz;Christoph H. Gleiter

  • The structure of dimethylallyl tryptophan synthase reveals a common architecture of aromatic prenyltransferases in fungi and bacteria

    Ute Metzger;Christoph Schall;Georg Zocher;Inge Unsöld

  • Overproduction, purification and characterization of FtmPT1, a brevianamide F prenyltransferase from Aspergillus fumigatus

    Alexander Grundmann;Shu-Ming Li

  • Identification of the coumermycin A(1) biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces rishiriensis DSM 40489.

    Zhao-Xin Wang;Shu-Ming Li;Lutz Heide

  • Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the clorobiocin biosynthetic gene cluster: new insights into the biosynthesis of aminocoumarin antibiotics.

    Florence Pojer;Shu-Ming Li;Lutz Heide

  • Prenyltransferases as key enzymes in primary and secondary metabolism.

    Julia Winkelblech;Aili Fan;Shu-Ming Li

  • Identification of a Hybrid PKS/NRPS Required for Pseurotin A Biosynthesis in the Human Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

    Shubha Maiya;Alexander Grundmann;Xiang Li;Shu-Ming Li

  • Molecular insights into the enzyme promiscuity of an aromatic prenyltransferase.

    Ridao Chen;Bingquan Gao;Xiao Liu;Feiying Ruan

  • CloQ, a prenyltransferase involved in clorobiocin biosynthesis

    Florence Pojer;Emmanuel Wemakor;Bernd Kammerer;Huawei Chen

  • Reverse prenyltransferase in the biosynthesis of fumigaclavine C in Aspergillus fumigatus: gene expression, purification, and characterization of fumigaclavine C synthase FGAPT1.

    Inge A. Unsöld;Shu-Ming Li

  • Biosynthetic Pathways of Ergot Alkaloids

    Nina Gerhards;Lisa Neubauer;Paul Tudzynski;Shu-Ming Li

  • Indole Prenyltransferases from Fungi: A New Enzyme Group with High Potential for the Production of Prenylated Indole Derivatives

    N. Steffan;A. Grundmann;W.-B. Yin;A. Kremer

  • A 7-dimethylallyltryptophan synthase from Aspergillus fumigatus: overproduction, purification and biochemical characterization.

    Anika Kremer;Lucia Westrich;Shu-Ming Li

  • Genetic Engineering of Plant Secondary Metabolism (Accumulation of 4-Hydroxybenzoate Glucosides as a Result of the Expression of the Bacterial ubiC Gene in Tobacco)

    M Siebert;S Sommer;S M Li;Z X Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Lutz Heide
Lutz Heide University of Tübingen
Xiulan Xie
Xiulan Xie Philipp University of Marburg
Thilo Stehle
Thilo Stehle University of Tübingen
Xiaodong Zheng
Xiaodong Zheng Zhejiang University
Jürgen Schmidt
Jürgen Schmidt Leibniz Association
Keith F. Chater
Keith F. Chater Norwich Research Park
Ulrike Steiner
Ulrike Steiner University of Bonn
Uwe Linne
Uwe Linne Philipp University of Marburg
Xingzhong Liu
Xingzhong Liu Nankai University
Axel A. Brakhage
Axel A. Brakhage Leibniz Association

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