Ying Liu

Metabolic compensation via gluconeogenesis explains the non-essentiality of glycogen phosphorylase as an insecticidal target in Plutella xylostella

The paper investigates whether glycogen phosphorylase (GP) can be an insecticidal target in Plutella xylostella by evaluating the effects of GP inhibitors and showing that metabolic compensation via gluconeogenesis prevents insecticidal activity.

Telomere-to-telomere assembly and haplotype analysis of tetraploid Dendrobium officinale illuminate Orchidaceae polyploid evolution and mycorrhizal symbiosis genes

This paper presents the first telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of Dendrobium officinale, identifies tetra-allelic genes, and explores SWEET gene family evolution and mycorrhizal functions.

Artificial Recombination of Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases Rapidly Evolves Natural Products

The paper introduces RACE, a method for rapidly evolving NRPSs through recombineering, generating novel peptides and uncovering new recombination sites.