Xu JN, Zhao MM, Xu CL, Wang X, Dou Z*, Wang YJ. Deep learning-driven discovery and engineering of imine reductase for the efficient synthesis of chiral opine derivatives. ACS Catal., 2026, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6c06352
Zhao MM, Dou Z*, Xu JN, Yan HX, Cheng YQ, Wang YJ*. An engineered imine reductase with enhanced activity and thermostability for the asymmetric synthesis of chiral naphthylalkylamines. ACS Catal., 2026, 16, 9569–9581.
Zhu JQ, Dou Z*, Tang HN, Yan HX, Wang YJ*. Rigid-flexible layered immobilization enables precise confinement and dynamic activation of small enzymes. Small, 2026, 22, e12609.
Dou Z, Chen XZ, Zhu LD, Zheng XY, Chen XY, Xue JY, Niwayama S, Ni Y, Xu GC. Enhanced stereodivergent evolution of carboxylesterase for efficient kinetic resolution of near-symmetric esters through machine learning. Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 9057.
Xu CL, Song LL, Li MJ, Ju SY, Dou Z*, Wang YJ. Engineering size-complementary alcohol dehydrogenase mutants for highly stereoselective synthesis of bulky diaryl and aliphatic diols. Org. Lett., 2026, DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6c03975
Dou Z, Yan HX, Xu CL, Xu JN, Zhao MM, Wang YJ*. Engineering an (R)-selective transaminase for high-substrate-loading asymmetric amination of a sterically demanding N-heterocyclic ketone. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 2026, DOI: 10.1002/bit.70376.
Zhao MM, Xu JN, Chen JH, Dou Z*, Wang YJ. Highly diastereo- and enantioselective imine reductases engineered for γ-piperidinamines bearing contiguous stereocenters. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 2026, DOI: 10.1002/bit.70416
Xu CL, Zhao LH, Tang J, Song XH, Dou Z*, Wang YJ. Structure-Guided Engineering of Alcohol Dehydrogenase for the Stereodivergent Synthesis of Amino Alcohols via Desymmetrization of Cyclic Diketones. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 2026, 123, 1380–1392.
Dou Z, Hu PR, Song LL, Wang YC, Tang HN, Weng ZQ, Wang YJ, Cai YQ. Extensive gene mining and facile engineering of a novel carbonyl reductase for asymmetric synthesis of anti-aging (S)-Pro-Xylane from d-xylose. Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2025, 305, 140976.
Dou Z, Chen XZ, Niwayama S, Xu GC, Ni Y. Kinetic resolution of nearly symmetric 3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylate esters using a bacterial carboxylesterase identified by genome mining. Org. Lett., 2021, 23, 3043–3047.
Dou Z, Xu GC, Ni Y. A novel carboxylesterase from Acinetobacter sp. JNU9335 for efficient biosynthesis of Edoxaban precursor with high substrate to catalyst ratio. Bioresource Technol., 2020, 317, 123984.
Dou Z, Jia P, Chen XY, Wu Z, Xu GC, Ni Y. Structural and mechanistic insights into enantioselectivity toward near-symmetric esters of a novel carboxylesterase RoCE. Catal. Sci. Technol., 2022, 12,7448–7456.
Dou Z, Xu GC, Ni Y. Efficient microbial resolution of racemic methyl 3-cyclohexene-carboxylate as chiral precursor of Edoxaban by newly identified Acinetobacter sp. JNU9335. Enzyme. Microb. Technol., 2020, 139, 109580.