Yindi Jiang

Harvard University — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

7h-index872citations16works2.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology(5), Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology(5), Chemical synthesis and alkaloids(5), DNA Repair Mechanisms(3), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis(2)

Publications16 total

Enzymatic Basis of Stereochemical Control in Reserpine Biosynthesis
Journal of the American Chemical Society·2025· 5 cited
Collective Biosynthesis of Plant Spirooxindole Alkaloids through Enzyme Discovery and Engineering
Journal of the American Chemical Society·2025· 7 cited
It runs in the family: Discovery of enzymes in the oleuropein pathway in Olive ( <i>Olea europaea</i> ) by comparative transcriptomics
2025Open Access
Collective biosynthesis of plant spirooxindole alkaloids through enzyme discovery and engineering
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Elucidation of the biosynthetic pathway of reserpine
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
A Small-Molecule Inhibitor of Gut Bacterial Urease Protects the Host from Liver Injury
ACS Chemical Biology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Yeast-MetaTwin for Systematically Exploring Yeast Metabolism through Retrobiosynthesis and Deep Learning
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Directed Biosynthesis of Mitragynine Stereoisomers
Journal of the American Chemical Society·2023· 56 citedOpen Access
Directed Biosynthesis of Mitragynine Stereoisomers
2022· 5 citedOpen Access
Phylogeny-Aware Chemoinformatic Analysis of Chemical Diversity in Lamiaceae Enables Iridoid Pathway Assembly and Discovery of Aucubin Synthase
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2022· 20 citedOpen Access
Reactivity of an Unusual Amidase May Explain Colibactin’s DNA Cross-Linking Activity
Journal of the American Chemical Society·2019· 68 citedOpen Access
The reactivity of an unusual amidase may explain colibactin’s DNA cross-linking activity
2019· 10 citedOpen Access
The human gut bacterial genotoxin colibactin alkylates DNA
Science·2019· 608 citedOpen Access
Colibactin assembly line enzymes use S-adenosylmethionine to build a cyclopropane ring
Nature Chemical Biology·2017· 62 citedOpen Access
Efficient preparation and metal specificity of the regulatory protein TroR from the human pathogen Treponema pallidum
Metallomics·2013· 7 citedOpen Access
Glycosylation Enhances Peptide Hydrophobic Collapse by Impairing Solvation
ChemPhysChem·2010· 18 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Emily P. Balskus(5), Matthew R. Wilson(4), Sarah E. O’Connor(4), Jiaqing Cao(4), Peter W. Villalta(3), Alessia Stornetta(3), Paul D. Boudreau(3), Silvia Balbo(3), Li Zha(3), Carsten Schotte(2), Dagny Grzech(2), Thu‐Thuy T. Dang(2), Larissa C. Laforest(2), Francisco León(2), Marco Mottinelli(2), Satya Swathi Nadakuduti(2), Christopher R. McCurdy(2), Carlos E. Rodríguez López(2), Mohamed O. Kamileen(2), Benke Hong(2)