Associate Professor

Tel: 18706170890

Email: lizijie@jiangnan.edu.cn

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2012.7 – present            Jiangnan Universtiy

2011.9 – 2012.2             Joint  Ph.D program, Georgia   State University

2010.3 – 2011.8             Joint  Ph.D program, The Ohio State University

2007.9– 2012.6            Ph.D.,   Shandong University

2003.9 – 2007.8             B.Sc., Hebei University of Science   and Technology

1 In vitro synthesis of   functional sugars using free and immobilized enzymes.

2 Production of high value   added carbohydrates by microbial metabolic engineering.

3 The biological activities   of functional sugars and their mechanisms.

SCI Papers

12. Leo D Bemena, Omar Mukama, Aaron M Neiman, Zijie Li,   Xiao-Dong Gao*, Hideki Nakanishi*In vitro reconstitution of the yeast spore   wall dityrosine layer discloses the mechanism of its assembly. Journal   of Biological Chemistry.2017, 292, 15880-15891

11. Jun Kong , Zijie Li, Huijie Zhang, Xiao-Dong   Gao*, Hideki Nakanishi*.Consecutive Hydrolysis of Creatinine Using   Creatininase and Creatinase Encapsulated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae   Spores. Biotechnology Letter. 2017, 39, 261-267.

10. Jun Kong, Zijie Li, Huijie Zhang, Xiao-Dong   Gao*, Hideki Nakanishi*. Production of Encapsulated Creatinase Using Yeast   Spores. Bioengineered. 2017, 8, 411-419
  9. Mohui Wei^#, Zijie   Li^#, Tiehai Li, Baolin Wu, Yunpeng Liu, Jingyao Qu,   Xu Li, Lei Li, Li Cai, Peng George Wang*. Transforming Flask Reaction into   Cell-Based Synthesis: Production of Polyhydroxylated Molecules via   EngineeredEscherichia coli. ACS   Catalysis. 2015, 5, 4060-4065. (#equal contribution)
  8. Zijie Li, Xiaoru Wu , Li Cai , Shenglin Duan , Jia Liu, Peng Yuan,   Hideki Nakanishi* ,   Xiao-Dong  Gao*. Enzymatic Synthesis of Rare Sugars with   L-Rhamnulose-1-phosphate Aldolase from Thermotoga maritima MSB8. Bioorganic   Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2015, 25, 3980-3983. 
  7. Zijie Li,   Yi Li, Shenglin Duan, Jia Liu, Peng Yuan, Hideki Nakanishi*, Xiao-Dong Gao*.   Bioconversion of D-Glucose to D-Psicose with Immobilized D-Xylose Isomerase   and D-Psicose 3-epimerase on Saccharomyces cerevisiae Spores. Journal   of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2015, 42, 1117-1128. 
  6. Zijie Li, Beibei He, Yahui Gao, Li Cai*. Synthesis of   D-Sorbose and D-Psicose by Recombinant Escherichia coli. Journal   of Carbohydrate Chemistry, 2015, 34(6), 349-357.
  5. Zijie Li, Yingxin Qiao, Li Cai, Hideki Nakanishi*, Xiao-Dong Gao*. Characterization of Glycerol   Phosphate Oxidase from Streptococcus pneumoniae and Its   Application for Ketose Synthesis. Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry   Letter, 2015, 25, 504-507. 

4. Libing Shi, Zijie   Li, Hiroyuki Tachikawa, Xiao-Dong Gao*, Hideki Nakanishi*. Use   of Yeast Spores for Microencapsulation of Enzymes. Applied and Environmental   Microbiology. 2014, 80 (15): 4502-4510.

3. Zijie Li, Li Cai*, Mohui Wei, Peng   George Wang*. One-Pot Four-Enzyme Synthesis of Ketoses with class I   D-Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate Aldolase from Staphylococcus   carnosus and Rabbit Muscle. Carbohydrate Research. 2012,   357, 143-146.
  2. Zijie Li, Li Cai*, Qingsheng Qi, Peng George Wang*.   Enzymatic Synthesis of D-Sorbose and D-Psicose with Aldolase RhaD: Effect of   Acceptor Configuration on Enzyme Stereoselectivity.  Bioorganic Medicinal   Chemistry Letter, 2011, 21, 7081-7084.
  1. Zijie Li, Li Cai, Qingsheng Qi, Thomas J Styslinger,   Guohui Zhao, Peng George Wang*. Synthesis of Rare Sugars with   L-fuculose-1-phosphate Aldolase (FucA) from Thermus thermophilus HB8.  Bioorganic Medicinal   Chemistry Letter, 2011, 21, 5084-5087.

Review Invited

1. Zijie Li, Yahui Gao, Hideki Nakanishi,   Xiao-Dong Gao*, Li Cai*. Biosynthesis of Rare Hexoses Using Microorganisms   and Related Enzymes. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry.   2013, 9, 2434-2445.

2. Zijie Li, Xiao-Dong   Gao, Li Cai*. Synthesis of Rare Pentoses Using   Microbial and Enzymatic Reactions. Current   Organic Chemistry. 2016, 20, 1456-1464.

3 Aimin Li, Li Cai, Zhou Chen, Mayan Wang, Ning Wang, Hideki   Nakanishi, Xiao-Dong Gao*, Zijie Li*. Recent Advances in the   Synthesis of Rare Sugars using DHAP-Dependent Aldolases. Carbohydrate   Research. 2017, 452, 108-115.