| Microbial astaxanthin biosynthesis: recent achievements, challenges, and commercialization outlook C Zhang, X Chen, HP Too Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 104 (13), 5725-5737, 2020 | 143 | 2020 |
| Multidimensional heuristic process for high-yield production of astaxanthin and fragrance molecules in Escherichia coli C Zhang, VY Seow, X Chen, HP Too Nature Communications 9 (1), 1858, 2018 | 141 | 2018 |
| Systematic engineering for high-yield production of viridiflorol and amorphadiene in auxotrophic Escherichia coli S Shukal, X Chen, C Zhang Metabolic engineering 55, 170-178, 2019 | 99 | 2019 |
| Efflux transporter engineering markedly improves amorphadiene production in Escherichia coli C Zhang, X Chen, G Stephanopoulos, HP Too Biotechnology and bioengineering 113 (8), 1755-1763, 2016 | 87 | 2016 |
| A “plug‐n‐play” modular metabolic system for the production of apocarotenoids C Zhang, X Chen, ND Lindley, HP Too Biotechnology and bioengineering 115 (1), 174-183, 2018 | 80 | 2018 |
| Combining genotype improvement and statistical media optimization for isoprenoid production in E. coli C Zhang, X Chen, R Zou, K Zhou, G Stephanopoulos, HP Too PLoS One 8 (10), e75164, 2013 | 71 | 2013 |
| Agrocybe aegerita Serves As a Gateway for Identifying Sesquiterpene Biosynthetic Enzymes in Higher Fungi C Zhang, X Chen, A Orban, S Shukal, F Birk, HP Too, M Rühl ACS Chemical Biology 15 (5), 1268-1277, 2020 | 60 | 2020 |
| Statistical experimental design guided optimization of a one-pot biphasic multienzyme total synthesis of amorpha-4, 11-diene X Chen, C Zhang, R Zou, K Zhou, G Stephanopoulos, HP Too PloS one 8 (11), e79650, 2013 | 59 | 2013 |
| Metabolic engineering strategies for sustainable terpenoid flavor and fragrance synthesis X Chen, C Zhang, ND Lindley Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 68 (38), 10252-10264, 2019 | 52 | 2019 |
| Experimental design-aided systematic pathway optimization of glucose uptake and deoxyxylulose phosphate pathway for improved amorphadiene production C Zhang, R Zou, X Chen, G Stephanopoulos, HP Too Applied microbiology and biotechnology 99, 3825-3837, 2015 | 44 | 2015 |
| Integrating enzyme and metabolic engineering tools for enhanced α-ionone production X Chen, S Shukal, C Zhang Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 67 (49), 13451-13459, 2019 | 34 | 2019 |
| Bioinformatics-aided identification, characterization and applications of mushroom linalool synthases C Zhang, X Chen, RTC Lee, S Maurer-Stroh, M Rühl Communications Biology 4 (1), 223, 2021 | 33 | 2021 |
| In Vitro Metabolic Engineering of Amorpha-4,11-diene Biosynthesis at Enhanced Rate and Specific Yield of Production X Chen, C Zhang, R Zou, G Stephanopoulos, HP Too ACS synthetic biology 6 (9), 1691-1700, 2017 | 33 | 2017 |
| Biotechnological applications of S-adenosyl-methionine-dependent methyltransferases for natural products biosynthesis and diversification C Zhang, SA Sultan, X Chen Bioresources and Bioprocessing 8 (1), 72, 2021 | 27 | 2021 |
| High-level de novo biosynthesis of glycosylated zeaxanthin and astaxanthin in Escherichia coli X Chen, X Lim, A Bouin, T Lautier, C Zhang Bioresources and Bioprocessing 8, 1-13, 2021 | 24 | 2021 |
| Multienzyme biosynthesis of dihydroartemisinic acid X Chen, C Zhang, HP Too Molecules 22 (9), 1422, 2017 | 21 | 2017 |
| Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli BL21 strain using simplified CRISPR-Cas9 and asymmetric homology arms recombineering S Shukal, XH Lim, C Zhang, X Chen Microbial Cell Factories 21 (1), 19, 2022 | 20 | 2022 |
| Total enzymatic synthesis of cis-α-irone from a simple carbon source X Chen, J Esque, C Zhang, S Shukal, CC Lim, L Ong, D Smith, I André Nature Communications 13 (1), 7421, 2022 | 12 | 2022 |
| High-Yield Biosynthesis of trans-Nerolidol from Sugar and Glycerol N Tan, L Ong, S Shukal, X Chen, C Zhang Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 71 (22), 8479-8487, 2023 | 8 | 2023 |
| Sustainable biosynthesis of valuable diterpenes in microbes Y Liu, X Chen, C Zhang Engineering Microbiology 3 (1), 100058, 2023 | 7 | 2023 |
Congqiang Zhang (张聪强）Agency for Science, Technology and Research; National University of SingaporeVerified email at sifbi.a-star.edu.sg