Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Assoc Prof Liang Zhao-Xun

Associate Professor 
Division of Structural Biology & Biochemistry 
School of Biological Sciences 
College of Science 



Email: ZXLIANG@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)63167866 
Office: SBS-02s-57 
Education
  • PhD Northwestern University 2001
  • MS Lanzhou University 1997
  • BS Lanzhou University 1994
Biography
Associate Prof Liang Zhao-Xun is currently in the School of Biological Sciences since Sep 2005. He received his Bachelor degree in Chemistry from Lanzhou University (China) and Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the Northestern Unversity (US). His research focuses on the structure and function of proteins, particularly the enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites and bacterial biofilm formation.
Research Interests
I am interested in the structure and function of some newly discovered proteins that are of potential importance for the treatment of human diseases. The proteins under investigation range from enzymes involved in antitumor natural products biosynthesis to potential antimicrobial targets in pathogenic bacteria.
Research Grant
  • A*STAR Biomedical Research Council (2007-)
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 2 (2007-)
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 2 (2009-)
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 2 (2012-)
  • College of Science Collaborative Research Award (-)
  • GSK-Singapore Partnership (2011-)
Current Projects
  • Biosynthetic Mechanism of Antitumor Enediyne Natural Products
  • Design and Synthesis of Functional C-di-GMP Deriatives as Biological Probes and Antibacterial Agents
  • Discovery and engineering of nitrile oxidoreductase as biocatalysts for nitrile reduction
  • Structure and Function of the Polyketide Synthase in Enediyne Biosynthesis
  • Structure and function of novel antibiotic target fimX in apportunistic pathogen pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Structure and regulation of c-di-GMP signalling proteins in pathogenic bacteria
  • Study of the Biosynthetic Mechanism of Salinosporamide A for Developing Novel ProteasomeInhibitors
Selected Publications
  • . K.-H. Chin, Z.-L. Tu, Y.-C. Su, Y.-J. Yu, H.-C. Chen, Y.-C. Lo, C.-P. Chen, G. Barber, M.L.-C. Chuah, Z.-X. Liang and *S.-H. Chou. (2013). Novel c-di-GMP recognition modes of the mouse innate immune adaptor protein STING. Acta Crystallographica, D69, 352-366.
  • Ho, C. L., Chong, K. S. J., Oppong, J. A., Chuah, M. L. C., Tan, S. M., *Liang, Z.-X. (2013). Visualizing the perturbation of cellular cyclic di-GMP levels in bacterial cells.. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 566-569.
  • Tan, E., Rao, F., Pasunooti, S., Soehano, I., Liew, C. W., Lescar, J., *Pervushin, K., *Liang, Z.-X. (2013). Solution structure of a small PAS domain in cyclic di-AMP signaling reveals a ligand-binding site. J. Biol. Chem., 26, 11949-11959.
  • Sun H, Ho CL, Ding F, Soehano I, Liu X-W, and Liang Z-X. (2012). Synthesis of (R)-Mellein by a Partially Reducing Iterative Polyketide Synthase. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134(29), 11924–11927.
  • Lim, J., Sun, H., Fan, J.-S., Hameed, I. F., Lescar, J., Liang, Z.-X., *Yang, D. (2012). Rigidifying the acyl carrier protein domain of the iterative polyketide CalE8 does not affect its function. Biophysical Journal, 103, 1037-1044.
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