Deyu Xie

Enzymatic innovations in Angelica pubescens reveal dual coumarin biosynthetic pathways driving metabolic diversification

Gong, S., Wu, W., Wang, X., Feng, S., Zhao, J., Fan, Y., … Shu, S. (2026, January 29). The Plant Journal, Vol. 1.

Metabolic profiling of glycosidically bound volatiles associated with specific aroma of Keemun black tea produced in the Qimen region of China

Zhou, H., Zhu, J., Yang, J., Xu, Y., Wang, H., Zhang, X., … Lei, P. (2026, January 15). Food Chemistry, Vol. 1.

Multi-omics and functional analyses of Aesculus wilsonii uncover moretane- and oleanane-type triterpenoid biosynthesis

Zhang, Y., Zhao, X., Feng, S., Cheng, Q., Zhao, J., Li, F., … Shu, S. (2026, January 1). Plant Communications, Vol. 1.

Correction to: Pleiotropic effects of red and purple pericarp genes on seed coating patterns, flavonoids, dormancy, and germination in rice

Tang, W., Guo, M., Zhu, Y., Chakraborty, R., Batth, B. S., Bhattarai, K., … Gu, X.-Y. (2025, September 3). G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, Vol. 9.

CsNAC2 and CsMYB306 orchestrate a jasmonate signaling cascade contributing to tea plant resistance to Ectropis obliqua

Li, J., Li, M., Gu, H., Zhou, Q., Dong, K., Xu, L., … Wei, C. (2025, November 21). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

Development of an elite tomato aspermy virus-free medicinal chrysanthemum crop and evaluation of its performance in the field

Wei, J., Gan, H., Tian, Y., Zhou, Y., Xie, D.-Y., & Zhao, X. (2025, June 9). Industrial Crops and Products, Vol. 232.

In vitro demonstration and in planta characterization of a condensed, reverse TCA (crTCA) cycle

Wilson, N., Smith-Moore, C., Xu, Y., Edwards, B., Hovary, C. L., Li, K., … Sederoff, H. (2025, June 9). Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 16.

One Thousand Herb Genomes: Advancing Plant Secondary Metabolism Research in the Post-Omics Era

Xie, D.-Y. (2025, December 1). Engineering.

Pleiotropic effects of red and purple pericarp genes on seed coating patterns, flavonoids, dormancy, and germination in rice

Tang, W., Guo, M., Zhu, Y., Chakraborty, R., Batth, B. S., Bhattarai, K., … Gu, X.-Y. (2025, July 18). G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, Vol. 7.

Polymerization of proanthocyanidins under the catalysis of miR397a-regulated laccases in Salvia miltiorrhiza and Populus trichocarpa

Nature Communications, 16(1), 1513.

Three-Dimensional (3D) Topographic Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Artemisia annua by UV-MALDESI

Ashbacher, S. M., Xie, D.-Y., Manni, J. G., & Muddiman, D. C. (2025, December 1). Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.

A defensive pathway from NAC and TCP transcription factors activates a BAHD acyltransferase for (Z)‐3‐hexenyl acetate biosynthesis to resist herbivore in tea plant (Camellia sinensis)

New Phytologist, 245(3), 1232–1248.

An efficient protocol for the extraction of pigment-free active polyphenol oxidase and soluble proteins from plant cells

Biology Methods and Protocols, 9(1).

An enhancer-transposable element from purple leaf tea varieties underlies the transition from evergreen to purple leaf color

Plant Communications, 6(2), 101176.

Characterization of Main Flavan-3-Ols, Oligomeric Proanthocyanidns and Bioactivities During Ccn-51 Cacao Processing

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Chromosome-scale genome assembly of medicinal plant Tinospora sagittata (Oliv.) Gagnep. from the Menispermaceae family

Alami, M. M., Shu, S., Liu, S., Ouyang, Z., Zhang, Y., Lv, M., … Wang, X. (2024, June 12). Scientific Data, Vol. 11.

Discrepancy on the flavor compound affect the quality of Taiping Houkui tea from different production regions

Food Chemistry: X, 23, 101547.

Editorial: Proanthocyanidins and isoflavonoids

Tian, L., & Xie, D. (2024, October 2). Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 15.

HPLC-qTOF-MS/MS Based Profiling Reveals Anthocyanin Profile Alterations in Berries of Hybrid Muscadine Variety FLH 13-11 in Two Continuous Cropping Seasons

YUZUAK, S., Ballington, J., Li, G., & Xie, D. (2024, February 2). Preprints.org.

High-Performance Liquid Chromatography–Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Tandem Mass Spectrometry-Based Profiling Reveals Anthocyanin Profile Alterations in Berries of Hybrid Muscadine Variety FLH 13-11 in Two Continuous Cropping Seasons

Yuzuak, S., Ballington, J., Li, G., & Xie, D.-Y. (2024, February 24). Agronomy, Vol. 14.

Incorporation of Three Different Optical Trains into the IR-MALDESI Mass Spectrometry Imaging Platform to Characterize Artemisia annua

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 35(6), 1245–1252.

Publisher Correction: Removal of the C4-domain preserves the drought tolerance enhanced by CsMYB4a and eliminates the negative impact of this transcription factor on plant growth

Li, M., Ma, G., Li, X., Guo, L., Li, Y., Liu, Y., … Xia, T. (2024, May 6). ABIOTECH, Vol. 5, pp. 414–416.

Removal of the C4-domain preserves the drought tolerance enhanced by CsMYB4a and eliminates the negative impact of this transcription factor on plant growth

Li, M., Ma, G., Li, X., Guo, L., Li, Y., Liu, Y., … Xia, T. (2024, March 28). ABIOTECH, Vol. 3, pp. 368–374.

A telomere-to-telomere reference genome provides genetic insight into the pentacyclic triterpenoid biosynthesis inChaenomeles speciosa

He, S., Weng, D., Zhang, Y., Kong, Q., Wang, K., Jing, N., … Mei, Z. (2023, September 14). Horticulture Research, Vol. 10.

Anti-COVID-19 Pandemic Effect of Plant Flavonoids: Use of Green Tea Flavonoids

DE-YU, X. I. E., Yuzuak, S., & Peng, Q. (2023, March 1). (X. I. E. DE-YU, Ed.). Journal of Jishou University (NaturalSciencesEdition).

Biosynthesis of plant papanridins -A group of novel oligomeric flavonoids

Zhu, Y., Yuzuak, S., Sun, X., & Xie, D.-Y. (2023, March 2). BioRxiv.

Chromosome-scale genome assembly of Tinospora sagittata (Oliv.) Gagnep. enhances identifying genes involved in the biosynthesis of jatrorrhizine

Alami, M. M., Shu, S., Liu, S., Ouyang, Z., Zhang, Y., Lv, M., … Wang, X. (2023, July 21). BioRxiv.

HPLC-MS⁽ⁿ⁾ Applications in the Analysis of Anthocyanins in Fruits

Yuzuak, S., Ma, Q., Lu, Y., & Xie, D.-Y. (2023, April 12). IntechOpen EBooks.

Identification and biosynthesis of plant papanridins, a group of novel oligomeric flavonoids

Zhu, Y., Yuzuak, S., Sun, X., & Xie, D.-Y. (2023, September 25). Molecular Plant, Vol. 16, pp. 1773–1793.

Metabolic engineering of anthocyanin pathway in Artemisia annua cells does not exclude the expression of artemisinin pathway

Judd, R., Dong, Y., Sun, X., Zhu, Y., Li, M., & Xie, D.-Y. (2023, January 6). BioRxiv.

Metabolic engineering of the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway in Artemisia annua and relation to the expression of the artemisinin biosynthetic pathway

Judd, R., Dong, Y., Sun, X., Zhu, Y., Li, M., & Xie, D.-Y. (2023, February 19). Planta, Vol. 257.

Molecular understanding of anthocyanin biosynthesis activated by PAP1 and regulated by 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in engineered red Artemisia annua cells

Dong, Y., Li, M., Cruz, B., Ye, E., Zhu, Y., Li, L., … Xie, D.-Y. (2023, September 5). Planta, Vol. 258.

Molecular understanding of anthocyanin biosynthesis activated by PAP1 in engineered red Artemisia annua cells and regulation of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

Dong, Y., Li, M., Cruz, B., Ye, E., Zhu, Y., Li, L., … Xie, D.-Y. (2023, March 20). BioRxiv.

PSIV-30 Exploring the Prebiotic Activities of Proanthocyanidins on a Platform Using the Three-Dimensionally (3D)-Cultured Organoids

Wang, F., Cagle, D., Zhu, Y., Odle, J., & Xie, D. (2023, November 6). Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 101, pp. 355–356.

Unrelated to phenylalanine: Feeding studies provide new insight into salicylic acid biosynthesis

Tan, J., He, P., & Xie, D. Y. (2023, March 10). Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, Vol. 65, pp. 879–880.

Alternative splicing of CsJAZ1 negatively regulates flavan‐3‐ol biosynthesis in tea plants

Zhu, J., Yan, X., Liu, S., Xia, X., An, Y., Xu, Q., … Wei, C. (2022, January 19). The Plant Journal, Vol. 1, pp. 243–261.

Anthocyanin in fruits

Xie, D.-Y., & Yuzuak, S. (2022, November 2). Current Plant Biology, Vol. 32.

Anthocyanins from muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia) grape fruit

Yuzuak, S., & Xie, D.-Y. (2022, March 21). Current Plant Biology, Vol. 4.

Flavonols and dihydroflavonols inhibit the main protease activity of SARS-CoV-2 and the replication of human coronavirus 229E

Zhu, Y., Scholle, F., Kisthardt, S. C., & Xie, D.-Y. (2022, April 12). Virology, Vol. 571, pp. 21–33.

Insights into acylation mechanisms: co‐expression of serine carboxypeptidase‐like acyltransferases and their non‐catalytic companion paralogs

Yao, S., Liu, Y., Zhuang, J., Zhao, Y., Dai, X., Jiang, C., … Xia, T. (2022, April 19). The Plant Journal, Vol. 5, pp. 117–133.

Introduction of a condensed, reverse tricarboxylic acid cycle for additional CO ₂ fixation in plants

Wilson, N. J., Smith-Moore, C. M., Xu, Y., Edwards, B., Hovary, C. L., Barampuram, S., … Sederoff, H. (2022, March 5). BioRxiv.

Molecular and biochemical characterization of two 4-coumarate: CoA ligase genes in tea plant (Camellia sinensis)

Li, M., Guo, L., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Jiang, X., Liu, Y., … Xia, T. (2022, May 12). Plant Molecular Biology, Vol. 109, pp. 579–593.

Transcriptional and Metabolic Characterization of Feeding Ramie Growth Enhanced by a Combined Application of Gibberellin and Ethrel

Jie, H., Ma, Y., Xie, D.-Y., & Jie, Y. (2022, October 10). International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol. 10.

A de novo regulation design shows an effectiveness in altering plant secondary metabolism

Li, M., He, X., Hovary, C. L., Zhu, Y., Dong, Y., Liu, S., … Xie, D.-Y. (2021, June 20). Journal of Advanced Research, Vol. 6, pp. 43–60.

Flavonols and dihydroflavonols inhibit the main protease activity of SARS-CoV-2 and the replication of human coronavirus 229E

Zhu, Y., Scholle, F., Kisthardt, S. C., & Xie, D.-Y. (2021, July 2). [], Vol. 7.

Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of Two 4-Coumarate: Coa Ligase Genes in Tea Plant (Camellia Sinensis)

Li, M., Guo, L., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Jiang, X., Liu, Y., … Xia, T. (2021, September 21). Research Square (Research Square).

A De Novo regulation design shows an effectiveness in altering plant secondary metabolism

Li, M., He, X., Hovary, C. L., Zhu, Y., Dong, Y., Liu, S., … Xie, D.-Y. (2020, December 21). BioRxiv.

Comparative transcriptomics of stem bark reveals genes associated with bast fiber development in Boehmeria nivea L. gaud (ramie)

Xie, J., Li, J., Jie, Y., Xie, D., Yang, D., Shi, H., & Zhong, Y. (2020, January 13). BMC Genomics, Vol. 21.

Discovery and characterization of tannase genes in plants: roles in hydrolysis of tannins

Dai, X., Liu, Y., Zhuang, J., Yao, S., Liu, L., Jiang, X., … Xia, T. (2020, February 15). New Phytologist, Vol. 2, pp. 1104–1116.

Docking Characterization and in vitro Inhibitory Activity of Flavan-3-ols and Dimeric Proanthocyanidins Against the Main Protease Activity of SARS-Cov-2

Frontiers in Plant Science, 11.

RNA-seq of aboveground sporophyte’s transcriptome of Huperzia serrata and transcriptional understanding of early steps associated with huperzine biosynthesis in forest

Peng, Q.-Z., Long, H., Du, C., Li, J., & Xie, D.-Y. (2020, June 29). Current Plant Biology, Vol. 24.

A polyketide synthase gene cluster associated with the sexual reproductive cycle of the banana pathogen, Pseudocercospora fijiensis

PLOS ONE, 14(7), e0220319.

Artemisinin Biosynthesis in Non-glandular Trichome Cells of Artemisia annua

Molecular Plant, 12(5), 704–714.

Creation of elite growth and development features in PAP1-programmed red Nicotiana tabacum Xanthi via overexpression of synthetic geranyl pyrophosphate synthase genes

Molecular Breeding, 39(4).

Functional characterization of Terminal Flower1 homolog in Cornus canadensis by genetic transformation

Plant Cell Reports, 38(3), 333–343.

Functional demonstration of plant flavonoid carbocations proposed to be involved in the biosynthesis of proanthocyanidins

Wang, P., Liu, Y., Zhang, L., Wang, W., Hou, H., Zhao, Y., … Xia, T. (2019, August 27). The Plant Journal, Vol. 101, pp. 18–36.

Untargeted Metabolomics of Nicotiana tabacum Grown in United States and India Characterizes the Association of Plant Metabolomes With Natural Climate and Geography

Frontiers in Plant Science, 10.

Evaluation of Digital Image Recognition Methods for Mass Spectrometry Imaging Data Analysis

Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 29(12), 2467–2470.

HPLC-qTOF-MS/MS-Based Profiling of Flavan-3-ols and Dimeric Proanthocyanidins in Berries of Two Muscadine Grape Hybrids FLH 13-11 and FLH 17-66

Yuzuak, S., Ballington, J., & Xie, D.-Y. (2018, September 26). Metabolites, Vol. 8, p. 57.

Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of a Dihydroflavonol 4-Reductase from Vitis bellula

Zhu, Y., Peng, Q., Li, K., & Xie, D.-Y. (2018, April 10). Molecules, Vol. 23, p. 861.

Overexpression of Artemisia annua Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase Increases Lignin and Coumarin and Reduces Artemisinin and Other Sesquiterpenes

Ma, D., Xu, C., Alejos-Gonzalez, F., Wang, H., Yang, J., Judd, R., & Xie, D.-Y. (2018, June 19). Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 9.

Cloning and characterization of a monoterpene synthase gene from flowers of Camelina sativa

Borghi, M., & Xie, D.-Y. (2017, October 26). Planta, Vol. 247, pp. 443–457.

Compartmentalized Overexpression of a Synthetic Geranyl Pyrophosphate Synthase and Its Regulation on Plant Growth and Metabolism

In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 53(Suppl. 1), 54–55.

Correction to: Cloning and characterization of a monoterpene synthase gene from flowers of Camelina sativa

Borghi, M., & Xie, D.-Y. (2017, November 13). Planta, Vol. 247, pp. 287–288.

Functional Characterization of Tea (Camellia sinensis) MYB4a Transcription Factor Using an Integrative Approach

Li, M., Li, Y., Guo, L., Gong, N., Pang, Y., Jiang, W., … Xia, T. (2017, June 12). Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 8.