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Huilei Yu

Name: Huilei Yu
Title: Professor
Phone: 021-64250840
Fax: 021-64250840
Email:huileiyu@ecust.edu.cn
Education:
2003.09 – 2008.04 Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering (Prof. Jian-He Xu Group)                 East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST)
Academic Positions:
2005.09 – 2007.04 Visiting Researcher in Prof. Guo-Qiang Lin Group, Shanghai                 Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academic of Sciences
2008.04 – 2010.09 Assistant Professor, Lab of Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing,                 State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, ECUST
2010.09 – Present Associate Professor, Lab of Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing,                 State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, ECUST
2012.08Visiting Researcher in Prof. T Imanaka Group                 Ritsumeikan University, Japan
2013.06 – 2014.06 Visiting Professor in Bioinformatics & Metabolic Engineering Laboratory (Prof. Gregory Stephanopoulos’ Group) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Research:
Genomic mining and evolution of oxidoreductase
Multi-enzymatic reaction for combinatorial biocatalysis
Biocatalytic Synthesis and/or Resolution of Chiral Compounds
Publication:
Journal papers:
1. Yin YC, Yu HL*, Luan ZJ, Li RJ, Ouyang PF, Liu J, Xu JH. Unusually broad substrate profile of a self-sufficient cytochrome P450 monooxygenase CYP116B4 mined from Labrenzia aggregate. ChemBioChem 2014, 25(16): 2443-2449
2. Huang L, Ma HM, Yu HL* and Xu JH*. Altering the substrate specificity of a reductase CgKR1 from Candida glabrata by protein engineering for bioreduction of aromatic α-keto esters. Adv.Synth.Catal. 2014, 356(9): 1943-1948.
3. Xu YP, Guan Y H, Yu HL*, Ni Y, Ma BD, Xu JH*. Improved o-chlorobenzoylformate bioreduction by stabilizing aldo-keto reductase YtbE with additives. J Mol Catal B: Enzymatic 2014, 104: 108-114.
4. 4.Ma BD, Kong XD, Yu HL*, Zhang ZJ, Dou S, Xu YP, Ni Y, and Xu JH *. Increased Catalyst Productivity in α-Hydroxy Acids Resolution by Esterase Mutation and Substrate Modification. ACS Catal. 2014, 4 (3): 1026–1031.
5. Zhang WX, Xu GC, Huang L, Pan J, Yu HL*, Xu JH*. Highly efficient synthesis of (R)-3-quinuclidinol in a space–time yield of 916 g L–1 d–1 using a new bacterial reductase ArQR. Org. Lett. 2013, 15(19): 4917–4919.
6. Xu GC, Yu HL*, Zhang ZJ, Xu JH*. Stereocomplementary bioreduction of β-ketonitrile without ethylated byproduct. Org. Lett. 2013, 15(21): 5408–5411.
7. Ma BD, Yu HL*, Pan J, Liu JY, Ju X, Xu JH*.A thermostable and organic-solvent tolerant esterase from Pseudomonas putida ECU1011: Catalytic properties and performance in kinetic resolution of alpha-hydroxy acids. Bioresour. Technol. 2013, 133: 354-360.
8. Xu GC, Yu HL*, Zhang XY and Xu JH*. Access to optically active aryl halohydrins using a substrate-tolerant carbonyl reductase discovered from Kluyveromyces thermotolerans. ACS Catal. 2012, 2(12): 2566–2571.
9. Zou ZZ, Yu HL*, Li CX, Zhou XW, Hayashi C, Sun J, Liu BH, Imanaka T, Xu JH*. A new thermostable beta-glucosidase mined from Dictyoglomus thermophilum: Properties and performance in octyl glucoside synthesis at high temperatures. Bioresour. Technol. 2012, 118: 425-430.
10. Yu HL, Ou L, Xu JH*. New trends in non-aqueous biocatalysis. Curr. Org. Chem. 2010, 14(14): 1424-1432.
11.Yu HL, Xu JH*, Lu WY, Lin GQ. Discovery and utilization of biocatalysts for chiral synthesis: An overview of Chinese scientists research and development. Adv. Biochem. Eng. Biotechnol. 2009, 113: 1-31
12.Yu HL, Xu JH*, Lu WY, Lin GQ. Environmentally benign synthesis of natural glycosides using apple seed meal as green and robust biocatalyst. J. Biotechnol. 2008, 133: 469-477
13.Yu HL, Xu JH*, Wang YX, Lu WY, Lin GQ. Assembly of a three-dimensional array of glycoconjugates by combinatorial biocatalysis in nonaqueous media. J. Comb. Chem. 2008, 10: 79-87
Conference paper:
Monographs
郁惠蕾, 许建和 译校 (许建和、陶军华、林国强 主译). 面向制药工业的生物催化—发现、开发及生产. 化学工业出版社. 2010奖(图书奖)一等奖。
许建和, 郁惠蕾. 生物催化法合成手性药物及中间体. 见:林国强、王梅祥 主编,《手性合成与手性药物》(第2章). 化学工业出版社. 2008
Achievement:
Funding:
973子课题、2011CB710805、多酶反应模块的设计及模块组装过程调控、 2011.01-2015.06、在研、主持。
863课题、手性环氧丙酸酯的化学-酶法合成技术、2011AA02A210、 2011.01-2015.12、在研、参与。
霍英东基金、132031、基于基因组信息的新型微生物催化剂发现及应用, 2012/01-2014/12、已结题、主持。
国家自然科学基金青年项目、20902023、新型单加氧酶的筛选、性能及用于 C-H键活化和药物分子组合衍生的研究、2010/01-2012/12、19万元、已结题、主持。
Patent:
1. 马宏敏、李春秀、潘江、郑高伟、郁惠蕾、许建和. 一种羰基还原酶、基因和突变体及在不对称还原羰基化合物中的应用. ZL 201210136823.8
2. 许建和、许国超、郁惠蕾. 一种羰基还原酶、基因及其在不对称还原前手性羰基化合物中的应用. ZL 201210423006.0.
3. 郁惠蕾、张文霞、潘江、许建和. 一种奎宁酮还原酶及其在不对称合成(R)-3-奎宁醇中的应用. CN103555608A.
4.郁惠蕾、黄磊、许建和、李春秀、潘江. 一种羰基还原酶突变体及其基因和应用 201410345443.4.
Award:
2010年获优秀百篇博士论文提名奖。00780038340.1
2012年获霍英东基金资助。
2014年荣获亚洲青年化学工程师大会最佳墙报奖(每地区2人)。14-10-01.
2014年入选华东理工大学大学青年英才计划(全校20人)。
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