孔建强，男，博士，研究员，博士生导师，课题组长。主要从事天然药物的生物合成及合成生物学研究。发表文章80余篇，申请专利十余项（授权5项）。《药学学报》，《acta pharmaceutica sinica b》青年编委，《生物工程学报》编委。《acta pharmaceutica sinica b》， 《acs synth biol》,《microbial cell fact》，《bioresource technology》，《bmc plant biology》，《biochimie》，《journal of agricultural and food chemistry》，《phytochemistry》，《药学学报》和《生物工程学报》等三十余种中外期刊的审稿专家。
1，天然产物生物合成
挖掘参与活性天然产物生物合成相关的途径酶基因，并对其进行功能表征；通过计算机模拟以及定向进化等手段对关键途径酶进行突变，获得活性显著提升，具有预设催化特性的生物催化剂，用于天然产物的酶法合成。
2，合成生物学技术制备天然产物
在不同底盘细胞中重构天然产物生物合成代谢途径及调控网络，获得能制备天然产物的细胞工厂，用于天然产物的生物合成。
1, xue-ning wang, li-li hong, and jian-qiang kong*, diacerein as a promising acyl donor in biosynthetic acetyl-coa and glycosyl esters mediated by a multifunctional maltose o‑acetyltransferase from escherichia coli, j. agric. food chem, 2021, 69, 6623−6635
2, li-li hong and jian-qiang kong*, altering the regioselectivity of cytochrome p450 bm3 variant m13 towards genistein through protein engineering and variation of reaction conditions, acs omega, 2020, 5, 49, 32059-32066
3, yan-li xu and jian-qiang kong*, ocugt1-catalyzing glycodiversification of steroids through glucosylation and transglucosylation actions. molecules 2020, 25, 475.
4, qing-wei chen, ting-gong, pei-cheng zhang, jian-qiang kong*, seven new 1-oxygenated cholestane glycosides from ornithogalum saundersiae, journal of asian natural products research, 2020, 22(3):201-206.
5, yu-jia sun, jiu-ming he and jian-qiang kong*, characterization of two flavonol synthases with iron-independent flavanone 3-hydroxylase activity from ornithogalum caudatum jacq, bmc plant biology, 2019, 19:195.
6, qing-wei chen, xu zhang, ting gong, wan gao, shuai yuan, pei-cheng zhang*, jian-qiang kong*, structure and bioactivity of cholestane glycosides from the bulbs of ornithogalum saundersiae baker. phytochemistry, 2019, 164: 206-214.
7, ming liu, jian-qing kong*, the enzymatic biosynthesis of acylated steroidal glycosides and their cytotoxic activity. acta pharmaceutica sinica b, 2018, 8(6):981-994.
8, shuai yuan, sen yin, ming liu, jian-qiang kong*, isolation and characterization of a multifunctional flavonoid glycosyltransferase from ornithogalum caudatum with glycosidase activity. scientific reports, 2018, 8, 5886.
9, shuai yuan, sen yin, ming liu, jiu-ming he, jian-qiang kong*, ocugt1-catalyzed glycosylation of testosterone with alternative donor substrates, process biochemistry, 2018,73:82-85.
10, shuai yuan, yan yang, jian-qiang kong*, biosynthesis of 7,8-dihydroxyflavone glycosides via ocugt1-catalyzed glycosylation and transglycosylation, journal of asian natural products research, 2018, 20(7):662-674.
11, xin liu, jian-qiang kong*, steroids hydroxylation catalyzed by the monooxygenase mutant 139-3 from bacillus megaterium bm3, acta pharmaceutica sinica b, 2017, 7(4):510–516.
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