Vice-Chair
Department of Chemistry
729 Hamilton Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
lincoln, Nebraska 68588 United States
ldu3@unl.edu
Research Interests:
Biosynthetic mechanism and metabolic engineering of novel antifungal and anti-MRSA antibiotics from gliding gram-negative bacteria, mycotoxins and other bioactive natural products from plant pathogenic fungi and endophytes
Du Research Group: http://chemweb.unl.edu/ldu/
2023
Identification and Biosynthetic Study of the Siderophore Lysochelin in the Biocontrol Agent Lysobacter enzymogenes, Amanda Lynn Miller, Shanren Li, Catherine D. Eichhorn, Yongbiao Zheng, and Liangcheng Du
2020
LeTetR Positively Regulates 3-Hydroxylation of the Antifungal HSAF and Its Analogs in Lysobacter enzymogenes OH11, Lingjun Yu, Vimmy Khetrapal, Fengquan Liu, and Liangcheng Du
2018
Spermidine-Regulated Biosynthesis of Heat-Stable Antifungal Factor (HSAF) in Lysobacter enzymogenes OH11, Yuan CHen, Fengquan Liu, and Liangcheng Du
2017
Unusual acylation of chloramphenicol in Lysobacter enzymogenes, a biocontrol agent with intrinsic resistance to multiple antibiotics, Wei Zhang, Justin Huffman, Shengying Li, Yuemao Shen, and Liangcheng Du
2016
Tricarballylic ester formation during biosynthesis of fumonisin mycotoxins in Fusarium verticillioides, Yaoyao Li, Lili Lou, Ronald Cerny, Robert A.E. Butchko, Robert H. Proctor, Yuemao Shen, and Liangcheng Du
A TonB-dependent receptor regulates antifungal HSAF biosynthesis in Lysobacter, Ruping Wang, Huiyong Xu, Liangcheng Du, Shan-Ho Chou, Hongxia Liu, Youzhou Liu, Fengquan Liu, and Guoliang Qian
2011
Transformation of Fusarium verticillioides with a polyketide gene cluster isolated from a fungal endophyte activates the biosynthesis of fusaric acid, Yunxuan Xie, Wei Zhang, Yaoyao Li, Mingzi Wang, Ronald Cerny, Yue Shen, and Liangcheng Du
2008
Fumonisin level in corn-based food and feed from Linxian County, a high-risk area for esophageal cancer in China, Jiansheng Wang, Ying Zhou, Wanbo Liu, Xiangcheng Zhu, Liangcheng Du, and Qiaomei Wang
2006
Distinct Ceramide Synthases Regulate Polarized Growth in the Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus nidulansD, Shaojie Li, Liangcheng Du, Gary Yuen, and Steven D. Harris
Supplemental Materials for "Distinct Ceramide Synthases Regulate Polarized Growth in the Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus nidulansD", Shaojie Li, Liangcheng Du, Gary Yuen, and Steven D. Harris
Functional replacement of the ketosynthase domain of FUM1 for the biosynthesis of fumonisins, a group of fungal reduced polyketides, Xiangcheng Zhu, Fengan Yu, R. S. Bojja, K. Zaleta-Rivera, and Liangcheng Du
2005
Developing a genetic system for functional manipulations of FUM1, a polyketide synthase gene for the biosynthesis of fumonisins in Fusarium verticillioides, Fengan Yu, Xiangcheng Zhu, and Liangcheng Du
2004
Fum3p, a 2-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase Required for C-5 Hydroxylation of Fumonisins in Fusarium verticillioides, Yousong Ding, Ravi S. Bojja, and Liangcheng Du
2001
CYP83B1 Is the Oxime-metabolizing Enzyme in the Glucosinolate Pathway in Arabidopsis, Carsten Horslev Hansen, Liangcheng Du, Peter Naur, Carl Erik Olsen, Kristian B. Axelsen, Alastair J. Hick, John A. Pickett, and Barbara Ann Halkier
The biosynthetic gene cluster for the anticancer drug bleomycin from Streptomyces verticillus ATCC15003 as a model for hybrid peptide–polyketide natural product biosynthesis, B. Shen, Liangcheng Du, C. Sanchez, D. J. Edwards, M. Chen, and J. M. Murrell