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Education

Professional Experience

Scientific Research Field

Ø Structure-function relationships，linkage and branch specificity of family GH70 glucansucrase

Ø Enzymatic catalytic mechanism for polysaccharide synthesis

Ø Structure and dynamics of biological macromolecules

Social academic post and honor

I serve as a young editorial board member of journals such as Food & Medicine Homology, Journal of Future Food, Food Science of Animal Products, and Food Research and Development; and as a reviewer for SCI journals such as Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.

Teaching Courses

《Microbiology》, 《Enzyme Engineering》

Published papers

1. Ziwei Chen, Dawei Ni, Wenli Zhang, Stressler Timo, Wanmeng Mu*. Lactic acid bacteria-derived α-glucans: From enzymatic synthesis to miscellaneous applications. Biotechnology Advances, 2021, 47, 107708.

2. Ziwei Chen, Jiajun Chen, Dawei Wei Xu, Wenli Zhang, Wanmeng Mu*. Microbial dextran-hydrolyzing enzyme: Properties, structural features, and versatile applications. Food Chemistry, 2024, 437, 137951.

3. Ziwei Chen, Jiajun Chen, Zhaolin Huang, Dawei Ni, Yuqing Tian, Wanmeng Mu*. Mutations in the different residues between dextransucrase Gtf-DSM and reuteransucrase GtfO for the investigation of linkage specificity determinants. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2022, 70(38): 12107-12116.

4. Ziwei Chen, Yuqing Tian, Wenli Zhang, Cuie Guang, Xiangfeng Meng, Wanmeng Mu*. Novel dextransucrase Gtf-DSM, highly similar in sequence to reuteransucrase GtfO, displays unique product specificity. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2019, 67(46), 12806-12815.

5. Ziwei Chen, Jiajun Chen, Wenli Zhang, Tao Zhang, Cuie Guang, Wanmeng Mu*. Improving thermostability and catalytic behavior of L-rhamnose isomerase from Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis OB47 toward D-allulose by site-directed mutagenesis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2018, 66(45), 12017-12024. 

6. Ziwei Chen, Dawei Ni, Mei Cheng, Yingying Zhu, Wanmeng Mu*. Comparative study of physicochemical properties of dextran and reuteran synthesized by two glucansucrases that are highly similar in amino acid sequence. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2021, 56 (12), 6674-6684.

7. Ziwei Chen, Wei Xu, Wenli Zhang, Tao Zhang, Bo jiang, Wanmeng Mu*. Characterization of a thermostable recombinant L‐rhamnose isomerase from Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis OB47 and its application for the production of L‐fructose and L‐rhamnulose. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2018, 98 (6), 2184-2193. 

8. Ziwei Chen, Jiajun Chen, Wenli Zhang, Tao Zhang, Cuie Guang, Wanmeng Mu*. Recent research on the physiological functions, applications, and biotechnological production of D-allose. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2018, 102(10): 4269-4278. 

9. Ziwei Chen, Wenli Zhang, Tao Zhang, Bo Jiang, Wanmeng Mu*. Advances in the enzymatic production of L-hexoses. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2016, 100 (16), 6971-6979. 

10. Chengyu Lu, Ziwei Chen, Yuvaraj Ravikumar, Guoyan Zhang, Xinrui Tang, Yufei Zhang, Mei Zhao, Wenjing Sun*, Xianghui Qi*. Improving catalytic efficiency of L-arabinose isomerase from Lactobacillus plantarum CY6 towards D-galactose by molecular modification. Foods, 2024, 13 (11), 1727.

Main Scientific Research Projects

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Youth Project (32402024), 2025.01-2027.12, host.

2. Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation, Youth Project (BK20240842), 2024.07-2027.06, host.

3. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, General Funding (2024M751194), 2024.08-2026.07, host.

Patents

Scientific Research Achievements and Awards

Number of postgraduates under supervision

Number of supervised masters and Ph.D.

Number of supervised undergraduates

The above information updated

February 2025