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[58]\u00a0\u00a0 La Fleur LC, Zhang Z, McRoberts-Amador C, Jayani C, Reed M, Zheng J, Cropp TA, Williams GJ*. \u201cDirected Evolution of a Macrolide-Sensing Transcription Factor for the Detection of Macrolactone Aglycones via \u201cEffector Walking\u201d and Efflux Pump Deletion<\/a>\u201d, 2025<\/strong>, Biochemistry<\/em>, 64, 7, 1560.<\/p>\n

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[57]\u00a0\u00a0 Cossin JR, Paulsel T, Castelli, K, Wcisel B, Malico AA, Williams GJ*. \u201cEngineering the Specificity of an Acetyl-CoA Synthetase for Diverse Acyl-CoA Thioester Generation<\/a>\u201d, 2025<\/strong>, ACS Chem Biol<\/em>, 20, 4, 930.<\/p>\n

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[56]\u00a0\u00a0 Gayen AK, Pitts Hall RS, Williams GJ*. \u201cPromiscuity of an Alcohol-Dependent Hemiterpene Pathway for the In Vivo Production of a Non-Natural Alkylated Tryptophan Derivative<\/a>\u201d, 2025<\/strong>, ACS Synth Biol,<\/em> 14, 4, 1220.<\/p>\n

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[55]\u00a0\u00a0 Paulsel T, Williams GJ*. \u201cEngineering of a Malonyl-CoA Ligase for Production of Fluorinated Polyketide Extender Units<\/a>\u201d, 2024<\/strong>, 25, <\/i>21, e202400532\u00a0<\/p>\n

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[54] Paulsel T, Williams GJ*. Current State-of-the-Art Toward Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Polyketide Natural Products<\/a>, 2023, ChemBioChem<\/em>, OAP.<\/p>\n

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[53] Welch S, Cossin J, Paulsel T, Williams GJ*. \u201cTargeted enzyme modifications enable regioselective biosynthesis of fluorinated polyketides<\/a>\u201d, 2022<\/strong>, Chem Catalysis<\/em>, 2, 10, 2440.<\/p>\n

[52] Li Y, Reed M, Wright T, Cropp A, Williams GJ*. \u201cDevelopment of a genetically-encoded biosensor for reporting the methyltransferase-dependent biosynthesis of semi-synthetic macrolide antibiotics<\/a>\u201d, 2021<\/strong>, ACS Synth Biol<\/em>, 10, 10, 2520.<\/p>\n

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[51] Kalkreuter E, Bingham K, Keeler A, Lowell A, Schmidt J, Sherman DH, Williams GJ*. \u201cComputationally-guided exchange of substrate selectivity motifs in a modular polyketide synthase acyltransferase<\/a>\u201d, 2021<\/strong>, Nat Commun<\/em>, 12, 2193.<\/p>\n

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[50] Mitchler MM, Garcia JM, Montero NE, Williams GJ*. “Transcription factor-based biosensors: a molecular-guided approach for natural product engineering<\/a>“. 2021<\/strong>, Curr Opin Biotechnol<\/em>, 69, 172.<\/p>\n

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[49] Malico AA, Calzini MA, Gayen AK, Williams GJ*. “Synthetic biology, combinatorial biosynthesis, and chemo-enzymatic synthesis of isoprenoids<\/a>“. 2020<\/strong>, J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10295-020-02306-3<\/p>\n

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[48] Malico A, Nichols L, Williams GJ*. “Synthetic biology enabling access to designer polyketides<\/a>“. 2020<\/strong>, Curr Opin Chem Biol<\/em>, 58, 45-53.<\/p>\n

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[47] Gayen A, Nichols L, Williams GJ*. “An artificial pathway for polyketide biosynthesis<\/a>“. 2020<\/strong>, Nat Catalysis<\/em>, 3, 536.<\/p>\n

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[46] Zin PP, Williams GJ, Fourches D*. “SIME: Synthetic Insight-based Macrolide Enumerator to Generate the V1B Library of 1 Billion Macrolides<\/a>“, 2020<\/strong>, J Cheminform<\/em>, 12, 23,\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13321-020-00427-6<\/p>\n

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[45] Zin PP, Williams GJ, Ekins S*. “Cheminformatics Analysis and Modeling with MacrolactoneDB<\/a>“, 2020<\/strong>, Scientific Reports<\/em>, 10, 6284, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-020-63192-4<\/p>\n

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[44] Kalkreuter E, Bingham K, Keeler A, Lowell A, Schmidt J, Sherman DH, Williams GJ*. \u201cComputationally-guided exchange of substrate selectivity motifs in a modular polyketide synthase acyltransferase<\/a>\u201d, 2020<\/strong>, bioRxiv 2020.04.23.058214<\/p>\n

[43] Lund S, Courtney T, Williams GJ*. \u201cProbing the substrate promiscuity of isopentenyl phosphate kinase as a platform for hemiterpene analogue production<\/a>\u201d, 2019<\/strong>, ChemBioChem, <\/em>doi.org\/10.1002\/cbic.201900135.<\/p>\n

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[42] Kalkreuter E, Keeler A, Malico A, Bingham K, Gayen A, Williams GJ*. \u201cDevelopment of a genetically-encoded biosensor for detection of polyketide synthase extender units in Escherichia coli<\/em><\/a>\u201d, 2019<\/strong>, <\/em>ACS Synth<\/em> Biol, 8, 6, 13891, doi\/10.1021\/acssynbio.9b00078.<\/p>\n

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[41] Lund S, Courtney T, Williams GJ*. \u201cProbing the substrate promiscuity of isopentenyl phosphate kinase as a platform for hemiterpene analogue production<\/a>\u201d, 2019<\/strong>, ChemRxiv Preprint, <\/em>.<\/p>\n

[40] Kalkreuter E, CroweTipton JM, Lowell AN, Sherman DH, Williams GJ*. \u201cEngineering a modular polyketide synthase for sequential installation of unnatural extender unit substrates<\/a>\u201d, J Am Chem Soc<\/em>, 2019<\/strong>, 141, 1961-1969.<\/p>\n

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[39] Lund S, Hall R, Williams GJ. “Artificial pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis decoupled from native hemiterpene metabolism<\/a>“, ACS Synth Biol<\/em>, 2019<\/strong>, 8, 2, 232-238.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMost read\u201d article (Jan-Feb) at ACS Synth Biol<\/em><\/p>\n

Highlighted in Nature Catalysis, 2019<\/strong>, 2, 104 <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

[38] Carpenter S, Williams GJ. \u201cExtender unit promiscuity and orthogonal protein interactions of an aminomalonyl-ACP utilizing trans-acyltransferase from zwittermicin biosynthesis<\/a>\u201d, ACS Chem Biol, <\/em>2018<\/strong>, 13, 3361-3373.<\/p>\n

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[37] Zin PP, Williams GJ, Fourches D. \u201cCheminformatics-based Enumeration and Analysis of Large Libraries of Macrolides<\/a>\u201d. J Cheminformatics<\/em>, 2018<\/strong>, online ahead of print.<\/p>\n

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[36] Carpenter SM, Kalkreuter E, Williams GJ. “Precursor-directed biosynthesis and semi-synthesis of natural products<\/a>\u201d. RSC Chemical Biology Series, Chemical and Biological Synthesis: Enabling Approaches for Understanding Biology<\/em>, 2018<\/strong>, 275-312.<\/p>\n

[35] Kasey C, Williams GJ. “Customizing Transcription-Factor Biosensors for Modern Biotechnology<\/a>\u201d. RSC<\/em> Catalysis Series No. 32, Modern Biocatalysis: Advances Towards Synthetic Biological Systems<\/em>, 2018<\/strong>, 205-233<\/p>\n

[34] Kalkreuter E, Williams GJ. \u201cEngineering Enzymatic Assembly Lines for the Production of New Antimicrobials<\/a>\u201d. Curr Opin Microbiol<\/em>, 2018<\/strong>, 45, 140-148.<\/p>\n

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[33] Kasey C, Zerrad M, Li Y, Cropp TA, Williams GJ. “Development of Transcription Factor-Based Designer Macrolide Biosensors for Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology<\/a>“. ACS Synth Biol<\/em>, 2017<\/strong>,\u00a010.1021\/acssynbio.7b00287.<\/p>\n

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NC State Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n

Highlight by PBS Nova<\/a><\/p>\n

“Most Read” Article (Nov-Dec) at ACS Synth Biol<\/p>\n

[32] Nazari M, Malico A, Ekelof M, Lund S, Williams GJ, Muddiman, D. “Direct Analysis of Terpenes from Biological Buffer Systems using SESI and IR-MALDESI<\/a>“. Anal Bioanal Chem, 2017<\/strong>, DOI:10.1007\/s00216-017-0570-9<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

[31] Musiol-Kroll EM, Zubeil F, Schafhauser T, H\u00e4rtner T, Kulik A, McArthur JB, Koryakina I, Wohlleben W, Grond S, Williams GJ, Lee SY, and Weber T. “Polyketide bio-derivatization using the promiscuous acyltransferase KirCII<\/a>“. ACS Synth Biol<\/em>, 2017<\/strong>,\u00a06, 421.<\/p>\n

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[30] Koryakina I, Kasey C, McArthur JB, Lowell AN, Chemler JA, Li S, Hansen DA, Sherman DH, and WilliamS GJ. “Inversion of Extender Unit Selectivity in the Erythromycin Polyketide Synthase by Acyltransferase Domain Engineering<\/a>“. ACS Chem Biol<\/em>, 2017<\/strong>,\u00a012, 114.<\/p>\n

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Highlighted in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News<\/a><\/p>\n

Highlighted in CEP Magazine<\/a>, An\u00a0American Institute of Chemical Engineers publication<\/p>\n

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[29] Ladner C, Williams GJ. “Harnessing natural product assembly lines: structure, promiscuity, and engineering<\/a>“. J Ind Microbial Biotechnol<\/em>, 2016<\/strong>, 43, 371.<\/p>\n

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[28] Ye Z, Williams GJ. “Mapping a ketosynthase:acyl carrier protein binding interface via unnatural amino acid-mediated photocrosslinking<\/a>“. Biochemistry<\/em>, 2015<\/strong>, 53, 7494.<\/p>\n

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[27] Randall S, Koryakina I, Williams GJ, Muddiman DC. \u201cEvaluating nonpolar surface area and LC-MS response: an application for site occupancy measurements for enzyme intermediates in polyketide biosynthesis<\/a>\u201d, Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom<\/em>, 2014<\/strong>, 28, 2511.<\/p>\n

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[26] Walsh S, Gardner L, Deiters A, Williams GJ. “Intracellular light-activation of riboswitch activity<\/a>“. ChemBioChem<\/em>, 2014<\/strong>, 15, 1346.<\/p>\n

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[25] Ye Z, Musiol EM, Weber T, Williams GJ. “Reprogramming acyl carrier protein interactions of an extender unit promiscuous trans-acyltransferase<\/a>“. Chem Biol<\/em>, 2014<\/strong>, 21, 636.<\/p>\n

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[24] Williams GJ. \u201cEngineering polyketide synthases and non-ribosomal peptide synthetases\u201d. Curr Opin Struct Biol<\/i>, 2013<\/strong>, 23, 603.\u00a0pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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[23] Koryakina I, McArthur JB, Draelos, M, Randall S, Muddiman D, Williams GJ. \u201cReprogramming the biosynthesis of natural products by directed evolution”. Developments in Biotechnology and Bioprocessing<\/i>, 2013<\/strong>, 9, 147-63.<\/p>\n

[22] Koryakina I, McArthur JB, Draelos MD, Williams GJ. \u201cPromiscuity of a Modular Polyketide Synthase Towards Natural and Non-Natural Extender Units\u201d. Org Biomol Chem<\/i>, 2013<\/strong>, 11, 4449-4458.\u00a0pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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[21] Koryakina I, McArthur J, Randall S, Draelos MM, Musiol EM, Muddiman DC, Weber T, Williams GJ. \u201cPoly specific trans-acyltransferase machinery revealed via engineered acyl-CoA synthetases<\/a>\u201d. ACS Chem Biol<\/i>, 2013<\/strong>; 8, 200-208.\"Koryakina<\/a><\/p>\n

[20] McArthur J, & Williams GJ. \u201cEngineering Glycosyltransferases\u201d. In The Protein Engineering Handbook<\/i>, Ed. Stefan Lutz, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2012<\/strong>, Vol 3, 303-326.<\/p>\n

[19] Ye Z, Desai H, Bair M, Williams GJ. \u201cA novel photocrosslinking assay for reporting protein interactions in polyketide and fatty acid synthases\u201d. Mol BioSys<\/i>, 2011<\/strong>, 7, 3152-3156.\u00a0pdf<\/a>
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[18] Koryakina I, Williams GJ. \u201cMutant malonyl-CoA synthetases for polyketide extender unit generation\u201d. ChemBioChem<\/i>, 2011<\/strong>, 12, 2289-2293.\u00a0pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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[17] Parajuli N, Williams GJ.\u00a0 \u201cA high-throughput screen for directed evolution of aminocoumarin amide synthetases\u201d. Anal Biochem<\/i>, 2011<\/strong>; 419: 61-66.\u00a0pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

[16] Koryakina I, Neville J, Nonaka K, van Lanen S, Williams GJ. \u201cA high-throughput screen for directed evolution of the natural product sulfotransferase LipB\u201d. J Biomol Screening<\/i>, 2011<\/strong>; 16: 845-851.\u00a0pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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[15] Williams GJ, Yang J, Zhang C, Thorson JS. \u201cRecombinant E. coli<\/em> prototype strains for in vivo glycorandomization\u201d. ACS Chem Biol<\/em>, 2011<\/strong>, 6, 95-100.<\/p>\n

[14] Williams GJ, Thorson JS. \u201cNatural product glycosyltransferases: properties and applications. Adv Enzymol Relat Areas Mol Biol,<\/em> 2009<\/strong>, 76, 55-119.<\/p>\n

[13] Williams GJ, Gantt RW, Thorson JS. \u201cThe impact of enzyme engineering upon natural product glycodiversification\u201d. Curr Opin Chem Biol<\/i>, 2008<\/strong>, 12, 556-564.<\/p>\n

[12] Gantt RW, Goff RD, Williams GJ, Thorson JS. \u201cProbing the aglycone promiscuity of an engineered glycosyltransferase\u201d. Angew Chemie Int Ed<\/i>, 2008<\/strong>, 47, 8889-8892.<\/p>\n

[11] Williams GJ, Zhang C, Goff R, Thorson JS. \u201cOptimization of a natural product glycosyltransferase for glycorandomization of novobiocin\u201d. Chem Biol<\/i>, 2008<\/strong>, 15, 393-401.<\/p>\n

[10] Williams GJ, Thorson JS. \u201cA high-throughput fluorescence-based glycosyltransferase screen and its application in directed evolution\u201d. Nat Protocols<\/i>, 2008<\/strong>, 3, 357-362.<\/p>\n

[9] Williams GJ, Zhang C, Thorson JS. \u201cExpanding the promiscuity of a natural product glycosyltransferase by directed evolution\u201d. Nat Chem Biol,<\/i> 2007<\/strong>, 3, 657-662.<\/p>\n

[8] Williams GJ, Woodhall T, Farnsworth LM, Nelson A, Berry A. \u201cStereochemically complementary biocatalysts created by directed evolution\u201d. Synfacts<\/em> 2007<\/strong>, 2, 0208-0208.<\/p>\n

[7] Williams GJ, Woodall T, Farnsworth LM, Nelson A, Berry A. \u201cCreation of a pair of stereochemically complementary biocatalysts\u201d. J Am Chem Soc<\/i>, 2006<\/strong>, 128, 16238-47.<\/p>\n

[6] Williams GJ, Woodhall T, Nelson A, Berry A. \u201cStructure-guided saturation mutagenesis of N<\/i>-acetylneuraminic acid lyase for the synthesis of sialic acid mimetics\u201d. PEDS<\/i> 2005<\/strong>; 18: 239-246.<\/p>\n

[5] Woodhall T, Williams GJ, Berry A, Nelson A. \u201cSynthesis of screening substrates for the directed evolution of sialic acid aldolase: Towards tailored enzymes for the preparation of influenza A inhibitor analogues\u201d. Org Biomol<\/i> Chem,<\/i> 2005<\/strong>; 3: 1795-1800.<\/p>\n

[4] Woodhall T, Williams GJ, Berry A, Nelson A. \u201cCreation of a tailored aldolase for the parallel synthesis of sialic acid mimetics\u201d. Angew Chemie Int Ed,<\/i> 2005<\/strong>; 44: 2109-2112.<\/p>\n

[3] Williams GJ, Nelson A, Berry A. \u201cDirected evolution of enzymes for biocatalysis and the life sciences\u201d. Cell Mol Life Sci, <\/i>2004<\/strong>; 61: 3034-3046.<\/p>\n

[2] Williams GJ, Berry A. \u201cDirected evolution\u201d. Biochemist<\/em> 2003<\/strong>, 25, 4, 13-16.<\/p>\n

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