Dr. Benke Hong

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsNatural Product Chemistry,Bioorganic and Biological Chemistry
Keywordsvinblastine, mechanism, Diels-Alderases, protein engineering, natural products biosynthesis

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityBeijing
InstitutionPeking University (PKU)
InstituteCollege of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Sarah O'ConnorAbteilung Naturstoffbiosynthese, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Ökologie, Jena
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2019

Programme(s)

2019Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2021Trenti, Francesco and Yamamoto, Kotaro and Hong, Benke and Paetz, Christian and Nakamura, Yoko and O’Connor, Sarah E.: Early and Late Steps of Quinine Biosynthesis. In: Organic Letters, 23, 2021, 1793-1797
n.n.Rodríguez-López, Carlos E. and Hong, Benke and Paetz, Christian and Nakamura, Yoko and Koudounas, Konstantinos and Passeri, Valentina and Baldoni, Luciana and Alagna, Fiammetta and Calderini, Ornella and O'Connor, Sarah E.: Two bi-functional cytochrome P450 CYP72 enzymes from olive (Olea europaea) catalyze the oxidative C-C bond cleavage in the biosynthesis of secoxy-iridoids – flavor and quality determinants in olive oil. In: New Phytologist, n/a, n.n.,