Aitao Li

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Aitao Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Aitao Li has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Pharmacology and 19 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Aitao Li's work include Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (51 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (34 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (28 papers). Aitao Li is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (51 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (34 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (28 papers). Aitao Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Singapore. Aitao Li's co-authors include Carlos G. Acevedo‐Rocha, Zhoutong Sun, Manfred T. Reetz, Ge Qu, Jian‐He Xu, Zhi Li, Manfred T. Reetz, Jing Zhao, Hui‐Lei Yu and Shuke Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Aitao Li

104 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Crucial Role of Methodology Development in Directed Evolution of Selective Enzymes

2019 367 citations Ge Qu, Aitao Li et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aitao Li China	34	2.4k	757	668	635	420	109	3.4k
Bettina M. Nestl Germany	30	2.1k 0.9×	427 0.6×	316 0.5×	562 0.9×	370 0.9×	75	2.5k
Zhoutong Sun China	28	2.4k 1.0×	456 0.6×	303 0.5×	535 0.8×	251 0.6×	100	3.1k
Shuke Wu Singapore	28	2.3k 0.9×	669 0.9×	191 0.3×	733 1.2×	351 0.8×	46	2.9k
Radka Šnajdrová Switzerland	25	2.5k 1.0×	738 1.0×	155 0.2×	878 1.4×	460 1.1×	48	3.4k
Christoph K. Winkler Austria	26	1.6k 0.7×	436 0.6×	192 0.3×	757 1.2×	327 0.8×	52	2.7k
Hyungdon Yun South Korea	36	3.2k 1.3×	476 0.6×	285 0.4×	1.1k 1.8×	294 0.7×	135	4.1k
Marcel Wubbolts Netherlands	27	2.8k 1.1×	553 0.7×	310 0.5×	324 0.5×	253 0.6×	44	3.4k
Robert Kourist Germany	35	2.7k 1.1×	695 0.9×	158 0.2×	818 1.3×	323 0.8×	141	3.6k
Jon D. Stewart United States	41	3.0k 1.2×	697 0.9×	214 0.3×	750 1.2×	332 0.8×	112	3.9k
Scott P. France United Kingdom	20	2.0k 0.8×	492 0.6×	180 0.3×	791 1.2×	528 1.3×	30	2.5k

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Hu, Lei, Xiaogang Peng, Pan Xiao, et al.. (2025). Rational Mining and Engineering of Unique P450 Enzymes Enable Production of Diverse Dimeric Tryptophan-Containing Diketopiperazine Alkaloids. ACS Catalysis. 15(21). 18450–18462.

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Zhang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2025). Structure-Guided Engineering of CYP109B4: From Monooxygenase to Peroxygenase for Selective Steroid Hydroxylation. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(47). 30417–30428.

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Wu, Yuanqing, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Gastrodin Production in Yarrowia lipolytica by Metabolic Engineering. ACS Synthetic Biology. 13(4). 1332–1342. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaodong, Haoran Li, Di Deng, et al.. (2024). Engineering of Unspecific Peroxygenases Using a Superfolder-Green-Fluorescent-Protein-Mediated Secretion System in Escherichia coli. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 1654–1663. 15 indexed citations

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Li, Aitao, et al.. (2024). Boosting Catalytic Performance of Cytochrome c through Tailored Carboxymethylation in Covalent Organic Frameworks. ACS Catalysis. 14(10). 7639–7648. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Han, Zhen Sun, Jie Zhan, et al.. (2024). d-Allulose production via a simplified in vitro multienzyme cascade strategy: Biosynthesis and crystallization. Food Bioscience. 62. 105507–105507. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhen, Huidong Xu, You Yang, et al.. (2024). Food-Grade Expression of Two Laccases in Pichia pastoris and Study on Their Enzymatic Degradation Characteristics for Mycotoxins. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 10 indexed citations

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Xu, Huidong, et al.. (2023). A Novel Strategy for Whole-Cell Biotransformation Enabling Simultaneous l-Phenyllactic Acid Production and Coenzyme Regeneration. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 71(51). 20772–20781. 2 indexed citations

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Wu, Ranran, Yangyang Yu, Yuanming Wang, et al.. (2021). Wastewater-powered high-value chemical synthesis in a hybrid bioelectrochemical system. iScience. 24(12). 103401–103401. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhongwei, Qian Li, Fei Wang, et al.. (2020). One-pot biosynthesis of 1,6-hexanediol from cyclohexane byde novodesigned cascade biocatalysis. Green Chemistry. 22(21). 7476–7483. 38 indexed citations

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Li, Aitao, Carlos G. Acevedo‐Rocha, Lorenzo D’Amore, et al.. (2020). Regio‐ and Stereoselective Steroid Hydroxylation at C7 by Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase Mutants. Angewandte Chemie. 132(30). 12599–12605. 22 indexed citations

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Li, Aitao, Ge Qu, Zhoutong Sun, & Manfred T. Reetz. (2019). Statistical Analysis of the Benefits of Focused Saturation Mutagenesis in Directed Evolution Based on Reduced Amino Acid Alphabets. ACS Catalysis. 9(9). 7769–7778. 46 indexed citations

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Qu, Ge, Aitao Li, Carlos G. Acevedo‐Rocha, Zhoutong Sun, & Manfred T. Reetz. (2019). Die zentrale Rolle der Methodenentwicklung in der gerichteten Evolution selektiver Enzyme. Angewandte Chemie. 132(32). 13304–13333. 40 indexed citations

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Qu, Ge, Aitao Li, Carlos G. Acevedo‐Rocha, Zhoutong Sun, & Manfred T. Reetz. (2019). The Crucial Role of Methodology Development in Directed Evolution of Selective Enzymes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(32). 13204–13231. 367 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Hangyu, Binju Wang, Fei Wang, et al.. (2018). Chemo‐ and Regioselective Dihydroxylation of Benzene to Hydroquinone Enabled by Engineered Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(3). 764–768. 71 indexed citations

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Acevedo‐Rocha, Carlos G., Richard Lonsdale, Aitao Li, et al.. (2018). P450-Catalyzed Regio- and Diastereoselective Steroid Hydroxylation: Efficient Directed Evolution Enabled by Mutability Landscaping. ACS Catalysis. 8(4). 3395–3410. 136 indexed citations

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Li, Aitao, Zhoutong Sun, & Manfred T. Reetz. (2018). Solid‐Phase Gene Synthesis for Mutant Library Construction: The Future of Directed Evolution?. ChemBioChem. 19(19). 2023–2032. 21 indexed citations

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Zhou, Hangyu, Binju Wang, Fei Wang, et al.. (2018). Chemo‐ and Regioselective Dihydroxylation of Benzene to Hydroquinone Enabled by Engineered Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase. Angewandte Chemie. 131(3). 774–778. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Aitao, Jing Zhao, Qi Chen, et al.. (2018). Engineering P450_LaMOstereospecificity and product selectivity for selective C–H oxidation of tetralin-like alkylbenzenes. Catalysis Science & Technology. 8(18). 4638–4644. 18 indexed citations

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Zheng, Gao‐Wei, Qi Chen, Lei Huang, et al.. (2017). Preparation of Structurally Diverse Chiral Alcohols by Engineering Ketoreductase CgKR1. ACS Catalysis. 7(10). 7174–7181. 79 indexed citations

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