The Hsieh Research Group 

Damao Wang 

 

Ph. D. in Biotechnology Korea University (Conferred in June 2016) 

Advisor: Prof. Kyoung Heon Kim

 

Postdoc at Hsieh group since Sep 2016 

 

Research expertise: Marine biomass biorefinery, fermentation; enzymes screening; molecular cloning; heterologous protein expression and purification; enzyme characterization; biomass pretreatment; polysaccharide, metabolic engineering 

 

Thesis: Chemical and enzymatic saccharification of complex polysaccharides from brown macroalgae 

 

Publications list:

 

13. Li J, Wang D, Xing X, Cheng TJR, Liang PH, Bulone V, Park JH, Hsieh YSY. Structural analysis and biological activity of cell wall polysaccharides extracted from Panax ginseng marc. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2019, 135, 29-37

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12. Wang D, Li J, Wong CY, Aachmann F, Hsieh YSY. A colorimetric assay to rapidly determine the activities of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases. Biotechnol. Biofuels, 2018, 11, 215 

 

11. Wang D, Li J, Salazar-Alvarez G, McKee LS, Srivastava V, Sellberg J, Bulone V, Hsieh YSY. Production of functionalised chitins assisted by fungal lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase. Green Chem. 2018, 20, 2091-2100

 

10. Wang D, Aarstad O, Li J, McKee L,  Sætrom G, Vyas A, Srivastava V, Aachmann F, Bulone V, Hsieh YSY. Preparation of 4-deoxy-L-erythro-5-hexoseulose uronic acid (DEH) and guluronic acid-rich alginate using a unique exo-alginate lyase from Thalassotalea crassostreae, J. Agric. Food Chem. 2018, 66, 1435-1443

 

9. Wang D, Kim DH, Yoon JJ, Kim KH. Production of high-value β-1, 3-glucooligosaccharides by microwave-assisted hydrothermal hydrolysis of curdlan. Process Biochem. 2017, 52, 233-23

 

8. Wang D, Kim DH, Park YC, Seo JH, Kim KH. The first bacterial β-1,6-endoglucanase from Saccharophagus degradans 2-40T for the hydrolysis of pustulan and laminarin. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2017, 101 (1), 197-204

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7. Wang D, DH Kim, KH Kim. Effective production of fermentable sugars from brown macroalgae biomass

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2016, 100 (22), 9439-9450

 

6. Kim DH, Wang D, Yun EJ, Kim S, Kim SR, Kim KH. Validation of the metabolic pathway of the alginate-derived monomer in Saccharophagus degradans 2-40T by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Process Biochem. 2016, 51 (10), 1374-1379

 

5. Wang D, Seo N, An HJ, Kim JH, Kim KH. A novel GH5 family β-1,3-1,6-endoglucanase exhibiting β-1,3-endoglucanase, β-1,6-endoglucanase, and transglycosylase activities. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2016, 82(14):4340-4349 

 

4. Wang D, Yun EJ, Kim S, Kim DH, Seo N, An HJ, Kim JH, Cheong NY, Kim KH. Efficacy of acidic pretreatment for the saccharification and fermentation of alginate from brown macroalgae. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng. 2016, 39(6):959-966 

 

3. Wang D, Kim HT, Yun EJ, Kim do H, Park YC, Woo HC, Kim KH. Optimal production of 4-deoxy-L-erythro-5-hexoseulose uronic acid from alginate for brown macro algae saccharification by combining endo-and exo-type alginate lyases. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng. 2014, 37(10):2105-11 

 

2. Kim HT, Yun EJ, Wang D, Chung JH, Choi IG, Kim KH. High temperature and low acid pretreatment and agarase treatment of agarose for the production of sugar and ethanol from red seaweed biomass. Bioresour Technol. 2013, 136:582-7. 

 

1. Kim HT, Chung JH, Wang D, Lee J, Woo HC, Choi IG, Kim KH. Depolymerization of alginate into a monomeric sugar acid using Alg17C, an exo-oligoalginate lyase cloned from Saccharophagus degradans 2-40. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2012, 93(5):2233-2239