Kehu Li

Dr. Kehu Li


Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 September 2020 in Food Chemistry
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KLKehu Li
Kehu Li
TZTongze Zhang
Tongze Zhang
SNShwetha Narayanamoorthy
Shwetha Narayanamoorthy
CJCan Jin
Can Jin
ZSZhongquan Sui
Zhongquan Sui
HCHarold Corke
Harold Corke

1 February 2021 in Food Chemistry
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TZTongze Zhang
Tongze Zhang
KLKehu Li
Kehu Li
XDXinghua Ding
Xinghua Ding
ZSZhongquan Sui
Zhongquan Sui
QYQiong-Qiong Yang
Qiong-Qiong Yang
HCHarold Corke
Harold Corke

1 June 2020 in Food Chemistry
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KLKehu Li
Kehu Li
QLQingzhu Li
Qingzhu Li
CJCan Jin
Can Jin
SNShwetha Narayanamoorthy
Shwetha Narayanamoorthy
TZTongze Zhang
Tongze Zhang
HCHarold Corke
Harold Corke

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MTMeng Tang
Meng Tang
CLChaohan Li
Chaohan Li
CZCheng Zhang
Cheng Zhang
YCYouming Cai
Youming Cai
YZYongchun Zhang
Yongchun Zhang
KLKehu Li
Kehu Li
Alkaloids are a class of nitrogen-containing alkaline organic compounds found in nature, with significant biological activity, and are also important active ingredients in Chinese herbal medicine. Amaryllidaceae plants are rich in alkaloids, among which galanthamine, lycorine, and lycoramine are representative. Since the difficulty and high cost of synthesizing alkaloids have been the major obstacles in industrial production, particularly the molecular mechanism underlying alkaloid biosynthesis is largely unknown. Here, we determined the alkaloid content in Lycoris longituba, Lycoris incarnata, and Lycoris sprengeri, and performed a SWATH-MS (sequential window acquisition of all theoretical mass spectra)-based quantitative approach to detect proteome changes in the three Lycoris. A total of 2193 proteins were quantified, of which 720 proteins showed a difference in abundance between Ll and Ls, and 463 proteins showed a difference in abundance between Li and Ls. KEGG enrichment analysis revealed that differentially expressed proteins are distributed in specific biological processes including amino acid metabolism, starch, and sucrose metabolism, implicating a supportive role for Amaryllidaceae alkaloids metabolism in Lycoris. Furthermore, several key genes collectively known as OMT and NMT were identified, which are probably responsible for galanthamine biosynthesis. Interestingly, RNA processing-related proteins were also abundantly detected in alkaloid-rich Ll, suggesting that posttranscriptional regulation such as alternative splicing may contribute to the biosynthesis of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids. Taken together, our SWATH-MS-based proteomic investigation may reveal the differences in alkaloid contents at the protein levels, providing a comprehensive proteome reference for the regulatory metabolism of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids.

13 January 2023 in Scientia Horticulturae
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KLKehu Li
Kehu Li
HRHuanhuan Ren
Huanhuan Ren
WZWei Zhao
Wei Zhao
XZXiaoqiong Zhao
Xiaoqiong Zhao
CGChunmei Gan
Chunmei Gan

7 January 2022 in Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
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KLKehu Li
Kehu Li
QLQingzhu Li
Qingzhu Li
LWLily Yan Wang
Lily Yan Wang
HRHuanhuan Ren
Huanhuan Ren
YGYongyi Ge
Yongyi Ge