現在、淅江大学生命科学学院（中国、淅江省）に勤務しています。

メールアドレス　zhuxufen@mail.hz.zj.cn（英語のみ）

＜論文＞

Kazunori Okada, Yasuhiro Kamiya, XuFen Zhu, Kengo Suzuki, Katsunori Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Hideyuki Matsuda and Makoto Kawamukai. Cloning of the sdsA gene encoding solanesyl diphosphate synthase from Rhodobacter capsulatus and its functional expression in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Bacteriol. 179:5992-5998 (1997)

Kazunori Okada, Masaru Minehira, XuFen Zhu, Kengo Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Hideyuki Matsuda and Makoto Kawamukai. The ispB gene encoding octaprenyl diphosphate synthase is essential for growth of Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol 179:3058-3060 (1997)

XuFen Zhu, Kengo Suzuki, Takeshi Saito, Kazunori Okada, Katsunori Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Hideyuki Matsuda and Makoto Kawamukai. Geranyl geranyl pyrophosphate synthase encoded by the newly isolated gene GGPS6 from Arabidopsis thaliana is localized in mitochondria. Plant Mol Biol. 35:331-341 (1997)

Kengo Suzuki, Kazunori Okada, Yasuhiro Kamiya, XuFen Zhu, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Makoto Kawamukai and Hideyuki Matsuda. Analysis of the decaprenyl diphoshate synthase (dps) gene in fission yeast suggests a role of ubiquinone as an antioxidant. J. Biochem. 121:496-505 (1997)

XuFen Zhu, Kengo Suzuki, Kazunori Okada, Katsunori Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Makoto Kawamukai and Hideyuki Matsuda. Cloning and functional expression of a novel geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase gene from Arabidopsis thaliana in Escherichia coli. Plant Cell Physiol. 38:357-361 (1997)

Kazunori Okada, Kengo Suzuki, Yasuhiro Kamiya, XuFen Zhu, Shingo Fujisakai, Yukinobu Nishimura, Tokuzo Nishino, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Makoto Kawamukai, Hideyuki Matsuda. Polyprenyl diphosphate synthase essentially defines the length of the side chain of ubiquinone. Biochim. Biophys.Acta. 1302/3:217-223 (1996)

XuFen Zhu, Mihoko Yuasa, Kazunori Okada, Kengo Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Makoto Kawamukai and Hideyuki Matsuda. Production of ubiquinone in Escherichia coli by expression of various genes responsible for ubiquinone biosynthesis. J. Ferment. Bioeng. 79(5):493-495. (1995).

＜博士論文＞

　Analysis of the genes involved in isoprenoid biosynthesis and their utilization for ubiquinone production (1997)