Prof. Xu Yuquan and his team at the Biotechnology Research Institute of CAAS published an article titled "Methyl glucosylation of aromatic amino and phenolic moieties of drug-like bio-synthons via combinatorial biosynthesis" in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They identified previously undiscovered fungal glucosyltransferase and methyltransferase, and created a synthetic biology platform in which glucosyltransferase and methyltransferase could produce glycosylated polyketides not found in nature, some with increased stability and bioactivity.

Characterization of Beauveria bassiana glucosyltransferase-methyltransferase module and the bioactivities of methylglucosides