Chun-Yang Li

Mar 15, 2024 | nature.com | Chun-Yang Li |Xiu-Lan Chen |Jun Gao |Lu-Ning Liu

AbstractSymbiodinium are the photosynthetic endosymbionts for corals and play a vital role in supplying their coral hosts with photosynthetic products, forming the nutritional foundation for high-yield coral reef ecosystems.

Nov 28, 2023 | nature.com | Chun-Yang Li |Ming Peng |Jinyan Wang |Georg Pohnert |Xiao-Hua Zhang |James Harvey | +5 more

AbstractDimethylsulfoxonium propionate (DMSOP) is a recently identified and abundant marine organosulfur compound with roles in oxidative stress protection, global carbon and sulfur cycling and, as shown here, potentially in osmotolerance. Microbial DMSOP cleavage yields dimethyl sulfoxide, a ubiquitous marine metabolite, and acrylate, but the enzymes responsible, and their environmental importance, were unknown.

May 13, 2023 | nature.com | Chun-Yang Li |Hai-Yan Cao |Xiu-Lan Chen |Jonathan Todd

AbstractDimethylsulfide (DMS) is the major biosulfur source emitted to the atmosphere with key roles in global sulfur cycling and potentially climate regulation. The main precursor of DMS is thought to be dimethylsulfoniopropionate. However, hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a widely distributed and abundant volatile in natural environments, can be methylated to DMS. The microorganisms and the enzymes that convert H2S to DMS, and their importance in global sulfur cycling were unknown.