Ming Tien
Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- 305 Frear South
University Park, - mxt3@psu.edu
- 814-863-1165
Research Summary
Characterization and biochemical analysis of cellulose synthesis in a variety of organisms. Mechanism and regulation of fungal degradation of lignin. Dissimilatory Iron reduction.
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Most Recent Papers
Kinetic analysis of cellulose synthase of Gluconacetobacter hansenii in whole cells and in purified form
John B. McManus, Liza Wilson, Hui Yang, James D. Kubicki, Ming Tien, 2018, Enzyme and Microbial Technology on p. 24-29
Host-plant induced changes in microbial community structure and midgut gene expression in an invasive polyphage (Anoplophora glabripennis
Erin D. Scully, Scott M. Geib, Charles J. Mason, John E. Carlson, Ming Tien, Han Yi Chen, Scott Harding, Chung Jui Tsai, Kelli Hoover, 2018, Scientific Reports
Longevity in vivo of primary cell wall cellulose synthases
Joseph Lee Hill, Cooper Josephs, William J. Barnes, Charles T. Anderson, Ming Tien, 2018, Plant molecular biology on p. 279-289
Initiation, Elongation, and Termination of Bacterial Cellulose Synthesis
John B. McManus, Hui Yang, Liza Wilson, James D. Kubicki, Ming Tien, 2018, ACS Omega on p. 2690-2698
Reducing biomass recalcitrance by heterologous expression of a bacterial peroxidase in tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana)
Ayalew Ligaba-Osena, Bertrand Hankoua, Kay Dimarco, Robert Pace, Mark Crocker, Jesse McAtee, Nivedita Nagachar, Ming Tien, Tom L. Richard, 2017, Scientific Reports
Within gut physicochemical variation does not correspond to distinct resident fungal and bacterial communities in the tree-killing xylophage, Anoplophora glabripennis
Charles J. Mason, David C. Long, Elizabeth M. McCarthy, Nivedita Nagachar, Cristina Rosa, Erin D. Scully, Ming Tien, Kelli Hoover, 2017, Journal of Insect Physiology on p. 27-35
Modulation of the reactivity of multiheme cytochromes by site-directed mutagenesis
Alexandra S. Alves, Nazua L. Costa, Ming Tien, Ricardo O. Louro, Catarina M. Paquete, 2017, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry on p. 87-97
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John B. McManus, Ying Deng, Nivedita Nagachar, Teh Hui Kao, Ming Tien, 2016, Enzyme and Microbial Technology on p. 58-65
Isolation and characterization of two cellulose morphology mutants of Gluconacetobacter hansenii ATCC23769 producing cellulose with lower crystallinity
Ying Deng, Nivedita Nagachar, Lin Fang, Xin Luan, Jeffrey M. Catchmark, Ming Tien, Teh Hui Kao, 2015, PloS one
Functional genomics and microbiome profiling of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) reveal insights into the digestive physiology and nutritional ecology of wood feeding beetles
Erin D. Scully, Scott M. Geib, John E. Carlson, Ming Tien, Duane McKenna, Kelli Hoover, 2014, BMC Genomics
High-Impact Papers
Characterization of an electron conduit between bacteria and the extracellular environment
Robert S. Hartshorne, Catherine L. Reardon, Daniel Ross, Jochen Nuester, Thomas A. Clarke, Andrew J. Gates, Paul C. Mills, Jim K. Fredrickson, John M. Zachara, Liang Shi, Alex S. Beliaev, Matthew J. Marshall, Ming Tien, Susan Brantley, Julea N. Butt, David J. Richardson, 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 22169-22174
Kinetic characterization of OmcA and MtrC, terminal reductases involved in respiratory electron transfer for dissimilatory iron reduction in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1
Daniel E. Ross, Susan L. Brantley, Ming Tien, 2009, Applied and Environmental Microbiology on p. 5218-5226
Identification of an extracellular polysaccharide network essential for cytochrome anchoring and biofilm formation in Geobacter sulfurreducens
Janet B. Rollefson, Camille S. Stephen, Ming Tien, Daniel R. Bond, 2011, Journal of Bacteriology on p. 1023-1033
The arabidopsis cellulose synthase complex
Joseph L. Hill, Mustafa B. Hammudi, Ming Tien, 2014, Plant Cell on p. 4834-4842
Effect of host tree species on cellulase activity and bacterial community composition in the gut of larval asian longhorned beetle
Scott M. Geib, Maria Del Mar Jimenez-Gasco, John E. Carlson, Ming Tien, Kelli Hoover, 2009, Environmental Entomology on p. 686-699
Metagenomic Profiling Reveals Lignocellulose Degrading System in a Microbial Community Associated with a Wood-Feeding Beetle
Erin D. Scully, Scott M. Geib, Kelli Hoover, Ming Tien, Susannah G. Tringe, Kerrie W. Barry, Tijana Glavina del Rio, Mansi Chovatia, Joshua R. Herr, John E. Carlson, 2013, PLoS One
Effects of laccase on lignin depolymerization and enzymatic hydrolysis of ensiled corn stover
Qin Chen, Megan N. Marshall, Scott M. Geib, Ming Tien, Tom L. Richard, 2012, Bioresource technology on p. 186-192
Differential proteomic analysis of the secretome of Irpex lacteus and other white-rot fungi during wheat straw pretreatment
Davinia Salvachúa, Angel T. Martínez, Ming Tien, María F. López-Lucendo, Francisco García, Vivian De Los Ríos, María Jesús Martínez, Alicia Prieto, 2013, Biotechnology for Biofuels
Midgut transcriptome profiling of Anoplophora glabripennis, a lignocellulose degrading cerambycid beetle
Erin D. Scully, Kelli Hoover, John E. Carlson, Ming Tien, Scott M. Geib, 2013, BMC Genomics
Identification of proteins involved in lignocellulose degradation using in gel zymogram analysis combined with mass spectroscopy-based peptide analysis of gut proteins from larval Asian longhorned beetles, Anoplophora glabripennis
Scott M. Geib, Ming Tien, Kelli Hoover, 2010, Insect Science on p. 253-264