Publications
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Microbial Upcycling of Plastic Waste to Levodopa
B. Royer, Y. Era, M. Valenzuela-Ortega, T. W. Thorpe, C. L. Trotter, K. Clouston, J. F. C. Steele, N. Zeballos, E. Shrimpton-Phoenix, B. Eiamthong, C. Uttamapinant, C. W. Wood, S. Wallace*, Nat. Sustain. 2026 (Advance article)
Native H2 Pathways Enable Biocompatible Hydrogenation of Metabolic Alkenes in Bacteria
M. F. M. White, C. L. Trotter, J. F. C. Steele, E. C. H. T. Lau, J. Sadhukhan, Y. Era, S. Law, J. Gilman, J. A. Dennis, N. W. Johnson, R. Gordon, S. Wallace*, Nat. Chem. 2026, 18, 535–543
Interfacing Solar Energy with Bacterial Metabolism for Sustainable Chemical Synthesis
C. L. Trotter, K. Clouston, J. F. C. Steele, L. Marlow, S. Wallace*, Nat. Rev. Clean Technol. 2026, 2, 123–150
Cellular Upcycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) With an Engineered Human Saliva Metagenomic PET Hydrolase
R. Amornloetwattana, B. Eiamthong, P. Meesawat, P. Bunkum, B. Royer, N. Zeballos, M. Valenzuela-Ortega, R. C. Robinson, S. Wallace*, C. Uttamapinant*, ChemSusChem 2025, 19, e202502560
Concurrent Linear Deracemization of Secondary Benzylic Alcohols via Simultaneous Photocatalysis and Whole-cell Biocatalysis
W. Y. W. Wong, S. Wallace*, C. P. Johnston*, ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 15195-15210
A Biocompatible Lossen Rearrangement in <em>Escherichia coli</em>
N. Johnson, M. Valenzuela-Ortega, T. W. Thorpe, Y. Era, A. Kjeldsen, K. Mulholland, S. Wallace*, Nat. Chem. 2025, 17, 1020-1026
Microbially Derived P=S and P=Se Bond Formation
C. L. Trotter, Y. Era, R. Gordon, S. Law, C. H. Switzer, S. Wallace*, JACS Au 2025, 5, 4, 2027-2032
Cultivating the Future Leaders of Chemical Biology
A. Rulka, E. Adams, A. Kawamura*, S. Wallace*, RSC Chem. Biol. 2025, 6, 7-10
Redesigning Microbial Enzymes for Sustainable Chemical Synthesis
J. F. C. Steele, S. Wallace*, Chem. Catal. 2024, 4, 8, 101087
Microbial Upcycling of Waste PET to Adipic Acid
M. Valenzuela-Ortega, J. T. Suitor, M. F. M. White, T. Hinchcliffe, S. Wallace*, ACS Cent. Sci. 2023, 9, 11, 2057–2063
Biocompatible α-Methylenation of Metabolic Butyraldehyde in Living Bacteria
J. A. Dennis, N. W. Johnson, T. W. Thorpe, S. Wallace*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 135, 38, e202306347
Engineering Biology for Sustainable 1,4-Butanediol Synthesis
C.L Trotter, G.S Babu, S. Wallace*, Trends Biotechnol. 2023, 41, 3, 286-288
Overproduction of Native and Click-able Colanic Acid Slime from Engineered <em>Escherichia coli</em>
J. C. Sadler, R. C. Brewster, A. Kjeldsen, A. F. González, J. S. Nirkko, S. Varzandeh, S. Wallace*, JACS Au 2023, 3, 2, 378–383
Bread Waste - A Potential Feedstock for Sustainable Circular Biorefineries
V. Kumar*, P. Brancoli, V. Narisetty, S. Wallace, D. Charalampopoulos, B. K. Dubey, G. Kumar, A. Bhatnagar, S. K. Bhatia, M. J. Taherzadeh, Bioresour. Technol. 2023, 369, 128449
A New PETase from the Human Saliva Metagenome and Its Functional Modification via Genetic Code Expansion in Bacteria
M. F. M. White, S. Wallace*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, 12, e202216963
Palladium Nanoparticles from <em>Desulfovibrio alaskensis</em> G20 Catalyze Biocompatible Sonogashira and Biohydrogenation Cascades
Y. Era, J. A. Dennis, L. E. Horsfall*, S. Wallace*, JACS Au 2022, 2, 11, 2446–2452
Tyramine Derivatives Catalyze the Aldol Dimerization of Butyraldehyde in the Presence of <em>Escherichia coli</em>
J. A. Dennis, J. C. Sadler, S. Wallace*, ChemBioChem. 2022, e202200238
Micellar Catalysis of the Suzuki Miyaura Reaction using Biogenic Pd Nanoparticles from <em>Desulfovibrio alaskensis</em>.
Y. Era, J. A. Dennis, L. E. Horsfall*, S. Wallace*, Green Chem. 2021, 23, 8886–8890
Microbial Synthesis of Vanillin from Waste poly(ethylene terephthalate)
J. C. Sadler, S. Wallace*, Green Chem. 2021, 23, 4665–4672