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Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, ChangChun 130024, China
E-mail: xuzy100@nenu.edu.cn
Area of expertise: abiotic stress responses; crop science; epigenetic regulation; transcriptional regulation; UV-B responses; rice; arabidopsis
Selected Publications:
Wang, J., Ao, M., Ma, A., Yu, J., Guo, P., Huang, S.Z., Peng, X.Y., Yun, D-J., and Xu, Z-Y. (2024). A mitochondrial localized chaperone regulator OsBAG6 functions in saline-alkaline stress tolerance in rice. Rice 17: 10.
Liu, Y.T., Peng, X.Y., Ma, A., Liu, W.X., Liu, B., Yun, D-J., and Xu, Z-Y. (2023). Type-B response regulator OsRR22 forms a transcriptional activation complex with OsSLR1 to modulate OsHKT2;1 expression in rice. Sci. China Life Sci. 66: 2922–2934.
Liu, Y.T., Li, M.T., Yu, J.L., Ma, A., Wang, J., Yun, D-J., and Xu, Z-Y. (2023). Plasma membrane-localized Hsp40/DNAJ chaperone protein facilitates OsSUVH7-OsBAG4-OsMYB106 transcriptional complex formation for OsHKT1;5 activation. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 65: 265–279.
Liu, Y.T., Guo, P., Wang, J., and Xu, Z-Y. (2023). Growth-Regulating Factors: conserved and divergent roles in plant growth and development and potential value for crop improvement. Plant J. 113: 1122–1145.
Liu, Y.T., Wang, J., Liu, B., and Xu, Z-Y. (2022). Dynamic regulation of DNA methylation and histone modifications in response to abiotic stresses in plants. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 64: 2252–2274.
Liu, Y.T., Bai, Y.S., Li, N., Li, M.T., Liu, W.X., Yun, D-J., Liu, B., and Xu, Z-Y. (2022). Hexokinase1 forms a nuclear complex with PRC2 subunits, CURLY LEAF and SWINGER, to regulate glucose signaling. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 64: 1168–1180.
Liu, Y.T., Chen, X., Xue, S.Y., Quan, T.Y., Cui, D., Han, L.Z., Cong, W.X., Li, M.T., Yun, D.J., Liu, B., and Xu, Z-Y. (2021). SET DOMAIN GROUP 721 protein functions in saline-alkaline stress tolerance in the model rice variety Kitaake. Plant Biotechnol. J. 19: 2576–2588.
Wang, T.J., Huang, S.Z., Zhang, A., Guo, P., Liu, Y.T., Liu, B., and Xu, Z-Y. (2021). JMJ17–WRKY40 and HY5–ABI5 Modules Regulate the Expression of ABA-responsive Genes in Arabidopsis. New Phytol. 230: 567–584.
Wang, J., Nan, N., Li, N., Liu, Y.T., Wang, T.J., Hwang, I., Liu, B., and Xu, Z-Y. (2020). A DNA Methylation Reader-Chaperone Regulator-Transcription Factor Complex Activates OsHKT1;5 Expression during Salinity Stress. Plant Cell 32: 3535–3558.
Wang, J., Nan, N., Shi, L.L., Li, N., Huang, S.Z., Zhang, A., Liu, Y.T., Guo, P., Liu, B., and Xu, Z-Y. (2020). Arabidopsis BRCA1 represses RRTF1-mediated ROS production and ROS-responsive gene expression under dehydration stress. New Phytol. 228: 1591–1610.
Nan, N., Wang, J., Wu, Y.F., Qian, Y., Shi, Y., Huang, S.Z., Liu, Y.T., Wu, Y., Liu, B., and Xu, Z-Y. (2020). Rice plastidial NAD-dependent malate dehydrogenase 1 negatively regulates salt stress response by reducing the vitamin B6 content. Plant Biotechnol. J. 18: 172–184.
Huang, S.Z., Zhang, A., Jin, J.B., Wang, T.J., Yu, X.M., Liu, Y.T., Wang, J., Liu, B., and Xu, Z-Y. (2019). Arabidopsis Histone H3K4 Demethylase JMJ17 Functions in Dehydration Stress Response. New Phytol. 223: 1372–1387.
Ahmad, R., Liu, Y.T., Wang, T.J., Meng, Q.X., Yin, H., Wang, X., Wu, Y.F., Nan, N., Liu, B., and Xu, Z-Y. (2019). GOLDEN 2-LIKE Transcription Factors Control the Expression of WRKY40 in Response to Abscisic Acid. Plant Physiol. 179: 1844–1860.
Liu, Y.T., Zhang, A., Yin, H., Meng, Q.X., Yu, X.M., Huang, S.Z., Wang, J., Ahmad, R., Liu, B., and Xu, Z-Y. (2018). Trithorax-group proteins ARABIDOPSIS TRITHORAX4 (ATX4) and ATX5 function in abscisic acid and dehydration stress responses. New Phytol. 217: 1582–1597.
Kim, S.Y., Xu, Z-Y., Song, K., Kim, D.H., Kang, H., Reichardt, I., Sohn, E.J., Friml, J., Juergens, G., and Hwang, I. (2013). Adaptor protein complex 2–mediated endocytosis is crucial for male reproductive organ development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 25: 2970–2985.
Xu, Z-Y., Kim, S.Y., Kim, D.H., Dong, T., Park, Y., Jin, J.B., Joo, S.H., Kim, S.K., Hong, J.C., and Hwang, D., and Hwang, I. (2013). The Arabidopsis NAC transcription factor ANAC096 cooperates with bZIP-type transcription factors in dehydration and osmotic stress responses. Plant Cell 25: 4708–4724.
Xu, Z-Y., Lee, K.H., Dong, T., Jeong, J.C., Jin, J.B., Kanno, Y., Kim, D.H., Kim, S.Y., Seo, M., and Bressan, R.A. (2012). A vacuolar β-glucosidase homolog that possesses glucose-conjugated abscisic acid hydrolyzing activity plays an important role in osmotic stress responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 24: 2184–2199.
Selected Registered Patents:
Xu, Z-Y., Nan, N., Liu, Y.T., and Shi, Y.J. A plasma membrane H+-ATPase protein related to alkali stress tolerance in rice and its application. Patent No. ZL 2020 1 0704274.4 (2022. 04. 05), China.
Xu, Z-Y., Liu, Y.T., Nan, N., Zhang, A., and Guo, P. Application of OsAC37 gene and its encoded protein in regulating the suitability of rice for direct seeding. Patent No. ZL 2022 1 1150520.1 (2024. 01. 23), China.
Liu, Y.T., Xu, Z-Y., Nan, N., and Wang, T.J. Application of OsGA1 protein or related biological materials in regulating rice blast resistance in plants. Patent No. ZL 2022 1 1376651.1 (2024. 02. 02), China.
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