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National Institute of Biological
Sciences, Beijing, China
E-mail: hexinjian@nibs.ac.cn
http://www.nibs.ac.cn/en/yjsjyimgshow.php?cid=5&sid=6&id=766
Area of expertise: epigenetics, histone modification, DNA methylation, flowering, stress response
Selected Publications:
Qian, F., Zhao, Q.Q., Zhou, J.X., Yuan, D.Y., Liu, Z.Z., Su, Y.N., Li, L., Chen, S., and He, X.J. (2025). The GTE4-EML chromatin reader complex concurrently recognizes histone acetylation and H3K4 trimethylation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 37: koae330.
Su, X.M., Yuan, D.Y., Liu, N., Zhang, Z.C., Yang, M., Li, L., Chen, S., Zhou, Y., and He, X.J. (2025). ALFIN-like proteins link histone H3K4me3 to H2A ubiquitination and coordinate diverse chromatin modifications in Arabidopsis. Mol. Plant 18: 130–150.
Wu, C.J., Xu, X., Yuan, D.Y., Liu, Z.Z., Tan, L.M., Su, Y.N., Li, L., Chen, S., and He, X.J. (2024). Arabidopsis histone acetyltransferase complex coordinates cytoplasmic histone acetylation and nuclear chromatin accessibility. Sci. Adv. 10: eadp1840.
Guo, J. and He, X.J. (2024). Composition and function of plant chromatin remodeling complexes. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 81: 102613.
Zheng, S.Y., Guan, B.B., Yuan, D.Y., Zhao, Q.Q., Ge, W., Tan, L.M., Chen, S.S., Li, L., Chen, S., Xu, R.M., and He, X.J. (2023). Dual roles of the Arabidopsis PEAT complex in histone H2A deubiquitination and H4K5 acetylation. Mol. Plant 16: 1847–1865.
Du, P., Wang, Q., Yuan, D.Y., Chen, S.S., Su, Y.N., Li, L., Chen, S., and He, X.J. (2023). WRKY transcription factors and OBERON histone-binding proteins form complexes to balance plant growth and stress tolerance. EMBO J. 42: e113639.
Wu, C.J., Yuan, D.Y., Liu, Z.Z., Xu, X., Wei, L., Cai, X.W., Su, Y.N., Li, L., Chen, S., and He, X.J. (2023). Conserved and plant-specific histone acetyltransferase complexes cooperate to regulate gene transcription and plant development. Nat. Plants 9: 442–459.
Guo, J., Cai, G., Li, Y.Q., Zhang, Y.X., Su, Y.N., Yuan, D.Y., Zhang, Z.C., Liu, Z.Z., Cai, X.W., Guo, J., Li, L., Chen, S., and He, X.J. (2022). Comprehensive characterization of three classes of Arabidopsis SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes. Nat. Plants 8: 1423–1439.
Shang, J.Y., Lu, Y.J., Cai, X.W., Su, Y.N., Feng, C., Li, L., Chen, S., and He, X.J. (2021). COMPASS functions as a module of the INO80 chromatin remodeling complex to mediate histone H3K4 methylation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 33: 3250–3271.
Wu, C.J., Liu, Z.Z., Wei, L., Zhou, J.X., Cai, X.W., Su, Y.N., Li, L., Chen, S., He, X.J. (2021). Three functionally redundant plant-specific paralogs are core subunits of the SAGA histone acetyltransferase complex in Arabidopsis. Mol. Plant 14: 1071–1087.
Ning, Y.Q., Liu, N., Lan, K.K., Su, Y.N., Li, L., Chen, S., and He, X.J. (2020). DREAM complex suppresses DNA methylation maintenance genes and precludes DNA hypermethylation. Nat. Plants 6: 942956.
Luo, Y.X., Hou, X.M., Zhang, C.J., Tan, L.M., Shao, C.R., Lin, R.N., Su, Y.N., Cai, X.W., Li, L., Chen, S., and He, X.J. (2020). A plant-specific SWR1 chromatin-remodeling complex couples histone H2A.Z deposition with nucleosome sliding. EMBO J. 39: e102008.
Tan, L.M., Liu, R., Gu, B.W., Zhang, C.J., Luo, J., Guo, J., Wang, Y., Chen, L., Du, X., Li, S., Shao, C.R., Su, Y.N., Lin, R.N., Li, L., Chen, S., Du, J., and He, X.J. (2020). Dual recognition of H3K4me3 and DNA by the ISWI component ARID5 regulates the floral transition in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 32: 2178–2195.
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