J Integr Plant Biol board

Dr. Jiamu Du

Professor
Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
E-mail: dujm@sustech.edu.cn
Website: https://www.sustech.edu.cn/en/faculties/dujiamu.html
Area of expertise: Plant epigenetic regulation, DNA methylation, histone modification, non-coding RNA, structural biology

Speciality Area

Plant Reproductive Biology

Selected Publications:

Xie G, Du X, Hu H, Du J. (2025). Molecular mechanisms underlying the establishment, maintenance, and removal of DNA methylation in plants. Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 76: 143-170.

Liu Y, Zhang Z, Hu H, Chen W, Zhang F, Wang Q, Wang C, Yan K, Du J. (2024). Molecular basis of chromatin remodelling by DDM1 involved in plant DNA methylation. Nat Plants 10: 374-380.

Xie G, Du X, Hu H, Du J. (2024). Molecular mechanisms of the RNA polymerases in plant RNA-directed DNA methylation. Trends Biochem. Sci. 49: 247-256.

Xie G, Du X, Hu H, Li S, Cao X, Jacobsen SE, Du J. (2023). Structure and mechanism of the plant RNA polymerase V. Science. 379: 1209-1213.

Du X, Yang Z, Xie G, Wang C, Zhang L, Yan K, Yang M, Li S, Zhu JK, Du J. (2023). Molecular basis of the plant ROS1-mediated active DNA demethylation. Nat. Plants 9: 271-279.

Hu H, Du J. (2022). Structure and mechanism of histone methylation dynamics in Arabidopsis. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 67: 102211.

Du X, Yang Z, Ariza AJF, Wang Q, Xie G, Li S, Du J. (2022). Structure of plant RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE 2, an enzyme involved in small interfering RNA production. Plant Cell 34: 2140-2149.

Wang Q, Xue Y, Zhang L, Zhong Z, Feng S, Wang C, Xiao L, Yang Z, Harris CJ, Wu Z, Zhai J, Yang M, Li S, Jacobsen SE, Du J. (2021). Mechanism of siRNA production by a plant Dicer-RNA complex in dicing-competent conformation. Science 374: 1152-1157.

Hu H, Tian S, Xie G, Liu R, Wang N, Li S, He Y, Du J. (2021). TEM1 combinatorially binds to FLOWERING LOCUS T and recruits a Polycomb factor to repress the floral transition in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 118: e2103895118.

Lv X, Zeng X, Hu H, Chen L, Zhang F, Liu R, Liu Y, Zhou X, Wang C, Wu Z, Kim C, He Y, Du J. (2021). Structural insights into the multivalent binding of the Arabidopsis FLOWERING LOCUS T promoter by the CO-NF-Y master transcription factor complex. Plant Cell 33: 1182-1195.

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