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State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization,
Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
E-mail: ckfriend@163.com
https://jsxx.ahau.edu.cn/ch/jsxx_show.html?zgh=2016045
Area of expertise: Secondary metabolism; volatile compound; plant hormones;glycosyltransferase; plant-plant communication; horticultural plant; tea plants
Selected Publications:
Lu, M.Q., Zhao, Y. F,, Feng, Y.Y., Tang, X.Y., Zhao, Wei, Yu, K.., Pan, Y.t., Wang, Q., Cui, J.l., Zhang, M.T., Jin, J.Y., Wang, J.M., Zhao, M.Y., Schwab, W., and Song, C. (2024). 2,4‐Dihydroxybenzoic Acid, a Novel SA Derivative, Controls Plant Immunity via UGT95B17‐Mediated Glucosylation: A Case Study in Camellia Sinensis. Adv. Sci. 7: e2307051.
Jin, J., Zhao, M., Jing, T., Wang, J., Lu, M., Pan, Y., Du, W., Zhao, C., Bao, Z., Zhao, W., Tang, X., Schwab, W., and Song, C. (2023). (Z)-3-Hexenol integrates drought and cold stress signaling by activating abscisic acid glucosylation in tea plants. Plant Physiol. 193:1491–1507.
Sun, G., Liao, J., Kurze, E., Hoffmann, T.D., Steinchen, W., McGraphery, K., Habegger, R., Marek, L., Catici, D.A.M., Ludwig, C., Jing, T., Hoffmann, T., Song, C., and Schwab, W. (2023). Apocarotenoids are allosteric effectors of a dimeric plant glycosyltransferase involved in defense and lignin formation. New Phytol. 238: 2080–2098.
Wang, Q., Wu, Y., Peng, A., Cui, J., Zhao, M., Pan, Y., Zhang, M., Tian, K., Schwab, W. and Song, C. (2022). Single-cell transcriptome atlas reveals developmental trajectories and a novel metabolic pathway of catechin esters in tea leaves. Plant Biotechnol. J. 20: 2089–2106.
Zhao, M., Jin, J., Wang, J., Gao, T., Luo, Y., Jing, T., Hu, Y., Pan, Y., Lu, M., Schwab, W. and Song, C. (2022). Eugenol functions as a signal mediating cold and drought tolerance via UGT71A59-mediated glucosylation in tea plants. Plant J. 109: 1489–1506.
Hu, Y., Zhang, M., Lu, M., Wu, Y., Jing, T., Zhao, M., Zhao, Y., Feng, Y., Wang, J., Gao, T., Zhou, Z., Wu, B., Jiang, H., Wan, X., Schwab, W., and Song, C. (2022). Salicylic acid carboxyl glucosyltransferase UGT87E7 regulates disease resistance in Camellia sinensis. Plant Physiol. 188: 1507–1520.
Jing, T., Qian, X., Du, W., Gao, T., Li, D., Guo, D., He, F., Yu, G., Li, S., Schwab, W., Wan, X., Sun, X. and Song, C. (2021). Herbivore-induced volatiles influence moth preference by increasing the & beta-Ocimene emission of neighbouring tea plants. Plant Cell Environ. 44: 3667–3680.
Zhao, M., Wang, L., Wang, J., Jin, J., Zhang, N., Lei, L., Gao, T., Jing, T., Zhang, S., Wu, Y., Wu, B., Hu, Y., Wan, X., Schwab, W., and Song C. (2020). Induction of priming by cold stress via inducible volatile cues in neighboring tea plants. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 62: 1461–1468.
Zhao, M., Zhang, N., Gao, T., Jin, J., Jing, T., Wang, J., Wu,Y., Wan, X., Schwab, W., and Song, C. (2020). Sesquiterpene glucosylation mediated by glucosyltransferase UGT91Q2 is involved in the modulation of cold stress tolerance in tea plants. New Phytol. 226: 362–372.
Jing, T., Du, W., Gao, T., Wu, Y., Zhang, N., Zhao, M., Jin, J., Wang, J., Schwab, W., Wan, X., and Song C. (2021). Herbivore-induced DMNT catalyzed by CYP82D47 plays an important role in the induction of JA-dependent herbivore resistance of neighboring tea plants. Plant Cell Environ. 44: 1178–1191.
Jing ,T., Zhang, N., Gao, T., Wu, Y., Zhao, M., Jin, J., Du ,W., Schwab, W., and Song C. (2020). UGT85A53 promotes flowering via mediating abscisic acid glucosylation and FLC transcription in Camellia sinensis. J. Exp. Bot. 71: 7018–7029.
Jing, T., Zhang, N., Gao, T., Zhao, M., Jin, J., Chen, Y., Xu, M., Wan, X., Schwab, W., and Song, C. (2019). Glucosylation of (Z)-3-hexenol informs intraspecies interactions in plants: A case study in Camellia sinensis. Plant Cell Environ. 42: 1352–1367.
Song, C., Härtl, K., McGraphery, K., Hoffmann, T., and Schwab, W. (2018) Attractive but Toxic: Emerging Roles of Glycosidically Bound Volatiles and Glycosyltransferases Involved in Their Formation. Mol. Plant 11: 1225–1236.
Song, C., Zhao, S., Hong, X., Liu, J., Schulenburg, K., and Schwab, W. (2016). A UDP-glucosyltransferase functions in both acylphloroglucinol glucoside and anthocyanin biosynthesis in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa). Plant J. 85: 730–742.
Song, C., Hong, X., Zhao, S., Liu, J., Schulenburg, K., Huang, F.C., Franz-Oberdorf, K., and Schwab, W. (2016). Glucosylation of 4-Hydroxy-2,5-Dimethyl-3(2H)-Furanone, the Key Strawberry Flavor Compound in Strawberry Fruit. Plant Physiol. 171: 139–151.
Song, C., Ring, L., Hoffmann, T., Huang, F.C., Slovin, J., and Schwab,W. (2015). Acylphloroglucinol Biosynthesis in Strawberry Fruit. Plant Physiol. 2015 169: 1656–1670.
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