Choh-Ming Li Professor
School of Life Sciences
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tel (Office): +852 3943 6388
E-mail: ljiang@cuhk.edu.hk
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/centre/iCell/prof_liwen_jiang.html
Area of expertise: Plant cell biology; protein trafficking; organelle dynamics and identification; organelle biogenesis and function

Cheng, L.X., Zeng, Y.L., Hu, S., Zhang, N., Cheung, K.C.P., Li, B.Y., Leung, K.S., and Jiang, L.W. (2021). Systematic prediction of autophagy-related proteins using Arabidopsis thaliana interactome data. Plant Journal. 105: 708–720.

Hu, S., Ye, H., Cui, Y., and Jiang, L.W. (2020). AtSec62 is critical for plant development and is involved in ER-phagy in Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 62: 181–200.

Ge, C.N., Gao, C.J., Chen, Q.G., Jiang, L.W., and Zhao, Y.D. (2019). ESCRT-dependent vacuolar sorting and degradation of the auxin biosynthetic enzyme YUC1 flavin monooxygenase. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 61: 968–973.

Zhao, Q., Shen, J., Gao, C., Cui, Y., Wang, Y., Cui, J., Cheng, L., Cao, W., Zhu, Y., Huang, S., Zhou, Q., Leong, C.K., Leung, K.P., Chen, X., and Jiang, L. (2019) RST1 is a FREE1 suppressor that negatively regulates vacuolar trafficking in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 31: 2152–2168.

Li, H., Li, Y., Zhao, Q., Li, T., Wei, J., Li, B., Shen, W., Yang, C., Zeng, Y., Rodriguez, P., Zhao, Y., Jiang, L., Wang, X., and Gao, C. (2019). The plant ESCRT component FREE1 shuttles to the nucleus to attenuate abscisic acid signalling. Nat. Plants 5: 512–524.

Cui, Y., Cao, W., He, Y., Zhao, Q., Wakazaki, M., Zhuang, X., Gao, J., Zeng, Y., Gao, C., Ding, Y., Wong, H.Y., Wong, W.S., Lam, H.K., Wang, P., Ueda, T., Rojas-Pierce, M., Toyooka, K., Kang, B.H.,and Jiang, L. (2019). A whole-cell electron tomography model of vacuole biogenesis in Arabidopsis root cells. Nat. Plants 5: 95–105.

Shen, J., Zhao, Q., Wang, X., Gao, C., Zhu, Y., Zeng, Y., and Jiang, L. (2018). A plant Bro1 domain protein BRAF regulates multivesicular body biogenesis and membrane protein homeostasis. Nat. Commun. 9: 3784.

Zhuang, X., Chung, K.P., Luo, M., and Jiang, L. (2018). Autophagosome biogenesis and the endoplasmic reticulum: A plant perspective. Trends Plant Sci. 23: 677–692.

Chung, K.P., Zeng, Y., Li, Y., Ji, C., Xia, Y., and Jiang, L. (2018). Signal motifs-dependent ER export of Qc-SNARE BET12 interacts with MEMB12 and affects PR1 trafficking in Arabidopsis. J. Cell Sci. 131: 202838.

Gao, C., Zhuang, X., Shen, J., and Jiang, L. (2017). Plant ESCRT complexes: Moving beyond endosomal sorting. Trends Plant Sci. 22: 986–998.

Zhuang, X., Chung, K.P., Cui, Y., Lin, W., Gao, C., Kang, B.H., and Jiang, L. (2017). ATG9 regulates autophagosome progression from the endoplasmic reticulum in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114: E426–E435.

Cui, Y., Zhao, Q., Xie, H.T., Wong, W.S., Wang, X., Gao, C., Ding, Y., Tan, Y., Ueda, T., Zhang, Y., and Jiang, L. (2017). MONENSIN SENSITIVITY 1 (MON1)/CALCIUM CAFFEINE ZINC SENSITIVITY 1 (CCZ1)-mediated Rab7 activation regulates tapetal programmed cell death and pollen development. Plant Physiol. 173: 206–218.

Wang, H., Zhuang, X., Wang, X., Law, A.H., Zhao, T., Du, S., Loy, M.M., and Jiang, L. (2016). A distinct pathway for polar exocytosis for plant cell wall formation. Plant Physiol. 172: 1003–1018.

Chung, K.P., Zeng, Y., and Jiang, L. (2016). COPII paralogs in plants-functional redundancy or diversity? Trends Plant Sci. 21:758–769.

Cui, Y., Shen, J., Gao, C., Zhuang, X., Wang, J., and Jiang, L. (2016). Biogenesis of plant prevacuolar multivesicular bodies. Mol. Plant 9: 774–786

Zeng, Y., Chung, K.P., Li, B., Lai, C.M., Lam, S.K., Wang, X., Cui, Y., Gao, C., Luo, M., Wong, K.B., Schekman, R., and Jiang, L. (2015). Unique COPII component AtSar1a/AtSec23a pair is required for the distinct function of protein ER export in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 112: 14360–14365.

Lin, Y., Ding, Y., Wang, J., Shen, J., Kung, C.H., Zhuang, X., Yin, Z., Xia, Y., Lin. H., Robinson, D.G., and Jiang, L. (2015). EXPO and autophagosomes are distinct organelles in plants. Plant Physiol 169: 1917–1932.

Zhuang, X., Cui, Y., Gao, C., and Jiang, L. (2015). Crosstalk between endocytic and autophagic pathways for plant vacuolar degradation. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 28: 39–47.

Gao, C., Zhuang, X., Cui, Y., Fu, X., He, Y., Zhao, Q., Zeng, Y., Shen, J., Luo, Ma., and Jiang, L. (2015). Dual roles of an Arabidopsis ESCRT component FREE1 in regulating vacuolar protein transport and autophagic degradation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112: 1886–1891.

Zhao, Q., Gao, C., Lee, P., Liu, L., Li, S., Hu, T., Shen, J., Pan, S., Ye, H., Chen, Y., Cao, W., Cui, Y., Zeng, P., Yu, S., Gao, Y., Cheng, L., Mo, B., Liu, X., Xiao, S., Zhao, Y., Zhong, S., Chen, X., and Jiang, L. (2015). Fast-suppressor screening for new components in protein trafficking, organelle biogenesis and silencing pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana using DEX-inducible FREE1-RNAi plants. J. Genet. Genomics 42: 319–330.

Gao, C., Yang, R., Luo, M., Zhao, Q., Cui, Y., Zeng, Y., and Jiang, L. (2014). A unique plant ESCRT component FREE1, regulates multivesicular body protein sorting and plant growth. Curr. Biol. 24: 2556–2563.

Wang, X., Cai, Y., Wang, H., Zeng, Y., Zhuang, X., Li, B., and Jiang, L. (2014). Trans-Golgi network-located AP1 gamma adaptins mediate dileucine motif-directed vacuolar targeting in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 26: 4102–4118.

Cui, Y., Zhao, Q., Gao, C., Ding, Y., Zeng, Y.L., Ueda, T., Nakano, A., and Jiang, L. (2014). Activation of the Rab7 GTPase by the MON1-CCZ1 complex is essential for PVC-to-vacuole trafficking and plant growth in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 13: 2080–2097.

Gao, C., Cai, Y., Wang, Y., Kang, B.H., Aniento, F., Robinson, D.G., and Jiang, L. (2014). Retention mechanisms for ER and Golgi membrane proteins. Trends Plant Sci. 19: 508–515.

Zhuang, X., Wang, H., Lam, S.K., Gao, C., Wang, X., Cai, Y., and Jiang, L. (2013). A BAR-domain protein SH3P2, which binds to phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate and ATG8, regulates autophagosome formation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 25: 4596–4615.