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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Texas Tech University, USA
Tel: 1-806-834-7214; Fax: 1-806-742-1289
E-mail: huazhong.shi@ttu.edu
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/chemistry/Faculty/shi/
Area of expertise: Salt tolerance; heat response; cold tolerance; gene regulation; transporter; sulfonation; polyamine
Editor until: April 30, 2025
Selected Publications:
Wang, Z., Wang, F., Hong, Y., Yao, J., Ren, Z., Shi, H., and Zhu, J. K.(2018). The flowering repressor SVP confers drought resistance in Arabidopsis by regulating abscisic acid catabolism. Mol. Plant 11: 1184–1197.
Zhang, J., Zhang, H., Srivastava, A.K., Pan, Y., Bai, J., Fang, J., Shi, H., and Zhu, J.K. (2018). Knock-down of rice microRNA166 confers drought resistance by causing leaf rolling and altering stem xylem development. Plant Physiol. 176: 2082–2094.
Wang, Y., Hu, Q., Wu, Z., Wang, H., Han, S., Jin, Y., Zhou, J., Zhang, Z., Jiang, J., Shen, Y., Shi, H., and Yang, W. (2017). Histone deacetylase 6 represses pathogen defense responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Environ. 40: 2972–2986.
Wang, Z., Wang, F., Hong, Y., Huang, J., Shi, H., and Zhu, J.K. (2016). The nuclear encoded chloroplast protein HCF106 and THF1 negatively regulate drought resistance in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 172: 2491–2503.
Shen, Y., Ruan, Q., Chai, H., Yuan, Y., Yang, W., Chen, J., Xin, Z., and Shi, H. (2016). The Arabidopsis polyamine transporter LHR1/PUT3 modulates heat responsive gene expression by enhancing mRNA stability. Plant J. 88: 1006–1021.
Chen, J., Gao, L., Baek, D.W., Liu, C., Ruan, Y., and Shi, H. (2015). Detoxification function of the Arabidopsis sulfotransferase AtSOT12 by sulfonation of xenobiotics. Plant Cell Environ. 38: 1673–1682.
Jiang, J., Wang, B., Shen, Y., Wang, H., Feng, Q., and Shi, H. (2013). The Arabidopsis RNA binding protein with K homology motifs, SHINY1, interacts with the C-terminal domain phosphatase-like 1 (CPL1) to repress stress-inducible gene expression. PLoS Genet. 9: e1003625.
Baek, D.W., Jiang, J., Chung, J.S., Wang, B., Chen, J., Xin, Z., and Shi, H. (2011). Regulated AtHKT1 gene expression by a distal enhancer element and DNA methylation in the promoter plays an important role in salt tolerance. Plant Cell Physiol. 52:149–161.
Baek, D.W., Pathange, P., Chung, J.S., Jiang, J., Gao, L., Oikawa, A., Hirai, M.Y., Saito, K., Pare, P.W., and Shi, H. (2010). A stress-inducible sulphotransferase sulphonates salicylic acid and confers pathogen resistance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Environ. 33:1383–1392.
Zhu, J., Jeong, J.C., Zhu, Y., Sokolchik, I., Miyazaki, S., Zhu, J.K., Hasegawa, P.M., Bohnert, H.J., Shi, H., Yun, D.J., and Brascan, R.A. (2008). Involvement of Arabidopsis HOS15 in histone deacetylation and cold tolerance. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105: 4945–4950.
Chung, J.S., Zhu, J.K., Bressan, R.A., Hasegawa, P.M., and Shi, H. (2008). Reactive oxygen species mediate Na+-induced SOS1 mRNA stability in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 53: 554–565.
Zhu, J., Shi, H., Lee, B.H., Damsz, B., Cheng, S., Stirm, V., Zhu, J.K., Hasegawa, P.M., and Brascan, R.A. (2004).An Arabidopsis homeodomain transcription factor gene, HOS9, mediates cold tolerance through a CBF-independent pathway. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 9873–9878.
Yamaguchi, T., Apse, M.P., Shi, H., and Blumwald, E. (2003). Topological analysis of a plant vacuolar Na/H antiporter reveals a luminal C-terminus that regulates the antiporter activity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100: 12510–12515.
Shi, H., Kim, Y.S., Guo, Y., and Zhu, J.K. (2003). The Arabidopsis SOS5 locus encodes a putative cell surface adhesion protein and is required for normal cell expansion. Plant Cell 15: 19–32.
Shi, H., Lee, B., Wu, S.J., and Zhu, J.K. (2003). Overexpression of a plasma membrane Na+/H+ antiporter gene improves salt tolerance in Arabidopsis. Nat Biotechnol. 21: 81–85.
Shi, H., Xiong. L., Stevenson, B., Lu, T., and Zhu, J.K. (2002). The Arabidopsis salt overly sensitive 4 mutants uncover a critical role for vitamin B6 in plant salt tolerance. Plant Cell 14: 575–588.
Shi, H., Quintero, F.J., Pardo, J.M., and Zhu, J.K. (2002). The putative plasma membrane Na+/H+ antiporter SOS1 controls long-distance Na+ transport in plants. Plant Cell 14: 465–477.
Shi, H., Ishitani, M., Kim, C., and Zhu, J.K. (2000). The Arabidopsis thaliana salt tolerance gene SOS1 encodes a putative Na+/H+ antiporter. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97: 6896–6901.
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