J Integr Plant Biol board

Dr. Yang Zhang

Professor
School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Chengdu 610065, China
E-mail: yang.zhang@scu.edu.cn
Website: https://life.scu.edu.cn/info/1048/5237.htm
Area of expertise: Plant metabolism, metabolic pathway, metabolic regulation, plant synthetic biology, biotechnology

Speciality Area

Metabolism and Biochemistry

Selected Publications:

Zixin Zhang, Jing Zhang, Yi Wang, Yuting Chen, Qian Hu, Xin Zhang, Wen Li, Yiren Xiao, Ke Zhou, Yanlin Lai, Dan Su, Evangelos Tatsis, Gaofeng Liu, Mingchun Liu, Zhenhui Zhong, Yang Zhang. (2026). Light regulates tomato fruit metabolome via SlDML2-mediated global DNA demethylation. J. Integr. Plant Biol. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70066

Yuting Xiang, Tingting Liang, Ruixi Yang, Hsihua Wang, Alisdair R. Fernie, Yang Zhang, Rao Fu. (2025). Functional divergence of tandem duplicate SCPL acyltransferase genes reveals convergent 4 evolution of chicoric acid biosynthesis. Sci. Adv. 11: eady8282

Yuting Xiang, Shuxin Zheng, Hsihua Wang, Bang Chen, Rao Fu, Tao Huang, Li Zhang, Bo Song, Yuejian Li, Qichang Yang, Xiao Yang, Yang Zhang. (2025). Multi-omics study reveals a light-dependent regulatory network of flavonoid biosynthesis in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). Sci. China Life. Sci. 68, 2442–2455

Jingjin Wang, Zikun Wang, Hsihua Wang, Pai, M., Tingting Li, Zhang, H., Bengui Ye, Ling Tang, Rao Fu, Yang Zhang. (2025). UDP-glucosyltransferases from UGT73 family catalyze 3-O-glucosylation of isosteroidal and steroidal alkaloids in Fritillaria unibracteata var. wabuensis. Plant J. 121: e70042

Shengjie You, Yu Wu, Wen Li, Xiaofeng Liu, Qinlan Tang, Fengkun Huang, Yan Li, Hsihua Wang, Mingchun Liu, Yang Zhang. (2024). SlERF.G3-Like mediates a hierarchical transcriptional cascade to regulate ripening and metabolic changes in tomato fruit. Plant Biotechnol. J. 22: 165-180

Zixin Zhang, Xin Zhang, Yuting Chen, Wenqian Jiang, Jing Zhang, Jiayu Wang, Yanjun Wu, Shouchuan Wang, Xiao Yang, Mingchun Liu, Yang Zhang. (2023). Understanding the mechanism of red light induced melatonin biosynthesis facilitates the engineering of melatonin-enriched tomatoes. Nature Commun. 14: 5525

Yong Yuan, Siyan Ren, Xiaofeng Liu, Liyan Su, Yu Wu, Wen Zhang, Yan Li, Yidan Jiang, Hsihua Wang, Rao Fu, Mondher Bouzayen, Mingchun Liu, Yang Zhang. (2022). SlWRKY35 positively regulates carotenoid biosynthesis by activating the MEP pathway in tomato fruit. New Phytol. 234: 164-178

Rao Fu, Pingyu Zhang, Ge Jin, Shuo Wei, Jiang Chen, Jin Pei, Yang Zhang. (2022). Substrate promiscuity of acyltransferases contributes to the diversity of hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives in purple coneflower. Plant J. 110: 802–813

Rao Fu, Pingyu Zhang, Ge Jin, Lianglei Wang, Shiqian Qi, Yang Cao, Cathie Martin, Yang Zhang. (2021). Versatility in acyltransferase activity completes chicoric acid biosynthesis in purple coneflower. Nat Commun. 12: 1563

Yan Li^*, Yang Chen^*, Shengjie You^*, Lu Zhou^*, Heng Deng, Ya Chen, Saleh Alseekh, Yong Yuan, Rao Fu, Zixin Zhang, Dan Su, Alisdair R. Fernie, Mondher Bouzayen, Tao Ma, Mingchun Liu, Yang Zhang. (2020). MicroTom metabolic network: Rewiring tomato metabolic regulatory network throughout the growth cycle. Mol. Plant 13: 1203-1218

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