J Integr Plant Biol board

Dr. Jigang Li

Professor
State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience
College of Biological Sciences
China Agricultural University
Beijing 100193, China
E-mail: jigangli@cau.edu.cn
Website: https://sklper.cau.edu.cn/article/EN1687374210430164992
Area of expertise: Photomorphogenesis; light signal transduction; phytochrome; abiotic stress; abscisic acid; transcriptional regulation

Selected Publications:

Tian, J., Wang, C., Chen, F., Qin, W., Yang, H., Zhao, S., Xia, J., Du, X., Zhu, Y., Wu, L., Cao, Y., Li, H., Zhuang, J., Chen, S., Zhang, H., Chen, Q., Zhang, M., Deng, X.W., Deng, D., Li, J., and Tian, F. (2024). Maize smart-canopy architecture enhances yield at high densities. Nature 632: 576–584.

Qin, X., Yu, T., Yan, Y., Li, H., Hou, S., Zhou, Z., Tang, Z., Duan, J., Peng, J., Han, R., Wang, M., Feng, Z., Cao, W., Terzaghi, W., Yao, Y., Yang, S., Gong, Z., Liu, H., and Li, J. (2026). Light-quality-directed plant growth strategy controlled by SnRK2s. Dev. Cell 61: 292–307.

Feng, Z., Wang, M., Liu, Y., Li, C., Zhang, S., Duan, J., Chen, J., Qi, L., Liu, Y., Li, H., Wu, J., Liu, Y., Terzaghi, W., Tian, F., Zhong, B., Fang, X., Qian, W., Guo, Y., Deng, X.W., and Li, J. (2024). Liquid-liquid phase separation of TZP promotes PPK-mediated phosphorylation of the phytochrome A photoreceptor. Nat. Plants 10: 798–814.

Han, R., Ma, L., Lv, Y., Qi, L., Peng, J., Li, H., Zhou, Y., Song, P., Duan, J., Li, J., Li, Z., Terzaghi, W., Guo, Y., and Li, J. (2023). SALT OVERLY SENSITIVE2 stabilizes phytochrome-interacting factors PIF4 and PIF5 to promote Arabidopsis shade avoidance. Plant Cell 35: 2972–2996.

Li, H., Zhou, Y., Qin, X., Peng, J., Han, R., Lv, Y., Li, C., Qi, L., Qu, G.P., Yang, L., Li, Y., Terzaghi, W., Li, Z., Qin, F., Gong, Z., Deng, X.W., and Li, J. (2023). Reconstitution of phytochrome A-mediated light modulation of the ABA signaling pathways in yeast. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 120: e2302901120.

Peng, J., Wang, M., Wang, X., Qi, L., Guo, C., Li, H., Li, C., Yan, Y., Zhou, Y., Terzaghi, W., Li, Z., Song, C.P., Qin, F., Gong, Z., and Li, J. (2022). COP1 positively regulates ABA signaling during Arabidopsis seedling growth in darkness by mediating ABA-induced ABI5 accumulation. Plant Cell 34: 2286-2308.

Li, C., Qi, L., Zhang, S., Dong, X., Jing, Y., Cheng, J., Feng, Z., Peng, J., Li, H., Zhou, Y., Wang, X., Han, R., Duan, J., Terzaghi, W., Lin, R., and Li J. (2022). Mutual upregulation of HY5 and TZP in mediating phytochrome A signaling. Plant Cell 34: 633-654.

Dong, X., Yan, Y., Jiang, B., Shi, Y., Jia, Y., Cheng, J., Shi, Y., Kang, J., Li, H., Zhang, D., Qi, L., Han, R., Zhang, S., Zhou, Y., Wang, X., Terzaghi, W., Gu, H., Kang, D., Yang, S., and Li, J. (2020). The cold response regulator CBF1 promotes Arabidopsis hypocotyl growth at ambient temperatures. EMBO J. 39: e103630.

Yan, Y., Li, C., Dong, X., Li, H., Zhang, D., Zhou, Y., Jiang, B., Peng, J., Qin, X., Cheng, J., Wang, X., Song, P., Qi, L., Zheng, Y., Li, B., Terzaghi, W., Yang, S., Guo, Y., and Li, J. (2020). MYB30 is a key negative regulator of Arabidopsis photomorphogenic development that promotes PIF4 and PIF5 protein accumulation in the light. Plant Cell 32: 2196-2215.

Qi, L., Liu, S., Li, C., Fu, J., Jing, Y., Cheng, J., Li, H., Zhang, D., Wang, X., Dong, X., Han, R., Li, B., Zhang, Y., Li, Z., Terzaghi, W., Song, C.P., Lin, R., Gong, Z., and Li, J. (2020). PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTORS interact with the ABA receptors PYL8 and PYL9 to orchestrate ABA signaling in darkness. Mol. Plant 13: 414-430.

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