Gu,Dachuan Associate Professor
Post: N
Tel: +86-20-37021938
Add: No.723 Xingke Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Education: Ph.D
Email: gudachuan@scbg.ac.cn
Zip Code: 510650
Academic Education & Work Career:
12/2019-present, Associate Prof., South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
07/2017-11/2019, Postdoc., South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
09/2013-07/2017, Ph.D., South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
09/2010-07/2012, M.Eng., Wuhan University, China
09/2006-07/2010, B.Eng., South-central University for Nationalities, China
Research Interest:
1.Epigenetic regulation and balance mechanism of quality and yield in tea (Camellia sinensis) leaves
2.Molecular mechanism of Arabidopsis epigenetic factors in regulating of seed germination
Supported Projects:
1.National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 31801091, 2019-2021.
2.China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, No. 2017M622819, 2017-2019.
3.Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, No. 2021A1515011311, 2021-2023.
4.Foundation of Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, No. 202102020806, 2021-2023.
Awards and Honors:
1.Second Prize of "Innovative Qingyuan" Science and Technology Award
2.Dean’s Excellence Award of CAS
3.Excellent graduate of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
4.Excellent graduate of Beijing
5.BIOMIGA scholarship from SCBG 
6.Merit Student of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publication:
1.Gu, D.C.#, Chen, C.Y.#, Zhao, M.L., Zhao, L.M., Duan, X.W., Duan, J.*, Wu, K.Q.*, Liu, X.C*. (2017). Identification of HDA15-PIF1 as a key repression module directing the transcriptional network of seed germination in the dark. Nucleic Acids Research, 45(12), 7137-7150. (IF5years: 17.210, JCR: Q1)
2.Gu, D.C.#, Wu, S.H. #, Yu, Z.M. #, Zeng, L.T., Qian, J.J., Zhou, X.C., Yang, Z.Y. * (2022). Involvement of histone deacetylase CsHDA2 in regulating (E)-nerolidol formation in tea (Camellia sinensis) exposed to tea green leafhopper infestation. Horticulture Research. (Accepted) (IF5years: 7.487, JCR: Q1)
3.Gu, D.C.#, Yang, J.#, Wu, S.H., Liao, Y.Y., Zeng, L.T., Yang, Z.Y. * (2021). Epigenetic regulation of the phytohormone abscisic acid accumulation under dehydration stress during postharvest processing of tea (Camellia sinensis). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 69(3), 1039-1048. (IF5years: 6.048, JCR: Q1)
4.Yang, J. #, Gu, D.C. #, Wu, S.H., Zhou, X.C., Chen, J.M., Liao, Y.Y., Zeng, L.T., Yang, Z.Y. * (2021). Feasible strategies for studying the involvement of DNA methylation and histone acetylation in the stress-induced formation of quality-related metabolites in tea (Camellia sinensis). Horticulture Research, 8, 253. (IF5years: 7.487, JCR: Q1)
5.Chen, J.M.#, Wu, S.H.#, Dong, F., Li, J.L., Zeng, L.T., Tang, J.C., Gu, D.C. * (2021). Mechanism underlying the shading-induced chlorophyll accumulation in tea leaves. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 779819. (IF5years: 7.255, JCR: Q1)
6.Gu, D.C., Ji, R.J., He, C.M., Peng, T., Zhang, M.Y., Duan, J., Xiong, C.Y.*, Liu, X.C.* (2019). Arabidopsis histone methyltransferase SUVH5 is a positive regulator of light-mediated seed germination. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 841. (IF5years: 7.255, JCR: Q1)
7.Ding, X.C. #, Zhang, D.D. #, Gu, D.C., Li, Z.W., Liang, H.Z., Zhu, H., Jiang, Y.M.*, Duan, X.W.* (2022). The histone H3K27 demethylase SlJMJ4 promotes dark- and ABA-induced leaf senescence in tomato. Horticulture Research, 9, uhab077. (Advance online publication) (IF5years: 7.487, JCR: Q1)
8.Li, J.L.#, Xiao, Y.Y.#, Fan, Q., Liao, Y.Y., Wang, X.W., Fu, X.M., Gu, D.C., Chen, Y.Y., Zhou, B., Tang, J.C.*, Zeng, L.T.* (2021). Transformation of salicylic acid and its distribution in tea plants (Camellia sinensis) at the tissue and subcellular levels. Plants, 10(2), 282. (IF5years: 4.827, JCR: Q1)
9.Liao, Y.Y., Zeng, L.T., Rao, S.F., Gu, D.C., Liu, X., Wang, Y.R., Zhu, H.B., Hou, X.L.*, Yang, Z.Y.* (2020). Induced biosynthesis of chlorogenic acid in sweetpotato leaves confers the resistance against sweetpotato weevil attack. Journal of advanced research, 24, 513–522. (IF5years: 11.664, JCR: Q1)
10.Yang, J. #, Zhou, X.C. #, Wu, S.H., Gu, D.C., Zeng, L.T., Yang, Z.Y.* (2021). Involvement of DNA methylation in regulating the accumulation of the aroma compound indole in tea (Camellia sinensis) leaves during postharvest processing. Food Research International, 142, 110183. (IF5years: 7.716, JCR: Q1)
11.Yang, J. #, Yuan, L.Y. #, Yen, M. R. #, Zheng, F., Ji, R.J., Peng, T., Gu, D.C., Yang, S.G., Cui, Y.H., Chen, P. Y., Wu, K.Q.*, Liu, X.C.* (2020). SWI3B and HDA6 interact and are required for transposon silencing in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal, 102(4), 809–822. (IF5years: 8.028, JCR: Q1)
12.Zeng, L.T., Wang, X.W., Liao, Y.Y., Gu, D.C., Dong, F., Yang, Z.Y. * (2019). Formation of and changes in phytohormone levels in response to stress during the manufacturing process of oolong tea (Camellia sinensis). Postharvest Biology and Technology, 157:110974. (IF5years: 7.001, JCR: Q1)
13.Zhao, L.M.#, Peng, T.#, Chen, C.Y.#, Ji, R.J., Gu, D.C., Li, T.T., Zhang, D.D., Tu, Y.T., Wu, K.Q.*, Liu, X.C.* (2019). HY5 interacts with the histone deacetylase HDA15 to repress hypocotyl cell elongation in photomorphogenesis. Plant Physiology, 180 (3), 1450-1466. (IF5years: 9.115, JCR: Q1)
14. Zeng, L.T.#, Wang, X.Q.#, Xiao, Y.Y., Gu, D.C., Liao, Y.Y., Xu, X.L., Jia, Y.X., Deng, R.F., Song, C.K., Yang, Z.Y.* (2019). Elucidation of (Z)-3-hexenyl-β-glucopyranoside enhancement mechanism under stresses from the oolong tea manufacturing process. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 67 (23), 6541-6550. (IF5years: 6.048, JCR: Q1)
15. Li, J.L.#, Zeng, L.T.#, Liao, Y.Y., Gu, D.C., Tang, J.C.*, Yang, Z.Y.* (2019). Influence of chloroplast defects on formation of jasmonic acid and characteristic aroma compounds in tea (Camellia sinensis) leaves exposed to postharvest stresses. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20 (5), 1044. (IF5years: 6.628, JCR: Q2) 
16.Zhao, J.H., Li, M.Z., Gu, D.C., Liu, X.C., Zhang, J.X., Wu, K.L., Zhang, X.H., Teixeira da Silva, J.A., Duan, J.* (2016). Involvement of rice histone deacetylase HDA705 in seed germination and in response to ABA and abiotic stresses. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 470 (2), 439-444. (IF5years: 3.498, JCR: Q2)