Associate Professors
Fu Xiumin
Associate professor
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N
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No.723 Xingke Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Education：
Ph.D
Email：
fuxiumin@scbg.ac.cn
Zip Code：
510650
Academic Education & Work Career：
Dr. Xiumin Fu earned her B.S. from Zhejiang University in 2008 and Ph.D. from Zhejiang University in 2013. She joined South China Botanical Garden (SCBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, as an assistant professor after graduation, and then as an associate professor from 2021.
Research Interest：
Mainly focus on the biosynthesis and regulation of the secondary metabolite in plants.
Supported Projects：
1)Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fu Xiumin, 2022-2025
2)Research on the light-responsive mechanism and function of phenylacetaldehyde biosynthesis in tea. Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Fu Xiumin, 2019-2022
3)Research on the carotenoids accumulation mechanism in banana fruit, Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (2014A030310108), Fu Xiumin, 2015-2018
Publication：
1)Fu, X.; Chen, J.; Li, J.; Dai, G.; Tang, J.; Yang, Z.*, Mechanism underlying the carotenoid accumulation in shaded tea leaves. Food Chemistry: X 2022, 14, 100323.
2)Fu, X.*; Gómez-Gómez, L.*; Rivera-Madrid, R.*, Editorial: Interactions between biochemical pathways producing plant colors and scents. Frontiers in Plant Science 2022,13, 955431.
3)Fu, X.; Liao, Y.; Cheng, S.; Xu X.; Grierson, D.; Yang, Z.*, Nonaqueous fractionation and overexpression of fluorescent tagged enzymes reveals the subcellular sites of L-theanine biosynthesis in tea. Plant Biotechnology Journal 2021,19, 98-108.
4)Fu, X.; Liao, Y.; Cheng, S.; Deng, R.; Yang, Z.*, Stable isotope-labeled precursor tracing reveals that L-alanine is converted to L-theanine via L-glutamate not ethylamine in tea plants in vivo. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2021, 69(50), 15354-15361.
5)Fu, X.#; Cheng, S.#; Liao, Y.; Xu, X.; Wang, X.; Hao, X.; Xu, P.; Yang, Z.*, Characterization of L-theanine hydrolase in vitro and subcellular distribution of its specific product ethylamine in tea (Camellia sinensis). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2020, 68, 10842-10851.
6)Fu, X.#; Cheng, S.#; Feng, C.; Kang, M.; Huang, B.; Jiang, Y.; Duan, X.; Grierson, D.; Yang, Z.*, Lycopene cyclases determine high α-/β-carotene ratio and increased carotenoids in bananas ripening at high temperatures. Food Chemistry 2019, 283, 131-140.
7)Liao, Y.#; Fu, X.#; Zeng, L.; Yang, Z*,Strategies for studying in vivo biochemical formation pathways and multilevel distributions of quality or function-related specialized metabolites in tea (Camellia sinensis). Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 2020, 1-14.
8)Luan, Y.#; Fu, X.#; Lu, P.; Grierson D.; Xu, C*, Molecular mechanisms determining the differential accumulation of carotenoids in plant species and varieties. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 2020, 39, 125-139.
9)Cheng, S.#; Fu, X.#; Liao, Y.; Xu, X.; Zeng, L.; Tang, J.; Li, J.; Lai, J.; Yang, Z.*, Differential accumulation of specialized metabolite L-theanine in green and albino-induced yellow tea (Camellia sinensis) leaves. Food Chemistry 2019, 276, 93-100.
10)傅秀敏*; 唐劲驰; 杨子银, 茶叶类胡萝卜素合成、代谢调控研究进展. 广东农业科学 2021, 48(5), 18-27.