EDUCATION:

09.2010 – 09.2014 University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, Ph.D.

09.2007 – 07.2010 Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, M.S.

09.2003 – 07.2007 Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China, B.S.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

09.2020 – Now South China Botanical Garden, Associate Professor

08.2017 – 2020.05 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 

Post-doctoral Research Associate

06.2015 – 08.2017 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Post-doctoral Scholar,

1.    Protein ubiquitination and sumoylation modification；

2.    Interaction between sweetpotato and virus；

3.    Design and utilization of viral vectors。

^#Co-first author，^*corresponding author

1.         Yang Heng^#, Zhang Yi^#, Lyu Shanwu, Mao Yaping, Yu Fangqin, Liu Sai, Fang Yujie, Deng Shulin^*. Arabidopsis CIRP1 E3 ligase modulates drought and oxidative stress tolerance and reactive oxygen species homeostasis by directly degrading catalases. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2025

2.         Zhang Yi^#, Xian Yibo^#, Yang Heng, Yang Xuangang, Yu Tianli, Liu Sai, Liang Minting, Jiang Xianzhi and Deng Shulin^*. A novel geminivirus‐derived 3′ flanking sequence of terminator mediates the gene expression enhancement. Plant biotechnology journal 2024.

3.         Zhang Yi, Yang Heng, Liu Yujuan, Hou Qiongzhao, Jian Shuguang and Deng Shulin^*. Molecular cloning and characterization of a salt overly sensitive3 (SOS3) gene from the halophyte Pongamia. Plant molecular biology 2024 114(57).

4.         Zhang Yi^#, Yang Xuangang^#, Huang Lifei and Deng Shulin^*. A highly efficient Agrobacterium-mediated infectious system for Sweet potato leaf curl virus and a deltasatellite-based VIGS vector. Phytopathology Research 2024 6(23).

5.         Yang Heng^#, Zhang Yi^#, Lyu Shanwu, Liu Yujuan, Jian Shuguang and Deng Shulin^*. MpNAC1, a transcription factor from the mangrove associate Millettia pinnata, confers salt and drought stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis and rice. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 2024 211: 108721.

6.         Lyu Shanwu, Fang Yujie, Zhang Yi, Liu Zhanfeng and Deng Shulin. Nickel Phytoremediation Potential of Plantago major L.: Transcriptome Analysis. Environmental and Experimental Botany 2024: 106020.

7.         Lyu Shanwu, Mao Yaping, Zhang Yi, Yu Tianli, Yang Xuangang, Zhu Hongbo and Deng Shulin^*. Genome-wide identification of sweet potato U-Box E3 ubiquitin ligases and roles of IbPUB52 in negative regulation of drought stress. Physiol Plantarum 2024 176(5): e14568.

8.         Liu Sai, Lyu Shanwu, Yang Zhidong, Xu Guoyun, Zhang Yi, Liu Yujuan, Jin Jingjing and Deng Shulin^*. Genome-wide characterization of tobacco B-BOX gene family identified two close members play contrast roles under cold stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany 2023 216.

9.         Wang Chaofeng^#, Zhang Yi^#, Zhou Bangjun, Verma Pooja, Hamera Sadia and Zeng Lirong^*. Modifications of Two ESCRT-I Subunits with Distinct Ubiquitin Chains Regulate Plant Immunity. bioRxiv 2023: 2023.2008.2010.552820.

10.     Yang Heng,   Zhang Yi, Liu Yujuan, Jian Shuguang and Deng Shulin^*. A novel ABA-induced transcript factor from Millettia pinnata, MpAITR1, enhances salt and drought tolerance through ABA signaling in transgenic Arabidopsis. Journal of plant physiology 2023 288: 154060.

11.     Zhang Yi, Lyu Shanwu, Hu Zhifang, Yang Xuangang, Zhu Hongbo and Deng Shulin^*. Identification and functional characterization of the SUMO system in sweet potato under salt and drought stress. Plant Science 2023 330: 111645.

12.     Yu Zhonghua, Yan Hao, Liang Ling, Zhang Yi, Yang Heng, Li Wei, Choi Jaehyuck, Huang Jianzi and Deng Shulin^*. A C2H2-Type Zinc-Finger Protein from Millettia pinnata, MpZFP1, Enhances Salt Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis. International journal of molecular sciences 2021 22(19).

13.     Zhang Yi^#, Huang Jianzi^#, Hou Qiongzhao, Liu Yujuan, Wang Jun and Deng Shulin^*. Isolation and Functional Characterization of a Salt-Responsive Calmodulin-Like Gene MpCML40 from Semi-Mangrove Millettia pinnata. International journal of molecular sciences 2021 22(7): 3475.

14.     Zhou Bangjun, Wang Chaofeng, Chen Xuanyang, Zhang Yi and Zeng Lirong^*. Two Ubiquitin-Activating Systems Occur in Plants with One Playing a Major Role in Plant Immunity. bioRxiv 2021: 2021.2009.2002.458739.

15.     Zhang Yi and Zeng Lirong^*. Crosstalk between Ubiquitination and Other Post-translational Protein Modifications in Plant Immunity. Plant communications 2020 1(4): 100041.

16.     Yan Junpeng^#, Shun Ming-Chieh^#, Zhang Yi^#, Hao Caili and Skowronski Jacek^*. HIV-1 Vpr counteracts HLTF-mediated restriction of HIV-1 infection in T cells. PNAS 2019 116(19): 9568-9577.

17.     Yan Junpeng, Shun Ming-Chieh, Hao Caili, Zhang Yi, Qian Juan, Hrecka Kasia, DeLucia Maria, Monnie Christina, Ahn Jinwoo and Skowronski Jacek^*. HIV-1 Vpr Reprograms CLR4(DCAF1) E3 Ubiquitin Ligase to Antagonize Exonuclease 1-Mediated Restriction of HIV-1 Infection. mBio 2018 9(5).

18.     Zhang Yi^*. 5’ Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (5’ RACE) of Agrobacterial T-DNA Genes within Transformed Plant Sample. Bio-protocol 2015 5(18): e1603.

19.     Zhang Yi, Lee Chil-Woo, Wehner Nora, Imdahl Fabian, Svetlana Veselova, Weiste Christoph, Dröge-Laser Wolfgang and Deeken Rosalia^*. Regulation of oncogene expression in T-DNA-transformed host plant cells. PLoS pathogens 2015 11(1): e1004620.

20.     Shen Huanshun, Liu Citao, Zhang Yi, Meng Xiuping, Zhou Xin, Chu Chengcai and Wang Xiping^*. OsWRKY30 is activated by MAP kinases to confer drought tolerance in rice. Plant molecular biology 2012 80(3): 241-253.