Associate Professors
Zhang,Yi
Chen huanyong Associate Professor
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No.723, Xingke Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Education：
Ph.D
Email：
yizhang@scbg.ac.cn
Zip Code：
510650
Education and Appointments：
EDUCATION:
09.2010 – 09.2014University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
Ph.D. Major: Plant Molecular Biology
09.2007 – 07.2010Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
M.S. Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
09.2003 – 07.2007 Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
B.S. Major: Biotechnology
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,
Research Interest：
Study the function of protein ubiquitination modification on plant responding biotic and abiotic stress
Supported Projects：
1)National Natural Science Foundation of China, Functional investigation of K63 polyubiquitination in plant and Geminivirus interaction. 2022.01-2025.12
2)Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, Molecular mechanism of E3 ligase AIP1 regulating plant Geminivirus defense. 2022.01-2024.12
Public Services：
Selected Publication：
1.Zhang Y#., Huang J.#, Hou Q., Liu Y., Wang J. and Deng S. (2021). Isolation and Functional Characterization of a Salt-Responsive Calmodulin-Like Gene MpCML40 from Semi-Mangrove Millettia pinnata. International Journal of Molecular Sciences #Co-first author
DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910832
2.Yu Z., Yan H., Liang L., Zhang Y., Yang H., Li W., Choi J., Huang J. and Deng S. (2021). A C2H2-Type Zinc-Finger Protein from Millettia pinnata, MpZFP1, Enhances Salt Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences DOI:10.3390/ijms22073475
3.Zhang Y., Zeng L. (2020) Crosstalk between Ubiquitination and Other Posttranslational Protein Modifications in Plant Immunity. Plant Communications DOI:10.1016/j.xplc.2020.100041
4.Yan J#., Shun M. C#., Zhang Y#., Hao C., Skowronski J. (2019) HIV-1 Vpr counteracts HLTF-mediated restriction of HIV-1 infection in T cells. PNAS #Co-first author
DOI:10.1073/pnas.1818401116
5.Yan J., Shun M. C., Hao C., Zhang Y., Qian J., Hrecka K., DeLucia M., Monnie C., Ahn J., Skowronski J. (2018) HIV-1 Vpr Reprograms CLR4(DCAF1) E3 Ubiquitin Ligase to Antagonize Exonuclease 1-Mediated Restriction of HIV-1 Infection. mBio DOI:10.1128/mBio.01732-18
6.Zhang Y., Lee C. W., Wehner N., Imdahl F., Svetlana V., Weiste C., Droge-Laser W., Deeken R. (2015) Regulation of oncogene expression in T-DNA-transformed host plant cells. PLoS Pathogens DOI:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004620
7.Zhang Y *(2015) 5’ Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (5’ RACE) of Agrobacterial T-DNA Genes within Transformed Plant Sample. Bio-protocol 5: e1603 * corresponding author
DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.1603
8.Shen H., Liu C., Zhang Y., Meng X., Zhou X., Chu C., Wang X. (2012) OsWRKY30 is activated by MAP kinases to confer drought tolerance in rice. Plant Mol Biol DOI:10.1007/s11103-012-9941-y