Yan Zhang, Professor, Ph.D.
E-mail: yzhang@sdau.edu.cn, Tel:0538-8246365
Research Interests:
Plant Sexual Reproduction
Education:
2006.01 – 2010.03: Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley, USA
2002.10 – 2005.12: Predoctorate, Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany
1998.09 – 2001.07: Postgraduate, Institute of Genetics, Chinese Academy of Science, China
1994.09 – 1998.07: Undergraduate, Xinjiang University, China
Teaching Courses:
Cell Biology
Selected Publications:
(1) Jia-Gang Wang#, Chong Feng#, Hai-Hong Liu, Qiang-Nan Feng, Sha Li, Yan Zhang* (2017) AP1G mediates vacuolar acidification during synergid-controlled pollen tube reception. Proc Nat Acad Sci. U.S.A. 114, E4877-E4883 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1617967114
(2) Hong-Tao Xie, Zhi-Yuan Wan, Sha Li, Yan Zhang* (2014) Spatiotemporal production of reactive oxygen species by NADPH oxidase is critical for tapetal programmed cell death and pollen development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 27, 2007-2023
(3) Liang-Zi Zhou#, Sha Li#, Qiang-Nan Feng, Yu-Ling Zhang, Xinying Zhao, Yonglun Zeng, Hao Wang, Liwen Jiang, Yan Zhang* (2013) PROTEIN S-ACYL TRANSFERASE10 is critical for development and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 25, 1093-1107
(4) Jia-Gang Wang, Chong Feng, Hai-Hong Liu, Fu-Rong Ge, Sha Li, Hong-Ju Li, Yan Zhang* (2016) HAPLESS13-mediated trafficking of STRUBBELIG is critical for ovule development in Arabidopsis. Plos Genet 12 (8).1006269
(5) Jia-Gang Wang#, Sha Li#, Xin-Ying Zhao, Liang-Zi Zhou, Guo-Qiang Huang, Chong Feng, Yan Zhang* (2013) HAPLESS13, the Arabidopsis µ1 adaptin, is essential for protein sorting at the trans-Golgi network/early endosome. Plant Physiol 162, 1897-1910
(6) Qiang-Nan Feng, Xin Liang, Sha Li, Yan Zhang* (2018) AP-3 mediates pollen tube growth by coordinating vacuolar targeting and organization. Plant Physiol. DOI:10.1104/pp.17.01722
(7) Qiang-Nan Feng, Shi-Jian Song, Shi-Xia Yu, Jia-Gang Wang, Sha Li, Yan Zhang (2017) AP-3-dependent vacuolar trafficking of Arabidopsis PAT10 involves a subpopulation of COPII and the vacuolar tethering complex HOPS. Plant Physiol 174, 1609-1620
(8) Shi-Xia Yu, Qaing-Nan Feng, Hong-Tao Xie, Sha Li, Yan Zhang* (2017) Reactive oxygen species mediate tapetal programmed cell death in tobacco and tomato. BMC Plant Biol 17, 76
(9) Chong Feng1, Jia-Gang Wang1, Hai-Hong Liu, Sha Li*, Yan Zhang*(2017) Arabidopsis adaptor protein 1G is critical for pollen development. J Integr Plant Biol 59, 594-599 DOI:10.1111/jipb.12556
(10) Qiang-Nan Feng, Hui Kang, Shi-Jian Song, Fu-Rong Ge, Yu-Ling Zhang, En Li, Sha Li, Yan Zhang* (2016) Arabidopsis RhoGDIs are critical for cellular homeostasis of pollen tubes. Plant Physiol 170, 841-856
(11) Sen Chai#, Fu-Rong Ge#, Qiang-Nan Feng, Sha Li, Yan Zhang* (2016) PLURIPETALA mediates ROP2 localization and stability in parallel to SCN1 but synergistically with TIP1 in root hairs. Plant J, 86, 413-426
(12) Xin-Ying Zhao#, Jia-Gang Wang#, Shi-Jian Song, Qun Wang, Hui Kang, Yan Zhang*, Sha Li* (2016) Precocious leaf senescence by functional loss of PROTEIN S-ACYLTRANSFERASE14 involves the NPR1-dependent salicylic acid signaling. Sci Rep. 6, 20309
(13) Sen Chai, Furong Ge, Sha Li, Yan Zhang* (2016) The journey to glory: receptor-like kinases in pollen tube growth. Sci Bull 61, 827-831
(14) Sha Li, Yan Zhang* (2016) GPI in pollen tubes: Found! Sci China Life Sci DOI: 10.1007/s11427-016-5032-7
(15) Sha Li, Yan Zhang* (2014) To grow or not to grow. FERONIA has her say. Mol Plant 7, 1261-1263
(16) Sha Li#, Fu-Rong Ge#, Ming Xu#, Xin-Ying Zhao, Guo-Qiang Huang, Liang-Zi Zhou, Jia-Gang Wang, Anja Kombrink, Sheila McCormick, Xian Sheng Zhang*, Yan Zhang* (2013) Arabidopsis COBRA-LIKE 10, a GPI-anchored protein, mediates directional growth of pollen tubes. Plant J 74, 486-497
(17) Guo-Qiang Huang#, En Li#, Fu-Rong Ge, Sha Li, Qun Wang, Chun-Qing Zhang, Yan Zhang* (2013) Arabidopsis RopGEF4 and RopGEF10 are important for FERONIA-mediated developmental but not environmental regulation of root hair growth. New Phytol 200, 1089-1101
(18) Sha Li#, Liang-Zi Zhou#, Qiang-Nan Feng, Sheila McCormick, Yan Zhang* (2013) The C-terminal hypervariable domain targets Arabidopsis ROP9 to the invaginated pollen tube plasma membrane. Mol Plant 6, 1362-1364
(19) Xin-Ying Zhao#, Qun Wang#, Sha Li#, Fu-Rong Ge, Liang-Zi Zhou, Sheila McCormick, Yan Zhang* (2013) The Juxtamembrane and carboxy-terminal domains of Arabidopsis PRK2 are critical for ROP-induced growth in pollen tubes. J Exp Bot 64,5599-5610
(20) Yan Zhang*, Sha Li, Liang-Zi Zhou, Emily Fox, James Pao, Wei Sun, Chao Zhou, Sheila McCormick* (2011) Overexpression of Arabidopsis thaliana PTEN Caused Accumulation of Autophagic Bodies in Pollen Tubes by Disrupting Phosphatidylinositol 3-Phosphate Dynamics. Plant J 68, 1081-1092
