Email: deng@ibcas.ac.cn
Telephone: 62836261
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Address: Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Postcode: 100093
Research Areas
1. The molecular mechanisms of plant desiccation resistance;
2. Hormone regulation of plant growth and development in stress conditions;
3. Epigenetic regulation of plant stress memory.
Drought stress severely affects plant growth and development. Resurrection plants have evolved a unique set of adaptive mechanisms to tolerate water loss of more than 95% and recover rapidly after rehydration. To reveal the bases of their adaptation, we have launched comprehensive omics studies on the resurrection plants Boea hygrometrica, aiming to identify the key components that play important roles for the protection and repair during dehydration and resurrection process. Special attention is paid to the genes that are involved in signal transduction, hormone regulation, stomata movement and osmo-regulation, as well as the epigenetic regulation of plant stress memory.
Education
Experience
As a visiting scholar, she visited University of Bonn, Germany in 2005 and UC Riverside, United States in 2009 and 2010 and established collaboration on the project of plant stress molecular mechanisms.
Work Experience
Honors & Distinctions
Publications
DNA methylation-mediated modulation of rapid desiccation tolerance acquisition and dehydration stress memory in the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica, PLOS GENETICS, 2021
A role of age-dependent DNA methylation reprogramming in regulating the regeneration capacity of Boea hygrometrica leaves, FUNCTIONAL & INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS, 2020
Common and Specific Mechanisms of Desiccation Tolerance in Two Gesneriaceae Resurrection Plants. Multiomics Evidences, FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 2019
Single-Molecule Imaging and Computational Microscopy Approaches Clarify the Mechanism of the Dimerization and Membrane Interactions of Green Fluorescent Protein, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019
Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) Reveals the Hub Role of Protein Ubiquitination in the Acquisition of Desiccation Tolerance in Boea hygrometrica, PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 2019
Transcriptome reprogramming during severe dehydration contributes to physiological and metabolic changes in the resurrection plant Haberlea rhodopensis, BMC PLANT BIOLOGY, 2018
Arabidopsis Blue Light Receptor Phototropin 1 Undergoes Blue Light-Induced Activation in Membrane Microdomains, MOLECULAR PLANT, 2018
Acclimation-induced metabolic reprogramming contributes to rapid desiccation tolerance acquisition in Boea hygrometrica, ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, 2018
BhbZIP60 from Resurrection Plant Boea hygrometrica Is an mRNA Splicing-Activated Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Regulator Involved in Drought Tolerance, FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 2017
A modified GFP facilitates counting membrane protein subunits by step-wise photobleaching in Arabidopsis, JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 2017
Arabidopsis seed germination speed is controlled by SNL histone deacetylase-binding factor-mediated regulation of AUX1, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2016
An Effective and Inducible System of TAL Effector-Mediated Transcriptional Repression in Arabidopsis, MOLECULAR PLANT, 2016
Transcriptome and Degradome Sequencing Reveals Dormancy Mechanisms of Cunninghamia lanceolata Seeds, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 2016
ABA receptor PYL9 promotes drought resistance and leaf senescence, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2016
RDM4 modulates cold stress resistance in Arabidopsis partially through the CBF-mediated pathway, NEW PHYTOLOGIST, 2016
An Effective and Inducible System of TAL Effector-Mediated Transcriptional Repression in Arabidopsis, An Effective and Inducible System of TAL Effector-Mediated Transcriptional Repression in Arabidopsis, Molecular Plant, 2015
The resurrection genome of Boea hygrometrica : A blueprint for survival of dehydration, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2015
Microrna857 is involved in the regulation of secondary growth of vascular tissues in arabidopsis, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 2015
Single-molecule fluorescence imaging to quantify membrane protein dynamics and oligomerization in living plant cells, NATURE PROTOCOLS, 2015
Global transcriptome analysis reveals acclimation-primed processes involved in the acquisition of desiccation tolerance in boea hygrometrica, PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 2015
A comparative study on Ca content and distribution in two Gesneriaceae species reveals distinctive mechanisms to cope with high rhizospheric soluble calcium, FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 2014
Identification of a retroelement from the resurrection plant boea hygrometrica that confers osmotic and alkaline tolerance in arabidopsis thaliana., PLOS ONE, 2014
A 30-kb genomic DNA fragment of resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica enhances Arabidopsis osmotic and alkaline tolerance, Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 2014
Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling High Calcium Response in Arabidopsis thaliana, PLOS ONE, 2014
Molecular cloning and differential expression of sHSP gene family members from the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica in response to abiotic stresses, BIOLOGIA, 2013
Understanding desiccation tolerance using the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica as a model system, FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 2013
Maize membrane-bound transcription factor zmbzip17 is a key regulator in the crosstalk of er quality control and aba signaling, PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 2013
Arabidopsis paired amphipathic helix proteins snl1and snl2 redundantly regulate primary seed dormancy via abscisic acid–ethylene antagonism mediated by histone deacetylation, PLANT CELL, 2013
The Complete Chloroplast and Mitochondrial Genome Sequences of Boea hygrometrica : Insights into the Evolution of Plant Organellar Genomes, PLOS ONE, 2012
Comparative Study on the Expression of Genes Involved in Carotenoid and ABA Biosynthetic Pathway in Response to Salt Stress in Tomato, JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE AGRICULTURE, 2012
A novel role for histone methyltransferase KYP/SUVH4 in the control of Arabidopsis primary seed dormancy, NEW PHYTOLOGIST, 2012
An atypical component of RNA-directed DNA methylation machinery has both DNA methylation-dependent and -independent roles in locus-specific transcriptional gene silencing, CELL RESEARCH, 2011
LEA 4 group genes from the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica confer dehydration tolerance in transgenic tobacco, PLANT SCIENCE, 2009
A WRKY transcription factor participates in dehydration tolerance in Boea hygrometrica by binding to the W-box elements of the galactinol synthase (BhGolS1) promoter, PLANTA, 2009
Cloning and expression analysis of a dirigent protein gene from the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica, PROGRESS IN NATURAL SCIENCE-MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL, 2009
A role for a cell wall localized glycine-rich protein in dehydration and rehydration of the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica, PLANT BIOLOGY, 2009
Ectopic over-expression of BhHsf1, a heat shock factor from the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica, leads to increased thermotolerance and retarded growth in transgenic Arabidopsis and tobacco, PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2009
A protein extraction method compatible with proteomic analysis for the euhalophyte Salicornia europaea, ELECTROPHORESIS, 2007
Proteome analysis of leaves from the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica in response to dehydration and rehydration, PLANTA, 2007
Characterization and expression of beta-1,3-glucanase genes in jujube fruit induced by the microbial biocontrol agent cryptococcus laurentii, PHYTOPATHOLOGY, 2007
A homeodomain leucine zipper gene from Craterostigma plantagineum regulates abscisic acid responsive gene expression and physiological responses, PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2006
Changes in Photosynthetic Functions of a Resurrection Angiosperm Boea hygrometrica (Bunge) R.Br. (Gesneriaceae) during dessication and rehydration, Plant Sci, 2003
Characterization of five novel dehydration-responsive homeodomain leucine zipper genes from the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum, PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2002
mRNA differential display visualized by silver staining tested on gene expression in resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica, PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER, 1999
Papers
- Zhao Y§, Chan Z§, Gao J, Xing L, Cao M, Yu C, Hu Y, You J, Shi H, Zhu Y, Gong Y, Mu Z, Wang H, Deng X, Wang P, Bressan RA, Zhu JK* (2016) The ABA receptor PYL9 promotes drought resistance and leaf senescence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, doi:10.1073/pnas.1522840113.
- Xiao, Lihong; Yang, Ge; Zhang, Liechi; Yang, Xinhua; Zhao, Shuang; Ji, Zhongzhong; Zhou, Qing; Hu, Min; Wang, Yu; Chen, Ming; Xu, Yu; Jin, Haijing; Xiao, Xuan; Hu, Guipeng; Bao, Fang; Hu, Yong; Wan, Ping; Li, Legong; Deng, Xin; Kuang, Tingyun; Xiang, Chengbin; Zhu, Jian-Kang*; Oliver, Melvin J.*; He, Yikun* (2015) The resurrection genome of Boea hygrometrica: A blueprint for survival of dehydration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 112(18):5833-5837
- Yan Zhu; Bo Wang; Jonathan Phillips; Zhen-Nan Zhang; Hong Du; Tao Xu; Lian-Cheng Huang; Xiao-Fei Zhang; Guang-Hui Xu; Wen-Long Li; Zhi Wang; Ling Wang; Yong-Xiu Liu; Xin Deng* (2015) Global transcriptome analysis reveals acclimation-primed processes involved in the acquisition of desiccation tolerance in Boea hygrometrica. Plant Cell Physiol 56(7):1429-41
- W Li, F Xu, S Chen, Z Zhang, Y Zhao, Y Jin, M Li, Y Zhu, Y Liu, Y Yang and Xin Deng* (2014) A comparative study on Ca content and distribution in two Gesneriaceae species reveals distinctive mechanisms to cope with high rhizospheric soluble calcium. Front Plant Sci 5: 647. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00647
- Yan Zhao, Tao Xu, Chun-Ying Shen, Guang-Hui Xu, Shi-Xuan Chen, Li-Zhen Song, Mei-Jing Li, Li-Li Wang, Yan Zhu, Wei-tao Lv, Zhi-Zhong Gong, Chun-Ming Liu, Xin Deng* (2014) Identification of a retroelement from the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica that confers osmotic and alkaline tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS ONE 9(5): e98098. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098098.
- Wenlong Li, Huikun Duan, Fengying Chen, Zhi Wang, Xueqing Huang, Xin Deng, Yongxiu Liu* (2014) Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling High Calcium Response in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS ONE 9(11): e112511.
- Zhi Wang, Hong Cao, Yongzhen Sun, Xiaoying Li, Fengying Chen, Annaick Carles, Yong Li, Meng Ding, Cun Zhang, Xin Deng, Wim J.J. Soppe, Yong-Xiu Liu* (2013) Arabidopsis paired amphipathic helix proteins SNL1and SNL2 redundantly regulate primary seed dormancy via abscisic acid-ethylene antagonism mediated by histone deacetylation. Plant Cell, 25:149-166.
- J Mitra, G Xu, B Wang, M Li, Xin Deng* (2013) Understanding desiccation tolerance using the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica as a model system. Front Plant Sci 4:446. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00446
- Zhennan Zhang, Bo Wang, Dongmei Sun* , Xin Deng* (2013) Molecular cloning and differential expression of sHSP gene family members from the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica in response to abiotic stresses. Biologia 68(4): 651-661.
- Zheng J, Chen FY, Wang Z, Cao H, Li XY, Deng X, Soppe Wim JJ, Li Y and Liu YX*. 2012. A novel role for histone methyltransferase KYP⁄SUVH4 in the control of Arabidopsis primary seed dormancy. New Phytol 193: 605–616.
- HK Duan, Y Zhu, WL Li, DD Qi, YX Liu, Xin Deng * (2012) Comparative study on the expression of genes involved in carotenoid and ABA biosynthetic pathway in response to salt stress in tomato. J Integr Agr (formally: Agricultural Sciences in China), 11(7): 1093-1102.
- Jun Liu, Ge Bai, Cuijun Zhang, Wei Chen, Jinxing Zhou, Suwei Zhang, Qing Chen, Xin Deng, Xin-Jian He *, Jian-Kang Zhu. An atypical component of RNA-directed DNA methylation machinery has both DNA methylation- dependent and -independent roles in locus-specific transcriptional gene silencing. Cell Res (2011) 21:1691-1700.
- Tongwu Zhang, Yongjun Fang, Xumin Wang, Xin Deng, Xiaowei Zhang, Songnian Hu, Jun Yu*. (2011) The complete chloroplast and mitochondrial genome sequences of Boea hygrometrica: insights into the evolution of plant organellar genomes. PLoS ONE 7(1): e30531. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030531
- Y Zhu, Z Wang, YJ Jing, LL Wang, X Liu; YX Liu, Xin Deng * (2009) Ectopic over-expression of BhHsf1, a heat shock factor from the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica, leads to increased thermotolerance and retarded growth in transgenic Arabidopsis and tobacco. Plant Mol Biol, 71(4-5): 451-67
- Zhi Wang, Yan Zhu, Lili Wang, Xia Liu, Yongxiu Liu, Jonathan Phillips, Xin Deng* (2009) A WRKY transcription factor participates in dehydration tolerance in Boea hygrometrica by binding to the W-box elements of the galactinol synthase (BhGolS1) promoter. Planta, 230(6): 1155-1166
- Xia Liu, Zhi Wang, Lili Wang, Renhua Wu, Jonathan Phillips, Xin Deng* (2009) LEA 4 group genes from the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica confer dehydration tolerance in transgenic tobacco. Plant Sci, 176: 90–98.
- Renhua Wu, Lili Wang, Zhi Wang, Haihong Shang, Xia Liu, Yan Zhu, Dongdong Qi, Xin Deng* (2009) Cloning and expression analysis of a dirigent protein gene from the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica, Prog Nat Sci: 19(3): 347-353.
- G Jiang, Z Wang, H Shang, W Yang, Z Hu, J Phillips, Xin Deng * (2007) Proteome analysis of leaves from the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica in response to dehydration and rehydration. Planta, 225 (6): 1405-1420
- Xuchu Wang,Xiaofang Li,Xin Deng,Heping Han,Wuliang Shi,Yinxin Li* (2007) A protein extraction method compatible with proteomic analysis for euhalophyte Salicornia europaea. Electrophoresis, 28(21):3976-3987
- Tian S., Yao H., Deng X., et al. (2007) Characterization and expression of ß-1, 3-glucanase genes in jujube fruit induced by biocontrol microbial agent. Phytopathology 97, 260-268
- Xin Deng, J Phillips, A Brautigam, P Engström, H Johannesson, P Ouwerkerk, I Ruberti, J Salinas, P Vera, R Iannacone, A Meijer, D Bartels (2006) A homeodomain leucine zipper gene from Craterostigma plantagineum regulates abscisic acid responsive gene expression and physiological responses. Plant Mol Biol 61(3): 469-489.
- Xin Deng, Z Hu, H Wang, X Wen, T Kuang (2003) Changes in Photosynthetic Functions of a Resurrection Angiosperm Boea hygrometrica (Bunge) R.Br. (Gesneriaceae) during dessication and rehydration. Plant Sci 165(4): 851-861.
- Li Y, Hu Z, Zhang Q, Deng X, and Wang H (2000) Genetic variation in wild soybean (Glycine soja Sieb. & Zucc.) populations revealed with simple sequence repeat marders. Soybean genetics newsletter 27: 17
- Xin Deng, Z Hu, H Wang (1999) mRNA differential display visualized by silver staining tested on gene expression in resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica. Plant Mol Biol Rep 17: 279.
- Zhang Q, Yun R, Hu Z-A, Zhong M, Deng X. (1999) Cloning and characterization of a molecu-lar marker associated with salt tolerance from soybean cultivars. Soybean Genetics Newsletter 26:14
Patents
[2] Deng Xin et al. The synthesis and application of inositol-galactosidase gene and its encoded protein: China, ZL200510112540.X.
[3] Deng Xin et al. A protein and its coding gene that functions in plant drought tolerance: China,ZL200510127881.4
[4] Deng Xin et al. An HSF and its coding gene that functions in plant stress tolerance: China,200910078056.8
[5] Deng Xin et al. A DNA fragment that regulates plant tolerance to osmotic and alkaline stress. China,201210135602.9
[6]. Deng Xin et al. BhHSP70-1 and its coding gene that improves plant drought tolerance: China, 201210581636.07.
[7] Deng Xin et al. The application of ZmbZIP17 and its coding gene in improving plant stress tolerance: China,201310065802.6
[8] Deng Xin et al. An plant drought tolerance-related protein and its coding gene: China, 201310149496.4
Research Interests
Collaboration
1. Joint Project under the Bulgaria/China agreement on cooperation in science and technology:
Revealing mechanisms that prime or trigger desiccation tolerance reprograming in local resurrection plants to improve crops stress response
2. Joint Project under the South Africa/China agreement on cooperation in science and technology:
A systems biology-based study of the cell wall of the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica in comparison with the non-desiccation tolerant Chirita heterotrichia using molecular genetics and high-throughput profiling methods.
3. Joint Project under the Bulgaria/China agreement on cooperation in science and technology:
A comparative study of the mechanisms of desiccation tolerance in Gesneriaceae resurrection plants in Bulgaria and China
Students
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