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Zhang Yi
Highest Education Ph.D
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Office South China Botanical Garden, No.723,Xingkelu,Tianhe,Guangzhou,China
Education and Appointments

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,


Research Interest

1.    Protein ubiquitination and sumoylation modification；

2.    Interaction between sweetpotato and virus；

3.    Design and utilization of viral vectors.


Public Services
Honors

 2022“Young Top Talents of Guangdong Pearl River Talent Project”

Selected Publication

#Co-first author，*corresponding author

1.         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 2025 23(4): 1053-1066.

2.         Xing Meng, He Minhong, Deng Shulin, Zhang Yi* and Zhu Hongbo*. Identification and functional Characterisation of the gibberellin-inactivating enzyme, IbCYP714A1, in sweetpotato. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 2025: 109973.

3.         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

4.         Liu Sai, Lyu Shanwu, Zhang Yi, Liu Siqi and Deng Shulin. Tomato CONSTANS-Like1 promotes anthocyanin biosynthesis under short day and suboptimal low temperature. Plant Physiology 2025 198(1): 1-14..

5.         Wang Chaofeng, Zhou Bangjun, Zhang Yi and Zeng Lirong*. Plant ubiquitin E2 enzymes UBC32, UBC33, and UBC34 are involved in ERAD and function in host stress tolerance. BMC plant biology 2025 25(1): 412.

6.         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).

7.         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).

8.         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.

9.         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.

10.     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.

11.     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.

12.     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.

13.     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.

14.     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.

15.     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).

16.     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.

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

18.     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.

19.     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).

20.     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.

21.     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.

22.     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.