Education

Professor in Plant Pathology and Associate Dean, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, China

Publications

(Since 2016)
• Yin Z, Chen C, Yang J, Feng W, Liu X, Zuo R, Wang J, Yang L, Zhong K, Gao C Zhang H, Zheng X, Wang P, Zhang ZG*. Histone acetyltransferase MoHat1 acetylates autophagy-related proteins MoAtg3 and MoAtg9 to orchestrate functional appressorium formation and pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae. Autophagy 2019, 15(7):1234-1257.
• Li X, Zhong K, Yin Z, Hu J, Wang W, Li L, Zhang H, Zheng X, Wang P, Zhang ZG*. The seven transmembrane domain protein MoRgs7 functions in surface perception and undergoes coronin MoCrn1-dependent endocytosis in complex with Galpha subunit MoMagA to promote cAMP signaling and appressorium formation in Magnaporthe oryzae. PLoS Pathog 2019, 15(2):e1007382.
• Liu X, Yang J, Qian B, Cai Y, Zou X, Zhang H, Zheng X, Wang P, Zhang ZG*. MoYvh1 subverts rice defense through functions of ribosomal protein MoMrt4 in Magnaporthe oryzae. PLoS Pathog 2018, 14(4):e1007016.
• Li X, Gao CY, Li LW, Liu MX, Yin ZY, Zhang HF, Zheng XB, Wang P, Zhang ZG*. MoEnd3 regulates appressorium formation and virulence through mediating endocytosis in rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. PLoS Pathog, 2017, 13(6):e1006449
• Li LW, Lin XC, Zhang SP, Yang J, Cheng D, Liu MX, Zhang HF, Zheng XB, Wang P, Peng YL*, Zhang ZG*. MoCAP proteins regulated by MoArk1-mediated phosphorylation coordinate endocytosis and actin dynamics to govern development and virulence of Magnaporthe oryzae. PLoS Genet, 2017, 13(5):e1006814.
• Liu, X. and Zhang, Z. (2017). Chitin Extraction and Content Measurement in Magnaporthe oryzae. Bio-protocol 7(5): e2164.
• Zhong KL, Li X, Le XY, Kong XY, Zhang HF, Zheng XB, Wang P, Zhang ZG*. MoDnm1 dynamin mediating peroxisomal and mitochondrial fission in complex with MoFis1 and MoMdv1 is important for development of functional appressorium in Magnaporthe oryzae. PLoS Pathog, 2016, 12(8): e1005823.
• Qi ZQ, Liu MX, Dong YH, Zhu Q, Liu X, Li LW, Li B, Ru YY, Zhang HF, Zheng XB, Wang P, Zhang ZG*. The syntaxin protein (MoSyn8) mediates intracellular trafficking to regulate conidiogenesis and pathogenicity of rice blast fungus. New Phytol., 2016, 209(4):1655-67.
• Chen Y, Le XY, Sun Y, Li MY, Zhang HF, Tan XQ, Zhang DY, Liu Y, Zhang ZG*. MoYcp4 is required for growth, conidiogenesis and pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae. Mol. Plant Pathol., 2016, doi: 10.1111/mpp.12455.
• Wang JZ, Yin ZY, Tang W, Cai XJ, Gao CY, Zhang HF, Zheng XB, Wang P, Zhang ZG*. The thioredoxin MoTrx2 protein mediates reactive oxygen species (ROS) balance and controls pathogenicity as a target of the transcription factor MoAP1 in Magnaporthe oryzae. Mol. Plant Pathol., 2016, doi: 10.1111/mpp.12484.
• Yin YZ, Tang W, Wang JZ, Liu XY, Yang LN, Gao CY, Zhang JL, Zheng XB, Wang P, Zhang ZG*. Phosphodiesterase MoPdeH targets MoMck1 of the conserved mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase signalling pathway to regulate cell wall integrity in rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Mol. Plant Pathol., 2016, 17(5), 654–668.
• Liu XY, Qian B, Gao CY, Huang SH, Cai YC, Zhang HF, Zheng XB, Wang P, Zhang ZG*. The putative protein phosphatase MoYvh1 functions upstream of MoPdeH to regulate the development and pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact., 2016, 29(6), 496-507.