华南师范大学生命科学学院教授,博士生导师,教育部长江学者特聘教授,享受国务院政府特殊津贴专家。现任华南师范大学生命科学学院院长,广东省植物发育生物工程重点实验室主任,广东省华南牧草工程技术研究中心主任。兼任教育部高等学校生物科学类专业教学指导委员会委员,中国植物生理与植物分子生物学会理事,中国遗传学会理事和广东省植物生理学会副理事长。近年来主要从事植物感受环境高温的分子机制和特色植物资源创新与利用,在Trends in Plant Science, PNAS, Plant Cell, Molecular Plant 和 Plant Physiology 等国际著名刊物上发表学术论文50余篇;授权国家发明专利3项。2008年入选“教育部新世纪优秀人才支持计划”;2010年受聘为广东省“珠江学者”特聘教授,2015年入选“广东特支计划百千万工程领军人才”;2018年受聘为“长江学者”特聘教授;2011年获第十一届"广东省丁颖科技奖"; 2018年获批享受国务院政府特殊津贴专家。先后主持国家转基因生物新品种培育重大专项重点项目、国家自然科学基金-广东联合基金重点项目、国家自然科学基金面上项目、教育部新世纪人才项目和广东省“扬帆计划”创新创业团队项目等课题。
代表性论文专著(#第一作者,*通讯作者):
1. Xiao-Ting Zheng#, Caijuan Wang#, Wenxiong Lin#, Danlu Han, Qi Xie, Jianbin Lai*, Chengwei Yang*. Importation of chloroplast proteins under heat stress is facilitated by their SUMO conjugations. New Phytologist, 2022 ( doi.org/10.1111/nph.18121 )
2. Ruihua Huang, Mengling Liu, Guanping Gong, Pingzhi Wu, Mei Bai, Guohe Wang, Xiaoxiu Wang, Hong Wu, Xiaojing Wang, Chengwei Yang*, Daniel Schubert*, Shengchun Zhang*. BLISTER promotes seed maturation and fatty acid biosynthesis by interacting with WRINKLED1 to regulate chromatin dynamics in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 2022 ( doi.org/10.1093)
3. Xiaoshi Liu#, Min Li#, Yang Li#, Zian Chen, Chun Zhuge, Youwei Ouyang,, Yawen Zhao, Yuxin Lin, Qi Xie, Chengwei Yang*, Jianbin Lai*. An ABHD17-like hydrolase screening system to identify de-S-acylation enzymes of protein substrates in plant cells. Plant Cell, 2021,33(10): 3235-3249
4. Feige Wang, Yiyang Liu, Yaqiao Shi, Danlu Han, Yuanyuan Wu, Weixian Ye, Huanling Yang, Guowei Li, Feng Cui, Shubo Wan*, Jianbin Lai*, Chengwei Yang*. SUMOylation stabilizes the transcription factor DREB2A to improve plant thermotolerance. Plant Physiology, 2020, 183:41-50
5. Jieming Jiang#, Ning Mao#, Huan Hu, Jiahang Tang, Danlu Han, Song Liu, Qian Wu, Yiyang Liu, Changlian Peng, Jianbin Lai*, Chengwei Yang*. A SWI/SNF subunit regulates chromosomal dissociation of Structura1 Maintenance Complex 5 during DNA repair in plant cells. PNAS, 2019, 116(30): 15288-15296
6. Jianbin Lai*#, Jieming Jiang#, Qian Wu, Ning Mao, Danlu Han, Huan Hu, Chengwei Yang*. The transcriptional coactivator ADA2b recruits a structural maintenance protein to double-strand breaks during DNA repair in plants. Plant Physiol.2018, 176:2613-2622
7. Jianbin Lai, Danlu Han and Chengwei Yang*. AtMMS21: connecting DNA repair and root development. Trends in Plant Science, 2018,23(2):89-91
8. Shengchun Zhang, Cui Li, Rui Wang, Yaxue Chen, Si Shu, Ruihua Huang, Daowei Zhang, Jian Li, Shi Xiao, Nan Yao, and Chengwei Yang*.. The Arabidopsis Mitochondrial Protease FtSH4 Is Involved in Leaf Senescence via Regulation of WRKY-Dependent Salicylic Acid Accumulation and Signaling. Plant Physiology, 2017( 173): 2294–2307
9. Juanjuan Zhang#, Jianbin Lai#, Feige Wang#, Songguang Yang, Zhipeng He, Jieming Jiang, Qingliang Li, Qian Wu, Yiyang Liu, Mengyuan Yu, Jinju Du, Qi Xie, Keqiang Wu, and Chengwei Yang*. A SUMO Ligase AtMMS21 Regulates the Stability of the Chromatin Remodeler BRAHMA in Root Development. Plant Physiology, 2017(173):1574–1582
10. Yiyang Liu#,Jianbin Lai#, Mengyuan Yu, Feige Wang, Juanjuan Zhang, Jieming Jiang,Huan Hu, Qian Wu, Guohui Lu, Panglian Xu, Chengwei Yang*. The Arabidopsis SUMO E3 ligase AtMMS21 dissociates the E2Fa/DPa complex 1 in cell cycle regulation. Plant Cell, 2016,28: 2225-2237
11. Chao Wang, Weitao Xu, Honglei Jin, Taijie Zhang, Jianbin Lai, Xuan Zhou, Shengchun Zhang, Shengjie Liu, Xuewu Duan, Hongbin Wang, Changlian Peng, Chengwei Yang*. A putative chloroplast-localized Ca2+/ H+ antiporter CCHA1 is involved in calcium and pH homeostasis and required for PSII function in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant, 2016,9:1183-1196
12. Jianbin Lai, Boya Yu, Zhendan Cao, Yanming Chen, Jingyi Huang, Qian Wu, Chengwei Yang*. Two homologous protein acyltransferases PAT13 and PAT14 cooperatively regulates leaf senescence in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2015, 66(20):6345-53
13. Tao Li#, Jieming Jiang#,Shengchun Zhang, Haoran Shu Yaqin Wang, Jianbin Lai, Jinju Du, Chengwei Yang. OsAGSW1, an ABC1-like kinase gene, is involved in the regulation of grain size and weight in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2015, 66(19):5691-701
14. Shengchun Zhang, Juelin Wu, Dongke Yuan, Daowei Zhang, Zhigan Huang, Langtao Xiao, Chengwei Yang*. Perturbation of auxin homeostasis caused by mitochondrial FtSH 4 gene-mediated peroxidase accumulation regulates Arabidopsis architecture. Moelcualr Plant, 2014, 7 (5): 856-873
15. Panglian Xu, Dongke Yuan , Ming Liu, Chunxin Li, Yiyang Liu,Shengchun Zhang, Nan Yao, Chengwei Yang*. AtMMS21, an SMC5/6 complex subunit, is involved in stem cell niche maintenance and DNA damage responses in Arabidopsis roots. Plant Physiology,2013, 61(4),1755-1768
16. Songguang Yang#, Xueqin Zeng#, Tao Li, Ming Liu,ShengChun Zhang,Sujuan Gao,Yaqin Wang,Changling Peng, Ling Li, Chengwei Yang*. AtACDO1, an ABC1-like Kinase Gene, is involved in Chlorophyll Degradation and Photooxidative Stress Response in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany ,2012, 63(10): 3959-3973
17. Lixia Huang, Songguang Yang, Shengchun Zhang, Ming Liu, Jianbin Lai, Yanli Qi, Songfeng Shi, Jinxiang Wang, Yaqin Wang, Qi Xie, Chengwei Yang*. The Arabidopsis SUMO E3 ligase AtMMS21, a homologue of NSE2/MMS21, regulates cell proliferation in the root. Plant Journal, 2009,60:666-678
18. Yiyue Zhang#, Chengwei Yang#, Yin Li, Nuoyan Zheng, Hao Chen, Qingzhen Zhao, Ting Gao, Huishan Guo, Qi Xie. . SDIR1 Is a RING Finger E3 Ligase That Positively Regulates Stress-Responsive Abscisic Acid Signaling in Arabidopsis . The Plant Cell, 2007, 19: 1912-1929
19. Chengwei Yang, Rocio Gonzalez-Lamothe, Richard A. Ewan, Owen Rowland, Hirofumi Yoshioka, Heng Ye, Elizabeth O’ donnell, Jonathan DG Jones, Ari Sadanandom.. The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Activity of Arabidopsis PLANT U-BOX17 and Its Functional Tobacco Homolog ACRE276 Is Required for Cell Death and Defence. The Plant Cell, 2006,18:1084-1098