Self-introduction
Professor of Dept of Biology

Research Interests
1. Plant physiology and molecular biology under environmental stresses
2. Plant cell signal transduction
3. Molecular agriculture

Selected Publication

1. Xiaoju Liang, Yeling Zhou, Weifeng Xu*, Jiansheng Liang*. A calcium signaling module CPK2-MIZ1-ECA1 orchestrates root hydrotropism via asymmetric ABA distribution. Plant Cell，2025 （under review）

2. Xiaoju Liang, Yeling Zhou, Weifeng Xu*, Jiansheng Liang*. An intracellular calcium sensory complex CPKs/ECA1 controls cytosolic calcium homeostasis for plant osmosensitivity. Cell Reports 2025 （under review）.

3. Wei Zhu, Yajuan Fu, Hua Zhou, Yeling Zhou, Dayan Zhang, Yuzhu Wang, Yujing Su, Zhiyong Li, and Jiansheng Liang*. RACK1 links phyB and BES1 to coordinate brassinosteroid-dependent root meristem development. New Phytologist, 2024, 244: 883~899. doi: 10.1111/nph.20055

4. Zhiyong Li*, Dayang Zhang, Xiaoju Liang, and Jiansheng Liang*. Counteraction of ABI5-mediated inhibition of seed germination and postgerminative growth by RACK1 in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2024, 75(13): 3932–3945.

https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae153 

5. Yajuan Fu, Wei Zhu, Yeling Zhou, Yujing Su, Zhiyong Li, Dayan Zhang, Dong Zhang, Jinyu Shen, Jiansheng Liang* RACK1A promotes hypocotyl elongation by scaffolding light signaling components in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2024 66(5):956-972.  doi: 10.1111/jipb.13651.

6. Yeling Zhou, Yuzhu Wang, Dong Zhang, Jiansheng Liang*. An endomembrane-biased dimerization mechanism underlying the dual-substrate selectivity by ABCG transporters during plant growth and adaptation. Molecular Plant，2024, 17：478-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.02.005

7. Jian Xin, Yeling Zhou, Yichun Qiu, He Geng, Yuzhu Wang, Yi Song*, Jiansheng Liang* , Kaige Yan*. Structural insights into abscisic acid exporter AtABCG25. Plant Communications. 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100776.

8. Zhiyong Li*, Yajuan Fu, Yuzhu Wang and Jiansheng Liang*. Scaffold protein RACK1 regulates BR signaling by modulating the nuclear localization of BZR1. New Phytologist, 2023（239）:1804–1818. doi: 10.1111/nph.19049

9. Masood, J#., Zhu, W#., Fu, Y#., Li, Z., Zhou, Y., Zhang, D., Han, H., Yan, Y., Wen, X., Guo, H., and Liang Jiansheng*. (2023). Scaffold protein RACK1A positively regulates leaf senescence by coordinating the EIN3‐miR164‐ORE1 transcriptional cascade in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 65: 170~1716.（ https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13483）

10. Yuzhu Wang；Zhiyong Li *; Xiaoju Liang；Yeling Zhou  And Jiansheng Liang*. Nuclear Localization of G3BP6 Is Essential for the Flowering Transition in Arabidopsis. Biomolecules. 2023,13. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom13121697

11. Wang, Y, Zhou, Y*, Liang Jiansheng*. Characterization of Organellar‐Specific ABA Responses during Environmental Stresses in Tobacco Cells and Arabidopsis Plants. Cells 2022, 11, 2039. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11132039

12. Zhou Y, Wang Y, Li J, Liang Jiansheng*. In vivo FRET-FLIM reveals ER-specific increases in the ABA level upon environmental stresses. Plant Physiology, 2021, 186(3):1545–1561.

13. Dongping Zhang, Minyan Zhang, Yuzhu Wang, Jiansheng Liang*. RGB1 Regulates Rice Panicle Architecture and Grain Filling Through Monitoring Cytokinin Level in Inflorescence Meristem and Grain Abscisic Acid Level During Filling Stage. Rice Science, 2021, 28(4): 317−321

14. Zhang D, Zhang M and Liang J* (2021) RGB1 Regulates Grain Development and Starch Accumulation Through Its Effect on OsYUC11-Mediated Auxin Biosynthesis in Rice Endosperm Cells. Front. Plant Sci. 12:585174. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.585174

15. Shen J, Li Z, Fu Y, Liang Jiansheng*.  Identification and molecular characterization of the alternative spliced variants of beta carbonic anhydrase 1 (βCA1) from Arabidopsis thaliana. PeerJ, 2021, 9:e12673 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12673

16. Li, Z*.; Fu, Y.; Shen, J.; Liang, J*. Upstream Open Reading Frame Mediated Translation of WNK8 Is Required for ABA Response in Arabidopsis. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2021, 22, 10683. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/ijms221910683

17. Liu D, Wu J, Lin L, Li P, Li S, Wang Y, Li J, Sun Q, Liang J and Wang Y. Overexpression of Cinnamoyl-CoA Reductase 2 in Brassica napus Increases Resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum by Affecting Lignin Biosynthesis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021, 12:732733. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.732733

18. Lu Y, Feng Z, Meng Y, Bian L, Xie H, Mysorec KS, Liang J*. SLENDER RICE1 and Oryza sativa INDETERMINATE DOMAIN2 Regulating OsmiR396 Is Involved in Stem Elongation. Plant Physiology, 2020, 182:2213-2227（DOI:10.1104/pp.19.01008）

19. Zhang D, Xu W, Chen J, Liang J*. Rice heterotrimeric G protein γ subunit, qPE9-1, regulates development of endosperm cells and starch accumulation of grains. Rice, 2019, 12:91 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12284-019-0344-4

20. Jianping Liu, Xinjiao Sun, Wencheng Liao, Jianhua Zhang, Jiansheng Liang and Weifeng Xu. Involvement of OsGF14b Adaptation in the Drought Resistance of Rice Plants. Rice, 2019,12:8 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12284-019-0346-2

21. Li Z, Shen J, Liang J*. Genome-Wide Identification, Expression Profile, and Alternative Splicing Analysis of the Brassinosteroid-Signaling Kinase (BSK) Family Genes in Arabidopsis. Int J Mol Sci., 2019, 20(5). pii: E1138. doi: 10.3390/ijms20051138.

22. Fang Lin, Yan Jiang, Jian Li, Tingting Yan, Liumin Fan, Jiansheng Liang, Z. Jeffrey Chen, Dongqing Xu, Xing Wang Deng. B-BOX DOMAIN PROTEIN28 Negatively Regulates Photomorphogenesis by Repressing the Activity of Transcription Factor HY5 and Undergoes COP1-Mediated Degradation. The Plant Cell, 2018, 30: 2006–2019

23. Shujian Cui, Jiaoyu Wang, Feiyan Gao, Guochang Sun, Jiansheng Liang*. Quantitative proteomic analyses reveal that RBBI3.3, a trypsin inhibitor protein, plays an important role in Magnaporthe oryzae infection in rice.  Plant Growth Regulation 2018, 86(3), 365-374 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-018-0435-z)

24. Zhang D, Wang Y, Shen J, Yin J, Li D, Gao Y, Xu W，Liang J*（2018）OsRACK1A, encodes a circadian clock-regulated WD40 protein, negatively affect salt tolerance in rice. Rice 11:45 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12284-018-0232-3 )

25. Jianping Liu, Xinjiao Sun, Feiyun Xu, Yingjiao Zhang, Qian Zhang, Rui Miao, Jianhua Zhang,. Jiansheng Liang and Weifeng Xu. Suppression of OsMDHAR4 enhances heat tolerance by mediating H2O2-induced stomatal closure in rice plants. Rice. 2018.11:38 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12284-018-0230-5)

26. Yuzhu Lu, Zhen Feng, Xuanyu Liu, Liying Bian, Hong Xie, Changlun Zhang, Kirankumar S. Mysore, Jiansheng Liang*. MiR393 and miR390 synergistically regulate lateral root growth in rice under different conditions. BMC Plant Biology 2018,18:261  (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-018-1488-x)

27. Haidong Ding, Jie He, Yuan Wu, Xiaoxia Wu, Cailin Ge, Yijun Wang, Silin Zhong, Edgar Peiter, Jiansheng Liang*, Weifeng Xu. The tomato mitogen-activated protein kinase SlMPK1 is as a negative regulator of the high temperature stress response. Plant Physiology, 2018, 177: 633-651. Published on April 23, 2018, as DOI:10.1104/pp.18.00067

28. Wei Yuan  Dongping Zhang  Tao Song  Feiyun Xu  Sheng Lin  Weifeng Xu  Qianfeng Li Yiyong Zhu  Jiansheng Liang  Jianhua Zhang. Arabidopsis plasma membrane H+-ATPase genes AHA2 and AHA7 have distinct and overlapping roles in the modulation of root tip H+ efflux in response to low-phosphorus stress. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2017, 68(7): 1731–1741. 28 March 2017  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx040 

29. Zhang D, Yin J, Yan X, Zhou Y, LinS, Xu W, Baluška F, Wang Y, Xia Y, Liang G, Liang J*(2015) Rice G-protein subunits qPE9-1 and RGB1 play distinct roles in ABA responses and drought adaptation. J Exp Bot 66(20):6371-84  doi:10.1093/jxb/evr350