Haodong Huang: The Plant Cell First Author

Haodong Huang, co-first author of “An ancestral role for 3-KETOACYL-COA SYNTHASE3 as a negative regulator of plant cuticular wax synthesis”

Current Position: Ph.D. student, Hubei University

Education: Master, Hubei University

Non-scientific Interests: Cooking, Reading, Running

Brief bio: I have been interested in the growth of plants and the adaptation to the environment since my undergraduate course. In 2019, I became a master’s student of Professor Shiyou Lü, College of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, China. In 2022, after receiving my master’s degree, I continued to study for a doctor’s degree under supervision of Professor Shiyou Lü. My research mainly focuses on understanding the role of 3-KETOACYL-COA SYNTHASEs (KCSs) in Arabidopsis surface lipid synthesis. We found that Arabidopsis KCS3 previously shown to lack canonical catalytic activity instead functions as a negative regulator in wax metabolism by reducing the enzymatic activity of KCS6, a key KCS involved in wax production. At present, I continue to identify the roles of additional KCSs lacking FAE activity, seek the possible regulatory targets of these KCSs, and determine their biological function in response to different environments.

 

共同第一作者:黄浩东

现在职位:湖北大学,博士在读

教育经历:湖北大学,硕士

兴趣爱好:烹饪、读书、跑步

个人简介:从本科开始我就对植物的生长和对环境的适应产生兴趣,2019年,我成为湖北大学生命科学学院吕世友教授的硕士研究生,在2022年获得硕士学位后,继续跟随吕世友教授攻读博士学位。我的研究主要集中在解析3-酮酰基辅酶A合成酶(KCS)家族基因在拟南芥表皮脂类合成中的作用。我们最新发现,尽管拟南芥中的KCS3不具有典型的催化超长链脂肪酸延伸的酶活性,但是该蛋白可以通过降低KCS6(参与蜡质合成的关键KCS)的酶活性而负调节蜡质的合成。目前,我正在继续解析其他缺乏典型FAE酶活性的KCS成员的功能,寻找这些KCS可能的调控目标,并确定它们在响应不同环境因子过程中的生物功能。