Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Yongliang Liu

Yongliang Liu, co-first author of GATA and PIF transcription factors regulate light-induced vindoline biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus

Current Position: Scientist I, The Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center, University of Kentucky, USA

Education: PhD, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Non-scientific interests: Basketball, running, and Chinese history

Brief bio: I have always been interested in the biosynthesis and regulation of specialized metabolites in crop and medicinal plants. My Ph.D. research and subsequent postdoctoral training at the South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, were centered around carotenoid biosynthesis in Lycium (Goji), an important food and medicinal plant, as well as alkaloid biosynthesis in the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus. For the past few years, I have been focusing on the effects of environmental signals, including light, on terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis in C. roseus. We found that the light-induced vindoline biosynthesis in Catharanthus seedlings is regulated by GATA and PIF transcription factors. I am also working on the regulation of alkaloid biosynthesis in tobacco. My goals include elucidating the conserved or unique molecular regulatory mechanisms that control the accumulation of specialized metabolites under biotic or abiotic stimulation.

 

刘永亮，文章“GATA and PIF transcription factors regulate light-induced biosynthesis of vinca-alkaloid vindoline”的共同第一作者

目前职位：Scientist I, The Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center, University of Kentucky, USA

学位：博士，中国科学院大学

非科学爱好：篮球、跑步、中国历史

简介：一直以来，我研究的兴趣点在农作物和药用植物中次生代谢产物的合成和调控。在中国科学院大学，我博士期间以及博士后期间研究的方向为比较宁夏枸杞和黑果枸杞果实中类胡萝卜素的生物合成的调控，以及药用植物长春花中生物碱的合成调控。过去几年，我的研究重点在环境因素（比如光）对长春花中生物碱合成的影响。我们发现长春花幼苗中光诱导的vindoline合成是有GATA1和PIF1两个转录因子共同调节的。除此之外，我也做一些烟草中生物碱合成调控的研究。我的研究目标是揭示环境胁迫（非生物胁迫和生物胁迫）影响次生代谢产物的分子机制。