Shuai Wang: The Plant Cell First Author

Shuai Wang, first author of “Phosphorylation of MdERF17 by MdMPK4 Promotes Apple Fruit Peel Degreening during Light/Dark Transitions”

Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at China Agricultural University

Education: M.S. at Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Non-scientific Interests: reading, hiking

Brief bio: During my doctoral study in China Agricultural University (advisor: Prof. Zhenhai Han and Dr. Ting Wu), I focused on post-transcriptional regulation of chlorophyll degradation in apple peels and the connection between diurnal rhythm and MAPK pathways during fruit development. We previously reported that MdERF17 contributes to chlorophyll degradation in fruit peel via trans-activation on chlorophyll degradation-related genes. In this study, we reported that MdMPK4-mediated phosphorylation of MdERF17 contributes to fruit degreening through activation of downstream genes and revealed the molecular mechanisms by which two MdMPK4 proteins regulate Chl breakdown and anthocyanin accumulation in response to the light/dark transition. My long-term scientific goal is to solve important scientific questions in the field of fruit quality control and provide candidate gene resources for molecular breeding.

 

姓名：王帅

目前职位：中国农业大学，博士在读

教育背景：中国农业科学院，硕士学位

兴趣爱好：阅读，徒步

个人简介：我在中国农业大学博士研究生学习期间（指导教师：韩振海教授和吴婷副教授），主要研究苹果果皮叶绿素降解的转录后调控以及果实发育过程中昼夜节律和MAPK级联途径之间的关系。我们之前报道过MdERF17通过转录激活下游叶绿素降解基因，促进果皮中的叶绿素降解。在此基础上，我们进一步研究发现MdMPK4磷酸化MdERF17，能够增强MdERF17的转录活性，促进苹果果皮褪绿，并揭示了两个MdMPK4蛋白分别参与调控叶绿素降解和花青素积累以响应光/暗转换的分子机制。我希望能够利用这些分子机制研究解决果实品质调控领域的重要科学问题，为果树分子育种提供基因储备。