Yang Zhou: The Plant Cell First Author

Yang Zhou, first author of “Rice EIL1 interacts with OsIAAs to regulate auxin biosynthesis mediated by the tryptophan aminotransferase MHZ10/OsTAR2 during root ethylene responses”

Current Position: Postdoc, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Education: Ph.D., Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Non-scientific Interests: Music, Hiking

Brief bio: I joined Prof. Jinsong Zhang’s lab in 2014 to study ethylene signaling regulation and ethylene-auxin crosstalk in rice, and got my Ph.D. in 2020. Since then, I have continued the above researches as a postdoc. In this study, an important gene MHZ10/OsTAR2 in the auxin biosynthesis pathway was identified by analyzing ethylene response mutants of rice. Through the study of its expression, it was found that some Aux/IAAs could regulate the activity of OsEIL1 regulation on MHZ10 by interacting with OsEIL1 for root auxin biosynthesis in a positive feedback manner. It is hoped that the above new discoveries in ethylene-auxin crosstalk will arouse the interests of researchers.

姓名：周扬

目前职位：中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所，博士后

教育背景：中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所，理学博士

爱好：音乐、徒步

个人简历：2014年加入张劲松研究员实验室，从事水稻乙烯信号调控和乙烯-生长素互作研究，于2020年获博士学位。此后，作为博士后继续上述研究。本研究通过分析水稻乙烯反应突变体，鉴定出生长素生物合成途径中的一个重要基因MHZ10/OsTAR2。通过对其表达的研究，发现一些Aux/IAA可以通过与OsEIL1互作，以正反馈的方式调节OsEIL1对MHZ10的调控活性，从而促进根系生长素的生物合成。希望上述乙烯-生长素互作的新发现能够引起研究者们的兴趣。