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Genomes and Genes | Ning Hui ChengSummaryAffiliation: Baylor College of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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AtGRXcp, an Arabidopsis chloroplastic glutaredoxin, is critical for protection against protein oxidative damageNing Hui Cheng
Plant Physiology Group, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Biol Chem 281:26280-8. 2006..Thus, this work describes the initial functional characterization of a plant monothiol Grx and suggests a conserved biological function in protecting cells against protein oxidative damage...
Characterization of CXIP4, a novel Arabidopsis protein that activates the H+/Ca2+ antiporter, CAX1Ning Hui Cheng
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
FEBS Lett 559:99-106. 2004..Together with other recent studies, these results suggest that CAX1 is regulated by several signaling molecules that converge on the N-terminus of CAX1 to regulate H+/Ca2+ antiport...
A mammalian monothiol glutaredoxin, Grx3, is critical for cell cycle progression during embryogenesisNing Hui Cheng
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
FEBS J 278:2525-39. 2011....
AtGRX4, an Arabidopsis chloroplastic monothiol glutaredoxin, is able to suppress yeast grx5 mutant phenotypes and respond to oxidative stressNing Hui Cheng
Plant Physiology Group, USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
FEBS Lett 582:848-54. 2008..Genetic analysis revealed that seedlings of atgrx4 mutants were sensitive to oxidants. Taken together, these results suggest that AtGRX4 may have important functions in plant growth and development under extreme environments...
Arabidopsis monothiol glutaredoxin, AtGRXS17, is critical for temperature-dependent postembryonic growth and development via modulating auxin responseNing Hui Cheng
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Biol Chem 286:20398-406. 2011..Together, our findings provide a nexus between reactive oxygen species homeostasis, auxin signaling, and temperature responses...
Characterization of CAX4, an Arabidopsis H(+)/cation antiporterNing Hui Cheng
Baylor College of Medicine, Plant Physiology Group, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Plant Physiol 128:1245-54. 2002..These findings suggest that CAX transporters may modulate their ion transport properties through alterations at the N terminus...
Functional and regulatory analysis of the Arabidopsis thaliana CAX2 cation transporterJon K Pittman
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Plant Mol Biol 56:959-71. 2004....
Cloning and characterization of CXIP1, a novel PICOT domain-containing Arabidopsis protein that associates with CAX1Ning Hui Cheng
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Biol Chem 278:6503-9. 2003..In Arabidopsis, CXIP1 transcripts, like CAX1, accumulated in response to different metal conditions. This work thus characterizes a new class of signaling molecules in plants that may regulate CAX transporters in vivo...
Mechanism of N-terminal autoinhibition in the Arabidopsis Ca(2+)/H(+) antiporter CAX1Jon K Pittman
Plant Physiology Group, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Biol Chem 277:26452-9. 2002..These findings describe a unique mode of antiporter autoinhibition and demonstrate the first detailed mechanisms for the regulation of a Ca(2+)/H(+) antiporter from any organism...
Functional association of Arabidopsis CAX1 and CAX3 is required for normal growth and ion homeostasisNing Hui Cheng
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Plant Physiol 138:2048-60. 2005..These findings suggest synergistic function of CAX1 and CAX3 in plant growth and nutrient acquisition...
The protein kinase SOS2 activates the Arabidopsis H(+)/Ca(2+) antiporter CAX1 to integrate calcium transport and salt toleranceNing Hui Cheng
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Biol Chem 279:2922-6. 2004..In planta, the high level of expression of a deregulated version of CAX1 caused salt sensitivity. These findings suggest multiple functions for SOS2 and provide a mechanistic link between Ca(2+) and Na(+) homeostasis in plants...
AtCHX13 is a plasma membrane K+ transporterJian Zhao
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Plant Physiol 148:796-807. 2008..AtCHX13 expression is induced in roots during K+-deficient conditions. These results indicate that one role of AtCHX13 is to promote K+ uptake into plants when K+ is limiting in the environment...
Interaction between Arabidopsis Ca2+/H+ exchangers CAX1 and CAX3Jian Zhao
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030 23600, USA
J Biol Chem 284:4605-15. 2009..In vivo interaction between the CAX proteins was shown using a split ubiquitin yeast two-hybrid system and gel shift assays. These findings demonstrate cation exchange plasticity through hetero-CAX interactions...
Functional dependence on calcineurin by variants of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae vacuolar Ca2+/H+ exchanger Vcx1pJon K Pittman
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Mol Microbiol 54:1104-16. 2004..Additionally, we demonstrate that mutation of L208P alone is enough to confer calcineurin-dependent Mn(2+) tolerance. This study demonstrates that calcineurin can positively regulate the transport of cations by VCX1-M1p...
Ectopic expression of Arabidopsis glutaredoxin AtGRXS17 enhances thermotolerance in tomatoQingyu Wu
Department of Horticulture, Forestry and Recreation Resources, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
Plant Biotechnol J 10:945-55. 2012..Thus, these findings suggest a specific protective role of a redox protein against temperature stress and provide a genetic engineering strategy to improve crop thermotolerance...
The Arabidopsis cax1 mutant exhibits impaired ion homeostasis, development, and hormonal responses and reveals interplay among vacuolar transportersNing-Hui Cheng
United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Plant Cell 15:347-64. 2003..We propose that CAX1 regulates myriad plant processes and discuss the observed phenotypes with regard to the compensatory alterations in other transporters...
Expression patterns of a novel AtCHX gene family highlight potential roles in osmotic adjustment and K+ homeostasis in pollen developmentHeven Sze
Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 5815, USA
Plant Physiol 136:2532-47. 2004..japonica, suggesting diversification of CHX in Arabidopsis. These results reveal a novel CHX gene family in flowering plants with potential functions in pollen development, germination, and tube growth...
The Tobacco mosaic virus 126-kDa protein associated with virus replication and movement suppresses RNA silencingXin Shun Ding
Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73402, USA
Mol Plant Microbe Interact 17:583-92. 2004..Based on these results and the known synergies between TMV and other viruses, the mechanism of suppression by the 126-kDa protein is compared with those utilized by other originally characterized suppressors of RNA silencing...
Molecular characterization of the cotton GhTUB1 gene that is preferentially expressed in fiberXue Bao Li
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117604
Plant Physiol 130:666-74. 2002..The results suggested that the GhTUB1 gene may play a distinct and required role in fiber development. In addition, the GhTUB1 promoter may have great potential for cotton improvement by genetic engineering...
A natural variant of a host RNA-dependent RNA polymerase is associated with increased susceptibility to viruses by Nicotiana benthamianaShu-Jun Yang
Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73401, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:6297-302. 2004..These findings are significant for those studying virus-induced gene silencing, the hypersensitive response and systemic acquired resistance...
