Publications

Selected Publications

Su H, Li Y, Chen Y, Lu H, Zhang R, Dong W, Han B, Zhao Q, Wang P (2026) Assembly of Arundinella anomala genome to facilitate single-cell resolved functional and developmental characterization of C₄ distinctive cells. Nature Plants doi: 10.1038/s41477-025-02183-7.

Zeng XY, Ye LH, Zhang R, Wang P (2025) GLK2, a GOLDEN2‐LIKE Transcription Factor, Directly Regulates Anthocyanin Accumulation by Binding With Promoters of Key Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Genes in Arabidopsis. Plant, Cell & Environment https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15675

Ma B, Zhang Y, Fan Y, Zhang L, Li X, Zhang QQ, Shu Q, Huang J, Chen G, Li Q, Gao Q, Zhu XG, He Z, Wang P (2024) Genetic improvement of phosphate-limited photosynthesis for high yield in rice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 121(34):e2404199121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2404199121. 

Zhang T, Zhang R, Zeng XY, Lee S, Ye LH, Tian SL, Zhang YJ, Busch W, Zhou WB, Zhu XG, Wang P (2024) GLK transcription factors accompany ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 to orchestrate light-induced seedling development in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 194(4):2400-2421. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiae002.

Zhang Q, Tian S, Chen G, Tang Q, Zhang Y, Fleming AJ, Zhu XG, Wang P (2024) Regulatory NADH dehydrogenase-like complex optimizes C₄ photosynthetic carbon flow and cellular redox in maize. New Phytologist 241(1):82-101. doi: 10.1111/nph.19332.

Li X, Li J, Wei S, Gao Y, Pei H, Geng R, Lu Z, Wang P, Zhou W (2023) Maize GOLDEN2-LIKE proteins enhance drought tolerance in rice by promoting stomatal closure. Plant Physiology doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiad561.

Zhang Y, Fan YF, Lv XT, Zeng XY, Zhang QQ, Wang P (2023) Deficiency in NDH-cyclic electron transport retards heat acclimation of photosynthesis in tobacco over day and night shift. Frontiers in Plant Science 14:1267191. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1267191

Dong WT, Chang TG, Dai HL, Yang WB, Su Y, Chao DY, Zhu XG, Wang P, Yu N, Wang ET (2023) Creating a C4-like vein pattern in rice by manipulating SHORT ROOT and auxin levels. Science Bulletin 68(24):3133-3136. doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2023.10.005.

Chen X, Zheng F, Wang P, Mi H (2023) Novel protein CcmS is required for stabilization of the assembly of β-carboxysome in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. New Phytologist 239(4):1266-1280.

Wei S, Li X, Lu Z, Zhang H, Ye X, Zhou Y, Li J, Yan Y, Pei H, Duan F, Wang D, Chen S, Wang P, Zhang C, Shang L, Zhou Y, Yan P, Zhao M, Huang J, Bock R, Qian Q, Zhou W (2022) A transcriptional regulator that boosts grain yields and shortens the growth duration of rice. Science 377(6604):eabi8455. doi: 10.1126/science.abi8455.

Li X, Wang P, Li J, Wei SB, Yan YY, Yang J, Zhao M, Langdale JA & Zhou WB (2020) Maize GOLDEN2-LIKE genes enhance biomass and grain yields in rice by improving photosynthesis and reducing photoinhibition. Communications Biology 3, 151. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-0887-3.

Vlad D, Abu-Jamous B, Wang P & Langdale JA (2019) A modular steroid-inducible gene expression system for use in rice. BMC Plant Biology 19(1): 426. doi: 10.1186/s12870-019-2038-x.

Wang P, Khoshravesh R, Karki S, Tapia R, Balahadia CP, Bandyopadhyay A, Quick WP, Furbank R, Sage TL, Langdale JA (2017) Re-creation of a Key Step in the Evolutionary Switch from C3 to C4 Leaf Anatomy. Current Biology 27: 3278–3287

Wang P, Hendron RW, Kelly S (2017) Transcriptional control of photosynthetic capacity: conservation and divergence from Arabidopsis to rice. New Phytologist 216: 32–45

Wang P, Karki S, Biswal AK, Lin HC, Dionora MJ, Rizal G, Yin X, Schuler ML, Hughes T, Fouracre JP, Jamous BA, Sedelnikova O, Lo SF, Bandyopadhyay A, Yu SM, Kelly S, Quick WP, Langdale JA (2017) Candidate regulators of Early Leaf Development in Maize Perturb Hormone Signalling and Secondary Cell Wall Formation When Constitutively Expressed in Rice. Scientific Reports doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04361-w.

Wang P, Vlad D & Langdale JA (2016) Finding the genes to build C4 rice. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 31: 44–50

Wang P, Kelly S, Fouracre JP & Langdale JA (2013) Genome-wide transcript analysis of early maize leaf development reveals gene cohorts associated with the differentiation of C4 Kranz anatomy. Plant Journal 75: 656–670

Wang P, Fouracre J, Kelly S, Karki S, Gowik U, Aubry S, Shaw MK, Westhoff P, Slamet-Loedin IH, Quick WP, Hibberd JM & Langdale JA (2013) Evolution of GOLDEN2-LIKE gene function in C3 and C4 plants. Planta 273: 481–495

Chen J, Wang P, Mi HL, Chen GY & Xu DQ (2010) Reversible association of ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activase with the thylakoid membrane depends upon the ATP level and pH in rice without heat stress. Journal of Experimental Botany 61(11): 2939–2950

Waters MT, Wang P, Korkaric M, Capper RG, Saunders NJ & Langdale JA (2009) GLK transcription factors co-ordinate expression of the photosynthetic apparatus in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 21: 1109–1128

Wang P, Shen YG & Mi H (2007) The progress in research on the reduced nicotinamide adenine di(tri)nucleotide phosophate [NAD(P)H] dehydrogenase complex and chlororespiration. Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology 33(2): 91–100 (in Chinese)

Wang P, Duan W, Takabayashi A, Endo T, Shikanai T, Ye JY & Mi H (2006) Chloroplastic NAD(P)H dehydrogenase in tobacco leaves functions in alleviation of oxidative damage caused by temperature stress. Plant Physiology 141: 465–474

Wang P, Ye JY, Shen YG & Mi H (2006) The role of chloroplast NAD(P)H dehydrogenase in protection of tobacco plant against heat stress. Science in China Series C: Life Sciences 49(4): 311–321

Wang P, Ye JY, Mi H (2005) Determination of NADP in tobacco leaves under photosynthetic conditions. Plant Physiology Communications 41: 649–651 (in Chinese)