Kaifeng Zheng

• PhD Student at Beijing Normal University

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the world’s most important non-cereal food crops, with stolon development playing a crucial role in determining tuber yield. While some studies have examined the effects of sugars on potato stolon growth, their influence—particularly that of sucrose—on early stolon development remains unclear. Furthermore, th...

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), which are a type of RNA exceeding 200 nucleotides and lack representative open reading frames (ORFs), have emerged as crucial regulatory molecules that modulate numerous growth processes in plants. While substantial progress has been made in understanding the functions and regulatory mechanisms of coding RNAs, the stu...

Background Transcription factors (TFs) are crucial regulators of plant growth, development, and resistance to environmental stresses. However, comprehensive understanding of the roles of TFs in speciation of Orinus, an extreme-habitat plant on the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau, is limited. Results Here, we identified 52 TF families, including 212...

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in plant biotic and abiotic stress responses, in which Ca²⁺ also plays a significant role. There is diversity in the regulation of different gene expressions by cytosolic Ca²⁺ ([Ca²⁺]cyt) and nucleosolic Ca²⁺ ([Ca²⁺]nuc). However, no studies have yet explored the interrelationship between lncRNAs and calc...

Due to their immobility and possession of underground parts, plants have evolved various mechanisms to endure and adapt to abiotic stresses such as extreme temperatures, drought, and salinity. However, the contribution of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) to different abiotic stresses and distinct rice seedling parts remains largely uncharacterized bey...

Simple Summary Orinus, a genus distributed in alpine regions of the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau (QTP), includes the following two species: O. thoroldii, predominantly in the western QTP at elevations between 3300 and 4700 m, and O. kokonoricus, in the eastern QTP at relatively low altitude between 2500 and 3400 m. However, the mechanism of long...

Many plants have the capability to accumulate anthocyanins for coloration, and anthocyanins are advantageous to human health. In the case of hulless barley (Hordeum vulgare L. var. nudum), investigation into the mechanism of anthocyanin formation is limited to the level of protein-coding genes (PCGs). Here, we conducted a comprehensive bioinformati...

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are distributed in various species and play critical roles in plant growth, development, and defence against stimuli. However, the lncRNA response to methyl jasmonate (MeJA) treatment has not been well characterized in Nicotiana tabacum Bright Yellow-2 (BY-2) cells, and their roles in plant defence remain elusive. Here...

Subtilisin-like proteases (SUBs), which are extensively distributed in three life domains, affect all aspects of the plant life cycle, from embryogenesis and organogenesis to senescence. To explore the role of SUBs in rice caryopsis development, we recharacterized the OsSUB gene family in rice (Oryza sativa ssp. japonica). In addition, investigatio...

The ATPase cation transporting 13A2 protein (ATP13A2), which maintains the homeostasis of mitochondria and lysosomes, plays a significant role in human neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. Through constructing a lamprey proteome database, employing multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis, 5 ATP13A2 proteins from Petromyzon marinus (...