Rôles et responsabilités
Agent de recherches principal
Chef d’équipe, Biochimie et métabolisme des lipides, Centre de recherche en développement des cultures et des ressources aquatiques (DCRA)
Recherche et / ou projets en cours
Mon domaine de recherche est le métabolisme des plantes et la biologie moléculaire. J’étudie les enzymes et les facteurs génétiques essentiels à l’amélioration des cultures oléagineuses. Je travaille également sur les réponses métaboliques des plantes et l’adaptation des cultures à des conditions environnementales difficiles. Mon expertise technique comprend la biosynthèse des lipides dans les graines, la régulation des voies métaboliques et l’homéostasie redox cellulaire dans les plantes soumises au stress abiotique.
Études
Chercheur postdoctoral, Université Yale, 1990-1992
Doctorat, Institut de la botanique, Académie chinoise des sciences, Pékin, 1990
Baccalauréat ès sciences, Université normale de Pékin, 1983
Affiliations
Professeur associé, Département de biologie, Université de la Saskatchewan
American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS)
Principales publications
- Song J, Chen C, Jie Shu, Thapa RK, Xie X, Nyugen V, Bian S, Kohalmi SE, Marsolais F, Zou J, Cui Y (2021) LEAFY COTYLEDON1 expression in the endosperm enables embryo maturation in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications 12(1):3963. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24234-1 (Co-corresponding author, Featured on Editors’ Highlights Focus webpage of “Plants and agriculture” in Nature Communications)
- Li Q, Shen W, Mavraganis I, Wang L, Gao P, Jie Gao, Cram D, Li Y, Fowler DB, Pan Y, Zou J (2021) Elucidating the biochemical basis of trans-16:1 fatty acid change in leaves during cold acclimation in wheat. Plant-Environmental Interactions 2:101 111.https://doi.org/10.1002/pei3.10044
- Li Q, Byrns B, Badawi MY, Diallo AB, Danyluk J, Sarhan F, Laudencia-Chingcuanco D, Zou J, Fowler DB (2018) Transcriptomic insights into phenological development and cold tolerance of wheat grown in the field. Plant Physiol. 176: 2376–2394
- Singers S, Zou J, Weselake R (2016) Abiotic factors influence storage lipid accumulation and composition in oilseed plants. Plant Sci. 243:1-9
- Pan X, Chen G, Kazachkov M, Greer MS, Caldo KM, Zou J, Weselake RJ (2015) In vivo and In vitro Evidence for Biochemical Coupling of Reactions Catalyzed by Lysophosphatidylcholine Acyltransferase and Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase. J. Biol. Chem. 290:18068-78
- Li Q, Zheng Q, Shen W, Cram D, Fowler B.D., Wei Y, and Zou J (2015) Understanding the biochemical basis of temperature induced lipid pathway adjustments in plants. Plant Cell 27:86-103
- Yilmaz LJ, Zhou X, Jasieniecka K, Kazachkov M, Wang P, Zou J, Weselake R, Smith MA, Bayon S, Dyer J, Shockey J, Heinz E, Green A, Banas A, Stymne S (2013) Plant Acyl-CoA : lysophosphatidylcholine Acyltransferases (LPCATs) have Different Specificities in their Forward and Reverse Reactions. J. Biol. Chem. 288:36902-14
- Wang L, Shen W, Kazachkov M, Chen G, Chen Q, Carlsson AS, Stymne S, Weselake RJ, Zou J (2012) Metabolic Interactions between the Lands Cycle and the Kennedy Pathway of Glycerolipid Synthesis in Arabidopsis Developing Seeds. Plant Cell 24:4652-69
- Liu G, Ji Y, Bhuiyan NH, Pilot G, Selvaraj G, Zou J, Wei Y (2010) Amino acid homeostasis modulates salicylic acid-associated redox status and defense responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 22:3845-63
- Shen W, Li QJ, Dauk M, Huang Y, Periappuram C, Wei Y, Zou J (2010) Metabolic and transcriptional responses of glycerolipid pathways to purterbation of glycerol-3-phosphate metabolism in Arabidopsis. J Biol. Chem. 285:22957-65
- Shen W, Wei Y, Dauk M, Tan Y, Taylor D, Selveraj G, Zou J (2006) Involvement of a Glycerol-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase in modulating the NADH/NAD+ Ratio Provides Evidence of a Mitochondrial Glycerol-3-Phosphate Shuttle in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 18:422-411
- Wei Y, Shen W, Dauk M, Wang F, Selvaraj G, Zou J (2004) Targeted-gene disruption of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides reveals evidence that glycerol is a significant transferred nutrient from host plant to fungal pathogen. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 429-435
- Zheng Z, Xia Q, Dauk M, Shen W, Selvaraj G, Zou J (2003) The Arabidopsis AtGPAT1, a member of a glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase gene family, is essential for tapetum differentiation and male fertility. Plant Cell 15: 1872-1887
- Zheng Z, Zou J (2001) The initial step of the glycerolipid pathway: identification of glycerol-3-phosphate / dihydroxyacetone phosphate dual substrate acyltransferases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Biol. Chem. 276: 41710-41716
- Zou J, Wei Y, Jako C, Kumar A, Selvaraj G, Taylor DC (1999) The Arabidopsis thaliana TAG1 mutant has a mutation in a diacylglycerol acyltransferase gene. Plant Journal 19: 645-654
- Zou J, Katavic V, Giblin EM, Barton DL, MaKenzie SL, Keller WA, and Taylor DC (1997) Modification of seed oil content and acyl composition in Brassicaceae by expression of a yeast sn-2 acyltransferase gene. Plant Cell 9:909-923
- Wu H, Zou J, May B, Gu Q, Cheung AY (1993) A novel tobacco gene family for flower cell wall proteins with a proline-rich and cysteine-rich domain. Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA 90: 6829-6833
Jitao Zou
Agent(e) recherches principal(e)
Développement des cultures et des ressources aquatiques
110, place Gymnasium
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W9
Langue préférée : anglais
Téléphone : 306-975-5583
Courriel : Jitao.Zou@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Expertise
Agriculture, Biologie, Moléculaire des plantes