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Overview

Congming Lu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research encompasses molecular biology and plant science with a particular focus on photosynthetic processes, plant molecular biology research, and plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Their published works cover a range of topics including photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, mitochondrial function and pathology, light effects on plants, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and genomics and phylogenetic studies. Their research also touches on renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, global and planetary change, and materials chemistry.

Some of their most cited recent papers include:

  • Liquid-Liquid Phase Transition Drives Intra-chloroplast Cargo Sorting (2020, Cell)
  • The Role of Chloroplast Gene Expression in Plant Responses to Environmental Stress (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Chloroplast gene expression: Recent advances and perspectives (2023, Plant Communications)
  • OsSWEET14 cooperates with OsSWEET11 to contribute to grain filling in rice (2021, Plant Science)
  • Improving photosynthesis through multidisciplinary efforts: The next frontier of photosynthesis research (2022, Frontiers in Plant Science)

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Molecular Plant
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Cell

Collaborations play a significant role in their research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Yi Zhang
  • Aihong Zhang
  • Zhipan Yang
  • Qingtao Lu
  • Ying Fang

Congming Lu's research has explored multiple aspects of plant molecular biology, particularly focusing on gene expression in chloroplasts and its impact on plant responses to environmental stress. Their work on improving photosynthesis highlights interdisciplinary approaches to advancing plant biology.

Best Publications

  • Mutations of genes in synthesis of the carotenoid precursors of ABA lead to pre-harvest sprouting and photo-oxidation in rice

    Jun Fang;Chenglin Chai;Qian Qian;Chunlai Li

  • Site-specific Nitrosoproteomic Identification of Endogenously S-Nitrosylated Proteins in Arabidopsis

    Jiliang Hu;Xiahe Huang;Lichao Chen;Xuwu Sun

  • Photosynthesis is improved by exogenous glycinebetaine in salt-stressed maize plants

    Xinghong Yang;Xinghong Yang;Congming Lu

  • Salinity treatment shows no effects on photosystem II photochemistry, but increases the resistance of photosystem II to heat stress in halophyte Suaeda salsa

    Congming Lu;Nianwei Qiu;Baoshan Wang;Jianhua Zhang

  • A chloroplast envelope-bound PHD transcription factor mediates chloroplast signals to the nucleus

    Xuwu Sun;Peiqiang Feng;Xiumei Xu;Hailong Guo

  • Photosynthesis, photosystem II efficiency and the xanthophyll cycle in the salt‐adapted halophyte Atriplex centralasiatica

    Nianwei Qiu;Qingtao Lu;Congming Lu

  • Formation of DEG5 and DEG8 Complexes and Their Involvement in the Degradation of Photodamaged Photosystem II Reaction Center D1 Protein in Arabidopsis

    Xuwu Sun;Xuwu Sun;Lianwei Peng;Jinkui Guo;Wei Chi

  • Effects of salinity stress on photosystem II function in cyanobacterial Spirulina platensis cells.

    Congming Lu;Congming Lu;Avigad Vonshak

  • LOW PSII ACCUMULATION1 Is Involved in Efficient Assembly of Photosystem II in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Lianwei Peng;Lianwei Peng;Jinfang Ma;Jinfang Ma;Wei Chi;Jinkui Guo

  • Genetic Engineering of the Biosynthesis of Glycinebetaine Enhances Photosynthesis against High Temperature Stress in Transgenic Tobacco Plants

    Xinghong Yang;Zheng Liang;Congming Lu

  • Chloroplast Small Heat Shock Protein HSP21 Interacts with Plastid Nucleoid Protein pTAC5 and Is Essential for Chloroplast Development in Arabidopsis under Heat Stress

    Linlin Zhong;Wen Zhou;Haijun Wang;Shunhua Ding

  • Genetic engineering of the biosynthesis of glycinebetaine enhances thermotolerance of photosystem II in tobacco plants

    Xinghong Yang;Xiaogang Wen;Hongmei Gong;Qingtao Lu

  • Genetic engineering of the biosynthesis of glycinebetaine leads to increased tolerance of photosynthesis to salt stress in transgenic tobacco plants

    Xinghong Yang;Xinghong Yang;Zheng Liang;Xiaogang Wen;Congming Lu

  • Heat Stress Induces an Aggregation of the Light-Harvesting Complex of Photosystem II in Spinach Plants

    Yunlai Tang;Xiaogang Wen;Qingtao Lu;Zhipan Yang

  • Does salt stress lead to increased susceptibility of photosystem II to photoinhibition and changes in photosynthetic pigment composition in halophyte Suaeda salsa grown outdoors

    Congming Lu;Nianwei Qiu;Qingtao Lu;Baoshan Wang

  • Tolerance of photosynthesis to photoinhibition, high temperature and drought stress in flag leaves of wheat: A comparison between a hybridization line and its parents grown under field conditions.

    Xinghong Yang;Xiaoying Chen;Qiaoying Ge;Bin Li

  • The Arabidopsis Spontaneous Cell Death1 gene, encoding a zeta-carotene desaturase essential for carotenoid biosynthesis, is involved in chloroplast development, photoprotection and retrograde signalling.

    Haili Dong;Yan Deng;Jinye Mu;Qingtao Lu

  • Characterization of photosynthetic pigment composition, photosystem II photochemistry and thermal energy dissipation during leaf senescence of wheat plants grown in the field.

    Congming Lu;Qingtao Lu;Jianhua Zhang;Tingyun Kuang

  • The pentratricopeptide repeat protein DELAYED GREENING1 is involved in the regulation of early chloroplast development and chloroplast gene expression in Arabidopsis.

    Wei Chi;Jinfang Ma;Dongyuan Zhang;Jinkui Guo

  • LPA66 Is Required for Editing psbF Chloroplast Transcripts in Arabidopsis

    Wenhe Cai;Daili Ji;Lianwei Peng;Jinkui Guo

Frequent Co-Authors

Qingtao Lu
Qingtao Lu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lixin Zhang
Lixin Zhang East China University of Science and Technology
Tingyun Kuang
Tingyun Kuang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianhua Zhang
Jianhua Zhang Hong Kong Baptist University
Jian-Ren Shen
Jian-Ren Shen Okayama University
Dario Leister
Dario Leister Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Yiping Tong
Yiping Tong Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jean-David Rochaix
Jean-David Rochaix University of Geneva
Zhukuan Cheng
Zhukuan Cheng Chinese Academy of Sciences

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