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Plant Science and Agronomy

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Overview

Jijie Chai is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on plant science, molecular biology, and immunology.

The main fields of study for Jijie Chai include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields of their research encompass:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Biotechnology
  • Infectious Diseases

Main topics covered in their work are:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications

The scientist has frequent collaborations with several coauthors, including:

  • Zhifu Han
  • Shijia Huang
  • Paul Schulze-Lefert
  • Dongli Yu
  • Wen Song

Jijie Chai's recent papers include:

  • The ZAR1 resistosome is a calcium-permeable channel triggering plant immune signaling, 2021, Cell
  • Direct pathogen-induced assembly of an NLR immune receptor complex to form a holoenzyme, 2020, Science
  • A wheat resistosome defines common principles of immune receptor channels, 2022, Nature
  • Pollen PCP-B peptides unlock a stigma peptide-receptor kinase gating mechanism for pollination, 2021, Science
  • Identification and receptor mechanism of TIR-catalyzed small molecules in plant immunity, 2022, Science

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell

Best Publications

  • A conserved XIAP-interaction motif in caspase-9 and Smac/DIABLO regulates caspase activity and apoptosis

    Srinivasa M. Srinivasula;Ramesh Hegde;Ayman Saleh;Pinaki Datta

  • Structural and biochemical basis of apoptotic activation by Smac/DIABLO.

    Jijie Chai;Chunying Du;Jia-Wei Wu;Saw Kyin

  • Structural basis of IAP recognition by Smac/DIABLO

    Geng Wu;Jijie Chai;Tomeka L. Suber;Jia-Wei Wu

  • Mechanism of XIAP-Mediated Inhibition of Caspase-9

    Eric N Shiozaki;Jijie Chai;Daniel J Rigotti;Stefan J Riedl

  • Structural basis for flg22-induced activation of the Arabidopsis FLS2-BAK1 immune complex.

    Yadong Sun;Lei Li;Alberto P. Macho;Zhifu Han

  • Reconstitution and structure of a plant NLR resistosome conferring immunity

    Jizong Wang;Meijuan Hu;Jia Wang;Jinfeng Qi

  • A Pseudomonas syringae effector inactivates MAPKs to suppress PAMP-induced immunity in plants.

    Jie Zhang;Feng Shao;Yan Li;Haitao Cui

  • Structural Basis of Caspase-7 Inhibition by XIAP

    Jijie Chai;Eric Shiozaki;Srinivasa M. Srinivasula;Qi Wu

  • Chitin-Induced Dimerization Activates a Plant Immune Receptor

    Tingting Liu;Zixu Liu;Chuanjun Song;Yunfei Hu

  • Pseudomonas syringae Effector AvrPto Blocks Innate Immunity by Targeting Receptor Kinases

    Tingting Xiang;Na Zong;Yan Zou;Yong Wu

  • The ZAR1 resistosome is a calcium-permeable channel triggering plant immune signaling.

    Guozhi Bi;Min Su;Nan Li;Yu Liang

  • Mechanisms of AIF-Mediated Apoptotic DNA Degradation in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Xiaochen Wang;Chonglin Yang;Jijie Chai;Yigong Shi

  • An RLP23–SOBIR1–BAK1 complex mediates NLP-triggered immunity

    Isabell Albert;Hannah Böhm;Markus Albert;Christina E. Feiler

  • Crystal structure of the FTO protein reveals basis for its substrate specificity

    Zhifu Han;Tianhui Niu;Junbiao Chang;Xiaoguang Lei

  • Structural insight into brassinosteroid perception by BRI1.

    Ji She;Zhifu Han;Tae-Wuk Kim;Jinjing Wang

  • Direct pathogen-induced assembly of an NLR immune receptor complex to form a holoenzyme

    Shoucai Ma;Dmitry Lapin;Li Liu;Yue Sun

  • Ligand-triggered allosteric ADP release primes a plant NLR complex

    J. Wang;J. Wang;M. Hu;S. Wu;J. Qi

  • Crystal Structure of NLRC4 Reveals Its Autoinhibition Mechanism

    Zehan Hu;Chuangye Yan;Peiyuan Liu;Zhiwei Huang

  • Crystal Structure of a Phosphorylated Smad2: Recognition of Phosphoserine by the MH2 Domain and Insights on Smad Function in TGF-β Signaling

    Jia-Wei Wu;Min Hu;Jijie Chai;Joan Seoane

  • Structural insights into the pro-apoptotic function of mitochondrial serine protease HtrA2/Omi

    Wenyu Li;Srinivasa M. Srinivasula;Jijie Chai;Pingwei Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Yigong Shi
Yigong Shi Westlake University
Jianmin Zhou
Jianmin Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Junbiao Chang
Junbiao Chang Zhengzhou University
Emad S. Alnemri
Emad S. Alnemri Thomas Jefferson University
Hong-Wei Wang
Hong-Wei Wang Tsinghua University
Yijun Qi
Yijun Qi Tsinghua University
Srinivasa M. Srinivasula
Srinivasa M. Srinivasula Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram
Paul Schulze-Lefert
Paul Schulze-Lefert Max Planck Society
Gregory B. Martin
Gregory B. Martin Boyce Thompson Institute
Nieng Yan
Nieng Yan Princeton University

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