Jizong Wang Ph.D

Assistant Professor

Main Research Fields

Light serves as both the primary energy source for photosynthesis and a critical environmental signal that regulates the entire plant life cycle. My laboratory focuses on the cutting-edge fields of light perception, signal transduction, and energy utilization in plants. By integrating multidisciplinary approaches, including biochemistry, structural biology, and genetics, we are dedicated to two key research areas:

1. Red/far-red light signal transduction in plants;

2. Biosynthesis of photosynthetic pigments.

Selected Publications

1.      Chi C^#, Wang ZD^#, Wang RH, Wang JZ*. (2025). Production of plant phytochromes by combining insect cells and bacterial expression systems. Methods Mol. Biol. 2970:69-80.

2.      Wang ZD^#, Wang WF^#, Zhao DD^#, Song YP^#, Lin XL^#, Shen M, Chi C, Xu B, Zhao J, Deng XW*, Wang JZ*. (2024). Light-induced remodeling of phytochrome B enables signal transduction by phytochrome-interacting factor. Cell 187:6235-6250.

3.      Zhang YX^#, Lin XL^#, Ma CY^#, Zhao J^#, Shang XJ, Wang ZD, Xu B, Gao N, Deng XW*, Wang JZ*. (2023). Structural insights into plant phytochromes A as a highly sensitized photoreceptor. Cell Res. 33:806-809.

4.      Wang JZ*, Song W*, Chai JJ*. (2022). Structure, biochemical function, and signaling mechanism of plant NLRs. Mol. Plant 16:75-95.

5.      Wang JZ^#, Hu MJ^#, Wang J^#, Qi JF, Han ZF, Wang GX, Qi YJ, Wang HW*, Zhou JM*, Chai JJ*. (2019). Reconstitution and structure of a plant NLR resistosome conferring immunity. Science 364:eaav5870.

6.      Wang JZ^#, Wang J^#, Hu MJ^#, Wu S, Qi JF, Wang GX, Han ZF, Qi YJ, Gao N, Wang HW*, Zhou JM*, Chai JJ*. (2019). Ligand-triggered allosteric ADP release primes a plant NLR complex. Science 364:eaav5868.

7.      Wang JZ^#, Li HJ^#, Han ZF, Zhang HQ, Wang T, Lin GZ, Chang JB, Yang WC*, Chai JJ*. (2015). Allosteric receptor activation by the plant peptide hormone phytosulfokine. Nature 525:265-268.

#: Co-first author;  *: Corresponding author