Research Area

Epigenetics in Plant Environmental Stress

Introduction

EDUCATION
1992-1996 China Agricultural University, BS
1997-1999 Gyeongsang National University, MS
1999-2002 Gyeongsang National University, Ph.D.

EXPERIENCE AND CAREER
2002-2004 Pohang University of Science and Technology, Postdoc.
2004-2008 Purdue University, Postdoc.
2008-present Professor, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. SUMOylation and histone demethylation in plants
2. Molecular design breeding of soybeans and alfalfa

Publications

1. Su B, Li H, Zhang K, Li H, Fan C, Zhong M, Zou H, Li R, Chen L, Jin JB, Huang M, Liu B, Kong F, Sun Z. Evening complex component ELF3 interacts with LUX proteins to repress soybean root nodulation. Plant Biotechnol J. 2025 23(6):2194-2206.
2. Jing H, Liu W, Qu GP, Niu D, Jin JB. SUMOylation of AL6 regulates seed dormancy and thermoinhibition in Arabidopsis. New Phytol. 2025 245(3):1040-1055
3. Yu G, Chen D, Ye M, Wu X, Zhu Z, Shen Y, Mehareb EM, Esh A, Raza G, Wang K, Wang Q*, Jin JB. 2024. H3K27 demethylase SsJMJ4 negatively regulates drought-stress responses in sugarcane. J Exp Bot. 75(10): 3040-3053.
4. Wang Q#, Liu P#, Jing H#, Zhou XF, Zhao B, Li Y, Jin JB*. 2021. JMJ27-mediated histone H3K9 demethylation positively regulates drought-stress responses in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist, 232(1):221-236
5. Zhang X., Huai J., Liu S., Jin J.B., and Lin R. (2020). SIZ1-Mediated SUMO Modification of SEUSS Regulates Photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Comm.1, 100080
6. Qu GP, Li H, Lin XL, Kong X, Hu ZL, Jin YH, Liu Y, Song HL, Kim DH, Lin R, Li J, Jin JB* (2020) Reversible SUMOylation of FHY1 regulates phytochrome a signaling in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant, 13: 879-893
7. Huang S#, Zhang A#, Jin JB, Zhao B, Wang TJ, Wu Y, Wang S, Liu Y, Wang J, Guo P, Ahmad R, Liu B*, Xu ZY*. Arabidopsis histone H3K4 demethylase JMJ17 functions in dehydration stress response. New Phytol. 2019 Aug;223(3):1372-1387.
8. Liu P#, Zhang S#, Zhou B#, Luo X, Zhou X, Cai B, Jin YH, Niu D, Lin J, Cao X*, Jin JB*. The histone H3K4 demethylase JMJ16 represses leaf senescence in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 2019 31(2): 430-443.
9. Niu D#, Lin XL, Kong X, Qu GP, Cai B, Lee J, Jin JB*. 2019. SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of TPR1 suppresses plant immunity in Arabidopsis. Mol Plant. 12(2): 215-228
10. Wang Q#, Qu GP, Kong X, Yan Y, Li J, Jin JB*. 2018. Arabidopsis SUMO protease ASP1 positively regulates ABA signaling during early seedling development. J Integr Plant Biol. 60(10): 924-937
11. Park J#, Lim CJ#, Shen M#, Park HJ, Cha JY, Iniesto E, Rubio V, Mengiste T, Zhu JK, Bressan RA, Lee SY, Lee BH, Jin JB, Pardo JM, Kim WY, Yun DJ*. 2018. Epigenetic switch from repressive to permissive chromatin in response to cold stress. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 115(23):E5400-E5409
12. Liu L#, Jiang Y#, Zhang X#, Wang X, Wang Y, Han Y, Coupland G, Jin JB, Searle IR, Fu Y*, Chen F* (2017) Two SUMO proteases SUMO PROTEASE RELATED TO FERTILITY 1 and -2 are required for fertility. Plant Physiol. 175(4): 1703-1719
13. Kong X#, Luo X, Qu GP, Liu P, Jin JB* (2017) Arabidopsis SUMO protease ASP1 positively regulates flowering time partially through regulating FLC stability. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 59: 15-29
14. Cai B#, Kong X, Zhong C, Sun S, Zhou XF, Jin YH, Wang Y, Li X, Zhu Z, Jin JB* (2017) SUMO E3 Ligases GmSIZ1a and GmSIZ1b regulate vegetative growth in soybean. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 59: 2-14
15. Liu L, Yan X, Kong X, Zhao Y, Gong Z, Jin JB, Guo Y* (2017) Transcriptional gene silencing maintained by OTS1 SUMO protease requires a Pol V-dependent pathway. Plant Physiol. 173: 655-667
16. Feng XJ#, Li JR, Qi SL, Lin QF, Jin JB*, Hua XJ* (2016) Light affects salt stress-induced transcriptional memory of P5CS1 in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 113: E8335-E8343
17. Lin XL#, Niu D, Hu ZL, Kim DH, Jin YH, Cai B, Liu P, Miura K, Yun DJ, Kim WY, Lin R, Jin JB* (2016) An Arabidopsis SUMO E3 Ligase, SIZ1, negatively regulates photomorphogenesis by promoting COP1 activity. PLoS Genet. 12: e1006016
18. Wang W, Tang W, Ma T, Niu D, Jin JB, Wang H, Lin R* (2016) A pair of light signaling factors FHY3 and FAR1 regulates plant immunity by modulating chlorophyll biosynthesis. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 58: 91-103
19. Ma Y#, Dai X#, Xu Y#, Luo W#, Zheng X, Zeng D, Pan Y, Lin X, Liu H, Zhang D, Xiao J, Guo X, Xu S, Niu Y, Jin JB, Zhang H, Xu X, Li L, Wang W, Qian Q, Ge S, Chong K* (2015) COLD1 confers chilling tolerance in rice. Cell 160: 1209-1221
20. Xu ZY#, Kim SY#, Hyeon DY, Kim DH, Dong T, Park Y, Jin JB, Joo SH, Kim SK, Hong JC, Hwang D, Hwang I* (2013) The Arabidopsis NAC transcription factor ANAC096 cooperates with bZIP-type transcription factors in dehydration and osmotic stress responses. Plant Cell 25: 4708-4724
21. Zhou XF#, Jin YH#, Yoo CY, Lin XL, Kim WY, Yun DJ, Bressan RA, Hasegawa PM, Jin JB* (2013) CYCLIN H;1 regulates drought stress responses and blue light-induced stomatal opening by inhibiting reactive oxygen species accumulation in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 162: 1030-1041
22. Dong Z, Shi L, Wang Y, Chen L, Cai Z, Wang Y, Jin JB, Li X* (2013) Identification and dynamic regulation of microRNAs involved in salt stress responses in functional soybean nodules by high-throughput sequencing. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 14: 2717-2738
23. Xu ZY, Lee KH, Dong T, Jeong JC, Jin JB, Kanno Y, Kim DH, Kim SY, Seo M, Bressan RA, Yun DJ, Hwang I (2012) A vacuolar b-glucosidase homolog that possesses glucose-conjugated abscisic acid hydrolyzing activity plays an important role in osmotic stress responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 24: 2184-2199
24. Ling Y#, Zhang CY#, Chen T, Hao HQ, Liu P, Bressan RA, Hasegawa PM, Jin JB*, Lin JX*. 2012. Mutation in SUMO E3 ligase, SIZ1, disrupts the mature female gametophyte in Arabidopsis. PLoS One 7: e29470 (*Co-responding author)
25. Zhang L#, Zhang H#, Liu P, Hao H, Jin JB, Lin J (2011) Arabidopsis R-SNARE proteins VAMP721 and VAMP722 are required for cell plate formation. PLoS One 6: e26129
26. Miura K#,*, Lee J, Gong Q, Ma S, Jin JB, Yoo CY, Miura T, Sato A, Bohnert HJ, Hasegawa PM (2011) SIZ1 regulation of phosphate starvation-induced root architecture remodeling involves the control of auxin accumulation. Plant Physiol. 155: 1000-1012
27. Zhang H#, Zhang L#, Gao B, Fan H, Jin JB, Botella MA, Jiang L, Lin J (2011) Golgi apparatus-localized synaptotagmin 2 is required for unconventional secretion in Arabidopsis. PLoS One 6: e26477
28. Chen J#, Zhang Y#, Wang C, Lü W, Jin JB, Hua X (2011) Proline induces calcium-mediated oxidative burst and salicylic acid signaling. Amino Acids 40: 1473-84
29. Yoo CY, Pence HE, Jin JB, Miura K, Gosney MJ, Hasegawa PM, Michael MV (2010) The Arabidopsis GTL1 transcription factor regulates water use efficiency and drought tolerance by modulating stomatal density via transrepression of SDD1. Plant Cell 22: 4128-4141
30. Zhu Y#, Wang Y#, Li R, Song X, Wang Q, Huang S, Jin JB, Liu CM, Lin J (2010) Analysis of interactions among the CLAVATA3 receptors reveals a direct interaction between CLAVATA2 and CORYNE in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 61: 223-233
31. Cheong MS, Park HC, Hong MJ, Lee J, Choi W, Jin JB, Bohnert HJ, Lee SY, Bressan RA, Yun DJ (2009) Specific domain structures control abscisic acid-, salicylic acid-, and stress-mediated SIZ1 phenotypes. Plant Physiol. 151: 1930-1942
32. Miura K#,*, Lee J, Jin JB, Yoo CY, Miura T, Hasegawa PM* (2009) Sumoylation of ABI5 by the Arabidopsis SUMO E3 ligase SIZ1 negatively regulates abscisic acid signaling. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 31: 5418-5423
33. Jin JB, Hasegawa PM (2008) Flowering time regulation by the SUMO E3 ligase SIZ1. Plant Signal. Behav. 3: 891-892 Plant Signaling & Behavior 2008 Oct; 3(10):891-892
34. Jin JB, Jin YH, Lee J, Miura K, Yoo CY, Kim WY, Oosten MV, Hyun Y, Somers DE, Lee I, Yun DJ, Bressan RA, Hasegawa PM (2008) The SUMO E3 ligase, AtSIZ1, regulates flowering by controlling a salicylic acid-mediated floral promotion pathway and through affects on FLC chromatin structure. Plant J. 53: 530-540
35. Kim JI, Sharkhuu A, Jin JB, Li P, Jeong JC, Baek D, Lee SY, Blakeslee JJ, Murphy AS, Bohnert HJ, Hasegawa PM, Yun DJ, Bressan RA (2007) yucca6, a dominant mutation in Arabidopsis, affects auxin accumulation and auxin-related Phenotypes. Plant Physiol. 145: 722-735
36. Miura K, Jin JB, Hasegawa PM (2007) Sumoylation, a post-translational regulatory process in plants. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 10: 495-502
37. Inan G#, Goto F#, Jin JB, Rosado A, Koiwa H, Shi H, Hasegawa PM, Bressan RA, Maggio A*, Li X* (2007) Isolation and characterization of shs1, a sugar-hypersensitive and ABA-insensitive mutant with multiple stress responses. Plant Mol. Biol. 65: 295-309
38. Miura K, Jin JB, Lee J, Yoo CY, Stirm V, Miura T, Ashworth EN, Bressan RA, Yun DJ*, Hasegawa PM* (2007) SIZ1-mediated sumoylation of ICE1 controls CBF3/DREB1A expression and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 19: 1403-1414
39. Lee J, Nam J, Park HC, Na G, Miura K, Jin JB, Yoo CY, Baek D, Kim DH, Jeong JC, Kim D, Lee SY, Salt DE, Mengiste T, Gong Q, Ma S, Bohnert HJ, Kwak SS, Bressan RA, Hasegawa PM, Yun DJ (2006) Salicylic acid-mediated innate immunity in Arabidopsis is regulated by SIZ1 SUMO E3 ligase. Plant J. 49: 79-90
40. Lee MH, Lee SH, Kim H, Jin JB, Kim DH, Hwang I (2006) A WD40 repeat protein, Arabidopsis Sec13 homolog 1, may play a role in vacuolar trafficking by controlling the membrane association of AtDRP2A. Mol. Cells 22: 210-219
41. Yoo CY, Miura K, Jin JB, Lee J, Park HC, Salt DE, Yun DJ, Bressan RA, Hasegawa PM (2006) SIZ1 small ubiquitin-like modifier E3 ligase facilitates basal thermotolerance in Arabidopsis independent of salicylic acid. Plant Physiol. 142: 1548-1558
42. Chang Ho Kang, Won Yong Jung, Yun Hwan Kang, Jae-Yeon Kim, Dong Giun Kim, Jae Cheol Jeong, Dong Won Baek, Jing Bo Jin, Woo Sik Chung, Tesfaye Mengiste, Hisashi Koiwa, Jeong Dong Bahk, Sang Yeol Lee, Jae Sung Nam, Dae-Jin Yun*, Moo Jae Cho (2006) AtBAG6, a novel calmodulin-binding protein, induces programmed cell death in yeast and plants. Cell Death Differ. 13: 84-95
43. Miura K, Rus A, Sharkhuu A, Yokoi S, Karthikeyan AS, Raghothama KG, Baek D, Koo YD, Jin JB, Bressan RA, Yun DJ*, Hasegawa PM (2005) The Arabidopsis SUMO E3 ligase SIZ1 controls phosphate deficiency responses. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102:7760-7765
44. Narasimhan ML#, Coca A#, Jin JB, Yamauchi T, Ito Y, Kadowaki T, Kim KK, Pardo JM, Damsz B, Hasegawa PM, Yun DJ, Bressan RA (2005) Osmotin is a homolog of mammalian adiponectin and controls apoptosis in yeast through a homolog of mammalian adiponectin receptor. Molecular Cell 17: 171-180 (#These authors contributed equally to this work.)
45. Jin JB, Bae HJ, Kim DH, Lee YJ, Tse YC, Kim SJ, Jiang L, Goh CH, Jin YH, Hwang I (2003) The Arabidopsis dynamin-like proteins ADL1C and ADL1E play a critical role in mitochondrial morphogenesis. Plant Cell 15: 2357-2369
46. Kim CY#, Koo YD#, Jin JB#, Moon BC, Kang CH, Kim ST, Park BO, Lee SY, Kim ML, Hwang I, Kang KY, Bahk JD, Lee SY, Cho MJ (2003) Rice C2-domain proteins are induced and translocated to the plasma membrane in response to a fungal elicitor. Biochemistry 42: 11625-11633 (#These authors contributed equally to this work.)
47. Lee KH, Kim SJ, Lee YJ, Jin JB, Hwang I (2003) The M domain of atToc159 plays an essential role in the import of proteins into chloroplasts and chloroplast biogenesis. J. Biol. Chem. 278: 36794-36805
48. Lee MH, Min MK, Lee YJ, Jin JB, Shin DH, Kim DH, Lee KH, Hwang I (2002) ADP-ribosylation factor 1 of Arabidopsis plays a critical role in intracellular trafficking and maintenance of endoplasmic reticulum morphology in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 129: 1507-1520
49. Lee SH, Jin JB, Song J, Min MK, Park DS, Kim YW, Hwang I (2002) The intermolecular interaction between the PH domain and the C-terminal domain of Arabidopsis dynamin-like 6 determines lipid binding specificity. J. Biol. Chem. 277: 31842-31849
50. Jin JB, Kim YA, Kim SJ, Lee SH, Kim DH, Cheong GW, Hwang I (2001) A new dynamin-like protein, ADL6, is involved in trafficking from the trans-Golgi network to the central vacuole in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 13: 1511-1526
51. Kim DH, Eu YJ, Yoo CM, Kim YW, Pih KT, Jin JB, Kim SJ, Stenmark H, Hwang I (2001) Trafficking of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate from the trans-Golgi network to the lumen of the central vacuole in plant cells. Plant Cell 13: 287-301
52. Piao HL, Pih KT, Lim JH, Kang SG, Jin JB, Kim SH, Hwang I (1999) An Arabidopsis GSK3/shaggy-like gene that complements yeast salt stress-sensitive mutants is induced by NaCl and abscisic acid. Plant Physiol. 119: 1527-1534
53. Pih KT, Kabilan V, Lim JH, Kang SG, Piao HL, Jin JB, Hwang I (1999) Characterization of two new channel protein genes in Arabidopsis. Mol. Cells 9: 84-90
54. Shin Gene Kang, Jing Bo Jin, Hai Lan Piao, Kyoung Tae Pih, Hyeon Jeong Jang, Jeong Hwa Lim, Inhwan Hwang (1998) Molecular cloning of an Arabidopsis cDNA encoding a dynamin-like protein that is localized to plastids. Plant Mol. Biol. 38: 437-447
55. Jang HJ, Pih KT, Kang SG, Lim JH, Jin JB, Piao HL, Hwang I (1998) Molecular cloning of a novel Ca2+-binding protein that is induced by NaCl stress. Plant Mol. Biol. 37: 839-847