Ying Gu

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Ying Gu

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Mechanism of cellulose biosynthesis in higher plants. Genetic modification of plant cell wall to scale-up biofuel production.

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Cellulose Cellulose Synthase Arabidopsis Cells Endocytosis Proteins Clathrin Microtubules Plant Cells Cell Membrane Cell Wall Acids Biosynthesis Cell Walls Spectroscopy Polysaccharides Synthesis Cytoskeleton Mutants Plasma Membrane Growth Hypocotyls Cell Biology Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Membrane Proteins

Most Recent Publications

Cell biology of primary cell wall synthesis in plants

Ying Gu, Carolyn G. Rasmussen, 2022, Plant Cell on p. 103-128

A historical perspective on the regulation of cellulose biosynthesis

Holly Allen, Donghui Wei, Ying Gu, Shundai Li, 2021, Carbohydrate Polymers

Disruption of very-long-chain-fatty acid synthesis has an impact on the dynamics of cellulose synthase in arabidopsis thaliana

Xiaoyu Zhu, Frederique Tellier, Ying Gu, Shundai Li, Shundai Li, Ying Gu, 2020, Plants on p. 1-19

Cellulose synthase interactive1- and microtubule-dependent cell wall architecture is required for acid growth in Arabidopsis hypocotyls

Xiaoran Xin, Lei Lei, Lei Li, Yunzhen Zheng, Tian Zhang, Sai Venkatesh Pingali, Hugh O'Neill, Daniel J. Cosgrove, Shundai Li, Ying Gu, Bruno Moulia, 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany on p. 2982-2994

CELLUOSE SYNTHASE INTERACTIVE1 is required for the crossed-polylamellate wall architecture of Arabidopsis outer epidermal cell walls.

X Xin, L Lei, Y Zheng, T Zhang, S Pingali, H O’Neil, D Cosgrove, S Li, Ying Gu, 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany

Distinguishing Mesoscale Polar Order (Unidirectional vs Bidirectional) of Cellulose Microfibrils in Plant Cell Walls Using Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

Mohamadamin Makarem, Yoshiharu Nishiyama, Xiaoran Xin, Daniel M. Durachko, Ying Gu, Daniel J. Cosgrove, Seong Kim, K Seong, 2020, Journal of Physical Chemistry B on p. 8071--8081

CELLUOSE SYNTHASE INTERACTIVE1 is required for the crossed-polylamellate wall architecture of Arabidopsis outer epidermal cell walls

X Xin, L Lei, Y Zheng, T Zhang, S Pingali, H O’Neil, D Cosgrove, S Li, Ying Gu, 2019,

Impact of acidic pH on plant cell wall polysaccharide structure and dynamics: insights into the mechanism of acid growth in plants from solid-state NMR

Pyae Phyo, Ying Gu, Mei Hong, 2019, Cellulose on p. 291-304

Cellulose and hemicellulose synthesis and their regulation in plant cells

Xiaoyu Zhu, Xiaoran Xin, Ying Gu, 2019,

CSI1, PATROL1, and exocyst complex cooperate in delivery of cellulose synthase complexes to the plasma membrane

Xiaoyu Zhu, Shundai Li, Songqin Pan, Xiaoran Xin, Ying Gu, 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. E3578-E3587

Most-Cited Papers

The endocytosis of cellulose synthase in arabidopsis is dependent on μ2, a clathrin-mediated endocytosis adaptin

Logan Bashline, Shundai Li, Charles T. Anderson, Lei Lei, Ying Gu, 2013, Plant Physiology on p. 150-160

Cell wall, cytoskeleton, and cell expansion in higher plants

Logan Bashline, Lei Lei, Shundai Li, Ying Gu, 2014, Molecular Plant on p. 586-600

AtPRK2 promotes ROP1 activation via RopGEFs in the control of polarized pollen tube growth

Fang Chang, Ying Gu, Hong Ma, Zhenbiao Yang, 2013, Molecular Plant on p. 1187-1201

Indaziflam Herbicidal Action: A Potent Cellulose Biosynthesis Inhibitor

Chad Brabham, Lei Lei, Ying Gu, Jozsef Stork, Michael Barrett, Seth De Bolt, 2014, Plant Physiology on p. 1177-1185

Cellulose synthase complexes act in a concerted fashion to synthesize highly aggregated cellulose in secondary cell walls of plants

Shundai Li, Logan Bashline, Yunzhen Zheng, Xiaoran Xin, Shixin Huang, Zhaosheng Kong, Seong H. Kim, Daniel J. Cosgrove, Ying Gu, 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 11348-11353

The TWD40-2 protein and the AP2 complex cooperate in the clathrin-mediated endocytosis of cellulose synthase to regulate cellulose biosynthesis

Logan Bashline, Shundai Li, Xiaoyu Zhu, Ying Gu, 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 12870-12875

The jiaoyao1 mutant is an allele of korrigan1 that abolishes endoglucanase activity and affects the organization of both cellulose microfibrils and microtubules in Arabidopsis

Lei Lei, Tian Zhang, Richard Strasser, Christopher M. Lee, Martine Gonneau, Lukas Mach, Samantha Vernhettes, Seong H. Kim, Daniel J. Cosgrove, Shundai Li, Ying Gu, 2014, Plant Cell on p. 2601-2616

CSI1, PATROL1, and exocyst complex cooperate in delivery of cellulose synthase complexes to the plasma membrane

Xiaoyu Zhu, Shundai Li, Songqin Pan, Xiaoran Xin, Ying Gu, 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. E3578-E3587

The trafficking of the cellulose synthase complex in higher plants

Logan Bashline, Shundai Li, Ying Gu, 2014, Annals of Botany on p. 1059-1067

Differential regulation of clathrin and its adaptor proteins during membrane recruitment for endocytosis

Chao Wang, Tianwei Hu, Xu Yan, Tingting Meng, Yutong Wang, Qingmei Wang, Xiaoyue Zhang, Ying Gu, Clara Sánchez-Rodríguez, Astrid Gadeyne, Jinxing Lin, Staffan Persson, Daniël van Damme, Chuanyou Li, Sebastian Y. Bednarek, Jianwei Pan, 2016, Plant Physiology on p. 215-229