Shixiong Lu

E3 ubiquitin ligases as central hubs orchestrating plant cold stress responses

Low temperature is a major environmental constraint limiting plant growth, development, productivity, and geographical distribution. To survive chilling and freezing conditions, plants have evolved sophisticated regulatory systems that perceive thermal changes and convert them into coordinated transcriptional, hormon...

Functional characterization of the grape VvCAD15-like gene in enhancing cold tolerance via regulation of lignin biosynthesis

Jasmonate ZIM-domain protein 2 orchestrates ABA/JA signaling and flavonoid biosynthesis to suppress cold tolerance in grapevine.

Findings suggest that VvJAZ2 may function as a potential regulatory node, and support a working model of a dynamic "transcription-protein interaction" module to coordinate hormone signaling and metabolic reprogramming under cold stress.