Professor of Plant Molecular Biology

Fujian 100 Foreign Experts Program

Contact Information

Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, No. 15 Shangxiadian Road, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Email: c.yamamuro@fafu.edu.cn

Education

2001-2004, Ph.D., Hokkaido University, Japan    

2001, M.S,, Nagoya University, Japan

1999, B.S,, Nagoya women’s University, Japan

Professional Experience

2015-present, Professor, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China

2012-2015, Junior group leader, Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, China

2010- 2012, Research Fellow, Institute of Crop Science Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

2008-2010, Postdoctoral fellow, University of California Riverside, US

2005-2008, Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, (JSPS), Japan

(2005-2007, University of Tokyo, Japan.

2007-2008, University of California Riverside, USA)

2004-2005, Research Fellow, Core Research for Evolution Science and Technology(CREST), Japan

Research Interests

My research interests are in the area of molecular biology and cell biology. Our research group have been investigating the detailed mechanism of plant hormone function in plant development in Fragaria vesca (woodland strawberry) and model plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana and Marchantia polymorpha. Long-time goal of our research is to understand how plant hormones coordinate and interact each other to control plant development.  In particular, we are interested in how hormones coordinate to regulate Strawberry fruit development. Fruit growth and ripening are controlled by multiple phytohormones. In our recent publication, we showed that strawberry fruit growth and ripening are controlled by interlinked ABA catabolism and biosynthesis. These results indicate that FveCYP707A4a not only regulates ABA catabolism but also provides a hub to coordinate fruit size and ripening times by relaying plant hormone signals (Liao et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Dec 4).

Publications

Wang Z, Rong D, Chen D, Xiao Y, Liu R, Wu S, Yamamuro C *. 2020. Salicylic acid promotes quiescent center cell division through ROS accumulation and down-regulation of PLT1, PLT2, and WOX5. J Integr Plant Biol. 2020 Oct 5. doi: 10.1111/jipb.13020. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33017089

Liao X, Li M, Liu B, Yan M, Yu X, Zi H, Liu R, Yamamuro C*. 2018. Interlinked regulatory loops of ABA catabolism and biosynthesis coordinate fruit growth and ripening in woodland strawberry. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Dec 4;115(49):E11542-E11550. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1812575115. Epub 2018 Nov 19.

PMID: 30455308

Chizuko Yamamuro*, Jian-Kang Zhu, Zhenbiao Yang. 2015. Epigenetic modifications and plant hormone action. Mol. Plant doi: 10.1016/j.molp. 2015.10.008.

Chizuko Yamamuro，Daisuke Miki, Zhimin Zheng, Jun Ma, Jing Wang, Zhenbiao Yang, Juan Dong& Jian-Kang Zhu. 2014. Overproduction of stomatal lineage cells in Arabidopsis mutants defective in active DNA demethylation Nature Communications. 5，Article number: 4062  doi:10.1038/ncomms5062 2014.

Lin D, Nagawa S, Chen J, Cao L, Chen X, Xu T, Ki H, Dhonukshe P,   Yamamuro C, Friml J, Scheres B, Fu Y, Yang Z. A ROP GTPase-Dependent Auxin Signaling Pathway Regulates the Subcellular Distribution of PIN2 in Arabidopsis Roots. Curr Biol. (2012) 24;22(14):1319-25.

Tomokazu Tsutsui, Chizuko Morita-Yamamuro, Yutaka Asada, Eiichi Minami, Naoto Shibuya, Akira Ikeda and Junji Yamaguchi. 2006. Salicylic Acid and Chitin Elicitor Both Control Expression of the CAD1 gene Involved in the Plant Immunity of Arabidopsis. Biosci. Biothechnol. Biochem. (2006), 70, 2042-2048

Chizuko Morita-Yamamuro,Tomokazu Tsutsui, Masanao Sato, Masanori Tamaoki, Daisuke Ogawa, Hideyuki Matsuura, Teruhiko Yoshihara, Akira Ikeda, Ichiro Uyeda, Junji Yamaguch. 2005. The Arabidopsis gene CAD1 controls programmed cell death in the plant innate immune system and encodes a protein containing a MACPF domain. Plant Cell Physiology (2005), 46, 902-912

Chizuko Morita-Yamamuro, Tomokazu Tsutsui, Ayumi Tanaka, Junji Yamaguchi. 2004. 

Knock-out of the plastid ribosomal protein S21 causes impaired photosynthesis and sugar response during germination and seedling development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiology (2004), 45, 781-788

Chizuko Morita-Yamamuro, Tomokazu Tsutsui, Ayumi Tanaka, Junji Yamaguchi. 2004. 

Knock-out of the plastid ribosomal protein S21 causes impaired photosynthesis and sugar response during germination and seedling development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiology (2004), 45, 781-788

Chizuko Morita-Yamamuro, Paolo Vernieri, Junji Yamaguchi. 2004. Low sugar promotes endogenous ABA level and ABA sensitivity in Arabidopsis. Plant Biotechnology (2004) 21, 9-14

Chizuko Yamamuro, 2003. Advantage and disadvantages of resistant genes. Chemistry and Biology (JSBBA) (2003) 41, 817-818

Akira Ikeda,　Chizuko Morita-Yamamuro, Junji Yamaguchi. 2003. Signal transduction of Gibberellic acid. Regulation of Plant Growth & Development (2003) 38, 36-47

Chizuko Yamamuro, Yoshihisa Ihara, Xiong Wu, Takahiro Noguchi, Shozo Fujioka, SuguruTakatsuto, Motoyuki Ashikari, Hidemi Kitano, Makoto Matsuoka. 200. Loss of Function of a Rice BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1 Homologue Prevents Internode Elongation and Bending of the Lamina Joint. The Plant Cell (2000), 12, 1591-1605