Representative Publications
Bonea D, Noureddine J, Gazzarrini S and Zhao R (2021). Oxidative and salt stresses alter the 26S proteasome holoenzyme and associated protein profiles in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC plant Biology, (2021) 21:486, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-021-03234-9
Feng X, Han H, Bonea D, Liu J, Ying W, Cai Y, Zhang M, Lu Y, Zhao R, Hua X (2021). SSR1 is a vital regulator in plant mitochondrial iron-sulfur biosynthesis. Journal of Integrated Plant Biology (in revision). bioRxiv, DOI. 10.1101/2021.03.09.43462
Jiang T, Mu B, and Zhao R (2020). Plastid chaperone HSP90C guides precursor proteins to the SEC translocase for thylakoid transport. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(22):7073-87. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa399
Jiang T, Oh SE, Bonea D and Zhao R (2017). The chloroplast stromal chaperone HSP90C interacts with and facilitates the processing PsbO1. PloS One, 27: e0190168. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190168
Chiu RS, Pan S, Zhao R and Gazzarrini S (2016). ABA-dependent inhibition of the ubiquitin proteasome system during germination at high temperature in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal, 88: 749-761.
Paci A, Liu XH, Zhang L and Zhao R (2016). The proteasome subunit Rpn8 interacts with the snoRNP assembly protein Pih1 and mediates its ubiquitin-independent degradation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291: 11761-11775.
Zhang M, Wang C, Lin Q, Liu A, Wang T, Feng X, Liu J, Han H, Ma Y, Bonea D, Zhao R and Hua X (2015). A tetratricopeptide repeat domain-containing protein SSR1 located in mitochondria is involved in root development and auxin polar transport in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal, 83:528-559.
Chong LP, Wang Y, Gad N, Shah B and Zhao R (2015). A highly charged region in the middle domain of plant ER-localized HSP90 is required for resistance to tunicamycin or high calcium-induced ER stresses. Journal of Experimental Botany, 66: 113-124.
Oh SE, Yeung C, Babaei-Rad R and Zhao R (2014). Cosuppression of the chloroplast localized molecular chaperone HSP90.5 impairs plant development and chloroplast biogenesis in Arabidopsis. BMC Research Notes, 7:643
Paci A, Liu X, Huang H, Lim A, Houry WA and Zhao R (2012). The stability of the small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein (snoRNP) assembly protein Pih1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is modulated by its C-terminus, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287:43205-43214
Zhao R (2012). Protein homeostasis and the chaperone interaction network in Arabidopsis thaliana, in Houry, W.A. (ed.), Protein Homeostasis: The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks Ltd, London (online at http://hstalks.com/?t=BL1423019-Zhao)
Jiménez B, Ugwu F, Zhao R, Ortí L, Makhnevych T, Pineda-Lucena A and Houry WA (2012). Structure of minimal tetratricopeptide repeat domain protein Tah1 reeals mechanism of its interaction with Pih1 and Hsp90, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287: 5698-709
Song H, Fan, P, Shi W, Zhao R and Li Y (2010). Expression of five AtHsp90 genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals functional differences of AtHsp90s under abiotic stresses, Journal of Plant Physiology, 167: 1172-1178.
Zhao R, Elisa Leung, Stefan Gruner, Matthieu Schapira, Walid A. Houry (2010). Tamoxifen Enhances the Hsp90 Molecular Chaperone ATPase Activity, PLoS ONE, 5:e9934.
Song H, Zhao, R, Fan P, Wang X, Chen X and Li Y (2009). Overexpression of AtHsp90.2, AtHsp90.5 and AtHsp90.7 in Arabidopsis thaliana enhances plant sensitivity to salt and drought stresses. Planta, 229: 955-964
Zhao R, Kakihara Y, Gribun A, Huen J, Yang G, Khanna M, Costanzo M, Brost RL, Boone C, Hughes TR, Yip CM, and Houry WA (2008). Molecular chaperone Hsp90 stabilizes Pih1/Nop17 to maintain R2TP complex activity that regulates snoRNA accumulation, The Journal of Cell Biology, 180: 563-578
Gévaudant F, Duby G, von Stedingk E, Zhao R, Morsomme P, and Boutry M (2007). Expression of a constitutively activated plasma membrane H+-ATPase alters plant development and increases salt tolerance, Plant Physiology, 144:1763-1776
Zhao R and Houry WA (2007). Molecular interaction network of the Hsp90 chaperone system, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 594: 27-36
Thibault G, Yudin J, Wong P, Tsitrin V, Sprangers R, Zhao R, and Houry WA (2006). Specificity in substrate and cofactor recognition by the N-terminal domain of the chaperone ClpX, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 103:17724-17729
Zhao R, Davey M, Hsu YC, Kaplanek P, Tong A, Parsons A, Krogan N, Cagney G, Mai D, Greenblatt J, Boone C, Emili A, and Houry WA (2005). Navigating the chaperone network: an integrative map of physical and genetic interactions mediated by the hsp90 chaperone, Cell, 120: 715-727
Zhao R and Houry WA (2005). Hsp90: a chaperone for protein folding and gene regulation, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 83: 703-710
Zhao R and Reithmeier RAF (2001). Expression and characterization of the anion transporter homologue Ynl275wp in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, American Journal of Physiology -Cell Physiology, 281: C33-45
Zhao R, Dielen V, Kinet JM and Boutry M (2000). Cosuppression of a plasma membrane H+-ATPase isoform impairs sucrose translocation, stomatal opening, plant growth, and male fertility. The Plant Cell, 12: 535-546
Zhao R, Moriau L and Boutry M (1999). Expression analysis of the plasma membrane H+-ATPase pma4 transcription promoter from Nicotiana plumbaginifolia activated by the CaMV 35S promoter enhancer. Plant Science, 149: 157-165