Prof. Xinxiang Peng

College of Life Sciences,
 South China Agricultural University,
 Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
 Tel: +86-20-85282023 (O)
 E-mail: xpeng@scau.edu.cn

Education

Ø  Ph.D. (Plant Physiology)

South China Agricultural University, 1989

Ø  M.S. (Plant Physiology)

South China Agricultural University, 1986

Ø  B.S. (Tea Science)

Hunan Agricultural University, 1983

Professional Biography

Dr. Xinxiang Peng worked as postdoctoral fellow in IRRI (International Rice Research Institute in Philippines) from 1991 to 1993 and 1995 to 1996, and as senior visiting scientist in Cornell University and San Francisco State University, USA, and Tohoku University, Japan. He was promoted to a full professor in the SCAU in late 1997. His lab now focuses on photosynthesis biology, especially the molecular mechanisms for photosynthetic regulation, and then the molecular and genetic improvement to increase photosynthetic efficiency in crops.

Area of Expertise

Photosynthesis; Stress; Metabolic Control; Synthetic Bilogy

Recent Publications

1. Liu JZ, Cui LL, Xie ZW, Zhang ZS, Liu EE and Peng XX*. Two NCA1 isoforms interact with catalase in a mutually exclusive manner to redundantly regulate its activity in rice. BMC Plant Biology, 2019, 19:105

2. Shen BR, Wang LM, Lin XL, Yao Z, Xu HW, Zhu CH, Teng HY, Cui LL, Liu EE, Zhang JJ, He ZH, Peng XX*. Engineering a new chloroplastic photorespiratory bypass to increase photosynthetic efficiency and productivity in rice. Molecular Plant, 2019, 12(2): 199-214

3.Teng HY, Shen BR, Peng XX*. Responsiveness comparison of three stress inducible promoters in transgenic rice. Acta Physiol Plant, 2018, 40：179

4. He H, Yang QS, Shen BR, Zhang S, Peng XX*. OsNOA1 functions in a threshold-dependent manner to regulate chloroplast proteins in rice at lower temperatures. BMC Plant Biology, 2018 Mar 16;18(1): 44

5. Zhang ZS, Li XY, Cui LL, Meng S, Ye NH and Peng XX*. Catalytic and functional aspects of different isozymes of glycolate oxidase in rice. BMC Plant Biology, 2017, 17: 135

6.  Shen BR, Zhu CH, Yao Z, Cui LL, Zhang JJ, Yang CW, He ZH, Peng XX*. An optimized transit peptide for effective targeting of diverse foreign proteins into chloroplasts in rice. Scientific Report, 2017, 7: 46231

7. Peng C, Liang X, Liu EE, Zhang JJ, Peng XX*. The oxalyl-CoA synthetase-regulated oxalate and its distinct effects on resistance to bacterial blight and aluminium toxicity in rice. Plant Biology, 2017, 19(3): 345-353

8. Cui LL, Lu YS, Li Y, Yang CW and Peng XX*. Overexpression of Glycolate oxidase confers improved photosynthesis under high light and high temperature in rice. Front Plant Sci, 2016, 7: 1165

9. Zhang ZS, Xu YY, Xie ZW, Li XY, He ZH, Peng XX*. Association-dissociation of glycolate oxidase with catalase in rice: a potential switch to modulate H2O2. Molecular Plant, 2016, 9: 737-748

10.Zhang ZS, Mao XX, Ou JY, Ye NH, Zhang JH, Peng XX*. Distinct photorespiratory reactions are preferentially catalyzed by glutamate:glyoxylate and serine:glyoxylate aminotransferases in rice. J Photochem Photobiol  B, 2015: 142: 110-7