Rongmin Zhao
Associate Professor
Campus
UTSC
CSB Appointment
Full
Research Areas
Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Plant Biology, Proteomics, Systems Biology
Education
Ph.D. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences 1995
BSc, Peking University 1991
Primary Undergraduate Department
Biological Sciences, UTSC
Graduate Programs
Cell & Systems Biology
Research Description
The mechanism of action of molecular chaperones and their roles in plant development, and in organelle functions; the mechanism of regulated protein degradation by the 26S proteasome.
Contact Information
Office Phone: 416-208-2740
Office: SY248
Lab: SY215
Lab Phone: 416-208-2741
Email
Mailing Address
Department of Cell & Systems Biology
University of Toronto
1265 Military Trail
Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4
Canada
Publications
2015
A tetratricopeptide repeat domain-containing protein SSR1 located in mitochondria is involved in root development and auxin polar transport in Arabidopsis
Zhang M, Wang C, Lin Q, Liu A, Wang T, Feng X, Liu J, Han H, Ma Y, Bonea D, Zhao R, Hua X
2015, The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 83, 582-599, 26072661
2014
A highly charged region in the middle domain of plant endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localized heat-shock protein 90 is required for resistance to tunicamycin or high calcium-induced ER stresses
Chong LP, Wang Y, Gad N, Anderson N, Shah B, Zhao R
2015, Journal of experimental botany, 66, 113-24, 25297550
Cosuppression of the chloroplast localized molecular chaperone HSP90.5 impairs plant development and chloroplast biogenesis in Arabidopsis
Oh SE, Yeung C, Babaei-Rad R, Zhao R
2014, BMC research notes, 7, 643, 25216779
2012
The stability of the small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein (snoRNP) assembly protein Pih1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is modulated by its C terminus
Paci A, Liu XH, Huang H, Lim A, Houry WA, Zhao R
2012, The Journal of biological chemistry, 287, 43205-14, 23139418
2011
Structure of minimal tetratricopeptide repeat domain protein Tah1 reveals mechanism of its interaction with Pih1 and Hsp90
Jiménez B, Ugwu F, Zhao R, Ortí L, Makhnevych T, Pineda-Lucena A, Houry WA
2012, The Journal of biological chemistry, 287, 5698-709, 22179618
2010
Expression of five AtHsp90 genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals functional differences of AtHsp90s under abiotic stresses
Song H, Fan P, Shi W, Zhao R, Li Y
2010, Journal of plant physiology, 167, 1172-8, 20493581
Tamoxifen enhances the Hsp90 molecular chaperone ATPase activity
Zhao R, Leung E, Grüner S, Schapira M, Houry WA
2010, PloS one, 5, e9934, 20376192
2009
Overexpression of AtHsp90.2, AtHsp90.5 and AtHsp90.7 in Arabidopsis thaliana enhances plant sensitivity to salt and drought stresses
Song H, Zhao R, Fan P, Wang X, Chen X, Li Y
2009, Planta, 229, 955-64, 19148673
2008
Molecular chaperone Hsp90 stabilizes Pih1/Nop17 to maintain R2TP complex activity that regulates snoRNA accumulation
Zhao R, Kakihara Y, Gribun A, Huen J, Yang G, Khanna M, Costanzo M, Brost RL, Boone C, Hughes TR, Yip CM, Houry WA
2008, The Journal of cell biology, 180, 563-78, 18268103
2007
Expression of a constitutively activated plasma membrane H+-ATPase alters plant development and increases salt tolerance
Gévaudant F, Duby G, von Stedingk E, Zhao R, Morsomme P, Boutry M
2007, Plant physiology, 144, 1763-76, 17600134
Molecular interaction network of the Hsp90 chaperone system
Zhao R, Houry WA
2007, Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 594, 27-36, 17205672
2006
Specificity in substrate and cofactor recognition by the N-terminal domain of the chaperone ClpX
Thibault G, Yudin J, Wong P, Tsitrin V, Sprangers R, Zhao R, Houry WA
2006, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103, 17724-9, 17090685
2005
Hsp90: a chaperone for protein folding and gene regulation
Zhao R, Houry WA
2005, Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire, 83, 703-10, 16333321