Deyang Xu

Deyang Xu

Scientific Advisor

Introductory remarks on publicationslist

My most significant contribution to science is advancing our understanding of the mechanism for the distribution patterns of metabolites at the cellular and subcellular levels. I have identified several transporters of specialized metabolites and revealed transport routes. This includes the route from the site of synthesis to high-level accumulation of glucosinolates - the major defense compounds in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana - in the vacuole of the storage S-cell, as well as the route to the rhizosphere. Recently, I discovered the long-sought exporters that are essential for glucosinolate seed loading. The glucosinolate exporter and importer pairs allow us to elucidate the full apoplast route of metabolites loaded into seed, which fills the missing knowledge gaps based on study transporters of primary metabolites.

My PhD study elucidated molecular mechanisms on how cell division is coordinated with cell differentiation during organ patterning, using Elongator acetyltransferase complex and microRNA396 in Arabidopsis leaf polarity establishment as a model system. 


  1. Published

    Albugo-imposed changes to tryptophan-derived antimicrobial metabolite biosynthesis may contribute to suppression of non-host resistance to Phytophthora infestans in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Prince, D. C., Rallapalli, G., Xu, Deyang, Schoonbeek, H., Cevik, V., Asai, S., Kemen, E., Cruz-Mireles, N., Kemen, A., Belhaj, K., Schornack, S., Kamoun, S., B Holub, E., Halkier, Barbara Ann & Jones, J. D. G., 2017, In: B M C Biology. 15, 22 p., 20.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. A single amino-acid substitution at lysine 40 of an Arabidopsis thalianaα-tubulin causes extensive cell proliferation and expansion defects

    Xiong, X., Xu, Deyang, Yang, Z., Huang, H. & Cui, X., 2013, In: Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 55, 3, p. 209-220 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Advances in methods for identification and characterization of plant transporter function

    Larsen, B., Xu, Deyang, Halkier, Barbara Ann & Nour-Eldin, Hussam Hassan, 2017, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 68, 15, p. 4045-4056 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    An NPF transporter exports a central monoterpene indole alkaloid intermediate from the vacuole

    Payne, R., Xu, Deyang, Foureau, E., Ines Soares Teto Carqueijeiro, M., Oudin, A., Dugé de Bernonville, T., Novák, V., Burow, Meike, Olsen, C. E., Jones, D. M., C. Tatsis, E., Pendleton, A., Halkier, Barbara Ann, Geu-Flores, Fernando, Courdavault, V., Nour-Eldin, Hussam Hassan & O'Connor, S. E., 2017, In: Nature Plants. 3, 9 p., 16208.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    An UMAMIT-GTR transporter cascade controls glucosinolate seed loading in Arabidopsis

    Sanden, Niels Christian Holm, Kanstrup, Christa, Crocoll, C., Schulz, Alexander, Nour-Eldin, Hussam Hassan, Halkier, Barbara Ann & Xu, Deyang, 2024, In: Nature Plants. 10, p. 172-179

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    CCR1, an enzyme required for lignin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis, mediates cell proliferation exit for leaf development

    Xue, J., Luo, D., Xu, Deyang, Zeng, M., Cui, X., Li, L. & Huang, H., 2015, In: Plant Journal. 83, 3, p. 375-387 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Design and direct assembly of synthesized uracil-containing non-clonal DNA fragments into vectors by USERTM cloning

    Jørgensen, M. E., Wulff, N., Nafisi, M., Xu, Deyang, Wang, Cuiwei, Lambertz, S. K., Belew, Zeinu Mussa & Nour-Eldin, Hussam Hassan, 2017, In: Bio-protocol. 7, 22, 11 p., e2615.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Elongator complex is critical for cell cycle progression and leaf patterning in Arabidopsis

    Xu, Deyang, Huang, W., Li, Y., Wang, H., Huang, H. & Cui, X., 2012, In: Plant Journal. 69, 5, p. 792-808 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Export of defensive glucosinolates is key for their accumulation in seeds

    Xu, Deyang, Sanden, Niels Christian Holm, Hansen, Line Lykke, Belew, Zeinu Mussa, Madsen, S. R., Meyer, L., Jørgensen, M. E., Hunziker, P., Veres, D., Crocoll, C., Schulz, Alexander, Nour-Eldin, Hussam Hassan & Halkier, Barbara Ann, 2023, In: Nature. 617, p. 132-138

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Functional expression and characterization of plant ABC transporters in Xenopus laevis oocytes for transport engineering purposes

    Xu, Deyang, Veres, D., Belew, Zeinu Mussa, Olsen, C. E., Nour-Eldin, Hussam Hassan & Halkier, Barbara Ann, 2016, Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering in plants and microbes : Part B: Plant metabolism. p. 207-224 8 p. (Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 576).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

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