Xia Jixing Professor/Researcher, PhD, Doctoral and Master's Supervisor
Contact
xiajx@gxu.edu.cn
Personal Profile
I received my PhD degree from South China Agricultural University in June 2008, did postdoctoral research at Okayama University, Japan and National University of Singapore from July 2008 to June 2014, and joined the School of Life Science and Technology of Guangxi University in July 2014. Since 2014, I have been honored with the following titles: Selected for the Guangxi Universities "Hundred Talents Program" for Attracting High-Level Overseas Talents, Recipient of the Guangxi Distinguished Young Scholars Fund, and Recognized as a First Batch High-Level Talent (E Level) in Guangxi.
Teaching and Research Achievements
I am the lecturer of two courses: Basic Biochemistry for undergraduates and Advanced Biochemistry for postgraduates. Currently, I have cloned a number of important genes from rice, conducted functional analyses on them, and elucidated their molecular mechanisms in metal toxicity tolerance and nutrient uptake in rice. The results have been published in PNAS, Plant Cell, Nature Communications, The Plant Journal, Plant Physiology, Journal of Experimental Botany , and other international journals, with me as the first author, corresponding author and co-author of 40 papers. I have been awarded three national funds and three Guangxi funds, two of which are from the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and one is from the Guangxi Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars. Additionally, I have received the Special Fund for Young Talents of State Key Laboratories in 2018 and 2020.
Major scientific research projects undertaken under the auspices
(1) Regional project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Cloning and Functional Analysis of the Rice Male Sterility Gene MS87, 450,000 RMB, 2016-2019; (Presided)
(2) General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Functional Analysis and Molecular Mechanism of the Aluminum Tolerance Gene ALS7 in Rice, 610,000 RMB, 2017-2020; (Presided)
(3) General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Molecular Mechanism Study of the OsDCS1 Gene in Regulating Casparian Strip Formation and Selective Mineral Element Uptake in Rice, 580,000 RMB, 2021-2024; (Presided)
(4) Guangxi Natural Science Foundation Key Project for Returning Scholars. Identification and Functional Analysis of New Aluminum Tolerance Genes Downstream of ART1 Based on CRISPR/Cas9 Technology, 200,000 RMB, 2016-2018; (Presided)
(5) Guangxi Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars. Research on the Molecular Mechanism of Aluminum Tolerance in Rice, 400,000 RMB, 2017-2020; (Presided)
Research Direction
1) Research on physiological and molecular mechanisms of rice response to nutritional stresses such as aluminium toxicity, cadmium toxicity and salt toxicity;
2) Formation of Casparian strip in rice and its mechanism of action in nutrient uptake.
Students supervised have won awards
Five graduate students received national scholarships, and three graduate students received the Presidential Scholarship of Guangxi University.
Representative papers
(1) Baolei Zhang, Boning Xin, Xiaoqian Sun, Dong Chao, Huawei Zheng, Liyun Peng, Xingxiang Chen, Lin Zhang, Jinyu Yu, Dan Ma and Jixing Xia*. Small peptide signaling via OsCIF1/2 mediates Casparian strip formation at the root endodermal and nonendodermal cell layers in rice. Plant Cell, 2024, 36(2): 383-403. （* corresponding author）
(2) Zhigang Wang#, Baolei Zhang#, Zhiwei Chen, Mingjuan Wu, Dong Chao, Qiuxing Wei, Yafeng Xin, Longying Li, Zhenhua Ming, Jixing Xia*. Three OsMYB36 members redundantly regulate Casparian Strip formation at the root endodermis. Plant Cell, 2022, 34(8): 2948-2968. （* corresponding author）
(3) Zhigang Wang#, Naoki Yamaji#, Sheng Huang#, Xiang Zhang, Mingxing Shi, Shan Fu, Guangzhe Yang, Jian Feng Ma*, Jixing Xia*. OsCASP1 is required for Casparian strip formation at endodermal cells of rice roots for selective uptake of mineral elements. Plant Cell, 2019, 31 (11): 2636-2648. （* corresponding author）
(4) Fuhang Liu, Dan Ma, Jinyu Yu, Ran Meng, Zhigang Wang, Baolei Zhang, Xingxiang Chen, Lin Zhang, Liyun Peng and Jixing Xia *. Overexpression of an ART1-Interacting Gene OsNAC016 Improves Al Tolerance in Rice. Int J Mol Sci. 2023, 24(23):17036. （* corresponding author）
(5) Jingjing Huang#, Fuhang Liu#, Dong Chao, Boning Xin, Kui Liu, Shuling Cao, Xingxiang Chen, Liyun Peng, Baolei Zhang, Shan Fu and Jixing Xia *. The WRKY Transcription Factor OsWRKY54 is Involved in Salt 2 Tolerance in Rice. Int J Mol Sci. 2022, 23(19):11999. （* corresponding author）
(6) Guangzhe Yang, Shan Fu, Jingjing Huang, Longying Li, Yan Long, Qiuxing Wei, Zhigang Wang, Zhiwei Chen, Jixing Xia*. The tonoplast-localized transporter OsABCC9 is involved in cadmium tolerance and accumulation in rice. Plant Science, 2021, 307:110894. (* corresponding author)
(7) Xiang Zhang#, Yan Long#, Xingxiang Chen, Baolei Zhang, Yafeng Xin, Longying Li, Shuling Cao,Fuhang Liu, Zhigang Wang, Hao Huang, Degui Zhou* and Jixing Xia*. A NAC transcription factor OsNAC3 positively regulates ABA response and salt tolerance in rice. BMC Plant Biol. 2021, 21(1):546. （* corresponding author）
(8) Zhigang Wang#, Zhiwei Chen#, Xiang Zhang#, Qiuxing Wei, Yafeng Xin, Baolei Zhang, Fuhang Liu, Jixing Xia*. Overexpression of OsCASP1 improves Calcium tolerance in rice. Int J Mol Sci. 2021, 22(11): 6002. （* corresponding author）
(9) Jie Jiang#, Guangzhe Yang#, Yafeng Xin, Zhigang Wang, Wei Yan, Zhufeng Chen, Xiaoyan Tang* and Jixing Xia*. Overexpression of OsMed16 Inhibits the Growth of Rice and Causes Spontaneous Cell Death. Genes, 2021, 12(5):656. （* corresponding author）
(10) Zhigang Wang#, Mingxing Shi#, Qiuxing Wei, Zhiwei Chen, Jingjing Huang, Jixing Xia*. OsCASP1 forms complexes with itself and OsCASP2 in rice. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 2020, 15(1):1706025. （* corresponding author）
(11) Guangzhe Yang, Qiuxing Wei, Hao Huang, Jixing Xia*. Amino Acid Transporters in Plant Cells: A Brief Review, Plants, 2020, 9: 967. (* corresponding author)
(12) Xiang Zhang, Yan Long, Jingjing Huang, Jixing Xia*. OsNAC45 is Involved in ABA Response and Salt Tolerance in Rice. Rice, 2020, 13: 79. (* corresponding author)
(13) Shan Fu, Youshe Lu, Xiang Zhang, Guangzhe Yang, Dong Chao, Zhigang Wang, Mingxing Shi, Jiugeng Chen, Dai-Yin Chao, Rongbai Li, Jian Feng Ma, Jixing Xia*. The ABC transporter OsABCG36 is required for Cd tolerance in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019, 70(20): 5909-5918. （* corresponding author）
(14) Shan Fu#, Liangbo Fu#, Xiang Zhang, Jingjing Huang, Guangzhe Yang, Zhigang Wang, Yao-Guang Liu, Guoping Zhang, Dezhi Wu, Jixing Xia*. OsC2DP, a novel C2 domain-containing protein is required for salt tolerance in rice. Plant and Cell Physiology, 2019, 60(10): 2220-2230. （* corresponding author）
(15) Guangzhe Yang, Dong Chao, Zhenhua Ming, Jixing Xia*. A Simple Method to Detect the Inhibition of Transcription Factor-DNA Binding Due to Protein–Protein Interactions In Vivo, Genes, 2019, 10, 684. （* corresponding author）
(16) Xiaohu Wang#, Guangzhe Yang#, Mingxing Shi, Dongli Hao, Qiuxing Wei, Zhigang Wang, Shan Fu, Yanhua Su, Jixing Xia*. Disruption of an amino acid transporter LHT1 leads to growth inhibition and low yields in rice. BMC Plant Biology, 2019, 19:268. （* corresponding author）
(17) Xiang Zhang, Yan Long, Jingjing Huang, Jixing Xia*. Molecular Mechanisms for Coping with Al Toxicity in Plants. Int J Mol Sci, 2019, 20, 1551. （* corresponding author）
(18) Shan Fu#, Jingjing Huang#, Zhiwei Chen, Jixing Xia*. C2 domain plays critical roles in localization of novel C2 domain-containing protein OsC2DP. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 2019, 14(11): 1667208. （* corresponding author）
(19) Muxue Lu#, Guangzhe Yang#, Peifang Li#, Zhigang Wang, Shan Fu, Xiang Zhang, Xi Chen, Mingxing Shi, Zhenhua Ming* and Jixing Xia*. Bioinformatic and Functional Analysis of a Key Determinant Underlying the Substrate Selectivity of the Al Transporter, Nrat1. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018, 9:606. （* corresponding author）
(20) Muxue Lu#, Zhigang Wang#, Shan Fu#, Guangzhe Yang, Mingxing Shi, Youshe Lu, Xiaohu Wang, Jixing Xia*. Functional characterization of the SbNrat1 gene in sorghum. Plant Science, 2017, 262:18-23（* corresponding author）
(21) Ji Feng Shao#, Jixing Xia#, Naoki Yamaji, Renfang Shen, and Jian Feng Ma*, Effective reduction of cadmium accumulation in rice grain by expressing OsHMA3 under the control of OsHMA2 promoter. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2018, 69: 2743-2752. （# co-first author）
(22) Jixing Xia, Naoki Yamaji, Jing Che, Renfang Shen, and Jian Feng Ma*, Normal root elongation requires arginine produced by argininosuccinate lyase in rice. The Plant Journal, 2014, 78: 215-226.
(23) Jixing Xia, Naoki Yamaji, Jing Che, Renfang Shen, and Jian Feng Ma*, Differential expression of Nrat1 is responsible for Al-tolerance QTL located on Chromosome 2 in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2014, 65: 4297-4304.
(24) Jixing Xia, Naoki Yamaji and Jian Feng Ma*. A plasma membrane-localized small peptide is involved in rice aluminum tolerance. The Plant Journal, 2013, 76: 345–355.
(25) Jixing Xia, Naoki Yamaji, Tomonari Kasai, and Jian Feng Ma*, Plasma membrane-localized transporter for aluminum in rice. Proceedings National Academy Sciences, 2010, 107: 18381-18385.
