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Rongmin Zhao
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Research
Latest papers
Arabidopsis HSP90C and SecA1 Have Distinct Client-Binding Modalities to the Thylakoid SEC Client Protein PsbO1.
Biomolecules · 2026 · senior author
Pre-N and C-terminal extension regions of Arabidopsis HSP90.7 regulate the chaperone activity and ER stress response.
The Journal of biological chemistry · 2025 · senior author
Plant-specific cochaperone SSR1 affects root elongation by modulating the mitochondrial iron-sulfur cluster assembly machinery.
PLoS genetics · 2025
Latest funding
- $18,327
An essential tool for protein expression and biochemistry research
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $198,000
Protein homeostasis in plant organelles: chloroplast and endoplasmic reticulum
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
- $131,596
Platform for plant growth, development and stress biology research
NSERC · 2016 · Co-investigator
21 publications.
Arabidopsis HSP90C and SecA1 Have Distinct Client-Binding Modalities to the Thylakoid SEC Client Protein PsbO1.
Nair AM, Tullo L, Espinosa KA, Tong SLT, Zhao R
Pre-N and C-terminal extension regions of Arabidopsis HSP90.7 regulate the chaperone activity and ER stress response.
Noureddine J, Nair AM, Espinosa KA, Fan L, Cheng J, Zhao R
Plant-specific cochaperone SSR1 affects root elongation by modulating the mitochondrial iron-sulfur cluster assembly machinery.
Feng X, Hu Y, Xie T, Han H, Bonea D, Zeng L, Liu J, Ying W, Mu B, Cai Y, Zhang M, Lu Y, Zhao R, Hua X
Plastid HSP90C C-terminal extension region plays a regulatory role in chaperone activity and client binding.
Mu B, Nair AM, Zhao R
Knockout of endoplasmic reticulum-localized molecular chaperone HSP90.7 impairs seedling development and cellular auxin homeostasis in Arabidopsis.
Noureddine J, Mu B, Hamidzada H, Mok WL, Bonea D, Nambara E, Zhao R
Plastid Molecular Chaperone HSP90C Interacts with the SecA1 Subunit of Sec Translocase for Thylakoid Protein Transport.
Nair AM, Jiang T, Mu B, Zhao R
Oxidative and salt stresses alter the 26S proteasome holoenzyme and associated protein profiles in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Bonea D, Noureddine J, Gazzarrini S, Zhao R
Plastid chaperone HSP90C guides precursor proteins to the SEC translocase for thylakoid transport.
Jiang T, Mu B, Zhao R
HSP90C interacts with PsbO1 and facilitates its thylakoid distribution from chloroplast stroma in Arabidopsis.
Jiang T, Oh ES, Bonea D, Zhao R
ABA-dependent inhibition of the ubiquitin proteasome system during germination at high temperature in Arabidopsis.
Chiu RS, Pan S, Zhao R, Gazzarrini S
An essential tool for protein expression and biochemistry research
Principal investigators: Zhao, Rongmin
Keywords: Enzymology; Plant growth and development; Plant organelle biosynthesis; Protein biochemistry; Protein folding and degradation; Protein-protein interactions; Protein purification; Proteomics
Protein homeostasis in plant organelles: chloroplast and endoplasmic reticulum
Principal investigators: Zhao, Rongmin
Keywords: Calcium signalling; Chloroplast biogenesis and function; ER stress response; Heat shock protein 90; Membrane protein biogenesis and turnover; Plant development and reproduction; Protein folding and degradation; Protein-protein interaction; Protein secretory pathway; Proteomics
Platform for plant growth, development and stress biology research
Principal investigators: Vanlerberghe, Greg
Role of molecular chaperone HSP90C in regulating plant photosynthesis
Principal investigators: Zhao, Rongmin
Investigation of the molecular chaperone HSP90 in arabidopsis: its function in plant development, organelle physiology and biogenesis
Principal investigators: Zhao, Rongmin
CIHR Training Program in Protein Folding and Interaction Dynamics: Principles and Diseases
Principal investigators: Houry, Walid A; Forman-Kay, Julie D
Keywords: Absorbance; Alzheimer; Analytical Ultracentrifugation; Bacterial Infection; Bioinformatics; Cancer; Chaperones; Circular Dichroism; Computational Biology; Disease; Fluorescence; Folding; Microscopes; Misfolding; Nmr; Parkinson; Prions; Protein-Protein Interactions; Proteins; Proteomics; Training; X-Ray
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Jack Greenblatt and Andrew Emili: 19 shared papers
- Charles Boone and Andrew Emili: 4 shared papers
- Charles Boone and Rongmin Zhao: 2 shared papers
- Sonia Gazzarrini and Rongmin Zhao: 2 shared papers
- Jack Greenblatt and Charles Boone: 1 shared paper
- Jack Greenblatt and Rongmin Zhao: 1 shared paper
- Andrew Emili and Philip Wong: 1 shared paper
- Andrew Emili and Rongmin Zhao: 1 shared paper
- Matthieu Schapira and Rongmin Zhao: 1 shared paper
- Philip Wong and Rongmin Zhao: 1 shared paper
- Donnelly Centre
- Biological Sciences (Scarborough)
- Biological Sciences
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research
- Structural Genomics Consortium
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Charles Boone
Donnelly Centre
2 shared papers, latest 2008
Sonia Gazzarrini
Biological Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Jack Greenblatt
Donnelly Centre
1 shared papers, latest 2005
Andrew Emili
Banting and Best Department of Medical Research
1 shared papers, latest 2005
Matthieu Schapira
Structural Genomics Consortium
1 shared papers, latest 2010
Philip Wong
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2006
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