Full-time Professors (Plant, Microbial and Environmental Biology)-Department of Life Sciences, NCU

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Full-time Professors (Plant, Microbial and Environmental Biology)

  • Release: 2022-02-10
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Dr. Ching-Hui Yeh

  • Job title: Professor
  • Education: Department of Botany, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
  • Expertise: Plant Stress Physiology, Proteomics, Plant Tissue Culture, Signal Transduction
  • mailbox: yehch63@cc.ncu.edu.tw
  • Extension: 65068
Introduction
  1. Position: Professor
  2. Education:
    1. 09/1994 ~ 06/1999 Department of Botany, National Taiwan University. PhD Degree.
    2. 09/1983 ~ 06/1987 Department of Botany, National Taiwan University, B.S. Degree.
  3. Professional Experience:
    1. Professor, Department of Life Science, National Central University (2022~Present)
    2. Associate Professor, Department of Life Science, National Central University (2015~2022)
    3. Assistant Professor, Department of Life Science, National Central University (2003~2015)
    4. 03/2002 ~07/2003 Dr. Tuan-Hua David Ho’s Lab Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis
    5. 02/2001 ~ 07/2001 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, TzuChi University.
    6. 08/1999 ~ 01/2002 Dr. Chu-Yung Lin’s Lab Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Botany, National Taiwan University.
  4. Current Position: 2015/8-present Associate Professor
  5. Contact:886-3-422-7151 ext 65068
  6. FAX:(03) 422-8482
  7. E-mail:yehch63@cc.ncu.edu.tw
Research
Paper
  1. Tseng TS, Yeh KW, Yeh CH, Chang FC, Chen YM and Lin CY (1992) Two rice (Oryza sativa) full length cDNA clones encoding low-molecular-weight heat shock proteins. Plant Molecular Biology 18: 963-965. (SCI)

  2.   Tseng TS, Tzeng SS, Yeh KW, Yeh CH, Chang FC, Chen YM and Lin CY (1993) Heat shock responses in rice seedlings: Isolation and expression of cDNA encoding class I low-molecular-weight heat-shock proteins. Plant Cell Physiol. 34, 165-168. (SCI)

  3. Jinn TL, Wu SH, Yeh CH, Hsieh MH, Yeh YC, Chen YM and Lin CY (1993) Immunological kinship of class I low-molecular-mass heat shock proteins and thermostabilization of soluble proteins in vitro among plants. Plant Cell Physiol. 34, 1055-1062. (SCI)

  4. Yeh KW, Jinn TL, Yeh CH, Chen YM and Lin CY (1994) Plant low-molecular-mass heat –shock proteins: their relationships to the acquisition of thermotolerance in plants. Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 19, 41-49. (SCI)

  5. Yeh CH, Chang PFL, Yeh KW, Lin WC, Chen YM and Lin CY (1997) Expression of a gene encoding a 16.9 kDa heat-shock protein, Oshsp16.9, in Escherichia coli enhances thermotolerance. Proc. Natl. Sci. USA 94: 10967-10972. (SCI) (first author)

  6. Yeh CH, Chang PFL, Yeh KW, Lin WC, Chen YM and Lin CY (1997) Expression of a gene encoding a 16.9 kDa heat-shock protein, Oshsp16.9, in Escherichia coli enhances thermotolerance. Proc. Natl. Sci. USA 94: 10967-10972. (SCI) (first author)

  7. Young LS, Yeh CH, Chen YM and Lin CY (1999) Molecular characterization of Oryza sativa 16.9 kDa heat shock protein. Biochemical J. 344, 31-38. (SCI)

  8. Chiung YM, Lin BL, Yeh CH and Lin CY (2000) Heat shock protein (hsp 70)-related epitopes are common allergenic determinants for barley and corn antigens. Electrophoresis 21, 297-300.

  9. Yeh CH, Chen YM and Lin CY (2002) Functional regions of rice heat shock protein, Oshsp16.9, required for conferring thermotolerance in Escherichia coli. Plant Physiol 128, 661-668. (SCI) (first author)

  10. Guan JC, Jinn TL, Yeh CH, Feng SP, Chen YM, and Lin CY. Characterization of the genomic structures and selective expression profiles of nine class I small heat shock protein genes clustered on two chromosomes in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Plant Molecular Biology. 2004; 56: 795-809. (SCI)

  11. Lee CF, Pu HY, Wang LC, Sayler RJ, Yeh CH, and Wu SJ* (2006) Mutation in a homolog of yeast Vps53p accounts for the heat and osmotic hypersensitive phenotypes in Arabidopsis hit1-1 mutant. Planta 224: 330-338. (SCI)

  12. Yeh CH, Wu SJ, Chen HY, and Lin CY (2007) Physiological effects of azetidine on cellular leakage in soybean seedlings. Plant Science 171: 1124-1130. (SCI) (first author)

  13. Wang LC, Yeh CH, Sayler RJ, Lee YY, Lu CA, and Wu SJ* (2008) Arabidopsis HIT1, a putative homolog of yeast tethering protein Vps53p, is required for pollen tube elongation. Botanical bulletin of Academia Sinica 49:25-32 (SCI)

  14. Guan JC, Yeh CH*, Lin YP, Ke YT, Chen MT, You JW, Liu YH, Lu CA, Wu SJ, and Lin CY* (2010) A 9 bp cis-element in the promoters of class I small heat shock protein genes on chromosome 3 in rice mediates L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid and heat shock responses. Journal of Experimental Botany 61, 4249–4261 (SCI) (first author & corresponding author)

  15. Huang CK, Huang LF, Huang JJ, Wu SJ, Yeh CH, and Lu CA* (2010) A DEAD-box protein, AtRH36, is essential for female gametophyte development and is involved in rRNA biogenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant and Cell Physiology 51, 694-706.


  16. Wu SJ, Wang LC, Yeh CH, Lu CA, and Wu SJ* (2010) Isolation and characterization of the Arabidopsis heat-intolerant 2 (hit2) mutant reveal the essential role of the nuclear export receptor EXPORTIN1A (XPO1A) in plant heat tolerance. New Phytologist 186, 833-842.

  17. Wang LC, Tsai MC, Chang KY, Fan YS, Yeh CH, and Wu SJ* (2011) Involvement of the Arabidopsis HIT1/AtVPS53 tethering protein homologue in the acclimation of the plasma membrane to heat stress. Journal of Experimental Botany 62, 3609-3620.
  18. Wang WK, Chia-Chin Liu, Chiang TY, Ming-Tse Chen, Chou CH, and Yeh CH* (2011) Characterization of expressed sequence tags from flower buds of alpine Lilium formosanum using a Subtractive cDNA Library. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 29, 88-97. (SCI) (corresponding author)
  19. Yeh CH, Kaplinsky NJ, Hu C, and Charng YY* (2012) Some like it hot, some like it warm: Phenotyping to explore thermotolerance diversity. Plant Science 195, 10-23. (SCI) (first author)
  20. Wang LC, Wu JR, Chang WL, Yeh CH, Ke YT, Lu CA, and Wu SJ* (2013) Arabidopsis HIT4 encodes a novel chromocentre-localized protein involved in the heat reactivation of transcriptionally silent loci and is essential for heat tolerance in plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 64, 1689-1701.
  21. Wu TM, Lin WR, Kao YT, Hsu YT, Yeh CH, Hong CY*, and Kao CH (2013) Identification and characterization of a novel chloroplast/mitochondria co-localized glutathione reductase 3 involved in salt stress response in rice. Plant Molecular Biology 83, 379-390.
  22. Hsu KH, Liu CC, Wu SJ, Kuo YY, Lu CA, Wu CR, Lian PJ, Hong CY, Ke YT, Huang JH, and Yeh CH* (2014) Expression of a gene encoding a rice RING zinc‑finger protein, OsRZFP34, enhances stomata opening. Plant Molecular Biology 86, 125-137. (corresponding author)
  23. Chou WL, Huang LF, Fang JC, Yeh CH, Hong CY, Wu SJ, and Lu CA* (2014) Divergence of the expression and subcellular localization of CCR4‑associated factor 1 (CAF1) deadenylase proteins in Oryza sativa. Plant Molecular Biology 85, 443-458.
  24. Huang CK, Lo PC, Huang LF, Wu SJ, Yeh CH, and Lu CA* (2015) A single‑repeat MYB transcription repressor, MYBH, participates in regulation of leaf senescence in Arabidopsis Plant Molecular Biology 88, 269–286
  25. Huang CK, Shen YL, Huang LF, Wu SJ, Yeh CH, and Lu CA* (2016) A single-repeat MYB transcription represor, The DEAD-box RNA helicase AtRH7/PRH75 participates in pre-rRNA processing, plant development and cold tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant and Cell Physiology 57:174-191.
  26. Ke YT, Lu CA, Wu SJ, and Yeh CH* (2016) Characterization of rice group 3 LEA genes in developmental stages and under abiotic stressPlant Molecular Biology Reporter 34:1003-1015. (corresponding author)
  27. Wu JR, Wang LC, Lin YR, Weng CP, and Yeh CH, Wu SJ.* (2017) The Arabidopsis heat-intolerant 5 (hit5)/enhanced response to aba 1 (era1) mutant reveals the crucial role of protein farnesylation in plant responses to heat stress. New Phytologist 213:1181-1193.
  28. Lin KF, Tsai MY, Lu CA, Wu SJ, and Yeh CH* (2018) The roles of Arabidopsis HSFA2, HSFA4a, and HSFA7a in the heat shock response and cytosolic protein response. Botanical Studies 59:15. (SCIE; IF=3.4; 69/238 Plant Sciences) (corresponding author)
  29. Lin KF, Hsu JY, Hsieh DL, Tsai MJ, and Yeh CH*, Chen CY. (2019) Crystal structure of the programmed cell death 5 protein from Sulfolobus solfataricusActa Crystallographica Section F 75: 73-79. (SCIE; IF=0.9; 275/285 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY) (corresponding author)
  30. Ke YT, Lin KF, Gu CH, and Yeh CH* (2020) Molecular characterization and expression profile of PaCOL1, a CONSTANS-like gene in Phalaenopsis orchid. Plants 9:68. (SCIE; IF=4.5; 43/238 Plant Sciences) (corresponding author)
  31. Wang TY , Wu JR, Duong NKT, Lu CA, Yeh CH, and Wu SJ* (2021) HSP70-4 and farnesylated AtJ3 constitute a specific HSP70/HSP40-based chaperone machinery essential for prolonged heat stress tolerance in Arabidopsis. Journal of Plant Physiology 261: 153430. (SCIE; IF=4.3; 46/238 Plant Sciences)
  32. Liu YH, Tseng TS, Wu CR, Cho ST, Kuo CH, Huang XJ, Cheng JY, Hsu KH, Lin KF, Liu CC, and Yeh CH* (2023) Rice OsHsp16.9A interacts with OsHsp101 to confer thermotolerance. Plant Science 330: 111634. (SCI; IF=5.2; 32/238 Plant Sciences) (corresponding author)
  33. Tseng TS, Rajendran, SK, Liu YH, Wu SJ, Lu CA, and Yeh CH* (2023) Overexpression of OsHsp 18.0 in rice enhanced tolerance to heavy metal stress. Plant Cell Reports 42: 1841-1843. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-023-03063-0. (SCIE; IF=6.2; 24/238 Plant Sciences) (corresponding author)
  34. Wu JR, Zohra R, Duong TNK, Yeh CH, Lu CA, and Wu SJ* (2023) A plant protein farnesylation system in prokaryotic cells reveals Arabidopsis AtJ3 produced and farnesylated in E. coli maintains its function of protecting proteins from heat inactivation. Plant Methods 19: 113. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-023-01087-x. (SCIE; IF=5.1; 33/238 Plant Sciences) 

Teaching
  1. Biology
  2. Plant Physiology
  3. Seminar
  4. Advanced Plant Physiology
  5. Special topics in Plant Biochemistry
  6. Special Topics in Plant Tissue Culture
  7. Plant Hormone
  8. Plant Growth and Development
  9. Gene Regulation of plant
Honors
  1. 1999 Dean of Science College Award, National Taiwan University
Laboratory