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Kuai, Benke

Kuai, Benke, Professor

E-mail: bkkuai@fudan.edu.cn

 

 

 

 

 

From 1978 to 1985, Benke Kuai studied at Nanjing Agricultural University and obtained his bachelor’s degree in Botany and Plant Physiology in 1982 and MSc degree in Plant Genetics and Breeding in 1985. From 1991 to 1994, he conducted Ph.D. program at the University of Wales and obtained Ph.D. in Biotechnology in 1994. From 1994 to 1997, he worked first as a post-doctor and later as a special fellow at BBSRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research; From 2000 to 2001, he worked as a visiting professor at Duke University; He joined Fudan University as an associate professor in 1995 and then a full professor in 1998, working on plant biotechnology and molecular biology of green organ (leaf) senescence.

 

Research Interests

Long standing interests in studying 1) chlorophyll degradation and its significance in plant development, 2) the relationship of green organ (leaf) senescence and plant surviability under drought stress, 3) the coordinated regulation of chlorophyll degradation and nutrient biosynthesis in tomato fruits.

 

Awards

2004, First class award of Shanghai Excellent Invention Contest;

Excellent Young Teacher of Shanghai;

Shanghai Shuguang Plan

 

Selected publications

  1. Li Z, Wu S, Chen J, Wang X, Gao J, Ren G*, Kuai B*. (2017) NYEs/SGRs-mediated chlorophyll degradation is critical for detoxification during seed maturation in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 92:650-661.
  2. Chen J, Zhu X, Ren J, Qiu K, Li Z, Xie Z, Gao J, Zhou X*, Kuai B*. (2017) Suppressor of Overexpression of CO 1 negatively regulates dark-induced leaf degreening and senescence by directly repressing pheophytinase and other senescence-associated genes in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 173(3):1881-1891.
  3. Gao S, Gao J, Zhu X, Song Y, Li Z, Ren G, Zhou X*, Kuai B*. (2016) ABF2, ABF3, and ABF4 promote ABA-mediated chlorophyll degradation and leaf senescence by transcriptional activation of chlorophyll catabolic genes and senescence-associated genes in Arabidopsis. Mol. Plant. 9(9):1272-1285.
  4. Wu S, Li Z, Yang L, Xie Z, Chen J, Zhang W, Liu T, Gao S, Gao J, Zhu Y, Xin J, Ren G*, Kuai B*. (2016) NON-YELLOWING2 (NYE2), a close paralog of NYE1, plays a positive role in chlorophyll degradation in Arabidopsis. Mol. Plant. 9(4):624-627.
  5. Li Z, Wang X, Chen J, Gao J, Zhou X*, Kuai B*. (2016) CCX1, a putative cation / Ca2+ exchanger, participates in the regulation of reactive oxygen species homeostasis and leaf senescence. Plant and Cell Physiol. 57 (12):2611-2619.
  6. Zhu X, Chen J, Xie Z, Gao J, Ren G, Gao S, Zhou X*, Kuai B*. (2015) Jasmonic acid promotes degreening via MYC2/3/4- and ANAC019/055/072-mediated regulation of major chlorophyll catabolic genes. Plant J. 84:597-610.
  7. Qiu K, Li Z, Yang Z, Chen J, Wu S, Zhu X, Gao S, Gao J, Ren G, Kuai B*, Zhou X*. (2015) EIN3 and ORE1 accelerate degreening during ethylene-mediated leaf senescence by directly activating chlorophyll catabolic genes in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genet. 11(7): e1005399 doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005399
  8. Wang X, Gao J, Zhu Z, Dong X, Wang X, Ren G, Zhou X*, Kuai B*. (2015） TCP transcription factors are critical for the coordinated regulation of ISOCHORISMATE SYNTHASE 1 expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 82:151-162.
  9. Song Y, Yang C, Gao S, Zhang W, Li L*, Kuai B*. (2014) Age-Triggered and Dark-Induced leaf senescence require the bHLH transcription factors PIF3, 4 and 5. Mol. Plant. 7:1776-1787.
  10. Ren G, An K, Liao Y, Zhou X, Cao Y, Zhao H, Ge X, Kuai B*. (2007） Identification of a novel chloroplast protein AtNYE1 regulating chlorophyll degradation during leaf senescence in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 144:1429-1441.