Huijuan Yan

Huijuan Yan, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-Current)

Bio

 

Education

Ph.D., Plant Pathology — Texas A&M University, College Station
B.S., Plant Protection — Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University

Contact

[email protected]

Publications

Transcriptome analysis of maize pathogen Fusarium verticillioides revealed FvLcp1, a secreted protein with type-D fungal LysM and chitin-binding domains, that plays important roles in pathogenesis and mycotoxin production.
Zhang H, Kim MS, Huang J, Yan H, Yang T, Song L, Yu W, Shim WB.
Microbiol Res. 2022 Dec;265:127195. doi: 10.1016/j.micres.2022.127195. Epub 2022 Sep 14. PMID:
36126492.

Distinct Function of Mediator Subunits in Fungal Development, Stress Response, and Secondary Metabolism in Maize Pathogen Fusarium verticillioides.
Zhou Z, Yan H, Kim MS, Shim WB.
Phytopathology. 2022 Aug;112(8):1730-1738. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-12-21-0495-R. Epub 2022 Jul 4. PMID: 35271780.

Leveraging machine learning essentiality predictions and chemogenomic interactions to identify antifungal targets.
Fu C, Zhang X, Veri AO, Iyer KR, Lash E, Xue A, Yan H, Revie NM, Wong C, Lin ZY, Polvi EJ, Liston SD, VanderSluis B, Hou J, Yashiroda Y, Gingras AC, Boone C, O'Meara TR, O'Meara MJ, Noble S, Robbins N, Myers CL, Cowen LE.
Nat Commun. 2021 Nov 11;12(1):6497. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26850-3. PMID: 34764269; PMCID: PMC8586148.

Fusarium verticillioides Induces Maize-Derived Ethylene to Promote Virulence by Engaging Fungal G-Protein Signaling.
Park YS, Borrego EJ, Gao X, Christensen SA, Schmelz E, Lanubile A, Drab DA, Cody W, Yan H, Shim WB, Kolomiets MV.
Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2021 Oct;34(10):1157-1166. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-09-20-0250-R. Epub 2021 Oct 28. PMID: 34165327.

Fusarium verticillioides FvPex8 Is a Key Component of the Peroxisomal Docking/Translocation Module That Serves Important Roles in Fumonisin Biosynthesis but Not in Virulence.
Yu W, Lin M, Peng M, Yan H, Wang J, Zhou J, Lu G, Wang Z, Shim WB.
Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2021 Jul;34(7):803-814. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-10-20-0273-R. Epub 2021 Aug 16. PMID: 33749306.

Two regulators of G-protein signaling (RGS) proteins FlbA1 and FlbA2 differentially regulate fumonisin B1 biosynthesis in Fusarium verticillioides.
Yan H, Zhou Z, Shim WB.
Curr Genet. 2021 Apr;67(2):305-315. doi: 10.1007/s00294-020-01140-5. Epub 2021 Jan 3. PMID: 33392742.

Characterization of non-canonical G beta-like protein FvGbb2 and its relationship with heterotrimeric G proteins in Fusarium verticillioides.
Yan H, Shim WB.
Environ Microbiol. 2020 Feb;22(2):615-628. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14875. Epub 2019 Dec 3. PMID: 31760684.

Fusarium verticillioides SNARE protein FvSyn1 harbours two key functional motifs that play selective roles in fungal development and virulence.
Zhang H, Yan H, Shim WB. 
Microbiology (Reading). 2019 Oct;165(10):1075-1085. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.000843. Epub 2019 Aug 7. PMID: 31390325.

A Rab GTPase protein FvSec4 is necessary for fumonisin B1 biosynthesis and virulence in Fusarium verticillioides.
Yan H, Huang J, Zhang H, Shim WB.
Curr Genet. 2020 Feb;66(1):205-216. doi: 10.1007/s00294-019-01013-6. Epub 2019 Jul 11. PMID: 31292685.

Characterizing co-expression networks underpinning maize stalk rot virulence in Fusarium verticillioides through computational subnetwork module analyses.
Kim MS, Zhang H, Yan H, Yoon BJ, Shim WB.
Sci Rep. 2018 May 29;8(1):8310. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26505-2. PMID: 29844502; PMCID: PMC5974142.

Aspergillus nidulans flippase DnfA is cargo of the endocytic collar and plays complementary roles in growth and phosphatidylserine asymmetry with another flippase, DnfB.
Schultzhaus Z, Yan H, Shaw BD.
Mol Microbiol. 2015 Jul;97(1):18-32. doi: 10.1111/mmi.13019. Epub 2015 May 9. PMID: 25846564.