B.S. Nanjing Agricultural
University, PR China, 1985
M.S. Nanjing Agricultural
University, PR China, 1988
Ph.D. Nanjing Agricultural
University, PR China, 1994
The projects that I am working on are: 1). Isolation and identification
of novel calcium exchangers from the model weed, Arabidopsis thaliana,
and characterization of the function of those calcium transporter
proteins in plants by molecular and genetic approaches. 2). Identification
of subcellular localization of those transporter proteins, which
will aid in understanding where and how those transporter proteins
do work in vivo. 3). CAX-mediated signal transduction.
Before I joined in Dr. Hirschi's research team, I worked on the virus-host interaction in the Plant Biology Division of The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. OK, USA.
Koren’kov, V., Park, S., Cheng, N.-H., Sreevidya, C., Lachmansingh, J., Morris, J., Hirschi, K., Wagner, G.J. (2007) Enhanced Cd2+-selective root-tonoplast-transport in tobacco expression Arabidopsis cation exchangers. Planta 255, 403-411, 2007.
Cheng, N-H.*, Liu, Z-J., Brock, A., Nelson, R.S., and Hirschi, K.D. AtGRXcp, an Arabidopsis chloroplastic glutaredoxin is critical for protection against protein oxidative damage. J. Biol. Chem. 281, 26280-26288, 2006.
Park S, Cheng NH, Pittman JK, Yoo KS, Park J, Smith RH, Hirschi KD. Increased calcium levels and prolonged shelf life in tomatoes expressing Arabidopsis H+/Ca2+ transporters. Plant Physiol. 139(3):1194-1206, 2005.
Cheng NH, Pittman JK, Shigaki T, Lachmansingh J, LeClere S, Lahner B, Salt DE, Hirschi KD. Functional association of Arabidopsis CAX1 and CAX3 is required for normal growth and ion homeostasis. Plant Physiol. 138(4):2048-2060, 2005.
Pittman JK, Shigaki T, Marshall JL, Morris JL, Cheng NH, Hirschi KD. Functional and regulatory analysis of the Arabidopsis thaliana CAX2 cation transporter. Plant Mol Biol. 56(6):959-971, 2004.
Cheng N, Liu J, Nelson S, Hirschi K (2004). Characterization
of CXIP4, a novel Arabidopsis protein that activates the
H+/Ca2+ antiporter, CAX1. FEBS Letters.
(full text).
Cheng N, Pittman J K, Zhu K, and Hirschi K (2004). The Protein
Kinase SOS2 Activates the Arabidopsis H+/Ca2+ Antiporter CAX1
to Integrate Calcium Transport and Salt Tolerance. J. Biol.
Chem. 279: 2922-2926.
(full text).
Cheng N and Hirschi K (2003). Cloning and Characterization of
CXIP1, a Novel PICOT Domain-containing Arabidopsis Protein That
Associates with CAX1. J. Biol. Chem. 278: 6503 - 6509.
(full text).
Cheng N, Pittman J K, Barkla B, Shigaki T, and Hirschi K (2003).
The Arabidopsis cax1 Mutant Exhibits Impaired Ion Homeostasis,
Development, and Hormonal Responses and Reveals Interplay among
Vacuolar Transporters. Plant Cell 2003 15: 347-364.
(full text).
Cheng N, Pittman J K, Shigaki T, and Hirschi K (2001).Characterization
of CAX4: an Arabidopsis H+/Cation Antiporter. Plant Physiol.
2002 128: 1245-1254.
(full text).