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Chao Yang

Hong Kong Baptist University

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Bioinformatics· 2 Plant Biology· 2 Biochemistry· 1 Developmental Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:Arabidopsis· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Approach:deep learning· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Research Focus:variant effect prediction· 2

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bohao ZOU· 2 shared Jin XiaoiD· 2 shared Lu ZhangiD· 2 shared Yi DingiD· 2 shared Aiping Lyu· 1 shared Benjamin L. KochiD· 1 shared Bojing Feng· 1 shared Bozeng TangiD· 1 shared

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6 papers

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The structures of two intermediates en route to DNA repair within a (6-4) photolyase

Chao Yang, Qi Yu, Xiaodan Cao, Sven Falke, Jie Nan, Emma V. Beale, Henry N. Chapman, Dongping Zhong, Thomas J. Lane

The paper uses X-ray crystallography to observe intermediates in DNA repair by (6-4) photolyase, revealing an oxetane species and a hemi-cleaved intermediate.

bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry

Pre-binning correction of chimeric contigs reduces reference-discordant gene annotations in near-complete metagenome-assembled genomes

Yi Ding, Jin Xiao, bohao ZOU, Chao Yang, Zhenfeng Wu, Aiping Lyu, Lu Zhang

The paper introduces DeepMM, a deep learning method to correct chimeric contigs in MAGs, improving gene annotation accuracy and reducing reference-discordant genes and virulence-factor calls.

bioRxiv · Oct 15, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

A specialized ARGONAUTE enables trans-species RNA interference in plant immunity

Min Wang, Chao Yang, Enoch Lok Him Yuen, Xiaodong Fang, Fan Qi, Shuang Yang, Benjamin L. Koch, Kun Li, Yingnan Hou, Taerin Oh, Bozeng Tang, Li Feng, Xiuren Zhang, Tolga O. Bozkurt, Xiaoqi Feng, Wenbo Ma

This study identifies AGO10 as a key player in trans-species RNA interference in plant immunity, showing its role in pathogen gene silencing and immune response.

bioRxiv · Feb 19, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology

SUMO proteases SPF1/2 inhibit seed filling and fatty acid biosynthesis by deSUMOylating WRI1

Rui Huang, Mengrui Wen, Yang Chen, Bojing Feng, Miaolun Yuan, Chao Yang, Huizi Huang, Jianhai Mo, Qiuchan Lu, Wenjuan Lai, Zixuan Ma, Lin Zhang, Hongqing Li, Shengchun Zhang

This study identifies SPF1/2 SUMO proteases that inhibit seed filling and fatty acid biosynthesis by deSUMOylating WRI1, enhancing its degradation and reducing oil accumulation in Arabidopsis.

bioRxiv · Aug 1, 2025 · PreprintPlant Biology

The XPF-like domain in SHOC1 required for homologous recombination and safeguarding autosome from meiotic silencing of unsynapsed chromatin

Yuxiang Zhang, Qian Sun, Zhiyong Ji, Ren Mo, Yuchuan Zhou, Jingpeng Zhao, Shuai Xu, Na Li, Yifan Sun, Haowei Bai, Erlei Zhi, Sha Han, Huixing Chen, Jing Zhang, Dewei Qian, , Chencheng Yao

The paper identifies a missense variant in the XPF-like domain of SHOC1 that disrupts meiotic recombination and causes meiotic arrest by impairing DNA repair and chromatin structure.

bioRxiv · May 28, 2025 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

DeepMM: Identify and correct Metagenome Misassemblies with deep learning

Yi Ding, Jin Xiao, bohao ZOU, Chao Yang, Lu Zhang

DeepMM identifies and corrects metagenomic misassemblies using deep learning, improving downstream binning and increasing near-complete MAGs in a real dataset.

bioRxiv · Feb 7, 2025 · PreprintBioinformatics