Boqin Tong; MeLongying Wangzha; Jie Wang; Baoguo Wu; Chunli Zhang; András Viczián; Assaf Mosquna; Yizhuo Mu; Bingbing Wan; Li Lin*; Ruohe Yin*. (2026). Phosphorylation of the plant photoreceptor UVR8 regulates its photocycle and enhances UV-B signaling across species. The Plant Cell accepted (DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koag285)

Yue Liu, Jie Wang, MeLongying Wangzha, Baoguo Wu, Qianwen Zhang, Chunli Zhang, Yujie Wu, Yizhuo Mu, Keyan Zhang, Junhong Zhang, Zhaojun Liu, Sridevi Sureshkumar, Yubao Lv, Yumeng Yang, Li Lin, Sureshkumar Balasubramanian，Chaowen Xiao, Baocai Zhang, Ruohe Yin*. (2026). Disrupting Two Arabidopsis thaliana Xylosyltransferase Genes Results in Plants Deficient in Thermomorphogenesis，New Phytologist，  accepted (DOI: 10.1111/nph.71616）

Baoguo Wu^#, Chunli Zhang^#, Feier Zha, Yanwen Xue, Xiaopeng Chen, Ruohe Yin, Li Lin*, Photoreceptor UVR8-mediated ultraviolet-B signaling inhibits nicotine biosynthesis in Nicotiana benthamiana, Plant Physiology, Volume 200, Issue 2, February 2026, kiag002, https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiag002

Dawei Xu^#, Li Lin^#, Xiaorui Liu, MeLongying Wangzha, Xiaoqing Pang,Liping Feng, Bingbing Wan, Guo-Zhang Wu, Jingquan Yu, Jean-David Rochaix, Bernhard Grimm, Ruohe Yin*  Characterization of a tomato chlh missense mutant reveals a new function of ChlH in fruit ripening, Plant Biotechnology Journal (2025) 23, pp. 911–926 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.14548

Zhang Q^#, Liu Y^#, Zhang C, Xu D, Medina-Fraga AL, Wu B, Guo C, Wangzha M, Yang G, Zhu D, Weiss D, Ballaré CL, Lin L, Yin R*. SlSPA3 regulates the nuclear abundance of SlUVR8 in tomato. The Plant Journal. 2024 Nov 10. doi: 10.1111/tpj.17135. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39522175.

Qianwen Zhang^#, Xiaofeng Cai^#, Baoguo Wu, Boqin Tong, Dawei Xu, Jie Wang, Beimi Cui, Ruohe Yin, Li Lin*, S-nitrosylation may inhibit the activity of COP1 in plant photomorphogenesis, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications  Volume 719, 2024,150096, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.150096.

Zhang Q, Lin L, Fang F, Cui B, Zhu C, Luo S, Yin R*. Dissecting the functions of COP1 in the UVR8 pathway with a COP1 variant in Arabidopsis The Plant Journal, 2023  https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16059

Xu D, Liu X, Guo C, Lin L, Yin R.* The B-box transcription factor 4 regulates seedling photomorphogenesis and flowering in tomato. Scientia Horticulturae, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2022.111692

Fang F^#, Lin L^#, Zhang^#, Q, Lu M, Skvortsova  M, Podolec  R, Zhang Q, Pi J, Zhang C, Ulm R. and Yin R*. (2022), Mechanisms of UV-B light-induced photoreceptor UVR8 nuclear localization dynamics. New Phytol. Accepted Author Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18468

Zhang C, Wu Y, Liu X, Zhang J, Li X, Lin L, Yin R* Pivotal roles of HY5 in regulation of plant development and fruit metabolism in tomato. Plant Physiol. kiac133. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac133

Yang G, Zhang C, Dong H, Liu X, Guo H, Tong B, Fang F, Zhao Y, Yu Y, Liu Y, Lin L, Yin R* Activation and negative feedback regulation of SlHY5 transcription by the SlBBX20/21–SlHY5 transcription factor module in UV-B signaling. Plant Cell. 2022. koac064, https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac064

Zhang C, Zhang Q, Guo H, Yu.X, Liang W, Chen Y, Yin R and Lin L^*. Tomato SlRUP is a negative regulator of UV-B photomorphogenesis. Mol Horticulture. 2021;1(8).

Dong H^#, Liu X^#, Zhang C, Guo H, Liu Y, Chen H,Yin R and Lin L^*. Expression of Tomato UVR8 in Arabidopsis reveals conserved photoreceptor function. Plant Sci. 2021;303:110766.

Liu X^#, Zhang Q^#, Yang G, Zhang C, Dong H, Liu Y, Yin R and Lin L^*. Pivotal roles of Tomato photoreceptor SlUVR8 in seedling development and UV-B stress tolerance. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2020;522(1):177-83.

Lin L, Dong H, Yang G and Yin R^*. The C-terminal 17 amino acids of the photoreceptor UVR8 is involved in the fine-tuning of UV-B signaling. J Integr Plant Biol. 2020;62(9):1327-40.

Lin L, Liu X and Yin R^*. PIF3 Integrates Light and Low Temperature Signaling. Trends Plant Sci. 2018;23(2):93-5.

Yin R and Ulm R^*. How plants cope with UV-B: from perception to response. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2017;37:42-8.

Yin R^*. Cooling Down Thermomorphogenesis by UV-B Signaling. Trends Plant Sci. 2017;22(6):447-9.

Yin R, Skvortsova MY, Loubery S and Ulm R^*. COP1 is required for UV-B-induced nuclear accumulation of the UVR8 photoreceptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2016;113(30):E4415-22.

Tilbrook K, Dubois M, Crocco CD, Yin R, Chappuis R, Allorent G, Schmid-Siegert E, Goldschimidt-Clermont M and Ulm R^*. UV-B Perception and Acclimation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Cell. 2016;28(4):966-83.

Binkert M, Crocco CD, Ekundayo B, Lau K, Raffelberg S, Tilbrook K, Yin R, Chappuis R, Schalch T and Ulm R^*. Revisiting chromatin binding of the Arabidopsis UV-B photoreceptor UVR8. BMC Plant Biol. 2016;16:42.

Yin R, Arongaus AB, Binkert M and Ulm R^*. Two distinct domains of the UVR8 photoreceptor interact with COP1 to initiate UV-B signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 2015;27(1):202-13.

Yin R^*, Han K, Heller W, Albert A, Dobrev PI, Zazimalova E and Schaffner A^*. Kaempferol 3-O-rhamnoside-7-O-rhamnoside is an endogenous flavonol inhibitor of polar auxin transport in Arabidopsis shoots. New Phytol. 2014;201(2):466-75.

Heijde M, Binkert M, Yin R, Ares-Orpel F, Rizzini L, Van De Slijke E, Persiau G, Nolf J, Gevaert K, De Jaeger G and Ulm R^*. Constitutively active UVR8 photoreceptor variant in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2013;110(50):20326-31.

Crefcoeur RP, Yin R, Ulm R and Halazonetis TD^*. Ultraviolet-B-mediated induction of protein-protein interactions in mammalian cells. Nat Commun. 2013;4:1779.

Yin R, Messner B, Faus-Kessler T, Hoffmann T, Schwab W, Hajirezaei MR, von Saint Paul V, Heller W and Schaffner A^*. Feedback inhibition of the general phenylpropanoid and flavonol biosynthetic pathways upon a compromised flavonol-3-O-glycosylation. J Exp Bot. 2012;63(7):2465-78.