Peng Liu

Research Scientist

Research Scientist

Current

Location:

3204_WS013

Research Interests

Epigenetics and Transcription Regulation.

Selected Publications

 

 

1. Peng Liu*†, Seba Nadeef*, Maged F. Serag, Andreu Paytuví-Gallart, Maram
Abadi, Francesco Della Valle, Santiago Radio, Xenia Roda, Jaïr Dilmé Capó, Sabir
Adroub, Nadine Hosny El Said, Bodor Fallatah, Mirko Celii, Gian Marco Messa,
Mengge Wang, Mo Li, Paola Tognini, Lorena Aguilar-Arnal, Satoshi Habuchi,
Selma Masri, Paolo Sassone-Corsi, Valerio Orlando†. PRC2- EZH1 contributes to
circadian gene expression by orchestrating chromatin states and RNA polymerase
II complex stability. The EMBO Journal, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44318-024-
00267-2, 2024.

 

2. Mascha Fiona Dix*†, Peng Liu*, Guoxin Cui, Francesco Della Valle, Valerio
Orlando, Manuel Aranda. Chromatin Immunoprecipitation in the Cnidarian Model

System Exaiptasia diaphana. Jove. 193: e64817, 2023

 

3. Yanmei Chen*†, Jun Xiao, Peng Liu*. Dissecting the plant chromatin
interactome using mass spectrometry. Trends in Biotechnology 40 (3), 261-265,

2022 (Cover Story).

 

4. Qiongli Wang*, Peng Liu*, Hua Jing*, Xiaofeng Zhou, Bo Zhao, Yuan Li, Jingbo
Jin†. JMJ27-mediated histone H3K9 demethylation positively regulates droughtstress

responses in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 232 (1), 221-236, 2021.

 

5. Yanmei Chen, Peng Liu†. Proteome-Wide Chromatin Interactomics to Study

Plant Epigenetics. Trends in plant science. S1360-1385 (21) 00093-5, 2021.

 

6. Arianna Mangiavacchi*, Peng Liu*, Francesco Della Valle*, Valerio Orlando†.
New insights into the functional role of retrotransposon dynamics in mammalian

somatic cells. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 1-12, 2021.

 

7. Peng Liu*, Shuaibin Zhang*, Bing Zhou*, Xi Luo, Xiao Feng Zhou, Bin Cai, Yin
Hua Jin, De Niu, Jinxing Lin, Xiaofeng Cao, Jing Bo Jin†. The Histone H3K4
demethylase JMJ16 represses leaf senescence in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 31

(2), 430-443, 2019.

 

8. Peng Liu, Muhammad Shuaib, Huoming Zhang, Seba S. Nadeef, Valerio
Orlando†. Ubiquitin ligases HUWE1 and NEDD4 cooperatively control signal
dependent PRC2-Ezh1a/b mediated adaptive stress response pathway in skeletal

muscle cells. Epigenetics & Chromatin 12 (1), 1-13, 2019.

 

9. Feng Wang*, Peng Liu*, Quan Zhang, Jian Zhu, Tong Chen, Shin-ichi Arimura,
Nobuhiro Tsutsumi, Jinxing Lin†. Phosphorylation and ubiquitination of dynaminrelated
proteins (AtDRP3A/3B) synergically regulate mitochondrial proliferation

during mitosis. The Plant Journal 72(1):43-56, 2012.

 

10. Yanmei Chen*†, Peng Liu*, Wolfgang Hoehenwarter, Jinxing Lin. Proteomic
and phosphoproteomic analysis of Picea wilsonii pollen development under

nutrient limitation. Journal of Proteome Research 11(8):4180-90, 2012.

 

11. Arianna Mangiavacchi, Gabriele Morelli, Sjur Reppe, Alfonso Saera-Vila,
Peng Liu, Benjamin Eggerschwiler, Huoming Zhang, Dalila Bensaddek, Elisa A
Casanova, Carolina Medina Gomez, Vid Prijatelj, Francesco Della Valle, Nazerke
Atinbayeva, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Fernando Rivadeneira, Paolo Cinelli,
Kaare Morten Gautvik, Valerio Orlando. LINE-1 RNA triggers matrix formation in
bone cells via a PKR-mediated inflammatory response. The EMBO Journal

43:3587–3603, 2024

 

12. Junwen Wu, Peng Liu, Yukun Liu. Thermosensing and thermal responses in

plants. Trends in Biochemical Sciences 48(11):923-926, 2023

 

13. Jacob G Smith, Kevin B Koronowski, Thomas Mortimer, Tomoki Sato, Carolina
M Greco, Paul Petrus, Amandine Verlande, Siwei Chen, Muntaha Samad,
Ekaterina Deyneka, Lavina Mathur, Ronnie Blazev, Jeffrey Molendijk, Arun Kumar,
Oleg Deryagin, Mireia Vaca-Dempere, Valentina Sica, Peng Liu, Valerio Orlando,
Benjamin L Parker, Pierre Baldi, Patrick-Simon Welz, Cholsoon Jang, Selma Masri,
Salvador Aznar Benitah, Pura Muñoz-Cánoves, Paolo Sassone-Corsi. Liver and
muscle circadian clocks cooperate to support glucose tolerance in mice. Cell

Report 42(6):112588, 2023

 

14. Meng Wang, Qing Ji, Peng Liu, Yukun Liu. NAD+ depletion and defense

in bacteria. Trends in Microbiology 31(5):435-438, 2023

 

15. Francesco Della Valle*, Pradeep Reddy*, Mako Yamamoto, Peng Liu, Alfonso
Saera-Vila, Dalila Bensaddek, Huoming Zhang, Javier Prieto Martinez, Leila
Abassi, Mirko Celii, Alejandro Ocampo, Estrella Nuñez Delicado, Arianna
Mangiavacchi, Riccardo Aiese Cigliano, Concepcion Rodriguez Esteban, Steve
Horvath, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte†, Valerio Orlando†. LINE-1 RNA causes
heterochromatin erosion and is a target for amelioration of senescent phenotypes

in progeroid syndromes. Science Translational Medicine 14 (657):eabl6057, 2022.

 

16. Meng Wang, Qing Ji†, Peng Liu, Yukun Liu†. Guarding and hijacking: stomata

on the move. Trends in Plant Science 27 (8): 736-738, 2022.

 

17. Nadine Hosny El Said*, Francesco Della Valle*, Peng Liu, Andreu Paytuví-
Gallart, Sabir Adroub, Juliette Gimenez, Valerio Orlando†. Malat-1-PRC2-EZH1
interaction supports adaptive oxidative stress dependent epigenome remodeling

in skeletal myotubes. Cell Death & Disease 12 (10):1-10, 2021.

 

18. Francesco Della Valle*, Manjula P. Thimma*, Massimiliano Caiazzo, Salvatore
Pulcrano, Sabir Adroub, Peng Liu, Gregorio A. Lobato, Vania Broccoli, Valerio
Orlando†. Mobilization of LINE-1 repetitive elements accompanies
transdifferentiation of fibroblasts into dopaminergic neurons and produces a

functional chimeric genome. Stem Cell Reports 14 (1):60-74, 2020.

 

19. XiaoLi Lin, De Niu, Zi-Liang Hu, Dae Heon Kim, Yin Hua Jin, Bin Cai, Peng
Liu, Kenji Miura, Dae-Jin Yun, Woe-Yeon Kim, Rongcheng Lin, Jing Bo Jin†. An
Arabidopsis SUMO E3 ligase, SIZ1, negatively regulates photomorphogenesis by

promoting COP1 activity. PLoS Genetics 12 (4): e1006016, 2016.

 

20. Xiangxiong Kong, Xi Luo, Gao-Ping Qu, Peng Liu, Jing Bo Jin†. Arabidopsis
SUMO protease ASP1 positively regulates flowering time partially through

regulating FLC stability. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 59 (1):15-29, 2016.

 

21. Yu Ling*, Chunyu Zhang*, Tong Chen, Huaiqing Hao, Peng Liu, Ray A Bressan,
Paul M Hasegawa, Jing Bo Jin, Jinxing Lin†. Mutation in SUMO E3 ligase, SIZ1,
disrupts the mature female gametophyte in Arabidopsis, PLos One, 7 (1): e29470,
2012.
Book Chapter (*Equal contribution, † Corresponding author)
1. Peng Liu†, Huoming Zhang, Francesco Della Valle, Valerio Orlando†. Chapter
9: Dynamic interactome of PRC2-EZH1 complex using tandem-affinity purification
and quantitative mass spectrometry. Methods in Molecular Biology on Polycomb
Group of proteins (Vol. 2655: 2655:101-116, Chiara Lanzuolo and Federica
Marasca (Eds): Polycomb Group Proteins), 2023
2. Francesco Della Valle †, Peng Liu, Gabriele Morelli, Valerio Orlando†. Chapter
3: Detecting cell compartment-specific PRC2-RNA interactions via UV-RIP.
Methods in Molecular Biology on Polycomb Group of proteins (Vol. 2655:31-39,
Chiara Lanzuolo and Federica Marasca (Eds): Polycomb Group Proteins), 2023

Education

 

  • Sep. 2006-Jul. 2012, Ph.D., Major in Developmental Biology -Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences-Supervisor: Prof. Jinxing Lin and Prof. Jingbo Jin
  • Sep. 2002-Jul. 2006, B.S., Major in Biotechnology                                                                                                              College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, China

Professional Profile

  • Jul. 2012- May.2015, Research Associate

Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences


  • May. 2015-Sep. 2019, Post-Doctoral Fellow

KAUST Environmental Epigenetics Research Program, Biological, and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology


  • Jan. 2020-Dec. 2021, Research Scientist

KAUST Environmental Epigenetics Research Program, Biological, and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology