Investigation and manipulation of tricin lignin in grass family
Research Team
Lab technician
Postgraduate students (PhD and MPhil)
Publications and News
Lam PY, Tobimatsu Y, Takeda Y, Suzuki S, Yamamura M, Umezawa T, Lo C (2017) Disrupting flavone synthase II alters lignin and improves biomass digestibility. Plant Physiology 174 (2):972-985.
Liu H, Li Q, Yang F, Zhu FY, Sun Y, Tao Y, Lo C (2016) Differential regulation of protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase abundances by VIRESCENT 5A (OsV5A) and VIRESCENT 5B (OsV5B) in rice seedlings. Plant and Cell Physiology 57: 2392-2402
Lam PY, Liu H, Lo C (2015) Completion of tricin biosynthesis pathway in rice: Cytochrome P450 75B4 is a novel chrysoeriol 5'-hydroxylase. Plant Physiology 168:1527-1536
Lam PY, Zhu FY, Chan WL, Liu H, Lo C (2014) Cytochrome P40 93G1 is a flavone synthase II which channels flavanones to the biosynthesis of tricin O-linked conjugates in rice. Plant Physiology 165:1315-1327
Zhu FY, Li L, Lam PY, Chen MX, Chye ML, Lo C (2013) Sorghum extracellular leucine-rich repeat protein SbLRR2 mediates lead tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis. Plant and Cell Physiology 54:1549-1559
Du Y, Chu H, Chu IK, Lo C* (2010) CYP93G2 is a flavanone 2-hydroxylase required for C-glycosyl-flavone biosynthesis in rice. Plant Physiology 154:324-333
Liu H, Du Y, Chu H, Shih CH, Wong YW, Wang M, Chu IK, Tao Y, Lo C* (2010) Molecular dissection of the pathogen-inducible 3-deoxyanthocyanidin pathway in sorghum. Plant and Cell Physiology 51:1173-1185
Awards and Honours
Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2012 (Faculty of Science) for “HKU Junior Science Institute” (team award)
