Molecular regulation of photosynthesis and chloroplast biogenesis
Photosynthetic pigment metabolism
Plastid proteostasis
Plastid signaling
Adaption of plants to climate change
Current Research
Post-translational regulation of chlorophyll metabolism
Chaperone-mediated thermoprotection of plastid proteins
Regulation of plastid proteostasis in response to climate change
Biogenesis and maintenance of chlorophyll-binding proteins
Identification of auxiliary factors involved in plant response to temperature stress
Fellowships
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship
Excellent Graduate Student Scholarship, Sun Yat-sen University
Publications and News
Wang P., Ji S., and Grimm B. (2022). Post-translational metabolic checkpoints of plant tetrapyrrole biosynthesis. Journal of Experimental Botany erac203.
Ji S., Siegel A., Shan S., Grimm B., and Wang P. (2021). Chloroplast SRP43 protects chlorophyll biosynthesis proteins against heat shock. Nature Plants 7: 1420-1432. Recommended in Faculty Opinions
Wang P. and Grimm B. (2021). Connecting chlorophyll metabolism and accumulation of the photosynthetic apparatus. Trends Plant Sci 26(5):484-495.
Wang P. and Grimm B. (2020). Expression and purification of Arabidopsis transmembrane protein BCM1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Bio-protocol 10(18): e3758.
Wang P., Richter A.S., Kleeberg R.W.J., Geimer S., and Grimm B. (2020). Post-translational coordination of chlorophyll biosynthesis and breakdown by BCMs maintains chlorophyll homeostasis during leaf development. Nat Commun 11:1254.
Wang P., Liang F., Wittmann D., Siegel A., Shan S., and Grimm B. (2018). Chloroplast SRP43 acts as a chaperone for glutamyl-tRNA reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme in tetrapyrrole biosynthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115(15):E3588-E3596.
Wittmann D, Kløve S, Wang P., Grimm B. (2018). Towards initial indications for a thiol-based redox control of Arabidopsis 5-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase. Antioxidants 7(11):E152.
Da Q., Wang P., Wang M., Sun T., Jin H., Wang J., Grimm B., and Wang H. (2017). Thioredoxin and NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase C regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis. Plant Physiol 175(2):652-666.
Daniel H., Rothbart M., Herbst J., Wang P., Müller J., Wittmann D., Gruhl K., and Grimm B. (2017). LIL3, a light-harvesting complex protein, link terpenoid and tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol 174(2):1037-1050.
Awards and honors
Travel Award, the XIX International Botanical Congress
