• Meirong Chen

    Associate Professor
    Research:Structural biology of proteins and nucleic acids
    Tel:
    E-mail:chenmr@cpu.edu.cn
    Office:Room 119
    Laboratory:Room 119
  • 1. Educational Experience

    (1) 2013/10-2016/09Hokkaido UniversityLife SciencePh.D

    (2) 2010/09-2013/07South China University of TechnologyCarbohydrate EngineeringM.S.

    (3) 2006/09-2010/07Jishou UniversityFood Science and EngineeringB.S.

    2. Working Experience

    (1) 2021/07China Pharmaceutical UniversitySchool of PharmacyAssociate Professor

    (2) 2019/06-2021/06Nanjing Agricultural UniversityCollege of Food Science and TechnologyLecturer

    (3) 2017/04-2019/05The Scripps Research InstituteDepartment of Molecular MedicineResearch Associate

    (4) 2016/10-2017/03Hokkaido UniversityFaculty of Advanced Life SciencePostdoc


    (1) The mechanism of the tRNA modification and aminoacylation

    (2) The mechanism of bacterial defense systems and its application


    Research Projects

    National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2023 (General Project)

    National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2021 (Youth Project)


    1.Yang, H.; Yan, R.X.; Li, Y.; Lu, Z.X.; Bie, X.M.; Zhao, H.Z.; Lu, F.X.*; Chen, M.R.* StructureFunction Analysis of a Quinone-Dependent Dehydrogenase Capable of Deoxynivalenol Detoxification. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2022; 70: 6764-6774. (IF: 5.895)

    2. Du, H.C.; Chi, H.B.; Yao, H.L.; Lu, Z.X.; Bie, X.M.; Zhang, C.; Zhao, H.Z.; Lu, F.X.*; Chen, M.R.* The antibacterial activity of plantaricin GZ127 against MRSA and its bio-preservative effect on chilled pork in combination with chitosan. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2022; 365, 109539. (IF: 5.911)

    3. Gao, H.; Niu, J.F.; Yang, H.; Lu, Z.X.; Zhou, L.B.; Meng, F.Q.; Lu, F.X.*; Chen, M.R.* Epimerization of deoxynivalenol by the Devosia strain A6-243 assisted by pyrroloquinoline quinone. Toxins, 2021;14, 16. (IF: 5.075)

    4. Niu, J.F.; Meng, F.Q.; Zhou, Y.W.; Zhang, C.; Lu, Z.X.; Lu, F.X.*; Chen, M.R.* Non-classical secretion of a type I L-asparaginase in Bacillus subtilis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021; 180: 677-683. (IF: 8.025)

    5. Chen, M.R; Kuhle, B.; Diedrich, J.; Liu, Z.; Moresco, J.; Yates, J.; Pan, T.; Yang, X.L.* Cross-editing by a tRNA synthetase allows vertebrates to abundantly express mischargeable tRNA without causing mistranslation. Nucleic Acids Research, 2020; 48: 6445-6457. (IF: 16.971)

    6. Chen, M.R.#; Gai, Z.Q#; Okada, C.; Ye, Y.X.; Yu, J.; Yao, M* FlexibleNAD+ Binding in deoxyhypusine synthase reflects the dynamic hypusine modification of translation factor IF5A. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020; 21:5509. (IF: 5.923)

    7. Ye, Y.X.#; Chen, M.R.#; Kato, K.; Yao, M.* The pH-dependent conformational change of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5: Insights into partner-binding manner, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2019; 519: 186-191. (IF: 2.985)

    8. Sun, X.M.#; Chen, M.R.#; Jia, F.; Hou, Y.; Hu, S.Q.* Crystal structure of wheat glutaredoxin and its application in improving processing quality of flour. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2018; 66: 12079-12087. (IF: 3.571)

    9. Chen, M.R.; Kato, K.; Kubo, Y.; Tanaka, Y.; Liu, Y.C.; Long, F.; Whitman, WB.; Lill, P.; Gatsogiannis, C.; Raunser, S.; Shimizu, N.; Shinoda, A.; Nakamura, A.; Tanaka, I.; Yao, M.* Structural basis for tRNA-dependent cysteine biosynthesis. Nature Communications, 2017; 8: 1521. (IF: 12.353)

    10. Chen, M.R.; Nakazawa, Y.; Kubo, Y.; Asano, N.; Kato, K.; Tanaka, I.; Yao, M.*, Crystallographic analysis of a subcomplex of transsulfursome with tRNA for Cys-tRNACys synthesis. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications, 2016; 72: 569-572. (IF: 0.95)