Dr. Smadar Harpaz-Saad
Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
Cyril Rosenbaum Senior Lectureship in Horticulture
Plant cell wall, cellulose biosynthesis, genes in cell wall function, Seed mucilage to study cell wall metabolism, Fruit tree physiology.
Contact Us
Mailing Address:
The Robert H. Smith Institute of
Plant Sciences and Genetics
in Agriculture
Herzl 229, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
Administrator:
Neomi Maimon
Tel: 972-8-948-9251,
Fax: 972-8-948-9899,
E-mail: neomim@savion.huji.ac.il
Secretary of teaching program:
Ms. Iris Izenshtadt
Tel: 972-8-9489333
E-mail: Iris.Izenshtadt@mail.huji.ac.il
Director:
Prof. Naomi Ori
Tel: 972-8-948-9605
E-mail: naomi.ori@mail.huji.ac.il
Selected Publications
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Harpaz-Saad, S., Western, T.L. and Kieber, J.J. (2012).
The FEI2-SOS5 pathway and CELLULOSE SYNTHASE 5 are required for cellulose biosynthesis in the Arabidopsis seed coat and affect pectin mucilage structure. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 7:285-288. -
Harpaz-Saad, S., Yoon, G. M., Mattoo, A. K., and Kieber , J. J. (2012).
The Formation of ACC and Competition Between Polyamines and Ethylene for SAM. Annual Plant Reviews 44: 53–81. -
Harpaz-Saad, S., McFarlane, H.E., Xu, S., Divi, U.K., Forward, B., Western, T.L. and Kieber, J.J. (2011).
Cellulose synthesis via the FEI2 RLK/SOS5 pathway and CELLULOSE SYNTHASE 5 is required for the structure of seed coat mucilage in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal, 68:941-953. (Featured article; cover photo). -
Azoulay-Shemer, T., Harpaz-Saad, S., Cohen-Peer, R., Mett, A., Spicer, V., Lovat, N., Krokhin, O., Brand, A., Gidoni, D., Standing, K.G., Goldschmidt, E.E. and Eyal, Y. (2011).
Dual N- and C-terminal processing of citrus chlorophyllase precursor within the plastid membranes leads to the mature enzyme. Plant and Cell Physiology, 52:70-83. -
Berger, Y., Harpaz-Saad, S., Brand, A., Melnik, H., Sirding, N., Alvarez, J. P., Zinder, M., Samach, A., Eshed, Y. and Ori, N. (2009).
The NAC-domain transcription factor GOBLET specifies leaflet boundaries in compound tomato leaves. Development. 136:823-832. (Featured article; cover photo). -
Harpaz-Saad, S., Azoulay, T., Arazi, T., Ben-Yaakov, E., Mett, A., Shibolet, Y. M., Hortensteiner, S., Gidoni, D., Gal-On, A., Goldschmidt, E. E., and Eyal, Y. (2007).
Chlorophyllase is a rate limiting enzyme in chlorophyll catabolism and is posttranslationally regulated. Plant Cell, 19:1007-1022. -
Azoulay Shemer, T., Harpaz-Saad, S., Belausov, E., Lovat, N., Krokhin, O., Spicer, V., Standing, K. G., Goldschmidt, E. E. and Eyal, Y. (2008).
Citrus chlorophyllase dynamics at ethylene-induced fruit color-break; a study of chlorophyllase expression, posttranslational processing kinetics and in-situ intracellular localization. Plant Physiology, 148:108-118. -
Ben-Yaakov, E., Harpaz-Saad, S., Galili, D., Eyal, Y. and Goldschmidt, E. E. (2006).
Chlorophyllase activity and chlorophyll degradation during the course of leaf senescence. Israeli J. Plant Sciences, 54:129-135. -
Harpaz, S., Goldschmidt, E. E., Gizis, A., Vaya, Y. and Ben-Arie, R. (2001).
Post-harvest treatments of lychee fruit as revealed in fruit surface morphology and enzyme activity. Acta Horticulture, 313-315.