Mitochondrial Biology Lab
Dept of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Priyanka Kataria
Integrated PhD Student
IISc Fellowship
B.Sc. Botany Hons. Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi
Research Summary
Plants being sessile organisms are constantly exposed to different abiotic and biotic stresses, hence they have evolved various strategies to overcome these deleterious conditions. DJ-1 superfamily proteins are found across various species, they have been identified as multi-stress responding proteins. However, role of DJ-1 family proteins in plants is still elusive. My research project is to understand the structural and functional role of DJ-1 paralogs of Arabidopsis thaliana.