We congratulate Mr. Somnath Mondal, PhD student from the Developmental Genetics Laboratory, on winning First Prize in the Poster Presentation at the combined meeting of the Indian Society of Developmental Biologists (InSDB) and the International Society of Differentiation (ISD).
Presented below is a brief excerpt from Dr Manjula Kalia on her lab’s recent publication in PLOS Pathogens:
In this study we have characterized the early events of Japanese encephalitis virus infection in neuronal cells using molecular and pharmacological perturbations, and high resolution-imaging.
A recent study by Raghav et al., published in the Journal of Bacteriology from Dr. Deepti’s lab, dissects the role of various domains of the GTPase FlhF from Pseudomonas aeruginosa in flagellar biogenesis and its placement on the bacterial cell surface.
Polysaccharide acetylation plays a crucial role in plant development and is regulated by acetyltransferases and esterases located in the Golgi, plasma membrane, or cell wall. The role of acetylesterases in plant cell walls remains poorly understood. We investigated Arabidopsis GELP53, a member of the GDSL Esterase/Lipase Protein (GELP) family, which is localized in the plasma membrane. Our structural and biochemical analyses showed that GELP53 acts as a xyloglucan acetyl esterase, marking the first report of this enzyme in plants.
