Scientist Profile

Plant Specialized Metabolism: Biosynthesis, Function, Evolution and Applications; TILLING; Gene Superfamily Characterization

Email id: panneer.krishna@nabi.res.in

• JSPS Invitational Fellow, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan (May 2022 ~ Jan. 2023)
• INSPIRE Faculty Fellow, ICAR – National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli, India (Apr. 2018 ~ Jan. 2023)
• JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Crop Science, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan (Nov. 2015 ~ Nov. 2017)
• Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA, Jeonju, South Korea (Mar. 2014 ~ Oct. 2015)
• Researcher, Chonnam National University (Yeosu campus), Yeosu, South Korea (Sept. 2013 ~ Feb. 2014)
• PhD in Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University (Yeosu Campus), Yeosu, South Korea (Sept. 2010 ~ Aug. 2013)

1. Developed an easy and efficient method to resolve plant saponins and sugars by TLC
2. Isolated and characterized multiple natural/ induced mutant alleles for soyasaponin biosynthesis
    

1. Engineering the Natural Chemical Defense of Banana
2. Development of a high-efficient MusaTILLING resource
3. Improving the Taste/ Nutritional Qualities of Soybean
4. Classification of Gene Superfamilies

Publications (Best Five)

1. Krishnamurthy P, Fujisawa Y, Takahashi Y, Abe H, Yamane K, Mukaiyama K, Son HR, Hiraga S, Kaga A, Anai T, Tsukamoto C, Ishimoto M* (2019) High–throughput screening and characterization of a high-density soybean mutant library elucidate the biosynthesis pathway of triterpenoid saponins. Plant Cell Physiol. 60(5): 1082–1097. #Selected as outstanding article by PCP and highlighted in ‘Research Highlights’ section of its May issue: https://academic.oup.com/pcp/pages/research_highlights_2019_05
2. Krishnamurthy P*, Tsukamoto C, Ishimoto M (2020) Reconstruction of the evolutionary histories of UGT gene superfamily in legumes clarifies the functional divergence of duplicates in specialized metabolism. Int J Mol Sci. 21(5): 1855. 
3. Nimmy MS, Kumar V, Suthanthiram B, Subbaraya U, Nagar R, Bharadwaj C, Jain PK, Krishnamurthy P* (2022) A systematic phylogenomic classification coupled with homology and synteny network unveils the distinct evolutionary trajectories of MATE gene family in plants. Front Plant Sci. 13: 774885.
4. Pothiraj R, Ravikumar MJ, Suthanthiram B, Subbaraya U, Krishnamurthy P* (2021) Genome-scale analyses of polyketide synthases in banana: phylogenetics and expression profiling forecast their candidacy in specialized metabolism. Gene 778: 145472.
5. Krishnamurthy P*, Pothiraj R, Suthanthiram B, Somasundaram SM, Subbaraya U (2022) Phylogenomics classification and synteny network analyses deciphered the evolutionary landscape of an aldo-keto reductase (AKR) gene superfamily in the plant kingdom. Gene 816: 146169.
    

1. Invitational Fellowship for Research in Japan (Long-term), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan (21st December 2020)
2. INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology (DST), India (13th February 2018)
3. Post-Doctoral Fellowship for Overseas Researchers (Standard), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan (4th August 2015)