1608 UNIVERSITY COURT, APT # B110 LEXINGTON, 40503 KY. USA. bpa223@uky.edu PHONE: 859-475-3008 Scientific Career and Education 2013(Oct) Present Scientist-1 Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Centre. Dept of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky,USA 2009(April) 2013(Sep) Postdoctoral Scholar Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Centre. Dept of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky,USA 2009(Feb)-2009(April) Research Associate Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, West Bengal, INDIA 2002(Dec)-2009(Jan) Ph.D. in Life Sciences and Biotechnology (Jadavpur University) Division of Plant Biology Bose Institute, West Bengal, INDIA 1998-2000 Master of Science (M.Sc), Botany Burdwan University, West Bengal, India 1995-1998 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), Botany Burdwan University, West Bengal, India Key Functional Area and Experience Metabolic engineering for nutritional improvement of plants and production of secondary metabolites useful for human health. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/lingyuanlab/patra.html 1
Transcriptional, post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression for better understanding of secondary metabolic pathways. Transcription factors and their posttranslational regulation by 26S Ubiquitin Proteasome System. Cloning, overexpression and purification of foreign proteins in Bacteria and Yeast system Protein functions, enzyme chemistry-biochemical methods. Major Research Projects Postdoctoral Scholar The 26S Ubiquitin Proteasome System and the transcriptional regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Identification and characterization of the key transcription factors involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis in tobacco. Identification and characterization of novel transcription factors involved in the regulation of Terpenoid Indole Alkaloid pathway in Catharanthus roseus. Characterization of the promoters of the transcription factors involved in TIA pathway of C. roseus to understand their spatial-temporal regulation. Role of SCF coi1 Ubiquitin Proteasome system in regulation of TIA biosynthesis in C. roseus. Research Fellow Isolation, cloning, expression, purification and biochemical characterization of the L myoinositol-1p synthase from monocotyledonous resurrection plant Xerophyta viscosa. Functional identification of sll1383 from Synechocystis sp PCC6803 as L-myo-inositol 1- phosphate phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.25). Enhancement of stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco by co-expression of PcINO1 and McIMTI. Isolation/ Cloning of novel genes and their regulatory elements for salt tolerance form wild halophytic rice, Porteresia coarctata. Cloning, characterization of a salt tolerant Fructose 1,6 Bis-Phosphatase from wild halophytic rice. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/lingyuanlab/patra.html 2
Publications and accomplishments 1. Schluttenhofer C, Pattanaik S, Patra B & Yuan L (2014) Analyses of Catharanthus roseus and Arabidopsis thaliana WRKY transcription factors reveal involvement in jasmonate signaling, BMC Genomics, In Press 2. Pattanaik. S, Patra B, Singh. S & Yuan.L (2014) An overview of the gene regulatory network controlling trichome development in the model plant, Arabidopsis. Frontier in Plant Cell Biology, In press 3. Patra B, Schluttenhofer.CM, Wu.Y, Pattanaik. S & Yuan. L (2013) Transcriptional regulation of secondary metabolism in plants, BBA-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms, 1829:1236 1247 4. Yang Z, Patra B (Co-First author), Li R, Pattanaik S & Yuan L (2013) Promoter analysis revealed cis-regulatory motifs associated with the expression of CrWRKY1 in Catharanthus roseus plants; Planta, 238:1039 1049. 5. Patra B, Pattanaik.S & Yuan.L (2013) Proteolytic degradation of the flavonoid regulators, TRANSPARENT TESTA8 and TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA1, in Arabidopsis is mediated by the ubiquitin/26sproteasome system, Plant Signaling & Behavior. Volume 8 Issue 10, elocation ID: 25901 6. Chatterjee J, Patra B, Mukherjee R, Basak P, Mukherjee S, Ray S, Bhattacharyya S, Maitra S, Ghosh Dastidar K, Ghosh S, Sengupta S & Majumder. AL (2013) Cloning, characterization and expression of a chloroplastic fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase from Porteresia coarctata conferring salt-tolerance in transgenic tobacco; Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult; 114:395-409. 7. Patra B, Pattanaik S & Yuan L (2013) Ubiquitin protein ligase 3 mediates the proteasomal degradation of GLABROUS 3 and ENHANCER OF GLABROUS 3, regulators of trichome development and flavonoid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis ; The Plant Journal;74 (3): 435 447. 8. Suttipanta N*, Pattanaik S *, Kulshrestha M, Patra B, Singh SK & Yuan.L (2011) The Transcription Factor CrWRKY1 Positively Regulates the Terpenoid Indole Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus; Plant Physiology; 157: 2081 2093. * Equal contribution. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/lingyuanlab/patra.html 3
9. Bai Y *, Pattanaik S *, Patra B, Werkman JR, Xie CH & Yuan L (2011).Flavonoidspecific basic helix-loop-helix regulators NtAn1a and NtAn1b of tobacco are originated from its two ancestors and functionally active; Planta; 234:363 375. * Equal contribution. 10. Pattanaik S *, Kong Q*, Zaitlin D, Werkman JR, Xie CH, Patra B & Yuan.L (2010) Isolation and functional characterization of a Floral tissue-specific R2R3 MY regulator from tobacco Planta; 231:1061-76. * Equal contribution. 11. Ray S, Patra B, Das-Chatterjee A, Ganguli A & Majumder AL (2010) Identification and organization of chloroplastic and cytosolic L-myo-inositol 1-phosphate synthase coding gene(s) in Oryza sativa: Comparison with the wild halophytic rice, Porteresia coarctata; Planta; 231:1211-27. 12. Patra B, Ray S, Richter A & Majumder.AL (2010) Enhanced salt-tolerance of transgenic tobacco plants by co-expression of PcINO1 and McIMT1 is accompanied by increased level of myo-inositol and methylated inositol; Protoplasma; 245(1-4):143-52. 13. Sengupta S, Patra B, Ray S & Majumder.AL (2008) Inositol Methyl Transferase from a Halophytic wild Rice Porteresia coarctata Roxb.(Tateoka) : its expression pattern under abiotic stress; Plant Cell and Environment; 31: 1442-1459. 14. Patra B, Ghosh Dastidar K, Maitra S, Bhattacharyya J & Majumder.AL (2007) Functional identification of sll1383 from Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 as L-myo- inositol 1- phosphate phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.25) : Molecular cloning, expression and characterization ; Planta;225:1547 1558. 15. Majee M, Patra B, Mundree SG & Majumder.AL (2005) Molecular Cloning, Bacterial overexpression and Characterization of L-myo-Inositol 1- Phosphate Synthase from a Monocotyledonous Resurrection Plant, Xerophyta viscosa Baker; Journal of Plant Biochemistry & Biotechnology; 14:95-99. Manuscripts communicated (Under review process) 1. Xu Z, Cheng K, Xia H, Patra B, Li X Yang J, Xu S, Cao X, Su S, Hu X, Xie W, Yuan L, Ambrose M, Chen G, Mi H & Luo D (2013) Molecular network underlying zygomorphic development in papilionoid legumes, Plant Physiol. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/lingyuanlab/patra.html 4
Manuscripts under preparation 1. Patra B, Schluttenhofer C, Pattanaik. S & Yuan.L, The F-box protein CORONATINE INSENSITIVE 1 (COI1), modulates the alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus upon Jasmonate induction. 2. Patra B, Pattanaik.S & Yuan.L, The F box proteins and hormone signaling in plant. 3. Maitra.S, Begum.T, Ghosh Dastider.K, Patra.B, Hait.NC & Majumder.AL. Involvement of Lysine residues in catalytic function of L-myo-inositol 1- phosphate synthase from rice. Genbank Submissions I. Chloroplastic Fructose-1,6-bis phosphatase, Oryza sativa (indica cultivar-group)- EU370973 II. Chloroplastic Fructose-1,6-bis phosphatase, Porteresia coarctata EU371994 III. Porteresia coarctata triosephosphate isomerase (PcTPI) mrna, complete cds.- EU371994 IV. Porteresia coarctata phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase - EU371116 V. Promoter sequence of Catharanthus roseus WRKY1- KF582039 Meetings and conferences attended (Poster Presentation) :-. ARPA-E PETRO program industry meeting, Donald Danforth Plant Science Centre, ST. LOUIS, MO. 2013 Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) and Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists (CSPP), Montreal, Canada, 2010. International Symposium on a Journey from Plant Physiology to Plant Biology, Bose Institute, India, 2009. National Conference on Plants, Microbes and Environment: Issues and Challenges, Dept. Of Botany, Burdwan University (UGC special assistance program), March 20-21,2004 National Symposium on Current Perspective in Stress Biology, Dept. of Botany, University Of North Bengal, February 6-8, 2004. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/lingyuanlab/patra.html 5