School of BichemistryEstd. 1984
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore (M.P.)

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Dr. Rekha Gadre

Professor & Head
School Of Biochemistry, DAVV, Indore
Ph.D Biochemistry, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore(1985)
rekhagadre29@gmail.com

RESEARCH AREAS

Research work covers the studies on regulatory aspects of enzymes of nitrogen assimilation, such as, nitrate reductase, glutamate dehydrogenase and glutamate synthase, involving the nutritional and environmental factors. Work done also includes analyzing mode of action of trace element pollutants, Hg, Cd, Pb, As, Se and Al on these enzymes and elucidating possible mechanisms of effects. Studies involving the effects of metallic pollutants on chlorophyll metabolism analyzing the role of precursor metabolites, inhibitors and thiol compounds in relation to chlorophyll biosynthesis were worked out. Also regulatory aspects of an earlier enzyme of the pathway, δ - amino levulinic acid dehydratase, and intermediates of chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway in response to metallic toxicants were elucidated. Studies on salinity stress effects related to enzymes of nitrogen assimilation and effects of essential metal ions related to chlorophyll biosynthesis are in progress.

Ph.D. STUDENTS

Ph.D. Awarded
# Name Year Title
1 Dr. Meeta Jain 1995 Effect of trace element pollutants, Se, As & Hg, on chlorophyll metabolism.
2 Dr. Jot Vyas 1996 Effect of trace element pollutants, Se & As, on nitrogen assimilation pathway.
3 Dr. Mamta Jain 1999 Effect of heavy metal pollutants, Cd & Pb, on enzymes of nitrogen assimilation pathway in light and dark.
4 Dr. Priyanka Gupta 2007 Effect of Metallic Toxicants, Al and Hg, on Enzymes of Nitrogen Assimilation and Chlorophyll Metabolism.
5 Dr. Juliana Sarengthem 2012 Effect of cadmium and lead on enzymes of chlorophyll metabolism and ammonia assimilation.
6 Ms. Samatha Gunapati 2015 Isolation and Characterization of Draught related NAC Transcription factor from Cotton roots (Gossipium herbacium). Co-supervisor : Dr. V.A. Sane, Scientist, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow
7 Mrs. Sonal Dhamgaye 2017 Evaluation of salinity stress on the key enzymes of nitrogen assimilation in Phaseolus vulgaris.
8 Mr. Venkat Are 2018 Structural and functional characterization of aminopeptidase P fold proteins.
Co-supervisor: Dr. Ravindra Makde, RRCAT, Indore
On-Going
# Name Year Title
1 Ms. Radhika Chinchalkar Appld. 2013 Studies on effects of metallic nutrients, Mn, Ni and Zn, in relation to chlorophyll metabolism and oxidative stress in maize.

PUBLICATIONS

List of Publications :-

  1. Puranik, R. & Srivastava, H.S. (1983) Increase in nitrate reductase activity in bean leaf segments in the presence of ethanol. Biochem. Physiol. Pflanzen, 178, 131-138.
  2. Puranik, R. & Srivastava, H.S. (1983) increase in nitrate reductase activity in the presence of sucrose in bean leaf segments. Phytochemistry, 22, 2383-2387.
  3. Puranik, R. & Srivastava, H.S. (1985) Increase in nitrate reductase activity in bean leaf segments involves a regulator protein. Agric. Biol. Chem., 49, 2099-2104.
  4. Puranik, R. & Srivastava, H.S. (1986) Sensitivity to DTNB of NADH glutamate dehydrogenase from leaves of bean seedlings. Phytochemistry, 25, 803-805.
  5. Puranik, R. & Srivastava, H.S. (1990) Increase in NADH glutamate synthase activity in bean leaf segments by light. Current Science, 59(20), 1001-1003.
  6. Puranik, R., Parekh, D. & Srivastava, H.S. (1990) Inhibition of chlorophyll biosynthesis by mercury in greening maize leaves. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, 60(B)III, 327-330.
  7. Parekh, D., Puranik, R. & Srivastava, H.S. (1990) Inhibition of chlorophyll biosynthesis by cadmium in greening maize leaf segments. Biochem. Physiol. Pflanzen., 186, 239-242.
  8. Parekh, D. & Puranik, R. (1992) Inhibition of chlorophyll biosynthesis by lead in greening maize leaf segments. Indian J Exptal. Biol., 30, 302-304.
  9. Jain, M. & Puranik, R. (1993) Protective effect of reduced glutathione on inhibition of chlorophyll biosynthesis by mercury in excised greening maize leaf segments. Indian J Exptal. Biol., 31, 708-710.
  10. Vyas, J. & Puranik, R. (1993) Inhibition of nitrate reductase activity by mercury in bean leaf segments. Indian J Plant Physiol., XXXVI(1), 57-60.
  11. Jain, M. & Gadre (Puranik) R. (1994) Inhibition of 5 amino levulinic acid dehydratase activity by selenium in excised etiolated maize leaf segments during greening. Indian J Exptal. Biol., 32, 804-806.
  12. Jain, M., Vyas, J. & Gadre (Puranik) R. (1994) Effect of reduced glutathione on cadmium induced inhibition of chlorophyll biosynthesis in excised greening maize leaf segments. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, 64(B)III, 321-324.
  13. Puranik, R. & Srivastava, H.S. (1995) Glutamate Synthase. In "Nitrogen Nutrition in Higher Plants" Eds. H.S. Srivastava & R.P. Singh, Associate Publ. Co., New Delhi, India. Pp 229-242.
  14. Vyas, J. & Gadre (Puranik) R. (1995) Inhibition of NADH – Glutamate dehydrogenase by arsenate in excised bean leaf segments. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, 65(B)II, 177-181.
  15. Vyas, J. & Gadre (Puranik) R. (1995) Inhibition of nitrate reductase activity by arsenate in excised bean leaf segments. Indian J Plant Physiol., XXXVIII(2), 143-147.
  16. Jain, M., Jain, M. & Gadre (Puranik) R. (1996) Inhibition of chlorophyll biosynthesis by selenium in greening maize leaf segments. Physiol. Mol. Biol. Plants, 2, 159-162.
  17. Jain, M. & Gadre (Puranik) R. (1996) Inhibition of nitrate reductase activity by lead in excised bean leaf segments. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, 66(B)IV, 343-348.
  18. Vyas, J., Jain, M. & Gadre (Puranik) R. (1997) Effect of reduced glutathione on inhibition of chlorophyll biosynthesis by lead in excised greening maize leaf segments. Physiol. Mol. Biol. Plants, 3, 77-80.
  19. Jain, M. & Gadre (Puranik) R. (1997) Effect of As on chlorophyll and prptein content and enzyme activities in greening maize tissues. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 93, 109-115.
  20. Jain, M. & Gadre (Puranik) R. (1997) Inhibition of nitrate reductase activity by lead in greening bean leaf segments : A mecjhanistic approach. Indian J Plant Physiol., 2, 5-9.
  21. Jain, M. & Gadre (Puranik) R. (1998) Inhibition of chlorophyll biosynthesis and enzymes of nitrogen assimilation by Selenite in excised maize leaf segments during greening. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 104, 161-166.
  22. Jain, M. & Gadre (Puranik) R. (1998) Effect of cadmium on NADH-glutamate dehydrogenase and NADH - glutamate synthase activities in excised bean leaf segments : Role of glutathione. Indian J Exptal. Biol. 36, 625-627.
  23. Jain, M. & Gadre (Puranik) R. (1998) Effect of cadmium on glutamate dehydrogenase and glutamate synthase in excised greening bean leaf segments. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, 68(B)III, 307-310.
  24. Jain, M. & Gadre (Puranik) R. (1999) Inhibition of nitrate reductase activity by cadmium in excised greening bean leaf segments. Indian J Plant Physiol., 4(2), 69-72.
  25. Jain, M. & Gadre (Puranik) R. (2004) Inhibition of 5 amino Levulinic acid dehydratase activity by arsenic in excised etiolated maize leaf segments during greening. J Plant Physiol.,161(3), 251-255. Impact Factor 1.--
  26. Jain, M. & Gadre, R. (2004) Inhibition of chlorophyll biosynthesis by mercury in excised greening maize leaf segments : Role of 2 oxo glutarate. Indian J Exptal. Biol., 42, 419-423.
  27. Gupta, P. and Gadre, R. (2005) Increase in NADH-glutamate dehydrogenase activity by mercury in excised bean leaf segments. Ind J Exptal. Biol., 43, 824-828.
  28. Pal, M., Jain, M., Gupta, P. and Gadre, R. (2007) Effect of cadmium on chlorophyll biosynthesis and enzymes of nitrogen assimilation in greening maize leaf segments : Role of 2 oxoglutarate. Ind J Exptal Biol., 45, 385-389.
  29. Jain, M, Kaushal, A, Gupta, P. and Gadre, R. (2009) Osmotic stress induced reduction in chlorophyll formation in bean leaf discs. J Plant Sci. Res. Vol. 25 (1), 55-59.
  30. Jain, M., Tiwary, S. and Gadre, R. (2010) Sorbitol-induced changes in various growth and biochemical parameters in maize. Plant Soil Environ., 56 (6), 263-267.
  31. Juliana, S., Jain, M and Gadre, R. (2011) Inhibition of δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase activity by cadmium in excised etiolated maize leaf segments during greening. Plant Soil Environ., 57 (7), 332-337.
  32. Gupta, P., Jain, M., Juliana S., Gadre, R. (2013) Inhibition of 5 - aminolevulinic acid dehydratase by mercury in excised greening maize leaf segments. Plant Physiol. Biochem., 62, 63-69.
  33. Kumar, J., Gunapati, S., Singh, S.P., Kumar, A., Lalit, A., Sharma, N.C., Puranik, R. and Tuli, R. (2013) A new betasetallite associated with cotton leaf curl Burewala virus infecting tomato in India : influence on symptoms and viral accumulation. Arch. Virol., 158, 1349-1353.
  34. Jain, M., Mittal, M. and Gadre, R. (2013) Effect of PEG-6000 imposed water deficit on chlorophyll metabolism in maize leaves. J Stress Physiol. And Biochem., 9(3) 262-271.
  35. Kumar, J., Gunapati, S., Alok, A., Lalit, A., Gadre, R., Sharma, N. C., Roy, J.K. and Singh, S. P. (2015) Cotton leaf curl Burewala virus with intact or mutant transcriptional activator proteins: complexity of cotton leaf curl disease. Arch Virol. 160, 1219-1228. Impact Factor 2.39
  36. Jain, M., Thapa, M., Pradhan, P., Meena, S., Vaishnav, J. and Gadre, R. (2015) Effect of arsenic on d-aminolevulinic acid formation in greening maize leaf segments. Ind J Plant Physiol. (DOI 10.1007/s40502-015-0158-3)
  37. Dhamgaye, S., Gadre, R. (2015) Salinity stress effects on growth and nitrate assimilation in bean seedlings likely to be mediated via Nitric Oxide. J Stress Physiol. Biochem. 11(4), 137-146.
  38. Tiwary, S., Gadre, R., Jain, M. (2016) Osmotic stress induced changes in chlorophyll biosynthesis and antioxidative system in light grown maize leaves. J Bio Innv. 5(1), 123-137.
  39. Venkat N. Are, Biplab Ghosh, Ashwani Kumar, Rekha Gadre, Ravindra D. Makde* (2016) Crystal structure and dynamics of Spt16 N-domain of FACT complex from Cicer arietinum. International Journal Biological Macromolecules 88, 36–43. Impact Factor 3.22
  40. Gunapati, S., Ram Naresh, Ranjan, S., Hans, A., Nigam, D., Verma, P.C., Gadre, R., Pathre, U., Sane, A., and Sane V. (2016) Expression of GhNAC2 from G. herbaceum improves root growth and imparts tolerance to drought in transgenic cotton and Arabidopsis. Scientic Reports, 6-24978. DOI 10:1038/srep 24978. Impact Factor 5.228
  41. Gupta, P., Sarengetham, J., Dhamgaye, S. and Gadre, R (2016) Differential effect of aluminium on enzymes of nitrogen assimilation in excised bean leaf segments. Advances in Biological Chemistry, 6, 106-113. Impact Factor 0.76
  42. Sarengetham, J., Dhamgaye, S. and Gadre, R (2017) Cadmium effects on enzymes of ammonia assimilation in excised etiolated maize leaf segments during greening : A mechanistic approach. American J of Plant Science 8 (6) 1399-1410. Impact Factor 1.03 (DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2017.86095)
  43. Meeta Jain, Mahija Panwar and Rekha Gadre (2017) Influence of Selenium Supplementation on δ-Aminolevulinic Acid Formation in Greening Maize Leaf Segments. Research Journal of Phytochemistry, (DOI: 10.3923/rjphyto.2017)
  44. Are VN, Jamdar SN, Ghosh B, Goyal VD, Kumar A, Neema S, Gadre R, Makde RD. Crystal structure of a novel prolidase from Deinococcus radiodurans identifies new subfamily of bacterial prolidases. Proteins. (2017­) 85, 2239-2251. Sep 20. doi:10.1002/prot.25389. PubMed PMID: 28929533. Impact factor 2.289
  45. M. Jain, S. Tiwary, and R. Gadre (2018) Modulation of δAminolevulinic Acid Dehydratase Activity by the Sorbitol Induced Osmotic Stress in Maize Leaf Segments. Biochemistry (Moscow) 83 (1) 95-100.
  46. Sonal Dhamgaye, Vishal Dhamgaye and Rekha Gadre (2018) Growth retardation at different stages of bean seedlings developed from seeds exposed to synchrotron X ray beam. Advances in Biological Chemistry. 8 (2), 29-35. Impact Factor 0.94.
  47. Sonal Dhamgaye and Rekha Gadre (2018) Salinity stress effects being mediated via nitric oxide in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Seedlings. J.Bio.Innov7 (4), 599-610.
  48. Radhika (Chinchalkar) Waghmare and Rekha Gadre (2018) Impact of essential micronutrient, Zn, on growth and chlorophyll biosynthesis in young Zea mays seedlings. American J of Plant Science 9(9), 13 pages Article ID:86756. Impact Factor 1.38