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University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru

University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore, a premier institution of agricultural education and research in the country, began as a small agricultural research farm in 1899 on 30 acres of land donated by Her Excellency Maharani Kempa Nanjammanni Vani Vilasa Sannidhiyavaru, the Regent of Mysore and appointed Dr. Lehmann, German Scientist to initiate research on soil crop response with a Laboratory in the Directorate of Agriculture. Later under the initiative of the Dewan of Mysore Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah, the Mysore Agriculture Residential School was established in 1913 at Hebbal which offered Licentiate in Agriculture and later offered a diploma programme in agriculture during 1920. The School was upgraded to Agriculture Collegein 1946 which offered four year degree programs in Agriculture. The Government of Mysore headed by Sri. S. Nijalingappa, the then Chief Minister, established the University of Agricultural Sciences on the pattern of Land Grant College system of USA and the University of Agricultural Sciences Act No. 22 was passed in Legislative Assembly in 1963. Dr. Zakir Hussain, the Vice President of India inaugurated the University on 21st August 1964.

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Subject: Agricultural Biotechnology × Author: NAZIA, BANU × Start date: 2021 ×
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    SIGNIFICANCE OF YNK INTERACTING PROTEINS UNDER OXIDATIVE STRESS USING Saccharomyces cerevisiae MODEL SYSTEM
    (University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 41187) NAZIA, BANU; Theertha Prasad, D
    Adverse environmental conditions caused by drought, temperature, salinity are the most challenging factors that affect plant growth and survival. Organisms exposed to such stresses tend to accumulate reactive oxygen species (ROS) like hydrogen peroxide, superoxide etc. NDPKs are multi functional proteins that play an important role in cellular signaling processes involving regulation of ROS levels. Study was conducted using yeast strains like BWG7 (wild type) and ΔYNK (NDPK mutant strain). Yeast strain ΔYNK is highly susceptible to ROS compared to BWG7 based on the serial dilution, paper disc and Evans blue assay. High level expression of GST-YNK fusion protein using pGEX4T-YNK construct was achieved in E.coli BL21 strain. GST -YNK fusion protein was purified using GST sepharose affinity column and the purity was established by SDS-PAGE. GST-YNK fusion protein was conjugated to cyanogen bromide activated sepharose column and used for isolating the YNK binding proteins. Drastic reduction in the soluble protein and thermostable protein content was observed in both BWG7 and ΔYNK cells upon H2O2 treatment. SDS-PAGE showed significant differences in the protein profile in control as well as H2O2 treated BWG7 and ΔYNK cells. Increased number of YNK interacting protein was observed in BWG7 cells treated with H2O2 compared to ΔYNK. ΔYNK cells showed only one YNK interacting protein of low molecular weight in presence of H2O2. These results put together suggest that YNK is important for cellular metabolism, interact with several proteins in vivo, possibly regulate their function by its kinase activity. Deletion of YNK results in down regulation of certain proteins which could be the part of cellular signaling cascade.