Ranjith Kumar Papareddy

The paper identifies a retrograde signaling pathway where UFMylation of ER ribosomes anchors splicing factors at the ER, linking translational stress to nuclear RNA processing and altering membrane-associated gene expression.

The paper identifies a conserved selective autophagy receptor, CESAR, critical for proteostasis under heat stress in plants through cross-species interactome analysis.

The paper shows electrostatic changes in the Exo70 subunit led to its dissociation from the exocyst complex, enabling functional divergence in plants.

The paper shows that different ATG8 isoforms in Arabidopsis have specialized functions in autophagy, as demonstrated by a mutant lacking all nine isoforms and complementation experiments.

This study identifies EDC4 and DCP1 as autophagy receptors for P-body turnover in Marchantia polymorpha, revealing lineage-specific adaptations and potential therapeutic applications.

The paper investigates the evolution of epigenetic regulatory networks in land plants by analyzing epigenomes across the green lineage and identifying the role of PRC2 in gene silencing and network formation.

This study shows that metabolic enzymes act as autophagy receptors in plants to degrade defense executors during viral infection, revealing autophagy as a tolerance pathway rather than an antiviral defense.

The paper uses single-nucleus RNA-seq to show that MBD5, MBD6, and SILENZIO are critical for TE silencing in pollen vegetative cells during epigenetic reprogramming.

The paper shows that chromatin states regulate siRNA production from transposable elements in Arabidopsis embryos, which helps re-establish DNA methylation and maintain epigenome homeostasis.