Moumita Srivastava, PhD

Scientist C
Decoding light perception and fine-tuning photomorphogenesis through post-translational modifications.

Silpa M G , Priyanka T , Abin Regy , Sisira K T , Moumita Srivastava(2026)

Plant Physiology    doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiag189

The Fusarium graminearum Effector Protease FgTPP1 Suppresses Immune Responses and Facilitates Fusarium Head Blight Disease

Martin Darino, Namrata Jaiswal, Reynaldi Darma, Erika Kroll, Martin Urban, Youhuang Xiang, Moumita Srivastava, Hye-Seon Kim, Ariana Myers, Steven R. Scofield, Roger W. Innes, Kim E. Hammond-Kosack, and Matthew Helm(2025)

Mol Plant Microbe Interact    Mar;38(2):297-314. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-08-24-0103-FI.

Post-translational modifications control the signal at the crossroads of plant-pathogen interaction.

KK Soni, K Gurjar, A Ranjan, S Sinha, Moumita Srivastava*, V Verma* (*co-corresponding authors) (2024)

J Exp Botany    75: 6957- 6979. doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae358

SUMO/deSUMOylation of the BRI1 brassinosteroid receptor modulates plant growth responses to temperature.

M Naranjo-Arcos*, Moumita Srivastava*, F Deligne, P Bhagat, M Bhardwaj, A Sadanandom, G Vert (2023)

PNAS    120(4): e2217255120. (*equally contributing authors)

The conjugation of SUMO to the transcription factor MYC2 functions in blue light-mediated seedling development in Arabidopsis.

Moumita Srivastava*, AK Srivastava*, M Bhardwaj, D Roy, C Gough, P Bhagat, C Zhang and A Sadanandom (2022)

Plant Cell    34(8): 2892-2906. (*equally contributing authors)

SUMO enables substrate selectivity by mitogen-activated protein kinases to regulate immunity in plants.

V Verma, AK Srivastava, A Campanaro, Moumita Srivastava, R Morrell, C Zhang & A Sadanandom (2021).

PNAS    118(10): e2021351118.

SUMO conjugation to BZR1 mediates the environmental regulation of Brassinosteroid signaling to modulate plant growth during salt stress.

Moumita Srivastava, AK Srivastava, B. Orosa-Puente, A Campanaro, C Zhang & Ari Sadanandom (2020).

Current Biology    30: 1410-1423

Functional interrelation of MYC2 and HY5 plays an important role in Arabidopsis seedling development.

Moumita Chakraborty*, SN Gangappa*, JP Maurya, V Sethi, A Srivastava, A Singh, S Dutta, N Gupta, M Sengupta, H Ram & S Chattopadhyay (2019).

Plant J    99: 1080-1097 (*equally contributing authors)

Roots branch towards water by post-translational modification of transcription factor ARF7.

B Orosa*, N Leftley*, D Wangenheim*, J Banda, AK Srivastava, K Hill, J Truskina, R Bhosale, E Morris, Moumita Srivastava, B Kümpers, T Goh, H Fukaki, J Vermeer, T Vernoux, J Dinneny, A French, A Bishopp, A Sadanandom & M Bennett (2018).

Science    362: 1407-1410