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  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Autar K. Mattoo is affiliated with the United States Department of Agriculture in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, they have a particular focus on subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their research topics cover diverse areas including Polyamine Metabolism and Applications, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, GABA and Rice Research, Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

Mattoo has contributed articles to several scientific publication venues, with frequent appearances in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Frontiers in Plant Science, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Planta.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Rhizobial-Host Interactions and Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Legume Crops Toward Agriculture Sustainability, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Fungal and oomycete pathogens and heavy metals: an inglorious couple in the environment, 2022, IMA Fungus
  • Polyamines and Their Biosynthesis/Catabolism Genes Are Differentially Modulated in Response to Heat Versus Cold Stress in Tomato Leaves (Solanum lycopersicum L.), 2020, Cells
  • Anthocyanin-Rich Vegetables for Human Consumption-Focus on Potato, Sweetpotato and Tomato, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Ethylene and RIPENING INHIBITOR Modulate Expression of SlHSP17.7A, B Class I Small Heat Shock Protein Genes During Tomato Fruit Ripening, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science

Frequent co-authors include Rakesh K. Upadhyay, Ewa Sobieszczuk-Nowicka, Magdalena Arasimowicz-Jelonek, Avtar K. Handa, and Sangam L. Dwivedi.

In recognition of their contributions, Mattoo was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Regulation of protein metabolism: Coupling of photosynthetic electron transport to in vivo degradation of the rapidly metabolized 32-kilodalton protein of the chloroplast membranes

    Autar K. Mattoo;Hedda Hoffman-Falk;Jonathan B. Marder;Marvin Edelman

  • Engineered polyamine accumulation in tomato enhances phytonutrient content, juice quality, and vine life.

    Roshni A. Mehta;Tatiana Cassol;Ning Li;Nasreen Ali

  • The Plant Hormone Ethylene

    A. K. Mattoo

  • Separate photosensitizers mediate degradation of the 32-kDa photosystem II reaction center protein in the visible and UV spectral regions

    Bruce M. Greenberg;Victor Gaba;Ora Canaani;Shmuel Malkin

  • Ethylene: biosynthesis and perception

    R. Fluhr;A.K. Mattoo

  • Intramembrane translocation and posttranslational palmitoylation of the chloroplast 32-kDa herbicide-binding protein

    Autar K. Mattoo;Marvin Edelman

  • Dynamics of the photosystem II reaction center

    Autar K. Mattoo;Jonathan B. Marder;Marvin Edelman

  • Polyamines inhibit biosynthesis of ethylene in higher plant tissue and fruit protoplasts.

    Akiva Apelbaum;Alan C. Burgoon;James D. Anderson;Morris Lieberman

  • The rapidly metabolized 32,000-dalton polypeptide of the chloroplast is the "proteinaceous shield" regulating photosystem II electron transport and mediating diuron herbicide sensitivity.

    Autar K. Mattoo;Uri Pick;Hedda Hoffman-Falk;Marvin Edelman

  • Identification of a primary in vivo degradation product of the rapidly-turning-over 32 kd protein of photosystem II.

    B. M. Greenberg;V. Gaba;A. K. Mattoo;M. Edelman

  • Target of Rapamycin Signaling Regulates Metabolism, Growth, and Life Span in Arabidopsis

    Maozhi Ren;Prakash Venglat;Shuqing Qiu;Li Feng

  • Accumulation of wound-inducible ACC synthase transcript in tomato fruit is inhibited by salicylic acid and polyamines.

    Ning Li;Barbara L. Parsons;Derong Liu;Autar K. Mattoo

  • Polyamines: Bio-Molecules with Diverse Functions in Plant and Human Health and Disease.

    Avtar K. Handa;Tahira Fatima;Autar K. Mattoo

  • D1-protein dynamics in photosystem II: the lingering enigma

    Marvin Edelman;Autar K. Mattoo

  • Oxidative stress causes rapid membrane translocation and in vivo degradation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase.

    R A Mehta;T W Fawcett;D Porath;A K Mattoo

  • Inhibition of Ethylene Biosynthesis by Aminoethoxyvinylglycine and by Polyamines Shunts Label from 3,4-[14C]Methionine into Spermidine in Aged Orange Peel Discs

    Zeev Even-Chen;Autar K. Mattoo;Raphael Goren

  • The mRNA for an ETR1 homologue in tomato is constitutively expressed in vegetative and reproductive tissues.

    Dingbo Zhou;Panagiotis Kalaitzis;Autar K. Mattoo;Mark L. Tucker

  • Ultraviolet-B Radiation Impacts Light-Mediated Turnover of the Photosystem II Reaction Center Heterodimer in Arabidopsis Mutants Altered in Phenolic Metabolism

    Isabelle S. Booij-James;Shyam K. Dube;Marcel A.K. Jansen;Marvin Edelman

  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy-Based Metabolite Profiling of Transgenic Tomato Fruit Engineered to Accumulate Spermidine and Spermine Reveals Enhanced Anabolic and Nitrogen-Carbon Interactions

    Autar K. Mattoo;Anatoli P. Sobolev;Anil Neelam;Ravinder K. Goyal

  • Polyamines and cellular metabolism in plants: transgenic approaches reveal different responses to diamine putrescine versus higher polyamines spermidine and spermine

    Autar K. Mattoo;Subhash C. Minocha;Rakesh Minocha;Avtar K. Handa

Frequent Co-Authors

Marvin Edelman
Marvin Edelman Weizmann Institute of Science
Avtar K. Handa
Avtar K. Handa Purdue University West Lafayette
Bruce M. Greenberg
Bruce M. Greenberg University of Waterloo
Marcel A. K. Jansen
Marcel A. K. Jansen University College Cork
Edo Chalutz
Edo Chalutz BARD The U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund
Mark L. Tucker
Mark L. Tucker Purdue University West Lafayette
Shmuel Malkin
Shmuel Malkin Weizmann Institute of Science
Angelos K. Kanellis
Angelos K. Kanellis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Ruth Ben-Arie
Ruth Ben-Arie Agricultural Research Organization
Bryan A. Bailey
Bryan A. Bailey Agricultural Research Service

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