MEMBER

Pedro Augusto Braga dos Reis
Research Areas
Plant Molecular Physiology
Photosynthesis and Productivity of Tropical and Subtropical Plants


Presentation

Professor at Federal University of Vicosa. Bachelor in Biochemistry, master and doctor of Agricultural Biochemistry from the Federal University of Viçosa. My research focus is centered on understanding how

plants respond to stress conditions and how epigenetic mechanism play a role in this process. Through functional genomics approaches, we aim to characterize genes related to G protein signaling pathways

and how they can be modulated during the development and stress conditions. Likewise, we also aim to identify and characterize cis-regulatory elements, which might modulate specifically the gene

expression and DNA methylation.


 


 

Research interest

Molecular Biology and Functional genomics. The main goal resides on how plants cope with a variety of abiotic stresses conditions. By using functional genomic approaches, molecular and genetic characterization of different signaling pathways, which regulate stress responses, have been identified. Therefore, new molecular strategies are expected to help at producing plants more adapted to adverse conditions and, ultimately, with improved productivity.


 

Current projects include

Identification of suppressors of tolerance to drought mediated by overexpression molecular chaperone BiP.


 

Selected Publications
LORIATO, VIRGÍLIO A.P.; MARTINS, LAURA G.C.; EUCLYDES, NÍVEA C.; REIS, PEDRO A.B.; DUARTE, CHRISTIANE E.M.; FONTES, ELIZABETH P.B.
Engineering resistance against geminiviruses: A review of suppressed natural defenses and the use of RNAi and the CRISPR/Cas system.
PLANT SCIENCE, 2020.
MELO, BRUNO P.; FRAGA, OTTO T.; SILVA, JOSÉ CLEYDSON F.; FERREIRA, DALTON O.; BRUSTOLINI, OTÁVIO J. B.; CARPINETTI, PAOLA A.; MACHADO, JOAO PAULO B.; REIS, PEDRO A. B.; FONTES, ELIZABETH P. B.
Revisiting the Soybean GmNAC Superfamily.
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018.
CALIL, IARA P.; QUADROS, IANA P.S.; ARAÚJO, THAIS C.; DUARTE, CHRISTIANE E.M.; GOUVEIA-MAGESTE, BIANCA C.; SILVA, JOSÉ CLEYDSON F.; BRUSTOLINI, OTÁVIO J.B.; TEIXEIRA, RUAN M.; OLIVEIRA, CAUÊ N.; MILAGRES, RAFAEL W.M.M.; MARTINS, GILBERTO S.; CHORY, JOANNE; REIS, PEDRO A.B.; MACHADO, JOAO PAULO B.; FONTES, ELIZABETH P.B.
A WW Domain-Containing Protein Forms Immune Nuclear Bodies against Begomoviruses.
Molecular Plant, 2018.
E CAMARGOS, LUIZ FERNANDO; FRAGA, OTTO TEIXEIRA; OLIVEIRA, CELIO CABRAL; DA SILVA, JOSE CLEYDSON FERREIRA; FONTES, ELIZABETH PACHECO BATISTA; REIS, PEDRO AUGUSTO BRAGA
Development and cell death domain-containing asparagine-rich protein (DCD/NRP): an essential protein in plant development and stress responses.
Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology, 2018.
REIS, PEDRO A. B.; CARPINETTI, PAOLA A.; FREITAS, PAULA P.J.; SANTOS, EULÁLIO G.D.; CAMARGOS, LUIZ F.; OLIVEIRA, IGOR H.T.; SILVA, JOSÉ CLEYDSON F.; CARVALHO, HUMBERTO H.; DAL-BIANCO, MAXIMILLER; SOARES-RAMOS, JULIANA R.L.; FONTES, ELIZABETH P. B.
Functional and regulatory conservation of the soybean ER stress-induced DCD/NRP-mediated cell death signaling in plants.
BMC PLANT BIOLOGY, 2016.
PEDMALE, ULLAS V.; HUANG, SHAO-SHAN CAROL; ZANDER, MARK; COLE, BENJAMIN J.; HETZEL, JONATHAN; LJUNG, KARIN; REIS, PEDRO A.B.; SRIDEVI, PRIYA; NITO, KAZUMASA; NERY, JOSEPH R.; ECKER, JOSEPH R.; CHORY, JOANNE
Cryptochromes Interact Directly with PIFs to Control Plant Growth in Limiting Blue Light.
CELL, 2015
SILVA, PRISCILA ALVES ; SILVA, JOSÉ CLEYDSON F. ; CAETANO, HANNA DN ; MACHADO, JOAO PAULO B. ; MENDES, GISELLE C. ; REIS, PEDRO A.B. ; BRUSTOLINI, OTAVIO JB ; DAL-BIANCO, MAXIMILLER ; FONTES, ELIZABETH P.B.
Comprehensive analysis of the endoplasmic reticulum stress response in the soybean genome: conserved and plant-specific features
BMC Genomics, 2015.
ZORZATTO, CRISTIANE; MACHADO, JOÃO PAULO B.; LOPES, KÊNIA V. G.; NASCIMENTO, KELLY J. T.; PEREIRA, WELISON A.; BRUSTOLINI, OTÁVIO J. B.; REIS, PEDRO A. B.; CALIL, IARA P.; DEGUCHI, MICHIHITO; SACHETTO-MARTINS, GILBERTO; GOUVEIA, BIANCA C.; LORIATO, VIRGÍLIO A. P.; SILVA, MARCOS A. C.; SILVA, FABYANO F.; SANTOS, ANÉSIA A.; CHORY, JOANNE; FONTES, ELIZABETH P. B.
NIK1-mediated translation suppression functions as a plant antiviral immunity mechanism.
NATURE, 2015.
Mendes, G. C.; Reis, P. A. B.; Calil, I. P.; Carvalho, H. H.; ARAGAO, F. J. L.; FONTES, E. P. B
GmNAC30 and GmNAC81 integrate the endoplasmic reticulum stress- and osmotic stress-induced cell death responses through a vacuolar processing enzyme
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2013
Reis, P. A. B.; ROSADO, G. L.; SILVA, L. A. C.; Oliveira, L. C.; Oliveira, L. B.; COSTA, M. D. L.; Alvim, F. C.; FONTES, E. P. B.
The binding protein BiP attenuates stress-induced cell death in soybean via modulation of the N-rich protein-mediated signaling pathway.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 2011.
VALENTE, M. A. S.; Menezes, C. C.; FARIA, J. A. Q. A.; FIETTO, L. G.; PINHEIRO, G. L.; LOUREIRO, M. E.; Soares-Ramos, J. R. L.; Morais, A. T.; FONTES, E.P.B.; REIS, P. A. B.; Fontes, E. P. B.; CANO, M. A. O.; ARAGAO, F. J. L.; PIOVESAN, N. D.
The ER luminal binding protein (BiP) mediates an increase in drought tolerance in soybean and delays drought-induced leaf senescence in soybean and tobacco.
OURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY (ONLINE), 2009.
Collaborators

Elizabeth Pacheco Batista Fontes (DBB-UFV)

Humberto Josué de Oliveira Ramos (DBB-UFV)