Publications

Conformational conversion may precede or follow aggregate elongation on alternative pathways of amyloid protofibril formation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Structurally distinct amyloid protofibrils form on separate pathways of aggregation of a small protein.

Biochemistry

CmtR, a cadmium-sensing ArsR-SmtB repressor, cooperatively interacts with multiple operator sites to autorepress its transcription in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

FEBS J. 2009, Jul; 276(13):3428-39.

Powerful induction of divergent tgs1-Rv3131 genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is mediated by DevR interaction with a high-affinity site and an adjacent cryptic low-affinity site.

Journal of Bacteriology. 2009, Oct;191(19):6075-81.

Three-Dimensional domain swapping in Nitrollin, a single-domain ??-Crystallin from Nitrosospira multiformis, controls protein conformation and stability but not dimerization.

J. Mol. Biol. 385, 163-177.

Mechanistic and functional insights into fatty acid activation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Nature Chem. Biol. 5, 166-173.

Crystal structure of a fungal protease inhibitor from Antheraea mylitta.

J. Struct. Biol., 166, 79-87.

A cell wall degrading esterase of Xanthomonas oryzae requires a unique substrate recognition module for pathogenesis on rice.

Plant Cell, 21,1860-1873.

Betagamma-Crystallin superfamily contains a universal motif for binding calcium.

Biochemistry, 48, 12180-12190.

The Latitude Wise Prevalence of the CCR5-[delta] 32-HIV Resistance Allele in India

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics